Japan: Woodblock Prints

J04
Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891): Two river trout ayu
unmounted large oban yoko-e
with red collector's seal 'Vever (3)' at bottom right
colour print, 1880s
28.8cm x 43.3cm

 
ex: Vever Collection, and brought to Australia by Jane Carnegie

published: Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1976, volume 3, page 991, number 861
published: Jane Carnegie, Oriental art: Works of art from China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, Melbourne, May 1981, number 22, page 12 (exhibition catalogue)