UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858), AND OTHERS EDO AND MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY A collection of Japanese woodblock prints depicting landscapes, the first entitled Kameido ume yashiki no zu (Plum Garden at Kamido), from the series Toto Meisho (Famous Places in the Eastern Capital), signed Hiroshige ga, oban yoko-e, 25.2cm x 36.2cm; the second entitled Wada, from the series Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi (The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road), signed Hiroshige ga, oban yoko-e, 35.8cm x 23.8cm; together with twenty other woodblock prints of landscapes. (22) Provenance: from the collection of French sculptor Gaston de Luppé (1872-1939), and thence by descent.
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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), AND OTHERS EDO AND MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY A large collection of Japanese woodblock prints, the first depicting a poem by Yozei-in entitled 'Oniwakamaru', from the series Ogura nazorae hyakunin issu (Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets), signed Ichiryusai Kuniyoshi ga, oban tate-e, 35.5cm x 24.5cm; together with a quantity of woodblock prints by artists including Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), and others. (a lot) Provenance: from the collection of French sculptor Gaston de Luppé (1872-1939), and thence by descent.
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (ACT. 1754-1806), AND OTHERS EDO AND MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Eleven Japanese woodblock prints depicting beauties, the first entitled Hoki Noshi (Dried Abalone Strips from Hoki Province), from the series Sankai Medetai Zue (Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and Tori-jo ga, 36.5cm x 25.5cm; the second entitled Nue taiji (Parody of the killing of the Nue), from the series E-kyodai (Picture Siblings), signed Utamaro hitsu, vertical oban, 37.3cm x 26.3cm; together with nine other woodblock prints including works by Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), and others. (11) Provenance: from the collection of French sculptor Gaston de Luppé (1872-1939), and thence by descent.
UTAGAWA KUNISADA II (1823-80) EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Two Japanese woodblock print triptychs, the first depicting actors in the noh play Kanjincho, the other with figures on a balcony looking out towards beauties on a boat, signed and sealed, both framed and glazed, 75cm x 34.5cm and 72.5cm x 36.5cm respectively. (2) Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in Japan in the 1960s-70s. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
OKUHARA SEIKO (1837-1913) MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Two Japanese woodblock prints, the first entitled 'Crow on a Branch of Willow', the black bird perched before a graduated orange ground; the other 'Two Water-hens amongst Reeds', both signed and with a red seal mark for Seiko, both shikishiban, approx. 24cm x 25cm. (2) Provenance: from the private collection of a British artist, formed in the 1990s. Okuhara Seiko was a bunjin (literati female artist) living in Japan in the late 1800s. She was born into a family of samurai, and later became a successful artist, founding an art school and exhibiting around the country. Her works are now to be found in important collections around the world, including in the Tokyo National Museum, the British Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Honolulu Museum of Art, and many others.
OHARA KOSON (1877-1945) TAISHO ERA, 20TH CENTURY Two Japanese woodblock prints depicting birds, the first of sandpipers by reeds on a shoreline, a crescent moon above, the other of two pigeons on a branch of ginkgo tree; both published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) c.1912, both naga oban, approx. 50cm x 21.8cm. (2) Provenance: from the private collection of a British artist, formed in the 1990s.
OHARA KOSON / SHOSON (1877-1945) MEIJI OR TAISHO,20TH CENTURY Two Japanese woodblock prints depicting monkeys, the first with one suspended from a tree holding its young, the smaller primate reaching toward the reflection of the moon in a pool of water below; the other with two monkeys and a butterfly, the first signed Koson, the second Shoson, and with a red seal mark, both otanzaku ban, 34.5cm x 18.5cm and 37.5cm x 16.5cm respectively. (2) Provenance: from the private collection of a British artist, formed in the 1990s.
