Baluster vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels applied in light relief, with rich decoration of auspicious objects, flowers, fruits and horizontal bands with geometric friezes.
24 x 9.1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain, rectangular section, 'Famille Verte' polychrome enamel decoration with compositions of flowers and birds, handles shaped as a stylized animal.
Small defects.
19.5 x 7.1 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 500
Bowl
China, Yongzheng mark
Porcelain with ‘claire de lune’ glaze finely modeled in relief as a lotus flower and Yongzheng mark.
2.4 x 6.1 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 2.500
Bowl
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels on a yellow ground, the exterior with the Eight Taoist Immortals amidst clouds and waves, 慎徳堂製 (Shende tang zhi) mark to the center of the base.
2.8 x 6.7 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Container with lid
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with yellow glaze, the shape and the geometric leiwen frieze of archaic inspiration.
4.1 x 6.1 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Small jar
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with ‘blue and white’ decoration of children.
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 150
Incense burner
China, 20th Century
Porcelain decorated on the outside in underglazed cobalt blue with a glimpse of a landscape.
3.3 x 5.7 x 5.7 in.
Starting price: € 100
Dish
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of a peach branch with flowers and fruits, mark to the center of the base.
Diameter 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Bowl
China, 20th Century
Porcelain, on the outside red background with a reserved decoration of birds on flowering plum branches, apocryphal Guangxu mark to the centre of the base.
2.8 x 9.1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 400
Wall tile
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold, shaped as a double gourd with a ribbon tied to the central constriction, decorated with two auspicious characters and bats.
12.2 x 7.3 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 300
Small box with lid
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, the lid with a decoration of a bird on a rock and a small seal, mark to the center of the base.
1.8 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 300
Dish
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with red glaze, an incised dragon at the bottom, apocryphal Hongzhi mark.
Diameter 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 100
Pair of bowls with lid and saucer
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with bat decoration in iron red, mark to the center of the base.
3.7 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Small bowl
China, 20th Century
Porcelain, the exterior with a yellow ground and dragon amidst clouds in green and brown enamels, incised details.
2 x 2.2 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Two small vases and a bowl
Japan and China, late 19th Century
The 'Satsuma'-type ceramic bowl and the bottle vase with crane decoration on a turquoise ground are Japanese, the baluster vase with polychrome enamel decoration and biscuit is Chinese.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 100
Large vase
Japan, Meiji period
'Satsuma' type ceramic painted with polychrome enamels and gold with an exuberant and fine decoration of deities, mythological animals and figures, on a wooden base.
18.1 x 8.7 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 500
Four cups and saucers
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain decorated with enamels with a tree and bird, artist's signature and seal, all with Fukagawa mark to the centre of the base.
Cups 1.8 x 4.1 x 3.5 in.
Dishes 5.5 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 200
Dish
Japan, Meiji period
'Kutani' type porcelain painted in polychrome enamels with a decoration of an owl on a branch.
Diameter 12.2 in.
Starting price: € 200
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.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 600
Okimono
Japan, Meiji period
Carved, incised and inked ivory, depicting a standing geisha, a fan in her hands, signature 水明 (Suimei) incised to the center of the base.
7.3 x 2.4 x 2.4 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 600
Inro
Japan, Meiji period
Incised and inked ivory, decoration of children in the landscape with inscription and seal, signed 吉川 (Yoshikawa) to the center of the base.
2.8 x 1.8 x 0.6 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 500
Okimono
Japan, Meiji period
Carved and incised ivory, depicting a standing Benten (one of the Seven Gods of Happiness, Shichifukujin), holding a lute, signature 良光 (Yoshimitsu) incised to the center of the base.
7.5 x 2.8 x 2.4 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 900
Box with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Carved, incised and inked ivory, the lid with a decoration in relief depicting a woman with baskets and a child.
1.6 x 3.7 x 5.7 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 900
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI 1839-1892
Fujiwara Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight (Fujiwara Yasumasa gekka roteki) 1883
A triptych of large-format polychrome woodblock prints (ōban), signed ‘oju Taiso Yoshitoshi sha’ with two seals in the lower left corner, printer’s seal ‘Suri Tsune’, publisher Akiyama Buemon.
13.78 x 28.35 in.
This triptych is among the best known not only in
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Starting price: € 8.000
DA KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI 1760-1849
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Fine bound volume containing forty-six woodblock prints reproducing in reduced format the prints of the famous series of “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” (Fuji sanju rokkei), published in a limited edition by the Tokyo National Museum in the 1960s.
