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The Property of a Lady Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) Hobby Horse (Take-uma) Edo...
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Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770), Hobby Horse (Take-uma) Edo period
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: Unsold
Description
The Property of a Lady
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)
Hobby Horse (Take-uma)
Edo period, 18th century
woodblock print, benizuri-e, signed Suzuki Harunobu hitsu (Brush of Harunobu), published by Harimaya Shinshichi, circa 1760
Vertical hosoban: 31.3 x 14 cm.
A young boy with a hobby horse plays beneath the bough of a blossoming cherry tree. He wears a robe designed with tengu and okame masks. The poem also pertains to the spring season.
Condition Report:
Good impression and colour, slight toning, some creasing, a few fox marks, diagonal fold mark along the top edge, some slight soiling, the red collector's seal to verso showing through slightly to the front of the print, a few pinholes, the reverse with tape residue to the top left and right corners of verso, a few pinholes, slight adhesive residue to each corner of verso.
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