Trần Tấn Lộc (1906-1968)
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Trần Tấn Lộc (1906-1968)
La vendeuse de canne" ("The cane seller")
circa 1930
Watercolor on paper,
Signed lower right
31cm / 48cm
Minh Thanh (seconde moitié du XXe siècle)
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Minh Thanh (second half of the 20th century)
"Banana trees at sunset
Binh Duong school,
Polychrome lacquer panel,
50cm / 80cm
Signed lower right
Nguyen Mai Thu (première moitié du XXe siècle)b
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Nguyen Mai Thu (first half of the 20th century)
"Ha Long Bay at sunset".
Oil on canvas, signed lower right.
54cm / 70cm
circa 1935
Jean-Joseph Ruedolf (1876-1957)
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Jean-Joseph Ruedolf (1876-1957)
On the waters of Ha Long Bay
Watercolor on paper signed lower right
H. 26.5 cm x L. 35 cm
Cat Long (milieu du XXe siècle)
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Cat Long (mid-20th century)
"Lakescape of South Vietnam" lacquer on panel
Lacquer on panel
Stamped lower right
35cm / 50cm
Framed
circa 1950
Grande figure en bronze de buddha maravijaya
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Large bronze maravijaya buddha figure
Northern Thailand / Laos
18th century
In bronze, with brown patina, representing Buddha seated, legs in virasana, right hand in the gesture of taking the earth as witness, on a lotus-shaped base.
Minor accidents.
Height : 45,5 cm
Trois têtes en bronze représentant les archétypes désignés comme la Laotienne, Cambodgienne, et Vietnamienne.
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Three bronze heads representing the archetypes designated as Laotian, Cambodian and Vietnamese.
Models produced in 1949, one bearing the stamp of the Bien Hoa school.
Vietnam, circa 1950.
H. 19 cm for the largest
Nguyễn Văn Minh (1930-2014)
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Nguyễn Văn Minh (1930-2014)
"Children playing"
Lacquer panel on silver leaf
Signed lower left with the artist's stamp
34cm / 23 cm
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Japan,
19th century
Print by Hiroshige. Oban yoko-e from the Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi series, The Tokaido's fifty-three stations: station 49:Sakanoshita. Under the tea pavilion, two travelers rest, two discuss. Two other figures admire the beauty of the site stretching out at their feet. Signed Hiroshige ga, publisher Hoeido.
Sight size (21.5 cm x 34 cm).
Framed under glass, darkened.
Kikukawa Eizan (1787-1867) - Portrait d'une courtisane
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Kikukawa Eizan (1787-1867) - Portrait of a courtesan
Japan
19th century
Ukiyo-e.
Dim. 65 cm x 21 cm
Deux boîtes couvertes en émaux cloisonnées
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Two cloisonné enamel covered boxes
China, 20th century
Decorated with foliage and lotus.
Dimensions of the larger of the two boxes: H. 10 cm x D. 17 cm.
Service à thé en porcelaine de Canton
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Canton porcelain tea service
China
19th century
Canton porcelain tea service decorated with cartouches featuring people and birds.
It is composed of :
A very large teapot on pedestal (height 26 cm)
A large sugar bowl (diam. 20 cm)
Twelve plates (diam. 20 cm)
A milk jug (h. 8 cm)
Six bowls (diam. 15 cm)
Four bowls (dim. 14 cm)
A teapot (without lid, h. 15 cm)
15 cups
All in good condition (1 cup with restored handle, 1 cup with broken handle).
Coffret à thé en laque de Chine
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Chinese lacquer tea chest
China
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 19th century
Octagonal shape, in Chinese lacquer with a black background enhanced by red and gold decoration depicting lacustrine landscapes, bamboos, pagodas, Chinese figures and foliage. Scratched feet. The interior includes two pewter boxes.
A few small chips and scratches.
Dimensions: 20 cm x 14.5 cm
Grand bassin décoré dans les émaux de la famille verte
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Large basin decorated in green family enamels
China
Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Painted in green family enamels, with peacocks flying among branches of peonies.
Louis XV-style gilt bronze mounting.
On the wing, four cartouches with carps and birds on branches.
A fel on the wing.
Diam: 34 cm (basin)
Diam: 46 cm (with handles)
H. 24 cm
Très grand vase ou présentoir en bronze à décor de carpes et d'un dragon
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Very large bronze vase or display stand decorated with carps and a dragon
Japan
Meiji period (1868-1912)
The upper part molded in relief with carp decoration, with a pierced frieze on the rim, the base with a dragon.
H. 60 cm D. 43 cm
UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1769-1825)
Japan, early 19th c.
20 x 17,6 cm
Colour woodblock print.The poet Otomo Kuronushi and poem. Signature: Utagawa Toyokuni ga. Publisher's seal: Sen'ichi han (Izumiya Ichibei).
Minor wear, traces of foxing and slightly faded, trimmed and backed
OGATA GEKKO (1859 - 1920)
Japan, Meiji period
34,5 - 35,7 cm x 24 - 24,2 cm
Three ôban tate-e, colour woodblock prints. 1) & 2) Series:"Fujin fûzoku zukushi'' (The Manners and Customs of Ladies)). Sheets: Irises at Horikiri / Sugoroku. Signed:Gekko with artist's seal. Dated: Meiji 24 = 1891. 3) Series: ''Nihon Hana Zue''(Flowers of Japan), Sheet: Samurai with cherry blossoms, depicting Hachiman Taro Yoshiie (1041-1108), a renowned archer.
Traces of age and foxing, partly stained, partly slightly dammaged and backed, mounted in passepartout
MIYAGI GENGYO (fl. c. 1840 -1870), MIZUNO TOSHIKATA (1866 - 1908) AND MIYAGAWA SHUNTEI (1873-1914
Japan, Meiji period
35,5 - 37,5 x 24 - 25 cm/ 24 x 32,5 cm
1) Miyagi Gengyo : Series: ''Shinkô shoga awase (Collection of old and new calligraphies and pictures). Publisher: Yamaguchi. Censor seal: Aratame. Date: 1853. 2) Mizuno Toshikata: Ôban tate-e. coloured woodblock print. Series: ''Sanjûroku kasen'' (Thirty-six Elegant Selections). Title: ''Yûzan, Kyôhô goro fujin'' (Excursion to the Mountains: Women of the Kyôhô Era). Publisher: Akiyama Buemon. Date: Meiji 26, 1893. 3) Miyagawa Shuntei: Ôban tate-e, coloured woodblock print. Signature: Shuntei jushi. Publisher: Fukuda Hatsujiro. Date: 1897. 4) Woodblock print. Illustration of a scene of the '' Genji monogateri'', chapter 31 (?). 5)
Minor wear, partly light foxing, some with tiny holes due to book binding and only few traces of worms, some edges slightly damaged
UTAGAWA TOYOSHIGE (TOYOKUNI II) (1777 - 1825) AND UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III) (1786 - 1864)
Japan, late Edo period
35,5 - 36 x 24,5 - 25 cm
Five Ôban tate-e, woodblock prints. 1 - 3) Utagawa Kunisada: Right side of a diptych. Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Iwafuji (Iwafuji no boôrei). Signed: Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô). Date: ca. 1860. 2) Man and sennin with scroll by the sea with a flock of birds. Signature: Toyokuni ga, censorship: Aratame. Date: 1857. 3 -4 ) Two colour woodblock prints from the series: 'Jûhachiban no uchi'' (Eighteen great Kabuki plays). Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Tawara no Tôda Hidesato and Ichikawa Ebizo V as Soma no Masakado / Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Narukami Shōnin, Ichikawa Komazō VII as Kokuunbō, and Ichikawa Saruzō as Hakuunbō. Signature: Toyokuni ga. Date 1852. 5) Utagawa Toyoshige: Kabuki actor in a female role with sewing utensils. Signature: Toyokuni ga. Censorship: Aratame.
Minor wear, partly slighty damaged at the magins, some backed and trimmed, mounted in passepartout
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861)
Japan, late Edo period
36 - 38 cm x 23 - 25 cm
Three ôban tate-e, coloured woodblock prints. 1) Series: ''Tokaido gojusan-tsui (The Fifty-three Parallels for the Tokaido Road). Title: ''Kambara no eki''. Censor seal: Aratame. Date: ca. 1845. 2) Series: ''Ogura Nazorae Hyakunin Isshu" (A Comparison of the Ogura One Hundred Poets). Sheet: No. 8, Poem by Kisen Hôshi: Nyûdô Yorimasa. Publisher: Ibaya Sensaburo. Date: c. 1845/47. 3 ) Series '' Ogura Nazorae Hyakunin Isshu'. Sheet. 68, okaibo, on a flight of temple steps lit by moonlight, holds a half opened scroll of a carp in a waterfall. Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Ibaya Sensaburo. Date: ca. 1845.
Minor wear, slightly stained, partly backed and slightly trimmed, mounted in passepartout
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Japan, Edo period
Color woodblock print. Ôban tate-e. Series ''Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue '' (Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô. Title: Yoshida Toyokawa Ōhashi ''(Yoshida, Great Bridge on the Toyo River). Signed: Hiroshige hitsu. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô). Date: 1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month.
Minor wear, a small wormhole in the lower left corner, slightly stained, backed, mounted in passepartout
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
25 x 36,5 cm
Oban yoko-e. Series: 'Tôkaidô gojusan tsugi no uchi '(The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō ).Title: Shimada, the 25th station, sheet no. 24. Publisher: Hoeidô, red square seal. Year of issue: 1833
Minor wear, slightly stained, mounted in passepartout
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Japan, late Edo period
24 x 21,74 cm
Color woodblock print. Ôban tate-e, content page: 'Fuji sanjurokkei' (36 views of Mount Fuji). Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo: Date: c.1858.
Minor wear, trimmed edges, backed, mounted in passepartout
EIGHT BOOK PAGES BY VARIOUS ARTISTS
Japan, Meiji period
div.
Including two book pages by Yashima Gakutei (1786 - 1868) from the ''Ichirô Gafu'', Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858), Utagawa Kunimaru (1798 - 1828).
Minor wear, some with traces of foxing, some slightly dammaged, trimmed, mounted in passepartout
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861)
Japan, late Edo period
35,5 - 37,5 x 25 -26 cm
1 & 2) Colour woodblock prints, Ôban tate-e, Yakusha-e. Actor scene, a.o. multiple sheet. Date: 1842 3) Colour woodblock print, Ôban tate-e. Monk Karukaya Dôshin and his son Ishidômaru. Signature: Ichiryusai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Minatoya Kohei. Date: c. 1847/52. 4) Ôban tate-e. Ghost scene. Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Horaido. Date: c. 1849.
Minor wear, partly slightly stained and trimmed, some backed, only few with tiny worm holes, mounted in passepartout
NINE PRINTED BOOK PAGES FROM VARIOUS ARTISTS
Japan, Edo - - Meiji period
18 x 11,5 - 27 x 17,5 cm
Nine book pages in various formats, including three by Utagawa Sadahide (1807 - 1878/79).
Traces of age, some slightly stained and with traces of foxing, mounted in passeparout
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1724 - 1770)
Japan, Meiji /Taisho period
div.
A group of 53 coloured woodblock prints from the books, titled ‘’Ehon seiro bijin awase'' (Illustrated Book of Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters) after Suzuki Harunobu. Publisher: Funake Kasuke, Koizume Shunguro, Maruja Jimpachi. Stamped: Maruja Kimpachi and Eijudo.
Partly minor wear, some trimmed, some slightly stained, only few slightly damaged, mounted in passepartout
10 COLOURED WOODBLOCK PRINTS FROM VARIOUS BOOKS
Japan, Meiji period
23 x 16 cm - 33,5 x 23
10 book pages, some double pages, by Imao Keinen (1845 - 1924) and from the Kono Bairei.
Minor wear, some slightly damaged and stained, mounted in passepartout
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1724 - 1770)
Japan, Meiji /Taisho period
A group of 53 coloured woodblock prints from the books, titled ‘’Ehon seiro bijin awase'' (Illustrated Book of Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters) after Suzuki Harunobu. Publisher: Funake Kasuke, Koizume Shunguro, Maruja Jimpachi. Stamped: Maruja Kimpachi and Eijudo.
