Bubb Kuyper

Auction 81, 18-22 Nov 2024

6.280 lotti

Lotto 5042FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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.

Stima 1.000 € – 1.500 €

Lotto 5043FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Katagami]. Lot

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

Stima 400 € – 600 €

Lotto 5046FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kiyohara, Hitoshi (1896-1956). (Kids playing in the snow).

Col. woodcut, 36x24,5 cm., signed Hitoshi, no publ., ±1950. Idem. (Children having a picnic). Col. woodcut, 36x24,5 cm., signed Hitoshi, no publ., ±1950.

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 90 €

Lotto 5049FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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).

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 300 €

Lotto 5050FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Koîtsu (1870-1949). Nara Hôryû-ji.

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

Stima 250 € – 350 €Aggiudicato 375 €

Lotto 5051FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Koson, Ohara (1877-1945). Crow on cherry branch.

Col. woodcut, 33,5x18,7 cm., w. artist's seal, published by Daikokuya.

Stima 150 € – 250 €Aggiudicato 210 €

Lotto 5052FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Koson, Ohara (1877-1945). Magpie on branch.

Col. woodcut ô-tanzaku, signed Koson, w. artist's seal, w. publishers seal Kokkeidô.

Stima 600 € – 800 €Aggiudicato 800 €

Lotto 5054FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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)).

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 100 €

Lotto 5060FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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.

Stima 70 € – 90 €Aggiudicato 90 €

Lotto 5062FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kunisada II (1823-1880). (Bandô Mitsugorô VI as Okumi, a geisha of Yanagibashi).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kunisada-ga, publisher Kiya Sôjirô, w. Toshidama ring, w. censor seal. ADDED: a later recutting of UTAGAWA YOSHIIKU (1833-1904), Quarreling and Scuffling in Woman's Bathhouse (Kurabe koshi yuki no Yanagiya) (col. woodcut, approx. 42x20,5 cm.).

Stima 70 € – 90 €Aggiudicato 70 €

Lotto 5065FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Tatenaka Kanbyoye Shigeharu.

Col. woodcut ôban, signed ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi-ga, publisher Yamamoto-ya Heikichi, nanushi censor seals, ±1847-1850.

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 475 €

Lotto 5067FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Lot

of 5 col. woodcuts of flowers and birds, between 35x19 cm. and 32,5x23 cm., late 19th/ first half 20th cent., i.a. 2 double-p. prints by WATANABE SEITEI (1852-1918), from Seitei kachô gafu (Seitei's Album of Flowers and Birds) (1890), both w. red handstamped signature seal.

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 110 €

Lotto 5071FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Momotaro or Little Peachling.

Engl. transl. by D. Thomson. Tokyo, Kobunsha, 1885, (14)p., 8 (full-p.) woodcut ills., bound as blockbook, orig. col. pict. wr.

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 100 €

Lotto 5075FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Persian miniatures]. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Scene of a battlefield with two fighting horseman in front of two opposing groups of soldiers on horseback).

Persian miniature painting in natural pigments and gold on vellum paper, w. small blocks of text in upper left corner and lower margin, verso w. text and a small dec. chapter divider painted in gold, 24x19,2 cm.

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 550 €

Lotto 5076FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Qi Baishi (1864-1957). (Insects).

Leporello with 9 watercolours on paper, partly w. sprinkled goldleaf, signed [Chinese:] "Old man Baishi" and w. red artist's seal, bound as a leporello between silk over wooden covers w. wooden borders, 15x230 cm. (unfolded) (15x10 cm. folded).

Stima 1.500 € – 2.500 €

Lotto 5079FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Sanshisuimei (Scenic beauty).

N.pl. (Tokyo?), n.publ., 1846, 15 lvs. pasted together w. woodcut calligraphy in various hands and a panoramic view of mountains w. a village in the foreground, w. various artist's seals (all unread), leporello, between two wooden covers, 32x11.5 cm.

Stima 50 € – 70 €

Lotto 5080FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Sekino, Jun'ichirô (1914-1988). Nishijin Kyoto.

