Lot 244
  • 244

A Japanese print Meiji period

Estimate
600 - 1,000 GBP
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Description

  • ink and colour on paper, wood frame
  • 37.2 by 25cm., 14 5/8 by 9 7/8 in.
ink and colour on paper, depicting two ladies standing by a boy holding a fishing rod with a clog by the riverbanks, signed Kitagawa Utamaro, glazed and framed

Condition

Not inspected outside of its frame: There are small worm holes/ losses along the right edge, top middle edge and lower edge of the print. There are general rubbing and foxing/oxidation to the surface. Minor crease lines probably as a result from the mounting.
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