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Asiatische Kunst | Asian Art
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1A Gandhara grey schist torso of Buddha Shakyamuni. Pakistan. 2nd/3rd century Seated in meditation with both hands in dhyana mudra,
the robe arranged in neat folds covers both shoulders, below the throne a row of seated Buddha figures. Height 40.5 cm
2
A Gandhara greenish stone architectural frieze fragment. Pakistan. 2nd/4th century To both sides of a niche with a pillar, a Buddha
seated in meditation flanked by adorants, the plinth undecorated, the cornice with a pattern of pointed leaves. Height 9.8 cm; length 28.7
cm
3
A Gandhara silvery schist architectural fragment. Pakistan. Probably 2nd/3rd century The Buddha sits in meditation underneath pipal
leaves, his left hand resting on his knee while securing a part of his robe with his right hand, he is surrounded by four men wearing
turbans and holding their hands ...[more]
4
A Pala black stone stele of Vishnu. Northeastern India, Bengal. 12th century The four armed Vishnu stands in samapada on a double
lotus base, to his sides Lakshmi with a flywhisk and Sarastvai with a vina, beside them a small figure. The right main hand in varada
mudra, the left hand is missing, ...[more]
5A North Indian grey shist ekamukhalinga. Possibly 4th/5th century The head of the moustached Shiva with a third eye emerges from the
shaft of a linga, his hair is looped into a chignon, and adorned with ear plugs and necklaces. Height 15 cm
6
A Pala black stone fragment of a stele. Northeastern India, Bengal. 12th century Above and to the side of a niche three figures of a
Buddha seated in meditation on a double lotus throne, each holding the hands in a different mudra, to the side an apsara with a flower
garland. In addition a small ...[more]
7A large svayambhu linga. Grey stone, possibly basalt. Central or Northeastern India Of elongated egg shape with a large brown spot on
the tip. Height 29.5 cm Literature Compare: Tantra, exhibition catalgue, Stuttgart 1971?, p. 94
8A very large svayambhu linga. Brown stone, possibly basalt. Central or Northeastern India. Of natural elongated egg shape. Height 28.5
cm Literature Compare: Tantra, exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart 1971?, p. 94
9
An Indian polished schist figure of Tirthankara Parshvanatha. Gujarat. 16th century Seated in meditation on a flat cushion encircled by a
snake and raising its head, both hands in dhyana mudra above the feet engraved with an eight-petalled lotus flower, swastika on the
soles of the feet, the body ...[more]
10
A rare exceptionally large Rajasthani ivory figure of Krishna as a boy. 19th century Standing on a double lotus base with hands held
forward, the naked body adorned with silver anklets, the piercing of the ears lined with gold, the hair and the braid at the back painted
black, remains of red pigm ...[more]
11
A Shri Lanka solid cast bronze figure of Samadhi Buddha. Anuradhapura period, 9th/10th century Seated in mediation on a flat base,
both hands in dhyana mudra, the head covered by circular locks topped by a flame ornament (siraspata), the sanghati is rendered by
incised lines. Wooden stand. Heigh ...[more]
12
A South Indian bronze figure of Shri Devi. 15th/16th century Standing in tribhanga pose on a lotus above a square base with four rings
for the transport poles, the right hand in lolahasta, the left hand formerly held a lotus, the body adorned with ear ornaments, necklaces,
bracelets and a belt wi ...[more]
13Three South Indian copper alloy figures of Balakrishna. Tamil Nadu. 18th/19th century Each holding a ball of butter in his right hand. (3)
Height a) 5.3 cm; b) 6.8 cm; c) 3.8 cm Provenance Private collection, Berlin, acquired in the 1990s
14
Three small South Indian copper alloy figures. Probably 19th century a) A female deity with a long braid along her back, b) a standing
Garuda with hands in anjali mudra, and c) Bhudevi with the blue lotus (utpala). (3) Height a) 7.8 cm; b) 12.9 cm; c) 6.7 cm Provenance
Private collection, Cologn ...[more]
15A Karnataka copper alloy figure of Annapurna. South India. 19th century Seated on a base and holding a large ladle in her hands.
Height 9.6 cm Provenance Private collection, Berlin, acquired in the 1990s
16
Three copper alloy Bhuta figures. Southern India, Karnataka, Tulu. 19th century a) A Kallurti or Odilthaya figure with a high headdress,
Malabar region, b) a figure with dagger and shield, and c) a figure with a dagger and shield and the holy thread of a Brahmin. (3) Height
a) 13.8 cm; b) 9.9 cm ...[more]
17
A Mahashtra copper alloy altar of Krishna Venugopala. Central India. 19th century Standing in a typical pose playing a flute, two nandi
at his feet and figures with flywhisks attached to the back arch. Height 10.4 cm Provenance Private collection, Berlin, acquired in the
1990s
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Five Central and South Indian copper alloy figures and altars. 17th/19th century a) Annapurna with a ladle, b) Vithoba with a conch
shell, c) Virabhadra with sword, drums, trident, and shield, flanked by the ram-headed Daksha and his spouse Sati, d) Durga, four-
armed, with weapons killing the buf ...[more]
19
A copper alloy Bhuta figure of Pilichandi. Southern India, Northern Kerala, Malabar region. 17th/18t In three parts.The riders sits on a
tiger standing on a rectangular base, wearing a crown typical of the Malabar region and an apron, the rectangular back plate decorated
in a similar way as the a ...[more]
20
Three Central Indian copper alloy figures. 17th/20th century a) A Ganesha altar, b) Narasimha under a naga with Lakshmi seated on his
thigh, and c) a tirthankara in meditation on a lotus base. (3) H a) 7 cm; b) 11.4 cm; c) 9.7 cm Provenance Private collection, Hesse,
Germany
21
Two small Central Indian copper alloy figures of Durga. 17th/19th century a) An altar, in three pieces, the eight-armed Durga standing
on the buffalo demon and grabbing the hair of its human head, and b) a similar figure, on the plinth the severed head of the buffalo. (2)
Height a) 13.4 cm; b) 9. ...[more]
22
Six predominantly Maharashtra copper alloy figures of Hanuman and Garuda. 18th/19th century a) Hanuman, running, b) with hands in
anjali mudra, c) a five-headed Hanuman with attributes in his four hands, d) Garuda kneeling and with hands in anjali mudra, e) a South
Indian figure of a standing Gar ...[more]
23
A Bengali brass male figure and an oil lamp. 19th/20th century Standing, wearing a dhoti with the holy thread crossing the chest and
back, the hands held forward, and b) a dipa lakshmi, a female figure standing on a round base with a beaded rim and a handle. (2)
Height a) 21.4 cm; c) 13.4 cm Pro ...[more]
24Three Indian small copper alloy figures. a) Garuda with hands folded, b) Vishnu with attributes in his four hands, an adorant and an
animal, and c) Annapurna with a ladle. (3) Height a) 7.8 cm; b) 9 cm; c) 7.7 cm Provenance Private property, Cologne
25
Seven mostly Maharashtra copper alloy figures. Central India. 19th century a) Vishnu with two consorts, Andhra Pradesh,Telengana, b)
hero with his hands at the hips, c) deity with an ewer, d) a four-armed deity on a bull?, e) Annapurna. (7) Height 5.4 to 15.3 cm
Provenance Private collection, Be ...[more]
26A Maharashtra/Karnataka brass placque. 19th/20th century Displaying Virabhadra standing underneath a naga hood, holding sword,
trident, bow and shield, flanked by the ram-headed Daksha and his consort Sati with hands folded. Height 24.1 cm
27A Bihar copper alloy figure of a female deity. Eastern India. 19th century The naked body adorned with various nacklaces and bracelets,
the head surmounted by an aureole. Height 12.7 cm Provenance Private collection, Berlin, acquired in the 1990s
28A copper alloy figure of Ganesha. 19th century Seated in paryankasana of a flat lotus flower, his proper right hand in mudra, the left
hand holding an elephant hook, in the other hands an axe and noose. Height 9.4 cm Provenance Private property, Cologne
29Two Indian brass figures of Mahishasuramardini. a) On a rectangular base, and b) the base on four short feet. (2) Height a) 8.9 cm; b)
8.6 cm Provenance Private collection, Rhineland, Germany
30A Bengali/Orissa copper alloy figure of Krishna Venugopala. 19th century Standing in a dancing posture on a ornate base, the hands
formerly holding a flute, remains of red pigments. Height 29.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Rhineland, Germany
31
A copper alloy figure of Hanuman and Vishnu. Indien. With hands folded Hanuman kneels on a rectangular base on four small feet in
fron of a small building on top of which is inserted a figure of Vishnu (not belonging). Total height 15.5 cm Provenance Private property,
Cologne
32Eleven small copper alloy folk bronzes. Central india. 19th/20th century Six figural bronze figures from the Khadesh region and five
others. Most of them mounted on a wooden stand. (11) Height 5.2 to 7.8 cm Provenance Private collection, Berlin, acquired in the 1990s
33
A Deccani ceremonial dagger (kanjar). Central India, Deccan, Hyderabad The hilt of flawless rock crystal with a flared pommel and hand
guard with bud-like tips set with rubies and emeralds in gold kundun and dark green enamel, at the top of the pommel a cut diamond.
The watered recurved double-ed ...[more]
34
Two daggers a) A peshkabz, the iron hilt with a flower spray in gold and silver, the steel blade slightly curved, the wooden sheath
covered with red velvet and gilt copper fittings, India, Gujarat, and b) the dagger of horn fitted with silver, a steel blade with a central
ridge, a wooden sheath c ...[more]
35
An Indian sword and a dagger a) A shamsheer with a bone sandwich hilt, a curved steel blade, and b) a peshkabz with a bone sandwich
hilt, decoration in gold onlay on iron, and a almost straight steal blade. (2) Length a) 75.4 cm; b) 30.8 cm Provenance Private collection,
Franconia, Germany
36
A large Indian round lacquered leather shield (dhal). 19th century The rim slightly turned upward, to the centre four brass bosses
surrounded by pierced borders and a crescent-shaped application. On the reverse four iron rings for leather enarmes and an early red
velvet pad. Old collection number ...[more]
37
Anonymous painter. Jaipur. Late 18th/19th century Two paintings from a ragamala series. a) Dhanasri ragini: a lady painting the picture
of her lover and a servant, and b) Vibhasa ragini: a couple, the man holding a bow, the lady and arrow, and peacock on the roof, colours
and gold on paper. Matte ...[more]
38
Anonymous painters. 19th century Colours and gold/silver on paper. a) Lady on a meadow feeding a bird, b) Noble couple and servants
on a terrace, Jodphur, and c) three manuscript illustrations depicting three tirthankara, Suparshwanatha (swastika symbol),
Chandraprabha (moon symbol), and one more ...[more]
39
Anonymous painter. Northern India, Punjab Hills. 19th century Two ladies meeting on the terrace of a palace watched by two gentlemen
and a servant in a pavilion. Mineral pigments and gold on paper. Matted, framed and glazed. Image with blue border 25.3 x 21 cm
Provenance Private collection, Nor ...[more]
40
Anonymous painters. Late 18th/ 19th century Pigments and gold on paper. a) A portrait of Jai Singh III of Jaipur, seated leaning on a red
cushion, in the foreground his shield and sword, behind him a servant holding a peacock feather whisk, b) portrait of a Mogul emperor
with a sword, and b) Kaku ...[more]
41
A Baphuon sandstone head of a Buddha. Cambodia. 11th century The slighly squarish head with eyes lowered in meditation, a wide
nose and full lips, head and ushnisha covered by rows of small curls. Probably originating from an image of Buddha sheltered by a
naga. Mounted. Height 27 cm
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A Baphuon sandstone head. Cambodia. 11th century With large eyes underneath almost flat brows, a wide nose and full soft lips, on the
head a plain diadem. Damaged. Mounted on a wooden stand. Height 23.3 cm Provenance Private collection, Aachen, Germany,
acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, 3./4.6.1981 ...[more]
43
A fragmentary stucco head of a Buddha. Northern Thailand. 13th/14th century The oval head with eyes lowered in meditation, rounded
cheeks and full lips. Monted on a wooden stand. Height 17,3 cm Provenance Galerie Claude Jongen, Brussels, 1977 Vanderkindere,
Uccle, 18.2.2020, lot 397 Private coll ...[more]
44
A Bayon bronze Mahayana trinity. Cambodia. Late 12th/early 13th century In four parts. All three figures inserted into a rectangular
molded base. At the centre Buddha Shakyamuni seated in meditation shielded by a seven-headed naga, standing to his right a four-
armed Avalokiteshvara with lotus, pr ...[more]
45
A Bayon bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara. Cambodia. Late 12th/early 13th century Standing on a stepped base, holding prayer beads in
one hand and a long snake in the other, the head adorned with a crown, and a small Amithaba figure in front of the chignon. Surface
corroded. Height 27.6 cm Proven ...[more]
46
A Khmer bronze figure of a bejewelled and crowned Buddha. Cambodia. Baphuon style, 12th century Standing in a three-part robe
covering both shoulders, the hands in vitarka mudra, the body adorned with a diadem, bracelets, a collier and a belt. Crusty green
patina. Mounted on a wooden base. Height ...[more]
47A Khmer bronze figure of Vishnu. Cambodia. Probably 12th/13th century Standing with attributes in his four hands of which only the
conch is recognisable. Rough green patina. Height 15.2 cm Provenance Private collection, Berlin, acquired in the 1990s
48
Nine various bronze objects. Cambodia. 18th/19th century a) A lime box with a moulded lid, b) four single circular blinders, c) three
candle holders, and d) a rattle. (9) a) Height 8.8 cm; b) max. diameter 9.2 cm; c) max. length 12.8 cm, d) diameter 5.8 cm Provenance
Private collection, Berlin, ...[more]
49
A Thailand bronze figure of Buddha Maravijaya. Chieng Sen, 16th century Seated in meditation on a lotus throne above a base
decorated with engraving and an inscription on the plinth, the right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, the left hand in dhyana mudra. The
head and ushnisha covered by hair locks a ...[more]
50
An Ayutthaya bronze figure of a standing crowned Buddha. Thailand, 16th/17th century The outer robe (uttarasangha) covers both
shoulders while the lower garment is recognisable at the waist and by its centre fold, the right hand originally was held in abhaya mudra,
the left hand hangs down. The d ...[more]
51
An Ayutthaya fragmentary bronze figure of a monk. Thailand 15th/16th century Standing with hands folded in front of his chest, with
highly stylised facial features with high arching brows, and fine hair locks covering the head. Mounted. Height 35.5 cm Provenance
Formerly from a private collectio ...[more]
52A Thai anonymous painting. Late 19th century Depicting a scene from a jataka tale with numerous persons listening to a preacher and a
deity descending from the sky. Colours and gold on fabric. Framed and glazed. 75.8 x 34.5 cm
53A bronze figure of Buddha Maravijaya in Lan Na style. Possibly 19th century Seated in meditation on a lotus flower, the right hand in
bhumisparsha mudra, the left hand in dhyana mudra above the feet. Covered with gilt black lacquer, partly flaking. Height 36 cm
54
A large Dong Son bronze lidded vessel, Vietnam. Around 2nd century B.C. With a semi-spherical body with taotie masks and moveable
rings, and a domed lid with three recumbent rams which serve as feet when the lid is removed, at the centre an eyelet with a moveable
ring serving as a handle, the out ...[more]
55
A Bali keris. First half 20th century With a steel blade with pamor and 14 luk, the hilt of bayu type covered by gold foil set with rubies and
other stones, selut and medak with coloured stones, the scabbard of wood lined with gold foil elaborately chiseled and set with stones,
and with two ivory ...[more]
56
Affandi (Cirebon, Java 1907-1990 Yogjarta, Java) Landscape by a sea under a blue sky. Oil on canvas. Sigened and dated 1985 lower
left. On the reverse on the wooden frame in black: M 755 1985. Framed. 50 x 71 cm Provenance Collection Dr. Klaus and Murielle
Zeidler, Baden-Baden, acquired from the ...[more]
57
A finely painted Nepalese thangka (paubha) of Vasudhara. 17th/18th century With Vasudhara seated in lalitasana at centre on a
rectangular throne backed by a torana, flanked by the red Avalokiteshvara at left and the green Vajrapani at right, holding a lotus and a
flywhisk in their hands, and surr ...[more]
58
A delicate painted Tibetan thangka of Padmasambhava. 18th century The lotus-born guru seated on a lotus blossom emerging from the
ocean, dressed in selected monastic garments with fine pattern grandly highlighted with gold pigments, holding a vajra, khatvanga and
skull cup in his hands, attended ...[more]
59
A Tibetan thangka of Hayagriva. 18th/19th century The wrathful protector with the identifying horse head in his hair trampling down two
adversaries of the dharma, with a skull-headed stuff raised in his right hand, backed by an aureole of flames, with Amitayus above and
three protectors in the lo ...[more]
60
A Tibetan thangka with two arhats and Moheyan. 18th century With arhat Kanakabharadvaja with his hands in meditation pose in his lap
in the upper left, and arhat Kanakavatsa holding a jewel lasso in both hands in the upper right, attended by the potbellied monk
Moheyan (Hvashang) with a rosary an ...[more]
61
A Tibetan mandala of Buddha Shakyamuni. 18th century With Shakyamuni Buddha seated at the centre with his hands in bhumisparsa
mudra, dressed in patterned robes, backed by an aureole centred by Garuda with apsaras, surrounded by the sixteen arhats and their
attendant Dharmatala, the elaborate fou ...[more]
62
A Tibetan thangka of Amitabha in Sukhavati. 15th century or later Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base with hands in dhyana mudra
supporting a bowl, encircled by a double aureole, flanked by the white Avalokiteshvara and the blue Vajrapani and further bodhisattvas
and lineage teachers, the backgr ...[more]
63
A Tibetan thangka of Buddha Amitabha. 18th century Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne and holding the blue medicine bowl in his
folded hands, backed by mulicoloured aureoles and nimbus, and flanked on either side by a bodhisattva. With Padmasambhava and
Shakyamuni at the upper corners and Ava ...[more]
64
A Tibetan thangka of Padmasambhava in the aspect of Nyima Oser. 18th/19th century Seated in royal ease in the appearance of a
mahasiddha on a lotus, with his right hand raised holding a khatvanga, wearing a tiger skin tied around his waist and a green billowing
sash richly painted with gold flora ...[more]
65
An excellent and large Tibetan thangka of a preaching Buddha. 18th century Seated on a lotus blossom above a throne, backed by a
nimbus and aureole, with his hands in dharmacakra mudra, and set amidst a green and mountainous landscape in a Tibetochinese style
of the 18th century. Arhats, monks, t ...[more]
66
A Tibetan thangka of Amitabha. 19th century Seated on a lotus with hands in bhumisparsa mudra holding an alms bowl, wearing orange
flowing robes with gold brocade patterns, backed by a double aureole of blue and gold, flanked by the white Avalokiteshvara and the
blue Vajrapani, with Buddha Akshob ...[more]
67
A Tibetan thangka depicting the life of Buddha. Early 20th century Buddha Shakyamuni seated on a lotus base over a lion throne,
surmounted by an aureole with figures, makaras and Garudas at the top. His life story starts with Maya´s dream of a white elephant
entering her womb at the upper left an ...[more]
68
A magnificent Tibetan thangka of Hevajra and Nairatmya. 19th century The blue-skinned deities dancing in yab-yum over prostrate
figures on a lotus base and backed by a flaming mandorla, he holding skull cups containing eight deities and eight animals in his sixteen
hands and she holding a skull c ...[more]
69
A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Hevajra. 17th/18th century The dharmapala with eight faces and sixteen arms standing on two prostrate
figures over a double lotus base in union with his consort Nairatmya, wielding multiple skull cups in his hands containing deities and
animals, adorned with elabor ...[more]
70
A Tibetochinese bronze figure of Sarvabuddha-Dakini. 18th century Standing in alidhasana on a lotus base, holding a skull cup in her
upraised left hand, and a chopper in her right, wearing a garland of skulls and festooned beaded jewellery and a skull tiara, with her hair
falling down her back. B ...[more]
71
A Tibetan copper-inlaid bronze figure of Manjushri. Pala style, 17th/18th century The bodhisattva of wisdom seated in dhyanasana on a
double-lotus base, the right hand held aloft brandishing a sword, his left shoulder flanked by a lotus supporting the book of wisdom. The
urna inlaid with copper. ...[more]
72
A Tibetan or Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Vajrapani. 17th/18th century The fierce holder of the thunderbolt striding in alidhasana on a
lotus base in front of a flaming aureole, holding his eponymous vajra aloft in his right hand and a snake in his left, wearing a tiger skin, a
billowing sash a ...[more]
73
A Tibetochinese bronze figure of Mahakala in yab-yum. 17th/18th century The six-armed and three-headed dharmapala standing with
his consort in alidhasana on a lotus petal plinth, holding a chopper and a kapala and adorned with a skull tiara in his red flaming hair.
Base resealed. Remains of gildi ...[more]
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A Tibetochinese partially gilt bronze figure of Buddha Amitayus. 18th century The Buddha of infinite life seated in dhyanasana on a
double-lotus base, the hands held in dhyana mudra, dressed in a voluminous dhoti and adorned with ornamented jewellery as described
in the Vajrayana Buddhist scriptu ...[more]
75
A Tibetan bronze figure of Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara. 17th/18th century Seated on a double-lotus base, his primary hands folded in
front of his chest, the secondary left hand holding a lotus, the hair piled into a high chignon surmounted by the head of Amitabha. Base
sealed, the base plate embo ...[more]
76
A Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Yamantaka Vajrabhairava in yab-yum. 18th century The nine-headed Vajrabhairava in embrance with
his consort Vajravetali, standing in alidhasana above a lotus base stamping down numerous creatures, his bull´s face surrounded by six
wrathful faces and topped by Manj ...[more]
77
A Tibetan bronze figure of the eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara. 18th century The eight-armed deity in standing posture with his primary
hands in anjalimudra and the others radiating around him, dressed in a dhoti clasped with a festooned belt and adorned with various
jewellery and a long shawl. His ...[more]
78
A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Vajradhara. 17th/18th century Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus throne with beaded edges, his
hands crossed before his chest holding a vajra and ghanta in his hands, wearing a flowing scarf around his shoulders and a dhoti, richly
adorned with a crown, heavy e ...[more]
79
An exquisite Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Maitreya. 17th/18th century The Buddha of the Future seated in European way (bhadrasana)
on a rectangular stepped throne with lotus footrest, the hands held in the gesture of turning the wheel of law (dharmacakra mudra) and
holding the stems of lotuses f ...[more]
80
A Tibetochinese gilt bronze figure of Ushnishavijaya. 18th century Ushnishavijaya, the personified ushnisha and Mother of all Buddhas,
seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, with three faces and eight arms, her main hands in varada and in vitarka mudra, the
remaining hands posed to hold var ...[more]
81
A fine Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a Sakya patriarch, possibly Sakya Pandita (1182-1251). 15th/16t The patriarch seated cross-legged
on a double-lotus pedestal, the hands in vitarka mudra with the right hand held in front of the chest and the left pointing downwards,
wearing a characteristic ca ...[more]
82
A Tibetan bronze figure of Hayagriva. 14th century The winged dharmapala with three faces, six arms and four legs trampling on a
prostrate figure over a lotus base embracing his consort in yab-yum pose, bearing various ritual implements in his hands and adorned
with a scull tiara and his hair in ...[more]
83
A Nepalese bronze figure of Durga slaying the demon Mahishasura. 12th century The eighteen-armed Durga striding in alidhasana on a
rectangular base, holding various weapons in her hands including the trident with which she stabs the buffalo demon underneath her left
leg, her right leg atop her li ...[more]
84
A Tibetan bronze figure of Vajravarahi. 14th/16th century The dakini with the characteristic boar head behind her right ear dancing
expressively on one leg over a prone body on a lotus base, holding a skull cup in her left hand and a chopper in her raised right, wearing
a festooned belt and adorn ...[more]
85
A Tibetochinese gilt bronze figure of the eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara. 18th/19th century The eleven-headed bodhisattva of
unbounded compassion with one thousand arms standing on a lotus base with his principle hands in front of his chest holding the wish-
fulfilling jewel, in his radiating hands ...[more]
86
A Tibetochinese gilt bronze figure of Mahakala with his consort in yab-yum. 18th/19th century The three-faced protector with ten arms
striding in alidhasana together with his consort on prostrate figures over a lotus base, holding a chopper and a skull cup in his primary
hands and various impleme ...[more]
87
A Tibetochinese gilt bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara Shadakshari. Ming dynasty, 16th century His principal hands folded in front of his
chest, holding a lotus in his secondary left hand, the mala in his secondary right is missing, wearing a dhoti, an elaborate belt and
necklace with beaded festo ...[more]
88
A Tibetan bronze figure of Padmapani. Pala style, 14th century Seated with his right knee up on a lotus-base, his right hand resting on
his raised knee, the left resting on the base and holding a lotus stem flowering along his shoulder, his slender form clad in a diaphanous
dhoti and antelope ski ...[more]
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A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Vajradhara. 16th century The heavenly embodiment of wisdom, Vajradhara, seated in dhyanasana on a
double-lotus base, his hands crossed before his chest holding a vajra and ghanta in his hands, representing his primordial wisdom and
mastery of skillful means. He is ...[more]
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A Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara Shadakshari. 18th century Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, his principal
hands folded in front of his chest, the other two raised to the shoulder holding a mala and a lotus blossom, clad in a dhoti and adorned
with various jewellery, ba ...[more]
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A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni with vajra. 16th century Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base in the earth
touching gesture with the vajra placed in front of him, wearing a tightly fitted sanghati, his face with a serene expression accentuated by
cold gold and pigment. Ba ...[more]
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A Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Manjushri Manjuvajra Namasangiti. 18th century The three-headed and six-armed form of Manjushri
seated in vajrasana on a lion over a lotus base in embrance with his consort, and holding a kapala, bow, arrow, ghanta and vajra in his
hands, and backed by a flaming a ...[more]
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A Tibetan or Nepalese silver-inlaid dark bronze figure of Jambhala. 17th/18th century Seated in the attitude of ease on a lotus pedestal,
resting his right foot on a conch supported by a lotus, holding his attributes, the lemon fruit and the mongoose in his hands, wearing a
dhoti, adorned with je ...[more]
94
A Nepalese dark bronze figure of Vishnu. 18th century Standing on a circular lotus base, holding a chakra, lotus flower, mace and conch
in his four hands, wearing an ankle-length dhoti and a sash and adorned with a tiara. Base open. Height 16 cm Provenance Private
collection, Aachen, Germany, ac ...[more]
95
A charming Tibetan bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. 15./16. Jh. Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, his right hand in
bhumisparsa mudra, the left resting on his lap, and radiates a friendly presence with his rather stout body and his lively facial features.
Base resealed. Height 10 cm Prove ...[more]
96
A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. 16th century Seated on a double-lotus pedestal with one hand extended in
bhumisparsa mudra, the other in dhyana mudra, his face with fine features set in a meditative expression, wearing a loose robe draped
over one shoulder. Base resealed. Heigt ...[more]
97
A Tibetan dark bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. 16th/17th century Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with his right
hand lowered in bhumisparsa mudra and his left hand in his lap. With a fine smooth patina and gilding remaining overall. Base sealed.
Height 12 cm Provenance Private co ...[more]
98
A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a bodhisattva. 16th/17th centuy Standing on a circular lotus base, his right hand in vitarka mudra and his
left extended in varada mudra, wearing a long dhoti and adorned with jewellery inlaid with hardstones. The reverse open worked. Base
unsealed. Height 10 cm P ...[more]
99
A Tibetan bronze figure of a Green Tara. 18th century Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with the right foot resting on an lotus
issuing from the base, the right hand held in varada mudra and the left raised to the chest in vitarka mudra, a lotus blossom rising to her
left shoulder. Bas ...[more]
100
A Nepalese grey stone stele of Krishna Venugopala, carved in openwork. 17th century Krishna in the form of Venugopala, the cowherd,
grasping a flute and standing in his distinctive pose on a lotus base, backed by a halo and aureole, flanked by two dancing gopis and
with Garuda at his feet. Remain ...[more]
101
A Tibetan bronze figure of Buddha Amitayus. 15th/16th century The deity of longevity seated on a double-lotus base, holding with both
hands the vessel containing the elixir of immortality, wearing a diaphanous dhoti, a sash and beaded necklaces, earrings and a tiara.
Nicely proportioned figure wi ...[more]
102
A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Vajradhara with Prajnaparamita. 16th/17th century Vajradhara seated on a double-lotus base clasping his
consort Prajnaparamita within crossed arms holding his eponymous vajra and ghanta bell. Both figures adorned with anklets, bracelets,
armlets, earrings and neckl ...[more]
103
A Tibetochinese gilt bronze figure of Maitreya. 18th century The princely bejewelled future Buddha standing in an upright posture
holding the stems of lotus flowers supporting a kundika to his left shoulder, wearing a scarf and a long flowing dhoti with fine incised
hems, secured with beaded fest ...[more]
104
A Tibetochinese gilt bronze figure of Jambhala. Late 19th century The god of wealth seated in the attitude of ease on a dragon, holding
a mongoose in his left hand, his right holding ajambhara fruit, adorned with beaded jewellery and crowned with a tiara. His facial
features, accentuated by cold ...[more]
105
A large Tibetan gilt copper repousse figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. 19th century Buddha Shakyamuni seated in dhyanasana calling the
earth to witness to his enlightment, wearing a monk´s robe draped over his left shoulder, the hems of which are delicately incised with
floral pattern. Height 65 cm P ...[more]
106A Nepalese gilt copper repoussee figure of a Bodhisattva. 18th/19th century The Bodhisattva seated on a large lion holding a sceptre
and a chakra in his outstretched hands, dressed in a short dhoti, adorned with a tiara and necklaces. Height 42 cm
107
A Tibetan silver-inlaid dark bronze figure of Mahakala Panjarnata. 19th/20th century The lord of the pavilion standing with a fierce
expression on a human figure prostrate on a single lotus base, holding a kartrika, a kapala and a wooden gong (gandi), wearing a tiger
skin dhoti, adorned with neck ...[more]
108
A Tibetan gilt copper repoussee aureole. Late 19th century In the shape of a lotus leaf finely embossed with foliate scrolls, the outer
border with stylized flames, and at the top centre a kirttimukha-mask with broad nose and a pair of hands holding two stylised snakes
issuing out of his muzzle. ...[more]
109
A gilt-bronze figure of Shakyamuni. 17th/18th century Seated in meditation (padmasana), the right hand placed upon the knee,
reminiscent of the bhumisparsha mudra, the left hand held forward, the inside of the hands displaying a six-petalled flower. The robes
are opened to reveal the chest with a ...[more]
110
A gilt bronze figure of Buddha Amitayus. Qianlong period, dated by inscription to the cyclical year The Buddha of infinite life seated in
dhyanasana on a rectangular plinth with a long cloth centred with a lotus, the hands held in dhyana mudra, adorned with jewels and a
five-leafed tiara. The pli ...[more]
111
A lacquered and gilt Shisou style bronze figure of Guanyin. 17th century Standing bent elegantly to the side with her hands stuck into
the wide sleeves, underneath the flacking lacquer coating the whole garment is covered with lotus flowers and scrolls in fine silver wire
inlay in the style of Yu ...[more]
112
A bronze figure of Bodhisattva Guanyin. Southern China. 18th century Seated in royal ease on a tall rock rising from waves, in her right
hand a scroll, the left hand placed on the rock holding a string of prayer beads. To the front of the rock an inscription, a passage from
the "Dabei zhou" (the ...[more]
113A bronze figure of luohan Ananda. Ming dynasty Standing on a lotus base, wearing monk's robes, his hands clutched together in front of
his chest. Remains of brown lacquer with gilding. Height 31 cm
114
A bronze ritual vessel of ding type. Shang dynasty The rounded body supported by three tubular feet and with two semicircular handles,
displays a band of running dragons on leiwen and beneath a frieze of lancet shapes filled with ornaments. Inside at the well a three-
character inscription: "fu Ji ...[more]
115
A very large bronze hu vase. Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) The straight foot surmounted by a pear-shaped body with a slightly
concave and ridged band displaying an inscription, at the shoulder two taotie masks with moveable ring handles, one broken. Height
45.5 cm, diameter 32 cm Provenance Pr ...[more]
116
A hexagonal bronze arrow vase (touhu). Ming dynasty, probably 16th century The sectional globular body supported on a tall foot is
subdivided by flanches into six panels with running fabulous animals in high relief, the neck encircled by a dragon and the mouth flanked
by hexagonal appendages deco ...[more]
117
A brass tripod incense burner. Qing dynasty Supported on three conical feet, the compressed globular body rising to a wide mouth and
set with a pair of flanged loop handles, the body with spots in the manner of gold-splash, on the underside in a sunken cartouche an
apocryphal six-character mark X ...[more]
118
A gold-splashed bronze tripod incense burner. Late Qing dynasty Of archaistic liding shape, the compressed globular body supported
on three feet, the rim surmounted by a pair of arched handles. The base cast with a four-character Xuande mark in sunken relief.
