Friday 4 November 2022
Session One: Lots 1-211 at 1 PM CET
Session Two: Lots 212-284 at 5 PM CET
Halloween has moved to 4 November! Join us in the festivities and navigate our autumn sale full of otherworldly creatures, demons, ghosts, goblins, crows, and bats.
Session One features a carefully curated selection of fine netsuke and sagemono. Of note are the contemporary netsuke (lots 148-169), mostly from the collection of Gabor Orszagh, a passionate collector with a keen eye for contemporary netsuke of exceptional quality. An interesting group of antique netsuke from Orszagh's collection are also spread out throughout the sale. And the inro in this sale are arguably the best we've offered yet.
Session Two features many interesting netsuke at attractive prices. Previously, we've always included these netsuke in our print catalog. Since we've received feedback that our catalogs have gotten too large (and heavy!), we split this sale into two sessions.
As always, please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, and check out the natural light videos available on the lot pages.
Lot 128 - TOKOKU: A VERY FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF OKAME WITH BOY AND TENGU MASK
Sold for €6,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 131 - Ɏ ONO RYOMIN: AN AMUSING IVORY MANJU NETSUKE DEPICTING ‘THE REVENGE OF THE MONKEY’
Sold for €1,725
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 132 - Ɏ MINKOKU: A LARGE IVORY MANJU OF ONIWAKAMARU SLAYING THE GIANT CARP
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 133 - KOJU: A FINE MANJU NETSUKE OF A BOY AS AN OX HERDER
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 135 - MINKO: A RARE WOOD NETSUKE OF A CICADA ON PINECONE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 136 - A HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND HUMOROUS WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO MONKEYS
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 137 - SHOJUSAI: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A RAT ON A CLAM
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 138 - Ɏ MASATAMI: A FINE IVORY NETSUKE OF A RAT WITH CANDLE
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 139 - Ɏ MASATAMI: A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF THE SAMBIKI SARU (THREE WISE MONKEYS)
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 140 - Ɏ IKKOSAI: A SUPERB IVORY NETSUKE OF TWO MONKEYS FIGHTING AN OCTOPUS
Sold for €3,220
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 142 - Ɏ KOGYOKU: AN IVORY NETSUKE OF ARABABA OPENING THE TREASURE BOX
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 143 - Ɏ YASUAKI: A FINE TOKYO SCHOOL IVORY NETSUKE OF A BOY IN SHISHIMAI COSTUME
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 144 - Ɏ YASUAKI: A FINE TOKYO SCHOOL IVORY NETSUKE OF A YOUNG BOY WEARING AN EBOSHI
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 145 - Ɏ KOKOKU: A FINE INLAID WOOD NETSUKE OF A RESTING ACTOR
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 146 - Ɏ NAKAMURA KUYA: A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF A RAKAN WITH SNAKE
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 147 - Ɏ OUCHI SOSUI: A SUPERB IVORY NETSUKE OF OKAME AND FUKUROKUJU
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 148 - A STAG ANTLER NETSUKE OF A MONK, ATTRIBUTED TO MASATOSHI
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 149 - IKKU: A MASTERFUL CONTEMPORARY STAG ANTLER SASHI NETSUKE OF A BAT
Sold for €15,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 150 - IKKU: AN UNUSUAL CONTEMPORARY KOKUTAN WOOD NETSUKE OF A STYLIZED SPARROW
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 151 - SHINGETSU: A FINE LACQUERED MAMMOTH TUSK NETSUKE OF A PANTHER
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 152 - HIDEYUKI: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF KIKUJIDO AND BAKU
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 153 - HIDEYUKI: A CONTEMPORARY WOOD NETSUKE OF SHOKI AND ONI
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 154 - SEIHO: A FINE CONTEMPORARY WOOD NETSUKE OF JIKOKUTEN WITH ONI
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 155 - MEIKEI: A MASTERFUL CONTEMPORARY WOOD NETSUKE OF ‘SONEZAKI SHINJU’ (LOVER’S SUICIDE)
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 156 - AN AMUSING INLAID CONTEMPORARY WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA WITH FISH
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 157 - Ɏ AKIHIDE: A FINE CONTEMPORARY INLAID WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA TRAPPING A NAMAZU
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 161 - BISHU: A LARGE BONE NETSUKE OF A WHALE WITH YOUNG
Sold for €4,940
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 162 - BISHU: A FINE CONTEMPORARY WOOD NETSUKE OF AN EAGLE SNATCHING A RABBIT
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 163 - SEIHO: AN UNUSUAL AND FINE BOXWOOD OF AN EAGLE ATTACKING A PRIEST
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 164 - KENJI: A FINE CONTEMPORARY WOOD NETSUKE OF A BAT WITH YOUNG
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 165 - KENJI: A FINE CONTEMPORARY WOOD NETSUKE OF A MAKATSUGYO (DRAGON FISH)
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 166 - Ɏ KENJI: A RARE MARINE TUSK NETSUKE OF A BAKU AND GHOST
Sold for €4,030
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 167 - MICHAEL BIRCH: TRUST ME (EVEN MOTIVATED GHOSTS DO IT)
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 169 - ALEXANDER DERKACHENKO: BIRTH OF A DRAGON (TATSU NO TOMAGO)
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 170 - A GILT METAL OJIME OF A DOUBLE DRAGON-HEADED MOKUGYO
Sold for €520
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 173 - A FINE SOLID GOLD OJIME OF A TEMPLE BELL WITH DRAGON
Sold for €4,421
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 174 - A HIGHLY UNUSUAL BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO OF A MONKEY FESTIVAL
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 175 - KAJIKAWA: A GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO WITH SEVENTY HORSES
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 177 - A SUPERB RITSUO-STYLE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO OF DARUMA
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 183 - TOJU: A SUPERB FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH ENTERTAINERS AND A SAMURAI
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 184 - KANSHOSAI TOYO: A MAGNIFICENT AND LARGE GOLD LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO WITH PEACOCKS
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium