![Tomioka Tessai - Shiki no hana [Flowers of the Four Seasons], Meiji 40 [1907]](/images/tomioka-tessai_shiki-no-hana-flowers-of-the-four-seasons-meiji-40-1907_AID879673.jpg?f=grey)
Tomioka Tessai
Shiki no hana [Flowers of the Four Seasons], Meiji 40 [1907]
Found at
Christies,
London
JAPANESE ART AND DESIGN INCLUDING LACQUER AND WORKS OF ART, Lot 32
12. Nov - 12. Nov 2003
JAPANESE ART AND DESIGN INCLUDING LACQUER AND WORKS OF ART, Lot 32
12. Nov - 12. Nov 2003
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.585 GBP
Price realised: 3.585 GBP
Description
Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924)
Shiki no hana [Flowers of the Four Seasons], Meiji 40 [1907]
A complete set of ten colour woodblock-printed books bound in fukurotoji style, two volumes for Spring, four volumes for Summer, three volumes for Autumn, one volume for Winter, signed and sealed Tomioka Tessai, signed Tessai gaishi, sealed Tomioka Hyakuten, Tessai and another seal in vol. 1 of 'Spring', published by Unsodo, Kyoto
10 15/16 x 7 7/16in. (27.8 x 18.9cm.) (10)
Shiki no hana [Flowers of the Four Seasons], Meiji 40 [1907]
A complete set of ten colour woodblock-printed books bound in fukurotoji style, two volumes for Spring, four volumes for Summer, three volumes for Autumn, one volume for Winter, signed and sealed Tomioka Tessai, signed Tessai gaishi, sealed Tomioka Hyakuten, Tessai and another seal in vol. 1 of 'Spring', published by Unsodo, Kyoto
10 15/16 x 7 7/16in. (27.8 x 18.9cm.) (10)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.
This artwork by Tomioka Tessai achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2003. In the JAPANESE ART AND DESIGN INCLUDING LACQUER AND WORKS OF ART auction, the work Shiki no hana Flowers of the Four Seasons, Meiji 40 1907 sold for GBP 3,585.00 (€ 5,146.32) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 2,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Tomioka Tessai - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Meito zuroku (Catalogue of important ceramics), which sold at auction in May 2001 for USD 12,925.00 (€ 15,286.81).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Tomioka Tessai erzielte im November 2003 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion JAPANESE ART AND DESIGN INCLUDING LACQUER AND WORKS OF ART wurde die Arbeit Shiki no hana Flowers of the Four Seasons, Meiji 40 1907 für GBP 3.585,00 (€ 5.146,32) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Tomioka Tessai mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Meito zuroku (Catalogue of important ceramics) beobachtet, die im Mai 2001 für USD 12.925,00 (€ 15.286,81) versteigert wurde.
Tomioka Tessai - Auction history
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