FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Auction 81, 18-22 Nov 2024

117 lots

Lots

Lot 5004

Anonymous (19th cent.). (Immortal fighting a demon).

Kakejiku (hanging scroll), watercolour, gouache and brush, within silk borders, 115x36,5 cm. (image), 200x50 cm. (scroll), signature unread, w. seal, rolled on wooden stick w. bone ends.

Estimate €40 – €60Result €40

Lot 5007

Anonymous (19th cent.). (A samurai and two courtesans getting on a boat).

Scroll, col. pigments on silk, within blue silk borders, 102x35 cm. (image), 165x43,5 cm. (total size), with three red seals (all unidentified) and text in black ink (possibly a poem), rolled on jikugi. AND 1 other anonymous scroll: (Dragon in a dark cloud) (black ink on paper, signed and w. red seal (both unidentified). Cracked and creased).

Estimate €30 – €50Result €80

Lot 5015

Bairei (1844-1895). (Birds).

Lot of 18 tinted col. woodcuts (5x diptych), all from Bairei hyakuchô gafu (Bairei Picture Album of One Hundred Birds), (1881-1884). AND 8 others, i.a. a large woodcut of a hare and 4 watercolours showing fishes.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €160

Lot 5016

Bairei (1844-1895). (Two red fox sparrows).

Col. woodcut, 29x21 cm., w. red seal (unread). ADDED: 1 leaf taken from the same work, and 3 more unidentified kachô-ga taken from ehon, showing chickens, ducks, quail(?) and two deer under a cherry blossom tree.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €70

Lot 5017

[Bindings]. Japanese lacquer album,

late 19th-early 20th cent., 25 blank lvs., calfbacked red and black lacquer binding, w. gilt details and inlaid bone elements on frontcover depicting a woman making a flower arrangement while another watches, back cover w. central gilt monogram "JD", w. gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., obl. folio.

Estimate €40 – €60Result €50

Lot 5018

[Bindings]. Japanese lacquer album

, late 19th-early 20th cent., w. an eagle gripping a snake mounted on frontcover, the eagle is built up w. wood and mother of pearl, to a height of 2,5 cm. above the frontcover, hmor., obl. folio. Contents: 9 silk-covered board lvs. w. handpainted birds, flowers and scenery. AND 2 other Japanese lacquer albums, late 19th-early 20th cent., both lacking bookblock, (three-dimensional) red and black lacquer (and inlaid mother of pearl elements) w. gold details, 1x depicting cranes and bamboo by a stream w. a boulder on the frontcover and insects and flowers on the backcover, 1x depicting herons in a stream w. lotus on the frontcover and an iris w. butterflies on the backcover (both sl. chipped along edges and one lacking a narrow portion of wood along the edge).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 5022

[East-Asia]. Compass with sundials.

Wood, metal, brass and glass, 5,5x17 cm., late 19th(?) cent., w. two hinging sun dials w. brass fold-out "needles", angle of dial plates adjustable. ADDED: a brass square and a brass (sun?)dialplate, inscribed w. the signs of the Chinese Zodiac used to indicate time or directions, in a wooden box.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 5024

Eisen (1790-1848). (Courtesan looking into a room).

Col. woodcut, ±23x17 cm., signed Eisen-ga, publisher Oyama Hangorô. AND 2 col. woodcut fan prints: MORI GYOKUSEN (1792-1864), (Hachiman festival) (±28x28 cm., signed Gyokusen-ga, no publisher. Cut out and laid down on board, sl. browned/ waterst.) and KUNISADA (1786-1865), (Three actors) (signed Toyokuni-ga, publisher Ibaya Senzaburô, w. aratame/ date seal, 1815-1832. With binding holes; laid down on paper).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €250

Lot 5031

Hirosada (act. 1819-1863). (Two characters from

Keisei somewake tazuna with a giant black snake). Col. woodcut chûban diptych w. gold gauffrage on the right panel, signed Hirosada w. (unread) seal, publisher Kinkadô, 1854.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €400

Lot 5032

Hiroshige (1797-1858). Ejiri.

Col. woodcut chûban, signed Hiroshige-ga, seal Ichiryûsai, publisher (Murataya Ichigorô), w. censor seals, ca. 1852.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €130

Lot 5036

Hiroshige II (1829-1869). Lot of 3 prints from the series

Chûshingura (The Storehouse of the Loyal Retainers), col. woodcut, horizontal ôban, all signed Ichiyûsai Shigenobu-ga, publisher Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô), with aratame seal and date seal, 1855.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €70

Lot 5042

Jin, Li (b.1958). (A Chinese man doing Tai Chi).

Hanging scroll, ample silk borders, 100x57 cm. (total size), w. a laid down drawing, watercolour and black ink, 37x42 cm. (drawing size), w. the artist's signature stamp and a calligraphic inscription on the left, on laid paper.

Estimate €1,000 – €1,500

Lot 5043

[Katagami]. Lot

of 55 mulberry paper stencils, partly strengthened w. silk threads, each ±90x45 cm. (leaves), (early?) 20th cent.

Estimate €400 – €600

Lot 5049

Kôgyo (1869-1927). Lot of 6 prints (incl. a diptych) from the series

Nogaku hyakuban, col. woodcut ôban, printed w. gold (and silver) (4x), signed Kôgyo, w. artist's seal, published by Daikokuya,1x w. senka yakusui (Elixer of the House of the Immortal) seal (Yôrô). AND: IDEM, (Two actors in a scene from a Noh play) (col. woodcut horizontal ôban, signed Kôgyo, w. artist's seal in red, without publisher).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €300

Lot 5050

Koîtsu (1870-1949). Nara Hôryû-ji.

Col. woodcut, 39x25,5 cm., signed Kôitsu, seal makoto (true, real), publisher Doi Hangaten, between 1950-1963.

Estimate €250 – €350Result €375

Lot 5054

Kunichika (1835-1900). (Fighting actor).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kunichika-hitsu, w. Toshidama ring, no publisher, (1869). AND 2 others, both with some (slight) defects, i.a. SEKKÔTEI HOKUMYÔ, Actors Nakamura Utaemon and Nakamura Shikan doing the Ise Ondo Dance (col. woodcut ôban, signed Sekkôtei Hokumyô-ga, publisher Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei), (1837)).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €100

Lot 5060

Kunisada (1786-1865). Nakano Fujihê.

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga, publisher Tsutaya Kichizô, w. aratame and zodiac seal, 1855. Hiroshige (1797-1858). (Warrior subduing two men). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichiryûsai Hiroshige-ga, publ. unread, w. censor seals and zodiac seal, 1852.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €90