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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER 9052
TWO STAINED WOOD NETSUKE
9050 19th/20th century
ANONYMOUS, UNKOKU SCHOOL (17TH/18TH CENTURY) The first carved as a pair of reclining horses in a circular
Literary Gathering configuration, each with inlaid eyes, unsigned; the second of a
Large six-panel folding screen, ink, color and gold pigment on paper; humorous kirin standing in an alert posture with its head raised in
depicting a Chinese emperor seated at his desk in a garden pavilion mid-roar, with inlaid eyes, signed Gyoku[so] (some handling wear).
with a veranda populated by scholars and attendants, a group of 1 5/8 and 1 7/8in (3.5 and 4.6cm) high
three more literati and their attendants with books approaching from
the left, sealed Toi (possibly Unkoku Toi, fl. c. 1736-1741) US$1,200 - 1,500
66 1/2 x 146 3/4in (169 x 373cm)
9053
US$5,000 - 7,000 SHIMAOKA TATSUZO (1919-2007)
A square-shaped stoneware bottle (tsubo)
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A PROMINENT BAY AREA Showa era (1926-1989), late 20th century
COLLECTOR With a waisted neck flaring at the rim, the four rectangular faces
impressed with a diagonal cord-pattern design (joman-zogan)
9051 applied with white slip overlaid by a mottled brown glaze with
MASUMI TERAOKA (B. 1936) occasional blue-hued patches, the unglazed base with impressed
31 Flavors Invading Japan: Today’s Special- Ready to Lick artist’s mark.
Woodcut printed in colors with additional hand-coloring, 1985, 7 3/8in (18.7cm) high
signed in pencil on the reverse, numbered 283/500 (reverse top
right), published by Space Gallery, Los Angeles, framed and glazed US$800 - 1,200
(tape to reverse top corners).
11 1/8 x 16 1/2in (28.1 x 42cm) sheet

US$1,000 - 1,500

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