Partly minor wear, some trimmed, some slightly stained, only few slightly damaged, mounted in passepartout
KATSUSHIKA HOKUUN (fl. early 19th c.) AND KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
Japan, 19. Jh.
22,7 x 15,6 cm / 22,9 x 15,9 cm
1)Hokuun manga. 30 p., sumizuri, vol. 1 (of 1?). [Nagoya: Eirakuya Tôshirô]. Ca. 1820. Here without gray and brown colours. 2) Hokusai manga. Vol. 3 [Nagoya: Eirakuya Tôshirô]. First published 1815, later edition.
Traces of age, partly slightly stained
KATSUKAWA SHUNSHÔ (1726-1792), KITAO MASANOBU (1761-1816) AND TOSA MITSUTADA (1738 - 1806)
Japan, Edo period
21,5 - 30 cm x 13 - 18,5 cm
Katsukawa Shunshô (1726-1792): 1) Page from he book ''Ehon butai ogi'' (The Book of the Stage in fans). Chest portrait of an actor, around 1770. 2) Page with a depiction of an actor and a woman secretly watching him from behind a curtain, probably Shunshô. 3) Book page from ''Nishiki hyakunin isshu Azuma ori''. Publisher: Kariganeya Seikichi, ca. 1775. Kitao Masanobu (1761-1816): 4 & 5) Two book pages from ''Hyakunin Isshu Kokon Kyoka Bukuro'' (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets - A Bag of Kyoka Poems from All Eras). 6) Tosa Mitsutada (1738-1806): Book page from the series ''Hyakunin isshu'' (100 poets).
Minor wear, one page with traces of worms, traces of foxing, some trimmed, backed, mounted in passepartout
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
Japan, Edo period
22,5 - 25,5 x 19 - 27 cm/ 11,5 - 24 x 14 - 15,5 cm
15 Passepartouts with book pages: 1) Double page from ''Toto Shokei Ichiran''. 2) Double page from the ''Hokusai Gafu '', Vol. I. Date. c. 1820. 3) Double page ''Fugaku Hyakkei'',Bd. 1, no. 11, 4) -8) Five single book pages from ''Fugaku Hyakkei''. Publisher: Katano Toshiro, Hayashi Hejiro. Date: 1874. 9) Double page from the ''Ehon Kanso Gundan, c. 1840/50. 10 - 11)Two single book pages from the'' Ehon Suikoden''. 12) -14) Three single pages from the Manga Series. 15) One single book page from the ''Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi'', c. 1862
Minor wear and partly slightly damaged due to age, slightly stained, partly with traces of foxing, trimmed, mounted in passepartout
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II
Japan (1829-1869)
35 x 23,5 cm
Oban tat-e print. From the series Shokoku meisho hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces). Titel: Iga Hirakidoyama (Mt. Hirakido in Iga Province). Signatur: Hiroshige ga. Verleger: Uoei. Datum: 1859/61.
From an old German private collection, assembled prior to 2007 - Minor wear, slightly soiled,slightly trimmed, upper margin backed with tape, unframed
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
Japan (1797-1858)
24 x 37 cm
Oban yoko-e from the series 'Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi ('The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido), station 32: Arai, watashibune no zu ( Arai the ferry). Signature: Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Hoeido.
From an old German private collection, assembled prior to 2007 - Minor wear, central fold, slightly trimmed, margins yellowed, mounted in passepartout, unframed
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
Japan (1797-1858)
33,7 x 22 cm
Oban-tate-e print. From the series Gojusan tsugi meisho zue (The Fifty-three Famous Views of the Tokaido), entiteled: Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune (Kuwana: The Ferries of Shichiri). Signatur: Hiroshige hitsu Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo. Seals: Aratame and date. 1855, 7th month
Aus einer alten deutschen Privatsammlung, gesammelt vor 2007 - Minim. wear, partly foxing, margins trimmed, backed with thin paper, unframed mounted in passepartout.
