3884 - 4098 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
- Lower outer corners sl. fingersoiled; occas. trifle soiled. Binding soiled.
= Album depicting various comical scenes, people, animals and divine beings.
Moronobu (1638-1714) (after). Wakoku hyakkujô (One Hundred Women of Japan). Kyoto, Unsodô, n.d., (34) lvs., 43 (mostly double-p.) woodcut ills. after MORONOBU, bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title, 4to.
= 20th cent. facsimile of the work first published in 1694, showing women in various situations and activities, such as drinking tea, dancing, travelling, sewing, producing textiles, and playing musical instruments.
- Creased; formerly folded; sl. soiled; sl. faded.
AND a faded Japanese buddhist silk drawing.
- Horizontal and vertical foldlines; (sl.) creased; w. sm. wormholes.
Anonymous (19th cent.). (Child playing between mushrooms). Drawing, 27x24 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on paper, signed [illegible] "Ai".
- Mounted on cardboard; foxed.
AND 3 anonymous 19th cent. surimono.
- Mounted; w. tears in image and parts of lower edge torn off.
- Heavily wormholed; worn; stain on central fold decreasing towards the end; back cover and left half of final plate loose; frayed and torn silk binding.
= The album shows battle formations for the army of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
- Foxed in margins; frayed lower edge.
- Good condition.
= Inscription says it is an imitation of the brush of Chinese painter Tang Yin (1470-1524).
Anonymous (19th cent.). (Curled bamboo). Fan drawing, 14,7x46 cm., watercolour on paper, signature unread, seal unread.
- Formerly used as a fan; sl. soiled.
AND 6 other 19th cent. fan drawings by various artists.
Brush and ink and gouache on paper, 70x84 cm., framed.
- Creased; w. tears and holes; soiled and stained; partly discoloured; contemp. frame; not examined outside frame.
= Husband and wife of civil rank, wearing chao fu (court robes).
Anonymous (19th cent.). (Ancestral portrait). Brush and ink and gouache on paper, 120x53 cm.
- Creased; w. holes; soiled and stained; partly discoloured; contemp. frame; not examined outside frame.
= An unranked Qing official wearing chao fu (court robes).
- Sl. soiled; w. hole and tear in image; w. scratches.
- Mounted; creased; wormholed; sl. soiled; w. tears; mold and waterstained on verso.
Anonymous (20th cent.). (Cranes). Stone rubbing, 54,2x25 cm., ink on paper, inscribed Chaofeng (Phoenix), seal Weichao Huang yin, signed in lower margin "[illegible], Paris".
- Mounted; w. repaired tear.
Anonymous (20th cent.). Zhuanlunwang dian (Palace of the king of reincarnation). Drawing, 39,5x50 cm., brush and ink and watercolours on paper, seals unread.
- Discol. spots; tears, some repaired; upper left corner torn; creased.
- Some sl. soiling and rubbed spots. Not examined outside frame.
- Sl. soiled, creased and wormholed.
= The book Gengzhitu (Illustrations of Tilling and Weaving) was written by the official Lou Shou (1090-1162) during the Song dynasty (960-1279). During the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), several series of this work were commissioned by the state to stimulate sericulture and agriculture.
- Formerly used as a fan.
AND 5 similar fan drawings by various artists (19th cent.).
- Formerly folded; sl. creased.
- Most folds broken; sl. soiled; extremities worn; lacks title piece.
= 19th cent. woodcut maps and images from across Japan in pocket format.
- Soiled; creased; (repaired) tears; taped to the roll; sm. holes; formerly folded.
Anonymous (19th cent.). (Pine branches with a poem). Kakejiku (hanging scroll), brush and ink on paper, within modern silk borders, ±136x50,5 cm. (image), ±202x65 cm. (total size), signature and poem unread, w. seals, rolled on wooden stick w. wooden ends.
- (Slightly) creased; w. a few closed wormholes.AND a kakejiku with a calligraphed poem on a fan-shape.
- Mounted.
Anonymous (19th cent.). (Kabuki actor as courtesan). Drawing, brush and ink, watercolour, signature unread.
- Sl. soiled and creased.
- Doubled; creased; wormholed; soiled; formerly folded.