YOSHIIKU UTAGAWA (1833-1904) AFTER KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726-92), AND OTHERS MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Three Japanese woodblock prints, the first from the 'Brave Samurai Series' by Yoshiiku, the second after a design by Shunsho depicting Actor Ichimura Kichigoro in an unidentified role, and the third a small view of Mount Fuji, together with two Chinese paintings of flowers on rice paper, and a scroll painting with goldfish. (6) Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) SHOWA ERA, 1930s/40s Three Japanese woodblock prints, the first entitled Chuzenji Utagahama (Chuzenji Lake, Utagahama); the second titled along the bottom margin Nara Kasuga taisha (Kasuga Shrine in Nara); the third depicting Miyajima no tsukiyo (Moon Night at Miyajima); all three signed Hasui with Kawase seal, and with the seal for the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962), all oban tate-e, all approx. 36.5cm x 24cm. (3) Provenance: from the private collection of a British artist, formed in the 1990s.
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) SHOWA ERA, 1930s-40s Three Japanese woodblock prints, the first a chuban yoko-e entitled 'Dawn over Mount Fuji and Lake Shoji', 18cm x 21cm; the second a small tate-e entitled 'A walk in the Snow', 14.5cm x 9.3cm; the third an oban tate-e depicting 'Dusk at Tagonoura Beach', 36.5cm x 24.5cm; all three signed Hasui with Kawase seal and with the seal for the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962). (3) Provenance: from the private collection of a British artist, formed in the 1990s.
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I / TOYOKUNI III (1786-1864) UTAGAWA YOSHIKAZU (ACT.1850-70) EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Two Japanese woodblock print triptychs, the first depicting a Kabuki play with the ghost Kasane holding her child and frightening a beauty in the central panel, with two male characters depicted in the other sheets, each signed and sealed, each approx. 36.5cm x 23.5cm; the other entitled 'Minamoto Yorimitsu on Mount Oe', signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga on each sheet, each approx. 37cm x 25.5cm. (6)
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861) KUNISADA II UTAGAWA (1823-1880) AND HIROSHIGE II UTAGAWA (1826-69) EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Two Japanese woodblock prints with spectres, the first entitled 'Anchu' from the series 'Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido' (1852), signed; the other entitled 'Saikoji Temple' from the series 'The Miracles of Kannon Chichibu, route no.16', 35.5cm x 24.5cm and 34.5cm x 22.5cm respectively. (2)
UYU SANJIN / KIMURA MOKURO (1774-1856) KAISEKI (PROBABLY 19TH C.) EDO AND MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY Two Japanese yurei-zu kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), both in ink on paper, the first painted with a company of skeletal friends enjoying lively socialising, a long poem above about the ephemerality of the human condition, one skeleton holding a painting inscribed Yume wa maboroshi awa no kei (Dreams are an illusion, a scene of bubbles), signed Uyu Sanjin and with two artist's seals, 108cm x 26cm; the other with a skeleton presenting a scroll painting of a prunus tree to his bony acolytes, a poem above about sharing the true meaning of life with old friends, turning into ashes and returning to earth after life; signed Kaiseki and with two seals, the one reading as 'flourish like the pine and cypress', 123.5cm x 29.3cm; one with a tomobako wood box. (3)
AFTER HIROHARU ITAYA (1831-82) AND ANONYMOUS MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY Two Japanese bakemono makimono (handscroll paintings of monsters), both ink and colour on paper and depicting many supernatural creatures; the first after Hiroharu Itaya's Hyakki yagyo (Night Procession of the Hundred Demons), with similar-looking monsters and other possessed household objects frolicking, together with a tomobako wood box; the other scroll painted with further demonic creatures, 679cm x 26.5cm max. (3)
UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Two Japanese yurei-zu kakemono (hanging scroll paintings of ghosts), both ink and colour on paper, each a gruesome depiction of a female ghost, the first a nearly-headless figure with a sickle dug deep in her neck, a red seal mark lower right, 54.5cm x 23cm; the other grimacing whilst holding a severed head, with lines of calligraphy, signed and with two red seal marks, 98 cm x 29.5cm, one with a tomobako wood box. (3)
SEIKO / SAIKO (PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY) SUZUKI RYOKA / REIKA (ACT. C.1910-40) MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Two Japanese yurei-zu kakemono (hanging scroll paintings of ghosts), both ink and colour on paper, both depicting female spectres, the first floating amongst bushes in a rainstorm, signed Cho Seiko / Saiko and with two red seal marks reading Cho in Seiko and Kyochu rogyo, 131.5cm x 49cm; the other with a ghoul rising from hitodama (flaming wisps), signed Ryoka / Reika and with a red artist's seal, 125cm x 19.5cm, one with a tomobako wood box. (3)
UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Four Japanese makimono (handscroll paintings), three with printed outlines, the first after the scroll painting Kasuga Gongen Genki E (Legends of the Kasuga Shrine) by Takashina Takakane (1309-30), the two other scrolls with court scenes alternating with panels of calligraphy; the fourth handscroll painted with figures in landscapes, some military camps, also with calligraphy; together with four tomobako wood boxes, 980cm x 41.5cm max. (8)
UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Two Japanese paintings, the first in ink on silk and depicting a mountainous river landscape, with trees hanging from rockwork and the moon above, a red seal mark, 33.5cm x 28cm; the other a watercolour on paper depicting a colourful meadow of flowers, a red seal mark, 45cm x 60cm; one with a tomobako wood box. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
KODOJIN GAKUSHIN (PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY), AND ANOTHER MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER Two Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), both in ink on paper, the first depicting bamboo by rockwork, unsigned but with two seals reading Gakushin no in and Kodojin; the other with long grasses issuing from a hanging rock, a seal reading Gyoun; together with a Chinese painting by Dayuan Huang Lian, inscribed Shaojue xiansheng zheng, Huan Lian and depicting gnarly branches of prunus; two with tomobako wood boxes, 135.5cm x 44.5cm max. (5)
TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISHES EDO PERIOD, 17TH AND 18TH/19TH CENTURY The first of trilobe shape and raised on a short foot, decorated to the well with three herons in low relief, with tall grasses and a stream beside them painted in underglaze blue; the other a Nabeshima dish, with a foliate rim and moulded with swirling waves, the well with two three-clawed dragons, raised on a circular foot with comb design, 16.2cm and 16cm respectively. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford. Cf. Ko-Imari: A Catalogue of Hizen Porcelain from the Nezu Museum's Yamamoto Collection, p.154, no.600 for a related dragon dish. Also, see the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, p.76, no.597, for another similar crane dish.
TWO JAPANESE POTTERY PIECES BY MARUTA MASAMI (1925-79) MODERN, 20TH CENTURY The first a dish decorated with a stylised wisteria tree rendered in slip on the lustrous black ground; the other a small jar of flattened bulbous shape, decorated with three stylised sprays of bamboo, a seal mark impressed underneath; each with an inscribed tomobako wood box and a leaflet about Masami, 21.5cm and 9.5cm respectively. (4) Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
KANO NAONOBU (1607-1650) AND KISHI GANKU (1749-1838) EDO PERIOD, 17TH AND 18TH/19TH CENTURY Two Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), both ink on silk, the first depicting pavilions in a mountainous river landscape, with a fisherman on a boat and a lone traveller on a bridge, signed Jitekisai hitsu and sealed Zen Ka, with a paper label for Spink & Son; the other with a boat sailing past tree-covered shores, the silhouette of Mount Fuji in the distance, signed and sealed; 31cm x 70cm and 35cm x 48cm respectively. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford. According to Oliver Impey's archive, he purchased the Naonobu painting from Spink in March 1966, and the other in Kyoto in 1960.
KONO BAIREI (1844-95) WATANABE NANGAKU (1767-1813) SEKI CHONEN (1813-77) EDO AND MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY A Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll painting), ink and colour on paper, depicting a minogame on a rocky outcrop, signed Bairei and with a red seal mark, 120cm x 33cm; another painting depicting three tortoises in a stream, signed and with two red seal marks for Watanabe Nangaku; and another kakemono, ink and colour on silk, with turtles, pines and cranes, inscribed 'Painted in the spring, in the year of Tsuchinoto-tori' (1849), signed and sealed Chonen, 167cm x 40cm. (4) Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford. According to Oliver Impey's archive, the first painting was purchased at Glendining.
