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 185 - TOYO: A SUPERB FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH CROWS AND THE FULL MOON
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 186 - SEKIGAWA KATSUNOBU: A RARE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICITING FALCONERS
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 188 - TACHIBANA FUMISHIGE: A FINE GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO WITH EN SUITE NETSUKE BY SHORIN
Sold for €5,460
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 189 - SHIBATA REISAI: A SUPERB AND RARE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
Sold for €8,450
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 190 - A FINE FOUR-CASE ROIRO LACQUER INRO WITH DRAGONFLY AND SPRING FLOWER BASKET
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 191 - A RARE INLAID AND LACQUERED HINOKI WOOD THREE CASE INRO WITH DRAGONFLIES
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 192 - JOKASAI: A SUPERB METAL-INLAID FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO WITH DAIKOKU AND EBISU FISHING
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 193 - A RARE METAL-INLAID SINGLE CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO WITH SAMURAI DRINKING SAKE
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 196 - A RARE LACQUERED WOOD ‘INKCAKE AND BRUSH’ YATATE
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 197 - A RARE SENTOKU AND IRON YATATE (PORTABLE WRITING SET) WITH COILED RAT
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 199 - KOMIN: A RARE SHIBUICHI YATATE WITH RAT AND DAIKON
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 200 - A RARE COPPER ‘TAKOTSUBO’ YATATE (PORTABLE WRITING SET)
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 202 - A RARE SENTOKU YATATE (PORTABLE WRITING SET) WITH PHOENIX AND FISH DESIGN
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 205 - A RARE DOUBLE BRUSH CONTAINER WITH TIGER IN BAMBOO, YATATE (PORTABLE WRITING SET)
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 207 - TAISAI: A FINE WOVEN RATTAN KISERUZUTSU WITH A LACQUERED DESIGN OF FALLING LEAVES
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 209 - A RARE LACQUERED COCONUT WOOD TONKOTSU WITH CROWS AND FULL MOON
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 210 - TEIZAN: A SHIBAYAMA INLAID KIRI (PAULOWNIA) WOOD TONKOTSU DEPICTING EGRETS AND LOTUS
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 211 - A VERY RARE LEATHER TABAKO-IRE WITH INLAID MOTHER-OF-PEARL ‘CAT’ KANAMONO
Sold for €4,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 212 - A RARE CARVED COCONUT TONKOTSU WITH KIKUJIDO AND ATTENDANT
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 216 - AN UNUSUAL LACQUERED WOOD SHUNGA NETSUKE OF OKAME
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 217 - Ɏ AN EARLY IVORY NETSUKE OF SHOJO WITH HUGE SAKE JAR
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 224 - A KUROGAKI WOOD NETSUKE OF A PUPPY IN A ROOF TILE
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 227 - IKKO: A FINE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A GROUP OF RATS EATING EDAMAME
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 231 - Ɏ TOMOTADA: AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A RECUMBENT OX AND CALF
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 238 - KOICHI: A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MONKEY PICKING FLEAS
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 240 - MASATOMO: A WOOD NETSUKE OF A WOLF WITH HAUNCH OF VENISON
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 242 - A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TANUKI NO HARA TSUZUMI, AFTER MINKO
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 243 - SARI: A VERY RARE WOOD NETSUKE OF A NINGYO (MERMAID)
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 246 - Ɏ TOMOCHIKA: AN IVORY NETSUKE OF AN EAGLE SNATCHING A FOX
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 247 - A WOOD NETSUKE OF THE OIL THIEF, ATTRIBUTED TO MASAYOSHI
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 248 - A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF GAMA SENNIN WITH TWO TOADS
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 249 - RYOMIN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF TAKARAMONO (LUCKY OBJECTS)
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 250 - Ɏ HOGYOKU: A RARE MARINE TOOTH NETSUKE OF A SARUMAWASHI WITH TWO MONKEYS
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 254 - A FINE WOOD SHUNGA NETSUKE OF OKAME HOLDING A KONOHA TENGU MASK
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 255 - NAOYUKI: A WOOD NESTUKE OF FUKUROKUJU WITH MINOGAME
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 257 - KOSAI: A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MAN CARRYING A SACK WITH ONI
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium