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    Sale 4836

    Oriental Works of Art and Ceramics

    London, South Kensington

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    19 November 1992

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    Lot 206

    A Japanese painting in sumi, gofun and colour on a gilt ground depicting a cockerel, hen and chicks beneath a flowering prunus tree -- 10½in.x 10¾in.; two smaller paintings, each with figures in theatrical costumes -- 6¼in.x 7¼in.; Hiroshige, oban tate-e, a print with a figure playing a flute in a garden before a pavilion; Kunisada, oban tate-e, a print with a bijin walking through a tree strewn landscape; and three further prints, all framed and glazed. (8)

    Price realised

    GBP 242

    Estimate

    GBP 150 - GBP 250

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    A Japanese painting in sumi, gofun and colour on a gilt ground depicting a cockerel, hen and chicks beneath a flowering prunus tree -- 10½in.x 10¾in.; two smaller paintings, each with figures in theatrical costumes -- 6¼in.x 7¼in.; Hiroshige, oban tate-e, a print with a figure playing a flute in a garden before a pavilion; Kunisada, oban tate-e, a print with a bijin walking through a tree strewn landscape; and three further prints, all framed and glazed. (8)

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