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A GROUP OF OSAKA SCHOOL PRINTS.
19th Century.
One oban yoko-e by Hirosada, four chuban diptychs by Kuni'iku and Hirosada, and one chuban triptych by Kuni'iku, all of kabuki scenes, variously signed, fine impression and colour, some details with embossing. (12)
£250-350
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FOURTEEN PRINTS BY YOSHI'IKU.
19th Century.
Chuban tate-e, from the series Taiheiki Eiyuden (Heroes from the Chronicle of Great Peace), showing warriors from the historical epic written in the late 14th Century. (14)
£350-450
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A SET OF FIVE WOOD BLOCK PRINTS BY SADAHIDE
Edo period.
A composition of five oban tate-e prints, entitled Taihei-ki Chosen seibatsu gyogun no zu, (Picture of the Japanese army invading Korea) depicting a panoramic view of the port with the Japanese navy ships laden with armour clad samurai, signed Gountei Sadahide, with the publisher's mark Yamaguchi with kiwame censor's seal. (5)
£200-300
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A GROUP OF WOOD BLOCK PRINTS BY TOSHIKATA AND OTHERS.
19th / 20th Century.
Seven small wood block prints of beauties by Toshikata (1866-1908), one large print by anonymous artist depicting a young man and a beauty in genroku period costume; one reproduction print after Shinsui, various sizes, the largest 41 x 23cm, the smallest 22 x 28cm. (quantity)
£200-300
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A WOOD BLOCK PRINT BY KITANO TSUNETOMI (1880-1947).
Oban tate-e, from the series Kuruwa no shunjyu (Seasons of the pleasure quarters), depicting a seated woman in summer kimono decorated with blue morning glories, signed Tunetomi with a red seal, 39 x 29cm.
£200-300
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A WOOD BLOCK PRINT BY KITANO TSUNETOMI (1880-1947).
Oban tate-e, from the series Kuruwa no Shunjyu (Seasons of the pleasure quarters), showing a seated geisha in brown kimono with Kabuki actor's design, Shin'machi in Spring, during lesson, signed Tunetomi hitsu, 39.2 x 26cm.
£200-300
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A WOOD BLOCK PRINT OF A BEAUTY IN SNOW BY TSUNETOMI.
20th Century.
Large Oban print, showing the heroine Umekawa from the play by Chikamatsu, Meido no Hiyaku, with her white face partially covered by a scarf and a sleeve of her kimono, while soft snow falls, with a seal Tsunetomi, an early edition with the names of the printer Nishimura Kumakichi, and the engraver Yamagishi kazue at the bottom margin, fine impression with mica ground.
£300-400
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A WOOD BLOCK PRINT OF A BEAUTY BY KAMOSHITA CHOKO
20th Century.
Large oban print showing a beauty in kimono, resting her chin on her hand, from the series Shin Ukiyo-e Awase (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Beauties), entitled September-tipsy, published 1924.
£100-150
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FOUR PRINTS BY KOIZUMI KISHIO (1893-1945).
Comprising a large oban depicting a couple walking through a temple gate; an oban print showing a mother and a child standing in the garden of a temple with Mt Fuji in the background; two small prints each showing a landscape in Tokyo. (4)
£200-300
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TWO VOLUMES OF SHUNGA BOOKS.
By Utagawa Kunimori II (fl.c. 1848-60)
Setsugekka mitsu no nagame (The snow, moon and flower, the views of the beautiful city), two volumes from the set of three, with the original covers printed with roundels of flowers and snowflakes, the frontispiece giving the name Insuitei (Kunimori's nom-de-plume), each with five double- page and two single page illustrations of erotic scenes, wood block printed in colour, with fourteen pages of text and illustration printed in ink, 22.5 x 15.5cm (2)£300-400
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AN ALBUM OF SHUNGA PAINTINGS.
20th Century.
Eight paintings mounted as an album, each in ink and colour on silk, depicting a couple in erotic scenes, with pale brown brocade covers woven with lotus flowers, the paintings 16.5 x 20cm, the cover 22 x 25.5cm.
£150-200
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A GROUP OF EIGHT SHUNGA PAINTINGS.
Edo period.
Each showing a couple making love, painted in ink, colour and gofun on paper, all figures are wearing the costume and hairstyle of early Edo period, except one scene in Heian period (12th Century) costume, each 27 x 29.5cm. (8)
£250-£350
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THREE ALBUMS OF WOOD BLOCK PRINTS AND PAINTINGS.
19th / 20th Century.
One volume of printed book entitled Kogei no bi (The beauty of Craft), volume three of the set of three, published by Yamada Naosaburo, Unsodo dated Meiji 41 (1908), designed by Furuya Korin (1875-1910), 24 double-page and 2 single page illustrations of vases and lacquer ware design, 32 by 22.5cm; an album mounted with 7 wood block prints of kusudama , in colour, 27.5 by 22.5cm; and one album with 18 fan paintings in the style of Heian period court scenes, 34 x 28cm. (3)
£250-300
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THREE ALBUMS OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
20th Century.
An album of 10 single page printed colour illustrations of kimono designs by Ueno Tameji (1906-1960), published by Unsodo in Kyoto dated Showa 10 (1935), 33 by 24cm; an album of 15 ink drawings of kimono designs, in ink on paper, 39 by 28.5cm; an album with 10 colour wood block prints of various designs after Kano school artists, published Showa 11 (1936), 33 x 42cm. (3)
£200-300
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AN ALBUM OF TOBA-E PAINTINGS.
Edo period, late 18th / early 19th Century.
Comprising thirty-six caricature paintings including goblins, ghosts, and animals in human form, painted in ink, colour and gofun on brown paper, each sheet 20.5 x 31.5cm.
£250-350
Toba-e (Toba-picture), comical and lightly satirical pictures, became popular in the Edo period, usually painted in simple brush work in ink and colours. Animals and humans are shown laughing and the limbs of the human figures are long and slender, and derive from the 12th Century handscroll painting Choju-jinbutsu-giga (Comic paintings of animals and people) attributed to Toba Soju.
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A SET OF FOUR SMALL FUSUMA DOORS.
19th Century.
Four paper and silk sliding doors, each painted elegantly with wild flowers in ink and colour on a gold ground, mounted with brown lacquered frames, signed Okamoto Sukehiko(1823 - 1883) , 28 by 43cm. (4)
£200-300
A fusuma of this kind are used for Tokonoma, the built-in alcove in a reception room in the traditional Japanese house, where works of art are displayed.
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A FRAMED PAINTING, STYLE OF TANI BUNCHO.
19th Century.
A hanging scroll, painted with flying bats against the moon, in ink and slight colours on paper, signed Buncho with a seal, now mounted with wood frame and glazed, the painting 103 x 23cm.
£100-200
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TWO DRAWINGS BY TOSHIKATA.
19th Century.
Two shita-e (preliminary drawing), of oban size in ink on paper, of a standing army officer of the Japanese Imperial Army.
The first drawing showing an army officer holding binoculars in his hand, standing in front of smoke, a battle scene is shown in the inset picture at the top left, signed Oju Toshikata e, the second drawing with the same design but with painted uniform also signed. (2)
£200-250
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A SIX-FOLD PAINTED SCREEN OF GENRE SCENES.
18th / 19th Century or later.
Depicting a group of women enjoying an outing under cherry blossom on the left two panels, at the centre are dancers on the famous balcony of the Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, and at far right with tourists in the garden of the temple and a woman under cascading spring water, painted in ink, colour and gofun on paper, unsigned, each panel 96 x 49cm.
£200-400
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE EMBROIDERY PICTURES.
Meiji period.
Each worked in silk thread, the first with country cottages and cherry blossoms along the river in spring, the second with an autumn scene with a watermill beside a river and Mt. Fuji in the background, both in the original frames, 32 x 52cm including frame. (2)
£500-700
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A FOLIO OF MISCELLANEOUS PRINTS.
Various dates.
A group of wood block prints, engravings, and stencil papers, including two prints by Kunisada, one by Hiroshige, one by Saito Kiyoshi, two reproduction prints after Torii Kiyotsune and Hiroshige, one navigation map of Nagasaki printed for the Dutch East Indian Company dated 1778, and seven stencil papers, various size. (25)
£300-400
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A SET OF FOUR PAINTINGS OF CATS.
19th Century.
Each painted with pair of playful cats and butterflies, in ink and colour on paper, with three red seals, possibly Korean, framed and glazed, 114 x 37cm. (4)
£400-500
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A NORTH KOREAN BROWN GLAZED VASE.
Second half of 20th Century.
With a globular body and spreading neck, the body painted with a continuous Soviet Realist scene of figures in military uniform riding on horseback, Pyong Yang, Korea mark to base, 48cm H.
£200-300
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A SOUTH EAST ASIAN BRONZE MODEL OF A GIRL'S HEAD.
23cm H.
£300-500
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A PAIR OF SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASES.
Qing Dynasty.
Of elongated pear-shape form, decorated with figures on horseback in a landscape, 22cm H. (2)
£200-300
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A THAI RATTANAKOSIN GILT BRONZE SEATED BUDDHA.
19th Century.
Seated on a tiered lotus base, 45cm H.
£600-800
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING BUDDHA.
53cm H.
£600-800
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A TERRACOTTA MALE FIGURE.
West Bengal, possibly Chandraketugarh, 1st Century BC.
The corpulent figure seated with open chest the body adorned with jewellery, fitted wooden stand, 14cm H.
Provenance: Acquired from Rossi & Rossi in 1992.
£800-1,200
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A KHMER SANDSTONE FIGURE OF VISHNU.
Angkor Period, Angkor Vat style, 12th Century.
49cm H.
Provenance: from the collection of a Danish diplomat, seconded as an economic attaché in South Asia in the 1960s on behalf of the UN.
£3,000-5,000
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A NEPALESE BRONZE OIL LAMP IN THE FORM OF A DONOR COUPLE AT PRAYER.
19th Century.
Inscribed on three sides, 11.5cm H.
£1,000-2,000
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A NEPALESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN AT PRAYER.
19th Century.
14.5cm H.
£500-800
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AN INDIAN COPPER ALLOY JAR.
19th Century.
Decorated with figurative scenes, 32cm H.
£300-500
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TWO INDIAN MIXED METAL CIRCULAR PANELS.
19th Century.
53 / 59cm diameter. (2)
£400-600
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A LARGE PERSIAN PARCEL-GILT COPPER ALLOY DISH.
19th Century.
77cm diameter.
£300-500
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AN OTTOMAN CORAL-SET AND ENAMELLED SILVER GILT BELT BUCKLE.
19th Century.
Composed of a circular plaques with catch, decorated with coral-set filigree decoration and blue and green enamel details, 19cm long.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to June 1987.
£100-200
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A CENTRAL ASIAN RUG DEPICTING SOVIET PIONEERS.
20th Century.
131 x 227cm.
£200-300
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