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Ivory Netsuke of a Basket
Lot: 59Sold for: $420$350Ivory Netsuke of a Basket, Japan, 19th/20th century, with many fish inside, the incised details lightly stained with the fish eyes in black, patina along one side, signed "Gyokuseki" to side, ht. 1 more ...
Ivory Netsuke of a Pig
Lot: 60UnsoldIvory Netsuke of a Pig, Japan, 19th century, lying on the ground with a piglet, the markings incised and stained brown, the eyes inlaid with black beads, signed "Senpo" to base, lg. 2 3/8 in. more ...
Ivory Netsuke with Three Faces
Lot: 61Sold for: $420$350Ivory Netsuke with Three Faces, Japan, 19th/20th century, including a bearded face with bulging eyes on one side, a smiling face with dimples on the other side, and another smiling face underside, more ...
Ivory Netsuke of an Oni Monster
Lot: 62UnsoldIvory Netsuke of an Oni Monster, Japan, 19th century, sitting on a giant shell with his left leg raised and his right leg placed parallel to the ground, his left arm stretched back and his right arm more ...
Ivory Netsuke of a Kabuki Actor
Lot: 63UnsoldIvory Netsuke of a Kabuki Actor, Japan, 20th century, squatting with his right arm raised, holding a rod, his left hand in his lap with the index and middle fingers pointing to the left, wearing a more ...
Two Ivory Netsuke of Birds
Lot: 64UnsoldTwo Ivory Netsuke of Birds, Japan, 19th/20th century, including a duck seated with its head turned to the back, stained feather, signed "Gyokuyuki" to base, lg. 1 5/8; two quails sitting in more ...
Ivory Netsuke of a Boy
Lot: 65UnsoldIvory Netsuke of a Boy, Japan, 20th century, sitting with one leg raised and the other parallel to the ground, holding a flute with both hands, incised and stained in green, brown, and black, signed more ...
Ivory Netsuke of an Yokai Monster
Lot: 66Sold for: $200$200Ivory Netsuke of an Yokai Monster, Japan, 19th/20th century, carving of a Nure-onna, a snake-like creature with the head of a woman, intertwined with a monkey on her back, with stained and incised more ...
Ivory Netsuke of Juro
Lot: 67UnsoldIvory Netsuke of Juro, Japan, 20th century, holding a staff in his left hand and a kotobuki character (longevity) in his right, stained in black to brown tones with his beard and eyebrows in white, more ...
Three Ivory Netsuke of Figures
Lot: 68Sold for: $660$550Three Ivory Netsuke of Figures, Japan, 19th/20th century, including a seated man with a mask, signed "Koushin," ht. 1 5/8; a smiling man holding fish on a string with both hands, unsigned, ht. 2; more ...
Two Ivory Netsuke of Creatures
Lot: 69Sold for: $431$350Two Ivory Netsuke of Creatures, Japan, 19th/20th century, including a carving of a snake and two frogs in hibernating underground, with incised and stained details, fine patina, signed "Tomoyuki" to more ...
Ivory Ojime Bead of a Monkey
Lot: 70Sold for: $150$125Ivory Ojime Bead of a Monkey, Japan, 19th century, seated and hugging an octopus, carved and incised details, stained in brown, its eyes in black, ht. 5/8 in. more ...
Ivory Plaque in the Shape of a Peach
Lot: 71Sold for: $246$200Ivory Plaque in the Shape of a Peach, Japan, 19th/20th century, with slightly rolled edges along the shape, the leaves expressed in bas-relief, distinctive ivory grain, fine patina, the interior more ...
Five Shibayama Ivory Whist Counters
Lot: 72Sold for: $900$750Five Shibayama Ivory Whist Counters, Japan, 19th/20th century, including two on wood blocks decorated with gilt bamboo and flowers, one on ivory plate on a wood block, and two on ivory blocks, all more ...
Ivory Shibayama Vase
Lot: 73UnsoldIvory Shibayama Vase, Japan, 19th century, decorated with cranes, birds, butterflies, and insects in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and abalone shell inlay with the ground in sprinkled gold and more ...
