TEN JAPANESE KATAGAMI STENCILS

Meiji period, 19th Century

Cut in thick brown paper with floral and geometric patterns

25cm high, 40cm wide (10)

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PROVENANCE:

John Macallan Swan (1846 – 1910) Collection of and thence by descent

J.M. Swan received his artistic training in England and Paris, successfully working in various mediums. Member of the Royal Academy, the Dutch Water-Colour Society, he exhibited at the Parisian Academy since 1878, winning first-class gold medal for painting and sculpture in the Paris Exhibition in 1900. His painting Prodigal Son features in the collection of Tate Britain.