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JAPANeSe AND kOReAN WORkS Of ART AND PAiNTiNGS
1017 1014 A Korean Four-Panel Folding Screen, each panel with an ink and color painting depicting scholar’s objects, traditional vases and auspicious objects. Height of panel 54 3/4 x width 18 1/4 inches. Property from a Prominent Midwest Collection $600-800
1015 A Korean Celadon Glaze Porcelain Ewer, of stoppered, double gourd form, having vertical ribs throughout the body and with bamboo motif modeled handle, signed to the underside. Height 10 1/2 inches. $300-500
1016 A Korean Ceramic Bottle Vase, 19th century, depicting flowers and butterflies, raised on a recessed circular foot. Height 14 3/4 inches. $300-500
1017 A Korean Blue and White Bottle Vase, 19th century, the elongated, narrow neck tapering slightly, the globular body decorated with a writing dragon amidst fluffy scrolled clouds, raised on a recessed circular foot. Height 18 7/8 inches. $1,000-2,000 1018* A Japanese Carved and Painted Ivory Figure of a Hare, together with a carved ivory netsuke depicting a seated Buddha. Width of first 3 inches. Property from the Estate of Virginia H. Rogers, Chicago, Illinois $150-250
1019 A Carved Ivory Animal Composition Okimono, depicting a heap of rats on a composition of fish and other marine life, with fur and naturalistic features in tea stained detail. Width 5 3/4 inches. $200-400
1020 A Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting two bespectacled monkeys playing a game of Go. Width 1 7/8 inches. $200-400
1021* A Set of the Seven Japanese Immortals Carved in Ivory, each having polychrome accents, depicted in patterned robes and bearing traditional attributes. Height of tallest 3 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $200-400
1022 A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting a man seated before a zushi traveling shrine, looking up with surprise at Guanyin emerging from the shrine on a cloud wisp, a tray with a bowl and cup carved and applied behind the figure, the underside with incised signature. Height 3 inches. $200-400
1023 A Carved Ivory Okimono, with tea stained accents, depicting an immortal holding a fan and a craggy staff, on a circular base. Height 6 1/2 inches. $300-500
1024 A Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, depicting a child feeding an ascetic, the two seated and the ascetic with his arms stretched above his head, his ribs clearly showing through his skin. Height 4 5/8 inches. $200-400
1025 Two Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, the first depicting two seated peasants, with another example. Height of taller 2 inches. $300-500
1026* A Carved Ivory Hotei, having tea stained accents and depicted in draped robes, with a small child, a turtle and a crane. Height 5 7/8 inches. Property from the Estate of George Kallish, Chicago, Illinois $300-500
1027 A Carved Ivory Figure of a Hotei, depicted with a dark stained robe, holding a carved pole simulating wood across his shoulders with a polychrome decorated child and fan suspended from one end, a bundle from the other, raised on a wood stand. Height 4 3/4 inches. $400-600
1028* A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, depicting men playing Go, with various objects surrounding them, mounted on a wood base. Width at widest 6 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $300-500
1029 Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figures, the first depicting an angry man with a broom and a cat, raised on a wood base, the second depicting a lady with a bundle of twigs and wood. Height of taller 5 3/4 inches. $400-600
1030 A Carved Ivory Okimono of Two Monkeys, the older monkey depicted wearing goggles and a vest, the child crouched in front with a fruiting leafy branch, raised on a naturalistic base. Height 3 1/2 inches. $300-500
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1035 1031 A Carved Ivory Okimono, of spherical form, depicting a swarm of rats surrounding a daruma, a basket, a barrel, a pumpkin and an ear of corn. Diameter 2 1/2 inches. $300-500
1032* Three Carved Ivory Articles, comprising two Japanese figural okimono depicting a man with a basket and a man with a boy on his shoulder, with a composition of elephants, each raised on a wood stand. Width of widest 5 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $400-600
1033 A Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, having tea stained decoration, depicting a basket seller with his many wares suspended from braided cords and a bamboo pole, raised on an oval base. Height 5 inches. $400-600
1034 A Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, having tea stained accents, depicting a happy hotei in draped robes holding a fan and a sphere, with two children at his feet clambering for the objects. Height 3 3/4 inches. $400-600
1035 Two Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, each having polychrome decoration depicting samurai, one bearing a folding fan, the other a wooden sign, on naturalistic ground having inlaid signature cartouche to the underside. Height of taller overall 8 5/8 inches. $400-600
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1036* A Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, depicting a fisherman carrying a child holding a crab on his back, raised on a hardwood stand. Height 7 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $500-700
1037 Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figures, the first depicting a fisherman with woven baskets, on a naturalistic ground, the second a mother with a potted plant and child, raised on a wood stand. Height of taller 6 3/8 inches. $400-600
