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1204 1199* A Japanese Carved Ivory Netsuke, depicting the head of an oni with four mice, bearing mother-of-pearl signature plaque to the back. Height 1 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Camarra, Chicago, Illinois $150-250

1200 Four Japanese Carved Ivory Articles, comprising a carved ivory netsuke depicting a seated Buddha and three ojime, signed. Height of first 1 1/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection Acquired on the West Coast $200-400

1201* A Collection of Five Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Articles, comprising four netsuke, including a squat bird, a puppy, an immortal and a seated man with a cloth bundle, together with a figurally carved okimono. Height of tallest 2 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $400-600

1202* A Group of Japanese Carved Ivory Articles, comprising four figural netsuke and one figural okimono. Height of first 1 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $400-600

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1203 A Japanese Carved Wood and Ivory Netsuke, depicting a hooded figure emerging from a cauldron, with incised decoration throughout the hood and foliate decoration to the vessel, signed to the underside. Height 1 7/8 inches. $200-400

1204 Two Carved Wood Netsuke, the first depicting a recumbent, spotted deer, the second a recumbent rabbit. Width of wider 1 1/2 inches. $300-500

1205 A Carved Wood Toad Netsuke, the horned toad having stippled detail and inlaid eyes. Length 1 3/4 inches. $300-500

1206 A Carved Ivory Bird Netsuke, depicting a rotund bird. Width 2 1/8 inches. $200-400 1207* A Japanese Carved Ivory Netsuke, depicting two opposite facing quail. Diameter 1 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Larry Whitlow, Oak Brook, Illinois $100-200

1208 A Carved Ivory Bird Netsuke, the underside carved to depict the feet tucked in under the squat body, signed. Length 1 1/2 inches. $200-400

1209 A Carved Wood Fan Form Netsuke, a pekingese dog reclining on the fan’s surface, the fan having finely ribbed detail. Length 2 inches. $200-400

1210* A Japanese Carved Ivory Netsuke, 18th century, depicting a gourd with leafy vines, a mouse peering out from under the base of the gourd. Width 2 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Hamid and Kim Alwan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $400-600 1211 A Japanese Wood Okimono of an Oni, Meiji Period, the figure depicted clutching a drum, holding the mallet in one hand, the drum sides with faux wood grain decoration. Width at widest 2 1/2 inches. $500-700

1212 A Japanese Carved Ivory Netsuke, depicting a seated man wearing eyeglasses and drawing a sheathed katana made of metal, having detailed incised decoration articulating strands of hair to the coiffure and the geometric pattern to the back of the figure’s garment, signed with three characters to the underside, Ikko-. Height 1 1/4 inches. $600-800

1213 A Group of Five Books on Netsuke, comprising Yuzuru Okada, Netsuke-A Miniature Art of Japan, Mary Louise O’Brien, Netsuke, A Guide for Collectors, Raymond Bushell, The Wonderful World of Netsuke, Raymond Bushell, The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi, and Adrienne Barbanson, Fables in Ivory, Japanese Netsuke and Their Legends. $100-200

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1214 A Group of Four Reference Books, comprising Pekarik, Andrew Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900 The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bushnell The Inro Handbook; Grosbois, Shunga; Rhie and Thurman Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet; together with an auction catalogue, Sotheby’s London 17-18 June 1987, Japanese Works of Art. $100-200

1215 A Japanese Bone Inro, of tiered barrel form having incised decoration of a shishi lion, signed, with wood ojime and ivory netsuke. Length overall 18 1/2 inches. $150-250 1216

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A Japanese Carved Ivory Inro, having mixed metal inlay, with an ojime and ivory figural netsuke on a cord. Height of inro 1 1/2 inches $200-400

1217* A Japanese Cinnabar Lacquered Inro, of square form having five tiers, one side depicting a figure with two attendants in a mountain landscape against a patterned ground, the reverse depicting a scholar holding a handscroll and ruyi scepter under a pine tree, with woven cord, cinnabar ojime and cinnabar netsuke. Height 3 5/8 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

1218* A Japanese Lacquered Inro, of cartouche form in five tiers, one side having a waterfall, rocky cliff and pine trees, the other side decorated with a figure seated in a rocky landscape, having a braided silk cord, bead ojime and mushroom-form wood netsuke. Height 4 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

