Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Katsukawa Shuncho (active circa 1780-1801) | A teahouse waitress and two actors | Edo period, late 18th century
Lot Closed
July 21, 01:16 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Katsukawa Shuncho (active circa 1780-1801)
A teahouse waitress and two actors
Edo period, late 18th century
woodblock print, signed Shuncho ga (Pictured by Shuncho), circa early 1790s; with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
Vertical oban: 39.2 x 26.4 cm., 15⅜ x 10⅜ in.
Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 105.
C. Vignier, T. Inada and R. Koechlin, Kiyonaga, Buncho, Sharaku. Estampes Japonaises Exposées au Musée des Arts Décoratifs en Janvier 1911, (Paris, 1911), no. 227, pl. LI.
Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 2, no. 517.
Jack Hillier, Suzuki Juzo and Adachi Toyohisa, Ukiyo-e: Beberu korekushon (Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection), (Tokyo, 1976), no. 512.