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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