13.78 x 10.43 x 2.36
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Starting price: € 800
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI 1760-1849
Scattered Sketches by Hokusai (Hokusai Manga) 1875
Fourteen woodcut volumes, a Meiji period edition of Hokusai’s famous work originally published starting from 1814. The last volume of the fifteen that compose it, considered the work of a pupil, was published in 1878, three years after the series presented here, which
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Starting price: € 3.000
Five woodblock prints
Japan, late 18th Century
Each depicting a child with attributes that recall the iconography of popular deities, in the style of Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820).
Wear and tear.
The largest 11.8 x 5.7 in.
Starting price: € 500
KEISAI EISEN
No. 10 Fukaya Station (Fukaya no eki) 1835-1838
From the series “[Sixty-nine Stations] of the Kisokaidō” (Kisokaidō), publisher Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō), large-format polychrome woodblock print (ōban).
8.46 x 13.19 in.
Starting price: € 350
Two small dishes
Japan, Meiji period
'Kutani' type porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of flying birds.
Diameter 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Bowl with lid and saucer
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold with a flower decoration, all pieces with the mark 肥碟山信甫造 (Hichozan Shinpo zo).
2.8 x 4.9 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Small jar with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold with a floral decoration, the shell-shaped body supported by a foot with a wavy lower profile, silver lid with floral decoration in relief, Kutani mark to the center of the base.
4.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Vase
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the 'Kutani' type, decoration of flowers and pomegranates, gold threaded rim, mark to the center of the base.
14.2 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Jar with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain, globular shaped with flat lid, polychrome enamels and gold decoration of large reserves with figures in the landscape on a ground of stylised geometric and floral motifs, signed to the center of the base 大日本昇山画 (Dai Nihon Shozan ga).
11 x 9.4 x 9.4 in.
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Starting price: € 400
Large dish
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decorated with a scene with a samurai and a young attendant in the landscape, within a polygonal cartouche reserved on a geometric ground.
Diameter 22.2 in.
Starting price: € 400
Dish and polylobed bowl
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the ‘Imari’ type.
Dish diameter 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 100
Dish
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold, decoration of landscapes with figures and compositions of flowers and birds, Kutani mark to the center of the base.
Restoration to the rim.
Diameter 13.4 in.
Starting price: € 200
Fukurokuju
Japan, Meiji period
'Kutani' type porcelain, partly biscuit and the rest painted with polychrome enamels.
9.4 x 5.9 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 100
Painting
Japan, early 20th Century
Ink and colors on silk, depicting a walking tiger, signature and seal lower right. Within wooden frame and protective glass.
43.3 x 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Fan
Japan, 19th Century
Painted paper with gold leaf, four birds in flight, probably used in Noh theatre.
10.8 x 21.7 in.
Starting price: € 150
HARUKI NANMEI 1795-1878
Painting
Ink and light colors on paper, painted in the shape of a fan with a Chinese style landscape (Nanga).
8.86 x 18.70 in.
Starting price: € 150
TANI BUNCHO 1763-1841
Painting
Ink and colors on paper, painted in the shape of a fan with a leafy branch, signature and seal.
9.45 x 18.50 in.
Starting price: € 200
HARA ZAICHU 1750-1837
Two paintings
Ink and colors on paper, paited in the shape of a fan, one with a landscape, the other with a flowering branch, both signed with seals.
10.63 x 20.08 in.
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Starting price: € 100
Two Netsuke
Japan, 19th Century
Boxwood, one carved as a fruit and the other as a Buddhist lion.
The largest 1.4 x 1.6 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Pair of vases
Japan, Meiji period
Bronze with a reddish patina, the external surface decorated with clouds and stylized insects in relief on a ground of geometric motifs, a sinuous dragon between the shoulder and the body.
12.8 x 6.7 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 800
Two masks
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered and painted wood, horsehair.
The largest 6.3 x 4.7 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 150
Okimono with bear and eagle
Japan, Meiji period
Finely carved and incised walrus bone.
3.5 x 6.5 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Soldier hat, jingasa
Japan, 19th Century
Lacquered leather, on the front a coat of arms (mon) in gilt-lacquer.
4.3 x 15.4 x 15.4 in.
Starting price: € 150
Netsuke
Japan, 19th Century
Boxwood carved as a standing peasant.
5.9 x 2 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 350
Okimono
Japan, Meiji period
Dark patina bronze, depicting a standing woman with a baby on the shoulders, holding an open umbrella in her right hand, bearing seal signature on the base.
12.2 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 600
Box with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Silver-plated metal, lightly embossed decoration depicting monkeys pulling a palanquin on the lid and iris flowers on the sides.
2 x 4.3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100