• Japanese and Korean Art auction at Christies

    Sale 2688

    Japanese and Korean Art

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    20 March 2013

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    • Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
    Lot 713

    Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

    Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

    Price realised

    USD 27,500

    Estimate

    USD 500 - USD 700

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    Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
    A group of woodcuts from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido) published by Takenouchi Magohachi and Tsuruya Kiemon, including the snow view Kanbara yoru no yuki (Night snow, Kanbara)
    oban yoko-e
    MFA acc. nos. all beginning with the numeral 11.: 17274; 17298; 17299; 17402; 23090-91; 38857-58; 38860; 38863-64; 38891-92; 38894; 38905; 38911; 38915 (17)

    Provenance

    William Sturgis Bigelow

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