11 May 2010
14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street
The John Read Collection of Fine Antique Japanese Timekeepers
Back to auction 17764
The John Read Collection of Fine Antique Japanese Timekeepers
Back to auction 17764
Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
Showa Period, dated 1962
Depicting a half-length portrait of a beauty and a Yagura clock with double foliot. The beauty in a blue kimono with an orange obi, turning her head to the right, a clock on a stand behind her, signed Shinsui ga with seal Shinsui. Published by Hotta watchmaker on the 15th anniversary of the reconstruction of the shop. Framed and glazed. Oban tate-e, visible size 31.8cm x 22.3cm (12½in x 8¾in).
Depicting a half-length portrait of a beauty and a Yagura clock with double foliot. The beauty in a blue kimono with an orange obi, turning her head to the right, a clock on a stand behind her, signed Shinsui ga with seal Shinsui. Published by Hotta watchmaker on the 15th anniversary of the reconstruction of the shop. Framed and glazed. Oban tate-e, visible size 31.8cm x 22.3cm (12½in x 8¾in).
Sold for
£432
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 大判錦絵 美人と時計 伊東深水 昭和37年（1962年）
See also footnote to lot 8.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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