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Lot 46
'Les Animaux Modernes' a set of twelve early 20th century French silvered-bronze knife rests cast as three Foxes, three Hares, pair of Dachshunds, pair of Terriers, a Duck and Pheasant, mostly stamped C.O.P 18gr & Depose, box marked 'Les Animaux Modernes', Porte Couteaux Bronze veritable Ciselé & Argenté, Modeles Deposé.
Lot 1364
TWO TABLE LAMPS WITH TIFFANY STYLE LEADED AND STAINED SHADES,on bronze effect bases, height of both approximately 60cm (2)Condition report: Both lamps illuminate although no guarantee of working order is given and buyer will need to ensure that these lamps are wired to current safety standards; shades very dirty and dusty, some scratches, blemishes and imperfections but no visible damage
Lot 140
A gilt-bronze figure of a torioi (travelling female singer and shamisen player)By Miyao Eisuke of Yokohama, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryStanding in high geta (clogs), wearing the characteristic torioi amigasa, a woven reed hat shaped like a half moon partially concealing her face, plucking her shamisen with a plectrum, her kimono carved with stylised flowers, fixed on a rectangular stand decorated with karakusa ('Chinese grasses'); signed Miyao Ei on the obi within a rectangular reserve. Overall height: 23cm (9in) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 137
An inlaid shakudo squat globular koro (incense burner) and coverBy Toshishige for the Nogawa Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Delicately inlaid and worked in chiselled relief of gold, silver, shibuichi and bronze with sprays of flowering chrysanthemums draping across the body, the cover crisply carved and pierced with a mass of densely overlapping chrysanthemum blossoms, applied with silver rims; the base signed with chiselled characters Toshishige koku beneath the mark of the Nogawa Company. 11.5cm x 14cm (4½in x 5½in). (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 226
A Satsuma cylindrical koro (incense burner) and coverBy Gyozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, the body with a continuous wide band of assorted Chinese and Japanese vessels ranging from archaic bronze, earthenware, celadon and porcelain blue-and-white vases, trays, teapots and chawan used for the tokonoma and the tea ceremony; on a cream crackled ground, the cover partially pierced in the form of a chrysanthemum and applied with a gilt florette; signed on the base Gyozan beneath the typical Shimazu crest. 13.3cm (5¼in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 139
A pair of inlaid bronze oviform vasesBy Hokugaku Yokoyama Yazaemon II (Takasumi, 1845-1903), Takaoka, Meiji era (1868-1912), 1880sDepicting the fight between Benkei and Yoshitsune on the Gojo Bridge, the two combatants appearing on separate vases, the reverse of each with a single figure beneath a cherry tree in a mountain landscape, all rendered with well-carved detail and inlaid in iro-e takazogan, the areas above and below carved with elaborate repeat patterns, the feet carved as grotesque masks, the handles as dragonfish, both signed Dai Nippon Etchu no ju Hokugaku Yokoyama Takasumi saku. 31.8cm (12½in) high. (2).Footnotes:The unusual and distinctive shape derives from the same source as a pair of vases in the Khalili collection which probably forms the matching pair to the present lot, illustrated by Joe Earle, Splendors of Imperial Japan, Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection, Khalili Family Trust, London, 2002, p.57, cat.no.15.A tall koro (incense burner) by the artist and signed Dai Nippon Kashu no ju Enchu sei Etchu no ju nidai Hokugaku Yokoyama Yazakemon saku is illustrated in Takaoka doki: Meiji-ki chokin meisakushu (Takaoka Bronzes: Collected Masterpieces of Meiji-Era Metalwork), Meiji-ki Takaoka Doki Chokin Meisaku Hozonkai (Association for the Preservation of Masterpieces of Meiji-Era Bronze Vessels and Metalwork from Takaoka), Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, 1985, unpaginated, no.10.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 153
A bronze okimono of an akodai (rose fish)By the Maruki Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically cast with its body slightly curved to the right, balanced on its fins and its tail thrashing in the water, its eyes double inlaid with shakudo and gilt; signed on its belly Nihon koku Maruki sei within a square seal. 28cm (11in) long.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 135
A bronze inkwell in the form of a tree stumpBy Komin, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryRaised on three tall feet, cast to simulate the texture of a gnarled stump of wood, the central hinged cover applied with a copper crab crawling over the surface and opening to reveal within a removable glass well, a second bronze crab on the side; signed Komin with a kao within a bronze rectangular reserve. 5.1cm x 4.8cm (2in x 1 7/8in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 92
