Tsukioka Settei (1710-1786)
Lovers, lying on a bed and holding each other in their arms.
Fine and detailed Ukiyo-e painting with ink, mineral colours and gofun on silk.
Signed: Tsukioka Settei
Two seals: Settei ... and Tsukioka (?)
Size: 30,4 x 33,5 cm
Originally mounted on a gold dotted cardboard. Three very small worm holes in the upper part of the picture, and some in the cardboard's margins, otherwise very nice condition. Rare item.
Ref.: Marco Fagioli, Shunga. Ars amandi in Japan. Wasmuth, Tübingen/Berlin, 1998.
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