Anonymous
Shunsetu Higi , 1868 (Executed)
Lot #255 |
2021-05-13 |
Bonhams, London, New Bond Street
Snow, Sex and Spectacle: Japanese Art across Six Centuries
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 800 - 1,200 (currency of sale)
USD 1,123 - 1,684 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Bonhams
Auction number: 26790
Auction name: Snow, Sex and Spectacle: Japanese Art across Six Centuries
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London, New Bond Street
Start date: 2021-05-13
End date: 2021-05-13
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Japanese Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: Overall: 21cm x 28cm (8Ā¼in x 11in); each image: approx., 17cm x 25.5cm (6 11/17in x 10 1/16in).
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
21
Width In Centimeters:
28
Height In Inches:
8.27
Width In Inches:
11
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Year notes: Executed between Edo period (1868-1912) to Meiji era (1868-1912).
Catalog summary
Anonymous Edo period (1868-1912) to Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-19th to early 20th century A folding album titled Shunsetu higi (Secret Pleasure in the Time of Spring Snow) with middle-size shunga paintings and prints, mounted with the corresponding subjects side by side depicting different couples making love, consisting of one page of preface, seven pages of paintings in ink, colour and gold on silk, five pages of Utamaro-style prints (severely-trimmed), three pages of 'bird-and-flower' painting and a print of bust-portrait of a couple and 15 pages of text; unsigned except for the three small 'bird-and-flower' paintings signed Setsuzan . Overall: 21cm x 28cm (8Ā¼in x 11in); each image: approx., 17cm x 25.5cm (6 11/17in x 10 1/16in).