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UTAGAWA SCHOOL (MEIJI/TAISHO ERA)
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SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; signed/sealed Utagawa Shunko/
Bamboo Shoot and Pine Needles Harumitsu
Fan painting, ink and color on paper, now mounted as a hanging 19 x 47 1/2in (48.3 x 120.7cm) (image)
scroll; signed Zeshin, with one seal Reisai $800 - 1,200
18 1/8in (46cm) long
$2,000 - 3,000 PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR

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SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) STYLE OF SHIBA KOKAN (1747-1818)
Eggplants Portrait of a European
Miniature hanging scroll, urushi-e (colored lacquer on paper); signed Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; of a European gentleman
Zeshin, with one seal seated on a veranda
4 x 3 1/8in (10.5 x 8cm) 16 x 10 1/4in (40.8 x 26.3cm)
$1,000 - 1,500 $2,000 - 3,000

Shibata Zeshin, a genius in the development of various lacquer PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
techniques, invented urushi-e - paintings painted with actual lacquer.
He remains the only artist successful in this medium, which requires 3046
specially treated paper and specially formulated lacquer to withstand STYLE OF SHIBA KOKAN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
the hanging scroll format. View of a European City
Oil on silk, mounted on a board; a perspective view of a fortified
harbor with figures on boats and walking along a promenade, the city
and mountains in the distance
10 3/8 x 15 1/8in (26.3 x 38.3cm)
$6,000 - 8,000

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