JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 18 Frame:unframed Gastaldi obtained from the Venetian

Gastaldi obtained from the Venetian Senate a privilege (a copyright

Hexagonal horizon bars with original papers

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JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 18 Frame:unframed Gastaldi obtained from the VenetianJAPANESE (Late 19th Century) Lilies Woodblock print and finished by hand on pith laid down on heavier stock 17 x 10 sheet Provenance: Nevins Memorial Library, MA Beautiful hand colored woodcuts from a Japanese nursery catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company for the export market. The company was formed at the end of the nineteenth for the purpose of exporting Japanese plants to the West, capitalizing on the prevailing wave of Japonism. The