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5318 - 5509     FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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82 5318 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent 82 5318 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
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82/5318 Anonymous (late 18th/ early 19th cent.). (A tea plantation in China). Series of 12 gouaches, each ± 38x47,5 cm., framed.

- One drawing with dam. upper left corner, w. sl. loss of the image; one w. sm. tear (±1,5 cm.) in upper edge; one w. tiny hole; occas. w. handling creases in upper corners/ part; a few soiled spots/ areas/ few vague sm. waterstains along left edge. One drawing unframed.

= Splendid Chinese export watercolours showing the various activities on a Chinese tea plantation, including the transport. The Wellcome collection holds a similar series of 9 scenes (albeit slighty more naive). In 2022 Christie's Paris (collection of Hubert de Givenchy) sold a set of 24 slightly bigger gouaches of which several with almost the exact same composition or very similar to this lot (including mirrored compositions). Besides various small differences (mostly seen in the details), the human figures in our lot seem to be more precise and European, especially in their faces. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.

€ (8.000-10.000)
82 5319 Anonymous 19th cent ? 82 5319 Anonymous 19th cent ?
82/5319 Anonymous (19th cent.?). (A Tang poet holding chrysanthemums, walking under pine trees). Hanging scroll, brush and ink, w. an autumnal poem, 120x32 cm., laid down on paper w. silk borders.

- Various repaired/ restored spots/ areas.

€ (150-250)
82 5320 Anonymous late 19th cent 82 5320 Anonymous late 19th cent
82 5320 Anonymous late 19th cent 82 5320 Anonymous late 19th cent
82 5320 Anonymous late 19th cent 82 5320 Anonymous late 19th cent
82/5320 Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Kachô sôki saishoshiki (Tiny book of flowers and birds, plants and trees). Tokyo, Arai Tôjirô, 1881, 2 vols., (wood?)engr. ills. on 21; 20 lvs., bound as a blockbook, orig. wr. w. title-strip, both 8,5x13 cm.

- Wrappers creased and sl. worn; one vol. w. new string, other vol. string broken.

= Two vols. of very delicate ills. of plants and animals, and some people.

Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Kachô manga (Picture Book of Flowers and Birds). N.pl., publ. unread, 1888, signature unread, 18 lvs. of col. (double-p.) woodcut ills., bound as a blockbook, orig. wr. w. hashira title and col. woodcut Japanese (paper) sleeve.

- Contents very fine. Wr. trifle nibbled, otherwise fine; col. woodcut sleeve sl. rubbed and corners creased.

€ (100-150) 160
82 5321 Anonymous late 19th/ 20th cent 82 5321 Anonymous late 19th/ 20th cent
82 5321 Anonymous late 19th/ 20th cent 82 5321 Anonymous late 19th/ 20th cent
82 5321 Anonymous late 19th/ 20th cent 82 5321 Anonymous late 19th/ 20th cent
82/5321 Anonymous (late 19th/ 20th cent.). Shôki the Demon-Queller. Brush and ink on paper, ±42x30 cm., signature and seal unread.

- Paper browned; doubled w. thin Japanese.

= Depicts legendary seventh-century scholar-physician Shōki (Chinese: Zhong Kui) with a sword, scholars robes and hat, and his characteristically large eyes and bulbous nose. Denied first rank in the Chinese civil service, he committed suicide. When the emperor heard his story he was buried with honors. In gratitude, Shôki appeared to the emperor in a dream vowing to defeat disease-causing demons. Shôkis story became popular in Japan during the Edo period.

ADDED: two col. ink drawings (A man on a horse with a dog; Mt. Fuji).

€ (120-150) 120
82 5322 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent 82 5322 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent
82/5322 Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). Book of mon (family weapons). Ehon, n.publ., n.d. (±1900), (140) lvs. w. num. woodcut ills. of mon (mostly 6 mon per page), orig. wr. w. hashira-title, obl. sm. 8vo.

= Collection of mon or family crests and heraldic devices.

€ (40-60) 40
82 5323 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent 82 5323 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent
82 5323 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent 82 5323 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent
82/5323 Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). (Samurai on horseback, surrounded by retainers). Two drawings, brush and watercolour, both 32,5x23 cm., on Japanese.

- Both with central fold and sm. binding- and wormholes along left and right edge; one sheet w. paperflaw in robes of samurai figure.

