Shibata Zeshin. (1807-1891)
Mushrooms.
- Category
- Japanese | Nature
- Publisher
shikishiban, 25.2 cm × 24.3 cm
Excellent impression, with subtle bokashi in the foreground and on the large mushroom Excellent colour. A tiny thin spot in the paper upper right, otherwise very good condition.
A still life of mushrooms, printed in the late 1880s. Signed Zeshin, with seal.
£230
Shibata Zeshin. (1807-1891)
The Cup of Long Life. 1883.
- Category
- Japanese | Miscellaneous
- Publisher
- Privately published for Kameda Hozan.
large scale surimono, 57.8 cm × 43.4 cm
Excellent impression, with lacquer and metallic pigments. Superb colour. The usual folds, otherwise very good condition.
A large scale surimono by Shibata Zeshin, depicting a large black lacquer box, engraved with ‘long life sake cup, while the red cup is decorated with many variations of the character for long life, ‘kotobuki’. Signed Zeshin, with seal.
£300
Shibata Zeshin. (1807-1891)
Crows in Flight at Sunset. 1888.
- Category
- Japanese | 20th Century
- Publisher
shikishiban, 25.3 cm × 23.7 cm
Excellent impression, colour and condition. Fine gradation of the bokashi.
One of Zeshin's most iconic designs, printed pre-1900. Signed “hachijûichi okina Zeshin – 81-year-old man Zeshin”, with artist’s seal “Zeshin”.
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