Friday 4 November 2022
Session One: Lots 1-211 at 1 PM CET
Session Two: Lots 212-284 at 5 PM CET
Halloween has moved to 4 November! Join us in the festivities and navigate our autumn sale full of otherworldly creatures, demons, ghosts, goblins, crows, and bats.
Session One features a carefully curated selection of fine netsuke and sagemono. Of note are the contemporary netsuke (lots 148-169), mostly from the collection of Gabor Orszagh, a passionate collector with a keen eye for contemporary netsuke of exceptional quality. An interesting group of antique netsuke from Orszagh's collection are also spread out throughout the sale. And the inro in this sale are arguably the best we've offered yet.
Session Two features many interesting netsuke at attractive prices. Previously, we've always included these netsuke in our print catalog. Since we've received feedback that our catalogs have gotten too large (and heavy!), we split this sale into two sessions.
As always, please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, and check out the natural light videos available on the lot pages.
Lot 68 - AN AMUSING PLUM WOOD SHUNGA NETSUKE OF A KONOHA TENGU GRINDING MISO
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 69 - JURAKU: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF AN ONI FISHING INSIDE A LOTUS LEAF
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 70 - Ɏ JUZAN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA ON HAMAGURI CLAM
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 73 - HARA SHUMIN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A HATCHING TENGU (TENGU NO TOMAGO)
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 74 - † KORYU: A RARE WOOD NETSUKE OF A HORNED SHISHI KORO (INCENSE BURNER)
Sold for €1,536
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 75 - TOYOKAZU: A FINE WOOD RYUSA MANJU NETSUKE OF A DRAGON
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 82 - ITTAN: A RARE WOOD SHUNGA MASK NETSUKE OF HYOTTOKO
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 83 - MORIKAWA TOEN: A RARE WOOD NETSUKE OF RANRYO-O BUGAKU MASK
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 84 - A SPECTACULAR AND LARGE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF A FEMALE DEMON
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 85 - Ɏ MITSUYUKI: A SUPERB AND RARE IVORY MASK NETSUKE OF THE FEMALE GHOST OIWA
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 86 - AN UNUSUAL LACQUERED WOOD REVERSIBLE MASK NETSUKE OF A MONSTROUS HEAD
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 91 - AN UNUSUAL AND LARGE EBONY NETSUKE WITH LOTUS AND PAULOWNIA MON
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 92 - SEIYODO TOMIHARU: A SUPERB EBONY WOOD NETSUKE OF A PERSIMMON WITH METAL-APPLIED ANT
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 93 - Ɏ KAGETOSHI: A SMALL IVORY NETSUKE OF URASHIMA TARO ON A TURTLE
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 94 - Ɏ JITSUGA: A FINE IVORY NETSUKE OF MOMOTARO WITH COMPANIONS INSIDE A PEACH
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 96 - Ɏ MITSUHIRO: A FINE IVORY NETSUKE OF A CLAM SHELL WITH INLAID AOI
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 97 - Ɏ A RARE KYOTO SCHOOL NARWHAL TUSK NETSUKE OF A WEASEL ON A ROCK
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 98 - A RARE NARWHAL TUSK AND SILVER KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE OF A COILED DRAGON GRASPING A TAMA
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 99 - Ɏ A SUPERB AND RARE TORTOISESHELL NETSUKE OF A COILED DRAGON WITH TAMA
Sold for €5,175
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 101 - TSUNEYOSHI: A FINE LACQUERED HAKO NETSUKE WITH OKINA MASK AND BELL TREE
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 102 - † KOSAI: A LACQUERED HAKO NETSUKE WITH SOUTH SEA ISLANDER
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 106 - A RARE TSUISHU LACQUER AND POTTERY-INLAID MANJU NETSUKE WITH CLAMS
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 107 - TEIJI: A POLYCHROME CERAMIC MANJU NETSUKE OF RAIJIN PEERING THROUGH THE CLOUDS
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 108 - KAN: A RARE LACQUER AND POTTERY-INLAID MANJU NETSUKE OF DARUMA INSIDE A CAVE
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 109 - GYOKUSEKI: AN AMUSING WOOD AND SHIBUICHI KAGAMIBUTA WITH A KAPPA CARRYING A GIANT CUCUMBER
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 110 - MASAMITSU: A FINE AND LARGE MIXED METAL KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE OF A NIO GUARDIAN
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 115 - A CHARMING STAG ANTLER NETSUKE OF A SEATED MONKEY
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 116 - † OSHIN: A SUPERB STAG ANTLER ‘LOTUS’ SASHI NETSUKE
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 120 - A SUPERB STAG ANTLER OBI HASAMI NETSUKE OF A KAPPA WITH CUCUMBER, ATTRIBUTED TO KOKUSAI
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 122 - MASAYUKI: A SUPERB STAG ANTLER NETSUKE OF A MONKEY CLAMBERING ON A LEAFY BAMBOO NODE
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 125 - MORIKAWA TOEN: A RARE BAMBOO SASHI NETSUKE OF A GUARDIAN LION
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 126 - Ɏ KO: A FINE WALRUS TUSK RYUSA MANJU NETSUKE WITH EGRET AND LOTUS
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 127 - Ɏ TOKOKU: A STUNNING WALRUS TUSK RYUSA MANJU NETSUKE WITH MAGNOLIA AND MOON
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium