Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

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Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)

Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) | Flowers (Hana) | Edo period, 18th century

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Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)

Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)

Flowers (Hana)

Edo period, 18th century


woodblock print, abuna-e, from the set Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka), circa 1760s, with a youth interrupting a girl arranging flowers in an elegant room with an alcove (tokonoma) and folding screen (byobu); with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram


Horizontal chuban: 21.2 x 28.4 cm., 8⅜ x 11⅛ in.

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 24.