Wooden stand carved in shape of a blo ...[more]
119
A large and heavy brass incense burner. 19th century The compressed globular body decorated in relief with figures and pavilions
underneath trees on a finely stippled ground. The handles in shape of fishes. At the base a six-character mark Xuande in a sunken
square surrounded by descending dragon ...[more]
120
A gilt bronze and enamel incense burner. Qing period On three tiny feet and with two flaring handles. The body with stylised
multicoloured flowers and leaves on a blue ground. The bottom with an apocryphal six-character mark of Xuande, set within a sunken
square. Minor losses to the enamel. Heigh ...[more]
121
A brass bow with animal fur A brass bow with two dragon heads at the ends and two dragon heads to both sides of the grip. The curved
parts and the string covered by animal fur. On the inside of the grip an engraved inscription "Made in humbleness for a regent on the
16th day of the 8th month of t ...[more]
122
A cloisonné enamel square section vase of fanghu type. First half 17th century The body supported on a tall, tapered foot and with a
slightly flared rim. The sides of the main section decorated with a pair of cranes surrounded by peonies and magnolia alternating with a
pair of peacocks underneath ...[more]
123
A pair of cloisonné enamel vases. Late 19th century Of elongated baluster shape, displaying various pavilions on "islands" and a bridge
with a stroller crossing a lotus pond, on a blue ground with wave patterns inlaid in brass wire. Minor chips and restoration. (2) Height 38
cm Provenance Privat ...[more]
124
A tall cloisonné enamel vase. Late 19th century In the shape of an archaic bronze vessel of gu type with cut out flanges to the corners,
displaying linear ornaments, flowerets and bands of lancet-shaped leaves on a blue ground with square spirals in brass wire on a blue
ground. Height 38.4 cm Pr ...[more]
125
A pair of Yuanshantang champlevé enamel Nine Peaches vases. Around 1900 With globular body and tall neck decorated in famille
rose enamels with branches with peach blossoms and nine peaches on a yellow ground with metal wire keyfret pattern. At the base
three characters reading Yuanshatang in clo ...[more]
126
A jewelled gilt bronze model of an elephant with trappings in mixed media. 18th century The body of the elephant is entirely covered by
minute seed pearls, the saddle cloth is of gilt-metal with inset gems and glass stones. The animal carries on its back a small meiping
vase of dark blue enamel p ...[more]
127
A pair of silver ear rings for women of the Li tribe. Southern China. Hainan island. 1950s/60s Consisting of five crescent shaped
graduated bands and one twisted band, held together by a clasp, the bands engraved with rosettes, flanked by phoenixes, at the centre
a suspended free-swinging fish or ...[more]
128
A silver neck ornament of the Li tribe. Southern China. Hainan island. 1960s/70s Consisting of three crescent shaped bands held
together by a link chain with wide loops, the bands engraved with rosettes, fishes and dragons. Weight 940 g. Max, diameter ca. 35.5
cm Provenance Collection Philippe F ...[more]
129
A silver neck ornament of the Black Miao tribe. Southern China, Guizhou province, Zhenfeng district. Consisting of five hollow and
closed graduated tubes engraved all over with traditional patterns. Weight ca. 750 g. Outside diameter 35.5 cm; inner diameter 21.8 cm
Provenance Collection Philippe ...[more]
130
A silver neck ornament of the Miao tribe. Southern China, Western Guizhou province. 1960s Consisting of two graduated bands with
attached spirals and decorative linear engravings. Hooked closing. Weight ca. 950 g. Max. width ca. 29.5 cm Provenance Collection
Philippe Fatin, Bordeaux Private col ...[more]
131
An archaistic jade cong, possibly calcified. In neolithic style Of rounded square cross-section. The corners divided into five stylized
registers carved with taotie masks and incised with geometric pattern. The matrix of greyish tone and mottled with grey and buff
inclusions coverd by a light gre ...[more]
132
A greyish-white jade brush washer. 18th century Of compressed rounded shape, on a short foot rim, the sides in shallow relief with
scholars amidst a rocky landscape with bamboo, pine trees, and blooming plum trees. At the base a four-character mark in a sunken
square reading: Li Minhe Shang. The ...[more]
133
A spinach green jade brush washer. Qing dynasty In shape of two pumkins, the branches bearing leaves which form the base of the
brushwasher. Carved wooden stand in shape of pumpkin leaves with two smal insects sitting at the edge. Height of the carving 3.8 cm;
width 10.8 cm Provenance S. Marchan ...[more]
134
A rare white and grey jade dragon seal. Kangxi dynasty The high square seal platform is surmounted by an exquisitely carved coiled
dragon in openwork, the seal base is carved in relief with four seal script characters reading ru Dao hua cheng. The seal platform of pale
white tone, the dragon of g ...[more]
135Two greyish-white jade belt hooks. Qing dynasty a) and b) Carved with a rain dragon crawling along the lightly curved shaft. The hook in
form of a dragon head with a wrinkled forehead. (2) Length a) 11 cm; b) 12.1 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium
136Two greyish-white jade belt hooks. Qing dynasty Both carved with a rain dragon crawling along the lightly curved shaft. The hook in form
of a dragon head with a wrinkled forehead. (2) Length a) 11.7 cm; b) 12.1 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium
137
Leporello mit 8 Jadetafeln Der Deckel aus Holz mit Titelschild in versenktem Relief die schriftzeicheund dem Siegel Qianlon yu zhi,
dieses ebenso auf der Rückseite. 8 Tafeln aus hellgrauer Jade, die erste mit Titel, die letzte mit dem Bild einer zwanzigarmigen
Guanyin. beschrieftet in teils chine ...[more]
138
A large and fine carved red lacquer circular box and cover. Qianlong period (1735-1796) Of circular shape and domed sides rising from
a foot incised with keyfred. The flatend top of the cover meticulously carved with a central peony amidst a dense network of leafy
branches in a rectangular medall ...[more]
139
A carved red lacquer peach-shaped box and cover. 18th/19th century The top of the cover finely carved with a scholar and a boy
accompanied by a servant amidst a rocky shore landscape, all reserved on a finely carved brocade ground. The sides decorated with
leafy branches bearing peaches and vario ...[more]
140A carved red lacquer brush box. Late 19th century The box standing on four feet, the lid carved with Chinese characters and Chinese
coins in relief. Two feet replaced. Restored.
141
A carved black and red guri lacquer bowl. China or Japan. 18th/19th century The sides well carved in deep relief through layers of red
and black lacquer with two bands of ruyi scrolls. The inside lacquered brown and the base lacquered black at a later date. Cracks and
chips. Height 11.2 cm; diame ...[more]
142
A mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer box. 17th century Of rectangular shape on four very low, integral and lobed feet, displaying a pair
of peacocks amidst peonies and rock in a lobed reserve on the top of the lid and flower sprays and smaller bird to the sides, all in
mother-of-pearl inlay on ...[more]
143
A rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th/18th century Of high conical shape with a handle formed by the stems of a pine and of a leafy tree,
the outside carved with a scholar in a rocky landscape with trees, a waterfall and a pavilion. Losses to the handle and around the foot.
Height 9.1 cm; width 13 ...[more]
144
A rhinoceros libation cup. 18th century In shape of an archaic bronze vessel of guang type, the handle formed by a large chi dragon
looking over the rim into the well of the cup, the outside carved with two taotie masks on an incised leiwen ground and three small chi
dragongs in high relief. Part ...[more]
145
A rhinoceros horn libation cup. 18th/19th century In shape of a partly opened flower, the handle formed by two budding branches which
also form the foot, which is formed as well as by the stem of a peony flower, the long sides of the cup each carved with a phoenix. Chips
to the rim. On a carved w ...[more]
146
A rhinozeroshorn cup. 18th century In shape of a lotus leaf, surrounded by waves which form the stand of the cup, the stems of the lotus
bud and a rolled up leaf and the reeds with leaves and panicle form the handles, to the outside carved with flowering acquatic plants,
wilted lotus flowers and ...[more]
147
Two tall ivory and wood figures of Shoulao. 17th century Both dressed in long robes, holding a large peach in their hands and lowering
their eyes. Part of the head dress carved from dark wood. Remains of colours in the garment folds. Restored. (2) Height 31.6 and 31.4
cm Literature Compare very ...[more]
148
A carved ivory melon-shaped "box" and cover. Probably 18th century The melon opens to reveal on one side a man sitting on an
armchair underneath a willow and on the other side a lady sitting on a stool and a pekinese dog underneath peony branches by a rock,
both scenes executed in openwork. To th ...[more]
149
An ivory brush pot. Late 19th century Of straight cylindrical shape with inset base displaying a scholar and boy servant in an open
pavillion and a garden landscape with a phoenix and a stag on a terrace. Fine cracks all over. Height 14.6 cm Provenance Private
property, Southern Germany This lot ...[more]
150
A bamboo root brush pot. 17th/18th century Of highly irregular shape, carved with the Three Star Gods Fu, Lu and Shou inspecting a
painting, in a landscape with pine trees, the upper part with highly ornamental and polished roots and slender roots hardeeds into wood.
Old restorationa and a bit da ...[more]
151A very large lingbi scholar's rock. Probably 19th century Of tall shape with white veins and a high metal tone (singing lingbi). Carved
wooden stand. Height 73 cm; length 77 cm; depth 27 cm
152A scholar's rock A light grey stone with numerous perforations, the carved wooden stand on five cabriole legs joined by stretchers.
Overall height 27.3 cm; width 24.5 cm
153
A huanghuali cabinet in two parts A cabinet on four feet with decorative spandrels, with a double door with beaded panels, inside two
shelves and two drawers, set on a low cabinet with two drawers and an open shelf with a geometric pattern in openwork. Copper alloy
lock plates and pulls. (2) Heig ...[more]
154
A huanghuali wood sloping-style round-corner cabinet (miantiaogui). Probably late Qing dynasty On four round legs, with a narrow
beaded-edged apron and lobed apron-head spandrels, the body tapered and with dowel hinges, the top protruding slightly on three
sides, called the “cabinet’s cap” (guima ...[more]
155
A pair of possibly huanghuali hard wood compound wardrobes with a top cupboard. 19th/20th century On four square-section legs, at
the front and sides with an undecorated apron, the doors within a plain frame with a removeable central post, inside a shelf board and
two drawers, brass lock plates w ...[more]
156
A pair of huanghuali wood square-corner cabinets. 19th/20th century On four square-section legs, at the front with a lobed apron carved
with scrolls bearing tiny leaves, at the sides a plain lobed apron, inside a shelf board and two drawers, the doors with slightly raised
panels with indented cor ...[more]
157
A long huanghuali wood table. 19th/20th century Standing on four slender square legs with edge beading and horse-hoof feet, the
beaded apron with central section with ends rolling into spirals, a low waist with slits and a table top with ice-plate edge. Traces of use.
Height 100 cm; length 221,9 ...[more]
158
A pair of trapezoid hongmu wood tables 19th century Each of the waisted tables with four square legs connected by stretchers above
the hoove-shaped feet, when placed together they form a six cornered table. (2) Each height 82.5 cm; max. length 104 cm; depth 45.5
cm
159
A semi-official embroidered brown satin dragon robe (longpao). 19th century Buttoned sideways and with a slit in front and back. In
couched gold-wrapped threads, flat and Peking stitch eight dragons (the ninth dragon probably inside) with flaming pearls amidst
Buddhist emblems, bats and lingzhi c ...[more]
160
A semi-official embroidered blue silk dragon robe (longpao). 19th century Buttoned sideways and with a slit in front and back. In
couched gold-wrapped threads eight dragons (the ninth dragon probably inside) amidst lions, Buddhist emblems and lingzhi clouds,
above golden lishui with small dragons ...[more]
161
A very large embroidered beige and dark blue satin pictorial hanging. Daoguang period, dated 1839 The main register displaying a pair
of phoenixes, other birds, butterflies, various flowering branches, and an inscription titled “Wulun tu” (Picture of the Five Relations) in flat
stitches against a ...[more]
162
A Korean copper-red and underglaze-blue-decorated bottle vase. 16th/17th century Of octagonal shape with a slightly everted rim,
decorated in underglaze-blue with chrysanthemums, highlighted with spots of copper red. Height 32 cm Provenance Private collection,
Southern Germany Literature Compar ...[more]
163
A large jar. Korea. Goryeo dynasty, 13th century A large maebyeong jar with rounded shoulder and two sides lightly pressed flat.
Decorated in white and brown sanggam inlay under a grey-green celadon glaze with medallions of willow trees alternating with pairs of
birds in bamboo and flowering prun ...[more]
164
A small brown-glazed jar. Tang dynasty (618-907) Of slender ovoid form with a short cylindrical neck and a lipped rim, and with two lug
handles to the shoulder, covered with a chestnut-coloured glaze revealing the buff-coloured ware. Height 16.5 cm Provenance
Collection John Henry Levy, sold at ...[more]
165
A Cizhou water dropper and two dishes. 12.-14th century Buff-coloured stoneware body with a crackled cream glaze. a) A water dropper
in the shape of a toad, covered with a cream slip and seated on a dark-brown glazed bowl. b) and c) Two swallow dishes, decorated in
brownish-black with one large s ...[more]
166
A blue and white bottle vase. Wanli period (1572-1620) The pear-shaped body tapering to a tall neck with a garlic-head mouth and
upright rim, decorated in underglaze-blue with three lions playing with ribbon-tied brocade balls below a Y-diaper pattern to the neck.
Firing crack around the body. He ...[more]
167
A blue and white garlic neck bottle vase. Transitional period, 17th century Auf niedrigem Fußring kugelige Vase mit langem, leicht
konkavem Hals mit einer Verdickung in der Mitte. In Unterglasurblau umlaufend auf Wandung und Hals Blütenzweige getrennt durch
eine Blütenrankenbordüre. Die Verdickun ...[more]
168
A blue and white bottle vase. Transitional period. 17th century With a globular body and a the tall slightly flaring neck, decorated in
underglaze-blue with a continuous figure scene of a meeting between a scholar and dignitary attended by fiver servants in a rocky
landscape, to the neck with upr ...[more]
169
A blue and white silver-mounted covered mustard pot. Mid-17th century Of baluster shape with a domed cover and a C-shaped handle,
decorated in underglaze-blue with two flower sprays of blossoming peony and plum. With a Dutch silver mount attaching the domed lid
with a hinge. Mustard pots were mad ...[more]
170
A blue and white gilt bronze mounted milk jug. Kangxi period (1661-1722) With a pear-shaped body with a loop handle and a small
triangle spout, decorated in underglaze-blue with Long Elizas (Lange Lijzen) at leisure on a fenced terrace in front of a large screen and
a table. With a gilt bronze f ...[more]
171
A large blue and white saucer dish. Kangxi period (1662-1722) Decorated in underglaze-blue with a central stylized lotus medallion
encircled by foliage and flowering branches, to the reverse with three flowering sprigs. Artemisia leaf mark to the base. Diameter 34.5
cm Provenance Private collect ...[more]
172
A blue and white silver-mounted teapot and cover. Kangxi period (1661-1722) Of compressed globular form with a flat lid and C-shaped
handle, decorated in underglaze-blue with two panels containing chrysanthemums and cherry blossoms. With a Dutch silver mount.
Height 9 cm Provenance Private colle ...[more]
173
A blue and white gilt-mounted teapot and cover. Kangxi period (1661-1722) Of globular form with a domed lid and a C-shaped handle,
decorated in underglaze-blue with two panels containing chrysanthemums and peonies by a rock. With a Dutch gilt bronze mounting
with chains and a small figure of a de ...[more]
174
A blue and white bowl and dish. Qianlong period (1735-1796) Both decorated in underglaze blue. a) A large bowl with landscapes in
cartouches to the exterior and a peony to the interior. Restored. b) A dish, decorated with three Long Elizas (Lange Lijzen) in a fenced
garden. Apocryphal Chenghua si ...[more]
175
A blue and white rouleau-vase. Kangxi period (1662-1722) Of cylindrical shape, decorated with figures attending an audience in a hall
set in a garden. The base with an underglaze blue double circle. Minor rim frittings. Small rest. to footring. Wooden base. Height 46 cm
Provenance Private collec ...[more]
176
A large blue and white jardinière. Mid 18th century With a bulbous body with everted rim, the shoulder appllied to each side with a
biscuit lion-mask with ring handles, the body decorated in underglaze-blue with peony and prunus branches and butterflies, to the
border with four cartouches contain ...[more]
179
A large blanc de Chine figure of Guanyin. 19th century Seated in rajalilasana on a cylindrical-shaped base incised around the sides with
a herringbone pattern, stylised flowers and meander and atop an octagonal platform, wearing a necklace with a pendant in shape of a
lotus and loose robes fallin ...[more]
180
A fine pair of cockerels. Qianlong period (1735-1796) Each modelled standing on a brown-glazed tree trunk, their bodies with incised
feathers covered by a pale green glaze, their heads unglazed and painted in red and brown. Restored, chips. (2) Height 40 cm
Literature Compare a similar cockerel ...[more]
181
A biscuit famille verte sweetmeat set. Email sur biscuit. Kangxi period (1662-1722) Comprising twelve shallow interlocking petal-lobe-
shaped dishes, each decorated with a leafy lotus spray reserved on a yellow ground, the everted flat rim with a prunus head on a
hatched band, the exterior with ba ...[more]
182
A large famille verte émial sur biscuit dragon charger. Kangxi period (1661-1722) With rounded sides, decorated to the centre in green
and yellow with dragons with a flaming pearl, against an aubergine ground, to the unglazed cavetoo with lotos, chrysanthemums, prunus
and peonies. To the base an ...[more]
183
An exceptional large famille verte armorial province dish. Kangxi period (1662-1722), 1700-1725 With foliate rim, painted in the famille
verte palette and gilt to the centre with the coat-of-arms of the province of Henegouwen (Hainaut), surmounted by a coronet, inscribed
on the banderole as Heneg ...[more]
184
An exceptional large famille verte armorial province dish. Kangxi period (1662-1722), 1700-1725 With foliate rim, painted in the famille
verte palette and gilt to the centre with the coat-of-arms of the province of Groningen, surmounted by a coronet, inscribed on the
banderole as Groeningen and s ...[more]
185
An armorial plate. Kangxi period (1662-1722), around 1720 Decorated in iron-red, gold, green and black at the centre with the arms of
Thomas Pitt, Baron Londonderry above a banderole inscribed with the motto AMITIE, the rim with a stork beneath a baron's coronet
between fronds within four oval pa ...[more]
186Two armorial plates. Around 1723 Decorated at the center with a large coat-of-arms of the family Dubois, to the rim with the catherine
wheel, a fruit basket and auspicious symbols. (2) Diameter 22.4 cm Provenance Old private collection, Southern Germany
187
Two export armorial plates. Around 1740 Painted at the center with the arms of van Herzeele of Holland against a bianco-sopra-bianco
floral ground, the cavetto with a gilt spearhead border and the rim with a gilt-heightened grisaille border of peacocks, scalework panels,
foliage, rocaillerie and ...[more]
188
Two armorial plates for the Dutch market. Mid-18th century Decorated in iron-red, gold and black a) a soup plate with large central coat-
of-arms and helmet crest for de Heere, around 1760, and b) with coat of arms and with antiquities and other symbols. (2) Diameter a)
23.4 cm; b) 24.4 cm Proven ...[more]
189
Two porcelain plates. Probably Samson. 19th century Decorated at the centre with the French royals arms bearing the fleurs-de-lys, a
band of gilt and iron-red scrolling lotus at the well reserved with five panels enclosing LL monograms. (2) Diameter 23.3 cm Provenance
Old private collection, Sou ...[more]
190Two armorial plates. Yongzheng period (1722-1735) Painted in the center with the arms of Mertins impaling Peck, the cavetto with a gilt
spearhead border and the rim with flowers and scrolls. (2) Diameter 23.5 cm Provenance Old private collection, Southern Germany
191
Two armorial plates. Qianlong period (1735-1796) Of octagonal form, decorated with central coats of arms of the Murray family and the
motto TOUT PREST within chain pattern, the sides with floral sprays. (2) Diameter 21 cm Provenance Old private collection, Southern
Germany
192Two famille rose armorial soup dishes. 18th century Octagonal plates, decorated with central coats of arms within borders of floral
garlands and foliate chain. (2) Diameter 23 cm Provenance Old private collection, Southern Germany
193
Two famille rose armorial soup dishes. Around 1790 Decorated in the center with the arms of Clifford of Chudleigh above a gilt
banderole, between underglaze-blue cell diaper bands around the cavetto, the rim with a dragon, floral sprays and a fruit basket, the
underside of the rim with further fl ...[more]
194Two famille rose armorial soup dishes. 18th century Decorated with central coats of arms. (2) Diameter 23.2 cm Provenance Old private
collection, Southern Germany
195
Two famille rose Rockefeller-pattern soup dishes. Jiaqing period (1796-1820) Each painted to the centre with a figure scene in palace
gardens beneath cartouches containing birds and landscapes against sepia-diaperwork ground at the cavetto, the rim with sepia
landscape panels reserved on gilt scr ...[more]
196
A famille rose covered bowl and cup from the Madame de Pompadour service. Around 1745 Decorated around the exterior with floral
sprays and seed pods flanking cartouches enclosing a carp-like fish swimming above weeds. a) Of cylindrical shape with a domed cover
and knob. b) With deep rounded sides ...[more]
197
A fencai nine dragon bottle vase. Guangxu period (1875-1908) Guangxu six-character mark and of the period With a cylindrical neck,
decorated with nine dragons (jiulong) amidst flames and clouds in pursuit of the flaming pearl and a ruyi border around the rim. Height
35.5 cm Provenance Private co ...[more]
198
Reference book Edgar Gorer and J. F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, Illustrated by Two Hundred and Fifty-four Pages of
Gems of Chinese Ceramic and Glyptic Art, 2 volumes, London 1911, 254 colour plates, limited edition, no. 352 of 1000. (2) Provenance
Private collection, Southern Ge ...[more]
199
After Wang Meng Hermitage and travellers in a mountainous landscape. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on paper. Inscription, dated
cyclically xinchou (1361), inscribed Huang Heshan Wang Meng, sealed Shuming and the collector's seals Xia (seal of the German
collector Jerg Haas) and Xiang Ziji ...[more]
200After Dai Jin Trip to the red cliff. Signed Dai Jin and sealed Chen Dai Jin zhi and one more seal. Matted, framed and glazed. 18 x 35.5
cm Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden
201After Ma Lin Fishermen between reeds and rocks. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on silk. Inscribed and sealed Ma Lin and the
collector's seal Xia (seal of the German collector Jerg Haas). 62 x 75 cm Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden
202
After Chen Chun . Qing dynasty A hare by a rock. Fan painting. Ink and colour on gold-dusted paper. Inscription, dated cyclically
dingmao (1507), inscribed Baiyang Shanren, sealed Baiyang Shanren and the collector's seal Xia (seal of the German collector Jerg
Haas). 18.5 x 50 cm Provenance Coll ...[more]
203
Huang Shen A folding album with eleven depictions of poets, philosophers and immortals. Ink and light colour on paper. Each leaf with
an inscription, signed Huang Shen or Yingpiao and the collector's seal Xia (seal of the German collector Jerg Haas). Silk covers. 32 x 37
cm (album) Provenance C ...[more]
204Qian Du A river landscape. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically gengshen (1800), signed Qian Du
and sealed Qian Du zhi yin. 120 x 61 cm Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden, acquired in China between 1965-1967
205Pan Hong . Qing-Zeit Plum blossom branch. Hanging scroll. Gilt ink on a blue ground. Inscription, signed Yiqing Pan Hong, sealed Yi
Qing and one more seal. 49 x 33.2 cm Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden, acquired in China between 1965-1967 or later
206
Ren Xun Wu Zuoren and other artists. 19th/20th century A group of five album leaves and one fan painting. Ink and colour on paper. a)
A pair of mandarin ducks and lotus. Signed and sealed Ren Xun. b) Two veiltails. Signed Zuoren and sealed Anjin. c) Plum blossoms by
Shi Zhilu, 1st half 20th cent ...[more]
207Shi Lu A flowering peony branch. Ink and colour on paper. Signed Shi Lu and sealed Lu. Matted, framed and glazed. 34.5 x 23 cm
Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden, acquired in China between 1965-1967
208
Liu Zhiyi . 20. Jh. A carp and a basket of persimmons. Hanging sroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, signed and and sealed Liu
Zhiyi, the collector's seal Xia (seal of the German collector Jerg Haas) and another collector's seal. 101 x 33.2 cm Provenance
Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden, ...[more]
209
Shanzi Zhang A tiger. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, signed Hu Chi, sealed Zhang Ze zhi yin and the collector's
seals Wang Yuanzi and Xia (seal of the German collector Jerg Haas). Zhang Shanzi (1882-1940) was the older brother of Zhang
Daqian (1899-1983). He was born in Ne ...[more]
210
Xu Beihong, in the manner of A galloping horse. Hanging scroll. Ink on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically wuyin (1938), inscribed
Beihong, sealed Yangshuo tian ming, the collector's seal Xia (seal of the German collector Jerg Haas) and one more collecter's seal.
118 x 57 cm Provenance Collect ...[more]
211
Li Kuchan, attributed to A heron in a lotus pond. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscribed and sealed Kuchan and the
collector's seal Xia (seal of the German collector Jerg Haas). 86 x 46.5 cm Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden, acquired in
China between 1965-1967
212Yun Menzi Two eagles. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, dated 1994 and signed Yun Menzi, sealed ...ying and Yun Menzi and two
more seals. Unmounted. Damaged. 125 x 68 cm Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden
213
Li Jishan A black myna bird. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on paper. Signed Jishan, sealed Tianshi and the collector's seal Xia
(seal of the German collector Jerg Haas). 31.5 x 32.7 cm Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden, acquired in China between
1965-1967
214Walasse Ting (Ding Xiongquan) and Kurt R. Hoffmann Sonderborg Fellatio. Ink on paper. Inscription and signed: To K.R.H. Sonderborg
from Walasse Ting, 1969, 1.45 pm. Matted, framed and glazed. 39 x 30 cm Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden
215
Anonymous painter . Qing dynasty A small six-fold screen with a depiction of the Banquet of Guo Ziyi in the manner of Qiu Ying. Ink and
colour on silk. Section from an horizontal scroll. A titleslip to the frontside of the screen inscribed Qiu Shizhou man chuang hu biyi, dated
cyclically Guangxu ...[more]
216
After Qiu Ying After Qiu Ying and Wen Zhengming. River landscape in blue-green style. Horizontal scroll. Ink and colours on paper.
Inscribed Shifu Qiu Ying zhi and sealed Shizhou. Colophon inscribed Zhengming shi and sealed Hengshan and Wen Zhengming yin. 34
x 240 cm Provenance Acquired in the ...[more]
217
After Qiu Ying A crane. Ink and colour on silk. Inscribed Shifu Qiu Ying, sealed and two collector's seals. Formerly mounted as a
hanging scroll, now framed and glazed. 50 x 42 cm Provenance Collection Hans Achim Lorentz (1899-1974), Germany Private
collection, USA
218
After Gao Fenghan Four hanging scrolls. Peonies, chrysanthemums, roses and lilies. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, dated
cyclically xinchou (1721), inscribed Xiyuan, Gao Fenghan and sealed Feng, Han and Xiyuan. (4) 179 x 48 cm Provenance Private
collection, Belgium
219Anonymous painter A cock and hen with six chicks in Song style. Ink and colors on silk. Formerly mounted as a hanging scroll, mounted
on cardboard. Sealed Xuan dian bao and three collector's seals. 72,5 x 52,5 cm Provenance Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
220
Yan Mingyuan Three carps swimming to the dragon's gate in billowing spray. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription with a
5-word poem by the Tang poet Yuan Zhen, dated cyclically gengchen, signed Shuo Qi Mingyuan and sealed Mingyuan and Yan ying...
yin and Zhang zui yu hu zhong. Woo ...[more]
221
Anonymous painter . Canton. 19th century A miniature painting depicting a view of the Anchorage at Whampoa (Huangpu) in the Pearl
River with foreign trading ships at anchor in the bay, including American, British, Dutch and Scandinavian with their national flags. Oil on
ivory. In original Canton ...[more]
222After Lang Shining (Giuseppe Castiglione) A celadon vase with an arrangement of auspicious plants such as lotus and stalks of rice with
ears of grain. Ink and colour on paper. With silk mounting, framed and glazed. 112 x 65 cm
223
After Lang Shining (Giuseppe Castiglione) . Possibly Studio of Lamqua. Canton, 19th century Portrait of the Fragrant Concubine (Xiang
Fei) with a flute. Oil on canvas. In Chinese hardwood frame. 77 x 56 cm Provenance The painting comes from an estate in Mainz and
was brought to Germany by an an ...[more]
224
After Yi Lantai . 20th century Sixteen etchings on wove paper depicting palaces, pavilions and gardens created by Giuseppe Castiglione
in the Xiyang Lou (Western mansions) on the imperial grounds of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, including the HaiyanTang (Hall of
the Peaceful Ocean), the Hua ...[more]
225
Gu Yun Landscape with bridge. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on silk. Inscription, signed Gu Yun and sealed: Yunhu and collector's
seal Guo shi Ruping zhencang. 162.5 x 41 cm Provenance Dr. Guo Ruping (1913-1992), Ostasiatica Dr. Kuo, Berlin Private collection,
Berlin
226
Anonymous painter . 19./20. Jh. The Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak (Dongyue dadi) and five kings of hell. Ink and colour on paper.
Framed and glazed. This representation is the left one of a pair, which together represent the Ten Hell Tribunals. Depictions of hell were
and are used in rituals ...[more]
227
Yu Shengling . Late Qing dynasty The city gate of Yingzhou. Horizontal scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, titled Yingzhou
baozhang tu, dated cyclically Tongzhi wuchen (1868), signed XiaoTing Feng Shishuang, sealed Feng Shishuang and Xiao Ting, with 16
colophones. 50 x 860 cm Provenan ...[more]
228Qi Baishi A pair of birds on a rock by a blossoming apricot tree. Inscription, signed Baishi and sealed Baishi weng and Lao Bai. With silk
mounting. 99 x 34.5 cm Provenance Private collection since the 1950s
229Guo Lanxiang Landscape with mountain refuge. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, signed Shangzhai Guo Lanxiang
and sealed Heting and Guo. 133 x 33 cm Provenance Dr. Guo Ruping (1913-1992), Ostasiatica Dr. Kuo, Berlin Private collection, Berlin
230After Zhang Daqian A scholar below a pine tre. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically wuzi (1948),
inscribed Zhang Daqian Yuan and sealed Zhang Yuan yin and Daqian. 135 x 38 cm
231
Guan Liang Seven album leaves with scenes from the Peking Opera and opera figures. Ink on paper. Signed Guan Liang and sealed. In
addition (in copies): Typewriter-written letter from the artist, dated January 20, 1958, written to his friend, the Leipzig book designer,
illustrator and graphic art ...[more]
232
Lim Cheng Hoe . 1970 Scenery I, Walking in the woods. Ink and colour on paper. Signed C.H Lim. Matted, framed and glazed. 38 x 50
cm Provenance Collection Dr. Klaus and Murielle Zeidler, Baden-Baden, acquired directly from the artist's estate in Singapore 7.8.1988
(Invoice available)
233Yeo Hoe-koon Lyrical Landscape. Oil on canvas. Dated to the reverse 1984. Framed. 123 x 94 cm Provenance Private collection,
Switzerland, acquired directly from the artist on 1.4.1987
234Gu Gan Figur an Gartenzaun, Libelle und Kirschen. Tusche und Farben auf Papier. Aufschrift, sign. und Siegel: Gu Gan und ein
weiteres Siegel. 49,5 x 67 cm Provenance Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
235Gu Gan Untitled. Acrylic, ink and colour on hand-made paper. Inscription, signed and sealed Gu Gan. 34 x 34 cm Provenance Private
collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
236Gu Gan Calligraphy. Ink on paper. Inscription, sealed Gu Gan and one more seal. Framed. 137 x 38 cm Provenance Private collection,
North Rhine-Westphalia
237
Tan Swie Hian (Chen Ruixian) L'après midi d'un faune. Oil on canvas. Signed Chen Ruixian and titled 1984. Framed. Tan Swie Hian
(chin. Chen Ruixian), was born in Indonesia in 1943 and immigrated to Singapore in 1946. He is one of the most renowned artists in
Singapore, and known for his Chinese ...[more]
238
Tan Swie Hian (Chen Ruixian) Where time stands still. Acrylic on paper. Signed Chen Ruixian and dated 1986. Framed and glazed. 77
x 112 cm Provenance Private collection, Switzerland, acquired directly from the artist Literature Illustrated in Lim Lei Hu et.al, Tan Swie
Hian, Singapur 2001, p. ...[more]
239Tan Swie Hian (Chen Ruixian) Calligraphy in caoshu (grass script). Ink on paper. Signed Ruixian and sealed Chen Ruixian yin. 137 x
69.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Switzerland, acquired directly from the artist
240Qiu Deshu Fissuring Series, an abtract composition. Acrylic and ink on paper mounted / laid on canvas. Signed Deshu, in pinyin Qiu
Deshu and two selas of the artist. 56 x 65 cm Provenance Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner around 2000
241Su Xiaobai A small farm with a white horse. Oil on cardboard. Signed in pinyin Xiaobai. 32.5 x 42.5 cm Provenance Acquired directly
from the artist in the 1990s
242Su Xiaobai A small farm with a donkey. Oil on canvas. Signed Xiaobai, dated to the reverse 1989, signed Xiaobai Su and Xiaobai in
Chinese characters. Framed. 70 x 83 cm Provenance Acquired directly with the artist in the 1990s
243
Wang Cheng Untitled. Oil on canvas. Signed Wang Cheng and dated 98. In addition: A book by Ng Hong Chiok und Anne Engelhardt,
Wang Cheng, Bonn 2009. Wang Cheng lives and works in Nanjing. In 1997 he received a scholarship from the Heinrich Böll Foundation
and worked in Bonn for several months. ...[more]
244Zhao Xiaojia Lovers in front of a factory. Oil on canvas. Signed Zhao Xiaojia. 150 x 151 cm Provenance Private collection, North-Rhine-
Westphalia
245Wang Chengyun Swimming. Acrylic on canvas. Titled to the recerse Still II, signed Wang Chengyun and dated 2004. 150 x 200 cm
Provenance Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
246
A Tibetan thangka of a Dalai Lama. Late 18th century Seated on a lion throne with his right hand raised in vitarka mudra, his left holding
a kalasa vessel, wearing red and orange brocade robes and a conical yellow cap, backed by a dragen torana, and surrounded by further
lamas and three protector ...[more]
247
A Tibetan thangka of Avalokiteshvara Amoghapasha. 19th century Amoghapasha, the unfailing lasso, standing on a lotus base in front
of an arched aureole, holding a mala, lasso, book, vase and lotus flower in his hands, surrounded by Buddhas and bodhisattvas and
three protector deities below. Mount ...[more]
248
An Eastern Tibetan thangka depicting Buddha´s descent from Tushita heaven. 19th/early 20th century Standing on clouds in front of the
ladder to heaven, flanked by Indra and Brahma, with Buddha in his heavenly palace at top, and Buddha seated in meditation under the
Bodhi tree. Brocade mounting. 7 ...[more]
249
A Tibetan avadana thangka of Buddha Shakyamuni. Around 1900 Buddha Shakyamuni seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base with his
hands held in bhumisparsa mudra, amidst a grassy landscape, filled with various compartmentalized narratives from his previous
incarnations. Brocade mounting. 65 x 46.5 cm ...[more]
250
Two large Tibetan tsagli. Around 1900 Dancing over a prone figure and backed by a flaming aureole, a) the lion-headed Shimavaktra,
holding a khatvanga staff, skull cup and curved knife, dressed in a tiger skin and adorned with a garland of skulls, and b) a four-armed
red Dakini, holding an arrow ...[more]
251
A Nepalese carved wooden stele of Indra. 17th centruy The four-armed king of the gods seated in dhyanasana on his recumbent
elephant Airavata, backed by an flaming nimbus and aureole, his primary hands held in varada and vitarka mudra the finely modeled
body clad in a closely fitted dhoti and sas ...[more]
252
A Tibetan clay votive plaque (tsa-tsa) of Avalokiteshvara. 18th/19th century The eleven-headed bodhisattva with thousand arms
standing on a circular lotus base, holding the specific attributes in his hands, flanked by Manjushry holding a sword aloft and Vajrapani
with his right hand brandishing a ...[more]
253
A Bhutanese black stone stele of Padmansambhava. 18th/19th century The lotus-born guru seated cross-legged on a lotus, holding a
vajra in his raised right hand and a skull cup in his left, with a trident leaning against his left shoulder, flanked by Manjushri and Maitreya,
and two taras below. Re ...[more]
254
A Tibetan carved wooden manuscript cover. 18th century With Padmapani, the lotus holder, at centre, flanked by Shadakshari
Avalokiteshvara to the left and Lokeshvara to the right. surrounded by lotus petals. Remains of gilding. 12 x 26 cm Provenance Private
collection, Aachen, Germany, acquired ...[more]
255
A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Yamantaka Vajrabhairava. 19th century The buffalo-headed figure striding with his sixteen legs in
alidhasana atop animals and Hindu gods, embrancing with his main hands Vajravetali, the other hands outstretched, the main face
flanked and surmounted by additional fa ...[more]
256
A Tibetan gilt and plychromed copper mask of Garuda. 20th century The legendary bird-like creature with a protruding beak, bulging
eyes and flaming brows, the forehead centered by the third eye and surmounted by horns and a headdress with skulls in front of his
flaming hair. Height 45 cm
257
A Tibetan silver offering mandala, two silver-appliques and a silver-pendant a) The offering mandala, embossed and chisseled, the
circular base surrounded by The Eight Auspicious Symbols, the three circles with various chisseled motives, finial in the shape of wish-
fulfilling jewels. b) The two r ...[more]
258
A Tibetan silver belt ornament The t-shaped woman´s belt ornament comprises three heavy straps decorated with silver plaques
overlaid with fine silver filigree and set with hard stones. The lower strap attached with a long double silver chain. Total weight: 485 g.
Length a) ornament 48.5 cm; b) c ...[more]
259A thighbone trumpet (kangling) with silver fittings. 19th/20th century The mouth and the lower part decorated with embossed silver and
hard- stone inlays, and the central part wound with a silver string. Length 31 cm Provenance Private collection, Franconia, Germany
260A Tibetan lage silver ga´u with a tsagli. The gilt front of the leaf-shaped ga´u decorated with embossed dragons to the sides, a Garuda
at the top and a kirttimukha-mask below. With a small tsagli depicting a lama inside the ga´u. Height 17.4 cm
261A Bhutanese dagger (kongdi maja) The hilt cased with a silver and a gilt copper oper work, the wooden sheath covered with leather and
decorated with a silver fitting and hard stones. Steel blade. Length 46.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Franconia, Germany
262
A Nepalese necklace and bracelet a) With large beads of amber and at intervals by other smaller hard stone beads; b) with amber
beads and three small silver and copper amulet boxes. (2) Length a) ca. 48 cm; b) 11 cm Provenance Collection Gerda Sökeland (1931-
March 2019), Ruhr, Germany, acquired ...[more]
263A Tibetan amber mala The long mala consisting of 108 amber segments and one coral segment threaded on a silk thread. Weight: 100
g Length 46 cm
264Two Nepalese coral necklaces a) With coral segments with dark inclusions and one flat turquoise-matrix pebble, and b) with coral
segments, both threaded on a red cotton thread. (2) Length a) 50 cm; b) 58. 5 cm
264a
A Ladakh female headdress (perak) Consisting of a central oblong red cloth panel decorated with an amulet box, surrounded by many
rows of large turquoise beads and shells, flanked to both sides by a pair of black coat ear flaps (tsaru), one with additional rectangular
pendant set with rows of mot ...[more]
265
"Le Chinois", after Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, 2. edition Bust of a young Chinese man with a long braid. Patinated Bronze and white
marble on a moulded red marble base. On a tall black-and-white marble square section pedestal. “Le Chinois” is one of Carpeaux's
most important works. It exists in two ...[more]
266
A gilt and lacquered wood figure of a Buddha. Southern China. 19th century Standing and wearing a layered garment, the outer robe
draped elegantly around the body and falling in numerous folds, the left hand (replaced) is held forward. A large opening at the back.
The right hand and right foot mi ...[more]
267A bronze figure of luohan Ananda. Ming dynasty Standing with hands folded on a double lotus base. Traces of gilt lacquer. Height 30.5
cm Provenance Private collection, Rhineland
268
A bronze figure of a deified dignitary. Ming dynasty Standing on a square flat base, with a tri-parted beard, a royal head gear with pearls,
the hands holding a hu scepter. Probably the left-hand accompanying figure to a main deity. Height 23.2 cm Provenance Private
collection, Bavaria
269A lacquered and gilt bronze figure of Guanyin. 17th/18th century Seated in meditation with hands held in its lap and covered by the robe,
a small figure of Amitabha in front of the chignon covered by a scarf, and a large collier covering the chest. Height 20.8 cm
270
A bronze figure of Guanyin. 17th/18th century Seated in meditation on a double lotus throne, both hands in mudra and flower stems
rising from the inside of the hands and supporting a bird and a vase (missing), wearing a highly ornate crown, ear pendants and a
necklace. The backside lacquered red. ...[more]
271
Two stone heads of luohan. Song dynasty or later Both heads of the Indian type, with numerous wrinkles to the face, large ears and an
open mouth, a) of dark grey stone with remains of lime? and b) with a strange ornament to the bald head, and heavy lime incrustations.
(2) Height a) 10 cm; b) 12.5 ...[more]
272
A zitan wood model of a bearded Buddhist figure. Around 1900 Seated on a bizarre rock in a pose associated with Shakyamuni as an
ascetic, the figure holds prayer beads and wears earings, associated with luohan. Height 17.6 cm Provenance Private collection, North
Rhine-Westphalia
273
A bamboo root figure of a dignitary. Around 1900 Seated on a qilin with a lion’s face and thin legs ending in hooves, the raised right
hand holding a lingzhi. On a table-like stand on five feet inscribed with the characters „Huang chu sheng shou“. Some minor losses.
Height 30.2 cm
274
A small bronze incense burner. 19th century In shape of the mythical creature luduan standing foursquare with stylised flames
emanating from its joints, the removeable lid in shape of a large head with mouth open and a single horn. Height 14.2 cm Provenance
Collection Privy councillor Prof. Dr. ...[more]
275
A bronze tripod censer. Ming Dynasty, 17th/18th century A bronze tripod censer of compressed shape with two handles, a dragon
roundel in relief inside with the characters Da Ming Xuande and an apocryphal six-character mark Xuande at the base. Height 8.8 cm;
width 13.5 cm Provenance Acquired by t ...[more]
276
A small archaistic vessel in shape of a ding. Probably Ming dynasty The body decorated in relief with two large taotie, the tall foot with
running dragons, all on a leiwen-ground, the handles with animal heads. Inside a three-character inscription in seal script. Restorations
to the bottom and be ...[more]
277A bronze incense burner. Qing dynasty In shape of a duck standing on a lotus leaf, the stalk of a lotus leaf in its open beak, the lid on
the back in shape of a lotus pod. One leg damaged. Height 16.3 cm Provenance Private property, Cologne
278
A bronze Shisou incense burner. Qing dynasty In the shape of an archaic vessel of ding type, on three tall tubular feet, and with two
rounded handles set vertically onto the rim, the body decorated with sun, phoenixes and clouds in fine silver wire inlay, below the rim
twenty-seven characters in ...[more]
279
Three very small bronze incense burners. Qing dynasty a) With a straight wall and square handles, b) in shape of an archaic tripod ding
with tall handles, and c) a tripod with tiny feet. All with an apocryphal six-character mark Xuande at the base. (3) Height a) 4.6 cm; b) 5.8
cm; c) 4.7 cm
280A small cloisonné enamel incense burner. 19th century In shape of an archaic bronze vessel of ding type decorated with blossoms and
leafy scrolls on a blue ground. Height 12.5 cm
281A closonné enamel stand. 19th century On four legs, covered with small stylised flowers, among others of the cherry, plum and peach,
on a blue ground with ruyi head motifs in copper wire. Small irregularities to the enamel. Height 6.1 cm; diameter 16.8 cm
282
Two small bronze vases. Qing dynasty a) A bottle vase with bamboo and eight seal-script characters in fine silver wire inlay, apocryphal
mark Shisou to the base, and b) In shape of an archaic beaker of zhi type with archaistic patterns in relief. (2) Height a) 11 cm; b) 16.2
cm
283
A painted enamel on copper dish. 19th century Painted in the colours of famille rose with various blossoms and scrolls, all with the same
type of leaf, on a yellow ground, at the rim a thin meander and wave border, to the outside four chrysanthemum sprigs, at the base a
small orchid flower in blu ...[more]
284
A large painted enamel dish. 18th century In the colours of famille rose at the centre flowers of various sizes, leaves and tendrils on a
yellow ground, to the border four reserves with fruiting and flowering branches and four blue medallions on an octagon-patterned
ground, the reverse enameld gr ...[more]
285
A rectangular painted enamel tray. Early 20th century In the colours of famille rose four warriors on horseback, possibly with Mulan at
the centre, in a landscape with a city wall, the border with reserves filled with dragons on a white ground and flowers and scrolls on a
turquoise ground. The re ...[more]
286
Two painted enamel dishes. Late 19th century Both painted in the colours of famille rose, a) with birds, rock, rose bush and bamboo, the
reverse enameled green, a minor loss to the enamel and a small restoration, and b) with a flower bouquet to the centre, surrounded by
flowerets and butterflies, ...[more]
287
Two painted enamel dishes. Early 20th century In the colours of famille rose the female warrior Hua Mulan with sword and quiver, about
to prepare her bow, behind her a horse and groom, surrounded by branches with flowers and fruits, to the outside three flower sprigs. At
the base apocryphal four- ...[more]
288
Four small jade pendants. Late Qing dynasty In shape of a lock, with panels decorated with seal characters and a landscape,
surrounded by two dragons, b) in shape of a reclining ox with lingzhi in its mouth, c) in shape of a lion-like animal, and d) in shape of a
reclining horse with head turned ...[more]
289A light grey jade snuff bottle. Of large double gourd shape, to each side the characters daxi in roundels. Stopper of quartz, lined with
silver and silver spoon. Height without stopper 7.4 cm
290A light gray jade tubular container for incense sticks. 18th/19th century Carved in the round with a mountainous landscape. Damaged.
Length 17.8 cm
291A seladon jade carving of a bixie. Late Qing dynasty The lion-headed bixie crouching on all fours turning his head to the left, his
backbone is rendered in fine carved knobs. The celadon-coloured stone of light and even tone. Height 3.9 cm; length 5.1 cm
292A black mottle nephrit jade stemcup with handle The tall and undecorated foot surmounted by a thin-walled cuppa with two taotie in flat
relief, the handle in shape of a dragon. Box. Height 8.8 cm
293A reddish-russet and beige soapstone boulder. Early 20th century The irregular shaped boulder carved on one side in flat relief with a
scholar and his attendant amidst a rocky landscape with a tree. Wood base. Length ca. 16 cm
293a
A large and a smaller panel with inlays of various stones, carved bone and wood. Around 1900 Both with a black lacquer ground,
displaying each a vase with a fruiting branch and a flowering branch respectively, surrounded by scholar's table objects such as jade
placques set in an highly ornamental ...[more]
294
A large pair of soapstone seals. 20th century Each high, square plinth topped with a dragon standing in waves, its body tightly curled
around to catch the flaming pearl. Each with a four character seal: Yuan Shikai yin and Zong Zhi Jing Xiang. Some damage. Height 15.4
cm
295A honey-coloured overlay snow flake glass brushwasher In shape of a basket with two applied small dragons with a split tail in purple
glass. Height 4.7 cm; diameter 6.5 cm Provenance Collection Jerg Haas, Wiesbaden
296
A snowflake glass tiered box. Late Qing dynasty In dark red overlay on the lid a stag and three cranes by a pine and a blossoming plum
tree, the outer walls with various flowering branches corresponding to the four seasons intercepted by flying birds. At the base an
engraved four-character sealma ...[more]
297
A silver lidded sugar bowl. Late 19th century The globular body with plum blossom branches in repoussé, two dragon handles, a
bamboo knob to the lid and four short feet decorated with bamboo. Blackend. Marks to the base Kunhe und WS. Weight 392 g. Height
11.8 cm Provenance Private collection, Be ...[more]
298
A silver jardinière. Late 19th century The bulbous rectangular body standing on four bamboo-shaped short legs, displaying dragons
amidst clouds, chrysanthemums and birds on branches in openwork repoussé, at each corner a large writhing dragon. Marked to the
base Sheng Ji, WF 90. Weight 1042 g. He ...[more]
299
An ivory figure of Shoulao. Late Qing dynasty Holding a branch with peaches and leaves in both hands, the top of the head filled with
bone. Short cracks, Total height 23.9 cm Provenance Private property, Southern Germany This lot contains materials which require a
CITES licence for export outsid ...[more]
300
A horn gun powder flask. 19. Jh. Carved in relief with an angler in a boat underneath a willow and a pavillion on the shore, the tip lined
with stag antler horn, the top with a row of metal studs is closed by a lacquered plate. Metal fittings with a ring and a cord. Length 28 cm
Provenance Priva ...[more]
301
An ivory so-called doctor's lady. Early 20th century Resting stretched out with a long shawl, roses in her hair and small realistically
rendered shoes. Signed at one of the shoe soles Ji oder zhi qing (Yoshikiyo). Possibly Japanese. Length 18.1 cm Provenance Old
private collection, The Netherlan ...[more]
302
A cantonese incense clock. 19th century In shape of a long dragon with wide open mouth, on four feet with wheels, the inside with an
metal container for the incese sticks to be places on metal wires. The wooden body decorated in gold on a black ground with blossoms
and scrolls and reserves filled ...[more]
303
Two Canton ivory card cases. Mid-19th century a) Carved in deep sunken relief with undercuttings with a dignitary and visitors on a
terrace and numerous figures in a garden landscape, a cartouche showing the monogram AJLR. Chip to one side. Old collector's paper
labels, and b) carved with figure ...[more]
304
A Canton tortoise shell card case. Mid-19th century Carved all over in sunken relief with undercuttings with figures in a garden
landscape. Two very minor chips. Height 9.5 cm; width 6 cm Provenance Private collection, The Netherlands This lot contains materials
which require a CITES licence for ...[more]
305
A Canton tortoise shell case for netting tools. First half 19th century Of tubular shape displaying a dragon, phoenix, butterflies and a
empty cartouche for a monogram. Some fritting to upper and lower edges. Length 16.4 cm Provenance Private collection, Rhineland-
Palatinate acquired at Lempertz ...[more]
306
A Canton painted paper folding fan. Mid-19th century The paper scene shows two groups of mounted warriors facing each other in a
landscape, the faces of painted bone, the robes of fabric, the sticks decorated in golden, silvery and reddish lacquer with a central group
of figures surrounded by bui ...[more]
307
A red lacquered and partly gilded wood ruyi sceptre. 19th century Carved in shape of a lingzhi, dispaying on its thick shaft the Star Gods
Fu Lu and Shou and two servants with fans standing on a smaller lingzhi rising from the base of the sceptre. Length 27.8 cm
Provenance Collection Dr. Klaus a ...[more]
308
A wood ruyi- sceptre. 19th/early 20th century Carved all over in openwork with Shoulao to the ruyi head, with two dignitaries in the
middle section and a deer with a lingzhi in its mouth at the bottom part, all amidst pine branches and clouds, the curved handle
displaying flowering and peach-bear ...[more]
309A carved wood ruyi sceptre. Late Qing dynasty The handle carved as a trunk with a branch alongside, the head carved with two finger
citrons and foliage. Cord with an endless knot and tassels. Length 32.2 cm
309a
Hommage an Bodhisattva Guanyin. Rundfächer mit Seidenbesapnnung. Tusche auf Seide. Aufschrift, sign.: Shan Feng, Siegel:
Languang, rückseitig ein Auszug aus dem Diamantsutra (Jingang banruo boluomi jing), sign.: Shangguang Langguang, Siegel: Zang
und Hong, Der Griff in Form eines Bambusrohrs. D 25 ...[more]
310
An embroiderd blue silk nine dragon robe. 19th century Displaying in various stitches and couched gold threads nine dragons
medallions surrounded by lingzhi clouds, bats and the Eight Auspicious Emblems above lishui with other emblems swimming in waves,
the collar and sleeve borders of embroidere ...[more]
311
An embroidered satin lady's robe and a lady's jacket. Around 1900 a) Light greenish blue with plum blossom branches and butterflies,
collar border and hem border of black satin embroidered with flowers and fruits in sanlan, the sleeve borders of beige coloured satin with
butterflies amidst branch ...[more]
312
A blue silk kesi nine dragon robe. Aroud 1900 Displaying nine dragon medailions surrounded by lingzhi clouds, bats, cranes and various
emblems above lishui with other emblems swimming in waves, the collar border of black silk kesi with dragon design. The sleeves of red
silk without borders. Blue ...[more]
313
A pair of red and purple woven silk chair covers. Around 1900 Each with a crane with a lingzhi in its beak, standing on a rock with lingzhi
above lishui, at the top border cloud and shou roundel in gold and silver. (2) a) 166.5 x 61.2 cm; b) 161 x 61 cm Provenance Private
collection, Rhineland
314
A red satin embroidered chair cover. Late 19th century Displaying a lion with a brocade ball, a large peony within a lobed border, a large
caparisoned elephant carrying a jar with jewels and other treasures on its back, and a stylised shou character, all in couched gold
threads and little embroid ...[more]
315A large embroidered silk panel. 19th century Depicting eleven immortals in a garden with blossoming trees and a bat up in the air. With
wide brocade border. Colours faded. Framed and glazed. 58.5 x 133 cm Provenance Collection of a diplomat
316
A wadded embroidered satin blanket. Around 1900 Displaying two large chrysanthemum bushes and picking birds on the ground, all
rendered in pastel-coloured satin stitches on a dark red ground. Lined with yellow silk (two small torn areas). Along the edges a stitched
on twisted cord and tassels at ...[more]
317
A small wool Ningxia carpet. Western China. Early 20th century On a light beige-coloured ground at the centre a large archaistic vase
with flowering branches, surrounded by a tea pot, a lidded cup, brush pots, planting pots and three archaistic bronze vessels in very
dark blue, lighter blue, fade ...[more]
318A very large low hardwood table On four cabriole legs with outward turned feet, the aprons on all sides carved with scrolls in openwork,
one scroll element missing. Height 35.5 cm; width 121.5 cm; depth 90 cm
319A tall jichimu side table On four tall legs with a shelf with four lobed shapes in openwork, the apron carved with scrolls, and the
stretchers underneath with bi discs and ribbons. Height 90 cm; width 36 cm; depth 36 cm
320
A tall hardwood table. 19th century On four high square and beaded legs joined by slightly curved stretchers, the aprons carved with a
square ruyi motif, the table top within a wide frame and ice-plate edge above the waist. Traces of use. Height 86.5 cm; width 42 cm;
depth 31.8 cm Provenance Pri ...[more]
321A tall hardwood side table On four legs connected by stretchers, the aprons carved with keyfret in openwork. Height 90 cm; width 36 cm;
depth 36 cm
322
A lacquered wood horseshoe armchair. 18th/19th century On four round legs joined by stepped stretchers, the curved rest supported by
a back splat and curved side posts, the rails ending in curled pads. The back splat and seat painted in red, green, gold and a little white
with a dragon and a phoe ...[more]
323
A pair of wooden armchairs. 19th/20th century On four square legs connected by stretchers in the lower part, as well as humpbacked
stretchers and struts in the upper part, the back splat with two inset panels of burlwood, mat seat. Restored. (2) Height 88.3 cm; height
of the seat 46 cm; width 56. ...[more]
324
A hardwood armchair. Around 1900- On four square legs with stepped stretchers, the panels of the backrest and the arms carved in
openwork with birds amidst plum blossom branches. The original seat replaced by an upholstery covered with Chinese fabric. Height 98
cm; height of the seat 51.3 cm; wid ...[more]
325
A hardwood moon gazing chair. 19th/20th century The square panelled seat joined to the two-tiered out-scrolled arms, the tilted
backrest below a cylindrical headrest, with a sliding footrest with a curved apron. Height 86.5 cm; height of the seat 44.6 cm; width 68
cm; depth 108.5 cm and 143 cm (f ...[more]
326
A large dark hardwood armchair. Around 1900 On four square, slightly curved legs with stepped stretchers and apron carved with
gourds and vines, the panels of the backrest and the arms carved in openwork with gourds and leafy scrolls. Height 98.5 cm; seat 53
cm; width 69 cm; depth 54.5 cm Proven ...[more]
327A green-glazed lian-form pottery tripod vessel. Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) Of cylindrical form, raised on three kneeling bear
supports. Earthenware, covered with an iridescent lead-fluxed green glaze. H 14 cm; D 19,5 cm
328
A grey earthenware cocoon jar. Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) The ovoid body with short neck and everted mouth rim painted in red,
green, light-blue, black and white pigments with scrolls and with linear bands. Height 28 cm Literature Compare Frances Klapthor,
Chinese Ceramics, The Baltimore Museum ...[more]
329
A green-glazed hu-shaped jar. Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) With flaring neck, everted rim and moulded mythical beasts and ring
handles in low relief to the shoulder, all covered with an iridescent lead-fluxed glaze. Cloth covered box. Height 34.5 cm Provenance
Private collection, Rhineland Lite ...[more]
330
Three Korean celadon-glazed bowl. Koryo, 12th century and later Covered with a crackled glaze. a) Decorated to the exterior with
incised lotus leaves. b) With everted rim, to the interior with engraved leavs and a stylised flower. c) In the shape of a chrysanthemum.
(3) Diameter a) 15.9 cm; b) 13 ...[more]
331
A slip-inlaid celadon Korean cosmetic box. Korea, Goryeo-Zeit (918–1392), 12th century A circular box with flat cover, decorated in
sanggam technique and inlaid in white and black slip with a stylised chrysanthemum in the centre surrounded by leaves encircled by a
band of black-slip dots within w ...[more]
332
A Song style celadon twin fish bowl. China or Korea A deep bowl with rounded sides and an everted rim, carved to the exterior with a
band of upright petals and to the center of the interior with two small fish in relief, all covered with a glaze of sea-green colour. Diameter
15.5 cm Provenance H ...[more]
333
A slip-inlaid celadon Korean cosmetic box. Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 12th century A circular box with flat cover, decorated in
sanggam technique and inlaid in white and black slip with eight chrysanthemum sprays around a central stylised chrysanthemum and
encircled by a band of black-slip dots w ...[more]
334
A Korean inlaid slip-decorated celadon cup and a small Annamese vase. 15th century a) With rounded sides and inverted rim,
decorated in white slip with four inlaid stylised chrysanthemum flowerheads, covered with a pale green glaze. Crack. b) A small meiping
vase, covered with a pale green glaze ...[more]
335
Two Korean water-droppers. Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 18th/19th century Each with an air hole at the top. a) A blue and white water
dropper of square form, set on four short bracket feet and molded with a small cylindrical spout to one side, decorated on the flat top in
underglaze blue with a se ...[more]
336
A small Korean blue and white bottle vase. 18th/19th century Of compressed globular form rising to a tall tapering neck and dish-shaped
everted rim, decorated in underglaze-blue with a free design of leafy branches. Height 17.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Southern
Germany
337An email sur biscuit brush washer in the shape of a toad. China or Japan Of rounded shape with applied head and legs and with a
central opening, covered with an olive-green glaze. Diameter 9 cm Provenance Private collection, Southern Germany
338
A jianyao tea bowl. Song dynasty (907-1279) Of conical shape, with a slightly everted rim, covered inside and out with a blackish-brown
glaze with hare's fur markings exposing the brown-coloured body. Diameter 12 cm Provenance Old private collection, Southern
Germany
339A jianyao tea bowl. Song dynasty (907-1279) Of conical shape and slightly everted rim, covered inside and out with a shiny brown glaze
exposing the brown-coloured body. Firing flaws. Diameter 12.8 cm
340A jianyao tea bowl. Song dynasty (907-1279) Of conical shape, with a slightly everted rim, covered inside and out with a blackish-brown
glaze with hare's fur markings exposing the brown-coloured body. Diameter 12.8 cm
341A jianyao tea bowl. Song dynasty (907-1279) Of conical shape and slightly everted rim, covered inside and out with a matt brown glaze
with hare's fur markings exposing the brown-coloured body. Diameter 13 cm
342
Two small jianyao tea bowls. Song dynasty (907-1279) Of conical shape, covered inside and out with a matt and a shiny black-brown
glaze with hare's fur markings exposing the brown-coloured body. One bowl with ocean shell deposit. (2) Diameter 10.5 cm und 8.5 cm
Provenance Private collection, Rhi ...[more]
343
Two small brown-glazed jars. 11th/12th century Each of compressed globular form, with three loop handles to the shoulder, the body
decorated with five star-shaped stylized flowers each, all covered with a brown glaze, the flat base unglazed. (2) Height 6 cm
Provenance Private collection, Souther ...[more]
344
Three jianyao tea bowls. Song dynasty (907-1279) Of conical shape, one with a slightly everted rim, covered inside and out with a dark-
brown and blackish-brown glaze with hare's fur markings exposing the brown-coloured body. (3) Diameter a) 12.3 cm; b) 10.7 cm; c) 9.4
cm Provenance Old private c ...[more]
345
A qingbai-type glazed jar. Song dynasty (907-1279) Of globular shape, with a cylindrical neck, to the shoulder four small strap-handles
terminating in small curls, covered with a thin blueish-white glaze. Rim rest./polished. Height 14.3 cm Provenance Private collection,
Rhineland, acquired at Le ...[more]
346A green-glazed kundika. Fujian, 13th/14th century With a long and straight neck and a long, tube-shaped spout, the surface decorated
with simple horizontal lines. Height 17.2 cm Provenance Private collection, Southern Germany
347A korean or chinese brown-glazed moonflask (bianhu). 16Th/17th century Of flattened round shape and a short neck, covered on a
brown glaze. H 22 cm
348
A large stoneware storage jar. 13th-15th century With a short narrow neck and five loop handles applied below the neck, the buff
stoneware body covered with a brown glaze, the lower body unglazed. Small flat chip to lip and glaze flakings. Height 33 cm
Provenance Private collection, Southern Ger ...[more]
349A small junyao dish. Ming dynasty (1368-1644) With shallow rounded sides rising to an everted rim, covered overall with a crackled
glaze of milky blue thinning to a mushroom colour on the edges. Diameter 17.8 cm
350
A celadon glazed mythical lion. 18th century The seated beast with a horn on his head and with open jaws in a growl, the body covered
with a crackled celadon-green glaze. Restored, front paws broken off. Wooden base. Height 23 cm Provenance Private collection,
Rhineland
351
A LARGE MARTABAN MOTTLED BROWN-GLAZED storage JAR, 19TH CENTURY, GUANGZHOU PROVINCE, 19th century,
Guangzhou province, the tapering ovoid jar with six dragon-head loop handles on the shoulder, the body molded with writhing dragons
and cranes in flight The ovoid body with applied rings to the shoulde ...[more]
352
Zwei Schalen für den thailändischen Markt. Bencharong und Lai Nam Thong. 18. Jh. Zwei Schalen, a) außen und innen polychrom
bemalt mit Thepphanom und Norasing zwischen Feuerzungen auf schwarzem Grund, b) mit leicht ausladender Lippe, dekoriert mit
farbigem Email auf Goldgrund mit üppigem Blütende ...[more]
353Deckeltopf für den thailändischen Markt. 20. Jh. Großes Deckelgefäß, dekoriert in farbigem Email und Gold mit stilisierten Blumen.
