ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Monday 15 December 2025,
from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-213) and from 2.30 p.m. (lots 214-563)
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Lot 191
Kannon
Japan, Meiji period
Carved, incised and inked ivory, the deity standing on a circular base, the chest bejeweled and a cape on the head, undeciphered signature incised within a red lacquer box to the center of the base.
9.4 x 2.6 x 2 in.
The lot has CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 192
Female kimono, furisode
Japan, 20th century
Padded silk, red ground with an exuberant polychrome and gold decoration with cranes, stylised flowers and sedan chairs.
78.7 x 51.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 193
SMALL BOX WITH LID
Japan, 19th century
Lacquered and gilded wood, finely decorated with abstract and geometric motifs, the center of the upper side of the lid with a rectangular cartouche inscribed with 伊勢物語 (“Ise Monogatari”).
The “Ise Monogatari” is a famous Japanese
Starting price: € 300
Lot 194
SMALL BOX WITH LID
Japan, 19th century
Lacquered and gilded wood, the upper side of the lid with a fine decoration of chrysanthemums and a bamboo fence on a “pear skin” ground (nashiji).
0.8 x 3.1 x 3.8 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 195
Two panels
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered wood with gilt details, exuberant decoration in accentuated relief with mother-of-pearl and ivory inlays, one with Kannon and a young attendant in a landscape, the other with an oni demon holding an umbrella, also with a young adept in a landscape.
Minor
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 196
Suzuribako
Japan, Taisho period
Writing box in wood lacquered in polychrome and gold, the lid with carnelian inlays, complete with all accessories, the decoration on the lid with leaves, the interior with stems, work of Mitsukoshi, together with its original box
Starting price: € 1.900
Lot 197
YOSHIDA JUNICHIRO 1898-1969
Suzuribako Showa period, circa 1930
Large writing box with ample storage space on the lower section, supported by bracket feet, made of lacquered and gilded wood and decorated with floral motifs, inkstone and metal water dropper, together with its original box (tomobako)
Active in Niigata, Yoshida
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Starting price: € 2.800
Lot 198
Suzuribako
Japan, Taisho period
Writing box made of lacquered wood with relief and polychrome decoration, containing an inkstone and a metal suiteki water dispenser, the outside of the lid decorated with a large fruit-bearing tree with some birds flying around.
2.2 x 6.5 x 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 900
Lot 199
Twelve volumes
Japan, Edo period, 1798
Woodblock print, complete twelve-volume edition of the work entitled "Illustrations of Famous Places in Settsu Province" (摂津名所図会, Settsu meisho zue), published by Kawachiya Tasuke, containing numerous illustrations accompanied by texts by Akisato Rito.
One copy is in
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Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 200
Map of Japan
Japan, Edo period, 1864
Polychrome print, title at top right (大日本海陸全圖, Dai Nihon kairiku zenzu), the archipelago depicted with meticulous toponymic detail a few years before the Meiji Restoration.
16.4 x 38.7 in.
Starting price: € 100