Maruyama Okyo

The Four Seasons

Found at Sothebys, London
Fine Japanese Art, Lot 51
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2019
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 GBP
Price realised: 325.000 GBP
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
MARUYAMA OKYO (1733–1795), EDO PERIOD, 18 TH CENTURY
THE FOUR SEASONS
four paintings: ink and colour on silk mounted as hanging scrolls, signed An’ei Tsuchinoto-i Shoto sha [1779, early winter] (spring and winter scrolls) and Okyo (summer and autumn scrolls), all sealed Okyo-no-in and Chusen, with inscription by Toko-To-Raisho (Nakajima Raisho 1796–1871), sealed Raisho and Toko
(4)
102 x 35.5 cm., 40⅛ x 14 in.
Kawasaki Shozo (Choshunkaku) | Choshukaku Zohin Tenkan Zuroku of the Osaka Bijutsu Club, 12th March 1936, Lot 130.

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work The Four Seasons by Maruyama Okyo was sold in the Fine Japanese Art auction at Sothebys in London in November 2019. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 300,000.00 – 500,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 325,000.00 (€ 381,629.46) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Maruyama Okyo - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Cranes, which sold at auction in September 2007 for USD 1,105,000.00 (€ 777,129.19).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit The Four Seasons von Maruyama Okyo wurde im November 2019 in der Auktion Fine Japanese Art bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 300.000,00 – 500.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 325.000,00 (€ 381.629,46) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von Maruyama Okyo mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Cranes beobachtet, die im September 2007 für USD 1.105.000,00 (€ 777.129,19) versteigert wurde.

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