Lot 68
Lot 68
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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)

Singing-Frog Cage and Folding Screen / The Dry-Shallows Shell

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    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)

    Singing-Frog Cage and Folding Screen / The Dry-Shallows Shell

    Price Realised GBP 2,000
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    The Waterless Shell (Minasegai), from the series The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era (Genroku kasen kai awase)
    Woodblock printed surimono, embellished with gold pigments and mica, signed Getchirojin Iitsu hitsu, privately published, 1821
    Shikishiban surimono (19.6 x 17.6 cm.)

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