KOSON -- "Cockatoo and Pomegranate"

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Title "Cockatoo and Pomegranate" (given name)
Date 1927
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer Red "7mm seal" lower left image (used only 1957-89).
Image Size 9 1/4 x 14 1/4
Impression Excellent. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; extensive "gauffrage" to feathers; baren "sujizuri" seen on tree limb; highly detailed carving, crisp lines.
Condition Excellent. Strong colors. Clean backside. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus Blair's 1936 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #185; "Crow, Cranes, and Camellias" pl. #S-36.1; Andacht pg 152.
Comments Striking image set against jet-black background.
Item # JS-1850
Price $375 (Sold-DP)