Friday, 16 June 2023, starting at 11 AM CET
We are delighted to present our latest Fine Japanese Art catalog, showcasing an extraordinary collection of artworks spanning several impressive categories. Featuring 438 lots, the auction offers various masterpieces for bidding, including exceptional sword fittings and an assortment of Buddhist Art, highlighted by the splendid cover piece of our catalog (lot 43). Notable categories include Lacquer & Inlaid Works of Art, Paintings & Woodblock Prints, Samurai Art, Okimono & Netsuke, Ceramics & Flower Baskets, Cloisonné, as well as Metalwork. Discover the meticulous beauty of these artworks, as you embark on a captivating journey through time and tradition.
Lot 5 - A SUPERB GOLD LACQUER INRO-DANSU (STORAGE CABINET FOR INROS)
Sold for €26,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 7 - A LACQUER MINIATURE KODANSU (CABINET) DEPICTING THE NUNOBIKI FALLS
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 9 - A SHIBAYAMA-STYLE INLAID MINIATURE KODANSU (SMALL CABINET) WITH MILLEFLEUR DESIGN
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 11 - ZOHIKO: A LACQUER KOBAKO (SMALL BOX) AND COVER DEPICTING A SEASHORE LANDSCAPE WITH PAGODA
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 14 - A RARE LACQUER SMOKING SET (TABAKO BON) IN THE FORM OF A BOAT
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 15 - A LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX) AND COVER IN THE FORM OF A PUPPY
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 17 - A FINE RINPA-STYLE INLAID LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX) WITH CAMELLIA BLOSSOMS
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 18 - SOSHO: A LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX) AND COVER DEPICTING UJI BRIDGE
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 20 - NURUDEAN MITSUHIDE: A RARE LACQUER TSUBA WITH AUTUMN GRASSES AND MOON
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 22 - MASAHARU: A LACQUER NATSUME (TEA CADDY) DEPICTING A LANDSCAPE
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 23 - TAKESHI: A LACQUER NATSUME (TEA CADDY) WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 24 - † KASHIMA KEISAI: A SET OF 20 SUPERB ZESHIN-SCHOOL LACQUERED WOOD OSHIKI-ZEN TRAYS
Sold for €12,870
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 27 - A SUPERB LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) DEPICTING A MOONLIT FOREST
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 30 - A FINE AND RARE LACQUER BUNKO (DOCUMENT BOX) WITH INTEGRATED SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX)
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 31 - † A LACQUER SUZURIBAKOO DEPICTING BLOSSOMING BELLFLOWERS (KIKYO) AND MAPLE LEAVES
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 32 - A RINPA-STYLE INLAID LACQUER SUZURIBAKO WITH BLOSSOMING HORTENSIA
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 36 - A GOLD LACQUER SUZURIBAKO DEPICTING THE BATTLE OF KAWANAKAJIMA
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 37 - FUNABASHI SHUMIN: AN IMPERIAL PRESENTATION LACQUER SUZURIBAKO
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 41 - A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI, HEIAN TO EARLY KAMAKURA
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 44 - A VERY LARGE AND RARE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF HOKAN SHAKA NYORAI, MUROMACHI PERIOD
Sold for €46,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 46 - A PAIR OF WOOD KOMAINU (KOREAN GUARDIAN DOGS), MUROMACHI PERIOD
Sold for €16,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 47 - AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF MONUMENTAL WOOD FIGURES OF NIO GUARDIANS
Sold for €58,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 53 - A RARE GILT AND POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF IZUNA GONGEN
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 56 - A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF THE HEAVENLY KING ZOCHOTEN
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 57 - A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A NIO GUARDIAN
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 58 - A VERY LARGE GILT AND LACQUERED ANNAMI SCHOOL WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI
Sold for €18,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 59 - A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE GILT WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 65 - A VERY RARE AND EARLY JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL PAINTING OF AN IMMORTAL, 14TH-16TH CENTURY
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 70 - AN IMPRESSIVE PAIR OF SIX-PANEL BYOBU SCREENS DEPICTING A DOG-CHASING EVENT (INOUMONO)
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 72 - KISHI GANRYO (1798-1852): A BEAUTIFUL SIX-PANEL BYOBU SCREEN DEPICTING CRANES AND PINES
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 76 - MATSUMATO FUKO: A HANGING SCROLL OF SOTOBA KOMACHI
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 78 - UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797 – 1858), HONMOKU CLIFF IN MUSASHI PROVINCE
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 80 - ICHIYUSAI KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), OKABE. THE STORY OF THE CAT STONE
Sold for €585
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 84 - LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968), FILLETTE AU CHAT, FROM LES ENFANTS
Sold for €15,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 85 - LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968), TWISTING CAT, FROM LES CHATS
Sold for €16,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 86 - LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968), SEATED CAT, FROM LES CHATS
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 88 - OHARA KOSON (1877-1945), SCOPS OWL IN FLIGHT, CHERRY BLOSSOMS AND FULL MOON
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 91 - KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957), EVENING GLOW IN SPRING, TOSHOGU SHRINE, UENO
Sold for €1,105
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 95 - TSUCHIYA KOITSU (1870-1949), THE POND OF SARUSAWA, NARA ON A RAINY EVENING
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 97 - TSUCHIYA KOITSU (1870-1949), SENGAKUJI TEMPLE AT TAKANAWA
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 101 - PAUL JACOULET (1902-1960), CHAGRIN D’AMOUR: KUSAI, EST CAROLINES
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 102 - MYOCHIN MUNEYOSHI: A RARE SHIBUICHI ARTICULATED JIZAI HAKO (BOX) OKIMONO OF A CRAB
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 103 - MYOCHIN: A MASTERFUL IRON ARTICULATED JIZAI OKIMONO OF A CRAB
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 107 - † HIDEMITSU: A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE BRONZE BOWL WITH TWO DRAGONS
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 109 - SHOKAKEN EISHUN: A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI AFTER THE GREAT BUDDHA OF KAMAKURA
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 111 - A MASSIVE BRONZE KORO (CENSER) DEPICTING THE STORY OF SHIBA ONKO
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 112 - ATSUYOSHI FOR THE MARUKI COMPANY: A MASTERFUL BRONZE ‘PORTRAIT’ OKIMONO OF A BATHING NUDE
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 113 - KIYOAKI: A SUPERB BRONZE OKIMONO OF TWO DUCKS SWIMMING IN WATER
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 114 - GENRYUSAI SEIYA: A VERY LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE BRONZE OKIMONO OF AN EAGLE
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 115 - MASATSUNE: A SUPERB AND LARGE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A HAWK ON ROOTWOOD BASE
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 122 - OHASHI SAN’EMON: A MASTERFUL PAIR OF BRONZE TAKAOKA SHO-FORM KORO (INCENSE BURNERS)
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 131 - MORIGUCHI: A PAIR OF KOMAI-STYLE DAMASCENED IRON VASES
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 134 - KATSUHIRO: A SUPERB MIXED METAL PLAQUE DEPICTING ARABABA AND THE YOKAI BOX
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 135 - SHUNGAKU: A FINE MIXED METAL KOGO (INCENSE BOX) WITH ONI YURI (TIGERLILY)
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 136 - HATTORI: A RARE SILVER AND MIXED METAL KOGO (INCENSE BOX)
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 137 - A SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BONBONIERRE WITH KIKUMON
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 138 - AN ENAMELLED SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BONBONIERRE WITH KIKUMON
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 139 - MASATADA: AN IMPERIAL PRESENTATION INLAID BRONZE VASE WITH KIKUMON (CHRYSANTHEMUM SEAL)
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 142 - ANDO JUBEI: A SUPERB MORIAGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE WITH FRUITING PERSIMMON TREE
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 143 - ANDO JUBEI: A FINE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE WITH FRUITING PERSIMMON TREE
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 146 - A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE AND COVER WITH DRAGONS AND HO-O
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 147 - A PALE CELADON GLAZED ELEPHANT-FORM KORO (INCENSE BURNER AND COVER)
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 149 - MAKUZU KOZAN: A SUPERB PAIR OF PHOENIX-FORM EARTHENWARE CANDLESTICKS
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 150 - YABU MEIZAN: A VERY FINE SATSUMA VASE WITH BIRDS IN AUTUMN
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 155 - KINKOZAN: A FINE SATSUMA CERAMIC VASE WITH FLOWER MOTIF
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 164 - A FINE BLUE AND WHITE HIRADO PORCELAIN DISH WITH CARPS
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 166 - TOKUDA YASOKICHI III: A FINE KUTANI GLAZED PORCELAIN VASE
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium