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5050 5050
IZHAI 毅斎
5051 A hardwood tray in the form of a banana
leaf China, Qing dynasty (1644–1912),
5052 19th century
The actual-size carving boldly executed, the
30 | BONHAMS reverse applied with a small boxwood snail,
the central stem on the reverse inscribed
with two lines from a verse by the Ming-
dynasty poet Wang Guoren 王過仁 entitled
Shutingjiao 書庭蕉 (Banana Plants Outside
My Study): Dande yusheng lianye jing hefang
yuese banchuang yin 但得雨聲連夜靜何
妨月色半床陰 (From night to quiet night all
I can hear is the sound of rain, what is it
that obscures the light of the moon so that
my bed is half in shadow?), signed for the
carving Izhai 毅斎 with a seal
33 7/8in (86cm) long

US$1,800 - 2,200

5051
A HARDWOOD TRAY CARVED WITH
LEAVES
Japan, Meiji (1868–1912) or Taisho (1912–
1926) era, early 20th century
Carved in low relief with a mass of leaves
including ginkgo, maple, and chestnut
18 × 12 1/2in (45.7 × 31.7cm)

US$1,000 - 15,000

5052
IMAI ŌSHIN 今井応心(1874/5–1951)
A tray for sencha
Japan, Showa era (1926–1989), circa 1950
Carved from pinewood in the form of a
piece of torn and curled bamboo bark,
signed on the reverse in carved characters
Nanajūnana-ō Ōshin saku 七十七翁応心作
(Made by Ōshin, aged 77)
With a wooden tomobako storage box, the
exterior of the lid inscribed Matsuzai take no
kawa bon 松材 竹の皮盆 (Bamboo-bark
tray made from pinewood), the reverse of the
lid signed Kiju Ōshin saku 喜壽応心作 (Made
by Ōshin, aged 77) with a seal Ōshin 応心
6 1/2 × 21 1/2in (16.5 × 54.5cm)

US$2,000 - 2,500

For Imai Ōshin, please refer to the footnote
to lot 5034.