A lacquer suzuribako (box for writing utensils) and coverBy Futagi Seiho (1884-1954), Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1930sThe inrobuta (flush-fitting lid) with canted corners lacquered in silver, golds and shades of brown and grey hiramaki-e with a squirrel prancing among fruiting vine, trailing over the sides, the interior of the lid and box decorated with a lacquer imitation of a sumi painting with fern on an olive-green lacquer ground, the rims mounted in silver, with a removable frame and baseboard fitted with a suzuri (ink-grinding stone), a gilt-bronze suiteki (water dropper) in the form of a kettle, a pair of writing brushes, a paper pricker, paper knife and a inkstick holder, each fitted with silver fittings and gold-lacquered on the nashiji ground with squares of gold gyobu square flakes to match the sides of the ink-grinding stone, signed in gold lacquer Seiho saku; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed and signed on the lid Risu suzuribako, Seiho saku (Writing box with squirrel design, made by Seiho) with a seal Seiho; and a tomogire sealed Seiho. 5cm x 27.5cm x 24.3cm (2in x 10 13/16in x 9 9/16in). (12).Footnotes:Born in Kanazawa, Futagi Seiho studied under Yamamoto Toshinari, and later with the Ishikawa-based artists Igarashi Doho and Shimizu Kyubei. He exhibited at the Teiten national salon and its successor iterations on 12 occasions between 1928 and 1946.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 154
A bronze okimono group of two akodai (rose fish) lying on seashellsMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically cast and chiselled, modelled with two distinctive rose fishes, the largest one with its mouth exaggeratedly open, both lying over assorted small clam shells, a large sazae (horned turban shell) at the front; unsigned. 6.5cm x 19cm (2 5/8in x 7½in). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 243
A bronze-mounted stoneware cylindrical vaseMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe stoneware body applied with thin bronze sheets decorated in gilt high relief with a continuous design of two confronting dragons above rough waters on a russet-brown bronze ground, signed with an unidentified tensho script seal; with a wood storage box. 27.5cm (10¾in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 152
A bronze jardinièreBy Masatsune, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe body cast in high relief with a continuous scene depicting ten apes fighting over persimmons, two of the arms forming the handles at the top; the base signed Masatsune chu within a rectangular seal. 15cm x 24.5cm (5 7/8in x 9 5/8in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 151
A bronze group of a water buffalo and tigerBy Genryusai Seiya, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe large bull lowering its head, attempting to fend off its attacker, the tiger standing on its hindlegs, clambering onto the buffalo's back, opening its mouth wide to bite into the buffalo's neck, signed in a rectangular reserve Seiya saku (Made by Seiya); with an unassociated wood stand. The buffalo and tiger group: 11.5cm x 32.3cm (4½in x 12 11/16in); the wood stand: 15.5cm x 32cm (6 1/8in x 12 9/16in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 155
A bronze okimono of an eagleBy the Kakuha Company, Takaoka, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryConstructed in two separate parts, the eagle naturalistically rendered, perched on a detachable tall, gnarled and twisted stand formed from a section of wood, its head lowered, its wings outstretched in preparation for flight; signed on its belly Kakuha within an oval reserve. Overall height: 55.5cm (21 13/16in); wingspan: 46cm (18 1/8in) wide; the stand: 35cm (13¾in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 73
A wood okimono of a monkey posing as a collectorMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryAn amusing model of a seated monkey, using a horn lorgnette to inspect an ivory netsuke of a monkey attached to a bronze tabako-ire (tobacco pouch), the tabako-ire with a plain gilt-metal ojime and gilt-metal mae-kanagu (clasp) in the form of a carp, the monkey's eyes inlaid in shell, signed in an inlaid rectangular red-lacquer tablet Sainin; with an unrelated wood stand. Overall: 21.1cm (8 5/16in) high; the monkey: 15.3cm (6in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 147
A bronze articulated model of a crabMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe crustacean separately cast and assembled, the legs and claws fully articulated, the surface worked to resemble the crab's natural shell, patinated to a dark brown; unsigned. 22cm (8 5/8in) wide.Footnotes:Provenance:Dr Isabella Gordon (1901-1988), known as the 'Grand Old Lady of Carcinology' (science of crustaceans) and thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 138
An inlaid bronze slender cylindrical vaseBy the Nogawa Company of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe front of the body worked in silver low relief inlay with the tall stems and leaves of bamboo; signed on the base with the seal mark of the Nogawa Company. 26cm (10¼in) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 150
A bronze okimono of an eagleBy Kaneya, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryNaturalistically rendered, fixed on a bronze stand modelled as a rocky outcrop, its wings outstretched preparing for flight, its legs bronze gilt with shakudo talons, the beak of shakudo, the eyes of shakudo and gilt bronze; signed beneath its tail in an oval reserve in hiragana script Kaneya saku. Overall height: 66cm (26in) high; wingspan: 73cm (28¾in) wide; the stand: 30.5cm (12in) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 146
A bronze double-gourd vaseBy Yamaguchi Shoun, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryCast as a frog struggling to hold up a large gourd, the surface of the frog's skin finished in a rough texture and patinated a reddish-brown contrasting with the smooth greenish-brown patina of the gourd; signed on the reverse with chiselled cursive characters Shoun saku. 24.5cm (9¼in) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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