Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
Lot Closed
December 16, 02:57 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764–1820)
Two surimono
Edo period, 19th century
each a woodblock print, surimono, signed Shinsai, privately published circa 1810s, and comprising:
- A box decorated with peacock feathers, beside coins, coral, and plum blossom, commissioned for the Taikogawa Poetry Circle
- An open fan, decorative boxes and a pocketbook with its fittings
Both surimono, shikishiban: each approximately 21.2 x 18.9 cm., 8½ x 7½.
For another impression of the first in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.20038, go to: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/214160