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SUZUKI KIITSU (1796-1858)
A Beauty and a Dandy
Edo period (1615-1868),
early/mid-19th century
A pair of kakejiku (hanging scrolls) forming
a diptych in ink, colour, and gold on silk,
in floral-patterned printed mounts imitating
sarasa (chintz), depicting a man and woman
of the Kanbun era (1661-1673) standing
against a plain background, the man in
the right-hand scroll wearing a paulownia-
patterned kimono and headband and holding
a sword in his left hand, the beauty in the
left-hand scroll clad in a peony-patterned
kimono, her right hand concealed inside the
sleeve whilst adjusting it with the other, both
signed Hokozu (Copied from an old painting)
Seisei Kiitsu and sealed Shukurin; with double
tomobako wood storage boxes, the inner
box inscribed outside the lid Bijin-e tsuifuku
(A pair of scrolls of a beauty), inscribed inside
the lid Kodai fuzoku-ga Seisei Kiitsu o shinseki
mugimono nari yotte kore o shirusu Shuitsu
kan with a seal, (Ancient genre painting, this is
without doubt a genuine painting by old man
Kiitsu, recorded and examined
by Suzuki Shuitsu).
Overall: 173cm x 36.5cm (68 1/8in x 14 3/8in);
image: 83.7cm x 25cm (33in x 9 13/16in). (4).

£6,000 - 8,000
JPY1,200,000 - 1,600,000
US$7,900 - 10,000
Suzuki Shuitsu (1823-1889) was the artist’s son.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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