Bertolami Fine Art : Oriental Art from the Collection of a Buddhist Gentleman and Other European Collections, 366, Rome

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 22, 2026 - January 22, 2026

Page Size: 23 items in 1 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
163		5 polychrome woodcuts on paper framed with passepartout depicting Ikebana techniques.	Japan, 20th century.	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
172		Japanese woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi depicting Nikki Bennosuke, from the series Beautiful and Brave Heroes at the Water's Edge.	late Edo period (1866-1867)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 204.80
173	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	Woodcut of a historical battle.	Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 102.40
174		Woodblock print of the great battle of the Phoenix in the style of the artists Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Utagawa Yoshiume.	Meiji period (1868-1912)	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
175	Utagawa Hiroshige	Woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) depicting the monk Ikkyu and the courtesan of hell.	Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 121.60
176	Utagawa Kunisada	Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) depicting Ume No Yoshibei.	Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
177	Utagawa Kunisada	Woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) depicting a scene from urban cultural life.	Eda period (1603-1868)	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 102.40
178	Utagawa Kunisada	Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) depicting Jiraiya Goketsu.	Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 153.60
179	Utagawa Kunisada	A woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada II, titled 'Chapter 2, Hahakigi' from the series 'Fifty-Four Chapters of Genji' The work depicts a snowy scene in Yoshiwara, a famous entertainment district in Edo (present-day Tokyo). The scene is part of a visual in	Late Edo period (1857)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 166.40
180	Utagawa Kunisada	Woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) depicting a kabuki actor, in the role of a samurai, in a dynamic pose as if about to square a sword.	Edo Period (1603-1868)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
181	Toyokuni III Kunisada	Woodblock print by Toyokuni III Kunisada (1786-1964) depicting a traveler.	Late Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
182	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicting a calligrapher.	Edo period (1603-1867)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 120.00
183	Utagawa Toyokuni	Woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni depicting the actor Nakamura Daikichi, as written in the vertical description on the left of the figure.	Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 153.60
184	Utagawa Kunisada	Utagawa Kunisada.(Toyokuni III) ukiyo-e woodcut depicting an actor in an elegant kimono.	Late Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 153.60
185		Woodcut depicting a male figure in traditional dress with a fan in his hand.	Late Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
186	Shunkosai Hokushu	Woodblock print in the ukiyo-e style depicting the Kabuki actor, Nakamura Utaemon III.	Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
187	Utagawa Kuniteru II	Woodblock print probably made by the artist Utagawa Kuniteru II depicting a sumo wrestler. Portraits of sumo wrestlers were very popular collectibles during the Edo and Meiji periods in Japan. The wrestler is depicted during a ring entrance ceremony, wear	(1829-1874)	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 179.20
188	Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)	Pair of color woodblock prints depicting actors from the kabuki play 'Imoseyama onna teikin,'	1796-1865	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 115.20
189		Japanese woodblock print depicting famous actors.	Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
190		Japanese woodblock print depicting two Kabuki actors.	late Edo period (1603-1868)	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
191		An erotic shunga book by Utagawa Kunisada, probably from the Shiki no sugatami (Observation of Forms in the Four Seasons) series.	(1786--1865)	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 409.60
192		Printed edition titled 'Nishikawa Sukenobu Ga Fu'	19th century	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 128.00
193		Book of twelve Persian miniatures in color with an introduction by Emil Preetorius.	20th century	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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