Eldred's Asian Art Auction

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September 22-24, 2021

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All dimensions are approximate.

Asian Art Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 22, 23 and 24, 2021 Each session starting at 9:30 a.m. Eastern

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Tuesday, September 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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S ES S I O N I : W ED N ESDAY, SEPT EMBE R 22

Lots 1-33

From a Private Collection, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1.

PAIR OF CHINESE CAMPHORWOOD WINDOW SCREENS Circa 1850 Each with central figures surrounded by peach branches and flowers against an openwork lattice ground. Lower panel with raised figural decoration. Heights 57”. Widths 27”.

Depths 2”.

1,500/2,000 Provenance: Purchased at Asia Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Lot 1

Lot 1

Lot 6

6.

JAPANESE SIX-PANEL SCREEN 18th Century Various court scenes from the Story of Genji. Height 49”. Length 112”.

3,000/5,000 Provenance: Christie’s, King Street, London, November 21, 1979, Lot #255.

18.

TWO FINE CHINESE FIVE-LAYERED GILTWOOD CARVINGS Early 19th Century Both with a red lacquered backing.

1) Six birds in an intricate layered vine inset with five glass flowers. 22” x 9”.

2) Deer, birds and chrysanthemums in an intricate layered vine inset with three glass flowers.16.5” x 10”.

1,500/2,000 Provenance: Purchased at Jung’s Oriental Antiques & Arts, Wilmington, Delaware.

Lot 18, two

29.

JAPANSE YONEZAWA TANSU CHEST Early/Mid-20th Century In heavily figured zelkovia wood. Five drawers of differing sizes and one cupboard door that encloses two small interior drawers. Black metal engraved rondels and pulls. Two rectangular carrying handles. Height 36”. Width 41”.

Depth 17.5”.

1,000/2,000 Provenance: Purchased in Japan in the 1970s.

Lot 29

Lots 34-107

From the Collection of Gloria and Joe Kurilecz

Joseph and Gloria Kurilecz, of Westchester County, New York, were avid collectors of Japanese art and were members of the International Netsuke Society.

70.

JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE BY SUZUKI MASANAO 19th Century A woman holding her skirt closed against a stiff breeze. Signed. Height 3.5”.

800/1,200 Provenance: Eldred’s, August 24, 2000, Lot #1115.

Lot 70

75.

JAPANESE NETSUKE BY TOMOTADA 18th Century A snarling wolf with inlaid horn eyes.

Signed. Length 2.25”.

1,500/2,500

Lot 75

104.

Lot 104

JAPANESE NETSUKE BY TOUN 19th Century A fanciful landscape floating on waves, with figures and pavilions beneath rolling clouds and an overhanging cliff face.

Signed. Height 1.5”. 800/1,200

Lot 113

113.

JAPANESE BONE NETSUKE BY MASAKAZU 19th Century A man polishing a large bell. Signed. Height 1.5”.

2,000/3,000 Provenance: Private Connecticut Collection.

Lots 114-134

From a Private Western Massachusetts Collection

115.

JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE BY TOMOTADA 18th Century Daikoku atop a recumbent ox. Signed.

Length 2.25”.

2,500/3,000

Lot 115

118.

JAPANESE NETSUKE 18th Century A naked bather covering himself with a towel.

Height 2.25”.

2,500/3,000

Lot 118 124.

133.

JAPANESE NETSUKE BY HIDEMASA 19th Century A samurai slaying an oni with his sword.

Signed. Height 1.5”.

2,500/3,000

JAPANESE NETSUKE 19th Century A recumbent ningyo (mermaid) clutching a coral branch. Length 2.25”.

2,200/3,250

Lot 133

Lot 124

149.

JAPANESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER SIX-CASE INRO Late Meiji Period Finely detailed landscape with footbridge, boats and houses on a river. Some silver highlights. Nashiji interior. Mixed metal cylindrical ojime with a brocade pattern. Inro length 4”.

Ojime length 1”.

700/900 Provenance: Private Wisconsin Collection.

Lot 149

152.

JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE Meiji Period A reclining horse with a rat eating a seed on its back. Both with inlaid eyes. Signed on underside “Masanao”. Length 2”.

2,000/3,000

Lot 152

190.

JAPANESE BRONZE COVERED VASE Meiji Period Rectangular, with four lug handles. Domed pierced cover with lion finial. Neck with bat and cloud decoration and the body with deer in landscape. Signed on base. Height 26.25”.

3,000/5,000

Lot 190

215.

CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER Song Dynasty Stepped circular base on three stump feet. Cover in the shape of a pagoda steeple. Height 15”.

800/1,000 Provenance: Kende Galleries, New York, March 25, 1944.

Descended through the family of a private New Jersey collection.

Lot 215

216.

CHINESE LARGE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC HU-FORM VASE Ming Dynasty Rectangular pear-shaped body with flared neck, two animal-form handles at neck and a slightly raised foot.

Banded Taotie mask and mythological animal decoration flanked by lappets. Height 22”. Width 13”.

3,000/5,000 Provenance: Descended through the family of a private New Jersey collection.

Lot 216

219.

CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER Ming Dynasty Base in ovoid form, with two upswept handles, a raised lappet collar around the neck, and qilin’s head-form legs ending in paw feet. Pierced cover topped with a fu dog with brocade ball.

Height 17”. Diameter 8”. 2,000/3,000 Provenance: Descended through the family of a private New Jersey collection.

Lot 219

238.

CHINESE ENAMEL ON MILK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 19th Century Flattened spade shape, with polychrome decoration of a cat in a floral landscape on one side and birds in a similar landscape on the other side. Three-character mark on base of slightly raised foot. Height 2.5”.

Green jade stopper with coral spacer.

800/1,000 Provenance: Foster Collection.

Lot 238

SESSION II: THURSDAY, SE PTE M B ER 23 Lots 501-834

505.

Lot 505

KAWASE HASUI Japan, 1883-1957 Hillside farm at dusk. Signed and seal marked lower right and on lower left margin. Painting on paper, 16.5” x 12”.

Framed 20” x 14.5”.

4,000/6,000

Lot 506

506.

HIROSHI YOSHIDA Japan, 1876-1950 Mount Fuji as viewed from a Shinto shrine. Signed lower right “H. Yoshida”. Housed in its original frame. Watercolor on paper, 20” x 37.5”. Framed 25” x 44”.

10,000/12,000 Provenance: Private Richmond, Virginia-area collection to the present owner.

Private Connecticut Collection.

513.

Lot 513, four

FOUR JAPANESE WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS ON PAPER Meiji Period Three with figures in a courtyard, and one with spectators watching two wrestlers. Each with signature applied upper right. 6.5” x 12.5” sight. Framed 12” x 18”.

1,200/1,500

529.

PAUL JACOULET Japan/France, 1902-1960 Les Deux Adversaires (droite) Coree. Signed in pencil above the red Arrow seal. Seals of the carver, Maeda, and printer, Honda, lower right margin. Woodblock print, 16” x 12.5” sight. Framed 22.5” x 18.5”.

800/1,000 Provenance: The Collection of Gloria and Joe Kurilecz.

Lot 529

530.

PAUL JACOULET Japan/France, 1902-1960 Les Deux Adversaires (gauche) Coree. Signed in pencil above the red Arrow seal. Seals of the carver, Maeda, and printer, Honda, lower right margin. Woodblock print, 16.5” x 12.5” sight. Framed 23” x 18.5”.

800/1,000 Provenance: The Collection of Gloria and Joe Kurilecz.

Lot 530

537.

CHARLES WILLIAM BARTLETT England/Hawaii, 1860-1940 “The Water Palace”. Updaipur, 1916. Signed lower left. Titled lower center. Oban tate-e woodblock print, 11” x 15.75”. Matted 16” x 20”.

700/900

Lot 537

547.

JUNICHIRO SEKINO Japan, 1940-1988 “My Son”. Numbered 14/20, signed “Junichiro Sekino” and dated 1952 verso. Dai Oban tate-e color woodcut, 17.5” x 14.5”. Framed 23” x 19”.

700/900 Provenance: Private Boston-area Collection.

Lot 547

565.

Lot 565

ITO SHINSUIA Japan, 1898-1972 Woman in a kimono holding a black raku tea bowl.

Dai Oban yoko-e woodblock print, 15.75” x 21”.

