Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the൩ Collection of Henri Vever)
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) | The lovers Shirai Gompachi and Tamaya Komurasaki | Edo period, late 18th century - early 19th century
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July 21, 01:14 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Property fr💟om an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
The lovers Shirai Gompachi and Tamaya Komurasaki
Edo period, late 18th century - early 19th century
woodblock print, signed Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni), published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1800s; with collector’s seals of an unidentified Japanese collector and H.V., ⛄;with💮 original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
Vertical oban: 36.5 x 25 cm., 14⅜ x 9⅞ in.
Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 136.
Pari Beberu korekushon ukiyoe meisaku 300 senten (300 Masterpie💦ces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection), ex🐽h. cat., (Tokyo, 1975), no. 270.
Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 2, no. 644.
Jack Hillier, Suzuki Juzo and Adachi Toyohisa, Ukiyo-e: Beberu korekushon (Ukiyo-e Prin🌊ts from the Vever Collection)💯, (Tokyo, 1976), no. 662.
Pari Beberu korekushon, ukiyo-e meisaku 300 senten (300 Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Vever Collectꩵion), exhibited at the following venues:
Keio Department Store, Tokyo, 4th - 15th January 1975
Hanshin Department Store, Osaka, 6th - 18th February 1975
Sogo Department Store, Hiroshima, 21st - 26th April 1975