
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
Lot Closed
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: