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ANONYMOUS
100 boys
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
A pair of small six-panel folding screens painted in ink, color and
gold on gold leaf with silk surrounds and lacquered-wood frames
depicting Chinese boys in a well-appointed villa engaged in play and
in various activities including the Four Accomplishments of making
music on the qin, playing chess, calligraphy, and painting
36 3/8 x 105 1/2in (92.4 x 267.9cm) each

US$3,000 - 5,000
2079
2079
TWO SHUNGA (EROTIC) HANDSCROLLS
The first after Tsukioka Settei
Edo period (1615-1868) 19th century
The first, ink, color, gold, silver and mica on silk depicting a variety of
couples in sexual encounters, interspersed with passages of narrative
in cursive script on colored paper decorated with gold flecks,
inscribed Tsukioka Masanobu Settei daikei rokujunana-o (at the age
of 67) and sealed and dated Tenmei hinoe-uma jugatsu (1786); the
second 12 woodblock prints depicting various couples in sexual
encounters, each with poetic verses, leader page with scattered
cherry blossoms and with text page decorated with sea shells and
plants, mounted as a handscroll
Each with a wood storage box
502 1/2in (1276.3cm) long, the largest

US$2,000 - 3,000
2080
AN EMBROIDERED WALL HANGING
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
Depicting three writhing dragons in clouds, the central dragon
clutching a sacred jewel, the silk border embroidered with phoenix
roundels
67 x 44in (170 x 111.7cm)

US$700 - 900
Provenance
2080 Purchased in Japan circa 1930 by the father of the current owner
while posted in Kobe as the Dutch Consul to Japan and the Director
of the Netherlands National Bank.
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