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Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry

Various | Seven paintings and three woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

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December 14, 04:04 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Various

Seven paintings and three woodblock prints 

Edo - Meiji period, 19th century 


seven paintings and three woodblock prints, comprising:

- A study of five fish realistically rendered

- An ink painting of a large seabream (tai)

- Four studies of different species of horses

- An unsigned painting of a female Heian courtier in a boat with a fan and a hand-drum (tsuzumi) beside her

- A later sumizuri-e of an abuna-e in the style of Hishikawa Moronobu

- Kisae of the Mimasuya as Tokiwa Gozen, from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata), signed Nagahide ga, published by Yamasa and Suto, circa 1815-24

- A beauty beside puppies, from the series A Mirror of Illustrious Beauties from Times Past, Volume Five (Chuko shomeika bijin kagami maki no go), signed Okyo sha, 1893


The largest: 26.7 x 41.8 cm., 10½ x 16½ in.

For a further example of the woodblock print by Urakusai Nagahide in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.26554, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/218124