Scroll depicting a crane, vase with lizard and frog, Japonism. Dix Eaux-Fortes, print, title page, Print is part of a cover with ten prints., inscription: 'Ex. no 24', printmaker: Félix Hilaire Buhot, 1883, paper, Japanese paper (handmade paper), etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone on Japanese paper, height 263 mm x width 180 mm, A vertical ink drawing on a pale background shows a large bird with a long pointed beak standing among tall grass, its detailed feathers indicated by fine lines, and a frog sitting on a rock near the base of the grass. To the right of the bird is a tall vase with a rounded body on an ornate stand, and a lizard-like creature clings to the vase with its tail curling down and body coiled around the neck. A rolled scroll forms a decorative border on each side, the left scroll topped by a crouching monkey and the right scroll intersected by a branch with a small perched bird. Near the top a thin horizontal line suggests a distant horizo...
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Scroll depicting a crane, vase with lizard and frog, Japonism. Dix Eaux-Fortes, print, title page, Print is part of a cover with ten prints., inscription: 'Ex. no 24', printmaker: Félix Hilaire Buhot, 1883, paper, Japanese paper (handmade paper), etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone on Japanese paper, height 263 mm x width 180 mm, A vertical ink drawing on a pale background shows a large bird with a long pointed beak standing among tall grass, its detailed feathers indicated by fine lines, and a frog sitting on a rock near the base of the grass. To the right of the bird is a tall vase with a rounded body on an ornate stand, and a lizard-like creature clings to the vase with its tail curling down and body coiled around the neck. A rolled scroll forms a decorative border on each side, the left scroll topped by a crouching monkey and the right scroll intersected by a branch with a small perched bird. Near the top a thin horizontal line suggests a distant horizon with a crescent shape and a few small birds perched on a line, while various fine dots and aged marks appear across the paper.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Scroll depicting crane vase lizard frog Japonism Dix Eaux-Fortes print title page Print part cover ten prints inscription Ex no 24 printmaker Félix Hilaire Buhot 1883 paper Japanese paper handmade paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 263 mm x width 180 mm vertical ink drawing pale background large bird long pointed beak standing tall grass detailed feathers indicated fine lines frog sitting rock near base grass right bird tall vase rounded body ornate stand lizard- creature clings tail curling down body coiled neck rolled scroll forms decorative border side left scroll topped crouching monkey right scroll intersected branch small perched Near top thin horizontal line distant horizon crescent shape small birds perched line various fine dots aged marks across paper

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