Unframed.

600/800

Lot 577, triptych

577.

SHUJI WAKO Japan, b. 1953 Triptych “Blue Window (Top), (Folded Crane), (Puzzle)”.

Numbered 41/270 lower left, titled lower center and signed lower right. Lithographs, each 21” x 16.5” sight.

Framed 28.5” x 59”.

700/900

Lot 601

601.

JAPANESE KANO SCHOOL SIX-PANEL SCREEN Edo Period A snowy bamboo landscape under a bright sun against a gold ground. Signed lower left. Brocade border and gilt metal corner mounts. Height 48”.

Length 126”.

2,000/3,000 Provenance: Private Pennsylvania Collection.

Lot 602

Lot 603

602.

JAPANESE FOUR-PANEL SCREEN Late Edo Period White herons in a grass-filled landscape against silver leaf paper. Height 33”. Length 68”.

1,000/1,500 Provenance: Private Pennsylvania Collection.

603.

JAPANESE FOUR-PANEL SCREEN Late Meiji Period Mandarin ducks and a swallow in a peony-filled landscape against a gold ground. Seal marked lower right. Height 36”. Length 72”. 1,500/2,500

Lot 626

626.

CHINESE “DIAMOND BLUE” PORCELAIN DEER’S-HEAD VASE Republic Period Glaze with fine black vertical lines. Six-character Guangxu mark on base. Height 13”.

6,000/8,000

629.

CHINESE PEACHBLOOM PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE 18th Century Six-character Yongzheng mark on base. Height 8”.

1,200/1,400

671.

PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN SQUARE JARDINIERES WITH UNDERTRAYS Republic Period Rims with blue scrolling vine. Each of the eight panels with enamel-decorated figures holding accoutrement. Undertrays with eight auspicious objects. Heights 6”. Widths 9”. 800/1,200

740.

CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE “HATCHER CARGO” PORCELAIN VASE Transitional, Mid-17th Century In teardrop form, with floral landscape decoration. Retains Christie’s 1984 auction label.

Height 5”.

800/1,000 Provenance: Hatcher Collection, Christie’s, June 1984.

742.

CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN THREE-PIECE BOX 19th Century Cut-corner square form. Enameled lotus and vine decoration with bats and gilt endless knot highlights on a blue ground. Cover with gilt animal-form finial. Base with two iron bail handles suspended from gilt knops. Interior liner with gilt rim. Height 6”. Length 6”. Width 6”.

600/800 Provenance: Private Boston-area Collection.

743.

CHINESE MIRROR BLACK PORCELAIN COVERED TEA JAR 19th Century Ovoid. Six-character Kangxi mark within a double blue ring on base. Height 6”.

600/800

Provenance: Private Boston-area Collection.

744.

CHINESE MIRROR BLACK PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE 19th Century With cylindrical neck and a squat ovoid base. Six-character Kangxi mark on base. Label on base for Den of Antiquity, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Height 10”.

600/800 Provenance: Private Boston-area Collection.

745.

CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN GU-FORM VASE 19th Century Figural decoration amongst flowers, butterflies and “eight precious objects”. Height 12.5”.

Mounted as a table lamp with wood and metal mounts. Total height 26”.

700/900 Provenance: Private Boston-area Collection.

Lot 671

Lot 740

Lot 629

Lot 742

Lot 745

Lot 743

Lot 744

Lot 781

781.

CHINESE QINGBAI PORCELAIN SAUCER Song Dynasty Incised carp and lotus decoration surrounded by a Greek key border. Diameter 4”.

800/1,000 Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries, March 16, 1944.

Descended through the family of a private New Jersey collection.

799.

JAPANESE SATSUMA PORCELAIN VASE Late Meiji Period In pear shape. Two panels depicting courtesans in a flowering landscape with Mount Fuji in the distance set against a cobalt blue ground with gilt brocade and floral highlights. Shimazu crests at shoulder. Kozan mark under Shimazu clan mark on base. Height 22”.

3,000/4,000

Lot 799

Lot 814

814.

FINELY PAINTED JAPANESE SATSUMA PORCELAIN BOWL Late Meiji Period In chrysanthemum form, with chrysanthemum decoration on interior and exterior and a cobalt blue and gilt bird border. Underside of foot decorated with a petal and leaf design.