Ivory Vase
Lot: 74Sold for: $1,020$850Ivory Vase, Japan, 19th century, carved with two panels divided by pine trees, depicting a village scene with craftsmen, builders, samurai, and farmers, ht. 7 3/4 in. Provenance: Christie's more ...
Wood Carving of the Three Wise Monkeys
Lot: 75Sold for: $840$700Wood Carving of the Three Wise Monkeys, Japan, 19th century, Mizaru who sees no evil, Kikazaru who hears no evil, and Iwazaru who speaks no evil, sitting with their backs to one another, the bodies more ...
Boxwood Tea Scoop
Lot: 76Sold for: $1,800$1,500Boxwood Tea Scoop, Japan, 19th century, depicting a curled lotus leaf surmounted with three frogs with inlaid black coral eyes and a worm, lg. 6 in. more ...
Kodai-ji Lacquer Three-tier Box
Lot: 77Sold for: $1,800$1,500Kodai-ji Lacquer Three-tier Box, Japan, 17th century, the exquisite hiramaki-e and takamaki-e in gold and silver foil on a sprinkled gold ground depicted three fans within diagonals surrounded with more ...
Kodai-ji Lacquer Letter Box
Lot: 78Sold for: $1,800$1,500Kodai-ji Lacquer Letter Box, Japan, late 17th century, the lid and box decorated with gold and silver foil in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a sprinkled gold ground depicting flowering paulownia more ...
Lacquer Sweetmeat Covered Box
Lot: 79Sold for: $246$200Lacquer Sweetmeat Covered Box, Japan, 19th/20th century, double-lozenge form, depicting gilt landscape scenes with riverside pavilions nestled amongst willow trees and rocks, the two-tiered interior more ...
Large Lacquer Tray
Lot: 80UnsoldLarge Lacquer Tray, Japan, 19th century, of square shape, depicting on a black lacquer ground flowering branches of the twelve months in gold, maki-e and kirigane, sq. 23 1/2 in., together with a more ...
Battledore, Hakoita
Lot: 81UnsoldBattledore, Hakoita, Japan, 18th century, the battledore depicting on one side a gathering of courtiers, courtesans, and attendants surrounding New Year offerings, the other side depicting a group more ...
Kamakuraburi Kogo
Lot: 82Sold for: $600$500Kamakuraburi Kogo, Japan, 19th/20th century, of round shape, the cover depicting a low relief butterfly on five open plum petals, the bottom depicting a plum blossom with stem on five open petals, more ...
Blue and White Brush Pot
Lot: 83UnsoldBlue and White Brush Pot, Japan, late 19th century, of tall cylindrical shape depicting a courtesan gathering attending to a high class geisha standing in front of a bullock cot, inscribed on the more ...
Blue and White Jardiniere
Lot: 84Sold for: $270$225Blue and White Jardiniere, Japan, 20th century, decorated with gourds with strings in underglaze blue, the strings incised and glazed in brown and some details in pinky-purple overglaze, borders of more ...
Satsuma Ribbed Bowl
Lot: 85Sold for: $600$500Satsuma Ribbed Bowl, Japan, 19th century, with lobed mouth rim, the exterior decorated in two sections with twelve narrative scenes depicting courtesans in the upper part and flowers in the bottom, more ...
Satsuma Tea Container
Lot: 86Sold for: $1,920$1,600Satsuma Tea Container, Japan, 19th century, the large cartouche depicting an autumn pilgrimage to the Kiyomizu temple, surrounded by exquisitely enameled autumnal flowers and grasses, the shoulder more ...
Royal Satsuma Covered Teapot and Tripod Case
Lot: 87UnsoldRoyal Satsuma Covered Teapot and Tripod Case, Japan, 19th/20th century, teapot with geometric handle and curvy spout, resting on four bracket feet, decorated with nine Immortals and a dragon in more ...
Pair of Satsuma Vases
Lot: 88UnsoldPair of Satsuma Vases, Japan, 19th/20th century, four-sided lozenge shape, resting on four bracket feet, the four sides decorated in polychrome enamels and gold with eleven figures and a dragon in a more ...