Ito Hikozo
The Master-Carver Hidari Jingoro
Found at
Bonhams
Samurai, Beauties, and Townsmen | Japanese Art in Peace and War, Lot 217
18. May - 18. May 2023
Samurai, Beauties, and Townsmen | Japanese Art in Peace and War, Lot 217
18. May - 18. May 2023
Estimate: 4.500 - 5.500 GBP
Price realised: 7.013 GBP
Price realised: 7.013 GBP
Description
ITO HIKOZO (1903-2004)
The Master-Carver Hidari Jingoro
Showa era (1926-1989), 1940
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, colours, and gold on silk in silk mounts with plexiglass jikusaki (roller ends), depicting the legendary wood-carver Hidari Jingoro looking up in surprise at a dragon that he has just created coming to life and leaping upwards, breaking away from the piece of timber he was carving, chisels and shavings lying at his feet, signed Hikozo saku (Made by Hikozo) and sealed Ito Hikozo with one other seal; with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed Meiko (Famous Craftsman) and signed Ito Hikozo; with an outer lacquered-wood storage box. Overall: 96cm x 54cm (77 3/16in x 21¼in); image: 119cm x 36cm (46 7/8in x 14 3/16in). (3).
The Master-Carver Hidari Jingoro
Showa era (1926-1989), 1940
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, colours, and gold on silk in silk mounts with plexiglass jikusaki (roller ends), depicting the legendary wood-carver Hidari Jingoro looking up in surprise at a dragon that he has just created coming to life and leaping upwards, breaking away from the piece of timber he was carving, chisels and shavings lying at his feet, signed Hikozo saku (Made by Hikozo) and sealed Ito Hikozo with one other seal; with a fitted wood tomobako storage box inscribed Meiko (Famous Craftsman) and signed Ito Hikozo; with an outer lacquered-wood storage box. Overall: 96cm x 54cm (77 3/16in x 21¼in); image: 119cm x 36cm (46 7/8in x 14 3/16in). (3).
Upper estimate price exceeded by 28 %.
In May this year Bonhams held the auction Samurai, Beauties, and Townsmen | Japanese Art in Peace and War, which included the work The Master-Carver Hidari Jingoro by Itō Hikozō. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 7,012.50 (€ 8,159.09), 28% above the upper estimate. Other works by Itō Hikozō have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 8,287.50 (€ 9,642.56) in May this year for the work The Older Wife's Revenge.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 28 % übertroffen
Im Mai diesen Jahres führte Bonhams die Auktion Samurai, Beauties, and Townsmen | Japanese Art in Peace and War durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Master-Carver Hidari Jingoro von Itō Hikozō zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 7.012,50 (€ 8.159,09) und damit 28% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Itō Hikozō haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 8.287,50 (€ 9.642,56) im Mai diesen Jahres für die Arbeit The Older Wife's Revenge beobachtet.
Itō Hikozō - Auction history
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