1038 A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, having tea stained accents, depicting an old man and two children, raised on a naturalistic wooden base. Height of taller 8 1/8 inches. $500-700
1039 Three Japanese Carved Ivory Models of Potted Plants, each having polychrome decoration and naturalistically carved, the flowering plants issuing from oval jardinières. Height of tallest 6 1/2 inches. $500-700
1040 A Japanese Carved Ivory Model of Tangerines, having polychrome decoration depicting a thorny branch issuing three tangerines and multiple leaves, the fruit having stippled surface mimicking the fruit skin, rasied on a black lacquer base, signed to the base of the branch. Height 6 inches. $500-700
1041 Two Carved Ivory Models of Apples, the first surmounted with a leafy stem, the fruit partially hollowed with a figural scene, depicting a man on horseback with two robed figures in a landscape setting, the other a complete apple. Heigh of taller 5 1/4 inches. $400-600 1042 A Japanese Carved Ivory Model of Eggplant, having polychrome decoration, depicting a leafy branch with naturalistic veining laden with three eggplants, raised on a carved wood base, signed to the stem. Height 6 7/8 inches. $500-700
1043 A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, having tea stained and polychrome accents, depicting a farmer and his son with a corn harvest and a hoe, the base carved with corn and grapes, further raised on a carved wood base. Height 12 7/8 inches. $500-700
1044 A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, having tea stained accents, depicting a man in a sandogasa pulling a lady with a parasol seated in a rickshaw, raised on a fitted hardwood stand. Width overall 11 1/2 inches. $500-700
1045 A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, depicting a fisherman with a basket of fish, two children clambering about him, together with a smaller carved ivory figure, each raised on a hardwood stand. Height of first 15 inches. $500-700
1046 A Japanese Polychrome Decorated Ivory Model of Irises, the petals depicted with naturalistic veining, potted in a round ivory jardinière. Height 9 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dry, Chicago, Illinois $500-700
1047 A Japanese Polychrome Decorated Ivory Model of Tulips, the blossoms having white petals, potted in a barrel form ivory jardinière, raised on a footed stand. Height 7 3/4 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dry, Chicago, Illinois $500-700 1048 Two Japanese Polychrome Decorated Ivory Models of Daffodils, each depicted in an ivory planter, raised on a stepped hardwood base. Height of taller 5 1/2 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dry, Chicago, Illinois $400-600
1049 A Group of Three Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, the first depicting two men wrestling, on a wood stand, the second a basket vendor, the third depicting two children with a lantern, raised on a hardwood stand. Height of tallest 6 1/8 inches. $500-700
1050 Two Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, the first depicting a composition of immortals with a boy and pine trees, the second a basket seller with his wares. Height of taller 15 3/8 inches. $600-800
1051* A Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting a farmer standing with a basket of his harvests, with a hen and chick at his feet, raised on a naturalistic ground, signed -gatsu. Height 11 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth M. Mullins, St. Louis, Missouri $800-1,200
1052 A Large Japanese Carved Figure, depicting a merchant with a bamboo pipe seated on a bench, with a pot of peaches on either side. Height 13 5/8 inches. $800-1,200
1053 Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figures, the first depicting a sumo wrestler, the second a figure with an umbrella and raised on a naturalistic base, together with a carved ivory pouch with mon decoration. Height of taller 10 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000
1054 Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figures, the first depicting a falconer, the second a fisherman, each raised on a wood stand. Height of taller 20 inches. $1,000-2,000 1055 A Shibayama Style Ivory Brushpot, of cylindrical form, having inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration, depicting cranes and birds in a bamboo grove, raised on a black lacquer stand with gilt painted foliate decoration. Height 10 1/2 inches. $800-1,200
1056 A Carved Ivory Okimono of a Lady, the figure depicted wearing a sandogasa, holding the edge with one hand, the other hand clutching her walking stick, signed to the underside and raised on a hardwood base. Height 10 1/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Boca Raton, Florida $500-700 1057 A Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, depicting a composition of a mother, child and fruit. Height 5 1/4 inches. $400-600
1058 Two Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, the first depicting a man with children clambering about him and a pierce carved flowering branch, the second depicting a fisherman with a girl and a pole balanced on his shoulder, each raised on a hardwood stand. Height of taller 8 inches. $400-600
1059 A Japanese Carved Ivory Covered Box, of cylindrical form, the cover surmounted with a finial modeled after a seated boy with his finger on his brow, the box having relief carving depicting monkeys and a hawk, the reverse depicting warriors. Height 5 1/4 inches. $400-600
