12 mai 2011
Top Prices Paid Once Again for Works of Art by Japanese Artist Shibata Zeshin @ Bonhams
A lacquer two-case inro By Shibata Zeshin. Sold for £120,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Considered one of Europe’s most important and comprehensive private collections of Japanese Gentleman’s accessories, Bonhams announces that Part Two of the Edward Wrangham collection realised £1.6 million on 10th May. Top prices were paid for inro* and other works of art by Shibata Zeshin (1868-1912), one of the most famous painters and lacquerers of the 19th century Meiji period in Japan. The top lot of the sale was an exquisite two case inro,... [Lire la suite]