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 262 - MICHAEL WEBB: A WOOD NETSUKE OF A CICADA ON DRIFTWOOD, DATED 1996
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 264 - GUY SHAW: A CONTEMPORARY WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OCTOPUS, ‘PHOSPHORESCENCE’
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 266 - VADYM PYVOVAR: A WOOD NETSUKE OF A WHALE, AFTER RISSHISAI KANGYOKU
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 267 - VADYM PYVOVAR: A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A FREEZING KARASU TENGU
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 272 - A FINE WOOD BUGAKU MASK NETSUKE OF GENKOJI KAMEN
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 277 - A FINE AND RARE PALE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF A HEIKE CRAB MAN, ATTRIBUTED TO KOKEISAI SANSHO
Sold for €1,680
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 287 - A SUPERB ANTLER NETSUKE OF A BLIND MAN AND OCTOPUS
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 290 - A RARE ANTLER NETSUKE OF A PUPPY, ATTRIBUTED TO TSUNEMASA
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 291 - A RARE ANTLER NETSUKE OF A GRAZING HORSE, ATTRIBUTED TO TSUNEMASA
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 294 - OZAKI KOKUSAI: A RARE ANTLER KISERUZUTSU WITH COINS
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 296 - A FINE ANTLER KISERUZUTSU WITH BASHO LEAVES AND SNAIL
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 297 - A FINE ANTLER KISERUZUTSU WITH RAIN DRAGON (AMARYU) AND BAKU
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 298 - KOKUSAI: A FINE ANTLER RYUSA MANJU NETSUKE WITH PRUNUS BLOSSOM
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 299 - OZAKI KOKUSAI: A SUPERB ANTLER RYUSA KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE WITH BATS
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 300 - A STUNNING ANTLER RYUSA MANJU NETSUKE, ATTRIBUTED TO OZAKI KOKUSAI
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 302 - Ɏ HAKUHAKUSAI: AN AMUSING WALRUS TUSK RYUSA MANJU NETSUKE DEPICTING A STRETCHING DARUMA
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 303 - A FINE ANTLER RYUSA MANJU NETSUKE DEPICTING A WATER DRAGON WITH A NYOI SCEPTRE
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 306 - TENMIN: A RARE KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE DEPICTING A SCHOLAR AT WORK
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 307 - Ɏ AN IVORY AND MIXED METAL KAGAMIBUTA WITH NIO GUARDIAN AND NESTING SPARROWS
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 310 - MASATOMO: A NAGOYA SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE OF A WASP NEST WITH LARVAE
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 312 - A FINE UMIMATSU NETSUKE OF A LOTUS LEAF AND SPIDER
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 313 - A RARE INLAID UMIMATSU NETSUKE OF A FROG ON LOTUS
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 314 - GESSAN: A FINE AND RARE EBONY WOOD NETSUKE OF EDAMAME BEAN PODS
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 318 - A FINE KURUMI (WALNUT) NETSUKE WITH CELESTIAL DRAGON
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 320 - A VERY FINE KURUMI (WALNUT) NETSUKE WITH SHISHI AND PEONY
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 321 - KOKUSUI: A FINE AND RARE KURUMI (WALNUT) HAKO NETSUKE DEPICTING RATS AND DAIKON
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 324 - A RARE METAL-INLAID UMIMATSU NETSUKE DEPICTING BUDDHA AMITABHA WITHIN A GROTTO
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 326 - A RARE AND LARGE NEGORO LACQUER NETSUKE OF THE INARI FOX
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 327 - A RARE TSUISHU MANJU NETSUKE WITH SQUIRREL AND GRAPES
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 329 - A TOKYO SCHOOL INLAID WOOD AND LACQUER NETSUKE OF A BOY
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 330 - Ɏ MASATAMI: A CHARMING LACQUERED IVORY NETSUKE OF A BOY CLIMBING ATOP A DRUM
Sold for €1,170
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 331 - AN AMUSING NEGORO-STYLE LACQUER NETSUKE OF A DRUNKEN SHOJO IN A SAKE CUP
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 332 - FUKAGAWASAI: A FINE LACQUER MANJU NETSUKE DEPICTING SHOJO WITH A SAKE JAR AND SAUCER
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium