Lot 92 · From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints
Moon-viewing Beauties (Bijin no tsukimi)
Watanabe Nobukazu · Woodblock print
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- Estimate
- £400–£600 hammer ≈ $499–$748
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, London · 18 June 2020
- Dimensions
- triptych: 35.5 x 71. cm. (13.3.4 x 28 in.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3639271
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3639271 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3639271
Watanabe Nobukazu, Moon-viewing Beauties (Bijin no tsukimi). Christie's, 18 Jun 2020, lot 92. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3639271.
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Watanabe Nobukazu, Moon-viewing Beauties (Bijin no tsukimi). Christie's, 18 Jun 2020, lot 92. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3639271.
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.