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Lot Essay
Sold, Sotheby's, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated books, Drawings and Fan Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection Part I,(London, 1974), no.229
Details
KUBOTA SHUMMAN (1757 - 1820)
Seven surimono designs from the extremely rare and beautiful series Gunyo gafu [A Pictorial Record of a Swarm of Butterflies] commissioned by the Kasumi-ren Poetry Club, signed Sho Shumman sei, six of them with the collector's seal Vever, fine impressions, colours and condition, some with slight rubbing Shikishiban
Seven surimono designs from the extremely rare and beautiful series Gunyo gafu [A Pictorial Record of a Swarm of Butterflies] commissioned by the Kasumi-ren Poetry Club, signed Sho Shumman sei, six of them with the collector's seal Vever, fine impressions, colours and condition, some with slight rubbing Shikishiban
Provenance
For six of the prints Henri Vever
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium