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Lot 77

TWO JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY KUNISADA
EDO PERIOD

The first an attractive single framed Oban tate-e of Samurai overlooking a child practicing the Koto, signed Kunisada, C.1853; the second a framed triptych, 'Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae), 1858 by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1786-1864.
Triptych frame: 57 x 98.5 Image (combined): 32.5cm x 73.5cm

Estimate $1,000 - $1,200

Sold for $1,000

As viewed from the frame:
Oban: No visible damages other than some very minor discolouration at the bottom of the image.

Triptych: The right hand edges of the center and right prints are not sitting behind the mounting with the center right edge curling. Remants of a small insect caught inside the glass and center woodblock.


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Asian Works of Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8670
6:00pm - 5 December 2022
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 December, 10am - 4pm
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC

CONTACT
Dominic Kavanagh
asianart@leonardjoel.com.au


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