Sunday, February 18, 2024
February Online Auction | LOT #277 - Asian Woodblock Print and Engraving Assortment
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LOT #277
Asian Woodblock Print and Engraving Assortment
(4) items including an attributed to Kaoru Kawano (Japanese, 1916-1965) undated and unsigned “Gentle Breeze” woodblock print having artist printed chopmark lower left, matted under glass in a wood frame and a Yoshito Murakame (Japanese, 20th century) 1964, pencil signed and dated lower left, #9/50 woodblock depicting a man carrying a burden in the snow, floated behind glass in a wood frame as well as after Pu-Qua (Chinese, 18th Century) including (4) hand-colored stipple-engraved plates by Dadley after Pu-Qua of Canton, pulled from “The Costume of China, Illustrated with Sixty Engravings” by George Henry Mason, published by William Miller, London, 1799, including plates #II “A Watchman”, #XXXV “A Balancer”, #XLIV “A Serpent-Catcher” and #LIX “A Lame Beggar”, uniformly matted behind acrylic in painted wood frames having informational sheets in envelopes attached verso
Estimate: $200 - $400
Hammer Price: $300
Dimensions: Height: 27 inches, Width: 16 1/2 inches (larger, full sheet); Frame Height: 28 1/2 inches, Frame Width: 18 1/2 inches
Condition: paper toning of Murakame print having a broken frame, light wear to Kawano frame, no damage to engravings noted, glass broken to frame of #XXXV, light wear to frames, paper toning of Murakame print having a broken frame, light wear to Kawano frame, no damage to engravings noted, glass broken to frame of #XXXV, light wear to frames
Disclaimers: not examined out of the frames
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