131841577 Asian Works of Art Skinner Auction 2647B

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Auction 2647B

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Table of Contents

1 Auction & Specialist Information

2 Web Site & Online Bidding

4 Glossary of Terms

5 Provenance

7 Lots 1575

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123 Absentee Bid Form

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All items in this catalogue are described according to the following table of terminology.

Please note that all statements in this catalogue as to Authorship, Period, and Origin,

are qualiied statements subject to the Conditions o Sale.

Authorship will be described in the following ways:

John Joseph Enneking

In our judgment, the work is by the artist.

Attributed to John Joseph Enneking

In our judgment, the work may be ascribed to the artist on the basis o style, but leaves some

question as to actual authorship.

School o John Joseph EnnekingIn our judgment, a work o an unknown ollower executed in the style o the artist and

contemporary in period.

Manner o John Joseph Enneking

In our judgment, a work executed in the style o the artist by an unknown hand and probably rom

a later period.

Ater John Joseph Enneking

In our judgment, an intended copy o the work o the artist.

American School, 19th Century

In our judgment, the work o an unknown hand that can only be identiied as to period and

culture.

Other terms:

Bears Signature

In our judgment, the signature not o the artist. This term is generally used separately, or together

with a description o the work as attributed to, school o, manner o, or ater the artist.

Glossary of Terms


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Lots 3848, 53, 56, 57, 66

C. Will Chappell, Oneida, New York

Yamanaka & Co., Atlantic City, New Jersey

Yoshima & Co., Atlantic City, New Jersey

Kondo & Co., Atlantic City, New Jersey

Moore Brothers, Dr., Atlantic City, New Jersey

Property by descent o the great-grandniece o Mrs. Chappell

Lots 92, 107, 143145, 148, 149, 303305, 367, 371, 431, 533, 554

From a private collection in Leonia, New Jersey.

Lots 104, 286289, 296, 300, 301, 308312From the estate of Richard Young, Van Hornesville, New York. This collection originally belonged to

his stepmother, Louise Powis Brown Young, who amassed the textiles during the rst quarter of the

20th century.

Lots 535541

From the former New England Center for Contemporary Art (NECCA) in Brooklyn, Connecticut.

Sold to benet the Temple Beth Israel and St. James Catholic Church, both of Danielson, Connecticut.

Provenance


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1

Two Persian Pen Boxes, Qalamdan, Iran,

19th century, polychrome on lacquered

papier-mch, with rounded ends and sliding

trays, the top o one painted with a centralcartouche of a gure holding a teacup, with

two pairs o cartouches each depicting a

bird and a deer, the sides with vignettes o

landscapes and hares, the black base with gilt

decorations, lg. 8 1/4, the other painted with a

vertical composition of a woman in a eld, the

sides eature a continuous, repeated depiction

of two gures in a landscape, the black base

with gilt decoration, tted with a silvered

inkwell, lg. 8 1/2 in.

$500-700

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Illuminated Manuscript Lea, Persia, 19th

century, ink, color, and gold on paper, painted

with a miniature possibly depicting the deaths

o Layla and Majnun, with an elderly manholding the emaciated gure of Majnun while

pairs o wild animals look on in the oreground,

mounted on card with illuminated margins,

reverse with text written in black and red ink,

outlined with gold, with gold-splashed blue

border, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2, frame 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.

$500-700

3

Illustrated Manuscript, Persia, 19th/20th

century, ink, color, and gold on paper, ten

lines to the page written in naskh script, with

interlinear decorations and illustrations alongthe exterior border, all above a hunting scene,

nine lines of black text verso, 11 1/4 x 8,

frame 24 x 20 in.

$300-500

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Miniature Painting, Mughal India, 19th

century, ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on

paper, depicting a Mughal prince, with a halo

encircling his turbaned head, leaping rom his

horse to slay a dragon with his saber, ramed,

11 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.

Note: An inscription at the back reads:

Painting of a Mughal Prince on Horseback

Killing Dragon. 19th century - From Ganeshi

Lall, Feby 1926 Agra.

$400-600

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Miniature Painting, Mughal India, 19th

century, ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on

paper, depicting Shah Jahan (1592-1666)

on horseback, a halo encircling his turbaned

head, hunting a tiger with his bow and arrow,with a short inscription written in black ink on

the upper right, framed, 11 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.

Note: An inscription on the back reads:

Shahjahan on Horseback; 19th Century. From

G. LallFeby. 1926.

$400-600

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Miniature Painting, Khambavati Ragini,

Mughal India, 19th century or earlier, ink, color,

gold, and silver on paper, depicting a woman

perorming an oering within a courtyard

before the four-headed god Brahma, the deity

is depicted seated inpuja and holding ritual

implements in each o his our hands, with

Sanskrit text written in black ink, 7 x 5 3/4,

matted and framed, 15 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.

$800-1,000

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Three Miniature Paintings, probably India,

19th/20th century, ink, opaque watercolor,

and gold on paper, a polo game, an evening

courtyard scene, and a congregation o men,

all with text written innastaliq script in black

ink, dimensions to 6 3/4 x 2 1/4, frame 11 3/4

x 6 3/4 in.

$400-600

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Painting o a Scene rom The Ramayana,

India, 19th century, gouache and gold on

paper, depicting the battle between the armies

of Rama and Ravana, 8 1/2 x 6, frame 13 3/8

x 10 3/8 in.

$400-600

9

Three-piece Indian Bridal Suit, India, 20th

century, including a skirt, a silk inner vest, and

a veil (odani), the skirt, and veil luxuriously

embroidered with gold threads and beaded.

$600-800

10

Ivory Handle, Southeast Asia, 19th century,

cylindrical, the midsection carved in relie with

dancing gures amidst scrolling foliage, withwood stand, lg. 7 3/4 in.

$600-800

11

Ten Shadow Puppets, Wayang Kulit,

Indonesia, 20th century, pigment on leather,

eight gures, an animal, and one pierced

panel, supported by bualo horn and wood

handles and control rods, ht. to 20 1/2 in.

$700-900

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Parangwith Sheath, Indonesia, possibly

Java, 19th century, the wood hilt with carved

and pierced lea scroll decorations, the single-

edge blade slightly curved and incised 1658,

the wood sheath embellished with brass rings

and brass mounts embossed with scrolling

owers, overall lg. 23 1/2 in.

$1,000-1,500

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Parangand Sheath, Indonesia, probably

Bali, 19th century, the single-edge straight

iron blade with damascene pattern and a

slight bowing rom the base outwards to a

sharp point at the tip, the base o the blade

decorated with a gilt-embellished recumbentmythical beast, the bronze hilt and sheath

both worked with stylized scrolling foral

design, with a lea-shaped clip mounted on

the underside of the sheath, overall lg. 24 in.

$1,000-1,500

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Krisand Sheath, Indonesia, possibly

Minangkabau, 19th/20th century, typical form,

with wood hilt andlea-orm wrangka, the

blade consists o thirteenlukor curves, with

a beadedmendak, together with an etched

brass sheath, overall lg. 19 3/4 in.

$800-1,000

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KrisTalisman with Sheath, Indonesia,

19th/20th century, with carved ivory hilt and

wrangka, the blade with velukor curves, the

ivory sheath decorated with two silvered brass

bands with etched decorations, overall lg. 7 in.

$600-800

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Dagger with Two Utility Knives in OneSheath, Indonesia, 19th century, the curved,

ullered blade with two notches at the base,

the bronze and wood hilt decorated with

dotted metal inlays, tted into the leather

sheath together with two miniature knives,

overall lg. 12 in.

$700-900

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Partial Dancers Headdress, Bali, arched

orm, comprising gilt sheet metal o blossom

and an orms, encrusted with rhinestones,

some dangling and others set en tremblant,

mounted on metal stand, wd. 19 in.

$500-700

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Gilt-metal Seated Buddha, Thailand,

19th/20th century, the gure depicted seated

in dhyanasana on a stepped pedestal base

decorated with red pigment, with his right

hand inbhumisparsha and his let holding a

bowl, wearing a sanghati draped over his let

shoulder, unsealed, ht. 18 5/8 in.

Note: For a similar example please see

Christies Amsterdam, Lot 389, Sale 2786,

May 20, 2008.

$700-900

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Bronze Head o Buddha, Thailand, 19th

century, Sukhothai-style, his ace with serene

expression, elongated earlobes, curled hair

and usnisha surmounted by a fame, ht. 9 in.,

mounted on a wood pedestal.

$800-1,000

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Bavardages (Gossip), Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam

1908-France 2000), oil on canvas, depicting

two women amidst blossoms, signed Vu Cao

Dam 64 l.l., titled on a presentation plaque,

17 3/4 x 14 1/2, frame 28 1/2 x 25 in.

$4,000-6,000

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Le Printemps (Spring), Vu Cao Dam (Vietnam

1908-France 2000), oil on canvas, depicting a

woman holding a child, signed Vu Cao Dam

64 l.r., titled on a presentation plaque, 23 3/8

x 17 1/2, frame 34 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.

$8,000-10,000


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Ivory Okimono o a Woman with a Rose on

Her Head, Japan, 19th/20th century, standing

on a round base, holding a stemmed rose with

her right hand and a hoe over her let shoulder,

a book tied to the hoe on her back, wearing

a robe with incised owers, signed Hidemitsu

(Shuko) on base, ht. 6 1/4 in.$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Fisherman, Japan,

19th/20th century, enjoying the moment of his

catch, probably holding a shing pole (now

missing) connected by a line to the jumping

sh around his left knee, incised details of his

garment, sh, and basket are colored light

brown, signed on base, ht. 7 1/8 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Man with Grapes,

Japan, 19th/20th century, a ram jumping for

the grapes the man holds with his right hand,

a basket o grapes in his let hand, colored

black on incised details, signed on base, ht.

8 1/8 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Farmer, Japan,

19th/20th century, pouring winnowed rice into

a bucket on the ground, incised details stained

in black and two tones o brown, signedYanagi Yama on base, ht. 7 1/4 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Smiling Man, Japan,

19th/20th century, standing with his right foot

raised on a tree trunk, with a rooster and a

hen, a smoking pipe in his right hand and a

basket on his shoulder, signed Harunobu on

base, ht. 8 in.

$500-700

27Ivory Okimono o a Smiling Ocial, Japan,

19th/20th century, standing behind a water jar,

a cup in his right hand and a water scoop in

his let, his robe decorated with three incised

dragons, signed Meishu, ht. 7 3/8 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Man with Rams, Japan,

19th/20th century, trying to feed a baby ram

grapes, another ram sitting on the ground, the

man in samurai hairstyle with a topknot and

wearing sandals, signed on base, ht. 8 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o Two Immortals with a

Crane, Japan, 19th/20th century, standing

together, one holding a wooden sta, the

other holding a crane with both hands, with

incised and carved details colored in black

and white, a paper roll on the ground, signed

Ryusen, ht. 6 1/2 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o Fukurokuju with a Crane,

Japan, 19th/20th century, Japanese Lucky

God of Wisdom and Longevity holding a

wooden sta in his right hand and a paper

roll in his let, with a crane, stained in black

and white onto the crane and beard, signed

Kosan, ht. 6 1/8 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Sennin with Cranes,

Japan, 19th/20th century, holding a paper roll

in his right hand, a crane both on his shoulder

and on the ground, stained in red, green, and

black as well as in white on the beard andeathers o the cranes, bears a mark carved in

green on base, ht. 6 1/4 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Fisherman Holding a

Child, Japan, 19th/20th century, carrying the

child in his right arm and with a seagull with

sh in its mouth on a leash, a basket of sh

around his waist, signed Houn, ht. 6 1/8 in.

$500-700

33Ivory Okimono o a Man Holding a Hoe,

Japan, 19th/20th century, with a boy standing

on a haystack whispering in the mans ear, a

big bird pecking on a turtle dangling tied with

a string to a stick the boy is holding, bears

a two-character signature in tensho style,

possibly Ryuhyu, ht. 6 1/2 in.

$500-700



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Ivory Okimono o a Bijinwith a Parasol,

Japan, 19th/20th century, with her left leg andtoe raised as i dancing, a branch with ruit

over her let shoulder, her robe elaborately

decorated with incised foral patterns stained

brown, her ace colored white, her hair black,

signed Yanagi Yama on base, ht. 6 1/4 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Fisherman with a Net,

Japan, 19th/20th century, standing with his

right oot on a boulder, about to throw a

net into the sea, nely carved, incised, and

pierced details, including the incised sh withscales on the back o his garment, a red mark

carved on a black ground to base, ht. 6 1/4 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Fisherman, Japan,

19th/20th century, pulling a net from the sea,

a sh in his right hand, wearing a work apron

made o straw, stained light brown and black

on incised details, a red mark carved on a

black ground to base, ht. 6 1/4 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o an Elderly Bearded

Scholar, Japan, 19th/20th century, standingwith a basket in his let hand and a cane in his

right (now missing), his head in three-quarter

view, stained in light brown, notably the hems

o his robe with ribbons tied around the waist,

bears a mark otensho character in a black

square inlay on base, ht. 7 1/2 in.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Female Musician,

Japan, 19th century, resting on one bent knee,

dressed in a ormal kimono decorated with

incised foral motis, her hair in a traditional

style decorated with a comb and hairpieces,

the signature cartouche lost, ht. 3 3/4 in.

Provenance: C. Will Chappell, Oneida, New

York; Yamanaka & Co., Atlantic City, New

Jersey; Yoshima & Co., Atlantic City, New

Jersey; Kondo & Co., Atlantic City, New

Jersey; Moore Brothers, Dr., Atlantic City, New

Jersey; property by descent of the great-

grandniece of Mrs. Chappell. Original copies

o receipts available.

$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Samurai with a Young

Lord, Japan, 19th century, running with theboy on his back, holding a sword wrapped in

a cloth with his let hand, another around his

waist, the hilt o one under a loose hanging

scroll on the ground, coated in transparent

enamel, signed Shuyama, ht. 4 3/4 in.

Provenance: See Lot 38.

$1,200-1,500


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Ivory Okimono o a Man, Japan, 19th

century, carrying a rooster on his shoulder anda fower in his let hand, a leay plant on the

ground, and a hen looking up, unsigned, ht.

6 1/8 in.


$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Dancing Bijin, Japan,

19th century, with two sashes waving around

her body, one above her head and the

other around her lower body, lightly coated

in transparent wax or enamel, bears no

signature, ht. 7 in.


$1,200-1,500

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Ivory Carving o an Immortal, Japan, 19th

century, standing with his right hand on hischest, let hand to his back, stained in dark

brown along the folds of the robe, xed onto a

wooden stand, unsigned, ht. 3 3/8 in.


$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Female Musician,

Japan, 19th century, preparing to perform,

tuning ashamisen, dressed in a ormal

kimono decorated with incised morning

glories, wearing a hat o hay and a pair ogeta

(wooden sandals), signed Yuchu on base, ht.

8 1/2 in.


$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Bird Catcher, Japan,

19th century, demonstrating catching birdsusing a little turtle, with two boys, coated in

transparent wax, signed Teishu on base, ht.

7 3/4 in.


$1,200-1,500

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Ivory Okimono o Silk Weavers, Japan, 19th

century, a couple joyully working together

pulling silk rom silkworms using a small

portable stove, a spinning wheel, and two

baskets, all carved and pierced to minutedetail, stained in various tones o brown to

black, signed in cursive style on a cinnabar

cartouche inlaid onto base, 6 1/4 x 5 in.


$1,000-2,000


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Ivory Okimono o a Fisherman with Two

Boys, Japan, 19th century, standing on a

rocky ground near rolling water, the man

throwing a net into the sea, ollowing a boy

pointing with his index nger, the other boy

looking out to sea or the right moment

holding his own small net over his shoulder,

elaborately carved, incised, and crated to

minute detail including the eyes of the sh

in basket inlaid in metal, partially coated in

transparent enamel, signed Kankou inlaid on

base, 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.

Provenance: 1904, sold by Yamanaka &

Co., New Jersey, to Chester Will Chappell

(1845-1909) of Oneida, New York. Property

by descent o the great-grandniece o Mrs.

Chappell. Original receipt available.

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Ivory Okimono o a Man with Roosters,

Japan, 19th century, holding a rope with

his right hand and a rooster in his let arm,

another rooster and a basket o grain stalks

on the ground, converted to electric lamp

and detached, signed Meishin in a cinnabar

cartouche inlaid on base, ht. 13 1/2 in.


$12,000-15,000

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Ivory Carving o Seven Lucky Gods, Japan,

19th century, gathered under a pine tree with

Benzaiten, the goddess o knowledge, riding

a donkey in the center, signed Youhou on an

inlaid cinnabar cartouche to base, ht. 2 1/2 in.


$500-700

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Ivory Okimono o a Woman with a Fruit

Basket, Japan, 19th/20th century, startled

by a group o harassing monkeys and a boy

trying to take ruit rom her basket, probably

made of ivory composite, unsigned, ht. 6 1/2

in.

$500-700


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Ivory Okimono o a Man with a Monkey,

Japan, 19th/20th century, carrying a drum on

his shoulder and playing it or a perorming

monkey holding a lion head mask on his head,

signature of Gyoku incised in a red rectangle,

ht. 6 in.

$300-500

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Ivory Okimono o a Man with a Dragon,

Japan, 19th/20th century, captured in the act

of using tools (now missing) to sh a rising

dragon rom the rolling water, signed Chuichi,

9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.

$600-800

52

Two Ivory Carvings o Chinese Sages,

Japan, 20th century, one probably Chung-Li

Chuan, with staff and fan, ht. 14; the other

holding a an and accompanied by a crane,

ht. 15 1/8 in., both with carved and incised

details, the ivory stained in varying tones o

brown, his beard and hair as well as the crane

eathers colored white, both signed.

$800-1,200

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Ivory Tusk Carving o Women, Japan, 19th

century, high relie depiction o a group o

geisha at leisure in a garden with a pavilion

and blossoming plum tree, converted to an

electric lamp and detached, unsigned, ht. 10

3/4 in.


$1,200-1,500

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Ivory Tusk Carving o a Village, Japan,

20th century, with two pine trees and gures

leisurely shing and playing music, two

samuraiwalking by, and a woman trying to

coax an unwilling boy, detached rom a lamp,

pinned onto a ribbed wooden stand, ht. 16 in.

$700-900

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Ivory Case Column, Japan, 19th/20th

century, depicting a busy town scene with

gures, houses, buildings, trees, and owers,

carved in deep relie in tiers, with natural

patina, ht. 4 1/8 in.

$200-250

56

Ivory Carving o a Landscape, Japan, 19th

century, of a Daoist paradise with a bridge

over a stream running through two high rocks

with pine trees, two gures on the bridge

and three gures on the ground, resting on a

wood stand, thickly coated in enamel, signed

Mingyoku on base, ht. 6 1/2 in.


$1,200-1,500

57Ivory Box with Cover, Japan, 19th century,

ovoid cylindrical orm, decorated in high relie

with gures in a quiet town disturbed by a

jumping horse, the cover topped with a gure

o theater perormer holding a mask, the

underside decorated with a turtle, the interior

bottom o the box with a bug, signed Kou on

the base decorated with incised rolling waves,

ht. 7 1/4 in.


$1,800-2,000


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58

Ivory Netsuke Horse, Japan, 19th/20th

century, its legs converging with its lowered

head, stained in ochre and brown, signed, ht.

2 1/4 in.

$400-600

59

Ivory Netsuke Man with Mask, Japan,

18th/19th century, sitting with his right knee

raised and the let leg olded on the ground,

the mask is in his right hand, signed Ichiyuki,

ht. 1 1/2 in.

$300-500

60

Ivory Netsuke Ball o Zodiac Animals,

Japan, 19th/20th century, twelve zodiac

animals entangled to orm a ball, incised

details, unsigned, dia. 1 1/8 in.

$700-900

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Ivory Netsuke o a Man with an Octopus,

Japan, 19th/20th century, standing with an

octopus over his head, holding one o the

arms with his let hand, incised and stained

in dark brown to black, signed on base, ht. 31/4 in.

$700-900

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Ivory Netsuke o a Rabbit, Japan, 19th

century, sitting with orearms raised and ears

to the back, the eyes inlaid in red and carved,

signed on base, ht. 2 in.

$2,000-3,000

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Ivory Netsuke Ogre, Japan, 19th century,

with two horns, genufecting on both knees

with his back straight, holding a cup with both

hands, accompanied with a jar laid sideways

on the ground, signed Nanryu, ht. 1 3/4 in.

$400-600

64

Ivory Netsuke o a Man, Japan, 19th

century, sitting cross-legged on the

ground, tying a lace on his right shoe, signed

on base, ht. 1 5/8 in.

$400-600

65

Ivory Netsuke o a Woman in a Kimono,

Japan, 19th/20th century, in a dancing pose,

holding objects in both hands, carved and

incised details, signed Mita, ht. 2 in.

$400-600

66

Wood Netsuke Man, Japan, 18th/19th

century, slightly leaning onto his let palm,

holding a scroll with his raised right hand as

if shrouding smaller gures in front, signed

Gyokkei, ht. 1 3/4 in.


$400-600

67

Six Small Wood and Ivory Figurines, Japan,

20th century, including two identical o a boy

monk in a laundry basin, a seated monk with

rice bowl, a boy seated on a barrel, a man

seated on knee, all signed Yoshitoshi; and a

monk listening with a sutra roll in his let hand,

signed Joyu, ht. to 2 1/8 in.

$800-1,200

68Soapstone Figure, Japan, 20th century, of an

emaciated luohan with curly hair and beard,

standing bareoot with a shawl incised with

bamboo motis wrapping around his whole

body, holding an alms bowl, stone o grayish-

green color with russet markings, ht. 6 1/2 in.

$200-300

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Bronze Vase, Japan, 19th century, decorated

in relie with Kinko riding a carp, reverse with

two gures picking owers beneath a pine

tree, ht. 11 3/8 in.

Provenance: Christies, Lot 75, sale #5096,

June 28th, 2007.

$200-300

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Pair o Bronze Vases, Japan, 19th/20th

century, elongated S-shape with faring neck

and fat rim, one depicting Kanzan in a heart-

shaped reserve on one side, fowers and birds

on the other; the other depicting Jittoku on

one side and fowers and birds on the other,

both with gilt, incised, and inlaid details o

mixed metals including gold, two S-shape

handles with dragon head nailed onto the

body, waisted bottom decorated with gilt and

inlaid patterns and scrolls, ht. 13 1/2 in.

$800-1,000

71

Square Bronze Planter, Japan, 19th century,

with lobed corners and supported by our

bracket eet, each side cast with a pair

o pouncingshishion wan-ret ground in

separate reserves, inscription on base reads

go naka ya ota shi hyoei to gen shin sei hitsu,

6 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.

$700-900

72

Two-piece Bronze Usbata, Japan, 19th

century, the tri-lobed base decorated with

ruyimotis and supported by three curved,elephant trunk-orm legs, the side with pierced

cartouches on ret ground cast in relie, the

tiered, circular top-section cast with stylized

mythical beasts on ret-ground reserves,

bottom with a lotus blossom in relie, dia. 9

3/4, ht. 7 1/8 in.

$200-300

73

Image o a Boy with an Ox, Japan,

19th/20th century, ink on paper, depicting a

young boy reclining on a seated ox on a blank

background using the boneless method, 14

x 19 1/2 in.

$300-500

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Silvered Bronze Model o a Crane, Japan,

Meiji Era, cast perched a rock towering over

lingzhiplants and miniature deer, holding

a lotus plant in its mouth with the fower

blossoming upwards, ht. 53 in.

$1,000-1,500



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Buddhist Bronze Temple Gong, Keisu,

Japan, 19th/20th century, deep circular

bowl form, hammered nish, with inscription

along the rim, on a red wood stand with gilt

decorations, together with a mallet, dia. 21

1/2, ht. 19 in.

$400-600

76

Engraved Brass Striking Table Clock,

Japan, 19th century, surmounted by a bell on

a rectangular platform with four turned nials,the circular dial set with twelve hour markers

reading against a pierced steel hand, with twin

date apertures below, resting on a rectangular

base with turned corner pillars and pierced

sides, with winding key, urther supported on a

wood stand, 5 1/4 x 5 x 3 in.

$800-1,200


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77

Woodblock Triptych Print o Dansiro,

Kabuki Actor, Japan, 19th century, published

by Hasegawa (1853-1938), playing a Senkokudaimyo holding a sword in his right hand,

printed in 1896, signed with one artists seal,

14 1/2 x 9 3/4 each, with mat, 20 1/4 x 34

1/4 in.

$500-700

78

Woodblock Triptych Print o a Hellish

Disease, Japan, 19th century, Yoshitoshi

Tsukioka (1839-1892), with an old man

suering rom illness with a noble couple in

prayer at his bedside, printed in 1883, signed

with one artists seal, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 each, with

mat, 22 x 36 in.$800-1,000

79

Woodblock Triptych Print o a Warrior,

Japan, 19th century, Kobayashi Kiyochika

(1847-1915), sitting near the waterside in the

night with his armor taken off, printed in 1884,

signed with one artists seal, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4

each, with mat, 22 x 36 in.

$500-700

80

Woodblock Triptych Print o a Battle in the

Sino-Japanese War, Japan 19th century,

Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915), depictingbattleships on re with smoke coming out,

printed in 1894, signed with two artists seals,

14 1/2 x 9 3/4 each, with mat, 22 x 36 in.

$500-700

81

Woodblock Triptych Print o a Battle in the

Sino-Japanese War, Japan, 19th century,

Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915), depicting

survivors rom the sunken battleship Guangyi

that caught on re at sea, printed in 1894,

signed with two artists seals, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4

each, with mat, 22 x 36 in.

$500-700

82

Woodblock Triptych Print o an Ambush,

Japan 19th century, Kobayashi Kiyochika

(1847-1915), with soldiers waiting for a critical

attack in ambush, printed in 1895, signed with

two artists seals, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 each, with

mat, 22 x 36 in.

$500-700

83

Woodblock Diptych Print o Builders,

Japan, 19th century, published by Kokeido

(1877-1910), depicting carvers with a Buddhastatue with falling workers, printed in 1894,

two publishers seals, signed with one artists

seal, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 each, with mat, 22 x 36

in.

$500-700

84

Woodblock Print o Mount Tsukuba, Japan,

19th century, the 107th view o the One

Hundred Famous Views of Edo, depicting

a birds-eye view o a night scene in winter

with Mount Tsukuba in background, an eagle

with spread wings dominating the top, signed

Hiroshige (1797-1858), mounted on paper,print size 13 x 8 1/2 in.

$200-300

85

Woodblock Print o Shiba Park, Japan,

20th century, depicting Shiba Park in Japan

covered in snow, with a gure with an umbrella

and an arched stone bridge, signed Hasui

Kawase (1883-1957), oban yoko-e, mounted

on paper, print size 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.

$200-300


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Two Loose Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th

century, one depicting a courtesan dressed in

a ormal kimono seated in a room setting, the

other depicting a woman with hair unbound,

bareoot, hands in prayer, standing amid

alling water, both signed Utagawa Kunisada

(Toyokuni III), 14 x 9 3/4 in.

$300-500

87Pair o Woodblock Prints, Japan, 20th

century, Hasui Kawase (1883-1957), depicting

a rainy day and a snowy day in a quiet temple

in three tones o red, blue, and black, ramed

and glazed, each 14 x 9 3/8 in. without frame.

$1,000-2,000

88

Woodblock Album o Genji goshu yojo,

Japan, 1858, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-

1864),A Collection of Charming Tales of

Genji, holding thirty-two oban tate-e diptych

prints (out of the entire fty-four), printed

on embossed paper, cut in hal and pasted

together to make an album in hal size o

oban, 14 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.

$3,000-5,000

89

Woodblock Print rom Upright Tokaido,

Japan, 19th century, Hiroshige (1797-1858),

the eleventh print of Hakone from a series of

Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido, tate-e edition,

published in 1855, framed and glazed, 13 x 8

3/8 in. without frame.

$1,000-1,500

90

Woodblock Print rom Upright Tokaido,Japan, 19th century, Hiroshige (1797-1858),

the twenty-second print of Okabe from a

series oFifty-three Stations of Tokaido, tate-e

edition, published in 1855, framed and glazed,

13 x 8 3/8 in. without frame.

$500-700

91

Woodblock Print o a Snowy Night, Japan,

20th century, depicting a snowy night scene o

a riverside with a gure on a boat, dated and

signed Hasui Kawase (1883-1957), framed

and glazed, print size 14 x 9 1/4 in.

$800-1,000

92

Six Hanging Scrolls, Japan, 19th century,

each depicting a narrative story probably

rom The Tale of Genji, all gures in Heian-

era costumes and settings, including emale

courtiers playing the game go in a pavilion,

48 1/2 x 20 1/8 in. each.

Provenance: From a private collection in

Leonia, New Jersey.

$800-1,000

93

Nighttime Landscape, Japan, 19th century,

ink on silk, depicting a moonlit mountainside

with a temple and mountain range in the mist,

signed with seal, 12 x 24 1/2 in.

$400-600

94

Pair o Tosa School-style Paintings, Japan,

19th century, depicting a busy scene in spring

and autumn from the Edo period in narrativestyle oYamato-e, with gures surrounded

by a mountain range with blooming white

plums and red maple oliage, respectively,

multicolored with some outlines and

background in gold, 55 1/2 x 44 1/4 in.

$2,000-3,000

95

Six-panel Screen with Pine Trees, Japan,

19th century, colors on paper, depicting

pine trees in two groups seen rom a high

perspective on a gold lea ground, the needles

described in mineral green, 60 3/8 x 24 5/8with the rst and last panel wd. 22 3/8 in.

$2,000-3,000


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96

Munakata Shiko (1903-1975) Japan,

woodblock rom the series The Ten Disciples

of Shakyamuni, dated and signed in pencil 11

26 1960, Munakata and in kanji Shiko, red

seal MS, 40 x 15 in.

$1,000-2,000

97

Munakata Shiko (1903-1975), Japan,

woodblock rom the series The Ten Disciples

of Shakyamuni, dated and signed in pencil 11

26 1960, Munakata and kanji Shiko, withred seal MS, 40 x 15 in.

$1,000-2,000

98

Munakata Shiko (1903-1975), Japan,

Flowers and Birds, woodblock, dated and

signed in pencil 11 26 1960, Munakata and

in kanji Shiko, red seal MS, 25 x 22 in.

$500-700


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Munakata Shiko (1903-1975) Japan, Hawk

Woman, woodcut with hand-applied color,

signed in pencil, Munakata, with kanji shiko,

red seal, framed, 15 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.

$1,000-1,500


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100

Saito Kiyoshi (1907-1997), Japan, ink and

slight color on paper, depicting a seated

potter in his studio surrounded by his bottles

and cups, signed and sealed Kiyoshi Saito,

framed, 28 5/8 x 23 1/2 in.

$2,000-2,500

101

Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960),Dans les Jardins

Reserves du Palais, Seoul, Coree, impression

successive, eighty woodblocks, no. 1/6,

(no. 77 missing), each signed in pencil Paul

Jacoulet with sparrow seal, carver seal

Maeda Kentaro, printer seal Fujii Shunosuke,

each approximately 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.

$3,000-5,000


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102Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960),Les Jades,

ChinoiseThe Jades, Chinese Woman,

impression successive, fty-eight woodblock

prints, no. 1/4, each signed in pencil Paul

Jacoulet with boat seal, carver seal Maeda

Kentaro, printer seal Fujii Shunosuke, each

approximately 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.

$3,000-5,000


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103

Fukusao Blue Satin, Japan, Meiji Period

(1868-1912), embroidered in gilt and colored

threads with two gures at leisure seated

beneath a gnarled pine tree, with two turtles

crawling near the rakes by their side, rame 37

1/2 x 29 1/4 in.

$800-1,200

104

Silk Brocade Obi, Japan, Meiji Period

(1868-1912), depicting the paulownia crest

o the Tokugawa clan in various foral designs

in yellow, purple, ivory, green, and brown

surrounding a hut, with gold metallic threads,

lg. 162 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Richard

Young, Van Hornesville, New York. This

collection originally belonged to his

stepmother, Louise Powis Brown Young, who

amassed the textiles during the rst quarter ofthe 20th century.

$800-1,200

105

Silk Embroidered Kosode, Japan, late 19th

century, depicting on cream silk crepe fowers

o the our seasons embroidered in satin and

twisted rope stiches and gold couched thread

on ashiboriground, lg. 76 in.

$1,800-2,000

106

Japanese Kesa Mounted on Silk, Japan,

18th century, depicting blue and pale orange

roundels of cranes, bats and the Buddhist

wheel, on a dark green ground, with gold

thread clouds, 85 1/2 x 45 7/8 in.

$1,000-2,000

107

Dragon Embroidery, Japan, Meiji Period

(1868-1912), framed and glazed, depicting

three dragons luxuriously embroidered in gold

threads on stitched ground o light brown

using a variety of lling and couching stitches,

75 x 38 3/4 in.


Leonia, New Jersey.

$2,000-3,000

108

Wall Tapestry with Dragons, Japan, Meiji

Period (1868-1912), embroidered in gold,

silver, brown, and cream threads with a pair o

ferocious three-clawed dragons ghting over

a faming pearl amidst clouds, all on a coil-

patterned ground, with a brocade border.

$2,000-3,000

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Wall Tapestry with Peacock, Peahen, and

Peonies, Japan, Meiji Period (1868-1912), the

birds embroidered in gold-wrapped threads

against a pastel background over paper

padding, with brocade border, 81 x 59 in.

Note: Similar textiles exhibited in Threads of

Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji

Japan, at the Ashmolean Museum, on loan

rom the Kiyomizui Sannenzaka Museum.

$2,000-3,000


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110

Wall Tapestry eaturing Egrets in a Lotus

Pond, Japan, Meiji Period (1868-1912), the

birds depicted standing in the water amidst

lotus fowers and lily pads, with a pair o birds

in fight above, with brocade border.

Note: Similar textiles exhibited in Threads of

Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji

Japan at the Ashmolean Museum, on loan

rom the Kiyomizui Sannenzaka Museum.

$2,000-3,000


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111

Earthenware Fish-decorated Dish,

Japan, 20th century, glazed in two tones of

greenish-gray, decorated with a painted sh

in underglaze black and blue, attributed to

Fujita Tsuguji (1886-1968), bearing f mark in

underglaze blue, unglazed multi-side oot ring,

dia. 7 in.

$400-600

112

MishimaSaucer, Japan, 20th century, green-

glazed stoneware inlaid in white slip, a foral

medallion to the center, a band o etched or

incised grasses to the rim, the exterior quickly

brushed with white slip in thehakeme style,

gently fared rim, short oot, unglazed base

with a spiral, dia. 5 in.

$300-500

113

Yoshida Ware Dish, Japan, 19th century,

round shallow sides with open foral shape,

the interior decorated with open and urling

banana leaves on a ground decorated with

small circles, the exterior decorated with

scrolling tendrils, a fuku mark to the base, dia.

10 3/8 in.

$1,000-1,200


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114

Ko-Kutani-style Bowl, Japan, 19th/20th

century, round lobed orm with enamel

decoration, the interior with various

cartouches depicting fowers and birds on a

geometric ground surrounding a central image

of a gure crossing a bridge, the exterior with

scrolling tendrils, fuku mark to the base, dia.9 7/8 in.

$300-500

115

White Porcelain Covered Box, Japan,

19th/20th century, in the shape of a conch

with applied barnacles and clams, the cover

with a handle shaped as an open clam with

a loose pearl inside which makes a clinking

sound, the clam on top and crabs on the

sides are painted blue, the knobby shell

surace in yellow-brown, and the barnacles

in transparent glaze, a calligraphic mark in

charcoal to unglazed base, dia. 5 in.$400-600

116

Hirado Blue and White Porcelain Covered

Box, Japan, 18th/19th century, with an

applied chrysanthemum with two buds and

leaves on a domed cover, bluish-white glaze

with two chrysanthemums and two butterfies

in underglaze blue invoking a poetic eeling o

the Edo period, both the rims of the cover and

box unglazed, at base, dia. 2 1/2 in.

Note: For a similar example displaying the

same dexterity in molding a fower see Hirado:

Prince of Porcelains, by Louis Lawrence(Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc., 1997), p.

61, pl. 31.

$400-600

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Hirado Blue and White Water Jar, Japan,

20th century, cylindrical, with rounded

shoulder and bottom, depicting a pair o

peacocks amongst plums, pines, and bamboo

on a ground with auspicious ungus between

two borders o stylizedruyimushrooms on top

and double lotus petals to bottom, the interior

thickly glazed, unglazed rim, recessed base;

with a lacquer cover with loop handle, ht. 81/2 in.

$500-700

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Hirado Blue and White Shishi, Japan,

19th/20th century, sitting with one forepaw

raised on an openwork ball, her mane and tail

painted in underglazed blue, thickly glazed,

unusual impressed mark to the base o the

ball, ht. 3 3/4 in.

$100-200

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Hirado Blue and White Shishi, Japan,

19th/20th century, sitting with two forepaws

on an openwork woven basket, carved and

incised mane and tail and basket painted in

underglaze blue, unglazed eye and angs, ht.

3 1/2 in.

Note: A similar example dated to the Meiji

Period (1868-1912) is illustrated on the cover

oHirado: Prince of Porcelains, by Louis

Lawrence (Chicago: Art Media Resources,

Inc., 1997); with an example dated to the Edo

period on p. 98.

$400-500

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White Porcelain Okimono Monkey, Japan,

19th/20th century, dressed in a sleeveless

robe tied with a ribbon in ront, seated with

the right leg olded and the let knee raised,its let hand holding a peach on the raised

knee, the fur with incised ne notches laid

out in a regular ashion, the pupils painted in

iron brown, overall glaze o greenish hue, ht.

4 5/8 in.

$200-300

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Bisque Okimono Puppy, Japan, 19th/20th

century, seated with two ront legs raised and

looking up, the pupils glazed in iron brown,

ur expressed in incised lines laid out ollowing

the curve o the body with the leg, ear, andeyebrow areas notched in dierent directions,

a small hole to base, signed Shirou, ht. 3 5/8

in.

$400-600

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Two Polychrome Vases, Japan, 20th century,

including one in the shape o an elongated

ovoid-shape with high shoulder, decorated

allover with morning glory sprays in underglaze

blue and overglaze enamels and gold, ht. 8

1/8; the other in the shape of a bottle vase

decorated with a morning glory in underglaze

blue, ht. 3 1/2 in., both bear Genroku (1869-

1912) studio mark to base.$400-600

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Imari Charger, Japan, 20th century,

decorated with underglaze cobalt blue and

overglaze red enamel and gold, the interior

well decorated with stylized fowers and

bamboo in a double ring medallion, the

exterior with stylized phoenixes alternating

withlingzhimushrooms in underglaze blue,

marked to base, dia. 18 in.

$1,000-1,200

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Imari Tea Bowl Set, Japan, 19th century,

originally a set o ten covered tea bowls, eight

bowls and nine covers remaining, decorated

with cranes, fowers, and various honeycomb

and key-ret patterns in underglaze cobalt

blue and overglaze gold and red, all

reserved in sections o geometric shapes,gilt rims, our-character mark to base, with a

wooden container and a sheet o paper with

production date 1874, bowl dia. 4 1/2, cover

dia. 4 in.

$200-300

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Imari Covered Rice Bowl, Japan, 20th

century, the interior decorated with underglaze

blue, the exterior with sh and lotus scrolls in

overglaze enamels o red, green, and black,

gilt rim, one-character mark on base, boxed,

dia. 4 1/4 in.

$100-200

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Pair o Satsuma Vases, Japan, 19th century,

ovoid, decorated in polychrome enamels and

gilt over a clear, crackled glaze with various

cartouches depicting gures, owers, and

birds on a brocade ground, mounted as

lamps, ht. 13 1/2 in.

$500-700

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Satsuma Censer, Japan, 19th century,

ovoid orm with three panel eet, decorated in

polychrome enamels on a clear, crackled glaze

with a winter scene o Itsukushima shrine, gilt

seal worn, dia. 2 5/8 in.

$300-500

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Two Satsuma Bowls, Japan, 19th century,

each decorated in polychrome enamel and gilt

over a clear, crackled glaze with nely painted

detailed scenes of gures, birds, owers,

and landscapes on the interior and exterior,

one with brocade borders, the other with

geometric borders, both with gilt seals: one

Kyozan, one Ryozan, dia. to 5 in.$300-500

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Satsuma Vase, Japan, 19th century,

decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt

over a clear, crackled glaze with samurai

and courtesans in a garden setting, the

fat-shouldered top decorated with brocade

geometric patterns, gilt seal: Kozan, ht. 5 1/8

in.

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Satsuma Censer, Japan, 19th century, of

ovoid shape with tripod eet, decorated in

polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear,

crackled glaze with fowering branches, the

cover nial and lugs ofshishilions, with gilt

seal: Satsuma gizan maku and the Shimazu

seal, dia. 6, ht. 7 1/2 in.

$300-500

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Satsuma Kogo with Brocade Shifu, Japan,

19th century, o rectangular shape, decorated

in polychrome enamel and gilt on a clear,

crackled glaze with geometric borders and

owers, lg. 2 1/2 in.

$200-300

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Three Satsuma Kogo, Japan, 19th century,covered incense boxes decorated in

polychrome and gilt over a clear, crackled

glaze with gures and owers, gilt seals:

Satsuma and Suisan, dia. to 2 1/2 in.

$200-300

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Six Small Satsuma Vases, Japan, 19th

century, various shapes, decorated in


crackled glaze with gures depicted in a

cartouche, gilt seals worn, ht. to 5 7/8 in.

$500-700

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Seven Satsuma Miniature Vessels, Japan,

19th century, various shapes, decorated in


crackled glaze with gures and one with

bamboo, all with worn gilt seals, ht. to 2 1/8,

dia. 3 7/8 in.

$200-300

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Satsuma Covered Box, Japan, 19th century,

rectangular shape, decorated in polychrome

enamels and gilt over a clear, crackled glaze

with Kiyomizu temple on the cover and

scrolling foral circles on the top and bottom

edges, the cover interior decorated with a

dragon and the Shimizu mon and the box with

four Immortals, gilt seal: Satsuma choshusan,

lg. 4 in.

$500-700

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Satsuma Teapot, Japan, c. 1900, signed

Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), the cover and

ovoid body painted and gilded with hanging

wisteria, the slender handle and spout

decorated with scrolling foliage, ht. 5 in.

$1,800-2,000

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Large Satsuma Vase with Stand, Japan,

late 19th century, o bottle shape, decorated

in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear,

crackled glaze with two cartouches depicting

a warrior and a courtesan surrounded by foral

and butterfy roundels and scrolling clouds on

brocade patterns, signed in black, Dai Nippon

Nishida Do, ht. 19 1/8 in.

$500-700

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Two Satsuma Vessels, Japan, 19th century, a

miniature teapot and a censer, both decorated

in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear,

crackled glaze with gures and owers, worn

gilt marks, dia. to 4 in.

$200-300

138Pair o Satsuma Vases, Japan, 19th/20th

century, long baluster-shape with short neck

and waisted bottom, both depicting a phoenix

upside down around the shoulder with fowing

eathers embellished with rich gold on a

ground lled with oral and foliate scrolls in

yellow-green and gold, gilt mouth rim, gilt

band along the bottom, gilt seal: Satsuma with

Shimizu mon, ht. 10 in.

$700-900


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Green Cloisonn Enamel Vase, Japan, 20th

century, baluster-shape with round shoulder

and waisted neck, depicting white peonies on

a green ground using plique-a-jour technique,

metal rim encircling the mouth and oot, Inaba

studio mark on the base rim, ht. 9 3/4 in.

$500-700

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Yellow Cloisonn Enamel Vase, Japan, 20th

century, baluster-shape with rounded shoulder

and waisted mouth slightly narrowing down

to base, depicting roses in varying shades o

crimson red on a bright yellow ground using

plique-a-jour technique, metal rim encircling

the mouth and foot, ht. 12 1/8 in.

$500-700

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Ando Jubei (1876-1953) Cloisonn Enamel

Vase, Japan, c. 1900, slender ovoid form with

a short everted neck, decorated with pale

plum blossoms in ull bloom against a deep

teal ground, with silver rim bands, Ando mark

on base, ht. 16 5/8 in.

Note: An identical vase is in The Khalili

Collections (EX393).

$20,000-30,000


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Cloisonn Vase, Japan, Gonda Hirosuke

(1865-1937), tapered form, depicting white

egrets on a pink ground, impressed mark to

base, ht. 24 in.

$5,000-7,000

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Blue and White Jar with Chinese

Characters, Korea, 19th/20th century,

voluminous storage jar decorated with

brushed characters osu andbok(longevity

and blessings), stylizedruyiclouds along

the shoulder, a double ring around the short

mouth, and a single ring along the oot, dia.

9 3/8 in.

$500-700

143

Ten-panel Screen with Plum Blossoms,Korea, 19th century, ink and color on paper,

depicting plum trees ull o white blossoms,

dated (1886) and signed by Park Hongseop

(courtesy name: Seokha), with three seals,

calligraphy over two panels, 44 1/2 x 12 1/2

in.


Leonia, New Jersey. Similar examples include

an eight-panel screen by Yu Suk (1827-1873)

at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, dated to

1868.

$1,500-2,000


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144

Eight-panel Screen with Manchurian

Hunting Scenes, Korea, 19th century, ink and

color on silk, depicting a continuous hunting

scene with men on horseback in chase o

tiger, deer, and wild boar, with male attendants

escorting a noble lady in a coach, all dressed

in Manchu-style costume, some details

painted in gold, each painting 12 5/8 x 43 in.


Leonia, New Jersey.

$1,800-2,500


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145

Six-panel Screen with Scholars

Accoutrements, Korea, 19th/20th century, ink

and color on paper, depicting scholars desks

with books, various writing tools, and rarecollectibles such as transparent glass bottles

and bowls containing bamboo, peonies,

watermelons, and chestnuts, signed with seal,

each 11 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.

See detail image on back cover


Leonia, New Jersey.

$1,000-2,000

146

Two Flower-and-Butterfy Paintings

(Hwajeopdo) Korea, 19th century, ink and

color on cotton, one depicting peonies andbutterfies, the other lilies and irises, with

butterfies and dragonfies, individually ramed,

possibly separated rom a multi-panel olding

screen, 49 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.


Honolulu, Hawaii.

$2,000-3,000


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147

Four Pictorial Ideographs, Munjado, Korea,

19th century, ink and color on paper, of lial

piety (hyo), loyalty (chung), propriety (ye), andrighteousness (ui), individually framed and

glazed, most likely separated rom an eight-

panel screen each depicting one character, 19

x 11 3/4 in.


Honolulu, Hawaii.

$800-1,000

148

Two Multi-panel PyeongsaengdoScreens,

Korea, 20th century, ink and light color on silk,

depicting ceremonial moments in the lie o

an ofcial, including the birth, advancement toofcialdom, promotions to higher ranks, and

healthul aging, ten depictions divided into

screens of six and four, each painting 14 3/8

x 46 in.

Provenance: From a private collection

in Leonia, New Jersey, purchased from

Brooks McLure (1919-2012), U.S. diplomat

to Germany, Austria, Denmark, Egypt, and

Korea. Accompanied by certication issued

by The Tokyo Art Club on October 14, 1960,

and an envelope addressed to McLure in West

Germany postmarked on November 14, 1960.

$2,000-3,000

149

Four-panel Embroidery Screen, Korea,

19th/20th century, auspicious owers

and birds embroidered on silk, including

woodpeckers with peonies, ducks with

lotuses, ribbon-tailed birds with plums, and

phoenixes with pine and bamboo, each 10

3/8 x 25 in.


Leonia, New Jersey.

$800-1,000


149 (detail)

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150Pegu Terra-cotta Tile, Burma, depicting a

monkey presenting an oering, decorated with

a green glaze, 6 1/2 x 5 in.

$600-800

151

Pegu Terra-cotta Tile, Burma, depicting

two warriors with animal heads in high relie,

decorated with green and brown glaze on a

white glaze ground, 13 x 10 1/2 in.

$4,000-6,000

152Pegu Terra-cotta Tile, Burma, depicting two

warriors with animal heads in high relie,

decorated with green and bronze glazes on a

white ground, 10 3/8 x 8 in.

$3,000-5,000

153

Pegu Terra-cotta Tile, Burma, depicting

an elephant holding a shield in high relie,

decorated in green and brown glaze on a

white glaze ground, 11 x 8 in.

$3,000-5,000

154Buddhist Textile Fragment with

Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Sino-

Tibet, embroidered in polychrome silk foss

with the three-armed deities in embrace on

a lotus base backed by a faming mandorla

amidst clouds, holding ritual implements and

lotus sprigs in their hands, with lotus fowers

emerging from the rocks below; the yellow si lk

border woven with clouds, 19 x 16 in.

$2,000-3,000

155

Buddhist Textile Fragment, Sino-Tibet,

embroidered in polychrome silk foss on sage

green silk with a wrathul guardian, possibly

Garuda, with outstretched wings, standing

amidst clouds with ritual implements in its

hands, blue brocade border woven with

scrolling lotus blossoms, overall 23 1/2 x 16

in.

$2,000-3,000

156

Thangka o Padmasambhava, possibly

Nepal, distemper on cloth, depicted seated

atop a moon edged with lotus blossoms rising

rom a lake, with his right hand holding a gold

vajra and his let hand holding a white skull

cup above his lap, and thekatvanga sta with

a faming center blade resting against his let

shoulder, surrounded by various bodhisattvas

and gurus amidst the surrounding peonies and

foliage; with silk borders and cover, mounted

as a hanging scroll, 23 3/4 x 17 in.$800-1,000

157

Painted Thangka, Tibet, 20th century,

possibly of Avalokiteshvara, distemper on

cloth, the ve-faced, eight-armed deity seated

inrajalilasana on a lotus fower growing out o

a lake and backed by a mandorla, holding a

ritual implement in each hand, including vajra,

kartika, fy-whisk, and dadar, surrounded by

dragons and deities amidst clouds, together

with four Buddhas seated in lotus thrones and

Mahakala inpratyalidhasana on a lotus base,

border painted in white with dragons andclouds on navy blue ground, with a Tibetan

inscription written within a central cartouche

at the bottom; with silk borders and cover,

mounted as a hanging scroll, 27 1/2 x 21 in.

$1,000-1,500

158

Thangka o Mahakala, Indo-Tibet, 20th

century, distemper and gold on cloth, the

blue-hued, six-armed dharmapala holding

ritual implements, including a trisula, a skull

garland, and a damaru, and stepping on the

prone form of the elephant-headed Ganesha,

all ramed by billowing fames, with a seated

bodhisattva at the upper let, Sanskrit verso,mounted on textile as a hanging scroll, 10 1/2

x 7 in.

$1,000-1,500

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Thangka o a Mandala, Indo-Tibet, 20th

century, distemper and gold on cloth,

possibly centered with ve forms of Tara,

each depicted seated in a roundel and

superimposed on a square enclosure divided

into the our directional colors, the outer circle

comprising various celestial attendants and

guardians, the mandala in turn surrounded

by other deities amid a antastic mountainouslandscape, Sanskrit text verso, with silk

borders and cover, mounted as a hanging

scroll, 23 1/2 x 17 in.

$800-1,000

160

Bronze Kila, Tibet, 20th century, cast with a

tripartite blade and serpents emerging rom

the mouths o threemakara, the lotus handle

surmounted by three aces o Mahakala, each

set in a erce expression and adorned with a

skull crown, lg. 7 1/2 in.

$300-500


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161

Inlaid SilverVajra, Tibet, 20th century, cast

on each side o the bulbous central grip with

a lotus pedestal supporting a our vajra points

decorated with dense ligree scrolling foliate

motis and inset with turquoise and agate

stones, lg. 10 3/8 in.

$500-700

162

Silver Repouss and Copper Shrine Box,Gau, Tibet, 20th century, the ront o the ogee

arched box with repouss decorations o the

eight Buddhist emblems and akirttimukha

mask within beaded borders, the central

aperture containing a molded gure of a

Buddha, with cloth carrying case, ht. 4 3/4 in.

$200-300

163

Two Inlaid Silver Amulet Boxes, Gau,

Tibet, 20th century, circular, each with ligree

decorations and inset turquoise, lapis lazuli,

and agate stones, stamped 925 on base,

dia. 3 in.$400-600

164

Copper Alloy Shrine, Tibet, 20th century,

rectangular with an ogee-arched top, the

gilt acade with beading and repouss

decorations of scrolling foliage and Buddhist

precious objects, all raming a central window

of conforming shape, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 3 in.

$700-900

165

Two Amulet Boxes, Gau, Tibet, 20th century,

a circular wood amulet box decorated withrepouss silver, the top depicting animals

amidst blossoms and scrolling oliage, the

bottom a double dorje and lotus fowers, inlaid

with turquoise and coral, dia. 2 3/4, and a

silver oval amulet box decorated with ligree

work and turquoise and coral inlay, base with

double dorje, wd. 2 in.

$400-600

166

Three Copper Amulet Boxes, Gau, Tibet,

20th century, a circular box with a silvered

top embossed with concentric rings o petals

surrounding a central coral bead, dia. 3 7/8,and two oval boxes with silvered covers each

with a central stone and foral decorations,

wd. 2 1/4 in.

$600-800

167

Two Inlaid Silver Amulet Boxes, Gau, Tibet,

20th century, eight-point star shape, each with

ligree decorations and inset turquoise and

agate stones, double-dorje embossed on the

removable base, stamped 925, sizes to 3

1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

$400-600

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Silver Repouss and Copper Shrine Box,

Gau, Tibet, 20th century, the ront o the

circular box with repouss decorations o the

eight Buddhist emblems and akirttimukha

mask within beaded borders, the central

aperture containing a molded gure of a

Buddha; with cloth carrying case, dia. 3 7/8 in.

$200-300

169

Silver and Coral Gau, Tibet, 20th century,

circular, with concentric repouss and ligree

decorations o petals, scrolling leaves, and

knots encircling a central coral bead, dia. 6 in.

$1,000-1,500

170

Ceremonial Conch Shell, Tibet, 20th century,

typical orm, the silvered sheet metal mount

chased with animals amidst dense oliage,

with coral and turquoise insets, lg. 8 1/8 in.

$200-300


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171

Metal and Coral Milk Hook, Tibet, 20th

century, an anchor-shaped belt ornament or

women, the bronze hook with silvered metal

with etched and studded decorations, inset

with ve large coral beads, each set in a silverbezel, the leather strap embellished similarly

with an additional bead, lg. 13 in.

$700-900

172

Two Decorative Belt Hooks, Tibet, 20th

century, on brocade straps, the silver and

brass teardrop-shaped medallions with ligree

and repouss decorations, each respectively

set with a central turquoise and coral bead,

the ornamental hooks embellished with

stylized dragons, lg. 12 in.

$200-300

173

Two Pairs o Silver Earrings, Tibet, 20th

century, both pairs with the top hoop

decorated with a bevel-set teardrop-shaped

turquoise, one pair with coral and turquoise

beads, lg. 4 5/8, the other pair with coral and

ligree silver beads, lg. 4 in.

$1,200-1,600

174

Pair o Silver Enameled Earrings, Tibet,

20th century, the ront o the hooks inlaid and

enameled with foral designs, each with our

red glass beads alternating with enameleddecorations suspended below, with mark

stamped on the underside, lg. 6 1/8 in.

$1,500-2,000

175

Two Silver Seals, Tibet, 20th century,

cylindrical with spherical top, one embossed

with Dharma wheels and dragons amidst

scrolling oliage, the other with mythical

beasts, both with incised seal aces, ht. to 2

3/8 in.

$200-300

176

Leather Flint Pouch, Tibet, 20th century,

decorated with silver cast with dragon motis,

silver marked cheng ji on either side, with

int, wd. 6 1/4 in.

$200-300

177

Inlaid Leather Flint Pouch, Tibet, 20th

century, the silver mount embossed with

beading and scrolling oliate decorations, with

leather strap and int, wd. 6 1/2 in.

$200-300

178

Leather Pouch Purse, Tibet, 20th century,

typical orm, the silver and brass mounts

embossed with stylized lotus and other foraldecorations, the fap inlaid with a turquoise

stone, with leather strap, wd. 5 in.

$200-300

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embossed with foral decorations, the fap

inlaid with turquoise and coral, the leather

strap embellished with our large metal studs,

wd. 5 in.

$200-300

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embossed with sh and foliate decorations,the leather strap similarly embellished, fap

inlaid with coral, wd. 4 1/4 in.

$200-300

181

Silvered Copper Needle Case, Tibet, 20th

century, typical orm, decorated with inlays

and embossed with stylized lotus fowers, the

sides with blossoms on wan ret ground, with

leather straps, lg. 3 3/4 in.

$200-300


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Black Bone Powder Horn, Tibet, 20th

century, typical orm, the silvered metal mount

embossed with dense oliage decorations, the

cover embellished with inlays and foral motis,

lg. 9 in.

$200-300

183

Bone Powder Horn, Tibet, 20th century,

typical orm, the silvered sheet metal mount

embossed with foral and scrolling oliate

decorations, lg. 8 1/2 in.

$200-300

184Powder Horn, Tibet, 20th century, typical

orm, the point carved as amakara head,

with its wings on either side, interspersed with

Buddhist emblems throughout, the wood

cover decorated with a vajra, lg. 6 1/2 in.

$200-300

185

Powder Horn, Tibet, 20th century, typical

orm, the silvered sheet metal mount

decorated with inlay and beadwork, the cover

with oral ornamentations, lg. 7 1/4 in.

$200-300

186

Copper and Silver Powder Horn, Tibet, 20th

century, decorated with beading and seven

coral beads each set in a bevel, lg. 6 1/2 in.

$300-400

187

Ten Silver-lined Copper Bowls, possibly

Nepal, 20th century, with silver overlay withchased decorations of gures and blossoms,

dia. 4 1/2 in.

$900-1,200

188

Gilt-bronze Figure o Shakyamuni, Nepal,

20th century, depicted standing on a double-

lotus base and backed by two faming

aureoles, wearing asamghatiand with his

right hand in varadamudra and his let hand

holding the edge o his garment at shoulder

height, his ace cast with classical eatures

and elongated earlobes, ht. 12 7/8 in.

Note: Similar to one in the collection of

Harvard Art Museums, exhibited in Re-

View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, May 31,

2008-November 23, 2008.

$800-1,000

189Inlaid Gilt-metal Devotional Plaque,

Nepal, Newari, 18th/19th century,

centered around the four-armed gure of

Vishnu in high relief with inlay of mother-of-

pearl, hardstones, and glass backed by oil

within gilt ligree, the elaborate background

with blossoms and scrolling oliage with urther

inlaid accents, the ornate rame embellished

with turquoise borders and similar ligree

work, 14 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.

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Schist Stele, Nepal, 18th/19th century,

rectangular with arched top, the gray stone

carved in relie with a our-armed deity,

possibly Kubera, carrying agada and a bowl,with his wife Riddhi seated on his left knee,

both gures depicted stepping on the reclining

orms o their attendants and adorned with

garlands and headdresses, protrusion on base

suggests that it was originally part o a larger

stele, ht. 8 in.

$800-1,000

191

Pair o Wood Carved Models o Tigers,

Nepal, 20th century, one male and one female,

both depicted crouched, ht. 16, lg. 29 in.

$800-1,000

192

Folding Table, Tibet, 19th/20th century,

rectangular, polychrome on wood, the

carved and pierced ront panel with painted

andkyungburgesso-worked decoration

o a pair o conronting dragons fanking a

vessel brimming with jewels, the sides with

multicolored clouds, the carved apron with

scrolling foliage design, 8 7/8 x 22 1/2 x 9

1/2 in.

$300-500

193

Folding Table, Tibet, 19th/20th century,

rectangular, polychrome on wood, the ront

panel comprising two panels carved and

pierced with a central lotus blossom andakirtimukha mask amidst scrolling oliage,

respectively, the sides with similar openwork

foral decorations, the aprons carved with

blossoms on ret ground, with a deer on scroll

ground on either side; with the removable top

and base panels, 11 1/2 x 9 x 17 1/4 in.

$300-500

194

Portable Table, Tibet, 18th century, wood

with traces o pigments, rectangular, with a

recessed top and a molded border, carved on

three sides in shallow relie with lotus fowers,tted with one side drawer, 16 1/2 x 25 x 13

1/2 in.

$700-900


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195

Storage Chest, Tibet, 20th century,

rectangular, polychrome on wood, the

ront panel depicting a prowling tiger in a

landscape, surrounded by a border with

carved oliate and roundel decorations, the

sides painted with tiger stripes, hinged cover

undecorated, 17 3/4 x 35 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.

$300-500

196

Pair o Painted Storage Trunks, Tibet,

20th century, rectangular, the ronts painted

with mirrored decorations eaturing pairs o

mythical beasts around a central cartouche o

a gure, possibly Bhairava, holding a conch,

a pearl, and a rake, the sides each decorated

with a aming pearl, 49 x 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.

$300-500

197

Small Treasure Chest, Tibet, 20th century,


panel carved in relie with a pair o tigers

and a pair of Buddhist lions amidst foliage

and pearls, the back depicting two pairs o

pheasants perched beneath trees, the sides

decorated with blossoms each within a

diamond-shaped reserve, the hinged cover

carved with a central stylized lotus fower

surrounded by clouds, with metal handles and

hardware, 8 x 12 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.

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Small Treasure Chest, Tibet, 20th century,


panel painted with akirtimukha mask with

scrolling oliage in the central cartouche and

a wide retwork border, the sides decorated

with tiger stripes, with hinged cover and metal

hardware, dovetail joinery, 11 1/4 x 15 5/8 x

8 7/8 in.

$300-500

199

Red-painted Cloth-bound Wooden Box,

Tibet, 20th century, rectangular, the ront

panel with our oval cartouches eaturing

a monkey, an elephant, a peacock, and a

rabbit, respectively, with T ibetan script written

along the top, the remaining sides and base

decorated with yellow scrolling oliage design,

with a removable sliding cover and metal

hardware, 3 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.

$200-300

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Shrine, Tibet, 18th century, polychrome

pigments on wood, rectangular with a tri-

lobed arch, with ten Buddhas and deities eachresiding in a niche, originally tted with a pair

of doors, 24 x 14 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.

$5,000-7,000

201

Pair o Pillar Carpets, Tibet, late 19th

century, yellow ground, each woven with a

dragon pursuing a pearl amidst scattered

clouds, stylized waves below, with endless

knots and dragon decorations along the top,

88 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.

$5,000-7,000


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202

Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel, Gu, China,

possibly Late Shang Dynasty, cylindrical, rising

rom a splayed oot to a broad trumpet mouth,

the neck cast with upright lappets lled with

leiwen bands, the slender midsection and oot

cast with fanges and urtherleiwen design,

with inscription at the interior o the oot, allcovered with verdigris, ht. 10 7/8 in.

Provenance: Purchased in 1949 from K.

Watanabe & Co., with original receipt.

Note: No technical examination done.

$2,000-3,000

203

Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel, Jue, China,

possibly Late Shang Dynasty, raised on

three slender, triangular-sectioned eet, the

cylindrical body decorated withleiwen bandsand fanges, with a loop handle on one side

beneath the spade-shape rim and a long

semi-circular spout fanked by two knobbed

nials, ht. 8 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased in 1949 from K.

Watanabe & Co., with original receipt.


$3,000-5,000

204

Pair o Bronze Yoke Bells, China, possibly

Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BC),

each with pierced round top supported by

a tapered rectangular base, with verdigris

throughout, ht. 4 7/8 in.

Provenance: Acquired by an American

missionary working in Japan during the late

1940s.

Note: No technical examination done. Similar

to the pair on display in Gallery 207 at the

Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession

#1986.232.1).

$2,000-3,000

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205

Funerary Monochrome Clay Model o a

Farm, China, possibly Late Han Dynasty, the

green replica depicting various arm animals

within a pen, some facing the gure leaning

against the entrance of the raised hut, 8 1/2 x

8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.


$400-600

206

Pair o Lacquered Stone FooLions, China,

18th/19th century or possibly earlier, each

seated on a rectangular plinth with a rieze o

lotus petals, with a erocious expression on

its ace and ears laid fat against its mane, ht.

9 in.

$1,800-2,000

207

LingbiScholars Rock with Stand, China,

20th century, in the shape o a large bird

perched on a rock, the dark gray stonestreaked with ne white inclusions on the

viewing side, the back o the stone with large

grayish-white inclusions, strongly resonant,

with stand, ht. 39 3/4 in.

$3,000-5,000


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Scholars Rock on Wood Stand, China,

19th century, the tripartite shat with two

large apertures rising to a large cresting

overhang suggesting the head o a erociouspixiu (repaired), stone of gray tone with wide

horizontal striations, overall ht. 17 1/4 in.

$600-800

209

HualimuBrush Pot, China, cylindrical, raised

on three short eet, the mouth and oot each

with a rounded molded band, no plug, ht. 7,

dia. 6 3/4 in.

$600-800

210

HuanghualiBrush Pot, China, 19th/20th

century, carved around the sides in imitation o

burlwood, rich reddish-brown color, no plug,

ht. 7 1/8, dia. 6 5/8 in.$2,000-3,000

211

Lobed Wood Brush Pot, China, 20th century,

hexagonal, possibly made ohongmu, with a

rim band and everted base resting on six low

feet, ht. 4 3/4, wd. 4 1/8 in.

$300-500

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Rosewood Brush Pot, China, 20th century,

circular, the thick walls carved in shallow relie

with a pair o scrolls fanked by conronting

qilin prancing amidst clouds, with raisedretwork bands along the mouth and base, ht.

5 7/8 in.

$300-500

213

Bamboo Brush Pot, China, 20th century,

the irregularly shaped brush pot with a gently

tapered body carved with a landscape scene

with a gure surrounded by pine, bamboo,

and pavilions nestled amongst craggy rocks,

ht. 5 1/4, wd. 4 1/2 in.

$1,800-2,000


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Bamboo Brush Washer, China, 20th century,

the shallow vessel carved in the orm o a

Buddhas hand citron, borne on a leafy stem

that forms a handle on one side, lg. 5 in.

$400-600

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Bamboo Libation Cup, China, 20th century,o open lotus lea-orm, deeply carved on

the exterior with lotus fowers growing out

o intertwining stalks orming the base and

handle, with a lea extending over the rim o

the cup, ht. 3 5/8, dia. 4 1/4 in.

$2,000-3,000

216

Bamboo Libation Cup, China, 19th/20th

century, fowering plum branches carved in

relie surround the cup and orm the handle,

ht. 2 3/8, dia. 3 7/8 in.

$1,000-1,200

217

Bamboo Box with Four Drawers, China,

20th century, square shape resting on our

corner eet, each o our sides holding a

drawer with our compartments and our

carved decorations o a bat combined with an

endless knot and a longevity medallion, the

top decorated with eight symb

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