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1060 A Japanese Carved Ivory Box and Cover, the domed cover surmounted by a figural finial, the box depicting scholars in a garden under a canopy of pine trees and raised on a carved bracket base. Height 5 1/2 inches. $400-600
1061* Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figures, the first depicting Juro with a boy, depicted bearing peach-laden branches, the second an old fisherman, each raised on a wood stand. Height of first 5 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $400-600
1062 A Carved Ivory Okimono of an Immortal, the robed figure depicted with snowy white beard, grasping his craggy staff and bearing a banner with auspicious characters, an inro hanging from his belt, a koro atop a small stand to his front, raised on an oval base, with inlaid red signature cartouche to the underside. Height overall 8 inches. $400-600
1063 A Japanese Carved Ivory Model of a Boat, the vessel containing figures depicted at various pursuits. Width 10 inches. $300-500
1064 Two Carved Ivory Okimono, each having tea stained accents, the first depicting a Buddhist guardian with a trident and a stupa, the second Juro with his staff. Height of taller 3 1/8 inches. $200-400
1065 A Group of Eight Carved Ivory Articles, comprising three netsuke, three figural okimono, a set of three monkeys and a pair of ducks. Height of tallest 4 1/4 inches. $300-500 1066 A Carved Ivory Model of an Arm. Length 8 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection, New York, New York $200-400
1067 Two Carved Ivory Okimono, comprising a man with a crane and a toad, with a figure with an oversized mask. Height of taller 2 1/8 inches. $200-400
1068* A Japanese Polychrome Ivory Model of a Rose, mounted on a wood plaque. Height 15 1/4 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dry, Chicago, Illinois $400-600
1069 A Japanese Polychrome Decorated Ivory Model of a Potted Rose, the two blossoms having painted yellow petals issued from a mottled green stem with multiple tiers of leaves, the jardinière having incised foliate decoration, signed to the underside. Height overall 8 inches. $300-500
1070 A Japanese Polychrome Decorated Ivory Model of Roses, depicted with a blossom, a bud and a rose in full bloom, raised on a green stem with red thorns, in an ivory planter and raised on a circular wood base. Height 6 3/4 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dry, Chicago, Illinois $400-600
1071* Two Carved Ivory Okimono, the first a tusk segment having figural relief carving, the second a boat with a bow in the form of a horned beast mask, bearing the seven immortals, each raised on a wood stand. Width of boat 6 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $400-600 1072 A Set of the Seven Japanese Immortals Carved in Ivory, each depicted standing with his or her traditional attribute, raised on a stepped and pierce carved wood stand. Height of tallest 3 1/8 inches. $400-600
1073* Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Groups, the first depicting two figures with shamisen and other objects, the second depicting a man pulling a lady in a rickshaw, each group raised on a wooden platform base. Width of wider 4 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $500-700
1074 Two Japanese Polychrome Decorated Ivory Models of Flowers, one depicting calla lilies, the other tulips, each in an ivory planter and raised on a hardwood stand. Height of taller 5 3/8 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dry, Chicago, Illinois $500-700
1075 Three Japanese Polychrome Decorated Ivory Models of Flowers, each in blossom and with foliage, potted in an ivory planter and raised on a hardwood stand. Height of tallest 5 1/2 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dry, Chicago, Illinois $500-700
1076* A Japanese Carved Ivory Framed Panel, the ivory of cartouche form with a carved border, depicting two Kannon figures with circular aureoles, one riding an elephant while bearing a lotus blossom, the other riding a temple lion and bearing a scepter, amongst scrolled clouds, framed in a carved wood frame with conforming, shaped border. Height 8 7/8 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Gary Tipler, Madison, Wisconsin $600-800
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1077* A Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting an actor-musician playing the shamisen, bearing a carrying case with a noh mask, a double gourd on a tree trunk by his feet, signed -yama. Height 11 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth M. Mullins, St. Louis, Missouri $800-1,200
1078 Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figures, each having stained accents, the first depicting a lady with a fan, the second a samurai with three swords, hunched over a lantern. Height of taller 14 1/8 inches. $1,000-2,000
1079 Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figures, the first with a basket of rabbits, a rabbit depicted having escaped from the basket, the second depicting a fisherman with his basket, wearing a short robe and head covering. Height of taller 12 1/4 inches. $1,500-2,000
1080* A Japanese Carved Ivory Tusk, having relief carved figural scenes throughout, depicting the seated Amitabha Buddha flanked by buddhistic lions and surrounded by 20 rakan and disciple figures, with scrolled lotus vines and writhing dragon, the reverse depicting ladies in a rockery, with artist’s signature and seal. Width at widest 48 inches. Property from the Robert B. Mayer Family Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Provenance: Purchased at Christie’s, 2011 $4,000-6,000 1081 A Group of Two Carved Ivory Figures, the first depicting a fisherman holding a small net in one hand, raising his catch in the other, the second depicting a man with a lantern tied at his waist and a dog at his feet. Height overall of taller 7 1/8 inches. $600-800
1082* Two Carved Ivory Okimono, the first depicting a man standing and holding a bowl, the second a lady with a parasol, signed Yu-, each raised on a wood stand. Height of taller overall 7 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $500-700
1083 A Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, depicting a rakan holding a sphere in one hand, the other raised and bearing a round vessel issuing a pair of dragons, with an attendant holding a fan and a shi-shi lion at his feet, the composition raised on a naturalistic ground and bearing a stylized two character signature cartouche, possibly Houyama. Height 10 3/4 inches. $400-600
1084* Two Carved Ivory Okimono, each having polychrome decoration, the first depicting a mother and child, the second depicting a happy hotei, each with a circular platform base. Height of taller overall 8 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $500-700
1085* Three Carved Ivory Okimono, two depicting ladies with parasols, the third depicting a seated man opening a woven basket, with inlaid red signature cartouche, with two wood stands. Height of tallest overall 4 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $400-600
1086* Two Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Groups, the first depicting a seated family, mounted on a wood platform base, the second an okimono of a boy, raised on a hardwood stand. Width of wider 7 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $300-500
1087 A Carved Ivory Okimono of a Lady, tea stained accents, depicted standing and dressed in a kimono, raised on a hardwood stand. Height 7 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dry, Chicago, Illinois $300-500 1088 A Japanese Ivory Cribbage Board, with shibayama style inlay decoration, with case. Width at widest 7 1/8 inches. $300-500
1089 Two Carved Ivory Figural Okimono, the first depicting a seated boy with a drum, the second depicting a man with one leg raised and a basket of fish held on his shoulder, likely once part of a figural group. Height of taller 5 5/8 inches. $200-400
1090 Two Ivory Carvings, one depicting a fisherman holding a net and the other of a boat, each raised on a hardwood stand. Height of taller 5 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dry, Chicago, Illinois $200-400
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1091 A Japanese Cloisonné Enamel On Silver Vase, Ando Studio, Meiji Period, of elongated ovoid form and having moriage decoration depicting leafy vines with scrolling tendrils and naturalistically rendered foliate veining, with exposed silver mouth rim and base, bearing Ando mark to the underside. Height 9 5/8 inches.
Provenance: Purchased from Flying Cranes Antiques, New York $8,000-12,000
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1092* A Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Presentation Vases, Ando Studio, Meiji-Taisho period, each of elongated ovoid form and having squared shoulders, with a foliate band to the mouth rim and foot, a geometric and foliate band to the shoulder, a white imperial chrysanthemum crest on the neck, the body decorated with leafy orchids, all on a beige ground, with wire inlaid Ando studio mark to the undersides, with original fitted wood box. Height 17 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Thomas D. and Joyce J. Allen, Chicago, Illinois
Presented as a gift from the Emperor of Japan to Frederick J.V. Skiff, the first director of the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois $30,000-50,000
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1100 1093* Five Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases, the first of a tapering ovoid form, another of elongated tapering ovoid form and three of baluster form, each with floral decoration and unsigned. Height of tallest 10 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $500-700
1094* A Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase, with bird and flowering branches decoration. Height 18 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Gary Tipler, Madison, Wisconsin $500-700
1095 Two Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Chargers, Meiji Period, each of circular footed form with foliate decoration within patterned borders and with stylized mons. Diameter of wider 17 3/4 inches. $500-700
1096* A Japanese Carved Wood Figure, depicting a seated and robed Buddhist monk, with red lacquer traces, prayer text likely contained in the figure’s back cavity, raised on a hardwood stand. Height 9 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $400-600
1097* A Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases, each of hexagonally faceted baluster form, raised on a wood stand, unmarked. Height 6 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $150-250
1098 A Japanese Moribon Burl Basket, Meiji Period, of organic form and having a single handle. Width 8 3/4 inches. $100-200
1099 A Woven Bamboo Ikebana Basket, having two joined surmounting handles, of circular form and having a conforming metal insert. Diameter 17 1/2 inches. $400-600
1100 A Japanese Carved Stone Stele, the stone depicting a standing Kannon in draped robes with long sashes at the sides, holding a scepter with one hand, the other hand with the palm facing out and pointed downwards, flanked by carved inscriptions. Height 25 inches. $800-1,200
1101* A Japanese Painting, Edo Period, depicting figures outside of a temple with shi-shi lions, signed Kyu-en, framed. Height 14 3/4 x width 16 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth C. Smith, Mequon, Wisconsin $400-600
