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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN the blade faintly signed Osafune ju; the oval PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION
PRIVATE COLLECTION shakudo tsuba with ‘orchid’ inlay, unsigned; the OF ADELAIDE DE MENIL AND EDMUND
A BIZEN KATANA ENCASED IN shakudo Sendai fuchi-kashira, signed Sendai ju CARPENTER
A RAYSKIN KOSHIRAE WITH Kiyotada; the tsuka (hilt) lacquered simulating A WOODBLOCK PRINT BY KITAGAWA
SHAKUDO, TSUBA, FUCHI-KASHIRA baleen, with a pair of shakudo menuki of sho UTAMARO, ‘LADY WITH A TOWEL’,
(musical instruments); together with a wood
AND MENUKI shirasaya (scabbard) (3) FROM THE SERIES ‘KOMEI
JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY Overall length of katana 33 in., 83.8 cm BIJIN ROKKASEN’ (SIX NOTABLE
BEAUTIES)
◉ $ 8,000-12,000 JAPAN, 18TH CENTURY
日本 十九世紀 備前刀連鮫皮刀鞘，赤 signed Utamaro, publisher Omiya, with
銅刀鐔，緣首及目貫 a collector’s seal Hayashi Tada (Hayashi
Tadamasa), framed
14½ by 10 in.; 36.8 x 25.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Tadamasa Hayashi (1853–1906),
according to seal.
$ 14,000-18,000
日本 十八世紀 喜多川歌麿 《高名美人
六家撰》版畫

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION
OF ADELAIDE DE MENIL AND EDMUND
CARPENTER
A WOODBLOCK PRINT BY KITAGAWA
UTAMARO, ‘A WOMAN BATHING A
BABY’
JAPAN, 18TH CENTURY
signed Utamaro, framed
14⅞ x 9⅞ in.; 37.7 x 25 cm
$ 3,000-4,000

日本 十八世紀 喜多川歌麿 母子圖版畫
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