Isoda Koryusai
Two shunga woodblock prints
Estimate: 1.200 - 1.800 GBP
Price realised: 1.260 GBP
Price realised: 1.260 GBP
Description
Property of a Private Collector
Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790)
Two shunga woodblock prints
Edo period, 18 th century
each a woodblock print, and comprising:
- An amorous couple before a doll display (hina-dan), circa 1770, two collector's seals of Henri Vever
- An amorous couple startled by a young boy peering through the fusama, sealed to the tsuitate [standing screen] Koryu, circa 1770
Each horizontal oban:
26.2 x 38.6 cm., 10⅜ x 15¼ in. (the first) 24 x 36.4 cm., 9½ x 14⅜ in. (the second)
Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790)
Two shunga woodblock prints
Edo period, 18 th century
each a woodblock print, and comprising:
- An amorous couple before a doll display (hina-dan), circa 1770, two collector's seals of Henri Vever
- An amorous couple startled by a young boy peering through the fusama, sealed to the tsuitate [standing screen] Koryu, circa 1770
Each horizontal oban:
26.2 x 38.6 cm., 10⅜ x 15¼ in. (the first) 24 x 36.4 cm., 9½ x 14⅜ in. (the second)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Two shunga woodblock prints by Isoda Koryusai was sold in the Fine Japanese Prints auction at Sothebys in London in December 2021. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 1,200.00 – 1,800.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 1,260.00 (€ 1,502.92) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Isoda Koryusai achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Courtesan promenading with attendants beneath cherry blossoms, c. 1770s in March 2009 with an auction result of USD 37,500.00 (€ 28,278.41).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Two shunga woodblock prints von Isoda Koryusai wurde im Dezember 2021 in der Auktion Fine Japanese Prints bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 1.200,00 – 1.800,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 1.260,00 (€ 1.502,92) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Isoda Koryusai erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Courtesan promenading with attendants beneath cherry blossoms, c. 1770s im März 2009 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 37.500,00 (€ 28.278,41).
Isoda Koryusai - Auction history
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