Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral Features: Hand-carved Nandi bull form

Features: Hand-carved Nandi bull form

Betel boxes were used for holding betel leaves and other ingredients associated with the consumption of betelnut

crafted in the enduring Ming style

Originally this piece would have been painted multiple times during its lifetime

The shaped apron beneath each shelf introduces a subtle softness to the otherwise linear frame

Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral Features: Hand-carved Nandi bull formThis 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