Block 62

Lot 46. CHINESE PAINTING VERSUS UKIYO-E

Lot 46. CHINESE PAINTING VERSUS UKIYO-E

Image is an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770)

A Chinese noble standing in a Chinese boat, holding up a painting of orchids, and a Japanese girl in a Japanese boat holding up a pillar print by Harunobu, mounted as a kakemono. Comic ode on a conventional cloud above.

Chuban. Signed: Harunobu ga. Good impression. In excellent condition. About 1766.

Purchaser: Kano Oshima
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