JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING OF SCHOLARS DRINKING SAKE - 18TH / 19TH CENTURYInk and watercolor on silk, mounted to a brocade scroll Japan, 18th / 19th centuryThis large painting shows four scholars talking whilst drinking sake and their three pupils sleeping, reclining against the outsized Sake jars. Calligraphy along the right side and an artist seal.Dimensions: TOTAL SIZE 219 x 72 CM, IMAGE SIZE 182.5 x 65 CMCondition: Traces of wear such as stains, creases and tears along the edges, material loss throughout well disguised due to the mountingProvenance: American private collection