Jul 09, 2020 - Sale 2540

Sale 2540 - Lot 304

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(EROTICA.) Group of 3 Chinese or Japanese shunga albums. Np, circa mid-nineteenth century

Additional Details

16 ink and watercolor drawings of a couple in various love-making positions on two sheets of laid paper joined. 5x56 inches overall, folded in a concertina format with cloth self-wrappers; scattered staining. 12 fine ink, watercolor, and gofun drawings, each approximately 6 1/2x5 inches and tipped into an 8vo format leporello album with cloth-covered wooden endboards; marginal foxing and external wear. 5 large color-woodblock prints laid on card with speckled borders and linen selvage. 4to format, 9 1/2x12 inches, modern decorative cloth binding.