1102 A Japanese Handscroll, containing 11 paintings laid down on the handscroll, comprising a landscape, a painting depicting an immortal playing the biwa, paintings of flowers and others, signed and sealed by various artists. Height of largest 7 x width 22 inches. $200-400
1103 A Japanese Painting, ink and color on silk, mounted on Japanese brocade with ivory scroll handles, depicting lilies and flowering branches emerging from rocks, signed Baiitsu Sanjin and bearing one seal. Height 46 x width 19 inches. $300-500
1104 A Japanese Painting, Attributed to Hoashi Kyou (1810-1884), ink on paper, depicting orchids with calligraphic inscription, cyclical date mark corresponding to 1871, signed and bearing four seals. Height 44 x width 12 3/8 inches. $300-500
1109 1105 A Japanese Bijin Painting on Silk, the lady depicted standing in a doorway gazing out into the distance, wearing a ring on her left ring finger and an obi decorated with mons on a woven bamboo motif ground, signed and bearing circular artist’s seal to the lower right register, mounted on brocade as a kakemono with ivory scroll handles. Height 50 x width 19 5/8 inches. $600-800
1106 Two Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Raining at Zentsu-Ji Temple and Spring Rain at Ryoshi-machi, each framed. Height visible 13 7/8 x width 9 1/8 inches. $400-600
1107 Two Japanese Woodblock Prints, Joichi Hoshi (1911-1979), each depicting a tree and titled Big Tree, dated 1975 and 1976, each signed in pencil and dated lower right, framed. Height of larger 7 x width 9 5/8 inches. $800-1,200 1108 A Collection of Thirty-Three Japanese Woodblock Prints, comprising mostly images by Hokusai including an image of a bank, a trap set amongst lotus blossoms, the pediment of a temple, and other images of floral and fauna, with figural prints by Nishikawa Sukenobu, a print of figures in a boat by Torii Kiyonaga, and other examples, each matted, with a portfolio case. Height of first plate 8 x width 6 inches. $1,000-2,000
1109 A Japanese Painting of Chrysanthemums, depicting a bouquet of chrysanthemums of varying colors in a baluster vase with landscape decoration, raised on a wood stand, on a silver metallic ground, framed. Height 19 1/4 x width 15 3/8 inches. $800-1,200
1110 A Japanese Scroll Painting of Guangong, the Chinese general depicted with an attendant holding his halberd, mounted on Japanese silk brocade with ivory scroll handles, with associated wood scrollbox labeled with the title in Kanji. Height 42 1/2 x width 16 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000
1117 1111 A Japanese Painting on Silk, After Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), depicting Kannon on a dragon, a circular aureole behind her and with a swirling midnight mist above, having gilt painted accents, signed Gakyo rojin Manji hitsu at age 86, mounted on brocade as a scroll. Height 49 x width 17 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Boca Raton, Florida
Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby’s New York, 7 May 1982, lot 157A $1,000-2,000
1112 A Collection of Japanese Reference Materials, including Netsuke Masks Raymond Bushell, Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, First Edition 1985, with original box; The Wonderful World of Netsuke Raymond Bushell, Japan; 18 booklets published by the Tourist Library of Japan, 1935 edition. $100-200
1113 A Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen, having collage style decoration, including 12 paintings and one calligraphy example. Height of each panel 24 7/8 x width 17 1/2 inches. $300-500
1114* A Pair of Japanese Silk Embroidered Tapestries, Meiji Period, depicting scenes of ducks in ponds amongst various types of foliage, set in bird’s eye maple frames. Height 26 x width 21 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Virginia H. Rogers, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200
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1115 A Japanese Tansu, having sliding doors above three tiers of drawers and sliding doors, with shaped iron mounts and handles. Height 67 5/8 x width 71 3/4 x depth 31 3/4 inches. $800-1,200
1116* A Japanese Ivory and Mother-of-Pearl Inset Lacquered Panel, depicting an elderly monkey trainer with two monkeys, signed Suiko with signature seal to the lower right, mounted in a cinnabar lacquer frame relief carved with pheasants in flowering branches. Height 39 x width 26 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Martha Siragusa, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200
1117 A Japanese Painted Folding Four-Panel Floorscreen, likely late Edo Period, depicting pheasants in a grove of bamboo and flowers, bearing artist’s circular seal. Height overall 49 7/8 inches. $1,000-2,000
1118* A Japanese Paper Folding Screen, depicting an allegorical scene, with three noblemen observing two samurai and a band of musicians around a mitsudomoe drum in a garden setting, under a gilt cloud cover and scattered pine trees. Height 69 x width of each panel 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Richardson and Janice Spofford and the Thomas Edward Wilson House, Chicago, Illinois $4,000-6,000
1119 A Japanese Glazed Oribe Pottery Water Basin, having polychrome enamel decoration. Height 12 x width 17 1/18 inches. $800-1,200 1120 A Japanese Black Mottled Glaze Tea Vessel, Edo Period, of rounded baluster form having white and blue mottled glaze dripped over the shoulder and on the black-brown glazed ground, the tapering foot terminating in an unglazed foot, with a braided cord tied around the neck. Height 20 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000