TOSHI YOSHIDA
Japan (1911-1995)
40 x 27 cm
Oban tate-e, coloured woodblock print. Title: 'Hakone shinsengo Nikko den no Oniwa', 'Autumn in Hakone Museum '(written in pencil). Signature: Toshi Yoshida (in pencil). Seal: Yoshida Toshi. Dated: 1954
From an old German private collection, assembled prior to 2007 - Minor wear, very slightly yellowed, unframed
TOSHI YOSHIDA
Japan (1911-1995)
37,5 x 24,5 (40 x 27,5) cm
Oban tate-e. Color woodblock print. Titel "Myoko Hot Spring". Signed: Toshi Yoshida (in English with pencil). Sealed Yoshi Toshi, with "Jikoku" seal in upper left margin, indicting blocks were self-carved. Dated: 1955
Old German private collection, collected before 2007 - Good condition, mounted in passepartout, unframed
HIROSHI YOSHIDA
Japan (1876-1950)
37,2 x 24,5 /40 x 28 cm
Oban tate-e. From the 'Inland Sea' series, entitled Hikari umi and Glittering Sea in English. Dated Taisho 15 (1925), signied Hiroshi Yoshida in pencil.
From an old German private collection. assembled prior to 2007 - Partly only few tiny stains, upper margin partly backed with tape, the paper and the margins slightly yellowed. Unframed
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
Japan (1797-1858)
34 x 22,5 cm
Oban tate-e print, from the series Fugaku sanjûrokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji) Title: Sôshû Miura no kaijô (The Sea at Miura in Sagami Province). Signature: Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô). Date: 1858, 4th month.
From an old German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Minor wear, unframed, mounted in passepartout
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
Japan (1797-1858)
34 x 22 cm
Oban tate - e print. From the series Gojusan tsugu meisho zue (The Fiftythree Famous Views of the Tokaido),entitled 44 Yokkaichi Nako no ura Miekawa (Nakko bay and the Mie river). Signature: Hiroshige fude. Date: 1855, month 7.
From an old German private collection, acquired prior to 2007 - Minor wear, trimmed and backed with thin paper, mounted in carboard
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
Japan (1797-1858)
35 x 23,3 cm
Oban tate-e print. From the series Gojusan tsugi meisho zue (From Famous Sights of the Fifty-Three Stations), No 53 entitled: Kusatsu, Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yomi to tsuru (53, Sailing Boats at Yabase Ferry Gate on Kusatsu Beach). Signature: Hiroshige hitsu. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizō. Censor : Aratame. Date: 1855, 7th month.
From an old German private collection, assembled prior to 2007 - Minor wear, partly stained, unframed mounted in passepartout
UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III) (1786 - 1864)
Japan, late Edo period
35,5 x 24 cm
Portfolio of 67 Ôban tate-e, colour woodblock prints from the series '' Kokon haiyû nigao taizen'' (Anthology of actor portraits from the past and present - family trees). Signature: Nanajuhachi sai Toyokuni hitsu. Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke. Date: 1862 - 1863. In this series Utagawa Kunisada illustrated portraits of 302 actors from the past and present.
From a German private collection, acquired prior to 1990 - Traces of age, partly slightly damaged, some backed, trimmed and with holes at the margins due to book binding, unframed
A LEPORELLO WITH 144 COLOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS AND A TRIPTYCH BY UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)
Japan, 19th c.
ca. 36 x 24 cm
Presumably there were originally two leporellos with colour woodblock prints by various artists, all in ôban format. 1) Hokuei (act. early 19. Jh.), Hokushu (act. around 1808-1832), and others. Single sheets, diptychs, triptychs and sheets from a multiple sheet, all depicting actors, all signed and with publisher's seal, many with censorship and date seal. Back cover labeled among others "39 sheets" and in Latin script: "Hokuyei" 2) Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)
Single prints from various series, including Zen-aku sanjûni kagami, 1867; Seito awase sanjûroku ku, 1867; Mitate sanjûrokka sen, all depictions of actors, all signed Kunichika hitsu, publisher's and censor's seal. Verso inscribed "58 Blatt''. 3) Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864): Woodblock prints, triptych, ôban tate-e.
Title: ''Azuma Genji chûka no zu ''(Eastern Genji in mid-summer). Signature: Toyokuni ga in toshidama. Publisher's seal: Sen'ichi han (Izumiya Ichibei).Censor's seal for the Year of the Monkey: 1860, 8th month.
From a German private collection, acquired prior to 1990 - Traces and partly damages due to age, some trimmed and stained
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Japan, Meiji period
36 x 24 (61 x 51) cm R.
Colour woodblock printa, ôban tate-e. Title: ''Haru no yû '' (Ueno Tôshôgû). Pagoda, cherry blossoms and moon sickle. Signed: Hasui. Seal: Kawase. Publisher: Watanabe Shôzaburô.
From an old German private collection, acquired prior to 2007 - Minor traces of age, framed
TWO WOODBLOCK PRINTS ''BIJIN GA''
Japan, Meiji period
62 x 10 (81 x 27,5) / 70 x 24 (88,5 x 41) cm
Two colour wooblock prints, including Chikayoshi: colour woodcut, bijin ga. Woman under a cherry blossom branch. Signature: Gokyôrô Chikayoshi hitsu. Publisher: Yamashiroya Jinbei (Sansendo). Date: ca. 1865.
From an old German private collection, acquired prior to 2007 - Minor wear, framed
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754 - 1806)
Japan, 19th c.
62,5 x 11,4 cm
Woodblockprint, hasira-e, mounted as hanging scroll. Depicting two oiran from the Matsubaya. Signature: Utamaro hitsu. Publisher's seal: Mera (Murataya).
From a South German private collection, acquired prior to 2007 - Traces of age, partly small damages and creased
A JAPANESE HISTORICAL MAP 'DAI NIHON KAIRIKU DŌCHŪ ZUE' AND THREE KOREAN MAPS
Japan, Meiji period/ Korea, around 1900
Div., R.
1) Dai Nihon kairiku dōchū zue/ Genji shinpan Dai Nihon dōchū saikenki. Color woodblock print, covers a part of Ezo to a part of Ryūkyū, includes tourist guide, lengend and copyright notice: Mimuroto-den, sale and purchase prohibited, book collection seal. 32 x 167 cm, folded 17 x 9 cm. Framed and glazed (53.5 x 194 cm). 2) Three Korean maps. Woodblock print. 51.5 x 31.5 cm/ 32 x 33 cm. Each framed and glazed (62 x 48 cm/ 65 x 63.5 cm).
From an important North German private collection, collected before 1980 - Traces of age, the Japanese map partially repaired
EIGHT-FOLDED SCREEN IN THE MINHWA STYLE
Korea, 20th c., the paintings earlier
Bildmaß 78,5 x 30,5 cm, Paneel je 44/46 x 171 cm
Ink and few light colors on paper, mounted with patterned silk. Traditional auspicious depictions of animals and plants: Magpie on plum branches, a landscape with boat, a deer couple under a peach tree, a rooster couple with blossoming banana tree, falcon with grapes, fish and ducks, a peony bush, a crane couple under a pine tree.
From an old German private collection, collected before 2007 - Traces of age, part. rest.
A SET OF FOUR INK PAINTINGS DEPICTING THE "FOUR NOBLES"
Korea, signed Nagsan, 20th c.
je 135,5 x 34 cm (169,5 x 48,2 cm R.)
Prunus, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums. Ink on paper, framed and glazed. Each painting with four artist's seals.
From an old German private collection, collected before 2007 - Minor igns of age, cardboard backs partly damaged, wood frame with metal suspensions
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
Korea, Yi dynasty, ca. 17th c.
H. 46,5 cm
Seated with legs crossed, both hands resting on his lap supporting a miniature temple, wearing dhoti, scarf draped across his chest, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, elongated earlobes, the hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara cast with minute Buddha figures.
Former European private collection, acquired prior to 2007 - Very slightly chipped, minor wear
A PART-GILT CARVED WOODEN FIGURE OF SEATED BUDDHA
Korea or Japan, late Koryo/ early Joseon period
H. 34 cm
In meditation seat, both hands in a variant of the dhyana-mudra as found in esoteric Buddhism. Composed of five parts, robe and head with an only partially preserved black lacquer frame, head and chest covered with gold lacquer, the eyes of reverse-painted glass. Later Japanese stand with mandorla.
European private collection, collected before 2007
A Radicarbon test is confirming the dating of this lot with a calibrated age of ca. 1224 - 1274 AD
Damages due to age, gilding later
A BRONZE TEMPLE BELL
Korea or China, 19th c.