Height 5.5”. Diameter 9.5”.

500/700

SESSION III: FRIDAY, SE PTEM B ER 24 Lots 1001-1374

Lot 1001, four

1001. FOUR CHINESE FLOWER PAINTINGS ON SILK BY WU MENG SHU Circa 1905 Each seal marked and one with a calligraphic inscription lower left.

10” x 7.5” sight. Framed 16” x 13” .

800/1,000

1002. CHI-KWAN CHEN China, 1921-2007 “Setting Sun”. Artist’s seal mark lower right corner. Titled on Mi Chu Gallery label verso. Watercolor and ink on paper, 46.5” x 8.75”.

Framed 48.5” x 10”.

8,000/10,000 Provenance: Mi Chu Gallery, New York.

Descended through the family of a private Cape Cod, Massachusetts Collection.

Lot 1002

Lot 1015

1015. CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER 19th Century Twenty-four rows of calligraphy written over a mountainous background.

Signed lower right. Brocade mount. 9” x 20”. Framed 41” x 31”.

2,000/3,000

1135. CHINESE CARVED WHITE JADE HORSE 18th Century Reclining, with its head turned and tail curled. Some dark skin area. Height 3.5”.

Length 7.5”.

8,000/16,000

Lot 1135

1142. CHINESE CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL BRUSH WASHER Ovoid, with cherry branches about the exterior. Height 2”.

Length 5.5”.

3,000/4,000 Provenance: Bonhams, California, December 14, 2020, Lot #432.

Lot 1142

1148. PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN TEMPLE JARS 19th Century Enameled shou and floral sprays about the body and alternating floral panels at the shoulder.

Domed covers with chrysanthemum knops and continuous floral spray decoration. Heights 17”.

Widths 11”.

2,000/3,000

Lot 1148

1149. CHINESE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL Mid-17th Century Interior decoration of a flower basket. Height 2”.

Diameter 5.25”.

600/800

Lot 1149

1150. CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE PORCELAIN BOWL Kangxi Period Exterior with continuous molded decoration of birds on a flowering vine over a lotus band.

Height 4”. Diameter 6”.

1,000/1,200 Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York.

Franzero Collection.

Lot 1150

Lot 1151

Lot 1162

Lot 1167

Lot 1161

Lot 1163

1151. CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN RETICULATED DOUBLE-WALLED TEAPOT 17th/18th Century Ball-form bodies with reticulated honeycomb panels separated by floral decoration.

Handle and spout with cloud decoration. European gilt metal chain and toothed mount added to cover. Base with openwork coin design and remnants of an old label. Height 6.5”.

500/700

1161. PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN CHARGERS Mid-18th Century Central peony spray decoration. Greek key and peony borders. Diameters 13.75”.

1,500/2,500 Provenance: Linda Willauer Antiques, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Private Wellesley, Massachusetts Collection.

1162. PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLATES Kangxi Period, Circa 1700 Central floral and rockery decoration. Floral spray borders. Diameters 11”.

700/900

Provenance: Bardith Ltd., New York.

Private Wellesley, Massachusetts Collection.

1163. CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN LIDDED TUREEN Late 18th/Early 19th Century In melon form. Lid with leaf and stem-form knop. Tureen with lotus pod side handles.

Decorated with floral sprays and Nanking-style rims. Height 6”. Length 13”. 800/1,000 Provenance: Linda Willauer Antiques, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Private Wellesley, Massachusetts Collection.

1167. FOUR CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLATES Mid-18th Century Central decoration of peony sprays. Peony and Greek key borders. Diameters 8.75”.

800/1,000 Provenance: Linda Willauer Antiques, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Private Wellesley, Massachusetts Collection.

Lot 1184, pair

1184. PAIR OF CHINESE DOUCAI PORCELAIN WINE CUPS 19th Century Lotus and vine decoration. Six-character Qianlong mark on base. One retains label on base “Dr & konrad paris Collection 1962 [sic]”. Heights 1.5”. Diameters 2.5”.

