Two Zelkova Wood Shop Signboards, Kanban

PHARMACEUTICAL KANBAN: EDO PERIOD, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY; EYEGLASS KANBAN: MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

each of rectangular form, the eyeglass shop kanban with gilt and polychrome highlighted inscriptions underneath glass insets depicting a pair of eyeglasses, mounted with iron hardware; the pharmaceutical kanban with gold and black lacquered inscriptions, mounted with bronze and iron hardware.

For a similar eyeglass kanban, see Kanban: Shop Signs of Japan, page 102, plate 76

For an Early Edo period (17th century) pharmaceutical kanban, see Kanban: Shop Signs of Japan, page 8, figure 7

Height of larger 57 x width 26 x depth 3 in.

Height of smaller 62 x width 12 1/4 x depth 1 in.
Each showing some minor splintering and weathering related to use and age. The larger sign with old losses to circular relief hardware on the left and right sides.

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Japanese & Korean Works of Art

Two Zelkova Wood Shop Signboards, Kanban

Japanese & Korean Works of Art

Two Zelkova Wood Shop Signboards, Kanban

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