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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PROPERTY FROM THE DR. SYLVAN AND PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BERKELEY
JESSE MILES LEWIS FAITH GOLDER COLLECTION OF FINE COLLECTION
CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES
5006 5011
OBATA CHIURA (1885-1975) 5009 A SATSUMA VASE
Lychees and Grasshopper A BUDDHIST SMALL PORTABLE SHRINE Taisho/Showa era
Mid-20th century (ZUSHI) Of tear-drop shape raised on a short ring foot
Ink and watercolor on paper, framed and Edo period/Meiji era, 19th century and decorated in gilt and polychrome enamels
glazed; depicting a grasshopper approaching The black lacquered case with ornate floral- with a mountainous landscape with elaborate
a glass dish with two lychee nuts, signed etched gilt metal fittings and double doors country villas and hidden temple complex, gilt-
Chiura Obata above a kakihan (minor opening to reveal a small sandalwood figure and-black geometric patterned bands at the
wrinkles). of Amida Buddha seated in meditation on a rim and above the foot, signed Kyokuzan .
14 3/8 x 19 1/2in (36.6 x 49.4cm) sight lotus pedestal and backed by a reticulated 6 1/8in (15.6cm) high
20 1/4 x 25 1/8in (51.4 x 64.1cm) nimbus, all raised on an elaborate stepped
plinth, the details picked out in gold pigment US$1,000 - 1,500
US$800 - 1,200 (some losses).
7in (18cm) high
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS US$800 - 1,200
5012
5007 A PAIR OF PATINATED BRONZE VASES
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
REISENTEI SORIN (FL. EARLY 19TH Taisho/early Showa era
CENTURY) Each of ovoid form with a flat shoulder and
Beauty with an Umbrella 5010 short neck flaring to a thick rim, the tapering
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; depicting TWO BUDDHIST PORTABLE SHRINES body cast with a wide ribbon of repeating
a slender maiden attempting to steady a (ZUSHI) scrolling tendrils and suspending a stiff-leaf
wind-swept umbrella while walking in a snowy Edo era band, each featuring a pair of dissolving birds,
landscape, signed Reisen Sorin, sealed Sorin . The first, a red-lacquered double-door case the raised design silhouetted against a black
31 3/8 x 10 7/8in (79.8 x 27.7cm) with elaborate gilt metal fittings, the interior ground, each base signed Akita Ikoku zo (wear
with a triad of Amida or Shaka Buddha to the patination).
US$600 - 800 standing on a lotus pedestal and flanked by 14 5/8in (37.2cm) high
seated figures of Kukai and Miroku bosatsu,
Reisentei Sorin is an obscure artist, listed as all with gilt and polychrome accents and
an ukiyo-e printmaker but with no information raised on a rocky plinth; the second and US$1,200 - 1,500
on his life. It is possible that he is the same smaller with a black-lacquer case opening
artist as, or was associated with, Eiri (fl.c. to reveal a seated figure of Amida flanked by PROPERTY FROM AN OREGON ESTATE
1790-1800), another enigmatic figure who the bodhisattvas Jizo and Kannon (Amida
employed the same go Rekisentei . sanzon), each painted black with gilt-metal
openwork mandorlas and supported on gilt- 5013
5008 lacquered lotus pedestals (extensive damage A SILVER REPOUSSÉ HINGED BOX WITH
WOOD LINING
VARIOUS ARTISTS and losses). Meiji/Taisho era
Eight woodblock prints 11 1/4 and 6 1/4in (29 and 15.6cm) heights Of rectangular form chased with a dragon
Six oban tate-e and one oban yoko-e prints, overall panel across the top and two other dragons
including works by encircling the upright walls, the foot pad
Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), a triptych set US$400 - 600 stamped Nomura sei and jungin (losses,
entitled Takanawa jogyoretsu no zu of a wear); together with a Himalayan silver bowl
procession of beauties at Takanawa, signed of compressed ovoid form inlaid with coral,
Keisai Eisen, with kiwame censor seal turquoise and other colored stones. [2]
(framed); 4 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 6in (11 x 23.5 x 15cm)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), one print dimensions of box
of Tsuki no Kishi Ikina from the series Kyodo
risshi no motoi (Instructive Models of Lofty
Ambition), 1885.10.26, and two prints from US$1,200 - 1,800
the series Tsuki hyakushi (100 Views of the
Moon), Shikason tsukiyo - Kumonryu (The
village of the Shi Clan on a Moonlit Night),
1885.11, and Haso no tsuki (The Moon
Through a Crumbling Window), 1886.6.1;
Ogata Gekko (1859-1920), one print of
Onodera Koemon Hidetomi from the series
Gishi yonjunana zu (Illustrations of the 47
Loyal Retainers);
Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927), one print from
the series Nogaku zue (Scenes of the Noh
Theater).

21 3/8 x 38 7/8in (54.4 x 98.7cm) overall
dimensions of first
US$1,000 - 1,500

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