ANONYMOUS. Manuscript on gardens.

ANONYMOUS. Manuscript on gardens.

 

Artist: Anonymous Japanese painter.
Title: Musou ryu niwa zue.
Description: A manuscript devoted to traditional Japanese gardens. The book includes thirty-three plates that illustrate various types of gates, fences, stone lanterns and settings for ornamental stones. An illustration is dated 1835, but the date is probably related to the stone lantern in the illustration.
Date: ca. 1880
Size: 27,5x19 cm.
Medium: Ink and colour hand-painted on paper.
Conditions: Some pages with wormholes, all pages backed with thin Japanese paper.
Item no: MG 08
Price: Euro 1800
Status: Available