Shibata Zeshin
Album Of Twelve Lacquer Paintings
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 USD
Price realised: 339.750 USD
Price realised: 339.750 USD
Description
Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)
Album of twelve lacquer paintings
Each signed Zeshin, sealed Koma, Zeshin, Shin or Tairyukyo
Twelve paintings for an accordion album; lacquer on paper or lacquer and gold leaf on paper
7 5/8 x 6 5/8in. (19.5 x 16.8cm.) each approx.
Box signed, sealed and authenticated by Umezawa Ryushin (1874-1952), the youngest of Zeshin's three sons, and by Ayaoka Yushin (1846-1910), one of Zeshin's students
Album of twelve lacquer paintings
Each signed Zeshin, sealed Koma, Zeshin, Shin or Tairyukyo
Twelve paintings for an accordion album; lacquer on paper or lacquer and gold leaf on paper
7 5/8 x 6 5/8in. (19.5 x 16.8cm.) each approx.
Box signed, sealed and authenticated by Umezawa Ryushin (1874-1952), the youngest of Zeshin's three sons, and by Ayaoka Yushin (1846-1910), one of Zeshin's students
A top price for Shibata Zeshin
This artwork by Shibata Zeshin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2013. In the Japanese and Korean Art auction, the work Album Of Twelve Lacquer Paintings sold for USD 339,750.00 (€ 251,015.88) - well above the upper estimate of USD 180,000.00. This high result makes Album Of Twelve Lacquer Paintings the most expensive artwork by Shibata Zeshin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Shibata Zeshin
Dieses Kunstwerk von Shibata Zeshin erzielte im September 2013 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Japanese and Korean Art wurde die Arbeit Album Of Twelve Lacquer Paintings für USD 339.750,00 (€ 251.015,88) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 180.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Album Of Twelve Lacquer Paintings zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Shibata Zeshin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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