Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752-1811). Ink on silk framed scroll painting depicting a pair of mallards swimming in a pond. Signed along the lower right. Matsumura Goshun, sometimes referred to as Matsumura Gekkei, was an Edo period painter and a founder of the Shijo school of painting. A master of Japanese southern school painting, he was also a follower of Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1719-1784) and worked with a circle of painters around Maruyama Okyo (Japanese, 1733-1795).

Image; height: 37 1/2 in x width: 14 1/2 in.
Framed; height: 46 3/4 in x 20 1/2 in.