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Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art

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Property of a European Collector and Thence by Descent

Munakata Shiko (1903-1975) | Princess Kuchinashi (Kuchinashi hi no saku) | Showa period, 20th century

Lot Closed

November 5, 03:55 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Munakata Shiko (1903-1975)

Princess Kuchinashi (Kuchinashi hi no saku)

Showa period, 20th century 


woodblock print, sumizuri-e, with hand-applied colour, signed in pencil to the lower left in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, with artist's red seal and penciled pine needles and field chrysanthemum (nogiku) mark, framed and glazed; with woodblock printed certificate of authenticity (kanteisho) by the artist's sonMunakata Pariji (1934-1998), hand-numbered in Japanese script 2,740 inscribed Munakta Shiko saku (made by Munakata Shiko) and titled, with two red seals, and signed Munakata Pariji

49.2 x 45. cm., 19⅜ x 17¾ in. (including the frame) 

30 x 24 cm., 113/4 x 9½ in. (the print)