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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
122 Conditions of Sale
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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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
2
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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4
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
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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
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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
31
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
37
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
38
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
39
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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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.
$9,000-12,000
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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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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
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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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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
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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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$1,800-2,000
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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
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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
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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
61
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
63
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
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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.
Provenance: See Lot 38.
$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
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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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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
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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.
Provenance: From a private collection in
Leonia, New Jersey.
$2,000-3,000
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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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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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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
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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
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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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120
127A(partial)
128
127
119
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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
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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
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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
127A
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.
$500-700
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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
131
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
132
Six Small Satsuma Vases, Japan, 19th
century, various shapes, decorated in
polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear,
crackled glaze with gures depicted in a
cartouche, gilt seals worn, ht. to 5 7/8 in.
$500-700
133
Seven Satsuma Miniature Vessels, Japan,
19th century, various shapes, decorated in
polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear,
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
134
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
135
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
136
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
137
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
140
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
141
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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141A
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
142
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.
Provenance: From a private collection 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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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.
Provenance: From a private collection 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
Provenance: From a private collection in
Leonia, New Jersey.
$1,000-2,000
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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.
Provenance: From a private collection 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.
Provenance: From a private collection 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.
Provenance: From a private collection in
Leonia, New Jersey.
$800-1,000
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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
159
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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Leather Pouch Purse, Tibet, 20th century,
typical orm, the silver and brass mounts
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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Leather Pouch Purse, Tibet, 20th century,
typical orm, the silver and brass mounts
embossed with sh and foliate decorations,the leather strap similarly embellished, fap
inlaid with coral, wd. 4 1/4 in.
$200-300
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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
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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
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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.
$2,000-3,000
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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Small Treasure Chest, Tibet, 20th century,
rectangular, polychrome on wood, the ront
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.
$800-1,000
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Small Treasure Chest, Tibet, 20th century,
rectangular, polychrome on wood, the ront
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
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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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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
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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.
Note: No technical examination done.
$3,000-5,000
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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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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.
Note: No technical examination done.
$400-600
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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