Japan, Edo Period

a black and gold lacquer document box and cover, ry0shibako

17.8 x 10.9 x 11.9 cm

May 29, 2023 • Bonhams

decorated with gold leaf and gouache on paper, depicting three cranes within a foliate brocade border and ebonised frame, losses and retouching

149 x 133 cm

May 25, 2023 • Christie's

three imari-ware porcelain bowls

12.5 x 24.5 cm

May 18, 2023 • Bonhams

of upright form, decorated in gold, pewter and shell takamaki-e with a continuous design of flowering warabi (western bracken fern) and tanpopo (dandelions), after a painting by sakai hoitsu (1761-1829), inscribed on one side in gold hiramaki-e hoitsu hitsu, the interior of unadorned matt gold lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base of the bottom case yoyusai. 7.2cm (2 3/4in) x 5cm (2in).

7.2cm (2 3/4in) x 5cm (2in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold-lacquer and shell-inlaid four-case inro

6.6cm (2 1/2in) x 6cm (2 3/8in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold-lacquer five-case inro

8.1cm (3 1/8in) x 4.7cm (1 3/4in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

probably a fragment of a makimono (narrative horizontal scroll), re-mounted, ink and colour on paper, rendered in chinese-style depicting a hut nestled among pines at the foot of snow-covered mountains before a lake; signed with two large, undeciphered red seals. 32.5cm (12 3/4in) wide x 15.5cm (6 1/8in) high.

32.5cm (12 3/4in) wide 15.5cm (6 1/8in) high

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a folding-fan painting, in ink, colour and gofun on gold paper ground depicting several overlapping fans enclosing different stylised foliate and geometric motifs floating over a stream; unsigned. 55.5cm (21 7/8in) x 21.5cm (8 1/2in).

55.5cm (21 7/8in) x 21.5cm (8 1/2in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

comprising two original sections of kakejiku (vertical hanging painting) now framed, glazed and mounted, probably from a complete set of twelve, ink and slight colour on paper, each depicting a tethered falcon on an elaborate perch, each with an inscription on the top section, each unsigned. each approx.: 113cm (44 1/2in) high x 46cm (18 1/8in) wide. (2).

113cm (44 1/2in) high 46cm (18 1/8in) wide

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold-lacquer four-case inro

8cm (3 1/8in) x 4.5cm (1 3/4in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold-lacquer four-case inro

9cm (3 1/2in) x 5.2cm (2in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold lacquer four-case inro

7cm (2 3/4in) x 7cm (2 3/4in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold-lacquer four-case inro

8.1cm (3 1/8in) x 5.5cm (2 3/8in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

of upright, rectangular form, the unusual ray-skin ground decorated in gold takamaki-e, kirikane and discrete details inlaid in shell with a large flowering cherry tree, whose flowering branches continue over the reverse, shrubs of sasa (bamboo) issuing from rocks on the ground, the top and bottom cases of plain kinji lacquer, the interior of nashiji; unsigned; the mixed metal tubular ojime with two figures; unsigned. 7cm (2 3/4in) x 6cm (2 3/8in).

7cm (2 3/4in) x 6cm (2 3/8in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

an album leaf, now mounted as a framed and glazed painting, ink and colours on silk, depicting a seated, high ranking nobleman and clutching a fan; unsigned. 28cm (11in) x 31.5cm (12 1/2in).

28cm (11in) x 31.5cm (12 1/2in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a two-panel byobu (folding screen), ink and colours on paper, edged with a silk brocade border, and framed in lacquered wood, painted in chinese-style with a basket brimming over with assorted vegetables and fruit, possibly signed shokyu with an indecipherable seal. 185.5cm (67 3/4in) x 171.5cm (73in).

185.5cm (67 3/4in) x 171.5cm (73in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

comprising one album leaf, ink and colour on gold paper, depicting a poet, seated and holding a fan, surrounded by the words of his poem, unsigned; 29cm (11 3/8in) x 24.5cm (9 5/8in); the second possibly japanese, a section from a painting, ink and colour on paper, depicting a foreigner, holding a ceremonial spear, 35.5cm (14in) x 12cm (4 3/4in). (2).

