Sale 5496
London, South Kensington
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12 May 2010
Price realised
GBP 1,500
Estimate
Attr. to Nishimura Shigenaga (ca. 1697-1756) Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820) Kayoi Komachi, c.1730 with hand-applied colour, lacquer, mica and blow stippling, very good impression, wormholes restored; and Festival Dancers signed Kitao Shigemasa ga, good impression and colour, slight soiling, wormholes and slight tear restored, backed Hosoban and horizontal hosoban (2)
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Literature
For the first see Richard Illing, The Art of Japanese Prints, (London, 1980), pl.31 and for the second, pl.26
Special Notice
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Pre-Lot Text
Japanese Prints from the Illing Collection
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