12-03-201012-03-2010
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  • Bronze Lion Group

    Bronze Lion Group

    Lot: 119
    Sold for: $1,541$1,300

    Bronze Lion Group, Japan, Meiji period, cast as a ferocious lion fighting a tiger, mark cast to the underside of the lion, wood stand, ht. 13 3/4 in. more ...

  • Gilt-bronze Censer

    Gilt-bronze Censer

    Lot: 120
    Sold for: $652$550

    Gilt-bronze Censer, Japan, 19th/early 20th century, finely cast as a phoenix with its head turned to the back, its wings extended and elaborate tail falling gracefully to the ground, carved more ...

  • Stone Buddha's Head

    Stone Buddha's Head

    Lot: 121
    Sold for: $2,015$1,700

    Stone Buddha's Head, China, Northern Qi style, early 20th century, the tightly curled hair in the shape of flower petals, with elongated earlobes, arched eye brows, and downcast eyes, benevolent more ...

  • Pair of Black Satsuma Vases

    Pair of Black Satsuma Vases

    Lot: 122
    Sold for: $296$250

    Pair of Black Satsuma Vases, Japan, Meiji period, of tapering ovoid form, with fine gilt decoration of pavilions and gnarled pine trees in a serene mountain and water landscape, mark to the base, more ...

  • Gilt-lacquered Picnic Box

    Gilt-lacquered Picnic Box

    Lot: 123
    Sold for: $326$275

    Gilt-lacquered Picnic Box, Japan, Meiji-Taisho period (1868-1926),decorated in gold, silver, and colored hiramaki-e and nashiji with an overall design of peony branches, including a square more ...

  • Three Bronze Monks

    Three Bronze Monks

    Lot: 124
    Sold for: $4,148$3,500

    Three Bronze Monks, Japan, 18th/19th century, each standing figure of monk in a robe cast with crisp folds, and a circular aureole with three flame-shaped appliques to the back, one holding a bowl, more ...

  • Bronze Figural Group

    Bronze Figural Group

    Lot: 124A
    Sold for: $2,370$2,000

    Bronze Figural Group, Japan, Meiji period, vividly cast as a seated figure of an old man and a standing figure of a boy playing drums, all set on a tall rectangular platform supported by four more ...

  • Flambe Glazed Vase

    Flambe Glazed Vase

    Lot: 125
    Sold for: $89$75

    Flambe Glazed Vase, Japan, early 20th century, the cylindrical vase encircled high relief standing figures of Immortals in various attitudes, covered in a glaze with different shades of purple, ht. more ...

  • Tobacco Pouch

    Tobacco Pouch

    Lot: 126
    Sold for: $178$150

    Tobacco Pouch, Japan, early 20th century, woven with dragon design, silver clasp, chain, and buckle in repousse design of a dragon, suede lining, 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. more ...

  • Silver Dessert Set

    Silver Dessert Set

    Lot: 127
    Sold for: $296$250

    Silver Dessert Set, Japan, early 20th century, five fan-shaped plates carved with bamboo, signed to the front, and Mitsukoshi mark to the reverse, four small picks, wood box, 3 1/8 x 6 in. more ...

  • Bronze Mirror

    Bronze Mirror

    Lot: 128
    Sold for: $178$150

    Bronze Mirror, Japan, 19th century, finely cast with birds perched on and flying above a cherry blossom tree growing from rockwork, with bamboo shoots nearby, signed, dia. 7 1/8 in. more ...

  • Imari Umbrella Stand

    Imari Umbrella Stand

    Lot: 129
    Sold for: $770$650

    Imari Umbrella Stand, Japan, 19th century, the exterior of the columnar body decorated with multiple fan-shaped panels of samurai in interior settings or recluse in a landscape, surrounded by a more ...

  • Two Ivory Carvings

    Two Ivory Carvings

    Lot: 130
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    Two Ivory Carvings, Japan, a netsuke carved as a man holding a fan, and a flat brooch carved as a seated man holding a calligraphy brush and a letter, lg. 1 7/8, 2 1/8 in. more ...

  • Fukagawa Vase

    Fukagawa Vase

    Lot: 131
    Sold for: $207$175

    Fukagawa Vase, Japan, painted in overglaze polychrome enamel with sages and attendants in a bamboo grove, reserved on a black glazed ground, between collar lappet borders, ht. 10 3/8 in. more ...

  • Large Porcelain Bowl

    Large Porcelain Bowl

    Lot: 132
    Sold for: $83$70

    Large Porcelain Bowl, Japan, the exterior and the well inside painted in overglaze green enamel with sinuous dragons leaping amidst clouds, the central medallion to the interior depicting gentlemen more ...