€ (50-70)
82 5324 Anonymous 20th cent 82 5324 Anonymous 20th cent
82 5324 Anonymous 20th cent 82 5324 Anonymous 20th cent
82/5324 Anonymous (20th cent.). (Bamboo). Brush and ink on paper; signature and seal unread, 31,5x38 cm., mounted on thick paper w. dec. silk borders.

- With 3 sm. brown spots, otherwise fine.

AND 7 other ink drawings of bamboo and flowers. - ADDED: 1 sheet of calligraphy.

€ (150-250)
82 5325 Ayaoka 1846 1910 82 5325 Ayaoka 1846 1910
82 5325 Ayaoka 1846 1910 82 5325 Ayaoka 1846 1910
82/5325 Ayaoka (1846-1910). "Kirifuji Waterfall". Col. woodcut ôban, from the series of 8 Great Views of Nikko, signed Ayaoka Yushin, publ. unread, 1892-1893. - AND 1 other by the same from the same series: (An unidentified waterfall) (oblique fold in lower left margin).

= Both woodcuts are rare.

€ (70-90) 110
82 5326 Biho Takahashi 1873 ? 82 5326 Biho Takahashi 1873 ?
82/5326 Biho, Takahashi (1873-?). (Black hen and a white rooster). Col. woodcut, signed Biho, w. seal, publ. Akiyama Buemon, ±1910, ±24x24 cm., framed.

- Fine impression.

€ (80-100) 90
82 5327 Binnie Paul b 1967 82 5327 Binnie Paul b 1967
82/5327 Binnie, Paul (b.1967). (Seated nude on a veranda). Col. woodcut, 38x26,2 cm., titled "Engawa" (Veranda) and signed and numb. "Paul Binnie 6/30" in pen in lower margin below image, signed w. artist's silver sign in the block.
€ (150-250) 750
82 5328 Bishop Boulton Emily 1855 1926 82 5328 Bishop Boulton Emily 1855 1926
82 5328 Bishop Boulton Emily 1855 1926 82 5328 Bishop Boulton Emily 1855 1926
82/5328 Bishop Boulton, Emily (1855-1926). Nihon fuzoku (Japanese costumes). Osaka, Tsujiko Kumataro, 1890, 3 vols., 28; 27; 27 (1x fold.) col. woodcut plates showing i.a. courtiers, military commanders and soldiers, daimyos (feudal lords), scholars, servants, merchants, "A bully's wife", samurai, noble men and princes and princesses, orig. unif. wr., 10,2x7 cm.

- Fine copies.

= Preface: "These books are not only designed to please children but to show manners and customs of the ancient and modern people of Nippon. The fine illustrations afford an important aid in this respect. It is through the eye that the understanding itself is most quickly reached." Emily Bishop Boulton, born in England on June 2, 1855, travelled out to Japan with Bishop Poole, the first English Bishop in the country, and Mrs. Poole, arriving in Osaka in December, 1883. She at once joined Miss Oxlad in the Eisei (Eternal Life) school, nucleus of the Bishop Poole Girls' School, in which also she worked for some years after its opening in 1890. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.

€ (250-350)
82 5329 Calligraphy Anonymous late 20th/ 21st cent 82 5329 Calligraphy Anonymous late 20th/ 21st cent
82/5329 [Calligraphy]. Anonymous (late 20th/ 21st cent.). (Wicked). Brush and ink on thin paper, ±65x48 cm., unsigned.

- Wrinkled. = Large calligraphed character "yokoshima", meaning wicked, evil or wrong.

€ (80-100)
82 5330 Cards and cardgames Japanese red lacquer wooden playing card holder 82 5330 Cards and cardgames Japanese red lacquer wooden playing card holder
82/5330 [Cards and cardgames]. Japanese red lacquer wooden playing card holder, ±1930, w. the ticket of the "Toko Japan Nipponkang Bandoeng" (a Japanese store on Jalan Raya Pos in Bandung) on the inside of the lid, holding two card decks.

- A few sm. dents/ worn spots on the feet.

= With a double card deck "Congress" advertising for the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company (±1955).

€ (30-50)
82 5331 Chikanobu 1838 1912 82 5331 Chikanobu 1838 1912
82/5331 Chikanobu (1838-1912). Shogun Making Way Back from the Hunt in Koganehara. Col. woodcut triptych, signed Chikanobu wiith toshidama seal, publ. Fukuda Hatsujirô, ±1895.

- Triptych leaves partly attached to each other w. paper on verso. A good copy.

