
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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December 12, 01:07 PM GMT
Estimate
700 - 900 EUR
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Description
woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, from the series The Seven Gods of Fortune (Shichifukujin no uchi), signed Aoigaoka Hokkei, circa 1820s
Shikishiban surimono: 21 x 18.5 cm, 8¼ by 7¼ in.
Daikokuten is portrayed smoking a kiseuru pipe, his lucky mallet jutting out of his pocket. He gazes at a tray of flowering adonis (fukujuso). Another impression of the same surimono is in the Art Institute of Chicago, ref. no. 1954.551, go to:
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