Asian Art II - 21st May 2015
Lot 501
TWO ALBUMS OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY KAWANABE KYOSAI 1831-1889 The colourful pictures...
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TWO ALBUMS OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY KAWANABE KYOSAI
1831-1889
The colourful pictures depicting animals, birds and fish, one with figures and oxen in a mountainous landscape, each signed Seisei Kyosai hitsu, 22.5cm x 14.3cm. (2)
Cf. T Clark, Demon of Painting: The Art of Kawanabe Kyosai, p.144, no.97 for a similar example in the British Museum.