1219* A Japanese Lacquered and Inlaid Inro, of cartouche form with six tiers, having motherof-pearl and hardstone inlay throughout, depicting flowering leafy plants by a stream on a gilt ground with a black lacquered moon, having a silk braided cord with a carved ojime depicting a man with a bundle on his back and a carved ivory netsuke of double gourd form with an extending horse head. Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

1220 A Lacquered and Gilt Inro, of rounded rectangular four-section form, depicting hillsides with pine trees, strung with a bead ojime and carved ivory turtle netsuke. Height 2 3/4 inches. $800-1,200 1221 A Lacquered Inro and Netsuke, the inro of rectangular form and of five sections, having gilt decoration throughout depicting a landscape with trees, an applied metal bird to one corner, strung with a spherical bead ojime and a carved ivory disc-form netsuke. Height 2 3/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

1222* A Japanese Carved Wood Figural Okimono, depicting a seated figure holding a fish under one arm, raised on a naturalistic base. Height 5 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Hamid and Kim Alwan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $200-400

1223 A Wood Ikebana Vessel, of naturalistic form. Width at widest 13 1/2 inches. $300-500

1224 A Carved Driftwood Figure of a Sage, the figure depicted with long mustache and beard, horizontally perched on the organic base and naturally entrapped wood support. Height 11 inches. $400-600

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1236 1225 A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono of a Man Opening a Box, having tea stained accents throughout, the elderly figure depicted seated and lifting open a box with an expression of delight on his face, signed Yama- to the underside. Width 2 3/4 inches. $200-400

1226* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting a standing samurai, the figure depicted with his katana in one hand and a folding fan in the other, signed to the underside. Height 5 1/4 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

1227* A Japanese Bone Veneered Tanto, the handle and scabbard with incised decoration depicting warriors. Length overall 11 7/8 inches. Property from the Dr. Myrna Salud Living Trust, Marion, Indiana $80-120

1228* A Japanese Carved Okimono, depicting an elderly nobleman, with tea stained and polychrome decoration throughout. Height 6 1/2 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

1229 A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting a seated figure holding a sword, with a small demon at his side picking his ear. Height 2 3/8 inches. $200-400

1230 A Set of Seven Japanese Carved Ivory Figures of Immortals, each having polychrome decoration and depicted standing with his or her traditional attribute, raised on a pierce carved wood stand. Height of tallest 2 5/8 inches. $400-600

1231 A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono of a Lady, the figure depicted kneeling slightly with a flowering branch in her lowered hand, the other hand holding a wrapped package, raised on a rounded base. Height 8 3/8 inches. $200-400

1232* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting an elderly man and child, the child holding a fish, raised on a naturalistic base, signed to the underside. Height 6 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $200-400

1233* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono of a Lady, the figure depicted standing in the wind bearing a fan in one hand, the other hand securing her head covering, her garments carved as if windswept into motion. Height 6 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $200-400

1234* A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, depicting a laborer and two young boys busy at their tasks with implements strewn about them, mounted on a carved rectangular hardwood stand. Width of stand 5 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $200-400

1235* A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, depicting a man with a hoe and a pipe with two young boys, raised on a naturalistic hardwood base. Width 11 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $300-500

1236 A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono Figural Group, depicting a calligrapher and a young boy selling wares from a basket, the figures and implements mounted to a naturalistic wood base, having inset mother-of-pearl signature plaque to the underside. Height 8 3/8 inches. $400-600

1237* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting a robed figure with a leaf form bundle on his back, the leaf filled with toads, with two clambering monkeys at his feet, on a cartouche from base. Height 3 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $200-400

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1238* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting a man pouring grain into a basket with a hen and two chicks near the foot of the basket, with inlaid signature cartouche to the underside. Height 6 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $200-400

1239* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting a man with a bundle of wood on his back, holding an axe in one hand and a bouquet of flowers in the other, raised on a naturalistic base bearing inlaid signature cartouche to the underside. Height 7 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $200-400

1240 A Japanese Carved Ivory Mask, having inlaid eyes and incised details, the mouth open in a fearsome expression, together with a bronze kozuka with gilt accented peacock decoration. Height 5/8 inch. $200-400

1241* A Japanese Carved and Ivory Okimono, depicting an elderly man with a young boy, each bearing fruits and a man with a bamboo staff with tea-stained accents bearing inlaid signature cartouche to the underside. Height 5 7/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $200-400 1242* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting an old fisherman with a crayfish and a boy holding a fishing net on a naturalistic base with inlaid signature cartouche to the underside. Height 10 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $300-500

1243* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting a lady with a parasol, her kimono decorated with geometric patterns and leaves, a sphinx to the back of her obi, with a folding fan in her lower hand, bearing inlaid signature cartouche to the underside. Height 10 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $400-600

1244* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting a fisherman with his woven net, raised on a wood base. Height overall 7 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Larry Whitlow, Oak Brook, Illinois $400-600

1245* A Japanese Ivory Figure of a Biwa Player, the female figure having a headdress with a bird finial, with polychrome decoration throughout, holding her instrument and bachi, raised on an oval base. Height 14 1/8 inches. Property from the Dr. Myrna Salud Living Trust, Marion, Indiana $600-800

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1246 A Japanese and Bronze Ivory Figure of an Elephant, depicted mid-stride, raised on a naturalistic wood base. Width 16 1/2 inches. $600-800

1247* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting an archer holding a game bird with his bow in the other hand, his quill and a bundle resting at his feet, bearing inlaid signature cartouche to the underside. Height 7 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $800-1,200

1248 Two Japanese Ivory and Wood Figures, depicting a priest and a figure holding an inscribed tablet, each wearing mons decorated robes, raised on a hardwood platform base. Height of taller figure 13 3/4 inches. $1,500-2,000 1249 A Japanese Carved Okimono of a Lady, having polychrome decoration, the figure depicted standing holding a wrapped parcel and a lantern, with a bird decorated obi, having inset signature cartouche to the underside. Height 9 3/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

1250 A Japanese Ivory Figure of Kannon, Meiji Period, the deity depicted wearing a pierce carved crown with a lotus blossom at the center and flowing robes, holding a leafy branch in one hand and a bottle vase in the other. Height 6 3/8 inches. $2,000-4,000

1251 A Well Carved Japanese Ivory Koro, depicting a scene of figures standing on an embankment peering out over the sea with Mount Fuji on the horizon, of low, bulbous form with four squat legs and having a hardwood lid. Height 4 x width 4 1/4 inches. $1,500-2,500

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1254 1252 A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, Meiji Period, depicting a smiling boy playing with a puppy, raised on a circular base. Height 6 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,000

1253 Two Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, the first depicting Juro with a staff and tablet, the other a hotei with a leaf-form fan and double gourd. Height of tallest 6 inches. $800-1,200

1254 A Japanese Bronze and Ivory Figure of an Elephant, the animal depicted moving swiftly forward with its trunk raised. Width 13 inches. $500-700

1255 A Japanese Carved Ivory Lidded Box, of oval form, having relief carved decoration of Pekingese dogs on a leaf patterned ground, signed to the underside. Height overall 4 5/8 inches. $300-500

1256* Three Japanese Carved Ivory Busts, depicting a man, wife and child, each signed to the underside. Height of tallest 4 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

1257* A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, depicting two men seated at a table playing Go, raised on a wood stand. Width 4 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Larry Whitlow, Oak Brook, Illinois $300-500

1258* A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, depicting a man and child at work, the man bearing an axe, the boy with a hoe, with a crab at their feet. Height 7 3/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $200-400

1259 A Japanese Ivory Okimono of a Man with a Monkey, the figure depicted with the monkey on his back and a dog feeding at his feet, raised on a circular base, signed to the underside. Height 6 3/8 inches. $300-500

1260 A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono of a Lady, having polychrome accents, the lady depicted wearing a sandogasa and holding a leafy stalk and folding fan. Height 8 inches. $300-500

1261 A Japanese Wood and Ivory Grotto Composition, depicting figures in a craggy mountain clearing with pine trees and rocks, on an oval base. Width 7 1/4 inches. $500-700

1262* A Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, polychrome decorated, depicting a robed sage with a craggy staff and a handscroll, raised on a wood base. Height 6 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Larry Whitlow, Oak Brook, Illinois $300-500

1263 A Set of Seven Japanese Carved Ivory Okimono, depicting the immortals, each with his or her traditional attribute. Height of tallest 2 inches. $200-400

1264* A Japanese Carved Mastodon Ivory Pendant, depicting a group of frogs with a blossoming lotus plant, signed and pierced for a cord. Height 1 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Hamid and Kim Alwan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $200-400

1265* A Japanese Carved Ivory Figural Group, depicting a man and wife on their way to the market with a cart of vegetables. Width 6 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Tina Lavezzorio, La Grange Park, Illinois $150-250

1266 A Japanese Lacquered Figure of a Monk, the robed figure depicted seated on a gilt painted double lotus base, further raised on a tiered and lacquered base. Height overall 11 1/2 inches. $100-200

1267 A Japanese Bronze Figure of an Ox, the yoked animal depicted in a recumbent pose, unsigned. Width 13 1/2 inches. $300-500

1268 A Japanese Bronze Figural Group, depicting a painted bird perched upon a leafy branch. Width 12 1/2 inches. $400-600

1269* A Japanese Lacquered Traveling Shrine or Zushi, having a shaped cornice over the rounded doors, opening to reveal a multiarmed deity seated on a lotus base, raised on a gilt tiered base. Height 6 1/8 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $500-700

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1270 1270 A Japanese Carved Wood Buddha, the deity depicted standing in gilt painted, draped robes, having a serene facial expression with downcast gaze, raised on a tiered and gilt painted wood base. Height overall 10 inches. $700-900

1271 A Japanese Bronze Figure of Kannon, the figure depicted standing with lobed headdress, holding a makimono in the raised hand, wearing draped robes with coiled sashes. Height 15 3/8 inches. $600-800

1272 A Japanese Gilt Bronze Figure of Monjushiri, the bodhisattva depicted standing with flames behind him, fierce expression upon his face, his vajra sword in one hand and mala beads in the other, raised on a rock-form base, signed Shu-un to the reverse. Height 6 inches. $600-800

1273 A Japanese Komai Style Dish, of circular, scalloped form having floral decoration throughout centered with a circular reserve depicting blossoming peonies against a finely patterned ground, raised on a hardwood display stand. Diameter 2 5/8 inches. $300-500

1274 A Japanese Inlaid Metal Card Case, of rectangular form having a tapering hinged lid, having gold inlay depicting a dragon, the reverse depicting a pair of snakes, signed with one seal. Height 1 7/8 x width 3 1/8 inches. $300-500

1275 A Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Lidded Censer, of squat waisted form, the domed lid surmounted with a globular finial, having allover butterfly and chrysanthemum decoration on a black ground, raised on three squat, tapering feet. Height 2 7/8 inches. $400-600

1275A* A Japanese Cloisonné Enameled Covered Bowl, of circular form, having a lobed knop to the captured lid, having bird decorated reserves and floral motif throughout, raised on a recessed circular foot with a border of repeating lappets. Height 3 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Larry Horist, Boca Raton, Florida. $400-600

1276 A Japanese Silver Shibayama Card Case, the exterior having an inlaid ivory panel having mother-of-pearl and coral decoration within the silver border with enamel decoration depicting irises, the reverse having floral enamel and incised decoration of a stream, with incised two-character signature, the interior lined in fabric. Height 3 5/8 x width 2 3/4 inches. $400-600

1277 A Pair of Japanese Bronze Shibayama Decorated Vases, of double gourd form. Height 9 3/4 inches. $700-900

1278 A Japanese Metal Figure of a Rooster, depicted standing and crowing, the tail feathers and plumage articulated throughout. Height 17 inches. $800-1,200

1279 A Japanese Partial Gilt Silver Vase, Meiji Period, of ovoid form having angular shoulders above a foliate band centered with a gilt decorated floral mon, the leafy band continuing above the circular foot, marked to the underside with fourcharacter signature cartouche and silver standard hallmark. Height 7 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

1280 Two Japanese Komai Damascene Boxes, each of squared, lidded form, one opening to two tiers, each decorated with houses by a river with a sailboat, a mountain in the distance, marked Nihonkuni Kyoto-ju Komai-sei to the underside. Height of larger 3 1/2 x width 5 1/2 x depth 3 3/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

1281* A Pair of Japanese Inlaid Bronze Vases, of tapering bottle form with mixed metal decoration throughout, signed on the underside. Height 9 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $1,500-2,000

1282* A Pair of Japanese Bronze Urns, each of baluster form having a flared mouth rim over the cylindrical neck, having gilt decoration depicting phoenixes and winged kylin, the angled bodies having openwork handles extending down along the lower register and terminating in flared feet. Height 15 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Peter Schivarelli, Chicago, Illinois $4,000-6,000

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1284 1283 A Japanese Cloisonné Enameled Box, Meiji Period, of rectangular, hinged lidded form with rounded corners, decorated with a floral spray on a leafy branch, unsigned. Width 4 3/4 inches. $1,500-2,000

