Lot 390 - A195AS Asian Art: Japan, India, South-East Asia - Thursday, 03. December 2020, 03.00 PM
HYAKUNIN ISSHU UTAGARUTA (PLAYING CARDS) AND A LACQUER BOX.
Japan, 18th/19th c. Height 15.5 cm (lacquer box) 8.7 × 5.7 cm (cards).
Ink, colours and gold on stiffened paper, the back in silver leaf. In two brocade wrappers a set of 99 figurative reading cards with poems (yomifuda) and 99 grabbing cards (torifuda) with the associated waka poems. Black lacquered box with foliage in gold hiramakie, min. damage. (3)
Provenance: Old Swiss private collection.
CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Sold for CHF 3 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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