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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FRANK G. JAMES (1886 - 1977) PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ITARU INA
AND GEORGIA G. JAMES (1889 - 1981), PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
2523Y Ф
2519 A LACQUER DECORATED OSTRICH EGG AND WOOD STAND
A GROUP OF THIRTEEN SMALL CORAL ITEMS Meiji era, late 19th century
Taisho/Showa era The speckled egg decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, gold
Mottled in varied hues of cream and pink, including a figure of a hiramaki-e, nashiji, kirikane and slight inlay of ivory with figures
celestial beauty, a peacock, a large rose, a crane and pine group, an walking in a lush landscape with a waterway spanned by bridges
umbrella, three fruiting or blooming baskets, four branch segments and bordered by a lantern, pavilions and lush foliage with numerous
with roses or grape vines, and a gilt and turquoise mounted broach. flowering plants; the fitted tripod stand inlaid in mother-of-pearl with
3in (7.6cm) length of first and largest three vignettes of paulownia and phoenix bracketed by an intricately
$1,000 - 2,000 carved foliate-edged upper band and shaped apron with a design of
mythical beasts amid floral scrolls (minor losses).
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ITARU INA 10 3/8in (26.3cm) height overall
$800 - 1,200
2520Y Ф
AN IVORY FRAME AND CANE HANDLE 2524
Meiji era, late 19th century A LACQUER PICNIC SET, SAGE-JUBAKO
Each with finely incised details heightened with colored pigment, the Edo period, 18th/19th century
wide band of the oval frame carved in high relief with a lion confronting Decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and e-nashiji on a
a tiger, each snarling as they pace around the frame edge (warped), roiro nuri ground with flowering prunus amid stalks of leafy bamboo;
the curved cane handle fronted by the head of a screaming monkey comprising a four-tier food container, an upper rectangular drawer
(some pigment losses). container, and lower rectangular container with a lid carved to support
5 1/2in (13.6cm) height of frame the bases of two pewter sake flasks, all within a rectangular carrying
4 3/4in (12cm) length of cane handle case mounted with a metal U-shaped hinged handle and further
$800 - 1,200 decoration of scrolling leafy tendrils on the outer edges (lacking tray,
some dents and wear).
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 7 1/4in (31.8 x 31.8 x 18.5cm)
$1,000 - 1,500
2521Y Ф
A FIVE-CASE GILT LACQUER INRO 2525
19th century A LACQUER PICNIC SET, SAGE-JUBAKO
Decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e and 19th century
kirikane with a continuous landscape with a shrine and dwellings along a Designed in gold and silver hiramaki-e and e-nashiji on a roiro nuri
waterway spanned by bridges; fitted with a coral-colored bead ojime and ground and comprising an outer case with cut-away sides and four-
a Shibayama style ivory netsuke carved as a puppy with an ornate collar tier stacking box decorated with stalks of leafy bamboo; a removable
and seated on a low plinth, with inlaid accents (some wear). tray with chamfered corners and centered by a branch of momiji; a
3 1/2in (8.9cm) long stack of five rectangular trays resting on a box-form compartment,
$1,000 - 1,500 each decorated with a different flowering spray; and a conjoined
bamboo-shaped sake flask above a fitted box-form stand decorated
LACQUER WARES with sparrows in flight near leafy bamboo, one segment with a nashiji
ground (minor wear, some chips).
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FRANK G. JAMES (1886 - 1977) 12 3/4 x 14 1/8 x 7 3/8in (32.4 x 36 x 18.9cm)
AND GEORGIA G. JAMES (1889 - 1981), PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA $1,000 - 1,500

2522 2526
A GROUP OF SIX LACQUER UTENSILS FOR THE INCENSE A LACQUER DECORATED STATIONERY BOX
CEREMONY Meiji era, late 19th century
Edo period, 19th century With a double flip-top lid opening to two compartments above a stack
of two drawers, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e,
Comprising a globular incense ash container (lacking metal liner), a togidashi maki-e, kirikane, sparse nashishi and gold and silver kanagai
lobed container with matching cover, a three-tier cylindrical incense with recessed landscape panels incorporating motifs associated with
box and cover (jukogo), a kyojitate to hold utensils (lacking utensils), various folk tales such as Hamagoromo, Roshi, Jo and Uba, and
a ten-section gin’yoban tray, and a lidded box containing nine sets of flowering peony, all reserved on a floral lozenge ground, with etched
fuda (guessing-slips/tallies) in separate compartments, each gold nashiji copper fittings (some cracks); with a fitted box.
exterior decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kirikane 6 1/4 x 11 1/8 x 10 3/4in (16 x 28.3 x 27.6cm)
with a Chinese landscape and kashiwa (oak) family crest (incomplete). $1,000 - 1,500
5 1/2in (14.2cm) length of tray
$800 - 1,200

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