KANO CHIKANOBU (1660-1728) EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY A Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll painting), ink and light colour on silk, depicting a shishi leaping beside rockwork, the lion dog holding a white peony in its mouth, signed Chikanobu and with a faint red seal mark, 39cm x 64cm. Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford. According to Oliver Impey`s archive, this painting was purchased from Christie`s via Douglas Wright.