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Lot 896: 5 Japanese Porcelain Items, incl. Satsuma

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Assembled grouping of five (5) Japanese porcelain items. 1st – 4th items: Four (4) porcelain bowls including one (1) Satsuma or Kutani punch bowl or large basin with samurai within a coastal landscape to well, scrolling design to rim, and landscape with Mt. Fuji to the underside, signed on base; one (1) Satsuma bowl with […]

Lot 895: 5 Japanese Satsuma Meiji Porcelain Items

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Grouping of five (5) Japanese Satsuma Meiji period porcelain items including: one (1) vase having arhats and enameled dragon decoration with seal mark to the base; one (1) lidded globular form censer with arhats and enameled dragon decoration, foo dog handles and seal mark to the base; one (1) hexagonal form lidded censer with landscape […]

Lot 894: Chinese Ancestral Portrait of a Nobleman

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Chinese ancestral portrait, watercolor and gouache painting on silk with gilt accents, depicting a nobleman attired in an ornate bright blue robe bearing a central crane rank badge, seated on a throne style chair, atop a brightly colored carpet with repeating crane motifs against a plain background. Housed under glass in an ebonized Chinese style […]

Lot 891: 3 Japanese Prints incl.Tajima Hiroyuki & Hiroshige

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Three (3) Japanese woodblock prints. 1st item: Tajima Hiroyuki (Japan, 1911-1984) abstract woodblock print in colors, 1965. Pencil signed, dated, and editioned 50/60, lower margin. Housed under glass in a modern, painted wood frame. Sight: 24 1/2" H x 19" W. Frame: 26 1/4" H x 21" W. 2nd item: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) Kyoka […]

Lot 892: Ohara Koson Japanese Bird & Flower Woodblock Print, Diving Bird

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Ohara Koson (Japan, 1877-1945) shin hanga kacho-e woodblock print depicting a bird in flight with ivy leaves above. Signed and with seal, center right. Ref.: Newland K35.12. Floated under glass in a carved wooden frame with ivory mat. Sheet: 13 3/4 " H x 7 1/4" W. Framed: 24" H x 15 1/4" W. PROVENANCE: […]

Lot 890: 3 Ohara Koson Japanese Woodblock Prints plus Watercolor Painting

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1st item: Ohara Koson (Japan, 1877-1945) shin hanga kacho-e woodblock print depicting a deer in a mountainous landscape. Signed and with seal, lower right. Ref.: Newland K41.9. Unframed. 14 3/8" H x 7 3/8" W. 2nd item: Ohara Koson woodblock print depicting a moorhen or gallinule in a reed marsh. Signed and with seal, lower […]

Lot 888: Artemide Tizio Table Lamp, R. Sapper Designer

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Italian Tizio classic task or table lamp designed by Richard Sapper for Artemide in 1972. Adjustable, counter lever design with red spacer bars and two intensity settings. Marked on the base. 24 1/2" H x 31 1/2" W (when positioned at a 90 degree angle). Early 21st century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with very […]

Lot 889: Iwao Akiyama Modernist Japanese Woodblock Print

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Iwao Akiyama (Japanese, 1921 – 2014) sosaku-hanga modernist color woodblock print in mingei or folk art-inspired style depicting a nude female with green eyes and red lips holding a flower. Pencil titled, signed, dated (1973) and numbered 5/100 along the lower margin together with a red seal. Housed in a contemporary gilt metal frame. Sight: […]

Lot 886: 4 Ornithological Engravings by George L. Comte de Buffon

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Set of four (4) 18th-century hand-colored bird engravings by George L. Comte de Buffon (France, 1707 – 1788). Birds depicted include, No. 56 The White Turtle, No. 181 The Egret, No. 167 The Toucan, and No. 147 The Artificial Parrot. All matted and and housed in ebonized and parcel gilt frames. Sight: 6 1/4" H […]