800/1,000

1216. LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN TEAPOT 19th Century In drum form with attached iron handle. Body decorated with continuous shi shi and fiery pearl decoration. Four-character mark on base. Height 13”. Width 10”.

600/800

Lot 1216

1228. VIETNAMESE STONEWARE POTTERY COVERED JAR Early 20th Century In seed form, with two raised dragons at the shoulder and red and blue scrolling leaf and vine decoration.

Height 21”.

700/900

1240. KOREAN THANGKA 17th Century Seated deity surrounded by other deities and attendants.

Illegible inscription bottom center. On silk, relined on canvas. Housed in a hand-carved black and giltwood frame. 46” x 50”. Framed 50.5” x 55”.

2,000/3,000 Provenance: Purportedly from the Crane Estate, Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Private Boston-area collection.

Lot 1228

Lot 1240

Lot 1241, three

1241. THREE KOREAN SCROLL PAINTINGS ON PAPER Joseon Dynasty, Late 19th Century Each depict a tiger in various landscapes. Housed in black lacquer frames. Each 32” x 18”. Framed 47” x 25”.

1,500/2,000

Provenance: Private Pennsylvania Collection.

Lot 1242, twelve

1242. SET OF TWELVE CHINESE EXPORT GOUACHE PAINTINGS ON PITH PAPER 19th Century Depict assorted Asian birds, painted in the style of Youqua.

Mounted on cardboard with blue scalloped-edge silk trim.

Originally contained within a silk-covered box, a fragment of which remains. 3” x 4.5”. Unframed.

800/1,200

1273. CHINESE RED TAIHU SCHOLAR’S ROCK Large head tapering to a narrow base.

Mounted on a jiangnan rosewood stand.

Height 28”. Width approx. 11”. 800/1,000

Lot 1273

Lot 1277

1277. CHINESE RUG: 9’6” x 13’0” Dark blue field with scattered flowering branches and butterflies, and circular central and satellite medallions composed of various blossoms, branches and leaves in shades of tan, blue, rust, gold and pink. Ivory, celadon and salmon pink borders. 500/1,000

Lot 1282, pair

1282. PAIR OF CHINESE HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK LOW CHAIRS Late 19th/Early 20th Century Curved vertical backsplat with opencarved endless knot and pillow flanking a carved rondel. Arms terminate in scrolled hand holds. Crest height 28”.

Seat height 13”.

500/700

Lot 1287 1287. CHINESE ROSEWOOD TABLE WITH ROUGE MARBLE TOP Circa 1850 Carved and pierced apron. Legs end in claw & ball feet. Height 32”.

Top 38” x 24”.

800/1,000

Lot 1315

Lot 1302

Lot 1303

1302. BURMESE ALABASTER FIGURE OF A SEATED DISCIPLE Mingun, 19th Century Mounted on a square black base.

Height 16”.

2,500/3,500

1303. BURMESE RED LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ FIGURE OF BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI Shan State, 18th Century Seated on a lotus throne, his hands in earth-touching posture. Small spikes to his ushnisha (crown of hair); no top knot. Gilt face and ears. Includes Certificate of Authenticity from Ma Peng Seng Antiques, Bangkok, dated 1997. Height 29”. Width 18”.

Depth 12”.

3,000/5,000

1315. CARVED SANDSTONE BODHISATTVA TORSO Stone height 22.5”.

3,000/5,000

1324. TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF YAMANTAKA VAJRABHAIRAVA WITH CONSORT 19th Century Standing on the back of an ox that is resting on a lotus base.

Height 7”. Width 4”.

700/900 Provenance: Descended through the family of a private New Jersey collection.

Lot 1324

1325. SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA 19th Century Multi-faced, each with a benevolent expression, and multiarmed, each hand in various mudra. Seated on a double lotus throne. Height 15”. Length 12”.

800/1,200 Provenance: Private Boston-area Collection.

1326. THAI BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 18th/19th Century Seated in an earth-touching posture. Removable flame ushnisha. Height 23”.

700/900 Provenance: Private Boston-area Collection.

1337. CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA Early 20th Century Seated in robes in Dharmachakra mudra on a lotus base.

Calligraphic inscription on obverse. Height 18”. Width 13”.

Depth 8”.

1,000/2,000

Lot 1325

Lot 1326

Lot 1337

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