Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Necklaces & Amulets characteristic of Thai religious artistry

characteristic of Thai religious artistry

originally a merchant’s chest

Bronze Dhokra Work Money Box - 19thC Made by Gond Tribesmen - 19thC - using the lost wax technique

Each one is unique - wired and PAT tested in our own workshop in the UK

179 x 37 x 85 (w x d x h cms)

Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Necklaces & Amulets characteristic of Thai religious artistryThis old Japanese woodblock print is by woodblock print artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi and is the third part of a triptych entitled 'General Watnai hunting the Tigers in Formosa' (Watnai gunko tshu no zu) which depicts Kat Kiyomasa (Watnai) and his men chasing tigers off a cliff. The original publisher was Yamaguchi ya Tbei in 1855, Edo period. The heavy use of blue shows how popular Prussian Blue (ferric ferrocyanide) had become after it became readily