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A GROUP OF FIVE PATINATED BRONZE OKIMONO A MODERN LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (INKSTONE BOX)
19th/20th century Showa era, circa mid-1950
Comprising a seated monkey smoking a pipe held in its right hand, The high domed lid of the rectangular box made of kanshitsu (dry
the left toying with a small inro, the reverse signed Seizan; a small powdered lacquer applied over hemp) and decorated in gold and
censor in the form of a seated rabbit with its head slightly turned to iro-e todidashi maki-e with the Nikko temple compound set against
one side; a reclining rabbit with long-hair coat, the underside signed a large wooded hill of kawari nuri reserved on a roiro ground, the
Shuzan; a larger rabbit in a crouching pose, its head inlaid with coral- underside of the lid with a raised dark bronze design of a waterfall
colored eyes; and a life-size rabbit with a spotted fur coat, its head cascading over rocky cliffs; the lower section of similar coloration and
turned back and ears erect. composed of solid lacquer sculpted as a hillside inhabited by three
5 5/8, 4, 4 5/8, 6 3/4 and 8 5/8in (14.1, 10.3, 11.5, 17 and 22cm) monkeys; fitted with a bronze water dropper (suiteki) in the form of a
high hut above an inset duan inkstone carved with sunken relief dragon
curled around an inlaid oval, its perimeter with inscriptions in archaic
US$3,000 - 5,000 and semi-cursive Chinese; the recess for the inkstone of sparse
nashiji and signed Koshi (some wear).
6015 10 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 3 3/4in (26.1 x 22.4 x 9.2cm)
A BRONZE MODEL OF A MONKEY
By Shuzan, Late Meiji era, early 20th century US$1,000 - 1,500
Realistically cast as a seated monkey studying a now missing branch
of persimmon originally held in his right hand, the cartouche on the Provenance:
underside reading Shuzan (loss of separately cast fruit). ex Elaine Ehrenkranz collection
8 1/8in (20.7cm) high purchased July 19, 1990, Michael R. Bernstein, Springfield, New
Jersey

US$1,500 - 2,500 6019

6016 A GILT LACQUER HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
A BRONZE MODEL OF A MONKEY Medieval period
Taisho/Showa era The kanshitsu (dry lacquer) head of a Buddhist deity with serene
Humorously cast as a macaque smoking a pipe held in its right hand, features and a tall chignon, the wood-core applied with lacquer-
the seated figure clutching an inro-shaped smoking set in his left saturated hemp-cloth coating, the face and neck finished with an
hand, with dark brown patination and bearing a cartouche reading application of gold leaf, the hair applied with a green pigment (losses,
Shuzan to the base (losses). wormage), with a fitted wooden stand.
5 1/2in (14cm) high 8 3/4in (22.3cm) high exclusive of stand

US$1,500 - 2,500 US$2,000 - 3,000

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A BOXWOOD SMOKING SET A PORTABLE SHRINE AND TWO METAL VESSELS
Meiji era Meiji era
Comprised of a tobacco container fashioned as a mokugyo (wooden The small black-lacquered shrine (zushi) opening to reveal a
monastery bell) carved and incised with a handle of confronted polychrome painted wood figure of Kukai seated with a vajra and
dragons (surface wear); the pipe case (kiseru) of senryu-zutsu type, crystal rosary; the next a two-section bronze usubata, the exterior
realistically carved as a worm-eaten branch with an inlaid ladybug of the low bowl suspending a lappet band of archaistic design and
near the top, the interior bearing the signature Kaigyokudo (minor fitted into a tripod stand raised on ‘reshi-wand’ supports; the last a
crack); fitted with a small coral-colored bead ojime. copper-alloy hibachi with a waisted pedestal foot and animal-mask
8 1/4in (21cm) length of pipe handles, the rounded sides cast with figural medallions of Chinese
2 3/4in (6.8cm) height of container sages (surface wear, corrosion).
7, 6 5/8 and 9 1/2in (18, 16.7 and 23.9cm) high

US$1,500 - 2,000 US$500 - 700

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