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Lot 17: Monumental Japanese Processional Hand Scroll, 54 feet long

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Monumental Japanese scroll painting, watercolor on laid paper, 54 feet 9 inches in length, depicting a parade or processional -possibly a Daimyo Procession to Edo- with hundreds of figures: warriors, kite flyers, children, animals, court officials, and other subjects, along with Imperial palanquin / carriages. The scroll consists of multiple 39" x 12" sections of […]

Lot 14: Kubo Shunman Japanese Woodblock Print, Horned Owl on Flowering Branch, c. 1800

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Kubo Shunman (Japan, 1757-1820) woodblock print depicting a horned owl perched on the flowering branch of a magnolia tree, with a poem upper right, c. 1800. The magnolia blossoms are embossed and faintly colored in pink and purple tones. Ref.: Ukiyoe: Il Mondo Fluttuante (2004), pp.179-180. Sheet. 7 5/8" H x 7 1/8" W. Note: […]

Lot 15: Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print, Hamamatsu: Winter Scene, Hoeido Tokaido, Edo Period

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Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, 1797-1858) horizontal oban woodblock print entitled Hamamatsu: Winter Scene (Hamamatsu, fuyugare no zu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, published c. 1833-34. Signed Hiroshige gwa, upper right, with Hoeido publisher's seal below plus Kiwame censor seal to margin, lower left. With Mayuyama & Co. label affixed to backing. Housed under […]

Lot 12: Hasui Japanese Woodblock Print, Starlit Night at Miyajima

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Kawase Hasui (Japan, 1883-1957),”Starlit Night at Miyajima” (Hoshizukiyo, Miyajima), vertical oban color woodcut depicting the famous “floating” torii gate of the Itsukushima (commonly known as Miyajima) Shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture. From Hasui’s Souvenirs of Travel III series. Published by Shozaburo Watanabe with the publisher’s “C” seal, used 1929-1942, lower-right margin. With Hasui’s signature and seal […]

Lot 11: 5 Chinese Export Plates with Elephant Design

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Set of five (5) Chinese Export Famille Rose porcelain plates for the Indian market, the centers depicting a mahout riding his elephant to the center, flanked by floral sprigs with garland and flower decoration to the rims. 9" dia. 2nd half 18th century. PROVENANCE: Estate of Judge John Nixon, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: All in overall […]

Lot 9: Pair of Chinese Lime Green Ground Famille Rose Jars

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Pair of Chinese porcelain lime green ground Famille Rose jars and covers. Dome shaped covers with round, rosette painted finials, the jars with bulbous shoulders and tapering bases, covered in flower and vine decorations to the exterior, with partial turquoise glazing to interiors and undersides. 9"h overall. Qianlong marks to underside and printed mark "CHINA." […]

Lot 10: 9 Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Plates

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Grouping of nine (9) Chinese export Armorial porcelain plates all with polychrome and gilt decoration including: two (2) with the Federal Eagle to the center with a banner reading E PLURIBUS UNUM and a gilt rope border; one (1) with the Federal Eagle to the center with a banner reading E PLURIBUS UNUM and a […]

Lot 7: 6 Chinese Cloisonne Items

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Six (6) Chinese cloisonne items including a pair of foo or temple dragons, each depicted standing with one raised leg and fitted with hardwood bases and the original box; a pair of quail form boxes with removable lids to the backs; and two hexagonal small lidded boxes with seal marks to the bases. Ranging in […]

Lot 8: Large Chinese Famille Rose Lidded Porcelain Jar

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Large Chinese Famille Rose lidded porcelain jar, baluster form, the body with polychrome figural landscape decoration depicting a scholar on a pine tree raft holding a red covering together with two young boys holding a peach above their heads, with three young females holding ribbons and cranes and bats overhead. Jui head border below the […]