Page 8 - Decorative Asian Art, Bonhams San Francisco June 28, 2017

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ROBERT ROSEN,
COLLECTOR LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

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A CAST BRONZE FIGURE OF A WARRIOR
A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASES Showa era
Meiji era The hollow-cast figure possibly meant to depict Guanyu, the Chinese
Each elongated pear-shaped body decorated with a continuous hero of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as suggested by the
frieze of pigeons amid flowering prunus silhouetted against a red belt-tied tunic covering his elaborate armor and his full beard grasped
ground, all above a wide ochre-ground band of scattered roof tiles in his left hand as he sits with a long sword slung over his back, his
resting on scrolling foliage extending over the high splayed base, right hand grasping a separately cast mace, unsigned (minor wear to
the waisted neck with a brightly colored floral garland incorporating patina).
butterflies and suspended above a blue-ground band of dragon and 11 5/8in (29.5cm) high
phoenix roundels amid cloud scrolls and flowering paulownia, gilt
metal rim bands. US$2,000 - 3,000
47in (119.7cm) high

US$6,000 - 10,000 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

Provenance 6012
Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco purchased 1978 A BRONZE FIGURE OF EBISU
Taisho/Showa era
PROPERTY FROM AN ARIZONA ESTATE Cast standing on a rocky outcropping above cresting waves, his
right hand holding a fishing pole (now missing), the other clutching
6008 one of the fins of a recently caught gigantic sea bream, the deity’s
A PAIR OF PATINATED BRONZE ‘DRAGON’ VASES outer garment with decorative medallions inlaid with silver wire; now
Seiya Company mark, Meiji era attached to a low black lacquered wood stand (losses).
Each of pear-shape with a splayed base and lobed sides terminating 18 7/8in (48cm) height of figure
in a delicate floriform rim, the upper section encircled by separately 22 1/8in (56.4cm) height overall
cast writhing dragon holding a crystal jewel, the base with a two-
character company mark (bases reattached, dragons with loss of US$800 - 1,200
patina).
9 5/8in (24.7cm) high 6013
A SHINSHINTO WAKIZASHI IN MOUNTS
US$1,000 - 1,500 Edo period, 18th century
Hon-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-gissaki, torii-zori forged in ko-itame hada
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS with a choji midare tempered edge and indistinct boshi, the ubu
tang with one hole and kiri file marks and machi-okuri, one-piece gilt
6009 habaki.
A GROUP OF FOUR SMALL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASES 18 1/8in (46cm) long
Meiji era, late 19th century 19th-century koshira-e comprising a ribbed black-lacquer saya, a
Each decorated in polychrome enamels on a mirror black ground, tsuka wrapped in black silk and fitted with shakudo nanko fuchi-
comprising a pair of faceted stick-neck vases with mirror images of gashira with peonies in gold takazogan and copper and gilt menuki of
flowering plants and trees below a jeweled garland band at the rim; hiten, the brass oval plate tsuba decorated with punch marks.
an ovoid vase with faceted sides and decorated with blossoming
wisteria vines, lilies and chrysanthemums, a stiff-leaf band encircling US$1,000 - 1,500
the splayed foot; and a square vase with rounded corners and
fronted by blossoming lilies, a small clump of Chinese bellflowers to
the reverse (small percussion crack); all unsigned.
6, 5 7/8 and 5 5/8in (15.3, 15 and 14.2cm) high

US$800 - 1,200

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A PAIR OF LACQUER DECORATED BRONZE PLATES
Meiji era
Each sloping interior decorated in muted shades of lacquer with
fan-shaped reserves of cranes, each accompanied by different
overlapping small panels featuring small birds and various types of
foliage, the gilt ‘star-patterned’ ground framed by a wide brown-hued
key-fret band, the underside of mottled dark-copper red color and
centered by a gourd-shaped mark inscribed Dai Nihon Asano-sei
(surface wear, loss of gilt to the rim).
14 1/4in (36cm) diameter

US$1,000 - 1,500

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