Suda Kokuta (1906-1990), Symbol of infinite space, Japan, 1960. Oil and mixed media on canvas, 91.5cm x 65.5 cm. Signed 'Suda Kokuta 1960-8-28'. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

A two-fold paper screen with the Uji river and its famous bridge, Japan, Edo period, 17th century. Paper, colour and gold, 179 x 191 cm. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

Tsurusawa Tansaku (circa 1729-1797), A pair of six-fold paper screens, Japan, Edo period, 18th century. Paper, ink on gold ground, 168 x 371 cm each. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

Hōgen Tansaku gyōnen rokujūgo-sai hitsu (Painted by Tansaku with the title of hōgen at the age of 65)

Sculpture of Shaka Nyorai, Japan, Kamakura period, 13th-14th century. Wood and gilt-lacquer. Height 52.5 cm. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

The sculpture is seated with the hands in segan-semui-in mudra (fear-not gesture).

Sculpture of Amida Nyorai, Japan, Kamakura period, 12th-13th century. Wood. Height 45 cm. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

The sculpture is seated in Jō-in (meditation mudra), the eyes inset with crystal.

Sculpture of Amida Nyorai, Japan, Heian Period, 9th-10th century. Wood, 28 x 24 cm. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

The sculpture is seated on a lotus base with the hands in the Amida Jō-in position (meditation mudra).

Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1828), A two-fold screen with a crow perched in a persimmon tree, Japan, Edo period, 19th century. Paper, painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with a karasu (crow) perched in a kaki (persimmon) tree holding a ripened fruit in its mouth, 180 x 180 cm. Signed 'Ōson Hōitsu hitsu'. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

New discovery of an important work by this artist.

Ryoji Koie (1938); One of two six-fold screens, Japan, Heisei 23, 2011. Paper, painted in ink on a hakura (silk on gold) ground with the characters '1, 2, 3' and abstract calligraphy, 172.5 x 381 cm. Signed 'Ryoji Koie'. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

Works by the artist can be found in the collections of: Victoria and Albert Museum, London; New South Wales Art Gallery, Australia; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Idemitsu Museum; Kyung Sung University Museum, Pusan; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul; Musée Ariana, Geneva; Museo internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy; Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; National Gallery of Victoria, Australia; River Retreat Garaku, Toyama; Seoul Museum of Art; Tokoname City Hall, Aichi; Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art.

Ryoji Koie (b.1938), A six-fold paper screen painted in ink on a hakura (silk on gold) ground with abstract calligraphy “autumn leaves”, Japan 21st century Heisei 23 (2011). H. 68" x W. 150" (172.5cm x 381cm). Signed: Ryoji Koie. Seal: Ryoji Koie. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

Works by the artist can be found in the collections of: Victoria and Albert Museum, London; New South Wales Art Gallery, Australia; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Idemitsu Museum; Kyung Sung University Museum, Pusan; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul; Musée Ariana, Geneva; Museo internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy; Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; National Gallery of Victoria, Australia; River Retreat Garaku, Toyama; Seoul Museum of Art; Tokoname City Hall, Aichi; Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art.

A pair of six-fold paper screens painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with red and white kiku (chrysanthemum), autumn flowers and a bamboo trellis next to rocks; a body of deep blue water can be glimpsed at the edge of the right hand screen. The golden clouds and white kiku are rendered in moriage (raised design), Japan, 17th century, Momoyama period. Paper, ink, colour. H. 68" x W. 151½" (172.5cm x 384.5cm). Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

For a pair of six-fold screens with a similar subject matter in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum see: Kano Eitoku, Momoyama Painter Extraordinaire, p.194-195, pl.57 and for a similar pair of two-fold screens by Kano Eitoku in the collection of the Imperial Household Agency, Tokyo see: Nihon Byōbu E Shyūsei, Vol.7 Kachō ga, Plants and Flowers of the Four Seasons, p.18-19, pl. 4-5

Provenance: Prov. Private collection Karizawa Nagano Ken, Japan

Jizō Bosatsu standing on a lotus base, Japan, Heian period, 9th century. Carved wood. Height figure 59.5 cm. Height incl. stand 77.5 cm. Gregg Baker Asian Art © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

Gregg Baker Asian Art (stand 260) at TEFAF Maastricht 2016, 11-20.

Directors: Barbara Gorzelska, Annika MacFarlane

Established in Mayfair in 1985, the gallery is now located on Kensington Church Street, London, long established as a centre of art and antiques and attracting buyers from all over the world. 

The gallery focuses on antique Japanese paper screens with the largest stock in Europe. Our works of art range from metalwork, in the form of flower vessels and sculpture, to lacquer ware, cloisonné, scrolls, scholar’s objects and Buddhist sculpture not only from Japan but also selected works from China and Korea. 

We have been instrumental in advising and building collections for clients and supplying additions to the collections of museums in Great Britain, the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates and the U.S.A.

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