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TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)

Tiger looking at the moon

Price realised USD 350,000
Estimate
USD 15,000 – USD 20,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)

Tiger looking at the moon

Price realised USD 350,000
Price realised USD 350,000
Details
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Tiger looking at the moon
Signed Hokkei and sealed
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
46 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. (119.1 x 49.8 cm.)
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, Massachusetts
Literature
Kobayashi, Tadashi. Nikuhitsu ukiyoe taikan. 6, Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Ukiyo-e Paintings in Japanese Collections Vol.6: Azabu Museum of Art and Artifact) (Japan: Kodansha Ltd., 1995), p. 231.
Exhibited
“Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA”, exh. cat. p. 133, no. 3, exhibited at the following venues:
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4 October, 1994

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