Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)

Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806) | The Asahiya Widow | Edo period, late 18th century

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40,000 - 50,000 GBP

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Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)

Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

The Asahiya Widow

Edo period, late 18^th century

woodblock print, from the series Six Selected Elegant Poems (Furyu Rokkasen), signed Utamaro hitsu (Brush of Utamaro), published by Omiya Gonkuro, circa 1796; with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram

Vertical oban: 39 x 25.1 cm., 15⅜ x 9⅞ in.

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 95.

Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 2, no. 462.

A group of Sotheby’s catalogues | 蘇富比圖錄一組

Estimate:20,000 - 30,000 HKD

Three groups of books of Chinese art dealers | 古董商書籍三組

Estimate:20,000 - 30,000 HKD

A pair of marble-inset hardwood stools, 20th century | 二十世紀硬木嵌雲石凳一對

Estimate:20,000 - 30,000 HKD

Hugh Moss, Tablescape: Drifting, ink on paper, framed | Hugh Moss，《Tablescape: Drifting》，水墨紙本，鏡框

Estimate:150,000 - 300,000 HKD

A group of Asian art reference books | 亞洲藝術參考書籍一組

Estimate:50,000 - 80,000 HKD

A zitan box, Qing dynasty, 18th century | 清十八世紀紫檀小箱

Estimate:20,000 - 40,000 HKD

A pair of cloisonné enamel roosters, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀掐絲琺瑯天雞擺件一對

Estimate:400,000 - 600,000 HKD

A group of auction catalogues and reference books | 拍賣圖錄及參考書籍一組

Estimate:20,000 - 30,000 HKD

A marble torso of a Bodhisattva, Eastern Wei dynasty | 東魏大理石雕菩薩身像

Estimate:42,000 - 60,000 HKD

Qi Baishi Yin Ji [Seals of Qi Baishi], 1990, twenty volumes | 北京圖書館金石組編，《齊白石印集》，1990年，兩函20冊

Estimate:5,000 - 10,000 HKD

Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806) | The Asahiya Widow | Edo period, late 18th century

A group of Sotheby’s catalogues | 蘇富比圖錄一組

Three groups of books of Chinese art dealers | 古董商書籍三組

A pair of marble-inset hardwood stools, 20th century | 二十世紀 硬木嵌雲石凳 一對

Hugh Moss, Tablescape: Drifting, ink on paper, framed | Hugh Moss，《Tablescape: Drifting》，水墨紙本，鏡框

A group of Asian art reference books | 亞洲藝術參考書籍一組

A zitan box, Qing dynasty, 18th century | 清十八世紀 紫檀小箱

A pair of cloisonné enamel roosters, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯天雞擺件一對

A group of auction catalogues and reference books | 拍賣圖錄及參考書籍一組

A marble torso of a Bodhisattva, Eastern Wei dynasty | 東魏 大理石雕菩薩身像

Qi Baishi Yin Ji [Seals of Qi Baishi], 1990, twenty volumes | 北京圖書館金石組編，《齊白石印集》，1990年，兩函20冊

A pair of marble-inset hardwood stools, 20th century | 二十世紀硬木嵌雲石凳一對

A zitan box, Qing dynasty, 18th century | 清十八世紀紫檀小箱

A pair of cloisonné enamel roosters, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀掐絲琺瑯天雞擺件一對

A marble torso of a Bodhisattva, Eastern Wei dynasty | 東魏大理石雕菩薩身像