Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815) | A party in the Shinagawa Pleasure Quarters | Edo period, 18th century
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July 21, 01:07 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
A party in the Shinagawa Pleasure Quarters
Edo period, 18th century
woodblock print, part of a triptych depicting a party in the Shinagawa Pleasure Quarters, signed Kiyonaga ga (Pictured by Kiyonaga), published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo) circa 1790; with collectors' seals Hayashi and H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
Vertical oban: 38 x 24.5 cm., 15 x 9⅝ in.
Henri Vever (1854-1942)
Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 78.
Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 1, no. 376.
Jack Hillier, Suzuki Juzo and Adachi Toyohisa, Ukiyo-e: Beberu korekushon (Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection), (Tokyo, 1976), no. 375.
