Auction Catalogue

10 May 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 523

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10 May 2007

Hammer Price:
£35

Japan, Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1980, a bronze medal by Durbel, incuse bust right, rev. mountain, 80mm. Extremely fine; in unofficial blue case by Clerc, Paris (£25-35)

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), printmaker and painter; his woodblock prints achieved considerable renown for him in France during his lifetime