1121 A Japanese Glazed Water Vessel, Shigaraki Kiln, Meiji Period, of ovoid form, having green glaze striations and dripped glaze at the mouth rim, having two horizontal ribs to the body and an additional horizontal rib above the tapering foot, the base unglazed and revealing the light brown clay body. Height 34 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000
1122 A Japanese Glazed Pottery Lobster, having a mottled brown and russet glaze, with naturalistic, molded features and anatomy. Width 11 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000
1123* Two Japanese Ceramic Figures of Shishi Lions, having monochrome white glaze, each of the lions depicted with curly manes and tufts of fur, the body raised up on the front paws supported by a pierced ball. Height 16 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Dan Johnson, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200
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1133 1124 A Japanese Imari Porcelain Covered Bowl, having a cockerel form finial of white glaze over the domed cover, the cover and bowl having shaped foliate and rockery reserves over a ground of chrysanthemums, mons and scrolled gilt foliage, raised on a foot with scrolled clouds. Diameter 12 7/8 inches. $1,500-2,000
1125 A Japanese Imari Charger, of circular form, depicting a floorscreen decorated with a peacock in a garden, reserved on a ground of mons and shaped reserves with foliate and landscape motifs. Diameter 22 inches. $800-1,200
1126 A Japanese Peach Bloom and Tea Dust Glaze Low Bowl, the compressed, circular vessel with inverted mouth rim, having a tea dust drip glaze over the mottled peach bloom, unsigned, raised on a fitted and carved hardwood stand. Diameter 10 5/8 inches. $600-800
1127* A Satsuma Koshida Porcelain Moon Flask Vase, the everted mouth rim over the tapering neck, flanked by lions issuing ring handles, the circular body depicting peacocks and birds amongst chrysanthemums, raised on a domed foot, marked to the underside. Height 12 inches. Property from the Estate of Nicholas and Arleen Rakas, Birmingham, Michigan $400-600
1128 A Japanese Stag Antler Pipe Case, in the form of a reishi fungus, with cross-hatch pattern carved to the head. Width 8 inches. $200-400
1129* A Japanese Lacquered Covered Gourd Box, of naturalistic form, having paulownia leaf decoration in gilt, the interior with nashiji to the lid and bowl. Width at widest 3 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Chase Gillmore, Chicago, Illinois
Provenance: Purportedly previously in the collection of Japanese statesman and entrepreneur Godai Tomoatsu $300-500
1130 A Japanese Lacquered Covered Box, of rectangular form, the exterior decorated with cranes and blossoming cherry trees, having gilt and polychrome enamel, the interior with a fitted tray and with loose gilt decoration. Height 5 3/8 x width 11 1/2 x depth 15 inches. $300-500
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1131 A Lacquered Five-Case Inro, having raised polychrome decorated figures to the exterior, with nashiji interior, strung on a silk cord with a lacquered gourd form netsuke and a spherical bead ojime. Height 2 5/8 inches. $400-600
1132 A Japanese Lacquered Guardian Figure, depicted standing and in armor, with polychrome decoration throughout, lacking weapon. Height 26 1/2 inches. $400-600
1133* A Japanese Tortoise Shell Footed Tray, having an undulating scalloped rim, depicting cranes in a lotus pond with a dragon painted to the underside, raised on a wood stand. Diameter 10 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $600-800
1134* A Japanese Lacquered Traveling Shrine or Zushi, of rounded form, opening to reveal a standing Amitabha Buddha with gilt painted decoration and raised on a stepped and carved lotus base. Height overall 11 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $800-1,200 1135* A Japanese Bronze Covered Koro, having a rounded square body, with upright flange handles and decorated with relief reserves depicting a boy and a bird in a lotus pond, with dragons on an archaistic ground, raised on four splayed feet, having a pierced foliate cover and bearing a stylized mark to the underside. Height 7 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $500-700
1136 A Japanese Bronze Tsuba, having figural gilt decoration, together with ten Japanese coins, fittings and associated metal articles, all mounted in a shadowbox frame. Width of first 2 3/4 inches. $500-700
1137* A Japanese Mixed Metal Traveling Shrine or Zushi, of rounded form with a stepped top, the double doors bordered by scrolling lotus vines and opening to reveal a carved ivory figure of the seated Amitabha Buddha, the shrine having a dragon motif to the base and with inscription to the underside. Height overall 6 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $800-1,200
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1138 A Japanese Bronze Urn, of trumpet form, having applied Tokugawa mons around the mouth rim and at the neck between lappet form foliate decorated reserves, the lower register of the neck with diaper pattern reserves and flanked by two Buddhist guardian deities and behind a Buddha figure standing on a lotus base before an altar table, the reverse with a seated Buddhist figure, the circular drum form lower body supported by three oni figures and with key-fret and foliate decoration, the whole raised on a circular foot, unsigned. Height 30 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000
