LOT 1278 A SCROLL PAINTING OF AN OKINA DANCER, MEIJI
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Description A SCROLL PAINTING OF AN OKINA DANCER, MEIJIJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912). Ink, gouache and watercolor on silk, with a fabric coated paper frame and mounted as a hanging scroll with bone handles. Depicting a dancer from the Noh play Okina in a dancing posture, holding a fan and a rattle. The dancer wears an eboshi decorated with leaves and cranes and an Okina mask. Signature/inscription and seal to the lower right.Condition: With wear, some creases, minor soiling, small losses with associated touchups, overall, in good condition. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.Dimensions: Image size 83 x 37 cm, Size incl. mounting 170.5 x 53.5 cm
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