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Lot 216 Dα

Kitagawa Utamaro - Two koban

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 1.890 € (incl. premium)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Two koban

Series: Bijin mensō juttai no zu. a) Portrait of a woman, cleaning her ear. b) Portrait of a woman, cleaning her teeth. Each signed: Utamaro hitsu. Circa 1803. Rare. (2) Very good impressions and colours, slightly trimmed, slight traces of usage, overall good condition, mounted together in one mat

Provenance

Müller-Stüler Collection, acquired from Israel Goldman Japanese Prints, London, 2020

Literature

Illustrated: Israel Goldman. Japanese Prints, Paintings and Books. Recent Acquisitions, Catalogue 25, 2019, no. 22. (a) and no. 24 (b)

Exhibitions

Compare: Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro, 1964, 54-1-1; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession nos. 11.19989 (a), and 11.19994 (b)