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Various Properties
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A TWO-PANEL FOLDING SCREEN YAMORI (GECKO) A LACQUER PORTABLE ZUSHI (SHRINE)
By Ban’ura Shogo (1901-1982), Showa era By Saratani Tomizo (born 1949), Showa CONTAINING A GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF
(1926-1989), 1944 (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-) era, JUICHIMEN KANNON (THE 11-HEADED
Comprising two wood-framed panels late 20th/early 21st century KANNON)
connected by metal hinges, decorated in A found object consisting of a piece of stone Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
coloured lacquer on an off-white lacquer embedded in fossilized driftwood, the surface The finely carved figure standing beneath a
ground with a bold design of a kabocha highly polished and decorated in gold, silver canopy, set on a lotus pedestal supported
(pumpkin) and leaves on the left and a kabu and coloured takamaki-e, kirigane and shell on an elaborate five-tiered stand and backed
(turnip) and leaves on the right, signed with a with a gecko and grapevine, signed with by a kohai (nimbus), all these components
red two-character seal Shogo incised characters Tomizo富造; with wood of gilt wood, the figure itself of plain carved
省吾, the reverse of each panel finished in tomobako storage box inscribed outside wood with gilt decoration for the robes and
brown lacquer decorated with three nasubi Yamori 家守 (Gecko), signed inside with several details in metal, with four principal
(aubergines) in off-white lacquer, inscribed Tomizo 富造. arms and numerous smaller arms holding a
Koki nisenryoppyakuyonen Daitoasenka Maximum length 32.5cm (12¾in). (2). variety of attributes, the interiors of the doors
Shogo kinsaku 皇紀二千六百四年大東亜戦 gilded and painted in colour with two attendant
下省吾謹作 (Respectfully made by Shogo in £4,000 - 5,000 bodhisattvas, Jizo to the right and Seishi to the
1944 during the Great East Asian War). Each JPY590,000 - 740,000 left, the exterior of the shrine black-lacquered
panel 103.7cm x 48.6cm (40¾in x 19 1/8in). US$5,300 - 6,600 with gilt-metal fittings engraved with floral
motifs. The figure: 22.2cm (8 3/4in) high;
£1,000 - 1,500 the shrine: 62.5cm (24 5/8in) high.
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 £4,000 - 6,000
JPY590,000 - 890,000
US$5,300 - 7,900
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot FINE JAPANESE ART | 207
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
