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New Years Eve Auction

Sat, Dec 31, 2022 11:00AM EST
Lot 155

Collection of Japanese Art

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

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$50 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
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$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$300,000 $25,000
$500,000 $50,000
$1,000,000 $100,000

A large collection of Japanese art, offered as a single lot. Includes Japanese woodblock prints by 19th century artists, such as Hiroshige (recut), Kunisada (recut), and Kobayashi Kiyochika, and 20th century shin hanga artists, such as Tokuriki Tomikichiro, Koichi Okumura, and Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki). One folder with 9 woodblock prints. Three paintings with gold decorations, not unlike maki-e. Three memorial portraits with calligraphy, prints. Two small table screens (byobu) with hand painted bird and flower (kacho-e) decoration. Multiple prints, including recuts. Also, two modern prints, likely showing scenes of Hamden, CT. Condition: mixed, good overall. Provenance: from the collection of a Connecticut ukiyo-e collector. fancy, art, artwork, wall, decor, Japan, Asia, Asian, design, nature, natural, wood block, ukiyoe, ukiyo e