IbexiSterlinfa Posted January 28, 2020 Report Posted January 28, 2020 Good afternoon everyone! I recently went antiquing in the back woods of South Carolina and came across what I believe to be a Kakemono or Kakejiku. The price was quite reasonable so I picked up. I am interested to know what the kanji on the piece translates to. I am assuming it is Japanese but it may be Chinese. I know very little about hanging wall art but this piece interested me and I figured was worth further review. Any thoughts and opinions are welcome. Thanks very much. Quote
SteveM Posted January 28, 2020 Report Posted January 28, 2020 It has the name of a Chinese artist, Liu Xuejian, 紫藤双燕 on it. If you drop those 4 kanji into a search engine you should be able to find similar works. 1 Quote
SteveM Posted January 28, 2020 Report Posted January 28, 2020 It has the name of a Chinese artist, Liu Xuejian, 紫藤双燕 on it. If you drop those 4 kanji into a search engine you should be able to find similar works. Oops, those four kanji aren't the name of the artist. Those kanji refer to the piece itself (purple rattan with swallows) . Next to that is what looks like the artist's name (鉄岩画), but I'm not sure how to pronounce this. 1 Quote
John A Stuart Posted January 29, 2020 Report Posted January 29, 2020 Strange, 鉄 is a simplified form of 鐵 for iron pronounced Tie. 鉄岩画 is Tie Yan Hua and means iron rock painting. ??? John 1 Quote
IbexiSterlinfa Posted January 29, 2020 Author Report Posted January 29, 2020 Steve, thanks very much for your analysis. I googled the first set of kanji you provided and got similar artworks, so I can see that being a description of the artwork. I checked on the artist's name you provided in the second post but returned with nothing, so not sure on that one. Based on your observation do you have any indication of its quality or when it may have been produced? To me it appears handmade and seemingly brittle from age when I hold it. Please let me know what you think, thanks very much for the information you have provided so far. Quote
SteveM Posted January 29, 2020 Report Posted January 29, 2020 I don't think this would be considered a very high quality artwork. It is a decorative art, just meant to provide color in a corner of the house. I'm now not sure about the one at after 鉄岩. I don't like the way the vertical stroke pokes through the top horizontal stroke. This shouldn't happen with 画. Maybe its 書? Maybe it is some completely different thing. 1 Quote
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