Bamboo and Rock, first half 19th century, Yamamoto Baiitsu, Japanese, 1783 - 1856, 42 3/16 × 15 3/4 in. ( × cm) (image)71 1/4 × 21 3/4 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on silk, Japan, 19th century, Yamamoto Baiitsu is best known for his large-scale paintings of birds and flowers, characterized by delicate brushwork. However, this painting is typical of Baiitsu’s work in the style of Chinese scholar-painters: a clump of bamboo painted with a wet inky brush, behind a rough rock rendered with a much drier brush

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