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jAPANeSe woRkS oF ART
Japanese Works of Art | Lots 999–1029
Tuesday 24 March
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999 An Enamel Porcelain Vase
POSSIBLY JAPANESE of squat ovoid form, decorated to show insects and foliate on a celeste blue ground, bearing an eight character mark to the underside. Height 5 1/4 inches. $400-600
1000 An Imari Charger of circular form with a scalloped edge, decorated with lobed foliate reserves over a lozenge-patterned ground, centered by a roundel depicting a vessel bearing flowering plants. Diameter 23 inches. Property from a Midwest Corporate Collection $300-500 1001 Three Japanese Satsuma Dishes each in the Thousand Faces pattern. Diameter 7 1/8 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois $150-250
1002 A Japanese Polychrome Decorated Beckoning Cat in a typical seated pose. Height 22 inches. Property from a Private Collection $500-700
1003 A Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Box and Cover
MEIJI PERIOD of rectangular form with rounded corners, decorated with a floral spray on a leafy branch on a pale beige ground, bearing a maker’s mark of Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910). Width 3 3/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Peru, Illinois $3,000-5,000
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MEIJI PERIOD each of bottle form, having a wide mouth rim and globular body over a stepped, pedestal foot, decorated with dragon and phoenix motifs reserves amongst floral patterns and geometric motifs within roundels. Height 24 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Barry and Debra Campbell, Toronto, Ontario $1,500-2,500
1005 Seven Small Japanese Cloisonné Vases of various form, comprising two vases signed Ota Hyozo, one enameled with leafy orchids, the other with birds flying above waves, two vases signed Kumeno Teitaro, one decorated with carps in waves, the other with leafy maple branches, and three signed vases, two enameled with floral decoration, one with a sinuous dragon. Height of tallest 4 3/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Peru, Illinois $600-800
1006 Five Japanese Cloisonné Vases of various form, two enameled with leafy floral branches, one decorated with a writhing four-clawed dragon, one with Kannon riding a dragon above waves, and one with birds decoration. Height of tallest 9 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Peru, Illinois $600-800
1007 Five Japanese Cloisonné Vases comprising a baluster vase having a flared mouth, enameled with dragons, hoo-oo birds and floral decoration, two faceted vases each decorated with birds and floral scrolls, two vases having elongated necks with everted mouths, enameled with cranes, hoo-oo birds, butterflies and flowers. Height of tallest 10 1/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Peru, Illinois $600-800
1008 Two Japanese Cloisonné Vases one of a baluster form, having an everted mouth, enameled with pine trees issuing from rockery emerging from waves, the other of globular form decorated with flying cranes, both signed. Height of tallest 7 1/8 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Peru, Illinois $300-500
1009 Five Japanese Cloisonné Vases of various form, comprising a pair of vases having birds decoration on a red ground, one faceted vase with floral decoration, one enameled with scrolling leafy vines on a black ground, and one decorated with crane birds on a light green ground. Height of tallest 9 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Peru, Illinois $500-700
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1010 Three Japanese Cloisonné Vases comprising a pair of vases each having wide shoulders and a flared mouth, tapering to a slim foot, enameled with a sinuous dragon and chrysanthemum heads, the third of squat, globular form decorated with alternating shaped panels enclosing butterflies and floral scrolls, all reserves on a black ground. Height of tallest 6 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Peru, Illinois $300-500
1011 Three Japanese Cloisonné Vases of various form, two decorated with leafy floral stems on a blue ground, the third with flowering prunus branches on a dark green ground. Height of tallest 7 5/8 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Peru, Illinois $300-500 1012 A Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Vases modeled as mirror images, each having wide shoulders with a flared mouth, raised on a splayed foot rim, enameled with a hoo-oo bird flying above a sinuous dragon on a black ground. Height of pair 9 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Peru, Illinois $200-400
