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Lot 511
Sale 913 - Japanese & Korean Works of Art
Mar 26, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$688
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
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
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.