Lovely duck shaped box made of gilt silver with polychrome enamels and set with glass cabochons. Base marked silver. Condition: fine, few traces of usage. Dimension: 10.7 cm Long x 6.2 cm high, weight: 112 g
Cigarette case decorated with polychrome enamels. Condition: some hairline cracks and minor losses to enamel (as seen in the photos), interior with missing elastic band. Dimension: 8.6 cm x 7.6 cm.
An original Japanese color woodblock print in the large oban size by the Shin Hanga artist Kawase Hasui (1883 - 1957). Later printing in the 1950-60s. Signed and sealed, left margin with title and dated January 1938. Left corner with circular seal (6 mm) of publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. See Kendall H. Brown: "Kawase Hasui: The complete woodblock prints": No. 424. Condition: excellent, very good impression and good color, back with two tiny paper residues from original folder. Size: ima ...click for details
An original color woodblock print in the large oban size by the Shin Hanga artist Shiro Kasamatsu (1898 - 1992). Later printing in the 1950-60s. Signed and sealed, left margin with title and dated January 1938. Close to left margin circular seal (6 mm) of publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. Condition: excellent, very good impression and color, back with two tiny paper residue from original folder. Dimension: image: 36.2 cm x 23.9 cm, paper: 39.2 cm x 26.6 cm.
An original color woodblock print in the large oban size by the Shin Hanga artist Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949). Signed and sealed, right margin with title and dated April 1938. Left margin with printer seal Onotomi, on the verso with stamp of Tokyo Hangain publisher. Lower margin with printed title in English. Mount Fuji with some blind-printing. See Walker and Doi: "Catalogue Raisonne of Tsuchiya Koitsu": TK-BN-3, page 24. Condition: very good impression and color. Dimension: image: 35 ...click for details
Massive brass box with hinged lid. Allover decoration of bats surrounding an auspicious Chinese character. Wood lining. Condition: few traces of usage. 16.8 cm x 10.2 cm x 8 cm, weight: 1110 g.
A pair of carved book stands depicting a young man with his fighting cock. Bottom with stamp and one signed "I.K.T. Djamperah, Mas Bali". Condition: slightly faded, the beak of both cockerels with small losses, and one end of the headscarf minimally chipped. Dimension: 17.8 cm high x 7.2 cm wide.
A couple of Mandarin ducks, male and female, beautifully worked in gilt silver and enamel, few parts in filigree silver. Both marked on bottom "Silver". Condition: almost perfect, only the male with a tiny enamel loss. Dimension: 13 cm long, 8 cm high, weight: 370 g.
Cotton fabric woven in three parts and sewn together lengthways. In the middle an antromorph pattern in warp ikat, flanked by stripes. Both ends with fringes. Condition: good, faded, some stains. Dimension without fringes: 173 cm x 108 cm.
Eleven lithographic prints and the cover sheet designed by the Sosaku hanga artist Shiko Munakata (1903 - 1975) for the Yaskawa Electric Co. Number 7 (July) is missing. The lithographs are mounted on both upper corners on the calendar sheet. Size of the calendar sheets: 51.5 x 36.4 cm.