29cm (11 3/8in) x 24.5cm (9 5/8in) 35.5cm (14in) x 12cm (4 3/4in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold-lacquer four-case inro

6.5cm (2 1/2in) x 5.5cm (2 1/8in)

Oct 25, 2022 • Bonhams

a pair of japanese porcelain models of rabbits

8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) high

Oct 22, 2022 • Christie's

a pair of japanese export arita porcelain models of puppies

9 1/2 in. (24.2 cm.) long

Oct 22, 2022 • Christie's

woodblock print surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing

151⁄8 x 205⁄8 in. (38.4 x 52.4 cm.)

Sep 27, 2022 • Christie's

6 5/8 x 6 5/8 x 1in (16.8 x 16.8 x 2,5cm)

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of lenticular profile, with integral cord runners, decorated in gold, silver, and brown hiramaki-e and takamaki-e against a dark brown-lacquer ground sprinkled with hirame, depicting swallows and wisteria, the interior fundame with patches of nashiji

8.57 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

an almost square suzuribako with sumikiri (chamfered) corners, the kabusebuta (overhanging) lid with a flat top, the interior fitted with an ita board with raised sections at top and bottom framing the suzuri (ink stone) and cut with a recess for the suiteki (water dropper), the exterior of the lid with a forest of maple, cherry, and other trees hung with creepers and backed by an enormous moon, the interior of the lid with different bird species perched in a pine tree by a steam, with plants and insects in the foreground, the ita and the interior of the box with pines, maples and rocks; the decoration of the lid in iro-e hiramaki-e with details in gold kirigane and shell against a black lacquer ground, the moon in faint ginpun; the decoration of the interior chiefly in gold and colored takamaki-e with shell and gold foil inlay against a dense gold hirame ground; the rims applied in lead or pewter; the sides and base gold hirame; the suiteki copper, in the form of aoi (hollyhock) leaves and blossoms; with a lacquered wood storage box

5.08 x 24.1 x 25.4 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

a hanging scroll brushed in ink on paper, depicting one of the thirty-three forms of the compassionate bodhisattva seated upon a rock structure above rippling water, white robe draping voluminously over the figure and the rocks, casting a benevolent glance on the reflection of the moon while grasping the beads of a rosary

87.3 x 33.7 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

a four-case carved boxwood inrō

9.53 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

a suzuribako with square corners and inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid, the interior with a nine-section ita (board) with two raised sections above and below the suzuri (ink stone), the upper board cut with a recess for the suiteki (water dropper), the exterior with two mischievous karako (chinese boys) drawing with brushes on their larger sleeping companion, their school book abandoned beside them, the reverse of the lid with four more karako with their usual toys—drums, trumpet, and takeuma (hobby horse)—and a fifth standing by a tsuitate screen painted with a chinese-style landscape bearing the signature and seal of the kano painter isen'in (naganobu

8 1/4 x 9 x 1 3/4 in (20.9 x 22.8 x 4.4cm)

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

the standing figure dressed in monastic robes open at the chest and falling in even folds at the waist and the thighs, decorated with stylized clouds, the outer garment painted in black and red pigments, the hands held in the raigō-in (gesture of welcome), used by amida when descending from heaven to receive the souls of the deceased, the right hand raised and the left hand lowered, with palms facing outward, the byakugo (urna) inlaid in glass and the nikkeishu (jewel of wisdom) inlaid in a colored stone, standing on a multi-tiered lotus pedestal painted in green pigment and red lacquer with gilt highlights

38in (96.5cm) high 58in (147.3cm) high

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

a mixed-metal inlaid gold lacquer five-case inrō

10.2 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of lenticular profile with integral cord runners, decorated in gold, silver, and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, against a background of black lacquer densely sprinkled with gold and silver hirame, depicting geese flying down to rice stooks hanging from bamboo poles

6.67 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of lenticular profile with applied cord runners and decorated in brown, black and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with two rats and a feather fan against a ground of hirame and kirikane on black lacquer, the interior gold nashiji