1284 A Japanese Shibayama and Gold Lacquer Dish, of lobed, footed form, the central reserve depicting a fish decorated tripod vessel with flowering chrysanthemums and leafy branches, with two birds, the lobed borders sectioned with gilt margins containing varying geometric and foliate patterns, the reverse with a key-fret border around allover gilt flecked ground. Width 11 3/4 inches. $4,000-6,000

1285 A Japanese Ivory Inlaid Enameled Tablescreen, Meiji Period, of rectangular form, depicting a bird perched on a gnarled, leafy branch, with an applied circular seal mark to the lower right, set in a hardwood stand having pierce carved spandrels, the lower panel of the stand of black lacquer with gilt mons decoration. Height overall 14 inches. $4,000-6,000

1286 A Pair of Japanese Shibayama Enameled Silver and Lacquered Vases, Masayuki, Meiji Period, each of baluster form, having long, slender necks with floral enamel below the flared mouth rims and above the hexagonal bodies having gilt lacquer and depicting sparrows amongst flowering branches, bearing signature plaque, raised on scalloped trefoil bases. Height 7 1/4 inches. $6,000-8,000

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1287* A Japanese Shibayama and Silver Decorated Koro, the domed cover surmounted with a pair of birds, the body of rounded, squat form having shaped, lacquered reserves decorated with scenes of birds in blossoming trees above swirling pools of water, inlaid on a gilt ground and separated with elephants issuing free-moving rings, the silvered cover, shoulders and base with enameled floral sprays, raised on a tiered base with scalloped bracket feet, signed, possibly Tadashi, to the underside. Height overall 13 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Daniel Kastenmeier, Mount Prospect, Illinois $8,000-12,000

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1288* A Japanese Cloisonné Covered Vase, Kawade Shibataro, Meiji Period, of baluster form with decoration of individual peacock feathers upon a white reserve with silver border, with the decoration continuing over the distinct shoulders and onto the disc-form lid marked on the underside with a red enameled double gourd maker’s mark. Height 9 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $8,000-12,000

1289 A Japanese Inlaid and Carved Wood Figure of an Oni, the figure depicted standing with knees slightly bent, bearing a spiked club, having two short horns and barbed beard, wearing a short cape clasped at the center and fur pants terminating in beast masks at the knees, wearing bracelets and ankles on each limb and with a drum and pendants slung from his belt, raised on a naturalistic, pierce carved wood stand. Height overall 19 1/2 inches. $8,000-12,000 1290 A Japanese Bronze Figure of a Kylin, the body of the creature writhing and twisted, its head turned upward and its jaws open and tongue extended, raised on a scalloped base further raised on four scrolled feet. Height overall 20 inches. $8,000-12,000

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1291 A Japanese Bronze Figural Composition of an Oni and a Dragon, the horned demon depicted with one arm raised, having a fierce facial expression, in a mid-stride pose atop the writhing dragon, raised on a variegated blue marble base, unsigned. Height of bronze 22 inches. $10,000-15,000

1292 A Japanese Scroll Painting, ink on silk, depicting a crashing waterfall in a wooded landscape, signed Bun-ei with one artist’s seal, with wood box. Height 18 x width 21 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

1293 A Japanese Scroll Painting, ink and color on paper, depicting a group of arhats, eyes raised to the heavens and to Juro riding a crane, bearing cyclical date mark, dating to the fifth month, signed and with one seal to the upper right, mounted on Japanese brocade. Height 43 5/8 x width 22 inches. $800-1,200

1294 A Japanese Shunga Album, Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), comprising 12 images, with wood box inscribed with the artist’s name and the album title. Height of each plate 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches. $1,500-2,000

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1296 A Japanese Woodblock Print, Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), depicting the courtesan Yoso-oi of Matsuba-ya with two girls, their kimono decorated with flowering cherry trees, signed Utamaro hitsu, bearing Murataya Jirobei publisher’s seal. Height 20 7/8 x width 9 3/8 inches. $2,000-4,000

1297* Two Japanese Woodblock Prints, Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), each depicting a woman standing, large vertical format, framed. Height 25 1/2 x width 10 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

1298* A Japanese Woodblock Print, Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995), titled Village of Plums and signed in pencil in the lower margin, bearing a seal to the lower right of the image. Height 10 x width 15 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 1299* Two Japanese Woodblock Prints, Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858), the first depicting a wave, from the series 36 Views of Mount Fuji, the second depicting figures in a boat. Height 13 1/2 x width 9 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $150-250

1300* A Japanese Woodblock Print, Utagawa Yoshitora (ac. 1830-1880) depicting a lady gazing down and to the left, her outer kimono patterned in shades of blue, having artist’s name in a red cartouche above the censor’s seal, bearing publisher’s seal to the lower right corner, Izumi-ya Ichibei, vertical format, framed. Height 27 1/2 x 10 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Augustus V. Higginson, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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1302* A Japanese Scroll Painting, ink and color on silk, depicting a mountain landscape with a figure and a horse travelling near a house on a hillside, mounted on brocade, together with a Japanese scoll painting on paper depicting flowering tree branches, both signed, with multiple seals. Length of larger 53 1/2 x width 12 3/4 inches. Property from the Private Collection of Jacqui Paull, Quebec, Canada $800-1,200

1303 A Japanese Scroll Painting, depicting mandarin ducks. Height 32 1/2 x width 19 1/2 inches. $400-600

1304 A Japanese Painting on Velvet. Height 25 1/2 x width 22 5/8 inches. $300-500

1305* A Japanese Scroll Painting, depicting sparrows and a flowering dogwood tree, having two red seal marks to the bottom left, matted and framed. Height 12 1/2 x width 33 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $200-400

1306* A Japanese Wooden Wheel Chest, Karuma, having two drawers bound with a vertical iron strap having stylized fittings above sliding paneled doors, the bottom with a stylized apron, raised on four wooden wheels. Height 43 x width 39 1/4 x depth 19 inches. Property from the Collection of Marjorie and Charles Benton, Evanston, Illinois $400-600 1307* A Pair of Japanese Bone Inset Panels, each of rectangular form with a domed top, decorated with birds on flowering branches of carved bone, above a carved landscape panel. Height 52 x width 20 1/4 inches. Property from the Dr. Myrna Salud Living Trust, Marion, Indiana $500-700

1308 A Japanese Ivory, Bone and Hardstone Inlaid Two-Panel Floorscreen, each panel surmounted with a pierce carved crest, with cartouche form lacquered reserves depicting birds in flight and perched on flowering branches, the lower registers relief carved. Height 76 1/4 inches. $600-800

1309 A Japanese Four-Panel Folding Screen, Kano School, depicting children at play, within and outside of an open room looking onto to a garden having misty cloud cover and knotted pine trees in the foreground, with mountains in the distance. Height of each panel 30 1/2 x width 17 inches. $1,500-2,000

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1310* A Japanese Lacquered Table Cabinet, having a slightly flared top over the openwork cascading tiered shelves, the double doors and drawers having mother-of-pearl and hardstone inlay, depicting a cockatoo on a wood perch amongst hydrangeas and with a basket of peonies and other flowers, the frame decorated with a faux wood grain, raised on a shaped bracket base having gilt accents on a black lacquered ground. Height 10 3/4 x width 10 x depth 3 1/2 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

1311* A Group of Four Japanese Lacquered Boxes, each of squared and lidded form, with polychrome and gilt decoration depicting birds and flowering branches. Length of longest 10 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Chrystian Aubusson de Cavarlay, East Hampton, New York $800-1,200

1312* A Group of Two Japanese Lacquered Boxes, both with hinged covers, having polychrome decoration and gilt accents, one of rectangular form, the other of squared form. Length of longer 11 7/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Chrystian Aubusson de Cavarlay, East Hampton, New York $300-500 1313* A Japanese Lacquered Box, of rectangular lidded form, decorated with a mountain and a stream. Height 5 3/4 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

1314* Two Japanese Lacquered Boxes, one of squared form with gilt decoration of cranes and pine branches, the other of a lobed cartouche form, with gilt and polychrome decoration depicting birds and flowering branches emerging from rocks. Length of longer 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Chrystian Aubusson de Cavarlay, East Hampton, New York $300-500

1315* A Group of Two Japanese Lacquered Boxes, both of rectangular form, having polychrome decoration with gilt highlights, one depicting pheasants with rockery in the background, with geometric border, the other with fireflies amongst reeds with a hazy sun in the background. Length of longer 11 5/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Chrystian Aubusson de Cavarlay, East Hampton, New York $400-600 1316 A Japanese Ceramic Bottle Vase, having a tan and turquoise glazed lip, with a crackle finish throughout, unsigned. Height 14 1/2 inches. $400-600

1317 A Japanese Ceramic Plate, of squared form with curled edges, having brown and cream stripe design on an ivory ground, unsigned. Width at widest 10 3/4 inches. $600-800

1318 A Japanese Ceramic Charger, Attributed to Shoji Hamada, having a mint green glaze decoration on a brown ground. Diameter 18 3/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

1319 A Japanese Lidded Pottery Bowl, Attributed to Shoji Hamada, having olive brown glaze throughout with a polychrome medallion to the cover. Diameter of bowl 7 3/8 inches. $1,000-2,000

1320* A Japanese Ceramic Tokoname Storage Jar, probably 18th century, of ovoid form. Height 22 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Larry Belger, Kansas City, Missouri $100-200

1321* A Japanese Satsuma Baluster Vase, Ryozan, of bottle form with floral and brocade decoration at top, the main panel depicting ladies under flowering cherry blossoms, raised atop a splayed foot, signed on the underside. Height 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $2,000-4,000

1322 A Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Covered Urn, Shimazu, the ovoid body depicting arhats and attendants, the figures bearing different attributes and shown at various tasks, with polychrome and gilt decoration throughout, the underside bearing the Shimazu cartouche, raised on a circular wood base. Height 14 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

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1323 1323* A Pair of Japanese Porcelain Vases, Fukagawa, of ovoid form with underglaze blue and iron red decoration throughout, having underglaze blue Fukagawa mark on underside. Height 14 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $800-1,200

1324* A Japanese Ceramic Vase, of hexagonal baluster form, decorated with figures and garden scenes, unmarked. Height 16 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $600-800

1325* A Japanese Porcelain Baluster Vase, having geometric panels with dense pattern throughout, raised on a splayed foot, having iron red signature on underside. Height 15 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $400-600

1326* A Japanese Polychrome Enameled Porcelain Charger, depicting long plumed exotic birds in a garden, the exterior having scrolling vines and peony decoration, signed to the underside. Diameter 13 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Dr. Carl B. Hall, Wilmette, Illinois $300-500

1327* A Pair of Japanese Satsuma Lanterns, having gilt decoration throughout with a dragon wrapped around the center standard, signed on the underside. Height 14 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $300-500

1328 A Pair of Japanese Satsuma Vases, each of baluster form and decorated with arhats, with gilt accents and patterned borders to the mouth rim, shoulder and foot, marked to the undersides, raised on a carved and ebonized wood stand. Height 6 inches. $800-1,200

1329* A Japanese Porcelain Bottle Vase, having polychrome decoration depicting cranes with iron red and gilt scrolling lotus accents, signed to the underside. Height 17 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Dr. Carl B. Hall, Wilmette, Illinois $300-500

1330 A Japanese Kutani Porcelain Footed Bowl, having foliate decoration to the interior, the exterior depicting arhats, with gilt accents and signed to the underside. Diameter 10 1/2 inches. $300-500

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1331* A Pair of Japanese Polychrome Enamel Porcelain Bowls, of circular footed form, having figural decoration in a wooded and rocky landscape. Diameter 3 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Dr. Carl B. Hall, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400

1332 A Japanese Silk Seat Cover, of rectangular form having dragon and flame decoration within dragon decorated borders. Length 67 x width 21 1/8 inches.

Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, June 8, 1994 $300-500

1333 A Japanese Mixed Metal Covered Censer, of circular form, the cover surmounted with a bowed bamboo-form handle, with a raised bird and incised leaves, the body with butterfly and raised decoration on a finely patterned ground, raised on three feet. Diameter at widest 5 inches. $300-500 1334 A Japanese Bronze Handled Censer, the circular opening above a baluster form body with raised decoration throughout of writhing dragons and reserves of birds and flowers, flanked by beast form handles and raised on a stepped circular base. Height 5 1/4 inches. $300-500

1335 A Japanese Bronze Baluster Vase, having raised crayfish decoration to the body, signed with a square cartouche to the underside. Height 17 3/8 inches. $400-600

1336* A Japanese Patinated Bronze Vase, of ovoid form, having applied alternating lotus decoration ending in a circular foot rim. Height 13 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Ray Vahey, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $500-700 1337* A Pair of Japanese Inlaid Bronze Vases, of baluster form with gold highlights to the bird and foliate decoration, unmarked. Height 7 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Marvin and Margaret Katz, Naples, Florida $600-800

1338 A Group of Three Bronze Tsuba, each of varying form and having gilt and silver decoration, one depicting an immortal with an oni bearing a banner, one Kannon on a dragon, the third a robed figure holding an umbrella and standing in the rain, watching a toad. Height of tallest 3 3/16 inches. $600-800

1339 A Group of Three Bronze Tsuba, of varying forms, each having gilt and silver decoration of creatures amongst foliage, one depicting a figure and a toad. Height of tallest 3 1/8 inches. $600-800

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1342 1340 A Group of Three Bronze Tsuba, each of rounded form with gilt and silver decoration, one depicting a fox beneath a ginkgo tree, another having raised and painted decoration depicting swirling waves, together with another example. Width of widest 3 1/16 inches. $600-800

1341 A Group of Three Bronze Tsuba, two of faceted forms and one of oval form, each having gilt and silver figural decoration. Height of tallest 3 1/4 inches. $600-800

1342* A Japanese Bronze Figure of a Musician, Meiji Period, the elderly shamisen player cast with a jovial expression, wearing rope sandals with one foot raised upon a chest, set on a naturalistic base. Height 23 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Diane L. Allegretti, Ingleside, Illinois $1,000-2,000

1343 A Japanese Bronze Censer, of circular footed form with open loop handles, having raised decoration depicting foliage, fish and a spotted deer within shaped reserves. Height 9 3/4 inches. $800-1,200

1344* A Japanese Bronze Jardinière, of circular form, having raised decoration depicting flowering branches and egrets, with scrolling clouds above, raised on three paw feet. Diameter 15 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Larry Whitlow, Oak Brook, Illinois $700-900

1345 A Pair of Japanese Bronze Baluster Vases, of lobed form having gilt accents to the raised floral decoration, marked with an N in reverse within a squared cartouche to the undersides. Height 9 5/8 inches. $600-800

1346* A Japanese Bronze Handled Censer, Meiji Period, of circular form having relief decoration of birds and foliage to the exterior, having beastform double handles, raised on a pedestal base with lappet band decoration above the circular foot. Height 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Daniel Kastenmeier, Mount Prospect, Illinois $600-800

1347 A Pair of Japanese Lacquered Stirrups, each having inlaid decoration of swirling waves to the exterior. Width 10 inches. $500-700

1348* A Japanese Carved Noh Theater Mask, having incised lines depicting wrinkles, the mouth painted and smiling, exposing teeth, and with elongated earlobes, signed. Height 10 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Hamid and Kim Alwan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $400-600

1349 A Japanese Carved Black Lacquer Wood Noh Mask, Meiji Period, depicting a demon with short horns. Height 6 1/2 x width 4 1/4 inches. $80-120

1350 A Japanese Gilt Metal Table Casket, of cartouche form having a hardstone inlaid lid with inset carved bone decoration of a bird in flight. Width 4 5/8 inches. $150-250

1351* A Japanese Bronze Handwarmer, of squat basket form with a swing handle, the lid florally pierced. Width 8 1/4 inches. Property from the Elizabeth Price Welch Legacy Collection, Chicago, Illinois $150-250 1352 A Japanese Bronze Scroll Weight, depicting two intertwined dragons on a cartouche form base, pierced to the underside with two cord holes, signed with one character. Width 1 5/8 inches. Property from a Private Collection Acquired on the West Coast $200-400

1353 Two Japanese Mixed Metal Articles, comprising a kozuka blade handle with figural decoration and another example. Length of longer 8 1/8 inches. $200-400

1354 A Collection of Sixteen Japanese Metal Fittings and Hardware. Diameter of largest 3 1/2 inches. $200-400

1355 A Pair of Japanese Bronze Mirrors, each of circular form with relief decoration, having wrapped handles. Diameter 9 1/2 inches. $300-500 1356 A Japanese Tobacco Pouch and Silver Pipe, the pouch having a gilt metal beast-form menuki. Length of case closed 8 5/8 inches. $500-700

1357* A Japanese Figural Tobacco Container, depicting a daruma with insects carved below his chin, with a figural pipe. Length of figure 8 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Hamid and Kim Alwan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $400-600

1358 A Japanese Bronze Tripod Censer, having overlapping mons decoration, raised on beast mask-form supports. Diameter 11 1/8 inches. $400-600

1359 A Japanese Bronze Lotus-Form Censer. Height 3 1/2 inches. $300-500

1360 A Japanese Bronze Double Gourd Covered Vessel, the hammered vessel having a stem form finial to the lid and vertically ribbed. Height 4 3/4 inches. $200-400

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