February Online Auction (Sale 286)

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865) 'Battledore

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Start price: $400

Estimated price: $800 - $1,000

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Description

(4) items from the series ‘Great Performances: Contemporary Battledores’ published by Azumaya Daisuke in 1822, printed signature and kiwame censor seal; including portraits of actors in their signature roles printed in the shape of paddles, to be applied to ‘hagoita’ battledores; uniformly matted and framed behind glass

Height: 14 1/2 inches, Width: 9 1/2 inches

Frame Size: 26 inches by 16 1/2 inches

Condition: Very Good, all having a horizontal crease at midpoint; (3) having repairs to worm holes, left of center within image and right of image just above center; occasional light smudges and stains; one having Western script en verso, visible through sheet lower right; light wear to frames

Disclaimers: not examined out of frames

Category: Fine Art > Asian Paintings & Prints

Estimated Sale Time: 1:31 pm CST

Sales Tax: Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)

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Condition: Very Good, all having a horizontal crease at midpoint; (3) having repairs to worm holes, left of center within image and right of image just above center; occasional light smudges and stains; one having Western script en verso, visible through sheet lower right; light wear to frames

Dimensions: 14.5 x 9.5 in