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 86 - AN UNUSUAL BRONZE AND WOOD GROUP DEPICTING A HAWK ON A BIRDHOUSE
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 88 - KAKUHA: A FINE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A STRIDING BACTRIAN CAMEL
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 89 - TSUDA EIJU: A BRONZE OKIMONO OF A SNAKE ON A ROCK
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 98 - BAISEN: A FINE PAIR OF KANO SCHOOL ‘FALCON’ SCROLL PAINTINGS
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 100 - A FINE SCROLL PAINTING OF A TIGER, SCHOOL OF MARUYAMA OKYO
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 102 - URAGAMI SHUNKIN: A 14-METER HANDSCROLL WITH BIRDS AND FLOWERS, DATED 1836 BY INSCRIPTION
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 106 - A FINE SIX-PANEL BYOBU SCREEN DEPICTING CRANES AND PINES
Sold for €11,700
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 109 - UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI: A COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT OF BENKEI FIGHTING A GIANT CARP
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 110 - A FINE CLOISONNÉ KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER, STYLE OF HAYASHI KODENJI
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 111 - ANDO: A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE DEPICTING PHEASANTS AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 112 - KINZAN: A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SQUARE TRAY WITH COCKEREL AND HEN
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 113 - A FINE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRAY DEPICTING MOUNT FUIJI IN THE STYLE OF NAMIKAWA SOSUKE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 114 - A FINE CLOISONNÉ FOUR-PANEL TABLE SCREEN DEPICTING BIRDS AND FLOWERS
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 116 - A HIRADO WHITE-GLAZED MINIATURE OKIMONO OF A SHISHI
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 117 - A MOLDED AND CARVED HIRADO BLUE AND WHITE VASE WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND BUTTERFLIES
Sold for €520
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 119 - KINKOZAN: A RARE SATSUMA CERAMIC HU-FORM VASE WITH MAPLE AND SPARROWS
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 121 - TOKUDA YASOKICHI III: A FINE KUTANI GLAZED PORCELAIN VASE
Sold for €4,940
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 128 - A RARE ‘DRAGON’ YAMATO UTSUBO (QUIVER) WITH YA (ARROWS)
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 129 - A TANTO IN A SUPERBLY CARVED WOOD SAYA DEPICTING FROGS AND LOTUS
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 140 - A RARE MINO YOROI-DOSHI (‘ARMOR PIERCER’) IN SHIRASAYA
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 141 - ICHIRYU TOSHIMITSU: A SUPERB SENTOKU BAKUMATSU TSUBA WITH MONKEYS AND CRABS
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 144 - TORYO: A SUPERB BAKUMATSU COPPER TSUBA OF THE BUNBUKU CHAGAMA
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 145 - KATSUYASU: A FINE INLAID SENTOKU TSUBA WITH YORITOMO HIDING IN A TREE
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 146 - TOSHIMASA: A SUPERB SENTOKU TSUBA DEPICTING SHOKI WITH ‘BAT ONI’
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 147 - HAMANO NORIYUKI: A SENTOKU TSUBA OF RIHAKU GAZING AT THE MOON
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 148 - HAMANO NORIYUKI: A FINE HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI, SILVER AND ENAMELED KOZUKA
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 149 - A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID SHAKUDO KOZUKA WITH SIGNED BLADE
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 151 - YURAKUSAI SEKIBUN: A SUPERB SHAKUDO AND GOLD KOZUKA WITH CARP IN WATER WEEDS
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 153 - RYUCHIKEN TERUYUKI: A SENTOKU AND GOLD KOZUKA WITH A CICADA ON A TREE
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 154 - HARUCHIKA: A RARE SHIBUICHI AND SHAKUDO KOZUKA OF ANTS ON ROTTEN BARK
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 156 - GOTO MITSUTAKA: A SUPERB SHAKUDO NANAKO KOZUKA WITH DRAGON AND TIGER
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 158 - HOSAI: A SUPERB SHAKUDO AND GOLD FUCHI AND KASHIRA WITH DRAGONS AMONGST CRASHING WAVES
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 159 - IWAMOTO KANRI: A FINE SHIBUICHI ISHIMEJI FUCHI AND KASHIRA WITH SWALLOWS
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 160 - YOSHIOKA INABANOSUKE: A SHIBUICHI AND GOLD FUCHI AND KASHIRA WITH MANDARIN DUCKS
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 161 - KURAMOTO TERUSHIGE: A SHAKUDO AND GOLD FUCHI AND KASHIRA WITH CHIDORI
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium