Antique & Decorative

JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT OR PAINTING ON SILK, CHOBUNSAI...

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JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT OR PAINTING ON SILK, CHOBUNSAI EISHI. Featuring a geisha. In a glazed frame. Dimensions including frame 33cm x 51.5cm. By Chobunsai Eishi 1756 – 1829.

Provenance: From a local estate. Property of Navy Commander Henry W. Jennings R.N. This lot was acquired while stationed in Sasebo Japan between 1946-48. Jennings retired in the 1960s and thence by descent. The lots acquired by Jennings in 1946-48 are lots 204, 240, 241, 245-254 and 256.