31st Mar, 2025 11:00
Pursuing Perfection, the Perino Collection
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TA 5% Vat. SHUGETSU (1440? — 1529)
Daruma on a Reed
SHUGETSU (1440? — 1529)
Daruma on a Reed
Ashikaga period, 15th/16th century
A Japanese hanging scroll painting, kakejiku, ink on paper, depicting the Bodhidharma Daruma crossing the Yangtze River in China on a reed as he proceeds to the capital city of Luoyang, signed Nyūtō Shugetsu and sealed, together with certificate of authenticity signed Kanō Einō (1631-1697) and a tomobako.
Image 87cm x 23cm; total 173cm x 35.5cm
Provenance: the Claudio Perino Collection, Turin, acquired mostly in Japan in early 2000s.
Exhibited: MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin, and MUSEC Museo delle Culture, Lugano, 2020 - 2022.
Literature: the exhibition catalogue Kakemono, Five centiuries of Japanese painting. The Perino Collection, p. 86, no 66.
In his depiction of the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism, Shugetsu focussed on the arhat’s face, painted with a few simple lines, but full of expression: his eye, wide open and looking skyward is present and piercing. This contrasts the minimalist outline of his cape and only the suggestion of a foot poking from underneath, reminiscent of the traditional depictions of Daruma as a round doll. According to legend, following an unsuccessful encounter with the Chinese Liang Dynasty Emperor Wu, Daruma is said to have sailed up the Yangtze River on a single reed to continue his journey to promote Zen.
This lot has been imported from outside the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission (TA) regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. Standard VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium. Buyers are invited to familiarise themselves with these rules prior to bidding.
Sold for £1,107
SHUGETSU (1440? — 1529)
Daruma on a Reed
Ashikaga period, 15th/16th century
A Japanese hanging scroll painting, kakejiku, ink on paper, depicting the Bodhidharma Daruma crossing the Yangtze River in China on a reed as he proceeds to the capital city of Luoyang, signed Nyūtō Shugetsu and sealed, together with certificate of authenticity signed Kanō Einō (1631-1697) and a tomobako.
Image 87cm x 23cm; total 173cm x 35.5cm
Provenance: the Claudio Perino Collection, Turin, acquired mostly in Japan in early 2000s.
Exhibited: MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin, and MUSEC Museo delle Culture, Lugano, 2020 - 2022.
Literature: the exhibition catalogue Kakemono, Five centiuries of Japanese painting. The Perino Collection, p. 86, no 66.
In his depiction of the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism, Shugetsu focussed on the arhat’s face, painted with a few simple lines, but full of expression: his eye, wide open and looking skyward is present and piercing. This contrasts the minimalist outline of his cape and only the suggestion of a foot poking from underneath, reminiscent of the traditional depictions of Daruma as a round doll. According to legend, following an unsuccessful encounter with the Chinese Liang Dynasty Emperor Wu, Daruma is said to have sailed up the Yangtze River on a single reed to continue his journey to promote Zen.
This lot has been imported from outside the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission (TA) regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. Standard VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium. Buyers are invited to familiarise themselves with these rules prior to bidding.
Auction: Pursuing Perfection, the Perino Collection, 31st Mar, 2025
We are thrilled to offer a selection of pieces from a distinguished Italian private collection of East Asian art.
Dr Claudio Perino begun collecting in the early 2000s. His interest in Japanese lacquer soon transitioned into woodblock prints and ceramics, eventually focusing on paintings from the Edo and Meiji periods.
Always eager to share the joy of experiencing his treasures, Dr Perino exhibited his lacquer, prints and paintings at the MAO - Museum of Oriental Art in Turin between 2008 - 2023. The twenty-four paintings featured in the current sale were a part of a large exhibition curated by Prof Matthi Forrer at the Museo delle Culture in Lugano and later the Torinian MAO between 2020 - 2022.
Among the sixty-seven lots presented here, there are a few pieces of Korean ceramics. Chinese art is represented among others by a porcelain plaque by Wang Qi, an early Qingbai ewer and two important Qing Dynasty embroidered silk robes.
Lots 38 and 40 will be a subject to a deposit payable at least 24hours before the auction day.
All lots are sold under Temporary Admission. Additional 5% is added on the hammer price, standard 20% VAT applies to our Buyer's Premium of 23%.
For any questions relating to the sale, please contact the Head of the Japanese Department, Marta Somauroo at marta@azcaauctions.com.
Viewing
7th - 30th March 2025, Monday to Friday: 11am to 4pm
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Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th March the preview will be open from 11am to 4pm