OLIVER IMPEY (1936-2005) AIZAWA SHUSON (1875-1941), AND OTHERS MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Three kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), including an ink on paper painting depicting the single kanji character kokoro (heart) and signed Oliver Impey, 53cm x 34cm; and two Japanese kakemono, one of a double gourd under lines of calligraphy reading 'To the first flower of the year, may it be a good year', signed Shuson abd sealed Shishin'an, signed and with a red seal mark, 127cm x 29cm, the other a panel of calligraphy, also with a red seal mark, together with a tomobako wood box, 35cm x 24cm. (4) Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WTHOUT RESERVE.
AN UNUSAL SET OF SEVEN JAPANESE DISHES MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY All painted with scenes illustrating the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), two depicting naval combat with ships flying the Kyokujitsu-ki (Japanese Rising Sun Flag), and the others with a variety of land battles, some dishes with horse riders and others with soldiers shooting firearms, each 21.1cm. (7)
A 19th Century Victorian theatre cabinet photograph album ' Souvenir of ' A Gaiety Girl ' - First Night At Dalys Theatre, Monday, September 10th 1894 ' at the Prince Of Wales Theatre. The souvenir folding album is filled with 10x cabinet photographs depicting the cast of the play, and each signed by the actors and actresses shown - Miss Juliette Nesville Eric Lewis , Owen Hall and others. Within the original album. Rare.
Two 20th century Prattware transferred print pots with lids. The lot to include The Cavalier & The Master of The Hounds. On the back of each pot it reads: 'The picture on this lid is one of a series printed from the Original Engravings used for the Ye Old English Pot Lids now so highly valued by collector. and first made in Staffordshire 1847 - 1870'. Each measuring 10cm in diameter and 5cm tall.
A Look At Cecil Aldin's Dogs and Hounds by Rupert Collens 1990 First Edition Hardback Book with 112 pages published by The Lambourn Press Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
There's Treasure Everywhere by Bill Watterson 1996 First Edition Softback Book with 175 pages published by Warner Books some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
2 x Books British Railways Rule Book 1950 Hardback Book with 280+ pages and The Dumpy Pocket Book of Locomotives Edited by Henry Sampson 1961 First Edition Hardback Book with 189 pages published by Sampson Low, Marston and Co Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
The Making of John Menzies by Leslie Gardiner 1983 First Edition Hardback Book with 96 pages published by John Menzies Plc some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Out in The Midday Sun The Paintings of Noel Coward by Sheridan Morley 1988 First Edition Hardback Book with 80 pages published by Phaidon Christie's Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Wilderness Britain by Anthony Burton 1985 First Edition Hardback Book with 194 pages published by Andre Deutsch Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Bygone Hampshire Edited by William Andrews 1899 First Edition Hardback Book with 239 pages published by William Andrews and Co London some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
A Room In Berlin by Gunther Birkenfeld 1930 First Edition Hardback Book with 213 pages published by Constable and Co Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Beer and Skittles by Richard Boston 1976 First Edition Hardback Book with 221 pages published by William Collins Sons and Co Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
East, West by Salman Rushdie 1994 First Edition Hardback Book with 216 pages published by Jonathan Cape some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
The Gypsy by W B Trites 1928 First Edition Hardback Book with 144 pages published by The Camelot Press Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
The Man Who Stole Portugal by Murray Teigh Bloom 1967 First Edition Hardback Book with 318 pages published by Martin Secker and Warburg Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Genetics and The Animal Cell by Mario Terzi 1974 First Edition Hardback Book with 261 pages published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Eugene Boudin by Jean Selz 1991 First Edition Hardback Book with 96 pages published by Bonfini Press Establishment some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Pavlova An Illustrated Monograph Edited by Paul Magriel 1948 First UK Edition Hardback Book with 78 pages published by A and C Black Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Edward Grieg In Words and Music by Audun Kayser 1992 First Edition Hardback Book with 64 pages of text (plus calendars and CD) published by John Grieg Forlag AS some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Puss In Boots by Nicola Bayley 1976 First Edition Pop-Up Hardback Book published by Jonathan Cape Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

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