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Auction archive: Lot number 36*

A gold-lacquer three-case inro and matching manju netsuke

Fine Japanese Art
16 May 2019
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
ca. US$3,205 - US$3,846
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 36*

A gold-lacquer three-case inro and matching manju netsuke

Fine Japanese Art
16 May 2019
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
ca. US$3,205 - US$3,846
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

By Uemura Enshu (born 1955) after a woodblock design by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century Decorated in gold and polychrome togidashi maki-e depicting on both sides the front and back portrait of Naniwaya Okita, a famous tea-house girl, from an untitled series of double-sided hosoban prints by Kitagawa Utamaro, published by Harimaya Shinichi, circa 1790-91, inscribed Naniwaya Okita Utamaro ga, the interior of rich nashiji; the lacquer en-suite manju netsuke showing the head and shoulders of Naniwaya Okita from the print Toji sanbijin (Three Beauties of the Present Day), published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, circa 1793. The inro: 7.7cm (3in) high; the manju netsuke: 3.7cm (1 3/8in) diameter.

Auction archive: Lot number 36*
Auction:
Datum:
16 May 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

By Uemura Enshu (born 1955) after a woodblock design by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century Decorated in gold and polychrome togidashi maki-e depicting on both sides the front and back portrait of Naniwaya Okita, a famous tea-house girl, from an untitled series of double-sided hosoban prints by Kitagawa Utamaro, published by Harimaya Shinichi, circa 1790-91, inscribed Naniwaya Okita Utamaro ga, the interior of rich nashiji; the lacquer en-suite manju netsuke showing the head and shoulders of Naniwaya Okita from the print Toji sanbijin (Three Beauties of the Present Day), published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, circa 1793. The inro: 7.7cm (3in) high; the manju netsuke: 3.7cm (1 3/8in) diameter.

Auction archive: Lot number 36*
Auction:
Datum:
16 May 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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