1013 A Japanese Shagreen Pencase and Ink Pot each of typical form, with lid. Length of pen case 9 1/8 inches. $300-500
1014* A Japanese Gilt Lacquer Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni the figure depicted standing on a lotus plinth before a reticulated mandala, his right hand raised to the chest in vitakarmudra and his left hand in varada, wearing long robes, the face with serene expression below knotted curls, all raised on a stepped pedestal. Height overall 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Lutfiye Gokcen, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000 1015 A Japanese Gilt Bronze Koro
MEIJI PERIOD having an eagle form finial over the pierced cover, the rounded body having shaped reserves and flanked by bird and foliate-form handles, raised on a tiered base with raised floral decoration, further raised on a pierce carved hardwood stand. Height 42 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000
1016 A Japanese Silver, Shakudo and Bronze Okimono
HIDENAO, LATE MEIJI PERIOD depicting two cranes on a naturalistic base, one with its head lowered to one side, the other with its head raised, each signed Hidenao in Kanji characters to the underside. Height 16 x width 17 1/2 inches. $6,000-8,000
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1017* A Bronze Figure of Buddha Sakyamuni the figure depicted seated in meditation, wearing long robes, the face inscribed with arched eyebrows and flanked by a pair of pendulous earlobes, below tight knotted hair. Height 16 x width 12 inches. Property from the Estate of Alan D. Katz, Boulder, Colorado $400-600
1018 A Pair of Japanese Bronze Censers each raised on a wood base. Height of bronze 9 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection $1,000-2,000
1019 A Japanese Bronze Figure of Kannon the figure depicted seated at ease with the right hand resting on the right knee, wearing draped robes and hood, the naked chest adorned with a beaded necklace suspending a pendant, raised on a rectangular hardwood stand. Height 18 3/4 inches. $6,000-8,000
1020 A Japanese Bronze Tea Kettle chased to one side with a square panel with pavilions, the reverse with a fan-shape enclosing calligraphy, all on a floral pattern, having a keyfret band to the mouth rim, the circular cover surmounted with a globular-form finial. Height 6 3/8 inches. $300-500
1021 A Pair of Japanese Bronze Vases each of baluster form decorated with birds amidst clouds. Height 12 inches. Property from the Estate of a Chicago Area Collector $400-600
1022 A Japanese Gilt Bronze Handwarmer the pierced cover depicting children in a garden with pines and flowers, the sides decorated with writhing dragons above crashing waves with Kylin, the reverse having a four-character cartouche mark. Height 3 x width 5 1/2 x depth 3 7/8 inches. $300-500
1023* A Japanese Mixed Metal Usubata circular top over cylindrical body with floral and foliate decoration, floral and foliate handles; circular base with cherry blossom decoration. Height 19 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Marvin Horovitz, Vero Beach, Florida $800-1,200
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1025 1024 A Japanese Katana
HIZEN SCHOOL signed Hizen Kuni Tadayoshi (VIII), with a shagreen handle having gilt bronze menuki, mixed metal fittings, and with a leather sheath. Length of blade 25 5/8 inches. $1,500-2,500
1025 A Pair of Japanese Wood Jardinières each of square, handled form with copper liners, bearing various marks and stamps to bases. Height 10 1/8 x width 10 1/8 inches (each). $600-800
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1026* Four Japanese Brush Pots each of cylindrical form with relief carved decoration, depicting samurai and other figural groups. Height of tallest 14 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Marvin Horovitz, Vero Beach, Florida $400-600
1027 A Japanese Architectural Model
(GERMAN, 1893-1963) illuminated and signed on the interior. oil on canvas signed D. Edzard (lower right) Height 11 inches. Property from a Private Collection $300-500 1028 A Six-Panel Folding Screen depicting pine trees with rich green foliage over a gilt background. Height of each panel 71 5/8 x width 25 inches. Property from a Midwest Corporate Collection $1,000-2,000
1029* A Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen
AFTER MORI SOSEN, 19TH CENTURY ink on paper, depicting a group of apes at play on a gnarled tree. Height of each panel 68 x width 25 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Dr. Alexander Phillips, Elizabeth, Illinois
Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21 April 1976, lot 178; this screen was the cover lot of the auction $6,000-8,000
