Rare 1st Ed Original Paul Jacoulet Woodblock Print "Le Reveil" Saipan Chawan Height = 3"

Height = 3"

intricately shaped like miniature square baskets and adorned in the classic Oribe style glaze

It features a maiden holding a fan on one side

There is single bristle of the brush used to apply the lacquer embedded in the underside of the chataku visible in picture 6

They measure 11" long (28cm)

Rare 1st Ed Original Paul Jacoulet Woodblock Print "Le Reveil" Saipan Chawan Height = 3"This is an original Paul Jacoulet print titled "Le Reveil" Saipan, Marianes. It is the "First Stage" or 1st edition with only 60 impression ever created making this image a truly rare treasure from 1937. In all, Paul Jacoulet made only 166 different prints in his lifetime living in Japan. The blocks were carved by Jacoulet's long time master carver Kantaro Maeda. This is stamped with the "lucky hammer" below the artist signature indicating the 1937