8.26 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold, aokin, and colored togidashi maki-e against a polished black roiro background sprinkled with gold and silver hirame, depicting a mass of autumn plants, the interior gold nashiji

8.26 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of oval profile with applied cord runners, decorated in high-relief gold, silver, and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e against a gyōbu-nashiji background, depicting the jūnishi (12 zodiac animals), the interior nashiji, unsigned; ojime stone; netsuke wood, carved as a coiled dragon

3 7/8in (10cm) high

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold and silver inlaid lacquer four-case inrō

6.67 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

3 1/4in (8.2cm) high

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold lacquer four-case inrō

8.26 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of oval profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e and shell against a polished black roiro background, depicting a rabbit crouched beneath a bean plant under a full moon rendered in soft hues of silver togidashi maki-e

7.94 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kirigane accents and shell inlay against gold hirame on a black lacquer ground, depicting butterflies and flowering hydrangeas, the interior gold nashiji

3 3/8in (8.6cm) high

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

a gold lacquer five-case inrō

9.84 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

rectangular with an inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with kirigane and hirame embellishments on a dense hirame ground with scattered e-hon, the edges of the lid finished in gyōbu-nashiji, the underside of the lid and interior with a continuation of the design against a nashiji ground, the interior fitted with a removable tray, a rectangular inkstone, and a silver lobed suiteki (water dropper) incised with chrysanthemums, with two writing brushes, a paper knife and paper pricker decorated in nashiji with silver fittings incised with floral scroll on a nanako ground

3.81 x 22.2 x 24.1 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

the box with rounded corners and domed cover decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e on a nashiji ground, the design of clematis vines and flowers continuing from the body to the cover, applied with gilt cord rings with hammered design of paulownia flowers, with a removable inner tray, tray and interior lacquered black, the edges of body, cover, and tray fundame

22.9 x 26.4 x 32.7 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of oval profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold, silver, and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with shell detail and gold kirigane accents against a dense gold hirame ground, depicting on one side a stag and doe in front of a hagi (lespedeza bicolor) bush by a stream under a crescent moon and on the other with a female courtier's carriage under a maple tree

9.21 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

a collection of 29 ōban tate-e print triptychs laid down in an accordion album, and an additional unmounted ōban tate-e triptych, by various artists, including ichieisai yoshitsuya, utagawa kuniyoshi, utagawa toyokuni, tsukioka yoshitoshi, and others, with one a later reproduction triptych

15 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 2in (40 x 28.5 x 5cm)

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

the silvered-bronze shokudai candlesticks with circular bases supporting cylindrical uprights and conical drip cups decorated overall with chrysanthemums raised in relief, the details chiseled with fine lines, all against a nanako ground, gilt-copper and shakudō floriform washers and joints

22 1/2in (57.1cm) and 23in (58.4cm) high

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

the muso-zutsu pipe case of woven lacquered paper decorated with two persimmons in colored lacquer and inlaid shell

20 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord-runners, decorated in gold, aokin, and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, glazed pottery, and shell against a gold hirame on a black lacquer ground, depicting a cricket, leaves, bean pods, and blossoms, the interior gold nashiji, with signature haritsu saku (made by haritsu); ojime metal, cast with flowers

7.94 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of lenticular profile with integral cord runners, decorated in gold and aokin hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, with shell and colored horn details, against a polished black roiro background sprinkled in places with gold hirame, depicting peonies and butterflies, the interior gold nashiji

8.57 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold and colored takamakie against a gyobu nashiji ground, depicting a crouching tiger and bamboo, the eyes inlaid in glass, the rims gold fundame, the interiors gold nashiji; signed shōju; ojime gilt metal with flowers and leaves

6.99 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of oval profile with applied cord runners decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and inlaid shell on a brown-lacquer ground with three courtiers seated before an ox-cart, black-lacquer interiors; lacquer bead ojime

6.99 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams

of oval profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold and silver kirigane accents against a rōgin (shibuichi-nuri) gray ground, depicting a bee flying over a nanten (nandina domestica) plant with red berries, the berries coral, the bee inlaid with gold, the interior gold nashiji

9.21 cm

Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams