Pine and Pink Lotuses At Kofu

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Pine and Pink Lotuses At Kofu

Walter Tyndale (1855-1943)

Price

£4,500

Signed

Signed
Inscribed 'Pink Lotus at Kofu' and 'Japanese Gardens' on reverse

Medium

Watercolour on board

Dimensions

10 ¾ x 14 ¾ inches

Illustrated

Mrs Basil Taylor, Japanese Gardens, London: Methuen & Co, 1912, facing page 142

Exhibited

'Three Victorian Travellers', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, March-April 2024

'The Pine tree (Matsu) symbolizes long life, and it is believed that after a thousand years its sap turns to amber; but it also implies other things, sturdiness and strength and steadfastness. Again, two Fir trees standing side by side (more especially the famous two at Takasago and Suminoye, of the popular old Nö drama) typify a husband and wife growing aged together.'
Japanese Gardens, page 142

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