Friday, 3 November 2023
Session I: Lots 1-62 at 11 AM CET
Session II: Lots 101-362 at 1 PM CET
Join us for our illustrious Fine Netsuke & Sagemono autumn sale this November, spread across two thrilling sessions, each accompanied by its dedicated catalog.
Session 1 will feature a selection of Fine Inro (lots 1-62). Gracing the cover of the Session 1 catalog is lot 30: a masterful and rare inlaid two-case inro depicting the yokai box from the Shitakiri Suzume, with en suite netsuke and ojime, the netsuke by Ohara Mitsuhiro. With 62 exceptionally fine inro pieces, this is the first time we unveil a dedicated catalog for fine inro.
Session 2 is dedicated to a carefully curated selection of Fine Netsuke and Sagemono (lots 101-362) with a focus on netsuke, ojime & kiseruzutsu. Gracing the cover of the Session 1 catalog is lot 119: an important and exceedingly rare wood netsuke of a hakutaku, hailing from the ex-collections of Betty Jahss and Joe Kurstin. Additional highlights of this sale includes a superb and very large wood netsuke of Tekkai Sennin (lot 121), a rare and superb wood sashi netsuke of Fukurokuju getting a shave (lot 224), and a large Osaka school inlaid wood netsuke of Gama Sennin (lot 169).
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Lot 3 - A SUPERB AND RARE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH BUGAKU ACCESSORIES
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 4 - A RARE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH DHARMA WHEELS, HORIN
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 6 - A FINE SILVER-INLAID FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING A TIGER AND DRAGON
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 7 - AN INLAID FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING KYOYU AND SOFU
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 8 - A GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING A KIRIN AND HO-O BIRD
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 11 - AN EARLY THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH TEA CEREMONY UTENSILS (CHADOGU)
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 12 - A FINE FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING BIRDS IN FLIGHT ABOVE NETS AND FISH TRAPS
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 13 - A RARE AND AMUSING THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING A PERFORMING TROUPE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 14 - A CHARMING SMALL FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO WITH THE MOON RABBIT
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 17 - A FINE MOTHER OF PEARL AND HARDSTONE INLAID FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH FRUITING PEACHES
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 19 - TOYOSAI: A SUPERB TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING ISE-EBE AND SALMON
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 20 - HARA YOYUSAI: A SUPERB AND VERY RARE FIVE-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO WITH DUTCHMEN
Sold for €16,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 21 - A VERY RARE TSUISHU AND LACQUER TWO-CASE INRO, MOST LIKELY COMMISSIONED BY A DUTCH SETTLER
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 22 - A TSUISHU LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING KYOYU AND SOFU, WITH EN SUITE NETSUKE AND OJIME
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 23 - A FINE TSUISHU THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH KARAKO AT PLAY, WITH EN SUITE NETSUKE AND OJIME
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 25 - A FINE TSUISHU THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING CONFUCIUS MEETING WITH LAO TZU
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 31 - MOEI: A SUPERB FOUR-CASE TOGIDASHI LACQUER INRO DEPICTING A DRAGONFLY
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 33 - A FINE FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO OF AN IDYLLIC LANDSCAPE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 36 - † KAJIKAWA: A FINE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH CRANES
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 38 - SEKIGAWA KATSUNOBU: A FINE THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO OF PLOVERS ABOVE WAVES
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 39 - A FINE FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING AN EAGLE AND MONKEY
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 44 - Ɏ A SUPERB INLAID THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING DIVING FISHERMEN
Sold for €9,824
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 45 - HOYU: A FINE SHIBAYAMA INLAID GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO WITH HAWKS
Sold for €2,240
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 46 - A FINE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING SHISHIMAI DANCERS, WITH EN SUITE NETSUKE
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 48 - KANSHOSAI TOYO: A SUPERB TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH HORSES AND BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 51 - † RYUSAI: A SUPERB SINGLE-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING THE SANSUKUMI
Sold for €12,870
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 52 - SEKIFU: A FINE TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING CRABS ON THE SHORESIDE
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 53 - A RARE TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING THE IMMORTAL ROKO RIDING A MINOGAME
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 54 - YASUCHIKA: A RARE MIXED METAL TWO-CASE INRO WITH BUTTERFLIES AND ASAGAO (MORNING GLORY)
Sold for €896
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 56 - KOMATSU MITSUKATA: A RARE TWO-CASE EBONY WOOD INRO DEPICTING GAMA AND TEKKAI SENNIN
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 60 - SANDOKU: A SUPERB SHIBAYAMA INLAID SINGLE-CASE WOOD INRO WITH A COCKATOO AND BUTTERFLIES
Sold for €4,940
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 61 - ARMIN MÜLLER: A PORCELAIN (YAKIMONO) SAGEMONO SET OF A TWO-CASE INRO, NETSUKE AND OJIME
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 104 - Ɏ A GOOD TALL IVORY NETSUKE OF A SARUMAWASHI (MONKEY TRAINER)
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 108 - Ɏ A RARE TALL IVORY NETSUKE OF THE PRAWN SENNIN KENSU
Sold for €9,824
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 109 - A TALL AND RARE WOOD NETSUKE OF AN AMA (DIVING GIRL)
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 110 - Ɏ A SUPERB AND RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF A TENNIN (BUDDHIST ANGEL)
Sold for €4,940
including Buyer's Premium