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Lot 211 Dα

Torii Kiyonaga, attributed to - Pipe smoking woman

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
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Torii Kiyonaga, attributed to

Pipe smoking woman

Ōban, yoko-e. Shunga. Pipe smoking woman leans on the chest of her lover. Unsigned. Very good impression, colours a bit faded, silver pigment (oxidized), centre fold, soiled and slightly rubbed, silver pigment pitting, in mat

Provenance

Michael Müller-Stüler Collection, acquired by W. Abegg from Rex & Co., Berlin, in 1916

Exhibitions

In the British Museum, under registration no. 1921,0411,0.1, a censored version of this print is found with the title Edo-machi no hō no fūzoku from the series Tōsei nanbokudō bijin, signed Shuncho. The same pipe smoking woman is shown, but alone, reading a letter. The lover has been completely removed.