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Day 1: Important Asian Works of Art

Thu, Sep 15, 2016 10:00AM EDT - Fri, Sep 16, 2016 10:00AM EDT
Lot 82

Five Vintage Woodblock Prints of

Estimate: $300 - $400

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Domestic Scenes Japanese, late 1940s, two woodblock prints by Happodo Printing, Kyoto, of formal decoration of a high-class tea room and a formal traditional Japanese-style room, 9-1/4 x 14 in., [good condition]; and three street scenes including a charcoal vendor, Shakuhachi players, and children playing outside a shop, by unread artist, 11 x 15-3/4 in., [hinge residue on top of Shakuhachi print, torn right lower corner over signature of children playing print, tacking residue on several back corners]. Condition: . Notes: Please Note: Brunk Auctions provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater. Provenance: Collection of Prof. John W. Bennett; Collection of Commander USNR (Ret.) Wayne S. and Mrs. Lydia B. Shiver, Asheboro, North Carolina