Kyoto in snow. Col. woodcut, 20x29,5 cm., signed "Jun Sekino" and "10/128" in pencil, w. red artist's stamp in lower right corner.

Stima 150 € – 250 €Aggiudicato 170 €

Lotto 5081FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Sekino, Jun'ichirô (1914-1988). Oregon no umi.

Sea of Oregon. Col. woodcut, 20,5x21 cm., signed "Jun Sekino" and "22/28" in pencil.

Stima 150 € – 250 €Aggiudicato 200 €

Lotto 5084FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Shigeharu (1803-1853). Nakamura Utaemon as Fujiwara [no] Tokihira.

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ryûsai Shigeharu-ga, publisher Honsei. Harunobu (1724-1770) (after). (Interior of a tea house). Col. woodcut, ±21,5x28 cm., signed Harunobu-ga, n.publ. AND 2 others, i.a. a mediocre copy of an actor print by KUNISADA (1786-1865).

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 100 €

Lotto 5087FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Shigenobu, Yanagawa (1787-1832). Yanagawa gafu. Jinbutsu gyochû no bu (Yanagawa picture book. The part about people, fish and insects).

Ehon, Edo (Tokyo) etc.(?), Izumiya Kichibê and others, no date (1856), 24 lvs., full-p. col. woodcut ills. by YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU, orig. cordbound wr. w. hashira-title. Idem. Yanagawa gafu. Sansui no bu (Yanagawa picture book. The part about mountains and water). Ehon, ibid., idem, no date (1856), 24 lvs., full-p. col. woodcut ills. by YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU, orig. cordbound wr.

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 350 €

Lotto 5088FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Shôtei (1871-1944) (after). Fireworks at Ryôkoku.

Col. woodcut, 39x17 cm., not signed, publ. unknown, w. sm. katakana 'a' in circle (unidentified).

Stima 30 € – 50 €Aggiudicato 30 €

Lotto 5089FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Shunga]. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Erotic embrace).

Col. woodcut, 15,5x10,5 cm. (chûbon), page from a shunga ehon (unidentified), no signature, no publ.

Stima 30 € – 50 €Aggiudicato 30 €

Lotto 5091FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Stationery]. (Eight ornamental inksticks).

Size between 11,5x5,5x1,5 cm. and 7x3,5x1 cm., green, red, white and yellow in various shapes, w. gilt and embossed decorations, probably Chinese, late 19th- early 20th cent., in a contemp. cloth box w. bone clasps and running title pasted on front.

Stima 30 € – 50 €Aggiudicato 90 €

Lotto 5092FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Stationery]. Lot of

3 calligraphed Japanese pieces of stationery. 19th century, ink on Japanese, 2x w. col. woodcut ills. in the background, between ±30x209 and ±33x295 cm., leporello between boards. AND 2 unused pieces of stationery, both w. (hand)col. woodcut ills. (1x 5 warrior prints; 1x 5 bijin-ga), leporello between boards (1x silk w. (unread) hashira title), 31x191 cm. and 29x207 cm.

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 5094FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Tangram]. Two Chinese tangram books.

N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (19th cent.), 2 vols., 42; 43 lvs. w. woodcut ills. on both sides, bound unif. as a blockbook.

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 50 €

Lotto 5099FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Tapestries and textiles]. Persian(?) hand-sewn wall-hanging with sequins.

Cotton and silk appliqués and brass(?) sequins on woven cotton, 27x22,5 cm., 19th(?) century, backed w. woven cotton. AND 1 other wall-hanging, (19th(?) century, 21,5x18,5 cm., yellow floral silk brocade panel, w. cotton and silk patchwork borders, silk tassels along edges, backed w. silk. Verso stained and w. some wormholes).

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 5100FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Tapestries and textiles]. Two Chinese embroidered panels.

Silk and bronze-coloured metal threads on silk, 54x9 cm., 19th/ early 20th cent., mostly pekin knots and satin stich, showing figures in a garden engaged in various activities.

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 325 €