Live Auction 15770Dear Monsieur Monet
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)
Lot 139 Property from the family of Claude Monet

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)

Closed26 November 2017

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HKD 225,000

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)
The first:
Great Tit (Shijukara) and Japanese Robin (Komadori), a page from the album Myriad Birds : A kyoka competition (Momo chidori kyoka aware)
Published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, circa 1790
Oban yoko-e : 37.8 x 25.8 cm.

The second:
Chickens (Niwatori) and Bunting (Hojiro), a page from the album Myriad Birds: A kyoka competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)
Published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, circa 1790
Oban yoko-e: 38 x 24.5 cm.

Hayashi Tadamasa, Tokyo and Paris.
Claude Monet, Giverny.
Michel Monet, Giverny (by descent from the above).
Rolande Verneiges, France (gift from the above).
By descent from the above to the present owner.