Live Auction
5 December 2025 at 10 AM CET
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We're delighted to present Fine Japanese Art — a live auction featuring 600 exceptional lots that span every era of Japan’s rich artistic heritage.
The first 360 lots are featured in our printed catalog, beginning with Bronzes & Meiji metalwork, including a superb selection of silver works and notable pieces by celebrated masters such as Kitagawa Hokusen I and Jomi Eisuke II. These are followed by an outstanding group of samurai artworks, showcasing works by the Myochin family, intricate jizai okimono, exquisite tsuba from the Kotler Collection, and a distinguished array of armors, helmets, and swords. Learn more.
AUCTION OVERVIEW LOTS
Lot 1 - GENRYUSAI SEIYA: A HUMOROUS AND LARGE BRONZE OKIMINO OF A SARUMAWASHI WITH MONKEY
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 7 - KAKUUNSAI: A RARE AND CHARMING BRONZE OKIMONO OF A HARE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 9 - MASAMITSU: AN IMPRESSIVE SILVER-PATINATED BRONZE OKIMONO OF TWO CRANES ON A ROCK
Sold for €9,750
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 11 - A FINE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A HAWK PERCHED ON A TREE TRUNK
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 12 - NOGAMI RYUKI: A SUPERB BRONZE OKIMONO OF A MINOGAME AND YOUNG
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 14 - TOUNSAI MASAKATSU: AN IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE CLOISONÉ ENAMELED SILVER PUNCH BOWL
Sold for €9,100
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 18 - HIDETSUGU: A FINE COPPER-INLAID SILVER INCENSE BOX (KOGO) AND COVER
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 19 - HATTORI: A FINE SILVER AND SHAKUDO ‘CORMORANT FISHING’ YOJITATE (TOOTHPICK HOLDER)
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 20 - KONOIKE: A THREE-PIECE SET OF JAPANESE EXPORT SILVER TEA AND COFFEE ‘BAMBOO’ SERVICE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 22 - KAWASHIMA TOSHU: A SUPERB AND LARGE GOLD-INLAID UCHIDASHI (REPOUSSÉ) SILVER ‘DRAGON’ VASE
Sold for €8,450
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 23 - Ɏ AKIHIDE: A FINE SILVER, CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND SHIBAYAMA KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 24 - UJITADA: A SUPERB CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL APPLIED SILVER ‘DRAGON’ VASE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 25 - KANEMITSU: A RARE AND SUPERB ‘MINOGAME AND SAKE’ BRONZE AND SILVER VASE
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 27 - SEIMEI: A SUPERB INLAID SHAKUDO VASE WITH FIREFLIES ON GRASSES
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 30 - HIDEKANE: A GOLD-SPECKLED MIXED-METAL-INLAID ‘MOUNT FUJI AND CRANES’ BRONZE VASE
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 33 - INOUE OF KYOTO: A FINE KOMAI-STYLE MIXED-METAL-INLAID IRON DISH
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 34 - A FINE KOMAI STYLE GOLD INLAID IRON ‘HO-O NO KIRI’ BOX AND COVER
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 35 - FUJII: AN INLAID BRONZE 'FULL MOON' BOX AND COVER WITH PRUNUS BLOSSOMS AND MAPLE LEAVES
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 38 - JOMI EISUKE II: AN IMPRESSIVE MIXED-METAL PAGODA FORM KORO (INCENSE BURNER)
Sold for €10,400
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 40 - SHOZUI: A FINE HAMANO SCHOOL MIXED-METAL BUNCHIN (PAPERWEIGHT) OF A FISHERMAN ON A FLOAT
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 43 - RYUBUNDO: AN IRON TEA KETTLE (TETSUBIN) WITH A NOCTURNAL LANDSCAPE UNDER THE CRESCENT MOON
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 46 - HASUDA SHUGORO: A SHIBUICHI ‘SHISHI’ KORO (INCENSE BURNER)
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 47 - SAEGUSA SOUTAROU: A BRONZE OKIMONO OF A TURTLE DOVE
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 48 - MYOCHIN MUNENORI: A VERY RARE AND MASSIVE SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID IRON KORO (INCENSE BURNER)
Sold for €26,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 49 - KOZAN: A SUPERB INLAID SHAKUDO ARTICULATED ‘JIZAI’ OKIMONO OF A SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Sold for €11,700
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 52 - A RARE IRON MYOCHIN SCHOOL SUKASHI TSUBA IN THE FORM OF A SNAKE
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 53 - ICHIRYU TOMOTOSHI: A SUPERB AND LARGE MITO SCHOOL SENTOKU TSUBA WITH SNAKE AND MONKEY
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 54 - IWAMA MASAYOSHI: A SUPERB HAMANO SCHOOL SENTOKU TSUBA OF A COILING SNAKE
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 55 - IWAMOTO RYOKAN: A FINE IWAMOTO SCHOOL IRON TSUBA OF A SNAKE ON A TRUNK
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 57 - A SUPERB AND LARGE BAKUMATSU IRON TSUBA WITH A GOLD EAGLE AND SILVER SNAKE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 59 - NAKAI TOMOTSUNE: A RARE CHOSHU SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH SAKURA AND BAMBOO
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 62 - MITSUHIRO: A HIZEN SCHOOL SENTOKU AND GOLD ‘100 MONKEYS’ TSUBA
Sold for €4,940
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 63 - TAKESHIGE: AN IRON SUKASHI TSUBA WITH FIVE MONKEYS IN A PEACH TREE
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 66 - TOMOMITSU: A FINE SHAKUDO TSUBA WITH KIKU (CHRYSANTHEMUMS)
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 69 - YANAGAWA NAOMASA: A FINE YANAGAWA SCHOOL SHAKUDO TSUBA WITH SHISHI AND PEONIES
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 71 - A FINE HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA WITH THE THREE SAKE TASTERS
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 72 - MORITA MOTOTOSHI: A FINE SHIBUICHI TSUBA WITH RIHAKU IN A WINTER SCENE
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium