April Online Auction (Sale #276)

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Japanese, 1785-1864)

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Estimated price: $200 - $400

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Description

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Japanese, 1785-1864) ‘Forty-Seven Samurai’ Woodblock Print

Published 1847, printed signature in cartouche lower left, Kunisada, known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, depicting a scene from ‘The Forty-Seven Samurai’; mounted on silk backing and floating, full sheet, within a linen mat in a gold-toned frame bearing Marshall Fields sticker and informational label en verso; together with Northern Indian gouache on linen, Late 19th to early 20th century provincial Mughal style depiction of three young women enjoying refreshments in a garden setting, one holding a bottle and passing the cup; having a gold-toned wood frame; Marshall Fields sticker en verso

Height: 14 1/4 inches, Width: 9 5/8 inches (woodblock sheet)

Condition: Very Good to Good, Print having waviness in paper allowing slight visibility of silk substrate at edges; stray silk threads at upper right and lower left corners; no tears or holes in paper noted; painting having surface wear to paint at edges and where previously folded and rolled; appears to be attached to backing board, fabric beginning to lift at top edge

Disclaimers: not examined out of the frames

Category: Fine Art > Asian Paintings & Prints

Estimated Sale Time: 12:08 pm CST

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Sales Tax: Illinois (8.000%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (8.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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Condition: Very Good to Good, Print having waviness in paper allowing slight visibility of silk substrate at edges; stray silk threads at upper right and lower left corners; no tears or holes in paper noted; painting having surface wear to paint at edges and where previously folded and rolled; appears to be attached to backing board, fabric beginning to lift at top edge

Dimensions: 14.25 x 9.625 in