Lot 68
Lot 68
FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)

Singing-Frog Cage and Folding Screen / The Dry-Shallows Shell

Price Realised GBP 2,000
Estimate
GBP 1,800 - GBP 2,200
Closed: 22 Jun 2017
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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)

Singing-Frog Cage and Folding Screen / The Dry-Shallows Shell

Price Realised GBP 2,000
Closed: 22 Jun 2017
Price Realised GBP 2,000
Closed: 22 Jun 2017
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The Waterless Shell (Minasegai), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase)
Woodblock printed surimono, embellished with gold pigments and mica, signed Getchirojin Iitsu hitsu, privately published, 1821
Shikishiban surimono (19.6 x 17.6 cm.)

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