Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Settchu sazanka ni suzume)

Name: UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Brand: Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Settchu sazanka ni suzume)
Price: 20000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 25,000

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GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed: 18 Jun 2020

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Settchu sazanka ni suzume)

Price Realised GBP 25,000

Closed: 18 Jun 2020

Price Realised GBP 25,000

Closed: 18 Jun 2020

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Settchu sazanka ni suzume)
Woodblock print
Signed Hiroshige hitsu and sealed Utagawa
Published by Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindo), circa early 1830s
With embossing to the wings of the sparrows and to the outlines of the flowers and leaves
Otanzaku: 38.5 x 17.5 cm. (15¹⁄₄ x 6.7.8 in.)

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Lot Essay

The opening lines of the Chinese poem by Hakurakuten (772-846) has been translated in Cynthea Bogel and Israel Goldman, (New York, 1998), cat. no. 10-11:

The crow fights with the kite over food;
The sparrows dispute over nests.
You stand alone beside the pond
On a windy, snowy evening.

For a similar impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 06.1238, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/177505/sparrows-and-camellia-in-snow
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