Gemarkt: Prasat. Height 29 cm, Diameter 24 cm Provenance Private property, Cologne
354
An Yixing teapot. 20th century Of globular form, the spout, handle and the knob of the cover imitating a gnarled vine, the body decorated
in relief and appliquéd with leaves and grapes and squirrels perched on top. Mark to base Gu Jingzhou and below spout and cover
Jingzhou. Height 9.8 cm
355An Yixing teapot. 20th century Of compressed globular form. Engraved inscription to the base, signed and sealed Ming Yuan. Height 9
cm
356An Yixing teapot. 20th century In shape of a chrysanthemum, the lid in leaf-shape, the handle in the shape of a branch, Impressed mark
to base and cover. Height 9 cm
357
Three large dishes. Zhangzhou (Swatow). 16th/17th century a) With ‘Split Pagoda’ design, painted to the center with the ‘split’ of the
pagoda outlined in black under turquoise, around the well four iron-red seals, alternating with cartouches depicting miniature
landscapes. b) With scrolls and fru ...[more]
358
A blue and white saucer dish. Zhangzhou (Swatow). 16th/17th century With an everted rim, decorated in underglaze-blue with Shoulao
and his deer and a female immortal in a mountainous landscape. Diameter 19.3 cm Provenance Collector’s paper label: Sammlung
Henning v. Helmersen Collection Henning ...[more]
359
Große blau-weiße Schale. 17. Jh. Bauchige Wandung, dekoriert in Unterglasurblau mit stilisierten Wolken Flammen, und Ranken und
umalufend in vier Flammenaureolen die Schriftzeichen: wan gu changchun, im Spiegel mit einem shou-Zeichen in einer weiteren
Flammenaureole. Apokryphe Sechszeichenmarke C ...[more]
360
A blue and white censer. 17th century Of globular form with a flaring rim, decorated in underglaze-blue with a dignitary attended by five
servants in a landscape with clouds and rocks. Cracks and restored. Height 15.4 cm; diameter 21 cm Provenance Private collection,
Cologne, Germany
361
Blau-weiße Flaschenvase. Kangxi-Periode (1661-1722) In Pfirsischform mit hohem, leicht konkavem Hals und hohem, leicht
asugestelltem Fuß, dekoriert in Unterglasublau auf der in acht Felder aufgeteilten Wandnug mit Antiquitäten, um den Hals Blattbordüre
und um Fuß und Hals Streublumen. H 24,3 cm
362A blue and white baluster jar. 17th/18th century Decorated in underglaze-blue with a scrolling flower frieze between lotus petals. The
base with the character tian within a double ring. Height 17.7 cm Provenance Lempertz, Cologne, 7./8.12.2007, lot 777
363Two blue and white bottle vases. Kangxi period (1661-1722) Pear-shaped bottle vases, decorated with flowers in leaf-shaped
cartouches. (2) Height 15.5 cm
364
A group of five blue and white porcelains. 18th century Decorated in underglaze-blue. a) A swallow dish with incised chrysanthemums.
b) Two salt cellars, painted with flowers, antiquities, and a willow tree. c) A square tray, decorated with a lotus pond. d) A small saucer
dish with a landscape de ...[more]
365
A blue and white bowl for the Vietnamese market. 19th century Of rounded sides, decorated in underglaze-blue with a depiction of a
poem by the Tang port Jia Dao with two figures in a landscape and a small rocky island in a lake and the poem to the reverse. Four-
character mark Ruoshen zhenzang (Th ...[more]
366Bleu de Huê brush pot for the Vietnamese market. 19th century Of cylindircal shape, decorated in underglaze blue with figures in boats
in a mountaineous river landscape. Metal-clad rim. Wooden base. Height 9.5 cm
367
Große blau-weiße Vase. 20. Jh. In Flaschenform mit leicht ausladendem Hals, dekoriert in Unterglasublau mit stilisierten Lotosblüten
und den Achut Budhistisxchen Emblemen auf dichtem Rankengrund, um Schulter Wellenmuster mit Schaumkämmen, um den Hals
stilisierte Blattbordüre mit ruyi-Motiv. H 54 ...[more]
368
A pale green-glazed lantern jar with anhua decoration and a blue and white kraak dish. 17th century a) A small lantern-shaped jar,
decorated to the exterior with birds and flowers in anua technique, all covered with a pale-green glaze. Crack. Wooden cover. b) The
dish decorated in underglaze-blue ...[more]
369Two small ko aka-e dishes for the Japanese market. 17th century Of saucer form, decorated in green, iron-red, black and yellow with
chrysanthemum branches. (2) Diameter 13 cm and 13.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Rhineland
370
A blanc de Chine censer with stylised dragon handles. Dehua. 17th/18th century Of gui shape with stylised dragon handles, around the
body a moulded band with taotie masks or stylised dragons on a leiwen ground, covered with an ivory-tinged glaze. Height 6.7 cm;
length 14.5 cm Provenance Private ...[more]
371
A blanc de chine censer. Dehua. 18th century Of compressed circular form with molded lion masks at the shoulders beneath the everted
rim and supported on a flared foot. To the base three characters in written in black li, ji and one not legible. Wooden lid, knob
reattached. Height 6.6 cm (without ...[more]
372
A blanc de Chine cup with saucer and a small leaf-shaped brush washer. 18th century a) A cup with foliate sides and with applied sprigs
of prunus to the body. b) A small saucer with a similar decoration. c) A small leaf-shaped bowl emerging from the openwork prunus
branch-form base, the handle in ...[more]
373
Three blanc de Chine figures. Kangxi period (1661-1722) and later a) A Buddhist lion joss stick holder, seated on a tall rectangular
plinth, the tubular holder at its rear. Chips. b) Guanyin seated on a rock and accompanied by her attendants Shancai and Longnü and
shown with her attributes, the v ...[more]
374
A blanc de Chine figure of a seated Guanyin. Qing dynasty With long robe and seated on a pierced rockwork base. the back impressed
with a mark reading Xuande. Two finger broken off. Wooden base. Height 23.2 cm Provenance Private collection, North Rhine-
Westphalia
375Schwarzbraun glasierte Henkelvase. 18./19. Jh. In Flaschenform mit leicht ausladendem Hals und zwei ruyi-förmigen Henkeln, ganz
bedeckt mit einer schwarzbraunen Glasur. H 31 cm Provenance Private property, Cologne
376A sacificial red (jihong) dish. 18th century With rounded sides, covered inside and out with a copper-red glaze below the white rim.
Apocryphal Xuande six-character mark. Diameter 20.2 cm
377
Two copper-red-glazed saucer dishes. Qing dynasty (1644-1911) With shallow rounded sides covered with a darkish red glaze, the
mouthrim and base left white. One with a minute chip. Wooden box. (2) Diameter 20.8 cm Provenance Private collection, Southern
Germany
378A blue-glazed bottle vase. Qing dynasty (1644-1911) The globular body rising to a short cylindrical neck, covered with a mottled blue
glaze. Ju shun mei yu tang zhi (Made for the Hall of Gathering Obedience and Beautiful Jade) mark to base. Height 19.5 cm
379A copper-red-glazed vase. 18th/19th century A tall vase of oval form with a high neck and splayed mouth above two horizontal ribs,
covered with a crackled copper-red glaze, thinning to the rim. Height 55 cm Provenance Private collection, Southern Germany
380
Three miniature vessels. Qing dynasty (1644-1911) a) A small bottle vase, covered with a crackled beige-coloured glaze. b) A small
blue-glazed phoenix-head ewer and cover with a dragon-head handle. c) A robin's egg-glazed brushwasher of square shape with an
applied chilong to the shoulder. (3) He ...[more]
381
Two bowls and a blue and white rose water sprinkler. 18th century a) A famille rose café au lait glazed bowl. b) A blue and white rose
water sprinkler with an Indonesian silver-mount. Around 1730. c) A gilt decorated bowl for the Islamic market. Jiaqing period (1796-
1820) with rounded sides and a ...[more]
382Two robin's egg-glazed vases. Late Qing dynasty a) A small vase with a garli-head. Apocryphal Qianlong six-charcter mark. b) A
fengweizun vase, covered with an opaque glaze of mottled a) green and b) turquoise tone. (2) Height a) 13 cm; b) 21 cm
383
A yellow-glazed cup and a turquoise-glazed vase. 19th/20th century a) Cup with everted rim, decorated with two five-clawed dragons in
anhua. Mark to base Da Qing bingwu nian zhi. b) A small bottle vase, all covered with a turquoise glaze. (2) a) Height 10 cm, diameter
8.1 cm; b) height 13.4 cm
384
A large flambé-glazed hu vase. 19th/20th century With a pear-shaped body and wasted neck, flanked by a pair of bamboo-shaped scroll
handles, covered overall with a burgundy-red yaobian glaze streaked with blue. Apocryphal Qianlong six-character seal mark. Glaze
chip. Height 31 cm
385A flambé-glazed bottle vase. 20th century With long neck and a thick rim, covered with a crackled light blue glaze suffused with dark
blue streaks. Overlapping glaze grind off. Height 37 cm Provenance Private collection, The Netherlands
386Große blauschwarz-glasierte Flaschenvase. 20. Jh. Kugeliger Körper mit hohem Hals, ganz bedeckt mit einer blauschwarzen Glasur.
Apokryphe Sechszeichen-Siegelmarke. H 42 cm
387
A famille verte ginger jar on a powder-blue ground. 19th century Of globular form, decorated in the traditional famille verte palette with a
scholar and a boy in a garden setting, a bird, butterflies, peonies by a taihu rock and smaller landscapes set in two larg and four small
cusped reserves. A ...[more]
388
A pair of famille verte vases. 18th/19th century Of square shape with cylindrical flared trumpet necks, decorated with pheasants and with
flowers of the four seasons, peonies for spring, lotus for summer, chrysanthemum for autumn, and prunus for winter. One vase rest. to
the neck. (2) Height 53 c ...[more]
389
A pair of famille noire vases. 19th cenutry Of square shape with cylindrical flared trumpet necks, decorated on a black ground with
flowers of the four seasons, peonies for spring, lotus for summer, chrysanthemum for autumn, and prunus for winter. Crack und chip. (2)
Height 22.5 cm Provenance Pr ...[more]
390A pair of famille verte ginger jars and covers. Late 19th century Of globular shape, decorated with flowers, birds, fishes and antiquities.
An apocryphal Kangxi six-character mark. (2) Height 19 cm Provenance Private collection, Düsseldorf
391
Eight Chinese Imari dishes. Kangxi period (1662-1722) a) Of saucer form, decorated in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gold with two
crabs and flowering peonies, to the rim flowering peonies and chrysanthemum sprays. Mushikui, a few chips and cracks. b) Two large
dishes, with peonies, chrysanthemums ...[more]
392A Chinese Imari vase. 18th century Of slender baluster form, decorated in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gold with two pheasants by a
taihu rock and peonies. Height 31 cm
393
A Chinese Imari bowl and a dish. Kangxi period (1661-1722) a) Tiefe Schale, dekoriert in Unterglasublau, Eisenrot und Gold im Spiegel
mit Granatäpfeln und um die Wandung mit chineischen Antiquitäten auf Bildrollen und Päonien. Sprünge. b) Teller, dekoriert mit
verschiedenen Blumen und um den Rand ...[more]
394Two famille verte porcelain plaques in wooden frames. 20th century Of rectangular shape depicting birds, butterflies and flowers.
Wooden frame. (2) 18 x 27 cm Provenance Private collection, Southern Germany
395
A turquoise and aubergine glazed Guanyin and child. 19th century A standing Guanyin holding a boy in her arms, adorned with a floral
diadem to the head, accommodating the Amitabha, the toro with beaded jewelry chains, covered with a turquoise and aubergine glaze,
reserving the head, upper body, h ...[more]
396
An iron-red decorated stem bowl with cover. Guangxu period (1874-1908) Containing of three pieces with inset and cover with a gilt lion
finial, decorated in iron-red with bats. Movable metal handles. Height 18.5 cm Provenance Paper label: C. Y. Tse Antiques &
Collectibles Collection of Dr. K ...[more]
397An iron-red reserve-decorated bowl. 20th century With deep sides and flaring rim, decorated to the exterior with bamboo reserved on a
coral-red ground. An apocryphal Guangxu six-character mark. Diameter 14.3 cm
398
A silver-mounted famille rose Peranakan or Straits market kendi. Yongzheng period (1722-1735) In the shape of a bottle vase,
decorated with peonies and flower scrolles. Indinesian silber mount. Height 26 cm Provenance Collection Dr. Klaus and Murielle Zeidler,
Baden-Baden
399
Two silvered dishes. Yongzheng period (1723-1735)) Decorated in iron-red, blue and black to the centre an octafoil panel with two
ladies at a cosmetic table, reserved on a cash-pattern ground, the rim with cartouches of flowers alternating with iron-red ground
cartouches of flower scrolls. (2) Di ...[more]
400
A famille rose cup and saucer. Yongzheng period (1723-1735) Decorated to the centre with two ladies, a boy and a cat in a noble
interieur with vases and scrolls. (2) Height 4.4 cm; diameter 8.7 cm (cup); diameter 13.5 cm (saucer) Provenance Old private collection,
Southern Germany
401
Two famille rose saucer dishes. Yongzheng period (1722-1735) Decorated in the centre with a figure scene in a courtyard house,
eclosed by a patterned border set with floral and bird-painted panels. (2) Diameter 26.4 cm Provenance Collection Götz Schricker,
Munich, purchased from Georg L. Hartl, ...[more]
402
A famille rose cup and saucer from the Madame de Pompadour service. Around 1745 A cylindrical cup with saucer, decorated around
the exterior with flowers and seed pods flanking cartouches enclosing a carp-like fish swimming above weeds. Cup restored to the
handle. In addition: a domed cover and k ...[more]
403Two famille rose dishes. Qianlong period (1735-1796) Decorated to the centre with two sheep and peonies by a rock, surrounded by a
gilt spearhead border and three flower sprays at the border. (2) Diameter 32.5 cm
404
Four famille rose dishes. Qianlong period (1735-1796) a) a large dish, decorated with an unrolled scroll with peonies and other flowers,
b) three dishes with peonies and flower cartouches on a spiral ground. (4) Diameter a) 31.8 cm; b) 22.5 cm Provenance Private
collection, Lower Saxony
405Drei große famille rose-Teller. Mitte 18. Jh. Dekoriert in den Farben der famille rose im Spiegel mit einem Fasanenpaar, Päonien und
Insekten. (3) D 39,5 cm Provenance Private collection, Lower Saxony
406
An enameled Yixing teapot and cover. Guangxu period (1875-1908) Of square shape with indented edges, with a long, curved spout,
decorated in blue, enamelled to either side, with panels of landscape, bamboo shoots and an inscription in four panels, set upon four
bracket feet. Metal handles to the ...[more]
407
Four famille rose porcelain tiles in wooden panels by Cheng Yiting. First half 20th century The rectangular tiles each decorated with two
birds on or between various flowering branches: lotus, chrysanthemum, plum tree and peony? and with inscription, signed Cheng Yiting
(1895-1948), one of the Ei ...[more]
408A pair of famille rose wall vases. Late Qing dynasty Of baluster shape with handles, decorated with immortals. One handle broken off.
(2) Height 15.2 cm
409
Two porcelain tiles with the Eight Immortals at the Western Paradise. Qing dynasty Hochrechteckige Platten, dekoriert in den Farben
der famille rose mit den Acht Unsterblichen und dem Palast am See im Westlichen Paradies der Xiwangmu (Königinmutter des
Westens). In Holzrahmen. (2) 38.5 x 29 cm P ...[more]
410
A pair of large Canton famille rose vases. 19th century With a tall cylindrical body with a trumpet neck with wavy rim, the neck applied
with double gilt lion-cub handles, decorated with rectangular cartouches enclosing scenes of generals ans warriors at court all on a
ground of birds, butterflie ...[more]
411Two famille rose rouleau vases. 20th century The neck flanked with two gilt handles, with elegant court ladies gathering in the garden,
the reverse inscribed with poetic lines. (2) Height 58.5 cm Provenance Private collection, The Netherlands
412
Famille rose-Schale mit Drachendekor auf Goldgrund. 20. Jh. With rounded sides, decorated with two dragons dekoriert in den Farben
der famille rose außen mit zwei Drachen, umgeben von dichten Ranken und Blumen auf Goldrund, innen türkis. Apokryphe
Vierzeichenmarke Yongzheng. D 16,1 cm Provenance ...[more]
413After Ma Lin . Qing-Zeit A landscape with a temple. Hanging scroll. Ink on silk. Inscribed Ma Lin, sealed Ma Lin and three collector's
seals. 110 x 49.5 cm Provenance Collection Laug, brought back from China in the 1970s
414
After Zhang Ning . Qing-Zeit Two officials on horseback in the countryside. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on silk. Inscription, dated
cyclically Jingtai yihai (1455), inscribed Zhang Ning and sealed Zhang Ning yin and Jingzhi. 140 x 70 cm Provenance Collection Laug,
brought back from China in ...[more]
415
After Zhang Ruitu A landscape with a thatched cottage in a storm. Hanging scroll. Ink on silk. Inscription, dated cyclically Chongzhen
jiaxu (1634), inscribed Ruitu, Bai Hao'an, sealed Bai Hao'an zhu and Ruitu zhi yin. 104 x 49 cm Provenance Collection Laug, brought
back from China in the 1970s
416Tang Dai A landscape in the style of Zhao Lingrang. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on silk. Inscription, signed Tang Dai and with
illegible seal. 115 x 50 cm Provenance Collection Laug, brought back from China in the 1970s
417After Wen Zhengming . Qing-Zeit Buildings and pavilions at the mountain of the immortals. Ink and colour on silk. Inscription, dated
cyclically bingxu (1526), inscribed Zhengming, sealed Wen Zhengmin yin and Hengshan. Framed and glazed. 164 x 65 cm
418After Lu Zhi . Qing dynasty Auspicious cranes and deers. Ink and colour on silk. Inscription, dated cyclically Jiajing yiwei (1535),
inscribed Shuping jushi Lu Zhi and sealed Lu Zhi zhi yin and Baoshanzi. Framed and glazed. 93.5 x 32 cm
419After Zhao Mengfu . Qing dynasty Inspecting horses after Han Gan. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on silk. Inscription, dated Huangqing
3rd year (1315), inscribed Zi’ang, sealed Zhao shi Zi’ang and collector's seals: Wang Shugu yin and two more seals. 96 x 41.5 cm
420
Ni Zan, in the manner of A river landscape with a pavilion. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colours on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically
renyin (1362), inscribed Yunlin sheng and three collector's seals Yu Li biji, Zhou Renfu shoucang jinshi shuhua and Sanxixuan cang. 32
x 39 cm
421Li Shizhuo A pair of water birds by a river. Hanging scroll. Ink on paper. Inscription, signed Li Shizhuo, sealed Qin Zhai and three
collector's seals. 97 x 46 cm Provenance Collection Laug, brought back from China in the 1970s
422
Guan Shou and Chen Han . Qing dynasty, 19th century Three fan paintings. Ink and colour on paper. a) and b) Bamboo by a rock.
Inscription, dated cyclically bingyin (1866), signed Guan Shou and sealed Guan Shou zhi yin. c) Peach blossom branch. Inscription,
signed Chen Han and sealed. Matted, fra ...[more]
423
Zhang Zhiwan After Wu Bin and Two fan paintings. a) A pair of birds on a prunus blossom branch. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription
dated cyclically Wanli guimao (1603), inscribed Wu Bin, sealed Wu and one collector's seal. b) A mountainous landcape. Insciption,
signed Zhang Zhiwan and sealed Z ...[more]
424
Zhang Zhaozhong . Republican period (1912-1949) Front and backside of a fan. a) Three goats (sanyang) in a forested mountain
landscape after Wu Youru. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, signed Zhang Zhaozong and sealed Zhang Zhaozong zhi. b) A
calligraphy with a poem. Ink on gold-flecked pape ...[more]
425
He Houceng and Wang Huxin . Qing dynasty Two fan paintings. Various flowers. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically
xinyou (1861), signed He Houceng and sealed He ya and a calligraphy, inscription, signed and sealed Wang Huxin. Matted, framed and
glazed under perspex. 18 x 49.5 c ...[more]
426Unidentified painter . 20th century A fan painting depicting a man at leisure in a boat. Mounted as a hanging scroll. Ink and colour on
silk. Signed Jiao... and sealed. Wooden box. 25.5 x 25.5 cm Provenance Private collection, The Netherlands
427
Yong Lang . Qing dynasty Six album leaves depicting scenes from the story of Zhong Kui with demons and his sister. Mounted as two
hanging scrolls. Ink and colour on paper. Sealed Yong Lang. (2) Each leaf 20 x 31 cm Provenance Dr. Niels Oskar Emanuel Palmgren
(1890-1955), Sweden, who acquired Ch ...[more]
428
Two unidentified artists Three album leaves. a) A camel. Ink on paper. Inscription, signed Hu..., sealed Hu and one collector's seal. b)
Lillies and c) Orchids. Ink and colour on silk. Inscription, sealed Lu... (3) a) 30 x 37 cm; b) und c) 26.8 x 18.7 cm each Provenance
Private collection, The N ...[more]
429 Anonymous painter . Hangzhou. Around 1900 Chinese junk in roaring waves. Oil on cardboard. Framed and glazed. 20.5 x 28 cm
430Tang Lu Two paintings. a) Gold fish. Inscription, signed Tang Lu, sealed Tang Lu yi and one more seal. b) Kingfisher and lotus.
Inscription, signed Tang Lu, sealed Tang Lu and two more seals. Matted, framed and glazed. (2) 26.5 x 38 cm each
431Anonymous painter . Qing dynasty Tudigong (God of the Soil and the Ground) and the Wenchang (God of Literature). Ink and colour on
paper. Matted, framed and glazed. 55 x 48 cm
432Anonymous painter . Qing dynatsy The acolythes Longnü with the pearl of light and Shancai (Sudhana). Ink and light colour on paper.
Matted, framed and glazed. 46 x 18 cm
433
Ming Zhiliu . Qing-Zeit The Tang poet Dao Jia. Ink and light colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically wuwu (1858), signed Ming
Zhiliu and Guan Qi and sealed Zhu, Zhu Jiaozao yin and Guan Qi. With silk mounting, framed and glazed. 26.5 x 80.5 cm Provenance
Private collection, North Rhine-W ...[more]
434After Gai Qi Two beautiful ladies standing in front of a screen. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on silk. Inscribed Yuhu waishi Qilang Gai
Qi and sealed Gai Qi zhi yin and Qilang. 86 x 27 cm Provenance Private collection, Southern Germany
435After Jiao Bingzhen Boys at play. Hanging scroll. INk and coou on slk. Inscribed chen Bingzhen gonghui and sealed Bingzhen. 144 x
47.5 cm
436After Lang Shining (Giuseppe Castiglione) . 19. Jh. Two mynah birds on a branch. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on silk. Inscribed Lang
Shining, sealed chen Shining, Ning hua and various collector's seals. 82 x 37 cm
437
Mao Suihua und Pan Zhenze (1913-nach 1979) Shen Shijia Beautiful ladies at leisure below a flowering plum tree. Ink and colour on
paper. Inscription, signed Xiling Shijia bujing, sealed Xiling Shijia, Meng Yan ... zuo and Pan Zhenze. With silk mounting and attached to
a wood plate. 62 x 83 cm
438Cheng Huixin . 19th/20th century Bamboo in the rain. Hanging scroll. Ink on silk. Inscription, signed Zhushan Cheng Huixin and sealed
Cheng Huixin yin. 68 x 34 cm Provenance Private collection, Northern Germany, acquired in China in the 1950s
439
Zeng Qingnian Plum blossoms. Ink on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically guiyou (1873/1933), signed Zeng Qingnian, sealed Zeng
Qingnian yin and a collector's seal. With silk mounting, framed and glazed. 120 x 37.2 cm Provenance Private collection, Sweden
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphal ...[more]
440Wu Qing . 19./20. Jh. Fishes and aquatic plants. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on paper. Inscription, signed Shi chen Wu Qing and
sealed Wu Qing and Shi chen. 149 x 38 cm Provenance Collection Laug, brought back from China in the 1970s
441
Shen Youru Peonies, plumblossom branches and a butterfly. Ink and colour on silk. Inscription, dated cyclically jiaxu (1934 +/-60),
signed Shen Youru and three seals. Formerly mounted as a hanging scroll, now framed and glazed. 84 x 37 cm Provenance Collection
Laug, brought back from China in t ...[more]
442
Wang Ying (Wong Ying) Autumn leaves and a bird. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, signed Wang Ying, signed in pinyin and dated
Wong Ying 1981 and sealed Wang Ying. With silk mounting, framed and glazed. 66 x 35 cm Provenance Collection Dr. Klaus and
Murielle Zeidler, Baden-Baden, acquired i ...[more]
443Gu Hong Kingfisher. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically renwu (1942), signed Gu Hong and sealed Gu
Hong and one other seal. 91 x 22.5 cm
444
Huang Leisheng (Lui-Sang Wong) Lotus and magpies. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, signed and sealed: Huang Leisheng and a
graphic seal depicting a seated Buddha. With silk mounting, framed and glazed. 71 x 134 cm Provenance Collection Dr. Klaus and
Murielle Zeidler, Baden-Baden, acquired ...[more]
445Ma Jin Eight horses in a mountaineous landscape. Inscription, dated cyclically yiyou (1945), signed Zhanru Ma Jin and sealed Zhanru
and Ma Jin. Formerly mounted as a hanging scroll, now framed and glazed. (4) 120 x 34 cm
446
After Huang Shen Li Bai with a wine cup while writing poetry. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on paper. Inscription, inscribed
Yingpiao, sealed Huang Shen, Yingpiao, one more seal and two collector's seals. 115 x 50 cm Provenance Collection Laug, brought
back from China in the 1970s
447Li Qi . First half 20th century A shepherd boy with water buffalo. Hanging scroll. Ink and light colour on paper. Inscription, dated
cyclically bingyin (1926), signed Li and sealed Wenlu. 106 x 46 cm Provenance Collection Laug, brought back from China in the 1970s
448Yu Li (Yuk Ta Fu) A poet under a tree. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically gengshen (1920), signed Yu
Li Dafu, sealed Li and Dafu and one collector's seal. 135 x 65 cm Provenance Collection Laug, brought back from China in the 1970s
449Zhu Yeyun . Qing-Zeit A landscape after Ni Zan. Hanging scroll. Ink on paper. Inscription, signed Yeyun and sealed Yeyun ...hua, one
more seal and one collector's seal. 122 x 48.5 cm Provenance Collection Laug, brought back from China in the 1970s
450Dai Jian . Qing dynasty A traveller in a river landscape. Hanging scroll. Ink on paper. Inscription, signed Dai Jin and sealed Shiping. 88 x
32 cm Provenance Private collection, The Netherlands
451Liu Junran . Republican period Two cranes by a waterfall. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically yihai
(1935), signed Junran Liu, sealed Junran and one collector's seal. 104 x 35 cm Provenance Private collection, The Netherlands
452
Tu Canlin Orchids. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically yichou (1985), signed Tu Canlin, sealed Canlin
and one more seal. Provenance Collection Dr. Klaus and Murielle Zeidler, Baden-Baden, acquired directly from the artist during the
1980s
453
Fan Bohong Two lanscapes. Ink and colour on cardboard. Inscription, dated cyclically yichou (1985), signed Fan Bohong, sealed
Bohong, Ting Yu and Fan and two more seals. (2) 17.5 x 50.5 cm Provenance Collection Dr. Klaus and Murielle Zeidler, Baden-Baden,
received as a present from the artist
454
Luo Xiaofeng and He Sui A flying eagle. Ink and a few colours on paper. Two inscriptions, one dated cyclically guiwei (1943), signed He
Sui and sealed Xufu and He Sui, the other dated 36th year of minguo (1947), signed Luo Xiaofeng and sealed Luo Xioafeng yin. Matted,
framed and glazed. 103 x 59 ...[more]
455Zhao Xiaoguan A boat in a river landscape. Ink and a few colours on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically dingmao (1867), signed
Xiaoguan and sealed. Framed and glazed. 68 x 44 cm
456
Zeng Mi Two paintings. a) A pagoda at night. Ink on paper. Signed Sanshi xiang zhu, sealed Zeng, Shilou zhu and three more seals.
Matted, framed and glazed. b) An abstract landscape. Ink and colour on paper. Signed Sanshi xiang zhu, sealed Sanshi and one more
seal. With silk mounting. (2) a) 67 ...[more]
457Qian Hui'an Zhong Kui with his sister. Ink and light colours on paper. Inscription, signed Qian Hui'an and sealed Jisheng an. Water
damage. With silk mounting, framed and glazed. 47 x 29 cm
458Miao Yi Le (Murielle Zeidler) A mountaineous landscape in blue-green style. Ink and colour on paper. Signed and sealed Miao Yi Le.
With silk mounting, framed and glazed. 72 x 45 cm Provenance Collection Dr. Klaus and Murielle Zeidler, Baden-Baden.
459Fu Nandi Eagle in flight (after Xu Beihong). Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, signed Nandi, sealed Nandii and one
more seal. 101 x 62 cm
460Du Ziling Zhong Kui. Hanging scroll. Ink and colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically yichou (1985), signed Ziling, sealed Zilin hua
yin, Gu shan Du shi, Qing Mu and two collector' s seals. 68.5 x 33.5 cm
461
Du Jinggang The poet Tao Yuanming with chrysanthemums. Ink and light colour on paper. Inscription, dated cyclically mit
Chrysanthemen. Tusche und wenige Farben auf Papier. Aufschrift, zyklisch datiert jiazi (1984), sign.: Du Jinggang und SIegel: Jing und
Gang. Unter Glas gerahmt. 68 x 33,5 cm
462 Luis Chan (Chen Fushan) Village street. Oil on wood. Signed and dated Luis Chan 1965 and sealed Fushan. Framed. 36 x 45 cm
463Yeo Hoe-koon Flowers. Acrylic on paper. Signed Hoe Koon and dated 1990. Matted, framed and glazed. 30 x 30 cm Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired directly from the artist
464Yeo Hoe-koon Flowers. Acrylic on paper. Signed Hoe Koon and dated 1986. Matted, framed and glazed. 19 x 27 cm Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired directly from the artist
465After Tie Bao . 20th century Calligraphy. Hanging scroll. Ink on yellow, gold-flecked paper. Inscription, dated cyclically jiayin (1794),
signed Tie Bao and sealed San jiang zong zhi and Gong Bao shang hua. 173 x 75 cm
466Unidentified artist . 20th century A calligraphy. Hanging scroll. Ink on blue, gold-flecked paper. Inscription, dated cyclically gengzi,
signed Yu ti and sealed San and Qian. 173 x 75 cm
467
Di Shiyao (1935-2009) a) A calligraphy couplet. Two hanging scrolls. Ink on paper with gilt decoration. Inscription, signed Di Shiyao and
sealed Di Shiyao. b) A calligraphy. Ink on Ink and colour on gold-flecked paper. Inscription, dated cyclically bingyin (1986), signed
Shiyao and sealed Di Shi ...[more]
468
Liu Zongbiao . Guangxu period (1874-1908) Calligraphy with a poem of the Tang poet Sun Guoting. Hanging scroll. Ink on paper.
Inscription, signed Liu Zongbiao and sealed Liu Zongbiao yin and bingzi Hanlin. Worn. 166 x 33 cm Provenance Private collection, North
Rhine-Westphalia
469She Xueman Calligraphy. Four hanging scrolls. Ink on paper Inscription, signed She Xueman and sealed She Xueman yin. (4) 170 x 46
cm
470
Qi Baishi Bonian Ren and a) An album titled "Ren Bonian huace" with five loose woodblock prints depicting birds and flowers and an
album leaf with a Chinese text. Rongbaozhai, Beijing, 1954. b) 29 album leaves depicting birds, flowers and insects. (35) a) 32.5 x 44.5
cm; b) 28 x 18 cm
471
A reference book Three volumes titled Mi hua tu kao and Erotic Colour Prints of the Ming Period with an essay on Chinese Sex Life from
the Han to the Ch'ing Dynasty, B.C. 206-A.D: 1644, R. H. van Gulik, Privately Published in Fifty Copies, Tokyo 1951. A reproduction of
the manuscript copy, contai ...[more]
472
A reference book National Palace Museum and National Central Museum (ed.), Gugong minghua sanbai zhong, Three hundred
Masterpieces of Chinese Paintings in the Palace Museum, Taichung 1959. Chinese and English, numerous illustrations (some in color).
Six volumes enclosed in two cloth folding cases ...[more]
473
Bonian Ren Wang Xizhi a) A folding album titled "Ren Bonian qun xian zhushou tu" (Immortals wishing longevity by Ren Bonian).
Shanghai 1959. Brocade covers. b) Five albums titled "Wang Xizhi hua tie huibian" ( A collection of works by Wang Xizhi). Brocade
covers. (2) a) 51 x 13.5 cm; b) 36 x 26. ...[more]
474Qi Baishi A folding album titled "Qi Baishi huaji" (Collected paintings of Qi Baishi) with 22 colour woodblock prints. Rongbaozhai, Beijing
1952, 5th month. Water stains. Brocade covers. 31.5 x 22 cm Provenance Old private collection, The Netherlands
475Qi Baishi A folding album titled "Qi Baishi huaji" (Collected paintings of Qi Baishi) with 22 colour woodblock prints. Rongbaozhai, Beijing
1952, 5th month. Water stains. Brocade covers. 31.5 x 22 cm
476Shi Tao A folding album titled "Qing Shi Tao huahui ce" (An album with flowers by Shi Tao of the Qing) with eight colour woodblock
prints. Shanghai. Brocade cover. 38.5 x 26 cm
477Qi Baishi Two volumes titled "Beijing Rongbaozhai xin jishi jianpu" with 80 colour woodblock prints of letter papers by Qi Baishi, Zhang
Daqian and others. Rongbaozhai, Beijing, 1953, 5th month. Wraparound case covered with brocade. 31.5 x 22.5 cm
478Qi Baishi Two volumes titled "Beijing Rongbaozhai xin jishi jianpu" with 80 colour woodblock prints of letter papers by Qi Baishi, Zhang
Daqian and others. Rongbaozhai, Beijing, 1955. Wraparound case covered with brocade. 31.5 x 22.5 cm
479
Qi Baishi Two album cases with two volumes each titled "Beijing Rongbaozhai xin jishi jianpu" with 80 colour woodblock prints of letter
papers by Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian and others. Rongbaozhai, Beijing, 1955, 5th month. Two album with loose leaves. Wraparound
cases covered with brocade. (2) 31. ...[more]
500
A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later Seated in meditation, holding a vajra in his right hand and
prayer beads hanging from the left, the kesa held together by a cord at the left shoulder. Inside the belly behind a removeable piece of
wood a number of consecrat ...[more]
501
A wood figure of Idaten. 14th century Standing on one leg running, wearing a Chinese-style armour and a helmet. Remains of
polychromy. Mounted on a stand. Kiri box. According to legend, Idaten was supposed to guard a sharitô containing Buddha's ashes, but
he fell asleep. A demon saw the opportuni ...[more]
502
A lacquered and gilded wood figure of a Bosatsu. 16th century Seated in meditation on a separate two-part lotus, both hands in dhyana
mudra, the high tiara displaying sun symbols. Tiny metal nails were used to attach jewellery to tiara and chest. With a gilt brownish
lacquer coating, hidden under ...[more]
503
A lacquered and gilded wood figure of Amida Nyorai. Edo period, probably late 17th century Standing on a large lotus blossom above a
circle of lotus blossom leaves and a round and stepped richly decorated base, both hands in raigô-in, behind the figure a mandorla
carved in openwork with flames (p ...[more]
504
A lacquered and gilded wood figure of Amida Nyorai. Late 17th/18th century Seated in meditation on a double lotus flower above a
hexagonal base with balustrade and flower panels, both hands in raigô-in, behind the figure a mandorla carved with clouds and with an
inset bronze mirror signed Fujiwar ...[more]
505
A large lacquered and gilded wood figure of Miroku Bosatsu. Edo period, 18th century or earlier Seated in meditation with hands in
dhyana mudra on a large lotus throne above a stepped and highly ornamental base including a recumbent shishi carrying an open lotus
flower. The eyes of glass, the urn ...[more]
506
A lacquered and gilded wood Amida Trias. 18th century At the centre stands Amida Nyorai on a lotus flower, his hands in raigô-in, on a
highly ornamental hexagonal base with a balustrade and flower panels, to his right stands in tribhanga Seishi Bosatsu with hands folded
in prayer and to the left ...[more]
507
A lacquered, gilded and polychromed wood figure Monjû Bosatsu. Edo period Seated in meditation on a lotus throne, holding a flower,
behind him a seperately carved halow, the crown and jewelery of gilt copper and glass beads, the figure placed on top of a mighty lion
with a saddle cloth on its bac ...[more]
508
A lacquered and gilded wood figure of Amida Nyorai. 18th/19th century Standing on a double lotus flower above a hexagonal base with
a balustrade and flower panels, both hands in raigô-in, inserted behind the figure a mandorla carved with clouds. The eyes and urna of
glass. Chips. Height 69 cm
509
A fine wood sculpture of Jikokuten. Edo-period, 18th century Standing on a demon and pressing down its head with his foot, above a
rocky platform, the "Guardian of the Nation" identifiable by his raised sword and left hand resting on his hip. At the non-exposed areas
remains of painting, the rest ...[more]
510
A blackened wood figure of a King of Hell (Enma-o). Meiji period, late 19th century Seated in meditation, the object in his right hand
missing, a high crown with the character for king on his head, the garment adorned with a cloud pattern of lacquer putty, the large eyes
of glass. Engraved signat ...[more]
511
A painted wood no mask of Namanari type. Edo period Mask of a female demon with an almost hexagonal face with a two-toned
complexion and two very short horns, the wide-open mouth with two rows of golden teeth including four fangs and a wide tongue. The
reverse painted brown. The eye pupils lined ...[more]
512
A painted wood no mask of Namanari type. Edo period Mask of a female demon with a longish face with a two-toned complexion and
two short golden horns, the open mouth with two rows of golden teeth including four fangs and a visible tongue. The reverse painted
brown and dark red. The eye pupils lin ...[more]
513
A painted wood no mask of Hannya type. 19th century The female demon with long horns, hair parted in the middle and single hairs
falling onto the forehead and the temples, the wide-open mouth with upper and lower row of blackened teeth and the eyeballs of metal.
To the reverse an old Japanese pap ...[more]
514
A painted wood no mask of Hannya type. 18./19. Jh. The female demon with short horns, hair parted in the middle and single thick hairs
falling onto the forehead and the temples, the wide-open mouth with upper and lower row of gold-painted teeth and the eyeballs painted
gold as well, the face dark ...[more]
515
A painted wood no mask of Uba type. Edo period Mask of an ancient woman with narrow eyes and raised brows the mouth open
showing the upper row of blackened teeth, wrinkles to the corners of the eyes, cheeks and forehead. The face of light beige colour, the
lip red, the hair white. The reverse pai ...[more]
516
A painted wood no mask of Waka-otoko type. Edo period Mask of a young man with raised brows and wrinkles above the nose, the
mouth open and showing both rows of blackened teeth, above the lips a whisp of a moustache, the hair combed into the temples, the
face of a greyish colour, lips painted red ...[more]
517
A painted wood no mask of Zo-onna type, Edo period Mask of a young woman with narrow eyes und narrow mouth with a visible upper
row of blackened teeth. The reverse coloured brown, with a Japanese paper label reading “Zo-onna” and four other characters, and
bearing the acc. no. (probably of a muse ...[more]
518
A painted wood no mask of Kojo type. Early 20th century Mask of an ancient man with raised brows and wrinkles above the nose, the
mouth open showing the upper row of teeth, numerous wrinkles to the cheeks and forehead, a long beard implanted at the chin, the
strands of hair implanted at the templ ...[more]
519
A painted wood no mask of Magojiro type. 20th century Mask of a young woman with a wide nose und narrow mouth with a visible
upper row of blackened teeth. The reverse coloured brown with seal carved in sunken relief reading Hanyu Mitsunaga. The colouring of
the face removed. Height 20.8 cm Prove ...[more]
520
A painted wood no mask of Ko-omote type. 20th century Mask of a young woman with a long slender eyes and narrow mouth with a
visible upper row of blackened teeth. The reverse coloured brown with seal carved in sunken relief reading Jinkei (= Kabe Jinkei). Height
21.3 cm Provenance Private collec ...[more]
521
A kyogen mask and another mask. Wood, lacquer and pigments. 18th/19th century a) Okame, laughing merrily, with full cheeks and a
portruding forehead, the hair lacquered black, the lips and tongue red. Overpaintings. b) Hannya with long horns and the hair laid in
three loops along the temples. Thi ...[more]
522
A wood and negoro type lacquer mask in the manner of a bugaku mask. Meiji period With large bulging golden eyes, upturned nose with
large holes, and a lower lip pushed upward, the hole face marked by wrinkles. Damage to the upper and lower rims. Height 21.2 cm
Provenance Private collection, Bade ...[more]
523A okimono of a rootwood. Daruma. 19th/early 20th century The face visible inside the robe probably has been reworked, the hands are
hidden under his robe. Height 11.1 cm Provenance Collection June H. Schuerch (1930-2009), thence by descent
524An umimatsu sceptre (nyoi). 19th century In shape of a reishi with a long stem, a silk cord and an ojime. Length 33.5 cm Provenance
Collection June H. Schuerch (1930-2009), Santa Barbara, CA, thence by descent
525A small box, probably for incense. 19th century In shape of a tortoise with head hidden under the carapace and legs held tightly to the
body. Height 2.9 cm; length 7.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Southern Germany
526
An iron kôgo. 29th century On the flat lid a central bonji character surrounded by eight other bonji in silvery inlay. The inside lined with
gilt copper. Kiri box, the inscription on the lid reading zôgan iri tetsu sei kôgo. Height 1.5 cm; diameter 5.6 cm Provenance Private
collection, Netherlan ...[more]
527
A bronze vessel for discarded water (kensui). 19th century Of squat spinning top shape, with and everted rim decorated in cast relief
with waves. Wooden box, with inscription to the lid reading kodô kensui and the name of the maker? Yoshiyuki ô. Height 10.1 cm; outer
diameter 19.1 cm Provenance ...[more]
528
A reddish clay haniwa figure. Kofun period, 6th/7th century Hand-built hollow figure of typical shape, rising from a circular base, skirt and
lower body with vertical striations, a belt around the waist, circular openings to the sides, the face showing three openings for the eyes
and mouth, the n ...[more]
529
An Oribe type chaire. Mino province. Early Edo period Of katatsuki type on a flat base with irokiri, the body covered by a thin beige-
coloured glaze with iron brown dots farranged into stylized plum blossoms and a greenish overglaze. Ivory lid. Shifuku of purple
chirimen, turned shitan box (hikiy ...[more]
530
A Karatsu summer chawan. Momoyama/early Edo period Of wide conical shape with thin parallel grooves filled with engobe to the
inside, the body covered by an ash grey finely crackled glaze, with seven ground down spur marks to the well, remais of red pigment at
the base,with fine gold lacquer repa ...[more]
531
A Mishima Karatsu chawan. Kyûshû. Early Edo period Of rounded shape, the body covered by a light grey glaze and decorated to the
outside with fine grooves and stamped flowerets, dots and circles filled with slip. Restored. Wooden box. Height 8.2 cm; diameter 13.5
cm Provenance Collection Jacobus ...[more]
532
A Ki Seto bowl. Owari province. Edo period On a wide foot ring, to the outside fine parallel grooves, covered by a shiny yellowish glaze.
Gold lacquer repairs to the rim and fine hairline cracks. Wooden box, the inscription on the paper label reading Ki Seto ko bachi (small
bowl). Height 9 cm; wi ...[more]
533
A red raku chawan. Second quater 20th century Of small shape with a slightly inward sloping wall, on a small round foot with itokiri.
Salmon red glaze with whitish spots and two large characters in white and a dedication to 88-year-old Sei?fû. Stamped Raku in a circle
and the large character "dai ...[more]
534
A Shino type chawan, by Kita Rosanjin (1883-1959). Mid-20th century Of squat shape with a horizontally ridged wall painted in iron
black with chrysanthemum, leaf, tendril and grasses, on a small ring foot surrounding a recessed base centered with a tiny incised
katakana syllable Ro. Silk shifuku. ...[more]
535A slender Bizen vase. Late 19th century Of rounded square section, the body with fine horizontal grooves and an ash glaze. A small
stamp to the base. Gold lacquer repairs and cracks. Height 27.6 cm Provenance Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
536
An Oribe platter. Mino province. Mid-Edo period With an everted rim, the body covered with a beige-coloured glaze displaying various
gourds, a stylized plum blossom and a water wheel(?) in iron-brown, and two large areas covered by a bottle green overglaze, patterns
in iron-brown to the reverse. ...[more]
537
An Oribe bowl. Mino area. 19th century The body rising from a round foot to form a rounded square shape at the rim, painted in iron
brown inside and outside with four chrysanthemum blossoms reserved from the bottle green overglaze. Stamped Tôzan(?) at the base.
Height 8.1 cm; max. width 16.5 cm ...[more]
538
A small figure of Fudô Myôô and acolytes. Late 19th century The blue-skinned god formerly holding a sword and noose sits on a square
rock bearing the characters Naritasan with Kongara Dôji to his right and Seitaka Dôji to his left, standing on rocks surrounded by waves,
the waters originating fro ...[more]
539
An ovoid Satsuma lidded jar. Kyoto. Late 19th century Painted in enamels and gold with two large reserves filled with ladies and children
in a landscape, on a ground of dense flowers including chrysanthemums. The lid with a shishi knob. Signed Dai Nihon Kyôto tôjiki
gôshigaisha Ryôzan zô. Height ...[more]
540
A Satsuma vase. Kyoto. Late 19th century Of elongated ovoid shape, painted in enamels and gold with families and children strolling in
a landscape with blossoming cherry trees and a small reserves with birds by a shore with blossoming shrubs, around the foot and the
shoulder rolls of cloth with t ...[more]
541
A Kyoto Satsuma-Vase. Late 19th century Of ovoid shape, decorated in enamels and gold with two large reserves, one painted with
mandarin ducks underneath a blossoming cherry tree, the other painted with figures, probably a painter and his servants in a landscape
with Mount Fuji. Signed Ikeda kins ...[more]
542
A small Satsuma ewer. Possibly Osaka. Around 1900 Of ovoid shape with a very thin spout and small lid, finely painted in enamels and
gold with two reserves filled with ladies in a garden landscape, surrounded by wisteria and flying swallows, below the lip and around the
foot textile patterns. Sig ...[more]
543
A small deep Satsuma bowl. Kyoto. Late 19th century Painted in enamels and gold at the well with a moon-viewing party at a two-
storeyed restaurant, to the inner wall reserves with court scenes and fan-shaped reserves with birds and flowers, the outside painted
with numerous people viewing plum bl ...[more]
544
A shallow Satsuma bowl. Kyoto. Around 1900 Painted in enamels and gold to the well with numerous visitors at an iris viewing party in a
garden, the wall with a small hanabishi pattern, to the outside flowers and accoutrements of a samurai indicating the boy's festival.
Signed Kyôzan. Wooden stand ...[more]
545
A small Satsuma long-necked bottle vase. Kyoto. Late 19th century Finely painted in enamels and gold with two reserves filled with
Chinese figures, surrounded by numerous very small textile patterns. Impressed mark Taizan at the base. Wooden stand. Height 14.8
cm Provenance Private collection, R ...[more]
546
Two very small Satsuma vases. Probably Kyoto. Early 20th century Both painted in enamels and gold, a) with playing children and
textile patters, and b) with maple branches, signed Nikko. Both with wooden stands. (2) Height a) 9 cm; b) 5.9 cm Provenance Private
collection, Rhineland
547A pair of Satsuma vases. 20th century Painted in iron-red, enamels and gold with maple branches and flying birds. Signed Gyôzan and
Shimazu mon. (2) Height 18.7 und 18.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Rhineland
548
Two large Imari plates. Arita. 19th century Painted in underglaze-blue, iron-red, a few enamels and gold at the centre with a flower vase,
surrounded by three reserves filled with Chinese figures, and scrolls on a red ground. On the reverse scrolls and chrysanthemums. To
the base a pomegranate br ...[more]
549
A large Kutani stoneware dish. 19. Jh. Painted in iron-red, enamels and gold with three cartouches displaying a shishi among peonies,
Kinko Sennin and possibly Chinnan Sennin and a pair of birds on a flowering branch. The underside glazed green with black scrolls. At
the base marked Kutani. Diame ...[more]
550
A Kutani shallow dish. Painted in the colours of late Kutani ware three cranes on a background of small circles, to the rim and the
outside lobed cartouches with flowers and karakusa on a hanabishi-type ground. At the base an apocryphal six-character mark Kangxi
in underglaze-blue. Diameter 25 cm ...[more]
551
A large baluster-shaped Nabeshima pot. Arita. 19th century Painted in underglaze-blue with large and small takaramono, Buddhist
emblems and the emblems of the Chinese Eight Immortals, and hoju around the neck. Height 44.3 cm Literature Illustrated in: Asahi
Shinbun (ed.), Ironabeshima ten. Les c ...[more]
552
A very large Shigaraki plate. 20th century Of elongated shape with irregular rims on the top and bottom, displaying a full moon reserved
from the ash glaze, susuki in engraved lines and a large greenish overglaze area at the side. Height 6.4 cm; length 63.5 cm; width 31.3
cm
553
A slender vase, by Ito Shin (born 1955). Tochigi prefecture, Mashiko. Late 20th/early 21st century Tubular, with set-off foot, rough shard
with wide wavy bands. Incised signature Shin at the base. Tomobako, the inside of the lid with inscription reading Haimon hanaike
(flower vase with ash patter ...[more]
554
A very large bowl, by Ito Shin (botn 1955).Tochigi prefecture, Mashiko. Late 20th/early 21st century With everted rim, the rough shard
displaying wide wave-like bands. Tomobako, the inscription on the lid reading Haimon hachi (Bowl with an ash pattern), signed and
sealed Shin. Height 8.3 cm; diam ...[more]
555
A large flower-shaped vase, by Nishiyama Shôsaku (born 1974). 1995 With a flower-shaped rim. Tomobako, with inscription on the lid
reading Seiji yû kabin Kashûgama Nishiyama Shôsaku and sealed Nishiyama Tadashi, at the back of the lid inscription reading Saga-
ken tennyusen saku. H 34 cm
556
A very large vase, by Kita Hiroyuki (born 1944). Late 20th century Of tall rectangular shape with one big curve and round indentation,
glazed light blue all over. Incised signature Hiroyuki at the base. Paper label with the address (Komatsu-shi Kaga hachi... 140) and the
name of the potter Kita H ...[more]
557
A large bowl, by Yagi Akira (born 1955). Early 21st century Of round yukiwa shape with a Chinese style qingbai type glaze. Stamped
Akira. Tomobako, the inscription on the lid reading Seihakuji yukiwa hachi, signed Yagi Akira and two seals Hachijuhachi sanjin and
Akira. Cotton cloth. Height 9.1 cm ...[more]
558
A tall Kutani vase, by Tokuda Masahiko (1933-2009). Around 1980 Of bulbous shape with a tapered shoulder glazed in streaks of
yellow, light blue and green changing into a deep dark and purplish blue at the body. Signed Kutani Masahiko in iron-brown at the base.
Tomobako with inscription to the li ...[more]
559
A very large nanban lacquer cabinet-on-stand. 17th century Decorated all over in gold makie and on a black lacquer ground, the edges
with hanabishi and lozenges of mother-of-pearl, the front of the doors with lobed reserves, filled with tiger and leopard underneath
bamboo and a pair of hares in a ...[more]
560
A large lacquer sumiaka box. Edo period, 17th century Of rectangual shape with rounded corners. The lid and parts of the body
displaying large peony blossoms, branches and leaves in gold and silver hiramaki-e on a black lacquer ground, other parts of the body
covered with red laqcuered cloth. Two ...[more]
561
A pair of lacquer boxes of hokai type. 19th century Standing on four square and splayed legs, the body with horizontal ribs and a slightly
domed lid. Decorated in gold hiramaki-e with mons of the katabami and kikyô type amidst leafy scrolls. At the feet and rims gilt copper
fittings with similar ...[more]
561a
A small lacquer cabibet. Second half 19th century All sides displaying landscapes with a river in gold and silver hiramakie with black
lacquer, e-nashiji and kirikane. Behind the double door one large and six small drawers, their fronts decorated with various landscapes,
the large drawer with a t ...[more]
562
A lacquer sageju with two sake bottle of pewter. 19th century Consisting of a frame two two large gourd-shaped openings at the narrow
sides, a four-tiered bento box with a flat lid with autumn grasses, to the side a box for hot water, to warm the two sake bottles of pewter,
above a small box wit ...[more]
562a
An oblong lacquer box by Hayashi Hiroshi. Late 20th century With three trays (sandan jubako) and a lid. The box is decorated at the
outside with heavy gold, a “prehistoric wall painting” in red through which the fabric ground is visible and below a frieze with some
“Egyptian hieroglyphs”. The box ...[more]
563A red lacquer box of ryôshibako type. 19th/20th century The flat lid displaying a kabuto of tsujibashi type with dragon maedate,
kuwagata and shikoro in takamakie. Silvery nashiji to the inside. Wooden box. Height 12.2 cm; width 19.9 cm; depth 24.4 cm
564
Two red lacquer ewers. Dated 1814 With a foldable lid and a moveable handle, the fittings and the knob of copper. Very minor traces of
use. Original wooden box with an inscription reading Negoro shirutsugi ittai iri and the blackened name of a temple and to one side
Bunka jûichi nen (1814) shirut ...[more]
565
A small lacquered and gilt wood altar table. Around 1835/1840 In six parts. The table itself on four cabriole legs with a black lacquer
table top on a ornate socle above a flat black lacquer base. The corners with gilt metal fittings. Wooden box, the inscription on the lid
reading Tenpô jûichi ne ...[more]
566
A pair of lidded boxes (kaioke). Late 19th century Of octagonal shape on a stand, on eight feet with eyelets for the thick tasseled cord,
displaying pine saplings and nandina branches, partly with berries in gold hiramakie on a black lacquer ground. Roiro to the inside. Very
minor traces of use. ...[more]
567
A lacquer writing set consisting of five pieces. 20th century Including a bunko, dai, suzuribako, tanzakubako and fumibako, all decorated
in gold takamakie and hiramakie with a little kirikane with various cloud formations on a black ground, the bunko with a large red sun,
the suzuribako with a c ...[more]
568
A very large white bronze mirror with its lacquer box. 19th century The mirror with Horai motif and gyoho mon in relief and inscription
reading Ina mura Bingo roku Fujiwara Yoshinaga, the box with a fruit-bearing tachibana tree, pine saplings and the same mon in makie
on a black ground, gold foi ...[more]
569
A lacquer tray. Early 20th century Dipslaying a cherry blossom, a tachibana branch, three shikishi and two tanzaku filled with bamboo,
Fujimusume, a bathing bird, Ishiyamadera under a full moon and a pine branch, in gold and silver hiramakie on a roiro ground. Some
wear. Inscribed wooden box. Hei ...[more]
570
A small low lacquer table. 20th century On four square feet, displaying the Uji bridge, willows, a water wheel and a jakago, at the river
bank sasa and kikyô, on the lower board jakago amidst wave, all in makie on roiro. Original wooden box. Height 17 cm; width 42.5 cm;
depth 33.5 cm
571
A black lacquer Heiandô tray (hirobuta). Kyoto. 20th century Rectangular with rounded corners, displaying bamboo in makie on a roiro
ground. Tomobako with inscription on the lid reading ...iro take makie hirobuta and two seals Kyôto und Heiandô sei. Height 5.9 cm;
width 48.8 cm; depth 35 cm
572
A lacquer tray (hirobuta). 20th century With a low vertical rim, decorated with bamboo, chrysanthemums, plum blossom branches, and
orchids in gold hiramakie, red lacquer, e-nashiji and inlays of mother of pearl on a roiro ground. Wooden box. Height 5.2 cm; width 39
cm; depth 27.8 cm
573A black lacquer footed tray. 20th century On four short curved feet and with a rounded rim, displaying gourd vines with large leaves and
double-gourds in gold and silver hiramakie. Inscribed wooden box, not belonging. Height 11.1 cm; length 51.8 cm; depth 33.7 cm
574Two tall black lacquer temple candlesticks. 20th century The foot in shape of an inverted chrysanthemum, the shaft with chiseled and
blackened copper fittings supporting a smaller kiku with metal ring and pricket. (2) Height 70 cm
575
A silver and ivory Shibayama tray. Late 19th century The ivory panel displaying a flying duck above an iris pond with fish rendered in
mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell and stained ivory, the rim consisting of chrysanthemus and scrolls rendered in silver wire, on four lobed
feet. Height 3.6 cm; 16. ...[more]
576
An ivory lidded vessel. Late 19th century Carved from an elephant's tooth segment with three integrated lobed feet, decorated in relief
and engraving with all together twelve monkeys with grapes and kaki, the knob in shape of a seated monkey. One foot glued. Height
14.9 cm This lot contains mater ...[more]
577
An ivory okimono of a man grinding small leaves. Late 19th century Seated with legs crossed, at his side a tabakobon and a tabakoire.
Signed Muneyuki on an inlaid red tablet. Height 8.5 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of
the EU contract countries. W ...[more]
578
A ivory okimono of a tanuki with a mokugyo. Late 19th century Standing upright and wearing a priest's robe with sleeves tied up and
beating a gong which is tied around his neck with a thick rope, the tachibana motif on the mokugyo refers to the Nichiren Sect. Signed
Ryusai. Height 9.4 cm This lot ...[more]
579
An ivory okimono of a man with a sakura branch. Late 19th century Returnig slighly drunk from a cherry blossom viewing party, a small
basket and a sake gourd shouldered on his back and a sake cup in his raised hand. Signed Bunga on the irregular base. Height 20.6 cm
This lot contains materials wh ...[more]
580
An ivory okimono of a street entertainer. Late 19th century Probably a sarumawashi beating a drum and surrounded by props such as a
flute, Okame mask, shishi mask, wig, clappers, eboshi and a staff. The nails of drum inlaid black. Signed in an irregular reserve:
Chikahide. The monkey on the shoul ...[more]
581
A small ivory okimono of two rakan. Late 19th century Handaka Sonja sits on a rock while a dragon emerges from his his alms bowl,
and Hattara Sonja holding a flywhisk sitting on his tiger. Signed Ryôraku with kaô on a red tablet. Eye pupils of the dragon inlaid black.
Height 5.2 cm This lot conta ...[more]
582
A probably marine ivory okimono of a crab. Second half 19th century A naturalistc reticulated model with eight movable legs and a pair
of scissors, the eyes covered with silver foil. Ca. width 12 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export
outside of the EU contract co ...[more]
583
An ivory okimono of a kaki fruit. Probably around 1930 A naturalistic model finely coloured, the four leaves and stem stained green.
Height 7.2 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to
inform you that such licen ...[more]
584
An ivory okimono of a nectarine. Most probably 1910-1930 A naturalistic model with a very fine and graduated colouring. Height 4.3 cm
This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to inform you
that such licenses are usual ...[more]
585
An ivory okimono of a small peach or apricot. Probably around 1930 A naturalistic model finely coloured, the stem painted green. Height
4 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to inform
you that such licenses ar ...[more]
586
An ivory okimono of a banana. Around 1930 Of a very slender shape, naturalistically painted. Length 15.6 cm This lot contains materials
which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to inform you that such licenses are usually
not granted.
587
A very large embroidered panel. Late 19th century The whole panel covered in couched cotton and gold-covered threads with two
dragons amidst waves with rocks jutting out from the waters. The brocade borders ratty, the black areas abraded. Lined with cotton, inlet
of wool and backed with beige-col ...[more]
588
A pair of bronze handwarmers (teaburi). Late 19th century The splayed foot supporting a globular body with two chrysanthemum-shape
handles with loose rings, the outside displaying chrysanthemums and birds amidst leafy foliage in relief, the same decoration in
openwork on the domed lid, the foot w ...[more]
589
A very large cloisonné enamel vase. Late 19th century Displaying an eagle on a blossoming cherry branch on a pale pink ground and a
pair of paradise birds by a maple branch and chrysanthemums on a light blue ground, reseved from a goldstone imitation ground with
emblems, flowers and scrolls, a wi ...[more]
590A coppery bronze figure of Amida Butsu. Meiji period Seated in meditation on a double lotus throne, the right hand in seimui-in, the left
hand in raigo-in. Height 36.5 cm
591
Two Komai style iron cigarette cases. Early 20th century Decorated in gold and silver a) with boats and a torii by the sea, marked
Komai, inside the name Maude Dairen 17/5/14, and b) a dragon, fuku mark inside and K 24. (2) a) 8.1 x 9.2 cm; b) 8.1 x 12.3 cm
Provenance Private collection, Rhinela ...[more]
592A large bronze okimono of a sea eagle. Late 19th century Set into a rock encircled by waves with water droplets, the wings cast
seperately. The bird with a reddish brown patina. Height 63 cm; width of the wings 6,5 cm
593Very large and heavy bronze vase. Early 20th century Of elongated shape with a set off shoulder with four stylised ram's heads and
incised vertical wavy lines. Wooden box, the lid with an inscription reading hitsuji mon shudo kabin and Tamenobu saku. Height 36.3 cm
594
A large bronze vase by Kanaya Gorôsaburô XV. Around 1940 Of a tall shape widening towards the top, on two sides with a dragonfly
below the rim, rendered in soft relief. At the base a cast seal mark Gorôsa in (= Kanaya Gorôsaburô XV). Tomobako, the lid with an
inscription reading ki kara akagane ...[more]
595A large bronze vase by Yamamoto Junmin (1888-1962) Of globular shape, to the shoulder in relief a frieze of lotus petals, to the neck
tiny circles representing the stamen. At the base cast seal mark Junmin saku. Height 27.7 cm
596
A hexagonal bronze vase by Yashima Boshu (1925-2001). Second half 20th century Of elongated faceted shape on a round foot.
Chestnut-coloured patina with reddish streaks running in loops. Cast mark Bôshû to the base. Irregularity to the foot. Tomobako, the lid
with an inscription reading Shûdô kab ...[more]
597
A bronze vase by Hannya Kankei (born 1933). Takaoka. Around 1980 Of ovoid shape with an almost horizontal shoulder, the chestnut
brown patina bearing reddish brown streaks. At the base cast mark Kankei. Tomobako, the lid with an inscription reading Hon... shûdô
kabin and signed Kankei saku and se ...[more]
598
A hammered copper vase by Gyokusendo Kakuhei III (1901-1992) Of almost spherical shape with three ondulating bands in silver.
Signed Kakuhei saku and sealed Gyokusendô at the base. Gyokusendô Kakuhei III (1901-1992), master in 5th generation of the
Gyokusendô family of Tsubame, Niigata prefecture ...[more]
599
A bronze vase by Aoki Kisoku (born 1939). Late 20th century Of squat bulbous shape decorated in silver wire and a little gilding.
Wooden box, the inscription on the lid reading Seidô sei kabin (flower vase of bronze) and the inscription to the reverse of the lid reading
Zôgan Nihon shin kogei ka ...[more]
600 A scholar's rock (suiseki). Of grey colour with large dark red spots and beige coloured streaks Height with stand 18.8 cm
601A tall marble scholar's rock (suiseki). Upright, shaped as a hook, with a lively grain and of a grey-yellowish colour. Wooden stand. Height
56.3 cm
602A scholar's rock (suiseki). In shape of a long mountain range with a Japanese inscription underneath. A wooden stand with an
inscription in similar wording. Height with stand 17.5 cm; length 69.2 cm
603 A very large scholar's rock (suiseki). A black mountain range with a jagged top. Wooden stand. Total height 23.2 cm; total length 100 cm
604An exceptionally large bamboo ikebana basket. 20th century Of vase shape with an everted rim an two very large ring handles, the body
irregularily woven with a few very wide bamboo strips. Signed Kyushu Beppu-shi Sato Kentaro and his shop sign. Height 61.5 cm
605A large bamboo ikebana basket. 20th century Of ovoid shape with a high handle, the body of thin and wider bamboo strips, woven
irregularly with inserted bands consisting of twisted bamboo strings. Signed Kyokuho. Height 65 cm
606An unusual large unstained bamboo basket. 20th century With a loop handle, the body very loosely woven with bamboo strips split
vertically. Height 54 cm; width ca. 80 cm
607A bamboo ikebana basket. 20th century Standing on four short feet of bamboo with an integral handle, the body irregularily woven with
very thin bamboo strips. Height 39.5 cm
608A large bamboo ikebana basket. 20th century With a high handle consisting of six branches connected with nails. The body rendered
with very wide bamboo strips. Signed Shochikusai. Bamboo container. Height 63 cm
609A large bamboo ikebana basket. 20th century Of ovoid shape with handle consisting of two intertwined branches, the body woven with
two-coloured bamboo strips with inserted bamboo rods split lengthwise. Height 54.5 cm
610A very large ikebana basket by Suzuki Gyokushosai (1872-1936) With two flat handles consisting of several rope-like strands. Signed at
the base Gyokushosai saku. Wooden box, the lid with inscription reading hana kago. Height ca. 36 cm; diameter 36 cm
611An Ainu embroidered black cotton robe. Hokkaido. At the hem, shoulder area and sleeve borders narrow strips in white embrodery with
some colour accents. To be closed with two cotton cords at the side. Restoration. Length without collar 114 cm
612An Ainu dark blue cotton kimono with appliqué and embroidery. Hokkaido. To the hem, collar and sleeves white and red cotton strips
appliquéd and highlighted by embroidered lines and lozenges. White spots in two areas. Length without collar 123.5 cm
613 A pair of metal Ainu earrings (ninkari). Hokkaido. Simple rings of white metal and an affixed pearls. (2) Length 11.2 cm; diameter 8.4 cm
614
Unidentified painter. 19th century A pair of six-panel screens depicting on the right three sparrows flying over billowing waves and on the
left a sea eagle perched on a rock surrounded by waves. Ink and a few colours on silver-leafed paper. Dated cyclically tsuchinoto-hitsuji
(1859/1916), signed ...[more]
615Anonymous painter. Late 19th century A six-panel screen depicting a landscape with courtiers writing poems, boy servants and sake
cups floating on a river, in allusion to the Chinese Lanting (Rantei) theme. Ink, colours and gold on paper. 172.4 x 361 cm
616
Unidentified painter of the Kano school. Late 18th/19th century A six-panel screen depicting a tiger underneath bamboo in a rain storm
and a dragon rising from billowing waves. Ink and a few colours on paper. Unread pot-seal. 169 x 375 cm Provenance Private collection,
Paris Literature Galerie ...[more]
617Anonymous painter. 19th century A hanging scroll depicting two Dutchmen, one with a drum, the other with a trumpet. Ink and colours
on paper. Wooden box. 66 x 28 cm
618Yamaguchi Soken, in the manner of Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818), in the manner of A hanging scroll depicting a courtesan. Ink and
colours on silk. Inscribed and sealed Soken. Double wooden box. 109.5 x 41.4 cm
619
Shibata Zeshin, in the manner of Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), in the manner of A hanging scroll with a lady in a winter coat, wearing a
scarf and a closed umbrella and a boy also with an´umbrella. Ink and a few colours on silk (a bit damaged). Sealed Zeshin. Double
wooden box. 117 x 42.3 cm
620Anonymous painter. 19th century A low 10-panel screen depicting Chinese schollars and their servants in a landscape. Ink and colours
on paper. 78 x 345 cm
621
Anonymous painter. 18th century A very large hanging scroll depicting the Taizôkai mandara (Womb world mandala). Its structure
consists of twelve courts, the central one being in shape of an eight-petalled lotus blossom showing the five Buddhas of esoteric
knowledge (at the centre Dainichi Nyorai ...[more]
622
Kano Sanraku, in the manner of In the manner of Kano Sanraku (1559-1635) A hanging scroll depicting a landscape by a shore with
high mountains and temples. Ink on paper. Sealed Shuri and one more seal. Wooden box. With a kanteisho by Seisen'in Yasunobu
(1796-1846), who attests the painting to be ...[more]
623
Yamamoto Baiitsu, in the manner of Yamamoto Baiitsu (1783-1856), in the manner of A hanging scroll depicting Shumonjaku (chin.
Zhou Dunyi), one of the four flower lovers looking a lotus. Ink and light colours on silk. Signed and sealed Baiitsu. Inscription signed
Jodo and two seals. Double box, t ...[more]
624Tsubaki Chinzan Tsubaki Chinzan (1801-1854) A hanging scroll depicting two minah birds in an old oak tree. Ink and light colours on
paper. Inscribed Shûtei dai?saku (in the manner of...) and sealed Chinzan in. Double wood box. 103 x 40.5 cm
625
Nakahara Nantenbô Nakahara Nantenbo (1839-1925) A hanging scroll depicting Mount Fuji and a poem. Ink on satin. Inscribed:
Painted after a poem by General Nogi and signed the 76-year-old Nantenbo Toshu and sealed Hakugaikutsu and Toju. Three more
seals Nantenbo, skull and Toju. Carton box. 118 x ...[more]
626 Toko Toko. 19th century A hanging scroll depicting a jumping carp. Ink on silk. Signed Toko and sealed. 132 x 32.8 cm
627Tamura Gessho Tamura Gessho. 20th century A hanging scroll depicting a full moon behind clouds. Ink on silk. Dated cyclically kanoe-
inu (1910), signed and sealed Gessho. Wooden box inscribed tsuki (moon). 106.8 x 40.7 cm
628
Gaiun Gaiun. Early 20th century A hanging scroll depicting a sparrow flying over a millet field. Ink and colours on silk. Signed and sealed
Gaiun. Tomobako, with inscription on the lid reading Awa ni suzume, the inside of the lid dated Taisho 8 (1919), signed and sealed
Gaiun. 127.5 x 47 cm
629Unidentified painter. Early 20th century A hanging scroll depicting sunflowers. Colours on paper. Signed Seien? and sealed sei. Wooden
box. 118.5 x 37.7 cm
630
Anonymous painter. 19th century A long scroll relating to the end of the fourty-seven ronin including scenes of conviction, seppuku and
beheading, the manufacture od grave posts, the assembly of grave post. Commentaries to the individual persons or scenes. Ink and
light colours on paper. 26.7 x 1 ...[more]
631
Unidentified painter. 19th century A horizontal scroll with differnet pictures including five naturalistic sketches of fish, a rock, orchid,
horsemen in Chinese style, magnolias, fans, mushrooms and fruits, many of them with commentaries and a cyclical date. Ink and
colours on paper. Wooden box. ...[more]
632Anonymous painter. 19th century A horizontal scroll with seventeen anatomical drawings of the human skeleton including skulls, chest,
arm, leg and foot. Ink and very light brown on paper. End knobs of faceted glass. 18.4 x 363 cm
633
Armour (yoroi). 17th century Tetsu kuro urushi-nuri honkozane kurokawa-odoshi nimai do gusoku. (iron black lacquered true small-scale
black leather lacing two-part cuirass armour). Pendant kusazuri each with five plates, haidate of long iron plates with blue lacing, kabuto:
16-plate suji bachi wi ...[more]
634
Armour (yoroi). 18th/19th century Mogamido tosei gusoku with blue lacing. 16-plate suji-bachi kabuto, with five-layer tehen no
kanemono of shakudo and gilt bronze, maedate in form of an oni head, black lacquered fukigaeshi with mon of the Fujii family of Kami
no yama and four-layer shikoro with b ...[more]
635
Armour (yoroi). 18th century Tetsu kuro urushinuri okegawa nimai do gusoku decorated with the jomon (principal mark) of the Kano
family in gold lacquer. Pendant kusazuri each with five plates, haidate with alternate small black and gold lacquered plates, kabuto: 16-
plate suji bachi with four-laye ...[more]
636
Armour (yoroi). 18th/19th century Nimai kuro-urushinuri mogamido tosei gusoku with pendant four-layer kusazuri with blue lacing,
sashimono on the back. Gold-lacquered eboshi nari kabuto with four-layer shikoro and circular maedate. Six-layer sode, kote and
haidate of lacquered iron plates connect ...[more]
637
Armour (yoroi). 18th/19th century Kuro urushi-nuri nimai hotoke do tosei gusoku with pendant kusazuri each with five plates, haidate
with small plates and kaushi gusari, kabuto: eight-plate black lacquered hoshi bachi with red forehead and horns on both sides. Three-
layer tehen no kanamono baove, ...[more]
638
Armour (yoroi). 18th/19th century Kuro urushi-nuri nimai hotoke do tosei gusoku with pendant kusazuri with four plates attached with
blue lacing, haidate with small plates and kaushi gusari, kabuto: black lacquered momonari kabuto with five-layer shikoro, maedate in
form of the kanji for mountain ...[more]
639
Armour (yoroi). 18th/19th century Kitsuke kozane tachi do with pendant kusazuri each with five plates, an ukezubo (holder) on the back
for a sashimono (standard), kon ito odoshi, haidate with small plates and kaushi gusari, kabuto: 12-plate suji bachi with five-layer tehen
no kanamono, six-layer ...[more]
640
Armour (yoroi). 18th/19th century Kuro urushi-nuri nimai mogami do tosei gusoku with pendant kusazuri each with five plates, an
ukezubo (holder) on the back for a sashimono (standard), kon ito odoshi, haidate with small plates and kaushi gusari, kabuto: eight-plate
black lacquered suji bachi with ...[more]
641
Armour. 18th/19th century Karutagani tatami do with six-sided iron plates attached with kusari, two-part body with hinges on the left side
and lacing on the right. 10-plate iron kusazuri attached with kusari. Kabuto of four curved iron plates attached with kusari. Hanbo with
three-layer yodarekak ...[more]
642
62-plate suji bachi kabuto. 19th century Signed: Myochin Muneyoshi and dated Kaei 4 (1851) Iron koseizan sujibachi kabuto of 62 thin
plates with five-layer chrysanthemum-shaped bronze tehen no kanemono, three-layer black lacquered komanju shikoro with dark blue
and orange lacing, fukigaeshi with ...[more]
643
Somen menpo. 19th century Face of a nio, embossed iron, rust-coloured patina, made up of two parts, the nose fixed with nails.
Prominent eyebrows and chin beard wrought in relief. Two-layer leather yodarekake with hares jumping over waves in silver lacquer.
Inside lacquered red.
644Ressei menpo. 119th century Of embossed iron with a rust-coloured patina, me no shita-type (lower half of the face) with a wild (ressei)
facial expression, deep yasurime (furrows), moustache of horsehair. Four-layer yodarekake, inside lacquered black.
645
A wood and lacquer jingasa. 19th century Decorated with karakusa and the familiy crest maru ni daki myôga in gold makie on a black
lacquer ground, the underside lacquered black, with two cushions and two hat bands (traces of wear). Chip to the rim. Kiri box, with
inscription to the lid reading ka ...[more]
646
A lacquer jingasa. 19th century Of flat conical shape covered with matt black lacquer with ishime, to the rim billowing waves in reddish
lacquer putty and chidori in brown putty, the water droplets of metal, on the underside a maru ni matsukawa bishi mon and traces of
gilding, leather eyelets. Di ...[more]
647
A lacquer jingasa. 19th century Of flat conical shape, devided into twelve segments, the black lacquered segments alternating with
areas of brown putty, at the front a nobori fuji mon with karahana, the underside lacquered red and sprinkled with gold leaf specks, four
leather eyelets. Diameter 43 ...[more]
648
Two lacquered jingasa. Second half 19th century Both of cone shape, lacquered black and each with four leather eyelets inside, a) a
tsuru mon flanked by amaryû in kodai moyo style in gold and light brown, and b) aoi mon and clouds along the rim in gold. Traces of
use. (2) a) Height 13 cm; diamete ...[more]
649A lacquered wood standart (umajirushi). 19th century Incorporating a domed base with waves and water droplets in takamakie and a
sphere surmounted by a tripart emblem with rinbô mon in black lacquer. Six long strips of fabric. Height without strips 43.5 cm
650A pair of abumi. 19th century Of iron, decorated with ken-ume-bachi mon in silver (?) on a trapezoid-shaped ground. Mother of pearl to
the inside. (2) Length 28.5 cm
651
Three wood folding stools. 19th centuty a) Frame lacquered black with metal fittings, the seat of brown velvet, b) frame lacquered
blackish brown, some flaking, seat of black leather, the underside with traces of gilding, and c) frame of natural wood, seat of red-
stained leather. (3) Height when ...[more]
652An Ainu dark red and black jinbaori. Hokkaido. Late 19th century The front borders embroidered with a linear ornament, to the back two
small ornaments, Lined with green silk. A bit worn. Length 76 cm
653 A long quiver. Ainu. Hokkaido Made of wood and bast. Damaged. Length 56.5 cm; width 15.5 cm
654
Katana. Azuchi-Momoyama period Blade length: 70.1 cm, shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and itame hada with nagare, ji nie, wazukani
chikei and shirake. Gunome midare hamon ith hakoba and togari majiru. O-kissaki with boshi in jizo yakitsume style. Horimono: futasuji
hi and kaki nagasu. Nakago: O-sur ...[more]
655
Handachi Katana. 18th/19th century Blade length: 78.4 cm, shinogi zukuri, iori-mune and chû-kissaki. Suguha hamon in nie-deki, itame-
nagare hada, ara-nie, nijuba, ha-kizu, suriage-nakago with one mekugi-ana in kurijiri. Mumei. Rubbed and a few rust spots. Koshirae:
19th century. Bronze handachi- ...[more]
656
Tachi. 18th/19th century Blade length: 71.5 cm, shinogi zukuri, iori-mune and ko-kissaki. Suguha hamon, mokume-itame hada, nakago
with three mekugi-ana in ha-agari-kurijiri. Two mekugi-ana inlaid with lead. Illegible signature. Good state of polish. Kissaki bent.
Koshirae: 18th/19th century tach ...[more]
657
Wakizashi. Edo period Blade length: 40 cm, shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, ji-hada unrecognisable, notare-midare hamon, ware, ko-kissaki.
Nakago: kiri ending in kirijiri, two mekugi-ana, signed: Bizen Osafune Kiyo... Koshirae: ko-dachi style, saya with vines and Tokugawa
mon in gold lacquer, gilt co ...[more]
658
Wakizashi. 19th century Blade length: 39 cm, shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, jihada unkenntlich, togari hamon, chu-kissaki. Nakago: mumei,
ubu with onemekugi-ana. Koshirae: Black lacquered Saya, shakudo Kozuka depicting Kanzan and Jittoku by moonlight in shibuichi and
gold, signed: Shigemitsu, Ko-ga ...[more]
659
Tanto. 16th century Blade length: 20.7 cm, hira-zukuri, mu-sori, hada and hamon unrecognisable. Nakago: ubu ending in ha-agari-kurijiri
with two mekugi-ana (one sealed with lead), signed: Munemitsu. Koshirae: saya with lacquered fabric and mon with two paulownias in
shakudo and gilt bronze, fuc ...[more]
660
Tanto koshirae. 19th century Aikuchi-koshirae with complete silver mounting decorated with plover above waves in shakudo and bronze.
Saya of nicely grained wood, tsuka with black binding, kozuka and koiguchi signed: Kazumitsu, Ko-gatana signed: dai ichi kanehisa
saku. Length: 34 cm Provenance Pr ...[more]
661Katana-zutsu. 19th century Black lacquer, decorated with various war fans (gunsen) in gold lacquer maki-e and nashiji maki-e. Length
119 cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
66238 Arrowheads (yanone). Iron. 18th/19th century A set of 38 arrowheads including four of yanagiha type with pierced decoration (some
signed), eight of togariya type and one of ko karimata type. (38) Length of the heads'from 2.1 cm to 7.4 cm
663Katana-kake. 19th century Kurogaki wood sword stand for three swords, inlaid with two iron and gilt tsuba. A mitsu-domo-e at the
centre. Height 35 cm; width 48.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
664A Kanayama-attributed iron tsuba. 16th century Of elongated mokkô shape. In sukashi chikiri mon and two double lozenges (nikai bishi).
Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 26.6.2009 Height 7.8 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. paper, dated 26.6.2009
665A Katchûshi iron tsuba. 16th century Of round shape with kozane in sukashi. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 22.12.2010
Diameter 8.3 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 22.12.2010
666A tôshô iron tsuba. 16th century Of round shape. In sukashi a lock and an inome shape. Rusty. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K.
dated 22.2.2019 Diameter 7.6 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 22.2.2019
667A Heianjô iron tsuba. Around 1600 Of round shape with kiku in sukashi and yukiwa medaillions of sentoku along the rim. Kiri box.
Diameter 8.1 cm
668An iron Heianjô tsuba. Around 1600 Of round shape with mitsu tomoe in sukashi and tendrils, leaves and tiny gourds inlaid in sentoku
and copper. Kiri box. Certifucate of the N.T.H.K. dated 3.11.1972 Diameter 8.3 cm Certificate Paper of the N.T.H.K., dated 3.11.1972
669A Heianjô iron tsuba. Around 1600 Of round shape with four bean shapes in sukashi and aoi leaves and tendrils inlaid in sentoku. Kiri
box. Diameter 8.2 cm
670A Heianjô iron tsuba. 17th century Of oval shape with kiku in sukashi and cloud shapes, spirals ans sayagata patterns in sentoku inlay
at the rim. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 1.7.2011 Height 8.4 cm
671
A Kyô kenjô iron tsuba. 18th century Of oval shape with an inner circle with takaramono amidst scrolls and an outer circle with dragon
roundels on a hanabishi ground all in gold nunome. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 9.1.2013 Height 7.5 cm Certificate
N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated ...[more]
672 An iron tsuba. 17th century Of almost round shape with a stylized chrysanthemum in sukashi. Height 9.1 cm
673
A Hikone-bori iron tsuba. Around 1700 Of oval shape with battle scenes in high openwork relief with details inlaid in gold and copper.
Signed Gôshû Hikone jû Sôheishi Sôten sei. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. tokubetsu kichô dated 7.10.1977 Height 7.5 cm
Certificate Tokubetsu kicho pape ...[more]
674An iron Owari tsuba. 17th/18th century Of round shape. In sukashi stylised waves, water droplets and a single flying wild goose
(karigane) in a thick rim. Height 7.4 cm
675An Owari iron tsuba. 18th century Of round shape displaying karakusa in sukashi. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 1.3.2012
Diameter 7.5 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 1.3.2012
676A Shôami iron tsuba. 17th/18th century Of round shape displaying ornaments in sukashi. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 22.2.2019
Diameter 6.9 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 22.2.2019
677
A Shôami iron tsuba. Early 19th century Of oval shape with the famous archer Minamoto Tametomo and two wild inhabitants of
Onigashima, in a landscape with a palace, in relief with inlays of copper, details in gold nunome. Signed Dôshû jû Shôami Shigeyuki
saku. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H ...[more]
678
A large Aizu Shôami iron tsuba. 18th century Of round shape with a slightly thickened rim displaying a spider net and a total of three
spiders inlaid in gold on a roughly hammered ground. Both hitsu-an filled with shakudô. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated
24.2.2009 Height 9.1 cm Cer ...[more]
679
A Shônai iron tsuba. 18th century Of oval shape, the rim partly gilt, displaying a Hannya mask with cord and tassels and a maple branch
and falling maple leaves, alluding to the nô drama "Momijigari". Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 27.6.2013 Height 7.1 cm
Certificate N.B.T.H.K. ho ...[more]
680An iron Bushû tsuba. 18th/19th century Of round shape. In low relief plum blossom branches, details on the blossoms in gold nunome.
Signed Bushû jû Masayoshi. Height 7.8 cm
681An Akasaka iron tsuba. Edo. 18th century Of near round shape. In sukashi radially arranged flying wild geese (karigane). Kiri box.
Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 17.1.2014 H 7,8 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 17.1.2014
682
A Mito iron tsuba. 19th century Of oval shape with a sennin riding on a minogame and a full moon behind clouds in iroe takazôgan and
gold nunome. Signed Suifu no jû Shigechika horu kore. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 31.10.2014 Height 8.6 cm Certificate
N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, da ...[more]
683
A Kamiyoshi school iron tsuba. Higo province. 18th/19th century Of almost round shape with five partly discarded fans in sukashi,
decorated with cherry blossoms in silver inlay. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 2.11.2011 Height 6.9 cm Certificate
N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 2.11. ...[more]
684A Higo iron tsuba. Eisen. 18th century Of rounded square shape with kiri leaves and flowers in sukashi with fine hairline engraving. Kiri
box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 7.10.2008 Height 8.3 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 7.10.2008
685An iron tsuba. 18th/19th century Of square shape with rounded corners and a slightly thickend rim, displaying a landscape with a fishing
boat, pavillon and fishing nets in low relief with tiny details in copper and gold. Kiri box. Height 8.4 cm
686
An Edo iron tsuba. First half 19th century Of oval shape with cherry blossoms on rafts (hanaikada) in openwork relief, tiny details in gold
nunome. Signed Edo jû Masatsune. Hanaikada refers to cherry blossom petals falling into a river and forming a floral raft on the water's
surface. Height 7 ...[more]
687
An Okamoto iron tsuba. 19th century Of almost round shape with a thin rim, displaying a group of autumn plants (tachibana, nogiku,
nasubi and mushrooms). Signed Heianjô jû Okamoto Naomasa saku. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 16.1.2015 Height 7
cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper ...[more]
688A kagamishi yamagane tsuba. 16th century Of round shape, with a thick rim to one side and the cast signature Sekka zô. Kiri box.
Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 16.1.2015 Diameter 7.6 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 6.1.2015
689
A ko kinkô shakudô tsuba. Late 16th century Of mokkô shape with autumn grasses (kiku, ominaeshi, nadeshiko and tessenka) with
gilding on nanako, the slightly raised rim with gilding. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 16.1.2015 Height 6.1 cm Certificate
N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 1 ...[more]
690A ko kinkô shakudô tsuba. Late 16th century Of aoi shape with kiku and kikyô(?) in relief on nanako with gilt details. Kiri box. Certificate
of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 29.6.2010 Height 7.5 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 29.6.2010
691
A ko kinkô shakudô tsuba. Late 16th century Of mokkô shape with a pair of stag antlers in sukashi, delineated in gold, a butterfly and
the hiragana syllables se and te in flat gold inlay and kiri mon in flat silver inlay. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 1.7.2014
Height 8.1 cm Certi ...[more]
692
A ko kinkô shibuichi tsuba. Late 16th century Of mokkô shape with a flat rim and plum blossom branches in low relief on very fine
nanako, tiny details of gold. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 16.1.2015 Height 6.7 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper,
dated 16.1.2015
693
A Kyô kinkô shakudô tsuba. Edo period Of oval shape with a slightly raised and gilt rim, displaying Ono no Michikaze, better known as
Ono no Tôfû, with an umbrella and standing by a shore in iroe-takazôgan on nanako. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated
22.2.2019 Height 6.5 cm Certifica ...[more]
694
A Yokoya school shakudô tsuba. 18th century Of oval shape with gilt rim. On migakiji a jumping shishi and peonies by a rock in katakiri.
Signed Yanagi Naoharu and kaô. Kiri box, the lid with an inscription reading Naoharu tsuba, the reverse of the lid with a long inscription
with an attribution t ...[more]
695A Hikone shakudô tsuba. 19th century Of oval shape with a thin rim, displaying the Seven Sage of the Bamboo Grove in openwork relief
with details in gold, silver and copper. Signed Kôshû Hikone jû Sôheishi Nyûdô Sôten sei. Kiri box. Height 7.5 cm
696An Umetada shibuichi tsuba. 18th century Of oval shape, displaying wisteria flowers rising along the rim of the tsuba, in relief on an
ishime ground. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 23.4.2015 Height 6.6 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. paper, dated 23.4.2015
697
A Yanagawa school shibuichi tsuba. Spätes 18. Jh. Of oval shape. In iroe-takazôgan on ishime a farmer's house with a thatched roof,
plum blossom branches and sparrows. Signed Naomitsu. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 16.1.2015 Height 7.1 cm
Certificate N.B.T.H.K.hozon paper, dated ...[more]
698
A Tsuchiya shibuichi tsuba. 19th century Of square shape with rounded corners. In iroe-takazôgan flowering bush clover by the Noji
river in Ômi province, one of the Six Jewel Rivers. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 26.6.2009 Height 6.3 cm Certificate
N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 2 ...[more]
699
A Umetada shinchû tsuba. 18th century Of gourd shape. In sukashi a sun and a crescent moon and manji and genji mon in flat silver
inlay on one side. Kiri box. Certificated of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 28.6.2012 Height 8.3 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated
28.6.2012
700A brass tsuba. Mid-18th century Of oval shape. In iroe-takazôgan a boatman with a pole under a full moon. Signed Tsuneshige. Kiri box.
Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 26.2.2014 Height 7.5 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 26.2.2014
701
A sentoku Nukagawa tsuba. First half 19th century Of oval shape with a Daoist person and a roaring tiger in a landscape with a pine
tree, in relief with details in gold. Signed Nukagawa Yasukuni. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated 10.11.2010 Height 7 cm
Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon pa ...[more]
702A Heianjo iron tsuba. 17th/18th century Of round shape with leaves and grapes in engraved brass inlays. Diameter 8.3 cm Provenance
Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Kyoto Gallery, Brussels, November 1989
703A large iron tsuba. 18th century Of rounded square shape with a large lily flower and bud, details in gold and silver. Signed ...ryuken
Miboku with kao. Height 8.4 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Gilis, February 1990
704An iron tsuba. 18th/19th century Of oval shape with susuki, suzumushi and dew droplets in openwork relief. Height 7.6 cm Provenance
Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Tillier, Charleroi, November 1989
705
Two iron tsuba. 18th/19th century Both of oval shape and worked in relief details in gold and copper, a) with fighting samurai, and b)
with two Chinese scholars in a landscape, signed Gôshû Hikone ju Sôheishi Nyudô Soten sei. (2) Height a) 7.2 cm; b) 7 cm Provenance
Private collection, Belgium, ...[more]
706
Two iron tsuba. 18th/19th century a) Of mokko shape with a dancing Daikoku in relief, head of copper, and b) of rounded square
shapem with wheel, waves and grasses in silver and brass inlay. Incised initials JH 1903. (2) Height a) 7.3 cm; b) 7.1 cm Provenance
Private collection, Belgium, both ac ...[more]
707Two iron tsuba. 18th century Both of oval shape. a) With a rice ear in openwork relief, signed Echizen ju Kinai saku, and b) chidori and
butterfly in sukashi. (2) Height a) 7 cm; b) 6.6 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, both acquired from Gilis 1991
708
Two iron tsuba, 18th/19th century a) Of round shape with chrysanthemums, orchids and keyfret, signed HiranoTomomichi, and b) of
mokko shape with cord pattern. (2) Height a) 7.8 cm; b) 7.2 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, a) acquired from Tillier,
Charleroi, December 1989, and b) acquir ...[more]
709
Two iron tsuba. 18th/19th century a) In sukashi a stylised crane, and b) of mokkô shape, in openwork relief a heron, reeds and waves,
details in gold. (2) Height a) 8.3 cm; b) 7 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium a) acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, 29./30.5.1990,
lot 918, and b) acquired fr ...[more]
710
Three iron tsuba. Edo period All rendered in openwork. a) With three aoi leaves, signed Echizen ju Kinai saku, b) with a crane above a
pine tree, and c) with a dragonfly above a plant. (3) Height a) 8.3 cm; b) 7.2 cm; c) 5.9 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, a)
acquired from Tillier, C ...[more]
711
Three iron tsuba. 18th/19th century All decorated in iroe-takazogan. a) Of oval shape with a cormorant fisher by moonlight, b) of mokko
shape with plum blossom branches, and c) of oval shape with a shishi dancer underneath a shimenawa. (3) Height a) 6.3 cm; b) 7.8 cm;
c) 6.4 cm Provenance Privat ...[more]
712
Three iron tsuba. 17./18. Jh. a) Of round shape with chrysanthemum in sukashi, b) of oval shape with orchids in openwork relief, and c)
of oval shape with waves in sukashi. (3) Height a) 6.5 cm; b) 7.3 cm; c) 6.7 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, a) acquireed
from Gilis, January 1991, a ...[more]
713
Three iron tsuba. 18th/19th century All rendered in openwork. a) Plum blossom branches, b) chrysanthemums, and c) vines and grapes.
(3) Height a) 8 cm; b) 7.7 cm; c) 8.3 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, a) acquired from Giles, November 1989, b) from Tilliers,
Charleroi, November 198 ...[more]
714
For iron tsuba. Edo period Two nanban tsuba in openwork, a) with two dragons, a pavillon, and jewels amidst scrolls, b) with two shishi
and brocade balls in amidst scroll, c) with a dragon in openwork, signed Choshu ju Tomotomi saku (2nd half 18th century), and d) with a
dragon in openwork. (4) H ...[more]
715A Goto shakudo tsuba. 18th century Of mokko shape with four inome and with eight kiri mon on waves to each side, the mon and the
rim gilded. Height 6.9 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Kyoto Gallery, August 1990
716A shakudo tsuba. Late 18th/19th century Of oval shape with two stag underneath a maple branch in iro-e takazôgan. Height 6.9 cm
Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Tillier, Charleroi, December 1989
717A Mino Goto shibuichi tsuba. 17th century Of mokko shape. In relief with gilding chrysanthemum branches and dragons to the rim.
Height 6,5 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Kyoto Gallery, November 1990
718A shibuichi tsuba. Mid-19th century Of oval shape with two hares on a cliff surrounded by gentian (sasa rindo) under a full moon behind
clouds. Height 6.7 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Kyoto Gallery, January 1991
719
Four iron tsuba. Edo period Of differing shapes. a) With plum and cherry blossoms in sukashi. Signed Sanshu ju ..., b) chrysanthemum-
shaped with two leaves and a bud in copper, c) plum blossom and two cherry blossoms in sukashi, and d) yukiwa shape. (4) Height 7 to
7.6 cm Provenance Private coll ...[more]
720
Four soft metal tsuba. 19th century Mostly of oval shape. a) Shakudo with a Chinese scholar reading and a tiger in iroe-takazogan, b)
copper with a bat and a crescent moon in gold, signed Josen (?) with kao, c) copper with a jumping carp in openwork, and d) blackened
with a battle scene in silve ...[more]
721
Four sentoku tsuba. 19th century All four of differing shapes and worked in different techniques, a) with a resting brushwood gatherer by
a waterfall, b) with a heron and reeds, signed Fukyusai Hide..., c) with plants, and d) with an eagle above pines, signed Tomohisa. (4)
Height 6.3 to 7.6 cm P ...[more]
722
Two Heianjo iron tsuba. 17th/18th century a) Of round shape with a wide rim and clematis flowers and buds and leaves in sentoku inlay,
and b) of rounded square shape with vine leaves and feathery scrolls in gold and silver inlay. (2) Height a) 8.1 cm; b) 7.5 cm
Provenance Private collection, Bad ...[more]
723Two iron tsuba. Edo period a) Of square shape, the ryohitsu ana in shape of matsukawa bishi and two udenuki ana, and b) of round
shape with two bean shapes in openwork. (2) Height a) 8 cm; b) 7.9 cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
724An iron sukashi tsuba. 17th/18th century Of oval shape with a 48-petal chrysanthemum. Height 9.6 cm Provenance Private collection,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
725An iron tsuba. 17th/18th century Of round shape with six flower mon in sukashi, including kiri, sakura and kiku. Diameter 7.8 cm
Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
726An iron sukashi tsuba. 17th/18th century Of round shape with and 48-petal chrysanthemum. Height 7.7 cm Provenance Private
collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
727An iron tsuba. 18th/19th century Of mokko shape with a pine tree and sasa in relief with details in gold, on a hammered ground and with
a slightly thickened and irregular rim. Height 8.9 cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
728An iron sukashi tsuba. Edo period Of round shape with six cherry blossoms arranged in a circle, surrounded by karigane(?). Diameter 8
cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
729An iron sukashi tsuba. 18th century Of mokko shape with four handles (kan). Height 7.6 cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-
Württemberg, Germany
730An iron sukashi tsuba. Probably Hayashi school. 18th century In an irregular rim a pine as viewed from afar (tomi no matsu). Height 7
cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
731An iron sukashi tsuba. 17th/18th century Of oval shape, in sukashi a sixty-four -petalled chrysanthemum. Height 9.3 cm Provenance
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
732An iron sukashi tsuba. 18th century Of oval shape with myoga, bamboo leaves, snowflakes and karigane. Height 8 cm Provenance
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
733Two iron sukashi tsuba. Edo period Both of mokko shape. a) With a blossom, and b) with karigane within a lozenge. (2) Height a) 8.1
cm; b) 8 cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
734An iron sukashi tsuba. Edo period Of oval shape with six kiri mon arranged radially in a rounded rim. Height 8.4 cm Provenance Private
collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
735Two iron sukashi tsuba. 19th century a) Of oval shape with karigane and kiri mon, and b) with a lobed rim and interlocking half circles.
(2) Height a) 6.9 cm; b) 7 cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
736Two sukashi iron tsuba. Edo period a) Of almost round shape with futatsu tomoe, and b) of oval shape, very similar to the preceding
one, but with a thicker rim. (2) Height a) 7.2 cm; b) 7 cm Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
737
Two iron tsuba and one akagane tsuba. 19th century Two of oval shape, one of mokko form. All decorated in iroe-takazogan. a) With
shishi and peonies, b) with peonies and butterflies, and c) with shishi and peonies on nanako. (3) Height a) 6.9 cm; b) 6.8 cm; c) 6.4 cm
Provenance Private collectio ...[more]
738
Four iron tsuba. 18th/9th century Three of oval shape and one of mokko form. a) In relief with details in silver blossoming plum tree, b)
and c) in iroe-takazogan blossoming plum trees, and d) in iroe-takazogan chrysanthemums and fence. (4) Height 5.9 to 8.5 cm
Provenance Private collection, Bad ...[more]
739
Two iron tsuba. Edo period a) Of almost round shape. in openwork relief plum blossom branches. Signed Heianjo Mototake horu, and b)
of oval shape, in sukashi a wild goose and reeds, small details on the rim in gold nunome. (2) Height a) 8 cm; b) 7.2 cm Provenance
Private collection, Baden-Württe ...[more]
740A shibuichi tsuba. 18th/19th century Of mokko shape with a shippo tsunagi pattern in sukashi. Height 7.5 cm Provenance Private
collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
741A silver kozuka. Around 1800 With waves in relief. Signed Gankosai Hongo Koro with kao. Provenance Private collection, Baden-
Württemberg, Germany, acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, 12./11.1976, lot 800
742A shibuichi kozuka. Late 18th century In iroe-takazogan the Six Immortal Poets (rokkasen). Dated Tenmei 3 (1783) mizunoto-u nen
gogatsu and signed Noriyuki and golden seal Hamano. Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
743
Two kozuka. 18th/19th century a) Of shibuichi, in engraving and flat inlays of gold and copper the bridge in Arashiyama and rafters,
inscribed Hosono Sozaemon (= Masamori). Old collection no. A 1786 in white ink, and b) of copper with takaramono (kakuregasa,
kakuremino and tsuchi) in shibuichi in ...[more]
744
Four kozuka. 19th century a) Of shakudo with a camellia branch in gold and silver, b) of sentoku with a crow on a branch, c) of silver,
blackened(?) with three kiku mon in gold, and d) of sentoku with a hechima, dragonfly and foliage in mixed metal relief, signed Kikuoka
Mitsutomo (1775-1813). ( ...[more]
745
Three kozuka. 19th century a) Of shibuichi with Jurojin in relief with details in gold, b) of shibuichi in shape of a bridge post with two
mukade in allusion to Tawara Toda and the Seta bridge, and c) of silver with a horse and hagi in engraving and a golden ground. With
old collection no. A 1799 ...[more]
746A shakudô fuchi-kashira. Second half 18th century Decorated with a lobster in copper relief on nanako. Eyes of shakudo. Signed :
Nomura Masahide with kao. Provenance Private collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
747
Three single fuchi and a pair of akagane menuki. 18th/19th century a) Of shibuichi with a seated peasant in iroe-takazogan, signed
Hakuryusai Hiroyasu, b) of shbuichi with waves in relief, inscribed Kokan, c) of copper with peonies, signed Buyo ju Nakanori with kao,
and d) pair of akagane menuki, ...[more]
748
Two shibuichi fuchi kashira. 18th/early 19th century Both decorated in iroe-takazogan. a) With two sekizoro dancers playing a flute and
beating a drum at New Year's, signed Tsunanao, and b) Kan'u on the fuchi and Chohi on the kashira. (2) Provenance Private collection,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany ...[more]
749
A shakudô fuchi-kashira. Edo. Mid-18th century In iroe-takazôgan on nanakoji scenes from the Genpei war with samurai storming
downhill on the kashira, and samurai at the misogi ceremony on the fuchi. Signed Yokoya Tomosada. Kiri box. Certificate of the
N.B.T.H.K. dated 24.4.2012 Yokoya Tomosada ...[more]
750
A shibuichi kozuka. 19th century Shaped as a yari bukuro, a bag for spears, with inlays of gold and silver, signed Enzanshi Tsunetsugu
and with the seal Tsune in gold and silver. Kiri box. Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K dated 21.2.1997 Certificate N.B.T.H.K, hozon paper,
dated 21.2.1997
751A pair of gold Kyô kinko menuki. 16th/17th century In shape of two jumping shishi. Kiri box. (2) Certificate of the N.B.T.H.K. dated
26.2.2014 Length 1.3 cm Certificate N.B.T.H.K. hozon paper, dated 26.2.2014
752 A pair of gilt copper alloy menuki. 19th century In shape of two running tigers. Kiri box. (2) Max. length 4.8 cm
753
Three iron tsuba. Edo period All of them of oval shape rendered openwork with gold nunome zôgan, a) with two dragons, Nanban style,
b) with a dragon holding a jewel rising from waves, and c) the One Hundred Monkeys, Nanban style. (3) Height a) 7.4 cm; b) 7.6 cm; c)
7.8 cm
754
Four iron tsuba. 19th century a) Of round shape with castle wall and pavillon built out into the water in gold and silver hirazôgan, b) of
round shape with Benkei with a notice board regarding the plum tree of Amagasaki in iroe-takazôgan, signed Fukui shi ... Shôami and
an inscription to the reve ...[more]
755
Four iron tsuba. Edo period a) Of mokkô shape with pine needles in engraving, inscribed Nobuie, b) of round shape with ferns in flat
sentoku inlay, Heianjô work, c) of round convex shape with mokume relief, and d) of oval shape with two awabi shells in openwork relief,
signed Akao Yoshitsugu, 18t ...[more]
756
A four-case inro. 17th/18th century Displaying the twelve animals of the zodiac in gold, silver and shakudo on a background of black
manji and rai patterns on a kinji ground, partly rubbed. To the inside nashiji and fundame. Chips to the cord runners. Ojime of metal.
Height 6.3 cm; width 5.2 cm
757
A four-case inrô. 18th century Displaying a charging boar and young pine branches in gold takamakie and hiramakie on a nashiji
ground. Fine nashiji and fundame to the inside. Restorations. A Chinese carved wooden bead serves as an ojime. Height 8.3 cm; width
5.7 cm
758
A four-case inrô. 19th century Displaying a swimming carp on one side and a dragon rising at a waterfall, an allusion to the Dragon Gate
(ryumon), in gold takamakie and hiramakie and a little black lacquer on a graduated nashiji with kirikane, the eyes of glass. Nashiji and
fundame to the inside. ...[more]
759
A four-case inro. 19th century Signed Kajikawa. Displaying chrysanthemum branches, orchids and a single butterfly in gold takamakie
and hiramakie with kirikane and inlays of aogai on kinji, nashiji and fundame to the inside. Signed Kajikawa. A glass bead for an ojime
and a wood netsuke of a karak ...[more]
760
A four-case inro. 19th century Displaying two ferry boats, each with a boatman, one carrying a monk, samurai, yamabushi, a lady and a
Shinto priest, the other with a sarumawashi, a man, a seller of tea whisks and a blind biwa player in gold makie, red and black lacquer
on graduated fine nashiji. ...[more]
761
A four-case tagayasan inrô. Second half 19th century On each side displaying chrysanthemum bushes by a fence, inlaid in mother-of-
pearl, tortoise shell, stained bone, and lacquer. Signed Shibayama Masaaki on an inlaid mother-of-pearl tablet. Cloisonné enamel ojime
and a two-part white metal manjû ...[more]
762A three-case inrô. Sugi wood. Second half 19th century Displaying a Japanese poem, signed and with two seals in gold hiramakie,
signed Kajikawa with kao in red lacquer. Lacquer ojime. Height 7.8 cm; width 5.2 cm
763
A bronze tonkotsu. Second half 19th century Of oval shape with galloping horse and mountain range in relief, on the lid another
mountain range in engraving. Gilding to the inside. Signed at the base Shounsai and sealed, the lid signed Masatami. Height 5.4 cm;
length 10 cm Provenance Private coll ...[more]
764
A smoking set. Second half 19th century Including a tabakoire of stamped leather in the manner of kinkirakawa with an eagle, the iron
kanagu in shape of a fish, signed Moriyuki saku (= Unno Moritoshi, 1834-1896), with a large coral bead for an ojime, a pipe case of
musozutsu type of possibly mulb ...[more]
765
A leather and ivory smoking set. Late 19th century The tabakoire of leather with a tiger, fruits and foliage in relief painted with brown and
grey lacquer and applied gold and silver foil, the iron kanamono in shape of a tiger's head, the details of gold and silver, the ojime in
shape of a malach ...[more]
766
A smoking set. Second half 19th century Including a tabakoire of blue-stained deer skin with an iron kanagu in shape of a puppy, the
back with an plum blossom branch, signed Kazumasa, a large malachite bead for an ojime, a lacquer pipe case of musozutsu type with
two sparrows and a bird table wit ...[more]
767
A tabakoire and kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century The pouch of doeskin, the shibuichi kanamono in shape of a chidori, with gilt details, the
ivory ojime carved with a child holding a fan and farm houses, the ivory kiseruzutsu carved with a running warrior brandishing a sword,
possibly Shôki, the bot ...[more]
768
A smoking set. Late 19th century Consisting of a tabakoire of deer skin with a very large kanagu of silver in shape of seven no and
kyogen masks including Kitsune, Oni, Tengu, Hannya, Okame and Usobuki, on the back a drum, suzu and fan, a large carnelian bead
for an ojime, a pipe case of musozuts ...[more]
769
A smoking set. Early 20th century Including a tonkotsu of fruitwood in form of a bat, the lid in shape of a reishi head, the reverse signed
Taisho kinoe-ne (1924) (= Asahi Meido, 1843-1923), a carved ivory bead for an ojime, the bamboo pipe case carved with a reishi which
functions as himotoshi. ...[more]
770
A tagayasan wood kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century Displaying a European putto as Amor carrying a quiver and holding an arrow and a
bird amidst foliage inlayed in stained ivory and mother-of-pearl in a red and gold lacquered panel. Signed with an red lacquer seal. L
21,3 cm Provenance Rosemary Band ...[more]
771
A walrus-tusk kiseruzutsu. 19th century Of otoshizutsu type, carved in openwork with a magnolia tree behind a bamboo fence. The long
petals contrasting nicely with the almost geometrical bamboo fence. The pipe of bamboo with fittings of white metal and cloisonné
enamel. Length 19.7 cm Provenance ...[more]
772
A highly unusual stag antler kiseruzutsu. 19th century Of otoshizutsu type. Carved as a partly pierced folded banana leaf with a bat, one
wing providing the himotôshi. Length 20,2 cm Provenance Collection Dr Guibourg Collection Jacques Carré (1927-2015), Kapellen,
Belgium Literature IIlustrated ...[more]
773
A stag antler kiseruzutsu. 19th century Of senryuzutsu type, carved as a long reishi, with four smaller fungi, growing upwards along its
sturdy stem, its head with a circular opening for the pipe's mouthpiece, a smaller reishi head with a cord hole. The pipe of bamboo, the
fittings of white metal ...[more]
774
A stained ivory kiseruzutsu. Second half 19th century Of musozutsu type, carved with a partly pierced panel with a descending rain
dragon (amaryu), the integral himotoshi surrounded by stylised clouds, on the lid a band of waves with stylised chidori and fishing nets.
Signed Kokusai in a large ca ...[more]
775
A stag antler kiseruzutsu. Second half 19th century Of otoshizutsu type, carved with a heroic figure of Japan's Age of the Gods holding
a jewel, and standing beside a rock with an incense burner from which a dragon rises, its body forming the cord runner. Length 20 cm
Provenance Collection June ...[more]
776A stag antler kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century Of otoshizutsu type, carved with a pine with thin branches, one of them serving as
himotoshi, and clouds in openwork. Inscribed Tokoku on an inlaid silver tablet. Chipped at the rim. Length 21.1 cm
777
Two ivory kiserizutsu. Second half 19th century Both undecorated except for the cord runner at the rim. a) With tendrils a large leaf and
a flower, probably of a gourd, signed in seal form Hokuho, and b) with a bamboo ikabana vase with an orchid in very high relief
Discolouration to the bottom pa ...[more]
778A stag antler kiseruzutsu. Second half 19th century Of otoshizutsu type, carved in relief with lotus leaves, some of them wilted, a lotus
bud and a pod, the himotôshi runs through the mouth of the shishi head at the rim. Length 19.7 cm
778a
A walrus tusk kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century Of musôzutsu type, carved in fine relief with the old man Jo with a rake standing
underneath a pine tree, a branch of which forms the himotôshi and a flying crane applied in gilt metal, on the reverse a broom behind
the trunk alluding to Uba. Signed Ch ...[more]
779
An ivory kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century Of musôzutsu type, carved with a rakan seated on a rock and holding a book, as if giving
instructions to a monkey in front of him wearing a leafy apron and grinding medicinal herbs, a spoon next to him and a basket with
leaves and a feather fan. Signed Tômi ...[more]
780
An ivory kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century Of musozutsu type. Finely carved with a rakan with nyoi sitting at a root wood table with a bell
and Handaka Sonja standing with an alms bowl from which a dragon emerges. Signed Keigyoku. Length 22,7 cm Provenance Private
collection, Rhineland-Palatinate T ...[more]
781
An ivory kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century Of the musozutsu type, both the insert (sashi) and the lower section (saya) carved with
tatewaku-pattern in irregular reserves, the himotoshi formed by an ornamental flower and scrolls. Length 21.6 cm Provenance Private
collection Rhineland-Palatinate, acq ...[more]
782
A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Around 1900 Of musozutsu type. Lacquered dark brown, carved with Gama Sennin holding up his toad, a
negative image revealing the underlying bamboo, the ends chamfered to form facets. The rim lined with shakudo. Signed Yozan and
sealed. The design is derived from a small illu ...[more]
783Two stag antler kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century a) Otoshizutsu type, carved with Hotei and three karako, one small inlay of mother-of-
pearl, and b) musôzutsu type, carved with lotus leaves and a lotus pod and a petal on the lid. (2) Length a) 19.3 cm; b) 21.4 cm
784
A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century Of warizutsu type, carved with Kintarô crushing a bear with a huge axe surrounded by clouds,
the "Golden Boy" and the beast of ivory. Minor losses, the original signature tablet apparently replaced with a blank inlay. Length 20.3
cm Provenance Collection J ...[more]
785
A wood and lacquer kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century Of musozutsu type, carved in low relief seven old bugaku and gigaku masks with an
inscription saying where the original mask is kept, on one side a gigaku mask of Kuro-otome type from the Horyuji, below a small
unidentified mask and a large bugaku ...[more]
786
A shibuichi portable writing set (yatate). Second half 19th century On the lid of the oblong box autumn grasses and a crescent moon in
katakiri and inlays of gold and silver, inside a compartment for the ink soaked cotton, and four other compartments, including a
telescope brush (damaged), scisso ...[more]
787
A stag antler portable writing set (yatate). 19th century The case for the brush of a longish piece of antler with a case for the paper knife
(missing) and the ink container in shape of a melon, with two hinged lids, both connected by a loose chain of the same material. Length
of the case 16.5 cm ...[more]
788
A bamboo and wood portable writing set (yatate). Second half 19th century The case for the brush of bamboo with a flat wooden lid and
decorated in gold lacquer (extensively rubbed) with plum blossom branches, the ink container of a flat piece of bamboo with a long,
incised inscription signed Shôu ...[more]
789A bamboo bokuto (also chato). 19th century Carved as a long dragon without horms, the "lips" lacquered red. Two holes for the cord.
Length 42.8 cm Provenance Private collection, Netherlands
790A wood bokuto (also chato). 19th century In shape of a long bean pod (nagamame) with at least nine beans inside. A drilled opening for
the cord. Length 39.7 cm Provenance Private collection, Netherlands
791A wood bokuto (also chato). 19th century Carved all over with two very large hoo birds. Length 36 cm Provenance Private collection,
Netherlands
792
A boxwood netsuke of Raiden. Early 19th century Crouching, dressed in a tiger skin apron, the god of thunder peeps through a cloud
swirl, holding a large drum in his left hand which he uses to unleash thunder. Inscribed Kokei on an oblong oval reserve. Height 2 cm;
width 3.7 cm Provenance Privat ...[more]
793
An ivory netsuke of a friendly Fukurokuju. Early 19th century Standing and holding a large minogame in front of him, his head almost
equal in size to his body. Height 5.2 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract
countries. We would like to ...[more]
794
An ivory netsuke of shichifukujin. Late 19th century The seven gods of good luck, all standing with their backs to each other, clearly
identifiable by their appearance and attributes. Signed Gyokuryu in a rectangular rounded reserve. Rest. Height 3.2 cm Provenance
Private collection, Belgium, ac ...[more]
795
An ivory netsuke of Fukurokuju and karako. In the manner od Hidemasa. Early 19th century Standing and holding a jewel and leaning
on a staff, while the karako in front of him pulls his beard and grabs him by the sleeve. The hair tufts of the child of brownish black horn.
The tip of the staff chip ...[more]
796
A wooden ashtray netsuke of Hotei. 19th century The pot-bellied god of good fortune, seated and leaning again his treasure bag,
laughing merrily while holding a jewel (tama) in his right hand. Remains of black lacquer. The underside with an embedded oval-shaped
brass bowl. Cracks. Height 4.9 cm; ...[more]
797
An ivory netsuke of Fukurokuju. Late 18th/ early 19th century Wearing a wide robe, a scarf covering his high cranium, only his laughing
face and the thick ear lobes visible. Chipped. Height 6.2 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Kyoto Gallery,
Brussels, May 1986 This lot c ...[more]
798
An ivory netsuke of a rakan. Second half 18th century Sitting on a rock with a shishi to his right. Inscribed Kogetsu (added later). Height
4 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Kyoto Gallery, Brussels, August 1982 This lot contains materials which
require a CITES licence fo ...[more]
799
An ivory netsuke of possibly Shoshi Sennin with a dragon. Late 18th century Standing, dressed in a leafy cape over a long robe, holding
a tama in his right hand (the wish fullfilling pearll) while embracing a winding dragon's head with his left. Height 7.7 cm Provenance
Private collection, Belgi ...[more]
800
An ivory netsuke of Tobosaku. Around 1800 Dressed in a long robe, head turned and holding a basket with the peaches he has stolen
from the garden of Seiobo. Height 6.5 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium This lot contains materials which require a CITES
licence for export outside of the EU ...[more]
801
A fine ivory netsuke of sennin. 18th century Standing bare-footed in a knee-length robe and wearing two leafy capes, the head raised
and a tri-parted beard blowing to the sides, the right hand forming a fist, while the left hand supports a large jewel on his shoulder. Very
fine age patina. Height ...[more]
802
An ivory netsuke of Gama Sennin. Early 19th century Dressed in leafy robes, with a grumpy expression on his face as he suffers from
the weight of the big toad sitting on his back. The toad's warty skin rendered with fine black stained stipplings, the eye pupils of brown
horn. Height 5.5 cm This l ...[more]
803
A large ivory netsuke of a Gama Sennin. Late 18th century Dancing on one foot, supporting a large three-legged toad on his back, and
holding a peach branch in his right, the engraved patterns of the garment and the hair stained deep black. Signed Masamori in a
rectangular cartouche. Height 6.5 cm ...[more]
804
An ivory netsuke of a laughing sennin. Early 19th century Standing and turning his head to the right, wearing a leafy cloak and holding
the cord of a double gourd resting on his shoulder. Stopper of the hyôtan replaced. Height 5.9 cm This lot contains materials which
require a CITES licence for e ...[more]
805
A boxwood netsuke of an oni. Around 1800 Crouching and pressing down on a reliquary that he has stolen from Idaten, inside the
sharitô a moveable ball. Restored. Height 3.6 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Kyoto Gallery, Brussels,
January 1979
806
An ivory netsuke of three oni with a smoking set. Late 19th century One oni sits with a gesture of surprise on an overdimensioned
tabakoire with a kiseruzutsu placed over it, while one of his companions stands behind him and an other one lifts a huge ash tray
netsuke as if to demonstrate his stre ...[more]
807
An ivory netsuke of a Nio und oni, by Hikaku. 19th century The temple guardian kneels on an oni he has caught and subdued, and
whose arm he is turning around which makes the oni cry out in pain. Signed Hikaku. One hand of the oni chipped. Height 3.8 cm This lot
contains materials which require a ...[more]
808
A large marine ivory netsuke of an oni. Late 19th century Crouching, the muscular body only dressed with a short cape and an apron in
dense engraving with a mother-of-pearl-inlaid chrysanthemum-shaped button at the back. Height 4.9 cm This lot contains materials
which require a CITES licence for ...[more]
809
An ivory netsuke of Shôki and oni. First half/mid-19th century The demon queller kneels under a pine tree growing out from a rock.
While he is completely focused on sharpening his sword, an oni climbs up the rock, attentively following Shôki's action. Chipped. Height
4.1 cm Provenance Private co ...[more]
810
A boxwood netsuke of Shoki and oni. Second half 19th century Standing on one foot and grabbing the brim of his large hat as he gets
aware of an oni on top. Inscribed Masatomo on a slightly raised oval reserve. Chipped. Height 7.2 cm Provenance Collection Kurt
Robert Jordan (1881-1973), paper lab ...[more]
811
An ivory netsuke of Shoki and oni. Late 18th century Lying prostrate on his large delapidated hat and pressing down on the oni
underneath, his sword placed to his side unused. Various chips due to age. Height 1.9 cm; length 5.6 cm This lot contains materials
which require a CITES licence for expo ...[more]
812A stag antler netsuke of a grim-looking Shôki. 19th century Standing with a flying beard, holding a drawn sword and looking out for an
oni, the scabbard at his back. Legs inserted. Height 7.8 cm
813A boar's tooth. 19th century Displaying a large figure of Shôki in black stained engraving and cherry blossoms to the reverse. Brocade
bag. Length 10.7 cm
814
An ivory netsuke of a monk on a temple gong, by Kogyoku. Second half 19th century Reading and smiling, sitting on a large mokugyo.
The gong's handle carved with two dragons facing each other, their open mouths with a loose ball, their eyes of light and dark horn. The
monk carved separately. Signe ...[more]
815
A boxwood netsuke of Daruma, by Shûmin. Mid-19th century Seated in meditation, his long robe leaving only his face and belly
uncovered. His nipples inlaid in dark horn. The himotoshi lined with ivory, the smaller one stained green. Signed Shûmin. Height 3.4 cm
Provenance Private collection, Belg ...[more]
816
A yew wood netsuke of a Daruma doll, by Sukeyuki. Hida-Takayama. Around 1900 Completely wrapped in his robe, which only reveals
the Zen patriarch's grimacing face and bushy eyebrows, his eye pupils of black horn. Signed Sukeyuki. Height 3.5 cm Provenance
Private collection, Belgium, acquired fro ...[more]
817
A wood and ivory netsuke of Daruma. Mid-19th century The Zen patriarch crosses the Yangzi river standing on a reed, his sleeves and
seam of the robe streaming to the side as if seized by a wind gust. The robes rendered in wood, the body parts of ivory. Signed
Shounsai. Height 6.2 cm This lot cont ...[more]
818
A finely carved netsuke of Daruma. Mid-19th century The Zen patriarch stands in billowing robes wearing only one shoe, his arms
hidden in the long sleeves looking up to the sky. His kesa is held by a ring (kan) partially inlaid in metal. The eye pupils of black horn.
Inscribed Hôjitsu on a rectan ...[more]
819
An ivory netsuke of ashinaga and tenaga. Second half 19th century As the ashinaga sits with legs drawn to his body and clutching them
fast, the tenaga beside him places his hands on top of the ashinaga's knees. Height 3.3 cm This lot contains materials which require a
CITES licence for export out ...[more]
820
An ivory netsuke of a realistic model of a skull. Late 19th century With large eye sockets, an upper row of teeth with some teeth missing
and sutures on the top of the skull. Height 2.6 cm Provenance Formerly in a British private collection This lot contains materials which
require a CITES licen ...[more]
821
An ivory netsuke of a laughing Fukusuke. Early 19th century Standing in a dancing posture on one leg, wearing patterned garments
typical of the Yoshitomo school and holding a fan. The pupils of the large eyes of black horn. Signed Yoshimasa. H 5,7 cm This lot
contains materials which require a CI ...[more]
822
A marine ivory netsuke of a crouching skeletton. Early 20th century Sitting with legs and arms pressed close to its body, the head
slightly turned, the upper and lower jaw with a row of teeth with several gaps. Signed Shozan. Height 5.9 cm This lot contains materials
which require a CITES licence ...[more]
823a
An ivory netsuke of a tanuki. First half 19th century Standing with a large lotus leaf on its head as if it were a hat, a gourd with sake
hanging from his left forepaw, while he holds a smaller lotus leaf in his other paw which he can use as a cup. The eyes of black horn. On
foot restuck, a verti ...[more]
824e
A wood netsuke of tanuki hara tsutsumi. Early 19th century Seated with a raised paw drumming on his distended belly. The eye of brass
inlaid with gold-rimmed black horn. Inscribed Minko with kao in a polished area reserved from the fur. Height 3.3 cm Provenance Private
collection, Brussels, acqu ...[more]
825A Tsu school boxwood netsuke of tanuki hara tsutsumi. Early 19th century Seated, raising his forepaw and drumming his belly or
distended scrotum. Inscribed Kokei. A few older chips. Height 3.1 cm
826a
An ivory netsuke of a fox disguised as the priest Hyakuzosu. Early 19th century The fox stands upright, looking to the side with a sly
expression, a hood covering his head and holding a bamboo staff. One ear and one foot chipped. Height 7.4 cm This lot contains
materials which require a CITES lic ...[more]
827aA boxwood netsuke of a female ningyo. 19th century With the face of a laughing Okame and holding a longish object in both hands,
maybe a folded letter. Inscribed: Shugetsu. Height 1.9 cm; length 5 cm Provenance Collection Teddy Hahn (1933-2012), Darmstadt
828aA yakimono netsuke of a mermaid (ningyo). 19th century Sitting upright, her tail fin turned up, holding a fish in her left hand and
grabbing a strand of hair with her right hand. Brown Bizen type clay, with some lacquering. Slightly rubbed, chipped. Height 3.8 cm
829
An ivory netsuke of a shishi with cub. 18th century Recumbent, head raised and turned to the side, eyes wide open, snarling, with her
cub climbing on her back. Both with finely carved bushy manes and tails.Very minor chip to one ear. Height 2.6 cm; width 5.7 cm
Provenance Private collection, acq ...[more]
830
An ivory netsuke of a shishi by a rock. Late 18th century The head turned backwards and howling, the forepaws placed onto a rock.
