Auction: February 18, 2024

Lot #277: Asian Woodblock Print and Engraving Assortment

(4) items including an attributed to Kaoru Kawano (Japanese, 1916-1965) undated and unsigned "Gentle Breeze" woodblock print having artist printed chopmark lower left, matted under glass in a wood frame and a Yoshito Murakame (Japanese, 20th century) 1964, pencil signed and dated lower left, #9/50 woodblock depicting a man carrying a burden in the snow, floated behind glass in a wood frame as well as after Pu-Qua (Chinese, 18th Century) including (4) hand-colored stipple-engraved plates by Dadley after Pu-Qua of Canton, pulled from "The Costume of China, Illustrated with Sixty Engravings" by George Henry Mason, published by William Miller, London, 1799, including plates #II "A Watchman", #XXXV "A Balancer", #XLIV "A Serpent-Catcher" and #LIX "A Lame Beggar", uniformly matted behind acrylic in painted wood frames having informational sheets in envelopes attached verso