1139 A Japanese Bronze Model of a Crane, having incised, layered feathers and hexagonally patterned skin to the legs, with stippled texture at the joints and lower registers around the feet, with grooved registers and curved, natrualistic nails, bearing two-character signature within a cartouche incised underneath the neck, with traces of lacquer and silvering, raised on a wooden base. Height 34 inches. $800-1,200
1140 Two Bronze Usubata, together with an associated jardinière. Height of tallest 11 1/8 inches. $500-700
1141 A Japanese Articulated Metal Model of a Crayfish, having a tamboured body, jointed legs and antennae, signed to the underside. Width at widest 9 inches. $300-500 1142 A Japanese Bronze Tsuba, depicting a bird amongst reeds. Width 3 inches. $200-400
1143 A Japanese Bronze Garden Lantern, of typical form, the lantern form cover lifting off to reveal a composition of birds within, raised on a columnar standard with repeating lappet band around the base and further raised on a stepped, hexagonal base. Height 38 inches. $200-400
1144* A Japanese Silver Cigarette Case, having gold wash and incised decoration depicting a landscape with an architectural structure, signed and stamped 950. Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Benjamin and Louise Pritz, Cincinnati, Ohio $200-400
1145* Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting a two-headed mythical beast, their jaws joined and containing a free-moving sphere, with a hare with inlaid eyes perched upon a fruiting branch and a recumbent cat with inlaid eyes and wearing a pleated collar, each signed. Width of first 1 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 1146* A Group of Four Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting two frogs, the second an owl, the third a recumbent horse, the fourth a toad crouching within a lotus plant composition with a crab, each signed. Height of tallest 1 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Hollenbeck, Lincolnshire, Illinois $150-250
1147* Three Carved Wood Netsuke, the first depicting a recumbent water buffalo with a calf, the second a marine life composition depicting a fish with three clams, the third a bird eating a cone, each having inlaid eyes and a circular inlaid signature plaque. Width of first 2 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Hollenbeck, Lincolnshire, Illinois $200-400
1148 A Carved Wood Oni Netsuke, the figure depicted seated at work with mortar and pestle. Width at widest 1 1/2 inches. $200-400
1149 Two Figural Carvings, the first of stained ivory depicting a Buddha with a bundle on his back, the other of carved wood and depicting a figure riding a fish, raised on a turned wood stand. Height of taller 2 5/8 inches. $200-400
1150* A Group of Carved Wood Netsuke, each having inlaid eyes and inlaid signature cartouche, the first depicting a rooster, the second a pair of entwined fish and the third a tortoise. Height of first 2 1/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Hollenbeck, Lincolnshire, Illinois $300-500
1151 Two Carved Ivory Netsuke, one depicting a figure folded into the body of a giant carp with inlaid eyes, the other of a child riding a man. Height of taller 1 3/4 inches. $300-500
1152 Two Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting a dancer wearing a lion mask with articulated, hinged jaw, the second a dragon emerging from a scroll. Height of taller 2 inches. $300-500 1153* A Group of Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting a rotund tiger, with inlaid eyes, signed within an oval cartouche, the second depicting a man with a double gourd and a fan, signed, the third a daruma with a single popping eye, signed. Width of first 2 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Hollenbeck, Lincolnshire, Illinois $200-400
1154 A Group of Four Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting two seated figures with a flute, a dog, pony and lion mask, the second a writhing, coiled dragon, the third an oni and monkey on a horse, the fourth depicting a group of children seated around a low table. Height of tallest 2 1/2 inches. $300-500
1155* Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first of pierced, two-section manju form depicting a female immortal with a bamboo segment vessel, having inlaid red signature cartouche, the second of manju form with relief carved decoration, the third depicting a goose with elongated neck and inlaid eyes, signed Matsuyama, with a carved bone example of cartouche form having incised pine tree decoration and signed. Diameter of first 2 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 1156 Two Carved Ivory Okimono, the first depicting a boy nursing while seated on a garden stool, his mother depicted with detailed coiffure and patterned kimono, raised on a hardwood stand, the second depicting Juro with his craggy staff and a crane. Height of taller 3 3/4 inches. $400-600
1157 Two Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting sumo wrestlers, the second an erotic composition. Height of taller 2 7/8 inches. $300-500
1158 A Group of Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting a composition of noh masks, the second a puppy with a tasseled collar seated atop a leaf form fan, the third a recumbent monkey. Width of widest 2 1/8 inches. $300-500
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1159 A Group of Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, each depicting a man or men making noh masks. Height of tallest 1 5/8 inches. $300-500
