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A pair of erotic tanzaku with original box
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Pre 1900 item# 1103896 (stock# 598)
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Dragon’s Pearl
$ 550
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A pair of erotic tanzaku (oblong pictures mounted on thin cardboard for placing on the beams) in an original and very exquisite box made of mottled hardwood. The paintings are in colors and ink and depict a pair of lovers and a half-naked woman displaying her sex respectively. Both have corresponding poems on the back. Meiji, 19th cent. H 36 cm, W 6 cm. Condition: Quite good with only minor foxing. The cardboard on one with a light crack (not visible from the front).
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Fine pair of kakemono with Immortals, late Edo
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Pre 1900 item# 1060555 (stock# 514)
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Dragon’s Pearl
$ 1,000
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A pair of kakemonos depicting immortals in landskabes. Painted in ink and light colors on silk. Signed: Gabo = Suzuki Takeshi (1816-1870), a noted student of the famous Tani Buncho (1763-1840). Roberts, p. 28a. Fitted kiri-box. Japan, late Edo, second half of 19th century, probably around 1860. Condition: Fine (some wear and stains on the back of the scrolls). Dimentions (only picture frame): H. 104 cm W. 42 cm Total size with mounting H. 175 cm; W. 50 cm .
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