A Japanese Meiji period two-part Shibayama Style lacquered display or Shodana cabinet. Consisting of a plain top with projecting ebonized metal corners above 5 shelves, one set of sliding doors, 6 doors, and 6 drawers, all with intricate high-relief carved shell, hardstone, and bone inlays depicting various birds amongst flowering trees; the top, shelves, drawer […]
Lot 16: Scarce Tanaka Ryohei Large Color Etching, Big Ginko Tree
Tanaka Ryohei (Japan, 1933-2019) color etching and aquatint entitled Big Ginko Tree and depicting a large, yellow Ginko tree with a small building below, 2011. Signed and dated lower right and numbered 9/50 lower left. Numbered 755 and titled in Japanese lower left. Unframed. Sheet: 18 3/4″ H x 13 1/4″ W. PROVENANCE: Private Knoxville, […]
Lot 15: Tanaka Ryohei Color Etching, Autumn Leaves at Daimonji Temple
Tanaka Ryohei (Japan, 1933-2019) color etching and aquatint entitled Momiji: Daimonji (Autumn Leaves at Daimonji Temple) and depicting an entry gate before orange maple leaves and the distant mountain Daimonji, near Kyoto, 2007. Signed and dated lower right and numbered 35/100 lower left. Titled in Japanese, numbered 726, and inscribed “Maples (Daimonji Temple),” lower left. […]
Lot 14: Large Tanaka Ryohei Etching, Wall IV
Tanaka Ryohei (Japan, 1933-2019) etching and aquatint entitled Wall IV and depicting the bamboo latticework, wooden beam, and cracking stucco of an old wall, 1984. Signed and dated lower right and numbered 49/100 lower left. Inscribed “No. 4,” lower left. Unframed. Sheet: 22″ H x 17″ W. PROVENANCE: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Excellent condition.
Lot 13: Large Tanaka Ryohei Color Etching, Gingko Carpet
Tanaka Ryohei (Japan, 1933-2019) color etching and aquatint entitled Ginnan jutan (Gingko Carpet) and depicting yellow ginko leaves on the ground surrounding the trunk of a large tree, with red flowers behind a wall in the background, 2007. Signed and dated lower right and numbered 82/100 lower left. Titled in Japanese and numbered 669, lower […]
Lot 12: Large Tanaka Ryohei Color Etching, Door
Tanaka Ryohei (Japan, 1933-2019) color etching and aquatint entitled “Door” and depicting a sliding door with dark green foliage that descends from upper left and a light green praying mantis perched at center right, 2001. Yellow light can be seen through an opening in the door. Signed and dated lower right and numbered 94/100 lower […]
Lot 11: Pair Qing Chinese Ancestor Portraits
Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty portraits, ink and colors on silk, depicting a man and woman, each seated and wearing robes with civilian rank badges, possibly a golden pheasant and paradise flycatcher. The face of the woman is rendered with almost photorealistic detail. Each painting is mounted to a silk damask backing and framed under […]
Lot 10: Large Chinese Portrait in Italian Frame, Circle of Giuseppe Castiglione
Circle of Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian/Chinese, 1688-1766), Qing Dynasty portrait of a civil official in a substantial parcel gilt 18th-century frame. The watercolor and gouache on paper painting depicts an elderly male civil official in a black coat with phoenix-embroidered rank badge, tiered cap, and white beaded necklace. He is seated on a chair with decorative […]
Lot 9: Chinese Archaic Bronze Tripod Vessel
Chinese He bronze cooking or pouring vessel, Han Dynasty (BC 206- AD 220), round form supported on three legs ending in hoof-form feet, with relief decorated cover and beak-form spout. 5 1/2 “H x 8″ x 10”. Inside, there is an old sales card from Shanghai Treasures of Los Angeles and a clipping showing a […]
Lot 7: 2 Chinese Enameled Snuff Bottles
Two (2) Chinese enameled snuff bottles. 1st item: Chinese Famille Rose snuff bottle, flattened round form, with enamel over copper decoration depicting young boys in a landscape setting reading to one side and a female reading in a landscape setting to the other side. Base with blue seal mark. 2 3/4″ H. 2nd item: Chinese […]
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