€ (120-150)
82/5332 Chinese export watercolours Lot of 10 watercolours 82/5332 Chinese export watercolours Lot of 10 watercolours
82/5332 Chinese export watercolours Lot of 10 watercolours 82/5332 Chinese export watercolours Lot of 10 watercolours
82/5332 Chinese export watercolours Lot of 10 watercolours 82/5332 Chinese export watercolours Lot of 10 watercolours
82/5332 Chinese export watercolours Lot of 10 watercolours 82/5332 Chinese export watercolours Lot of 10 watercolours
82/5332 [Chinese export watercolours]. Lot of 10 watercolours, ±1880-1900, 2x ±17x25 cm. (2x, 1x framed), 11x14,4 cm. or sl. smaller (8x), all on pith paper.

- Two of the smaller watercolour chipped/ w. tear; one other w. sm. tear.

= Mostly showing flowers with butterflies (1x fruit and flowers).

€ (40-60)
82 5333 Chinese scrolls Anonymous 20th cent 82 5333 Chinese scrolls Anonymous 20th cent
82/5333 [Chinese scrolls]. Anonymous (20th cent.). Baizi tu (Picture of a Hundred Sons). Hanging scroll, watercolour on silk, within dec. silk borders, ±105x62 cm. (image), ±190x72 cm. (total size), signed and w. seal (unread), rolled on wooden rod.

- Lacks caps at the end of the rod, otherwise fine.

= A common subject in classical Chinese paintings, depicting a hundred boys (or children) playing various games, inviting good fortune.

€ (50-70)
82/5334 Chinese white jade book 82/5334 Chinese white jade book
82/5334 Chinese white jade book 82/5334 Chinese white jade book
82/5334 Chinese white jade book, late 19th/ early 20th cent.(?), 8 square white jade plaques of translucent pale celadon tone, each 15x7 cm., recto and verso w. gilt inscriptions of Chinese text, recto of first and verso of final plaque w. illustrations of resp. 2 dragons alongside a title(?) field and the picture of a bodhisattva, each plaque set within a wooden frame covered w. gilt floral decorated silk, together between wooden (nanmu) covers, 23x14,5 cm., both engraved w. text with decorated borders.

= Fine example of a jade book.

€ (200-300)
82 5335 Crêped paper books Les contes du vieux Japon No 1 3 5 9 and 10 French transl J Dautremer 82 5335 Crêped paper books Les contes du vieux Japon No 1 3 5 9 and 10 French transl J Dautremer
82/5335 [Crêped paper books]. Les contes du vieux Japon. No.1, 3, 5, 9 and 10. French transl. J. Dautremer. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, n.d. (±1900), 5 vols., col. woodcut ills., bound as a blockbook, orig. cordbound illustrated wr., sm. 8vo (fine).

= Comprises titles: Momotaro (1), La bataille du singe et du crabe (3), Le mont Katsi Katsi (5), Le seprent à huit têtes (9) and Le miroir de Matsouyama (10).

€ (120-150) 325
82 5336 Crêped paper books J G 82 5336 Crêped paper books J G
82 5336 Crêped paper books J G 82 5336 Crêped paper books J G
82/5336 [Crêped paper books]. J.G. Little Songs of Shade and Sunshine. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, 1908, 1st English ed., (20)p., richly illustrated w. woodcut illustrations by KWASSON and SHOSO, bound as a blockbook, orig. cordbound wr.

- Owner's entry and bookplate on verso frontwr.; a few foxed spots. Wrappers sl. foxed; sm. scribbling in black pen on frontwr.

= Rare publication, entirely printed on hosho paper. Originally published in German in Bunte Blatter, Japanischer Poesie von Karl Florenz (1896).

€ (100-150) 100
82 5337 Crêped paper books Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 2 The Tongue Cut Sparrow 82 5337 Crêped paper books Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 2 The Tongue Cut Sparrow
82/5337 [Crêped paper books]. Japanese Fairy Tale Series. No.2. The Tongue Cut Sparrow. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, n.d. (±1890), (22)p. (incl. wr.), (full-p.) col. woodcut ills. by ?, English text, printed on crêped paper, bound as a blockbook (fine). - AND 1 other: E. BISHOP BOULTON, Nihon fuzoku (Japanese costumes) (Osaka, Tsujiko Kumataro, 1890, 1 vol. (of 3), 27 col. woodcut plates showing i.a. a female general, a jockey, an inferior samurai, noble man and princes and princesses, orig. wr., 10,2x7 cm. Fine).
€ (70-90) 200
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