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KOREAN WORKS OF ART
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
9040 9040
A CELADON GLAZED BOWL WITH
INLAID SLIP DECORATION
Goryeo period, 13th/14th century
Inlaid in white slip with alternating flower
heads and lychee fruit set between bands of
stylized grass and pullo’cho fungus encircling
the wide curving well, the exterior walls
showing black and white slip applications
for the flower spray roundels set within a
large band of overlapping foliage above a
lotus petal band, the uneven celadon glaze
covering all surfaces except the remains of
three kiln spurs on the slightly recessed base
(wear, hairline crack).
7 5/8in (19.4cm) diameter
PROPERTY FROM THE JOYCE B. 9037 US$5,000 - 7,000
DOHENY TRUST ANONYMOUS (20TH CENTURY)
Scenes from the Tale of Genji Provenance
9034 Pair of mid-size six panel screens, ink, colors formerly acquired from T. Z. Shiota, San
ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) and gold on paper; depicting an entertainment Francisco, with original Japanese storage box
Swallows and Wild Pinks at the Suzaku Palace from Chapter 7, An and Shiota labels
Large six-panel folding screen, ink, color and Autumn Excursion, with courtiers at the
gold on paper; depicting a flock of sparrows palace at right as dancers and musicians PROPERTY FROM THE JOYCE B.
in flight over a field scattered with flowering perform at left in a garden of momiji, pines, DOHENY TRUST
wild pinks (nadeshiko), unsigned (panels chrysanthemums and hagi (hinge repaired).
separated, surface wear, tears). 41 1/2 x 109in (105 x 277cm)
62 3/4 x 150in (159.2 x 530.8cm)
US$400 - 600 9041
US$4,000 - 6,000 A MIXED SOFT WOOD CHEST WITH
9038 ATTACHED STAND
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS KANO SCHOOL STYLE (20TH CENTURY) Korea, 20th century
Cranes and Pines The low rectangular case constructed with
9035 Mid-size two-panel screen, ink, color, and a thin wood veneer top, eight functioning
ANONYMOUS (MID-EDO PERIOD) gold on paper; depicting a flock of cranes drawers fronted with various veneers and
Autumn Landscape standing beneath pine trees, a blue bird in the yellow brass handles on one long side and
Mid-size six-panel folding screen, ink, color air above (the panels are not both of identical a pair of false doors that do not open on
and gold on paper; depicting an ivy-entwined width). the reverse side, the attached low stand
prunus tree along a stream bordered by 48 x 50in (122 x 127cm) supported on four curved feet joined with
bamboo and flowering autumn plants, transverse base bars on the short sides (wear,
including bush clover, wild pinks (nadeshiko) US$500 - 700 cracks to veneer).
and Chinese bellflowers (repairs, wear). 23 1/8 x 36 3/8 x 17 1/8in (58.7 x 92.5 x
32 1/2 x 133 3/4in (82.5 x 340cm) 43.5cm) overall
US$1,500 - 2,000 PROPERTY FROM PORTER DAVIS US$800 - 1,200
ANTIQUES, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
9036
ANONYMOUS (EDO PERIOD) 9039 W PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
Pine Saplings by a Stream ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY)
Large four-panel folding screen, ink, color and Scene from The Tale of Genji 9042
gold on paper; portraying rolling hills with a Mid-size six panel screen, ink, color, and gold VARIOUS ARTISTS
cascading stream and pine saplings shielding on paper; depicting three elegant carriages 19th century and later
flowering bushes and clumps of bamboo, the drawn up on a wooden hillside, with delicate Comprising a Korean album with illustration
landscape partially obscured by golden mist flowering plants around the carriage to the of historical subjects by an unknown painter;
and billowing clouds (repairs, wear). right, and blossoming cherry trees backing the a Chinese album of landscape paintings in
64 3/8 x 79in (163.7 x 252cm) carts on the left (restoration). ink and color on paper by an unidentified
63 1/2 x 107.5in (161.3 x 273.2cm) painter, and a Japanese small album of
US$1,000 - 1,500 sixteen paintings and twenty-four calligraphic
US$400 - 600 inscriptions, ink and color on silk, mounted on
both sides of an accordion album (wear, minor
foxing). [3]
5 3/4 x 5 3/4in each leaf of the last
US$500 - 800
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