Mane and tail with fine curls that converge in pointed strands. Chipped. Height 3.4 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgien This lot
contains materials which requir ...[more]
831
A boxwood and negoro-lacquered netsuke of a shishi. Early 19th century Seated, the head turned to the left, the left paw resting on a
ball. By abrasion of the lacquer the face, backbone, hairtufts and other details reveal the natural boxwood. Traces of gilding. Height 4.1
cm Provenance The Papp ...[more]
832
A stained ivory netsuke of a shishi lying on a cushion. Early 19th century Resting with its long body an a large zabuton and placing its
paw on a mokugyo, a drum stick to the side, the flywhisk on the underside forming the himotoshi. The tail damaged and reworked, one
ear and flywhisk chipped. He ...[more]
833
A large dark wood netsuke of a shishi. 19th century Seated on the longs hairs of his tail, the long mane covering his shoulders, with a
brocade ball between his forepaws and a loose ball in his open mouth. The eye pupils possibly of black glass. Signed Shôzan in a
rectangular reserve. Minute chip ...[more]
834
Two ivory netsuke of shishi. 19th century a) Round, with a movable ball in its mouth, no himotoshi, and b) sitting, the front paws placed
on a large ball. Chip to one hind paw. (2) a) Seated and placing its paws on a large ball, the mouth wide open, chip to one hind paw, and
b) rolled into a ball ...[more]
835
A small stained ivory seal-type netsuke of a shishi. Third quater 19th century Seated on its hind legs, turned to the left and placing its
paw over a large ball. Crack to the base. Two chips. Height 2.9 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export
outside of the EU cont ...[more]
836
Two ivory netsuke of shishi. 19th century a) Recumbent with forepaws placed close together, the eye pupils of brown horn, and b) a
shishi standing on a high and bizarre rock, the lower portion with a loose ball inside. (2) Height a) 2.1 cm; b) 4.4 cm This lot contains
materials which require a CI ...[more]
837
An ivory netsuke of a tengu no tamago. 19th century The karasu tengu has freed one wing and a single foot and is now pushing aside
the rest of the breaking eggshell to brake out completely from his encasement. The eye pupils of light horn. Inscribed Masakazu in a
pointed zig-zag reserve. Height 3 ...[more]
838
An ivory netsuke of a tengu no tamago. Second half 18th century Trying to pull itself out from an egg, having already freed one leg as
well as a wing and its head. The eye pupils of black horn. Chipped. Height 3.4 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired
from Kyoto Gallery, Brussels, ...[more]
839
An ivory netsuke of a fisherman with a minogame. Early 19th century Standing with a rain cape of straw (mino) loosly tied around his
back and holding with both hands a minogame to his shoulder, an allusion to Urashima Taro who carried a tortoise marooned on the
beach back to the sea. Inscribed To ...[more]
840A boxwood carving of a kirin. 19th century Seated on its haunches, with flames emanating from its joints, the raised head turned to the
right. Signed Masatomo. Height 3.3 cm
841
An ivory netsuke of a tall figure of Kan'u. 18th centuy Standing tall in a typical pose stroking his long beard with his left hand and holding
his halberd with a large crescent-shaped blade in his other hand, the robe with an engraved scroll pattern is held together by a long belt
tied into a bow ...[more]
842
An ivory netsuke of a laughing Mongolian archer. Early 19th century Standing turned to the right and holding a bow and an arrow, a
large hat at his back. Height 7.7 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract
countries. We would like to infor ...[more]
843
An ivory netsuke of a man from Senha. Late 18th century Standing holding a long rope, in front of him a howling shishi lying on its back
with a raised head and a moveable ball inside the mouth, the rope presumably tied to its body. According to legend a man once
managed to capture a huge shishi l ...[more]
844
An ivory netsuke of a Chinese lady. 18th century Lying on her side, her head with the elegant coiffure and diadem resting on the left
hand, holding a flower in her right hand. Length 7.9 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of
the EU contract countries. ...[more]
845A boxwood netsuke of a Dutchman. 18th century Wearing foreign-looking garments and a wig, carrying a boy on his back and
supporting him with his left hand, while holding a trumpet with a tasseled cord in his other hand. Traces of use. Height 8.3 cm
846
An ivory netsuke of a Dutchman with a cockerel. 18th century or later Standing upright and holding a rooster in his arms, dressed in a
wide-brimmed hat, a long robe and knickerbockers. The gaiters with buttons of black horn. This representation of a Dutchman with a
cockerel allows various interpr ...[more]
847
An ivory netsuke of a bearded foreigner. 18th century The slender figure wearing a cape around the shoulders, a short jacket, an apron
around the hips and a long gown, stands tall holding a halberd, his long hair rolled into locks. Height 11.8 cm This lot contains materials
which require a CITES ...[more]
848
A fine ivory netsuke of Hannya, by Hidechika. First half 19th century Dressed in garment typical of the Heian court, and hiding her face
behind a court fan, her long hair tied together at the back by a bow. Signed Hidechika. Minor chips. Height 4.2 cm Provenance Private
collection, Belgium, acqu ...[more]
849
A large ivory okimono netsuke of three karako at shishimai, by Nagatsugu. Second half 19th century The boy at the centre holds a
shishi mask over his head, the long mask cloth covering the karako’s back, while the boy to his right plays the trumpet and the one to his
left beats a drum, on an irre ...[more]
850A boxwood netsuke of a South Sea islander. 19th century Standing a knee-long skirt, holding a telescope to his eye and carrying a large
box on a strap across his body. Height 6.6 cm
851
An ivory netsuke of Yoko and a tiger, the 14th paragon of filial piety. Mid-19th century The Chinese boy ist about to ward off a tiger. The
hair tufts and the eye pupils of the tiger of black horn. Height 2.8 cm Provenance Formerly in a French private collection This lot
contains materials whic ...[more]
852
A boxwood netsuke of Yojo. 19th century Seated and running his dagger through the robe of his new master and thereby symbolically
avenging the murder of his formerer master. Eyes and lining of the himotoshi of bone. Inscribed Minko. Height 2.5 cm Provenance
Formerly in a French private collectio ...[more]
853
A stained ivory netsuke of Ono no Komachi. 19th century The ancient and destitute poetess sits with her staff on a weather-beaten
grave post with a basket at her side and a large tattered traveling hat. The cord of the basket damaged. Height 3.9 cm; length 4.8 cm
This lot contains materials which ...[more]
854
An ivory and wood shunga netsuke of a Chinese lady with a shishi. 19th century Standing, dressed in a luxurious, wide robe and holding
a Chinese stool with a shishi on top. Head and hands of ivory, the two-piece robe of boxwood with a removable lower part, unveiling the
lady's bare legs and sex. ...[more]
855A boxwood shunga netsuke of Okame. 19th century Seated and holding a very large mushroom between her legs, whereby the robe
has been pulled up to reveal her sex. Remains of red pigments. Height 3.7 cm
856
An ivory shunga netsuke of a fishergirl with an octopus. Second half 19th century Objecting to the octopus's advances, the fisher girl
kneeling beside him firmly grasps his snout with her left hand while trying to free herself from a tentacle with her right. Height 3.6 cm
Provenance Collection W ...[more]
857
Three porcelain netsuke. 19th century a) Hako netsuke, the lid decorated with a kiri mon amidst tendrils in gold lacquer, inside a loving
couple, b) Shoki with a moveable toungue fighting an oni, Hirado, and c) a stylised three-legged toad, possibly Hirado. (3) a) Width 5
cm; b) height 5.2 cm; c) ...[more]
858
A boxwood okimono netsuke of two wrestlers, by Unhodo Masayoshi. Late 19th century While the squatting wrestler tries to lift his
opponent by his mawashi, this wrestler responds with an attempted kawazugake, both grimace with effort and strain, the mouths
enhanced by red pignemt, and with hairsui ...[more]
859
An ivory netsuke of a boy with a hozuki. Late 19th century Standing, with both hands tearing open the shell of a large physalis (hozuki)
the fruit of red coral, simultaneously bringing the right hand to the bekkako gesture. His robe engraved with dogs jumping around. Height
6.3 cm Provenance Pr ...[more]
860
An ivory netsuke of a fisherman with a tortoise. Mid-19th century The crouching fisherman with a straw apron around his hips holds a
tortoise in allusion to the fairy tale of Urashima Tarô who finds a tortoise on the beach and returns it to the sea. Signed Kôyû. Height 3.3
cm; length 3.6 cm Prov ...[more]
861
An ivory netsuke of Oharame. Second half 19th century The young woman who carries brushwood from Ohara to Kyoto is taking a rest,
looking up, as she lies amidst bundles of brushwood, holding a pipe (kiseru) in her left hand, her right hand placed on her tobacco pouch
(tabakoire). Height 2.3 cm; w ...[more]
862
A wood netsuke of Muchôjin, the man without a stomach. Early 20th century Looking like a South-Sea islander and wearing a knee-
length apron the man stands with emaciated and contorted body screaming with arms stretched above him. Inscribed Kunimitsu in a
rectangular reserve. Wooden box with the s ...[more]
863A Nagoya school netsuke of two rats. Mid-19th century Seated looking into opposite directions, both their tails forming a circle and
offering multiple possibilities for attaching the cord. The eye pupils of black horn. Height 2.8 cm
864
A stained boxwood ryûsa manjû netsuke of rats on millet. Second half 19th century Carved with three rats climbing on top of seven
millet cobs and leaves arranged in a circle. The eyes of black horn. Crack. Diameter 4.7 cm Provenance The Papp collection, Munich,
acquired from Ohmura, Hamburg, Feb ...[more]
865
An ivory netsuke of a recumbent ox. Late 18th century The head turned to the left, the long rope ending in a small loop placed over the
back. Signed Mitsuharu in an oval reserve. The tail restored, some hair lines recarved. Height 2 cm; max. length 5.7 cm This lot contains
materials which require ...[more]
866
A large ivory netsuke of an ox with a calf. Late 18th century Recumbent in its usual position, with a very long rope placed over his back,
the end of which disappears below the tail, the calf lying by its flank is licking the adult's cheek, The eye pupils of the parent animal of
black horn. Inscr ...[more]
867
A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a recumbent ox, by Masanao. Late 18th century With head turned to the right and a thin rope
placed over his back with very fine hairline engraving, the large ears encircled by the curved horns. The eye pupils of blackish brown
horn. Signed Masanao in an o ...[more]
868
An ivory netsuke recumbent cow with calf, by Tomotada. Late 18th century With a long rope placed over its back, the calf lying at its
side and placing its head on to the mother's flank. Fine hairline engraving to both animals. Signed Tomotada in a raised rectangular
reserve. Height 2.4 cm: max. ...[more]
869
An ivory netsuke of a recumbent cow and calf. Late 18th century Lying in its usual position with a long rope ending in a loop at the
hindleg, the calf to its side is licking the monther's cheek. The hair line engraving stained grey. Inscribed Tomotada in a rectangular
reserve. Height 2.5 cm; max. ...[more]
870
An ivory netsuke of tiger and bamboo. 18th century Head lowered, walking and lurking around under dense bamboo, his long tail
winding snake-like into the foliage. Height 5 cm; width 4,7 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Kyoto Gallery,
Brüssel, July 1983 This lot contains m ...[more]
871
A boxwood netsuke of a tiger on bamboo. First half 19th century The large animal sits on a short bamboo rod, head turned to the left,
the fur stripes and overall fur rendered with fine linear incisions, the upper fangs of light horn. Height 3.8 cm; length 4.7 cm Provenance
Formerly in a British ...[more]
872
An ivory ash tray netsuke of a recumbent tiger. Early 19th century With firmly pressed together mouth and tiny ears, the body forming a
compact shape, the underside hollowed out ,in order to serve as an ash receptacle, a peg with an eyelet for the cord inserted into the
back. The eye pupils of b ...[more]
873
An ivory netsuke of a tiger and cub. Mid-19th century Seated on a flat base with its long tail laid over its back and placing a forepaw
protectively over the cub sitting in front. The eye pupils of light horn, red colouring to the mouths. Height 2.8 cm; length 3.7 cm
Provenance Collection Paul ( ...[more]
874
An ivory netsuke of a seated tiger, in the manner of Hakuryu. First half 19th century The head slightly turned to the left and mouth open,
the inside painted red, the eyes of mother-of-pearl with drilled and blackened eye pupils. Height 2.9 cm Provenance Formerly in a
French private collection T ...[more]
875
A remarkable ivory netsuke of a hissing tiger on a bamboo rod. Late 18th/early 19th century The mighty animal sits on a bamboo rod
with a side branch, the head turned left, the fur stripes reserved from the fine incisions depicting the fur. Height 3.1 cm; length 5 cm
Provenance Formerly in a Bri ...[more]
876
An Ise school boxwood okimono type netsuke of a tiger. 19th century Seated looking to the left and snarling, its tail sweeping round, the
stripes rendered in relief as well as in black-stained engraving, the eye pupils of black horn. Signed Masanao. Height 3.7 cm
Provenance Formerly in an Austra ...[more]
877
An ivory netsuke of a hare pounding mochi. 19th century Dressed in a jacket and working so hard, that hachimaki (headband) is put in
disorder. The eyes of black horn. Signed Kôgyoku. Height 4 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired from Kyoto Gallery,
Brussels, September 1987 This lo ...[more]
878
Two ivory netsuke of hares. First half 19th century a) Head lowered, the long ears placed onto the back, the eyes of amber, and b) head
raised, the eyes of coral. (2) Height a) 2.8 cm; b) 2.7 cm Provenance The Papp Collection, Munich, both purchased from Helmut
Laudenbach, Berg, a) February 197 ...[more]
879
A wood netsuke of a slender two-horned dragon. 19th century Looking backwards, the dragon winds its body on top of a rock, or
possibly a cloud. The eye pupils of whitish horn. Signed Rakumin on an inlaid ivory tablet. Height 2.2 cm; length 4.5 cm This lot contains
materials which require a CITE ...[more]
880
A wood netsuke of a snake. First half 19th century Coiled, the head with the inlaid eyes of brown horn resting on the scaly body. The
scales rendered by countless incisions. The wood's light grain visible at the worn areas. Height 2 cm; width 4.9 cm Provenance Private
collection, Belgium, acquir ...[more]
881A boxwod netsuke of tall grazing horse. 18th century The head lowered, hind and forhoofs standing apart. Well worn due to age. Two
cracks at the back filled. Height 7.3 cm Provenance Formerly in a French private collection
882
An ivory netsuke of a recumbent stallion. 19th century Head turned backwards and raised slightly, the tail placed over the back. Height
1.9 cm; length 4.9 cm Provenance Formerly in a French private collection This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for
export outside of the EU ...[more]
883
An ivory netsuke of a recumbent horse. Late 19th century The large head with a long mane turned to the side, looking down, the eyes
double inlaid in pale and dark horn. Height 2.8 cm; length 4.2 cm Provenance The Papp Collection, Munich, acquired from Alexander
Pollmer, Munich, 1973, coll. no. 9 ...[more]
884
An ivory netsuke of a long-haired goat, by Okakoto. Early 19th century Sitting bending down toward two pieces of food between its
hooves, the curved horns encircling the ears and with a full beard hanging from his chin. The small eye pupils of blackish brown horn.
Signed Okakoto in a rectangular ...[more]
885
An ivory netsuke of a group of monkeys, by Mitsuhide. Early 19th century While the caring mother animal holds her young in her arms,
three other young animals, one with a peach, play around, trying to climb on her back. The mother's eye pupils of black horn. Chipped.
Height 6 cm Provenance Priva ...[more]
886
A reddish cherry wood netsuke of two monkeys, by Hidechika. Mid-19th century The cub eating a fruit while sitting on the mother's right
leg who turns tenderly towards him. The eyes of horn and bone, the fruit of bone. Signed Hidechika in an irregular reserve. Restored.
Height 3.9 cm Provenance P ...[more]
887
A root wood netsuke of two monkeys. Mosr probably a Chinese toggle. 19th century Both crouching on a rock between a tree stump and
water which is suggested by concentric lines,and bamboo rendered in fine engraving. Restored and minor damage. Length 5.8 cm
Provenance The Papp Collection, Munich, ...[more]
888
A wood and ivory netsuke of a rooster inside a drum. Mid-19th century The finely carved ivory rooster, visible through a hole in the
drum's wall, stands head turned with his magnificent erected long tail (sickles). The wooden drum, decorated with mitsu tomoe on the
skins, the nails of ivory. Res ...[more]
889
An ivory netsuke of a peabald dog. Late 18th/early 19th century Seated on a large straw sandal into which he playfully bites, the body
with large fur spots reserved from the almost totally rubbed off fur engraving. Height 2.8 cm This lot contains materials which require a
CITES licence for export ...[more]
890
A large ivory netsuke of a puppy with a straw sandal. Late 18th/early 19th century The chubby dog with a thick collar band places its
paws on the waraji in front of him, the mouth open and the tongue hanging out. The eyes of reddish brown horn. Height 1.9 cm; length
4.7 cm This lot contains mater ...[more]
891
Two ivory netsuke of puppies. First half 19thn century a) Placing its paws over a pumpkin, and b) lying on a biwa branch with a single
fruit. Both with eyes double inlaid and signed Rantei in an oval reserve. (2) Height a) 3.9 cm; b) 2 cm Provenance Both formerly in a
French private collection T ...[more]
892
An ivory netsuke of a dog with a blow fish. Early 19th century Recumbent with a long stretched out body and holding on to a fugu with
three of his paws, a thick collar band around its neck, the thin tail rolled upwards. Signed Tomosada in a tiny reserve. The eye pupils of
both animals of brown ho ...[more]
893
An ivory netsuke of a dog on an uchiwa. First half 19th century Its forepaws placed close together and with a collar around its neck from
which hangs a large tassel, the handle of the fan turned to the side. Height 2 cm; length 4.9 cm This lot contains materials which require
a CITES licence for ...[more]
894
An ivory netsuke of a dog on a straw hat. Mid-19th century Crouching on a possibly discarded hat, wearing a collar and with its teeth
pulling a piece of fabric out from a hole in the hat, on the underside a circular cushion and hat bands. Height 1.9 cm; diameter 4.9 cm
This lot contains materials ...[more]
895
A wood netsuke of a dog. 19th century Seated and placing its paws over a ball in front of him and looking back as if to insure nobody will
take the ball away. The eye pupils inlaid black. Inscribed Tametaka in an oval reserve. Filled crack and traces of use. Height 3,5 cm
Provenance Formerly in ...[more]
896
An ivory netsuke of a dog on a straw hat. Mid-19th century Standing on the discarded hat and with its teeth pulling a piece of cloth out
from a slit in the hat, on the underside a circular cushion and hat bands. Height 1.9 cm; diameter 4.9 cm This lot contains materials
which require a CITES lice ...[more]
897
A boxwood netsuke of a boar. 19th century Recumbent with legs folded under, the head slightly raised, and with long tusks in the
corners of the mouth. Minute chip to the right hoof. Height 2.6 cm; length 4.9 cm Provenance Judging by the old collector's label, from a
late 19th-century collection
898
An ivory netsuke of a sleeping boar. Second half 19th century Resting on a bed of oak leaves with a single stylised maple leaf
inbetween. Inscribed Masanao on one of the leaves. Height 2.2 cm; length 5 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium, acquired
privately, June 1988 This lot contains mat ...[more]
899
An ivory netsuke of a cat on a hand broom. 19th century The cat carved separately and placed atop of a hand broom made of three
types of feathers of varying length, the removeable handle bearing a steel blade. Height 2.9 cm; length 9.5 cm This lot contains
materials which require a CITES licence ...[more]
900
An ivory netsuke of a recumbent stag. Mid-19th century Head turned to the left and backwards, with large ears and finely carved antlers
lying on the back. Eyes double inlaid. Signed Ransen in an oval reserve. Wooden box, the lid with an inscription reading Ransen okami
(wolf) and ku (young). Heig ...[more]
901
A stained ivory netsuke of a bat on a Buddhist gong. Osaka. Late 19th century Lying with wings spread-out to one side of a waniguchi to
which is tied a long thick rope. Length 4 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU
contract countries. We would ...[more]
902
A mother-of-pearl netsuke of a fukura suzume. 19th century With tail and wings spread out, the head turned to the left. The eye pupils of
black horn. Height 1.1 cm; length 3.5 cm Provenance The Papp Collection, Munich, purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, March
1983, coll. no. 521 (handwritte ...[more]
903A wood netsuke of a bird and a toad. 20th century The bird clutches the frightened rolled up toad with both claws. The eye pupils of
black glass. Height 4.2 cm
904
A boxwood netsuke of three frogs. Mid-19th century Sitting on the rim of a lotus leaf with rolled up edges and grabbing each other by
their forelegs. The eye pupils of silver. The himotôshi formed by the stalk. Signed Masanao on an inlaid ivory tablet. Height 2.8 cm;
width 4 cm This lot contains ...[more]
905
A large umimatsu netsuke of a cicada on an oak branch, by Kanman (1793-1859). Early 19th century Carved with a cicada sitting on a
branch with acorns and a large leaf, extracting food from a bark-free spot. The veins of the wings as well as those of the leaves are just
as finely rendered as the ...[more]
906
An ivory netsuke of two snails. 19th century The larger mollusc has crawled out from its house and places its head on top of it, while a
smaller snail crawls alongside and over the top. Height 2.3 cm; length 4.4 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence
for export outside of th ...[more]
907Three ants on a rock. Kiri wood and lacquer. Second half 19th century Visible in three openings of an irregular-shaped rock. The legs of
blackened metal. Height 2.5 cm Provenance Formerly in a British private collection
908A boxwood netsuke of a crab. Second half 19th century With eight legs folded in, two large claws and thin elongated eyes. The two
openings of the himtôshi lined with ivory. Height 1.8 cm; width 4.8 cm
909a
An ivory netsuke of a dried fish. Early 19th century Of slender long shape, with very small fins, the cavities of the eyes function as
himotoshi. Length 12.5 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We
would like to inform you t ...[more]
910
A cherrywood netsuke of a sake bottle (tokkuri). 19th century With three recessed grips of which one is carved with Daikoku in relief.
The base of the bottle (formerly) loose and connected by a cord running through the himotoshi. Height 4.8 cm Provenance Private
collection, Belgium, acquired in ...[more]
911
A stained stag antler sashi netsuke of a fish. 19th century Head and tail raised, the fins kept close to its body as it seems to be gasping
for air. The eyes of black wood. Length 10.7 cm Provenance The Papp collection, Munich, acquired from Offermann & Schmitz at the
Deutsche Kunst- und Ant ...[more]
912A nautilus shell netsuke of the inner core. Second half 19th century A symmetrical fragment, polished, and with one drill hole. Height 3.5
cm Provenance The Papp Collection, Munich, purchased from Dr. Franz Weber, Vienna, coll. no. 606 (handwritten)
913
Two double gourd-shaped netsuke. 19th century a) Of shitan wood with tendrils, leaves and gourd in bone, brass and silver wire inlay.
Chipped, and b) of guri lacquer. Both with a collar and ring attachment around the waist and wooden stoppers, possibly to be used as
nioibin. (2) a) Of wood, inlai ...[more]
914
A iron and gold nioibin. 2nd half 19th century In shape of a slender double gourd, decorated with leaves and tendrils in gold and with a
silver stopper. Length 6.2 cm Provenance St. Jame's Gallery, Zürich Collection June H. Schuerch (1930-2009), acquired from the above
in1982, and thence by desc ...[more]
915
A laquered wood netsuke of a Karura mask. Late 19th century This gigaku mask represents the mythological bird Garuda with a type of
cock's comb and a small jewel in his beak. Flaking of the lacquer. In the manner of Kano Tessai. Height 5.7 cm Provenance Collection
Peter E. Müller (1933-2019), Kü ...[more]
916
A painted wood netsuke of a Chido mask. Early 20th century The forehead and cheeks of this large gigaku mask display deep wrinkles,
the long and narrow nose and bends downward, the open mouth with red lips shows two rows of teeth. Signed Tetsurô with kao
(=Ichikawa Tetsuro, 1901-after 1985). The ...[more]
917
A wood netsuke of an Oni mask. 19th century With two short horns, the eyes of reverse painted glass, the backside lacquered black, the
bar probably restored, and general traces of use. Height 4.2 cm Provenance Collection Peter E. Müller (1933-2019), Küstnacht,
Switzerland
918
A boxwood netsuke of a Shishiguchi mask. 19th century With deep wrinkles to the forehead and cheeks, large eyes and a very large
mouth with a visible upper and lower row of teeth. Eyes originally of metal. Height 3.7 cm Provenance Collection Peter E. Müller (1933-
2019), Küstnacht, Switzerland
919
A boxwood netsuke of an Okame mask. Late 19th century Of a large pear shape with large eyes and an open mouth with full cheeks.
Signed Tessai with kao (= Kano Tessai, 1845-1925). Height 5.5 cm Provenance Collection Peter E. Müller (1933-2019), Küstnacht,
Switzerland
920
Three mask netsuke. Second half 19th century a) Of bronze showing a laughing man, silver inlaid teeth, b) of gold-lacquered wood
showing a comical man with a bump on his head, signed Ittosai, restored, and c) of silver showing Hannya, at the back with eyelet and
ring. (3) Height a) 4.4 cm; b) 5.1 ...[more]
921Three boxwood mask netsuke from a set. Around 1900 a) Of an old man, b) kyôgen mask of Okame, and c) of a middle-aged man with
a moustache. All signed Sôsai with kaô. (3) Height a) 4.2 cm; b) 4.2 cm; c) 4 cm
922
An ivory netsuke of a group of masks, by Hakuunsai. Mid-19th century The nô and kyôgen masks include Kojo, Chujo, Shojo, Hannya,
Kitsune and on the back Usobuki and Beshimi. Remains of red colour inside the mouths. Signed Hakuunsai. Height 3.3 cm; width 4.1
cm Provenance Private collection, Belg ...[more]
923
An ivory netsuke of a group of masks. Mid-19th century A Hannya mask lies on top of the masks of Kitsune, Okina, Usobuki and Oni, on
the reverse a Okame mask, a ball and a toy. Height 2.3 cm; width 3.4 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for
export outside of the EU contr ...[more]
924
A stained ivory netsuke of a Kitsune mask. 19th century With a moveable lower jaw and large pointed ears bent forward, the inside of
the mouth painted red. Inscribed Tenka'ichi Deme Uman. Height 3.5 cm; length 3.9 cm This lot contains materials which require a
CITES licence for export outside of ...[more]
925
An ivory netsuke of an oni mask. Second half 19th century Looking very fierce with bushy eyebrows, a shaggy beard, and an upper row
of big teeth with tusks. Signed Ittokusai. Length 4.6 cm This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of
the EU contract countries. W ...[more]
926A wood and lacquer mask of a demon. Second half 19th century With very short horns and hair locks, the large eyes gilded, the teeth in
the open mouth silvered. Height 5.2 cm
927A wood netsuke of a demon mask. Late 19th century With a huge open mouth with and upper and lower row of teeth, the horns curved
with tips touching the forehead. Signed Genzan on a red lacquer plaque. Height 4.4 cm
928
An ivory ryusa manju. In the manner of Kokusai. Second half 19th century Of oval shape, one side with two mon of waves and an owl-
bat on a tatewaku pattern in openwork, on the other side mon of ax, noshi, stag antlers and shippo on a ground of shippo tsunagi in
openwork. Length 3.9 cm Provenance ...[more]
929
A walrus tusk ryusa manju. 19th century Inlaid with a gilt metal ox next to a basket and a sickle under a pine tree amidst clouds. Max
diameter 4 cm Provenance Collection June H. Schuerch (1930-2009), and thence by descent This lot contains materials which require a
CITES licence for export outs ...[more]
930
Two ryusa manju 19th century a) Of ivory, carved with a farmer underneath bamboo, the other sidewith a courtier with a fan, possibly in
reference to the Taketori Monogatari, and b) of walrus tusk, carved with a mask of demon surrounded by takaramono and clouds. (2)
Diameter a) 4.9 cm; b) 4.5 cm ...[more]
931
A walrus tusk ryusa manju netsuke. 2. Hälfte19th century Inlaid in iron (a restoration), a wolf rests its paw on a skull of silver and
defends his prey from a snake in the pine tree above him. The partially transparent material emphasizes the snake's scaly and shiny
skin. Diameter 4.2 cm Proven ...[more]
932
A large walrus tusk ryusa manju. 19th century On a harvested field with hat and hoe lying about, a pair of quails, small chrysanthemums
and milet cobs are inset in partly gilt silver, above the millet field and underneath a pine two bird clappers (naruko) tied to a rope.
Diameter 4.9 cm Provenan ...[more]
933
An ivory and shakudô ryûsa manjû. Mid-19th century The wild goose of shakudo, its head lowered, flying over of a few long reeds
carved in openwork. The tapering border suggests a full moon. Cracks. Diameter 4 cm Provenance Private collection, Belgium,
September 1986 This lot contains materials w ...[more]
934
A walrus tusk ryusa manju. Second half 19th century Carved with a coiled dragon en face on a ground of swirling clouds within a
lozenge with a meander border, the reverse carved with a flower in openwork Diameter 3.9 cm Provenance Collection Walter L.
Behrens (1861-1913), Manchester, sold at Gle ...[more]
935
Two ryusa manju. 19th century a) Of ivory, carved with moluscs and shells, the reverse with a pine tree amidst clouds, and b) of walrus
tusk, carved with a cicada on a biwa branch, the reverse with banana leaves and a type of palm tree. Inscribed Mitsukazu in an oval-
shaped reserve. Chip. (2) Di ...[more]
936
A narwal tusk manju. Dated 1864 At the centre a peg with metal disc to the reverse. At the front three masks of Hannya, Okina and
Shojo in sunken relief. Dated Ganji gannen (1864) and signed Kohosai horu kore. Width 5.3 cm This lot contains materials which require
a CITES licence for export outsi ...[more]
937
An ivory ryusa manju of nine bats. Second half 19th century Huddled close together and wings spread out. Signed ind sealscript,
possibly Kin… in a sunken reserve. Width 4.3 cm Provenance Collection Gabor Wilhelm, Paris, sold at Zacke, Vienna, 2.11.2019, lot 15
This lot contains materials which r ...[more]
938
Three manju netsuke. 19th century All made of two parts, a) of carved red lacquer with peonies on rocks, b) of lacquer with a dragon
amidst clouds, its head with gyobu particles and gold foil applied to the eyes and one cloud, signed Koami Tadamitsu, and c) of iron with
a bellflower (kikyo) in si ...[more]
939
Three ivory manju netsuke. 19th century a) Of two parts, carved with a dancer wearing an Usobuki mask and carrying a shishi mask on
its back, a fan and a gohei, and a rattle on the reverse, signed Horaku with kao; b) carved with rakanholding up his almsbowl, and c) of
two parts, carved with a hun ...[more]
940
Thee kagamibuta.19. Jh. The bowls of ivory, each disc of shibuichi with iroe-takazogan, a) with three otsu-e figures (Fujimusume, yakko
and oni nenbutsu), b) with the three vinegar tasters ( Confucius, Buddha and Laozi), and c) with Ryûjin's attendant presenting the jewel
regulating the tide to R ...[more]
941
Reference book V.-F. Weber, "Ko-ji Ho-ten". Dictionnaire à l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art japonais et chinois. 2
vol. folio set. Paris 1923. Numbered 454 from an edition of 585, signed by the author and with his seal reading kotobuki. Newly bound in
half calf, the original ...[more]
