Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 188
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £300
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Description
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
A Japanese surimono woodblock print, after a design by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), depicting a snake ensnaring two melons in a box, from the series Washo Kurabe (Comparison of Japanese Books), with slight embossing and a poem above, signed and with a red seal mark, shikishiban, 21.7cm x 18cm.
Provenance: from the collection of French sculptor Gaston de Luppé (1872-1939), and thence by descent.