Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
No reserve
Lot Closed
December 16, 03:08 PM GMT
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Shozo Ittei (active 1820s)
Anonymous
Three surimono
Edo - Meiji period, 19th century
each a woodblock print, surimono, and comprising:
- Porcelain tea bowl, scissors and grater, signed Ittei, privately issued by the Tsurunoya Osamaru Poetry Circle, circa 1824; together with a Meiji period printing of the same design
- Rice and pine, sealed, with poetic inscription
each a surimono, shikishiban:
20.3 x 18.2 cm., 8 x 7 in. (the first)
23.5 x 20.9 cm., 9¼ x 8¼ in. (the second)
20.8 x 18.9 cm., 8¼ x 7½ in. (the third)
For a similar impression of the Meiji period printing in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand, accession number 2016-0008-18, go to: