Flowering Lotus
Artist: Shoson Ohara
Name: Flowering Lotus
Date: Not set
Description: Friday, 18 November 2005 Title Flowering Lotus Provenance: Robert O. Muller Estate Artist Koson Ohara 1877-1945 Signature Hoson Seal artist’s seal Dated ca. 1930s Publisher Kawaguchi Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent Colors excellent Condition excellent – very good … slight toning, light crease on the upper right margin, a pin hole on upper left corner, impression of pencil marking on the lower margin. Description Flowering pink lotus. Note Provenance: Robert O. Muller Collection, “MADE IN JAPAN” stamped on verso, copyright seal “kawaguchi” on the left margin, carver Maeda, printer Komatsu. Format Oban tate-e Width 10.6 inches = 27.0 cm Height 14.8 inches = 37.5 cm Literature Newland, Amy R.; Jan Perree & Robert Schaap, “Crows, cranes & camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson”, Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2001, ISBN 90-74822-38-x, – pg. 168