see something not kosher ?

[Bungo]

http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/250-TH ... la-image-4

 

3 paintings, hawks not particularly well done ( some, at least ) but cheap enough.......... however something smells " not right ".

Spot it ?

 

 

milt

[Gabriel L]

Why don't you enlighten us?

[Bungo]

the second painting is by hiroshige which should be 2 oban size print arranged vertically.

From the pic, it seems " too big " for oban size print ( judging from the partial hand shown ).........

unless there's size/prospective distortion , it doesn't seem ' right ".

 

what do you think ?

 

 

milt

[Gabriel L]

Ah, I thought we were looking for a "Where's Waldo" sort of thing, with maybe a book titled "How to Forge Japanese Art" in the background or something. :lol:

 

The description states the dimensions for the three paintings respectively as:

54" H X 14" W

74" H X 19" W

62" H X 18-1/2" W

 

None of those look like any multiple of the "oban" size, if that is supposed to be 14.5" X 9.5". I don't know anything about this field or why any of these paintings are "supposed" to be oban size, but the auction doesn't claim they are.

 

Cheers,

-GLL

[Bungo]

I suspect the dimension is about the WHOLE scroll and not the picture itself.

Since the Hiroshige is supposed to be 2 vertical PRINTs ( 2 oban laid vertically ), the picture of that particular " painting ' appears too big ............. may be the dude stood back resulting in the optical illusion of ' bigness ", I don't know.

I happen to have the same Hiroshige prints.............these are not one of a kind as they are prints so it's not that unusual to see more than one in the market.

 

The 2 white hawks are quite nice and this lot could be a " bargain " esp. if the Hiroshige is of the right size and not some re-print " blown up " to mount as a big size painting.

 

p.s. this is the one i have, note the horizontal " separattion line " where the 2 prints come together .

http://www.esnips.com/doc/9903425c-4377 ... iroshige69

 

 

milt

[Gabriel L]

Now I see. Thanks Milt! Yeah, I don't know about the dimensions. It certainly could be an optical illusion, but then again maybe not.