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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
            23 ATTRIBUTED                   TO     SHIBATA            ZESHIN          (1807-1891)


                Pictures of Chinese and
                Japanese figures


                The first scroll titled Zeshin o hitsu
                Wajinbusukan (Study of Japanese people by
                old man Zeshin), the second scroll titled Zeshin
                o hitsu Kanjinbutsukan (Study of Chinese
                people painted by old man Zeshin), each
                signed and authenticated by Shoji Chikushin
                (1854-1936)
                Pair of handscrolls; ink and color on paper
                The first scroll: 11x 195¿ in. (28 x 495.5 cm.)
                The second scroll: 10¬ x 162Ω in. (27 x 412.5
                cm.)
                With a wood box                              (2)

                $15,000-25,000


                PROVENANCE:
                Bonhams, London, 10 May 2011, lot 366




































                authentication and signature by Chikushin
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