  • Cloisonne Vase

    Cloisonne Vase

    Lot: 133
    Sold for: $356$300

    Cloisonne Vase, Japan, the exterior with enameled decoration of deer striding or resting amidst colored clouds, all reserved on a light green ground, incised to one side of the brass foot ring with more ...

  • Pair Cloisonne Enameled Vases

    Pair Cloisonne Enameled Vases

    Lot: 134
    Sold for: $593$500

    Pair Cloisonne Enameled Vases, Japan, Meiji period, each finely enameled with a bird perched on magnolia branches, reserved on a dark purple ground, carved wood stands, ht. 3 1/2 in. more ...

  • Cloisonne Enameled Square Vase

    Cloisonne Enameled Square Vase

    Lot: 135
    Sold for: $474$400

    Cloisonne Enameled Square Vase, Japan, late 19th century, each side finely enameled with a cartouche enclosing a dragon alternating with a phoenix, reserved on a white and blue ground with flower more ...

  • Cloisonne Censer

    Cloisonne Censer

    Lot: 136
    Sold for: $415$350

    Cloisonne Censer, Japan, the compressed globular body supported by tripod feet, decorated with panels of dragon alternating with those of phoenix, all reserved on a black ground, the domed cover more ...

  • Cloisonne Vase

    Cloisonne Vase

    Lot: 137
    Sold for: $504$425

    Cloisonne Vase, Japan, baluster form with decoration of cherry blossoms on a dark green ground, white metal body, maker's mark on the base, ht. 7 in. more ...

  • Kutani Vase

    Kutani Vase

    Lot: 138
    Sold for: $237$200

    Kutani Vase, Japan, 19th century, of cylindrical shape, painted in red and gilt with samurai fighting under pine trees, mounted in brass into a lamp, ht. 14, 20 in. (overall). more ...

  • Large Imari Vase

    Large Imari Vase

    Lot: 139
    Sold for: $830$700

    Large Imari Vase, Japan, 19th century, painted in underglaze blue with leafy scrolls on a red ground with phoenixes amongst grapevines, floral lappets around the shoulder, ht. 24 1/2 in. more ...

  • Cloisonne on Porcelain Vase

    Cloisonne on Porcelain Vase

    Lot: 140
    Sold for: $1,659$1,400

    Cloisonne on Porcelain Vase, Japan, 19th century, the bulbous body in "burch bark" with birds amidst chrysanthemum, magnolia, rose, and peony branches, with porcelain plaque around the shoulder more ...

  • Carved Wood and Inlaid Screen

    Carved Wood and Inlaid Screen

    Lot: 141
    Sold for: $119$100

    Carved Wood and Inlaid Screen, Japan, 19th century, inlaid in mother-of-pearl and ivory with a bird perched on prunus branches to one side, and bird and butterfly amidst magnolia branches to the more ...

  • Large Imari Bowl

    Large Imari Bowl

    Lot: 142
    Sold for: $178$150

    Large Imari Bowl, Japan, 19th century, painted in iron-red, green, underglaze blue, and gilt with cartouches of ladies in kimono in a landscape appreciating autumn scenery, alternating with more ...

  • Large Imari Vase

    Large Imari Vase

    Lot: 143
    Sold for: $830$700

    Large Imari Vase, Japan, 19th century, the beaker vase painted in blue, red, and gilt with a panel enclosing an elegantly attired female and attendant appreciating an autumn scene with maple trees more ...

  • Inlaid Cabinet

    Inlaid Cabinet

    Lot: 144
    Sold for: $178$150

    Inlaid Cabinet, Japan, early 20th century, the pair of door panels to the lower section inlaid in mother-of-pearl and bone with birds on a takamaki-e ground with magnolia blossoms, wire inlaid more ...

  • Imari Charger

    Imari Charger

    Lot: 145
    Sold for: $593$500

    Imari Charger, Japan, 19th century, octagonal shape, a gilt shou roundel to the interior emanating panels of foo dogs alternating with those with peony flowers, underglaze blue geometric design to more ...

  • Bronze Handwarmer

    Bronze Handwarmer

    Lot: 146
    Sold for: $207$175

    Bronze Handwarmer, Japan, 19th century, of quatrefoil shape, the sides carved with panels of ducks in a reed pond and butterflies amidst peony branches, flanked by crab-shaped lugs, the cover with more ...

  • Bronze Mirror

    Bronze Mirror

    Lot: 147
    Sold for: $415$350

    Bronze Mirror, Japan, 17th century, the front side cast in relief with pavilions rising above a tortoise in the sea, flanked by cranes and a multitude of flower sprays, dia. 4 1/2 in. more ...