Discovery-Asian Art, Dolls & Toys
Description:
Four Framed Paintings and Prints, Japan and China, 19th/20th century, a painting on silk depicting a female servant in a kimono, holding a bottle, painting 29 5/8 x 12 5/8; a gouache painting on pith paper depicting two women in a room, sight size 11 1/2 x 7 1/2; a woodblock print by Hiroshige, oban yoko-e reproduction with Watanabe seal; and a woodblock print entitled Ancient City Nara, 1957, 200/200, signed, dated in pencil, print 13 5/8 x 17 7/8 in.
Estimate $250-350
prints in good condition, pith painting with tears and buckling, brown spot molding, creases, buckling to silk painting.
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Keywords
China, JapanCarly Babione
Business Administrator & Cataloguer, Discovery auctions
508-970-3202
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