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A CARVED HARDWOOD TABLE SCREEN MOUNTED WITH AN ARCHAISTIC OPENWORK JADE PLAQUE China, 20th centuryA CARVED HARDWOOD TABLE SCREEN MOUNTED WITH AN ARCHAISTIC OPENWORK JADE PLAQUE China, 20th century. Estimate: US$20,000 - US$30,000
A KOMAI HEXAGONAL BOMBÉ-FORM CENSER AND COVER Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900A KOMAI HEXAGONAL BOMBÉ-FORM CENSER AND COVER Japan, Meiji era, circa 1900. Estimate: US$5,000 - US$8,000
A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS) Japan, Kajikawa Lineage, Edo period, late 18th/early 19th century (5 wood box)A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS) Japan, Kajikawa Lineage, Edo period, late 18th/early 19th century (5 wood box). Estimate: US$6,000 - US$8,000
TŌJŪSAI NAGAYOSHI (ACTIVE 18th/19th century) A Gold-Lacquer Fubako, Japan, Edo period, late 18th century (3 wood box)TŌJŪSAI NAGAYOSHI (ACTIVE 18th/19th century) A Gold-Lacquer Fubako, Japan, Edo period, late 18th century (3 wood box). Estimate: US$4,000 - US$6,000
A WHITE AND PALE RUSSET JADE LOBED PETAL-FORM DEEP CUP China, 19th/20th century (2 fitted fabric box)A WHITE AND PALE RUSSET JADE LOBED PETAL-FORM DEEP CUP China, 19th/20th century (2 fitted fabric box). Estimate: US$1,500 - US$2,500
A SMALL CRACKLE-GLAZED CELADON SCHOLAR'S ROCK China, 17th - 18th century (2)A SMALL CRACKLE-GLAZED CELADON SCHOLAR'S ROCK China, 17th - 18th century (2). Estimate: US$1,500 - US$2,500
AFTER LIN LIANG Birds and Flowers, China, Qing dynastyAFTER LIN LIANG Birds and Flowers, China, Qing dynasty. Estimate: US$1,500 - US$2,000
SHIMAOKA TATSUZO (1919-2007) A Triangular Tokkuri Sake Bottle, JapanSHIMAOKA TATSUZO (1919-2007) A Triangular Tokkuri Sake Bottle, Japan. Estimate: US$1,000 - US$1,500
RAKU KONYU (KICHIZAEMON XII, 1857-1932) A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl, Japan, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926), before 1919 (2 wood box)RAKU KONYU (KICHIZAEMON XII, 1857-1932) A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl, Japan, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926), before 1919 (2 wood box). Estimate: US$1,000 - US$1,500
A LONGQUAN CELADON CHARGER China, Ming dynastyA LONGQUAN CELADON CHARGER China, Ming dynasty. Estimate: US$700 - US$900

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182 lots available

A BROWN LACQUER MUSOZUTSU-TYPE TOBACCO PIPE CASE WITH GRASSES AND FLOWERS Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century
A RED AND BLACK LACQUER MUSOZUTSU-TYPE TOBACCO PIPE CASE Japan, 19th century
A BAMBOO-INSPIRED WOOD MUSOZUTSU-TYPE TOBACCO PIPE CASE WITH RINPA-STYLE DESIGN Japan, Edo period, 18th/19th century
A BAMBOO MUSOZUTSU-TYPE PIPE CASE WITH DRAGONFLIES IN MAKI-E AND LACQUER OVERLAYS Japan, Meiji era, 19th/20th century
A THREE-CASE MAKI-E LACQUER INRO WITH THREE MACAQUES AS THE SAMBUKI NO SARU Japan, Edo period, 18th - 19th century
A FOUR-CASE BLACK LACQUER INRO WITH PINE IN MAKI-E Japan, Edo period, 17th century
A FOUR-CASE MAKI-E SHELL-INLAID LACQUER INRO WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS Japan, Momoyama - early Edo period
A FOUR-CASE MAKI-E SHELL- AND PEWTER-INLAID LACQUER INRO Japan, Edo period, late 18th century
TWO WALRUS TUSK OPENWORK MANJU Japan, Edo period, 19th century
TWO ANIMAL NETSUKE OF A WOOD TIGER AND A POTTERY TANUKI Japan, 19th century
A GOLD- AND RED-LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE OF AN ONI TRAPPED IN A BOX Japan, Edo period, 19th century
TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF ONI Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century
A GOLD-LACQUER KOBAKO INCENSE GAME BOX AND COVER WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS Japan, Edo period/Meiji era, 18th/19th century
A ROUND GOLD-LACQUER KOBAKO INCENSE GAME BOX AND COVER WITH PHOENIX Japan, Edo - Meiji era, 19th century
A LACQUER FAN-SHAPED KOBAKO (INCENSE BOX) AND COVER WITH A PANORAMIC LANDSCAPE Japan, Edo - Meiji era, 19th/20th century
A LACQUER KOBAKO IN THE FORM OF A KNOTTED LETTER Japan, Meiji or Taisho era, early 20th century
A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS) Japan, Kajikawa Lineage, Edo period, late 18th/early 19th century
A RECTANGULAR GOLD-LACQUER RYOSHIBAKO (DOCUMENT BOX) Japan, Edo - Meiji era, 19th century
A NATURAL WOOD GROUND RYOSHIBAKO WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS Japan, Taisho era, 20th century
A LACQUERED WOOD KYŌBAKO (SUTRA BOX) WITH YAKUSHI NYORAI AND THE TWELVE HEAVENLY GENERALS Japan, Edo period, 18th/19th century
A SMALL CRACKLE-GLAZED CELADON SCHOLAR'S ROCK China, 17th - 18th century
A COPPER-RED-GLAZED WATER COUPE, PINGGUOZUN China, Kangxi double ring mark on the base and probably of the period
A BLUE-GLAZED CYLINDRICAL INK STONE China, Shen de tang bo gu zhi mark and possibly Daoguang period
A CRACKLE-GLAZED CELADON TRIPOD CENSER WITH AN OPENWORK METAL COVER China, Qing dynasty
AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE ARCHER'S THUMB RING IN CYLINDRICAL METAL BOX AND COVER China, Qing dynasty
AN APPLE-GREEN JADEITE ARCHER'S RING China, 19th/20th century
A PALE CELADON JADE ARCHER'S RING WITH SHOU-CHARACTER BOSSES China, late Qing dynasty
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ARCHER'S RING WITH CARVED LANDSCAPE SCENE China, 19th/20th century
A CARVED HARDWOOD TABLE SCREEN MOUNTED WITH AN ARCHAISTIC OPENWORK JADE PLAQUE China, 20th century
A JADE-INSET HARDWOOD RUYI SCEPTER China, late Qing dynasty
TWO HARDWOOD BOXES China, 19th/20th century
TWO DUAN INKSTONES WITH COVERS AND STANDS China, 20th century
A BAMBOO-FORM YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER China, Lu Wenxia (b. 1966)
A FAMILLE-ROSE MOLDED 'LOTUS LEAF' SNUFF BOTTLE China, 19th century
A BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED ENAMELED 'NINE BATS' SNUFF BOTTLE China, 20th century
AN AMETHYST GLASS FIGURAL 'SHOULAO' SNUFF BOTTLE China, 19th/20th century
TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES China, 20th century
A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE CARVED WITH FIGURES AND PINE TREE 20th century
FOUR SNUFF BOTTLES China, 19th century
A SHELL SNUFF BOTTLE CARVED IN THE FORM OF A POMEGRANATE China, 19th/20th century
TŌJŪSAI NAGAYOSHI (ACTIVE 18th/19th century) A Gold-Lacquer Fubako, Japan, Edo period, late 18th century
A GOLD-LACQUER TASSELED SUZURI (INKSTONE) TRAY WITH SILVER WATER DROPPER AND COVERED INK STONE Japan, Meiji or Taisho era, early 20th century
A ROUND PALM SHRINE Japan, Meiji era, 19th/20th century
A LACQUER BOX IN THE FORM OF A COVERED BOAT Japan, Meiji era, 19th/20th century
A THREE-CASE SHELL- AND MIXED-METAL-INLAID MAKI-E LACQUER INRO Japan, Edo period, 19th century
TŌGI (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY) A Three-Case Wood Inrō Japan, Edo period, 19th century
A TWO-CASE WOOD INRO WITH INLAID CERAMIC DEER AND BIRD Japan, Ogata Kenya (1825-1889), late 19th century
AN UNUSUAL SIDE-OPENING PERSIMMON WOOD INRO WITH THREE INNER DRAWERS Japan, Edo period, 18th/19th century
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