Friday, 2 December 2022, at 1 PM CET
Galerie Zacke is delighted to present Fine Japanese Art, a carefully curated auction celebrating Japanese invention, culture, religion and art. The sale features important metalware, exceptional Buddhist art, and notable lacquer works of art.
Highlights include several impressive okimono: jizai okimono of a skeleton (lot 44), a hawk (lot 45), and a dragon fish (lot 46), as well as silver okimono of a dragon (lot 54) and a chin dog (lot 52). Also of note are monumental Buddhist figures, such as a pair of bronze Nio guardians (lot 37), a gilt wood figure of Seishi Bosatsu (lot 34), and a gilt and lacquered wood figure of Amida Nyorai (lot 36).
Lot 1 - A LARGE RIMPA STYLE LACQUERED AND INLAID PAULOWNIA WOOD HIBACHI (BRAZIER) WITH LUNAR HARES
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 4 - HOTOKUSAI: A FINE TWO TIERED ‘FAN AND BIRDS’ LACQUER JUBAKO
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 6 - A SUPERB INLAID LACQUER TEBAKO AND COVER DEPICTING A KABUTO WITH KUWAGATA AND DRAGON MAEDATE
Sold for €11,700
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 10 - A FINE LACQUER BOX AND COVER DEPICTING INSECTS WITH INTERIOR TRAY
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 13 - A FINE SILVER LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX) AND COVER WITH A WATER STRIDER (HIMEAMENBO)
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 14 - A GOLD LACQUER ‘DOUBLE PEACH’ KOBAKO (SMALL BOX) AND COVER
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 16 - A VERY RARE GOLD LACQUER TABLE-FORM ORNAMENT DEPICTING MINOGAME
Sold for €11,700
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 20 - AN EXTREMELY RARE LACQUER PEACOCK-FORM MINIATURE SUZURIBAKO DEPICTING KUJAKU MYOO
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 21 - SHISEN: A MAGNIFICENT LACQUER SUZURIBAKO DEPICTING THE GION MATSURI WITH YAMABOKO FLOATS
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 22 - A BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER SUZURIBAKO WITH A SHORELINE LANDSCAPE AND RED-CRESTED CRANES
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 23 - A FINE LACQUER SUZURIBAKO AND COVER WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 25 - SHOGAKU: A SUPERB LACQUER SUZURIBAKO DEPICTING AN AUTUMNAL SCENE WITH FALCON AND SPARROWS
Sold for €5,175
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 26 - A FINE LACQUER SUZURIBAKO DEPICTING A PAIR OF PIGEONS
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 27 - A BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER NATSUME (TEA CADDY) WITH A WEEPING WILLOW (YANAGI)
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 28 - A BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER NATSUME (TEA CADDY) WITH BAMBOO
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 29 - A PAIR OF BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER CHOSHI (SAKE EWERS) AND COVERS
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 31 - A SHIBAYAMA INLAID AND LACQUERED WOOD PANEL DEPICTING ANTHROPOMORPHIC FROGS
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 34 - AN EXCEPTIONAL AND MONUMENTAL GILT WOOD FIGURE OF SEISHI BOSATSU
Sold for €52,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 35 - A RARE STONE STELE OF NYOIRIN KANNON, DATED 1708 BY INSCRIPTION
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 36 - A LARGE GILT AND LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI
Sold for €18,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 41 - KANO TESSAI: A RARE WOOD NYOI SCEPTER WITH ONI HEAD
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 42 - † HOKKYO SESSAI: AN EXTREMELY RARE BAMBOO ZUSHI (PORTABLE SHRINE) WITH STAG ANTLER MOUNTS
Sold for €2,728
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 47 - AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE INLAID IRON MINIATURE KODANSU (CABINET) WITH TURTLES AND CRANES
Sold for €4,940
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 48 - AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL SILVER ‘TANG MIRROR’ BONBONNIERE WITH GOLD KIKUMON
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 51 - A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER KORO (INCENSE BURNER) IN THE FORM OF A SUISEI
Sold for €14,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 53 - HANEHIRO: A FINE SILVERED BRONZE OKIMONO OF A HAWK
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 56 - AN IMPRESSIVE BRONZE OF TWO ONI HOLDING A CRYSTAL BALL, ATTRIBUTED TO SANO TAKACHIKA
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 58 - YOSHITANI: A MASSIVE AND HIGHLY UNUSUAL BRONZE JARDINIÈRE DEPICTING A NEST OF RATS
Sold for €7,280
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 66 - † MIYAO: A RARE AND FINE PARCEL GILT BRONZE OKIMONO OF A DRUNKEN SHOJO
Sold for €5,148
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 67 - A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURES DEPICTING SAMURAI WARRIORS
Sold for €8,450
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 70 - A MASTERFUL PARCEL-GILT BRONZE VASE DEPICTING A TREE TRUNK WITH AUTUMN LEAVES
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 71 - A SUPERB SHAKUDO OKIMONO DEPICTING AN AUTUMNAL SCENE OF A CROW WITH MAPLE LEAVES
Sold for €7,368
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 76 - A FINE INLAID BRONZE VASE WITH QUAIL AND AUTUMN GRASSES
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 79 - KAZUTOSHI: A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE INLAID BRONZE CHARGER DEPICTING DARUMA AS DAIDARABOTCHI
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 82 - FUKUI KYORI & KIYOTOSHI: A LARGE BRONZE KORO IN THE FORM OF A SHACHIHOKO (DRAGON FISH)
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium