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Sakura kai (Cherry shell)
Price realised USD 10,080
Estimate
USD 8,000 – USD 10,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)Closed: 22 Mar 2022
Sakura kai (Cherry shell)
Price realised USD 10,080
Price realised USD 10,080
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Item 1 out of 11
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Lot 156
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Menou ishi (Agate)
EstimateUSD 5,000 – USD 7,000
Price realisedUSD 15,120
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Lot 157
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Plum blossoms and moon
EstimateUSD 2,000 – USD 3,000
Price realisedUSD 7,560
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Lot 158
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
A visit to the pleasure quarter
EstimateUSD 6,000 – USD 8,000
Price realisedUSD 16,380
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Lot 161
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Beauty staring at plum blossom
EstimateUSD 3,000 – USD 4,000
Price realisedUSD 6,300
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Lot 162
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Kyoshi (Jiang Shi)
EstimateUSD 5,000 – USD 7,000
Price realisedUSD 13,860
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Lot 163
RYURYUKYO SHINSAI (1764?-1820)
Dressing the hair
EstimateUSD 3,000 – USD 4,000
Price realisedUSD 8,820
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Lot 164
TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
Still life in an artist's studio with a portrait of a courtesan
EstimateUSD 15,000 – USD 20,000
Price realisedUSD 88,200
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Lot 165
YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868)
Muneyuki shoots a tiger
EstimateUSD 4,000 – USD 6,000
Price realisedUSD 5,292
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Lot 166
YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868)
Plum blossoms and blowfish
EstimateUSD 4,000 – USD 6,000
Price realisedUSD 21,420