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A rare enamel advertising sign for Thé de Chine, executed by vitracier Japy after a woodcut by Ohara Shoson circa 1912
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Description
- enamelled facsimile signature and seal for Ohara Shoson
- 36, 8 x 25 cm, imperfections
depicting a cockatoo perched on a fruiting pomegranate branch, enamelled in shades of white, pink, blue, green and brown on a black ground, on a curved metal panel with blue-white mottled enamel layer on verso
Catalogue Note
The sign here offered for sale is a reproduction of a woodcut by the famous Japanese painter and graphic artist Ohara Shoson (1877 -1945). Another example of this advertising sign was sold at Dorotheum Vienna, 10 May 1994, described as the only example known thus far and dated circa 1912