H. 43 cm
The conical-shaped bell cast with several horizontal ridges around its lower section, the upper register with cartouches containing several rows of knobs and topped with a looped ring in the shape of a pair of dragons for attachment.
From a South German private collection, assembled prior to 2007 - Slightly chipped
A SQUARE CARVED STONE BASSIN WITH LIONS
Probably Indo-Persian, ca. 18th c.
9 x 16,5 x 16,5 cm
From an old German private collection, assembled in the late 1980s until 1999 - Partly damaged
A FINE GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
Ancient Gandhara region, 2nd/3rd c.
H. 67 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a conical-shaped base, both hands resting in dhyanamudra while holding a lotus-flower, wearing dhoti, scarf draped over his left shoulder, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, raised urna at his forehead, moustache framing his lips, his hair combed in a chignon and a head-halo behind.
Old German private collection, acquired at Sotheby's New York, 3.7.1980, lot 79 by the present owner
This sculpture is a classic example of the Gandharan period, exhibiting many of its stylistic characteristics. The influence of the Greco-Roman aesthetic is apparent in the naturalistic treatment of the robe and hairstyle and in the realism of the facial expression. The construction and arrangement of the superbly carved garment and the iconographic elements are Indian in origin and include a rich diversity of jewellery and elaborate ornamentation. All these are typical for the depiction of an important bodhisattva during the period of this first distinctive Buddhist school of art. In addition, the use of extremely hard dense schist for such temple images is common.
Partly chipped, part of the mandorla lost, partly rest.
AN IMPORTANT BUFF SANDSTONE TORSO OF VISHNU
West-India, Rajasthan, 11th/ 12th ct.
H. 86,4 cm (o.S.)
Finely sculpted in a slight tribhanga posture with his body elegantly tilted to the left, his right hand lowered showing the varadamudra, the left arm broken, wearing a diaphanous dhoti clinged to his body with a few sections above and below the belt, decorated with an elaborate skirt of looped strings consisting of rows of beaded tassels, elaborate necklaces draped around his neck falling down his chest, the largest encircling the srivatsa-emblem, bracelets, armlets, garland floating around his shoulders encircling both arms to fall down along his legs and to his right a column section. On base.
Sotheby's London, 2.12.1968, lot 101, acquired by Armin Lemp, Zurich, sold in June 1974 to a Swiss private collector for Sfr 8000.- , sold from this collection in the present sale
Head, three arms and lower part of the legs missing, slightly chipped
A FINE BUFF SANDSTONE STELE DEPICTING VISHNU
Central-India, Uttar Pradesh, ca. 9th/ 10th c.
H. 91,4 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a lotus base placed on the shaped plinth, his principle hands showing varadamudra and holding the shankha, both secondary ones with gada and cakra, wearing dhoti fastened around the waist with a belt, a garland draped around his shoulders encircling his arms to continue around his knees and up again along his arms, upavita across his chest, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with ornaments, his head topped with the kiritamakuta, floral head-halo behind, the upper register with several apsaras extending garlands with below Umamaheshvara respectively the three-headed Brahma with consort, the lower section with the standing Sri Devi holding fly-whisk flanked by Pinggala with a pencil and to the other side of Vishnu is Danda supporting a pot flanked by an attendant and a pair of kneeling worshippers flanking the lotus base.
From an old European private collection, bought at Sotheby's New York, 19.9. 1996, Lot 105 from a private Connecticut collection
Partly chipped
A MARBLE PANEL
India, ca. 15th c.
63 x 25 cm
The rectangular panel consisting of two sections with a plain lower register and the upper part with seven horizontal inscriptions in Kufic script and another two inscriptions flanking the horizontal ones, on metal stand.
From an old German private collection, assembled in the late 1980s until 1999 - Partly chipped
A STONE PILLAR
Central-India, ca. 13th c.
H. 59 cm
The rectangular pillar carved with two niches placed above each other, the lower one with possibly the dancing Ganesha and the upper one with perhaps the emaciated Chamunda, on stone base.
From an old German private collection, assembled in the late 1980s until 1999 - Damages due to age
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