fine japanese art

280 Pages·2017·17.08 MB·English

FINE JAPANESE ART
Thursday 11 May 2017

SPECIALIST AND AUCTION ENQUIRIES
LONDON
Suzannah Yip Yoko Chino Masami Yamada
NEW YORK
Jeff Olson Takako O’Grady
SENIOR CONSULTANTS
Neil Davey Joe Earle
FINE JAPANESE ART
Thursday 11 May 2017 at 12pm
101 New Bond Street, London
VIEWING ENQUIRIES CUSTOMER SERVICES Please see page 2 for bidder
Saturday 6 May, 11am to 5pm Specialist, Head of Department Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm information including after-sale
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SALE NUMBER Yoko Chino PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE has been made at the exchange
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to register for this service. Front & back cover: lot 186 IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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CHRONOLOGY
JOMON period ca.10,000BC - ca.300BC
YAYOI period ca.300BC - ca.300AD
KOFUN period ca.593 - 710
NARA period 710 - 794
HEIAN period 794 - 1185
KAMAKURA period 1185 - 1333
MUROMACHI period 1333 - 1573
NANBOKUCHO era 1336 - 1392
MOMOYAMA period 1573 - 1615
BUNROKU era 1592 - 1596
KEICHO era 1596 - 1615
EDO period 1615 - 1868
KAN’EI era 1624 - 1644
KANBUN era 1661 - 1673
GENROKU era 1688 - 1704
AN’EI era 1772 - 1781
TENMEI era 1781 - 1789
KANSEI era 1789 - 1801
KYOWA era 1801 - 1804
BUNKA era 1804 - 1818
BUNSEI era 1818 - 1830
TENPO era 1830 - 1844
KOKA era 1844 - 1848
KAEI era 1848 - 1854
ANSEI era 1854 - 1860
MAN’EN era 1860 - 1861
BUNKYU era 1861 - 1864
GENJI era 1864 - 1865
KEIO era 1865 - 1868
MEIJI era 1868 - 1912
TAISHO era 1912 - 1926
SHOWA era 1926 - 1989
HEISEI era 1989 - present
CONTENTS

Lots 1 - 427 (from 12 midday)

Netsuke 1 - 66
Inro and sagemono 67 - 93
Sword fittings, swords and other militaria 94 - 120
Armour, helmets and masks 121 - 136
Sword stands 137 - 138
Woodblock prints 139 - 160
Painted hanging scrolls, albums, 161 - 181
handscrolls and other painted works of art
Painted screens 182 - 189
Embroidered works of art and padded-textile panels 190 - 192
Early and late ceramics 193 - 207
Satsuma earthenware 208 - 225
Lacquer works of art 226 - 266
Wood works of art including Buddhist art and furniture 267 - 277
Ivory okimono figures and other ivory works of art 278 - 359
Cloisonné-enamel works of art 360 - 373
Bronze vessels, figures and animals 374 - 393
Other mixed metal works of art 394 - 402
Silver and inlaid silver works of art 403 - 419
Iron and inlaid iron works of art 420 - 427

NETSUKE
Property from an English Private Collection
(Lots 1-8)
1* 5*
A SMALL WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OX AND GOAT A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO PUPPIES
By Kokei, Kuwana, Ise Province, Edo period (1615-1868), By Kano Tomokazu, Gifu, Mino Province, Edo period (1615-1868),
early 19th century 19th century
The ox recumbent, its head turned to the left as the goat clambers Playing, one rolling the other onto its back and biting its ear, the
onto its back, naturalistically carved in well-toned wood; signed Kokei. himotoshi passing between their bodies, the wood dark stained
3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide. and the eyes inlaid in pale translucent horn with dark pupils;
signed in an oval reserve Tomokazu.
£800 - 1,200 3.8cm (1½in) wide.
JPY110,000 - 170,000
US$990 - 1,500 £800 - 1,200
JPY110,000 - 170,000
2* US$990 - 1,500
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MASK BOX
By Tametaka, Nagoya, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century 6*
The tasselled box of deep rectangular form, with a mask of Okina A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL ON REISHI FUNGUS
on the cover, which opens to reveal a later carved scene of actors By Suzuki Tokoku (1846-1913), Tokyo, Meiji era (1868-1912),
in a room; signed Kinjonan Tametaka with a kao. late 19th century
3.8cm (1½in) high. The small snail, fashioned from horn, slithering over a large head
of reishi fungus with two further growths at the side and beneath,
£800 - 1,200 naturalistically rendered in dark-stained wood; signed Tokoku saku.
JPY110,000 - 170,000 3.8cm (1½in) wide.
US$990 - 1,500
£1,000 - 1,500
3* JPY140,000 - 210,000
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A HARE US$1,200 - 1,900
By Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, Edo period (1615-1868),
19th century For a somewhat similar example by Tokoku, see Marie-Thérѐse
Seated, its head lowered and turned to the left, its large ears folded Coullery and Martin S. Newstead, The Baur Collection: Netsuke
back and its legs drawn in for compactness, the wood slightly worn (Selected Pieces), Geneva, 1977, p.299, no.C899.
and the eyes inlaid in pale translucent horn; signed Masanao.
3.8cm (1½in) wide. 7*
AN AMUSING WOOD NETSUKE OF A MAN
£800 - 1,200 By Kokeisai Sansho (1871-1926), Osaka, Meiji (1868-1912)
JPY110,000 - 170,000 or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
US$990 - 1,500 Lying on his back, holding his legs up and clutching a mask of Okame
with his feet, his head movable and with a sweat band knotted around
4* his crown, the wood lightly stained and the eyes inlaid; signed Sansho
A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OX with a kao.
By Kano Tomokazu, Gifu, Mino Province, Edo period (1615-1868), 6cm (2 3/8in) high.
19th century
Lying with its head slightly raised and turned to the left, its legs £2,000 - 2,500
drawn in for compactness, its hind legs forming the himotoshi and JPY280,000 - 340,000
a rope halter passing over its back, the wood slightly worn and the US$2,500 - 3,100
eyes inlaid in pale translucent horn with dark pupils; signed in an
oval reserve Tomokazu.
4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide.
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
8 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.