1160 A Group of Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, each having tea stained accents, the first depicting a seated man with a double gourd, raising a noh mask, the second a creature with reptilian skin, fins and a man’s face, the third depicting two men struggling atop a fish, having relief carved and stippled details. Height of tallest 3 1/8 inches. $300-500
1161* Two Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first in the form of a daruma having inlaid eyes, raising a small female daruma in one palm, the other hand hidden in his florally patterned cloak and grasping a flywhisk, with a small daruma by his side, the second a netsuke in the form of a bat with inlaid eyes, with signature to the underside. Height of first 1 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $200-400
1162 A Group of Japanese Carved Ivory Articles, comprising three netsuke with polychrome or tea stained accents, depicting figures at various pursuits, with a tea stained okimono of a European cobbler, each raised on a scrolled hardwood stand. Height of tallest 2 1/4 inches. $200-400 1163* A Carved Ivory Netsuke, depicting the top of a chrysanthemum blossom, signed. Height 1 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Hollenbeck, Lincolnshire, Illinois $150-250
1164* A Group of Four Carved Ivory Netsuke, comprising a seated water buffalo, an actor with a rotating noh mask, a seated figure with a ball and a wolf in a shell, each signed. Width of first 2 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Hollenbeck, Lincolnshire, Illinois $200-400
1165* A Group of Three Carved Wood Nestuke, each having inlaid eyes and inlaid signature cartouche, comprising a horse, a rabbit and a rotund bird. Height of first 2 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Hollenbeck, Lincolnshire, Illinois $300-500 1166 A Group of Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting a bride, the second having polychrome accents and depicting a man with a monkey seated by a jar, the third depicting a sage drinking ladled wine out of a vessel. Height of tallest 2 1/2 inches. $300-500
1167 A Group of Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, each having stained decorative accents, one depicting a man with a drum, another a boy in a layered collar with a pierce carved ball, the third a man leaning over a basket, with inlaid signature cartouche. Height of tallest 2 inches. $300-500
1168 A Group of Four Carved Ivory Figural Netsuke, the first depicting a man wringing out a cloth into a bucket, seated by a floorscreen with a spouting waterfall, the second a man pouring grain into a large basket, the third Juro seated with a staff and makimono, the fourth another seated immortal, together with a carved bone example. Height 2 1/8 inches. $300-500
1169 A Group of Four Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting a chicken boat with immortals, raised on a scrolled stand, the second a smiling man seated with a crab, the third an immortal with a drum, the fourth a man on horseback with an attendant figure. Height of tallest 1 7/8 inches. $300-500
1170* Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting a seated hotei with two attendants, one grooming him and the other drawing on his belly, signed, the second depicting a figure perched in the crook of a gourd, the third carved after tree stump with flowers blossoming from a curled branch. Width of first 2 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $400-600
1171* A Group of Three Carved Wood Netsuke, comprising a dog on a ball with inlaid eyes, a mermaid and a rat with inlaid eyes on a clamshell, each having inlaid signature cartouche. Height of first 2 1/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Joan Hollenbeck, Lincolnshire, Illinois $300-500
1172* A Japanese Carved Ivory Netsuke, Masanao, depicting a recumbent spotted stag having stippled antlers and inlaid eyes, its head raised and looking up as if gazing at the sky, signed Masanao. Width 1 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton, Boca Raton, Florida $400-600
1173 A Group of Three Carved Ivory Netsuke, each depicting equestrian figural groups with polychrome and tea stained accents. Height of tallest 2 1/8 inches. $300-500
1174 A Group of Three Japanese Ivory Carvings of Oni, the first depicting an oni on a drum, the second an oni getting a massage from an attendant figure, the third a group of three oni of graduated sizes, each smaller figure washing the next larger figure’s back. Width of widest 4 1/8 inches. $300-500
1175 Two Carved Ivory Netsuke, the first depicting a happy hotei with a child clambering at his feet, the god’s lowered hand grasping a cloth bag holding another child, the second depicting an immortal pouring puppies out of an overturned double gourd. Height of taller 2 1/8 inches. $300-500
1176 A Group of Two Carved Ivory Netsuke, comprising a composition depicting Kinko riding the carp on a base of plume form waves, the second depicting a group of lion dancers with a lion mask, the lower jaw of the mask hinged. Height of taller 1 5/8 inches. $300-500
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UPCOMING AUCT iOn sCHeDUle
PROPeRTY fROM THe eSTATe Of HAROLD k. HiLL AND iNVeNTORY Of MCkiNLeY & HiLL ANTiQUeS, WHeATRiDGe, COLORADO MARCH 3-14 | ONLINE AUCTION MARCH 15 | DENVER
MARkeTPLACe MARCH 19–20 | CHICAGO
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fiNe bOOkS AND MANUSCRiPTS MARCH 27 | CHICAGO
fiNe JeWeLRY APRIL 6-7 | CHICAGO
fiNe JeWeLRY fROM THe COLLeCTiON Of GeRARD L. CAfeSJiAN APRIL 8 | CHICAGO
fiNe TiMePieCeS APRIL 8 | CHICAGO
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MODeRN AND CONTeMPORARY ART MAY 15 | CHICAGO
fiNe PRiNTS MAY 15 | CHICAGO
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