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FINE JAPANESE ART Thursday 10 November 2016 FINE JAPANESE ART Thursday 10 November 2016 SPECIALIST AND AUCTION ENQUIRIES LONDON Suzannah Yip Yoko Chino Masami Yamada NEW YORK Jeff Olson SENIOR CONSULTANTS Neil Davey Joe Earle FINE JAPANESE ART Thursday 10 November 2016 at 1pm 101 New Bond Street, London VIEWING ENQUIRIES CUSTOMER SERVICES Please see page 2 for bidder Saturday 5 November Specialist, Head of Department Monday to Friday 8.30 to 6.00 information including after-sale 11am to 5pm Suzannah Yip +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 collection and shipment Sunday 6 November +44 (0) 20 7468 8368 11am to 5pm [email protected] Please see page 4 for bidder For the sole purpose of providing Monday 7 November information including after-sale estimates in three currencies in 9am to 7.30pm Cataloguer collection and shipment the catalogue the conversion Tuesday 8 November Yoko Chino has been made at the exchange 9am to 4.30pm +44 (0) 20 7468 8372 Physical Condition of Lots in rate of approx. Wednesday 9 November [email protected] this Auction £1: ¥128.1115 9am to 4.30pm £1: USD1.2400 Department Assistant PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE Please note that this rate may well SALE NUMBER: Masami Yamada IS NO REFERENCE IN THIS have changed at the date of CATALOGUE TO THE PHYSICAL the auction. 23270 +44 (0) 20 7468 8217 [email protected] CONDITION OF ANY LOT. INTENDING BIDDERS MUST お品物のコンディションについて CATALOGUE: Senior Consultants SATISFY THEMSELVES AS TO £25.00 Neil Davey THE CONDITION OF ANY LOT 本カタログにはお品物の損傷等 +44 (0) 20 7468 8288 AS SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE 15 コンディションの記述は記載 BIDS [email protected] OF THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS されていないことを、予めご了 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 CONTAINED AT THE END OF 承ください。入札をご希望の +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Joe Earle THIS CATALOGUE. お客様は、カタログ巻末の To bid via the internet please +44 (0) 20 7468 8217 「Notice to Bidders(入札され visit bonhams.com [email protected] As a courtesy to intending bidders, る方へのご注意)」第15条をご Bonhams will provide a written 参照くださりますよう、お願い Please note that bids should be Department Fax Indication of the physical condition 申し上げます。 submitted no later than 4pm on +44 (0) 20 7495 5840 of lots in this sale if a request is the day prior to the sale. New received up to 24 hours before the ご希望のお客様には、オークショ bidders must also provide proof auction starts. ン開始の24時間前まで、 of identity when submitting bids. This written Indication is issued コンディション•レポートの依頼 Failure to do this may result in subject to Clause 1.6 of the を受け付けております。こちら your bid not being processed. Notice to Bidders. は、「Notice to Bidders(入札 Telephone bidding will only be されるお客様へのご注意)」 accepted on lots with a lower ILLUSTRATIONS 1.6条に基づき作成されます。 estimate in excess of £1,000. Front cover: Lot 353 (detail) Back cover: Lot 508 (detail) IMPORTANT INFORMATION Live online bidding is The United States Government available for this sale has banned the import of ivory Please email [email protected] into the USA. Lots containing with ‘live bidding’ in the subject ivory are indicated by the line 48 hours before the auction symbol Ф printed beside the to register for this service lot number in this catalogue. Please note from March 2016 China has imposed a ban on the import of ivory. Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Harvey Cammell Deputy Chairman, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Peter Rees, Matthew Girling CEO, Lucinda Bredin, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, Veronique Scorer, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, James Stratton, Ralph Taylor, Charlie Thomas, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Jon Baddeley, Rupert Banner, Geoffrey Davies, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Leslie, Shahin Virani, David Williams, Jonathan Fairhurst, Asaph Hyman, James Knight, Matthew Haley, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. 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David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Central SALE Middlesex Acton Ln Hospital Park Royal INFORMATION Acton Ln Cadogan Tate Coronation Road W e d s P a te a o r r n R k A v e R e s A o 40 a y h a Park l C Royal iWestern Ave A40 R o Station a 0 d 0 Acton 0 North 4 Cemetery A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V BIDS BUYERS COLLECTION & STORAGE AND HANDLING The following symbol is used +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 STORAGE AFTER SALE West ActonCHARGES ON SOLD LOTS to denoteHorn Lane that VAT is due on Station +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax LOTS MARKED TP RETURNED TO CADOGAN TATE the hammer price and buyer’s To bid via the internet please visit All sold lots marked TP will be premium www.bonhams.com removed to Cadogan Tate, 241 Storage Acton Lane, London, NW10 7NP Storage will be free of charge for the † VAT 20% on hammer price PAYMENTS from 9.00am Friday 11 November first 14 calendar days from & and buyer’s premium Buyers 2016. including the sale date Thursday +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 10 November 2016. 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Payment may be made +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax Collections room at Bonhams New Loss and Damage by cash, cheque with banker’s card, [email protected] Bond Street for a period of not less Extended Liability cover to the value credit, or debit card (Please note: than 14 calendar days from the sale of the Hammer Price will be charged Amex is not accepted). SHIPPING date 10 November 2016, Lots not at 0.6% but capped at the total value For information and estimates collected by 5.30pm Wednesday of all other charges. Information on charges on domestic and international 23 November 2016 will be returned due is available by email at shipping as well as export back to the Department where VAT [email protected] or licenses please contact Alban storage charges may apply. Will be applied at the current rate telephone on +44 (0)800 988 6100 Shipping on +44 (0) 1582 493 099 on all above charges [email protected] Payment in Advance (Telephone to ascertain amount due) ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT by: cash, cheque with banker’s card, All electrical equipment in this credit or debit card. sale has either been tested by a suitably qualified electrician or Payment at time of collection by: has been operationally disabled. cash, cheque with banker’s card, If the intention is to reconnect this credit or debit card. equipment we recommend that this is carried out by a suitably qualified electrician. CHRONOLOGY Jomon period ca.10,000BC - ca.300BC Yayoi period ca.300BC - ca.300AD Kofun period ca.593 - 710 Nara period 710 - 794 Heian period 794 - 1185 Kamakura period 1185 - 1333 Muromachi period 1333 - 1573 Nanbokucho period 1336 - 1392 Momoyama period 1573 - 1615 Bunroku era 1592 - 1596 Keicho era 1596 - 1615 Edo period 1615 - 1868 Kan’ei era 1624 - 1644 Kanbun era 1661 - 1673 Genroku era 1688 - 1704 An’ei era 1772 - 1781 Tenmei era 1781 - 1789 Kansei era 1789 - 1801 Kyowa era 1801 - 1804 Bunka era 1804 - 1818 Bunsei era 1818 - 1830 Tenpo era 1830 - 1844 Koka era 1844 - 1848 Kaei era 1848 - 1854 Ansei era 1854 - 1860 Man’en era 1860 - 1861 Bunkyu era 1861 - 1864 Genji era 1864 - 1865 Keio era 1865 - 1868 Meiji era 1868 - 1912 Taisho era 1912 - 1926 Showa era 1926 - 1989 Heisei era 1989 - present CONTENTS Lots 136 – 522 (from 1.00 pm) Inro, lacquer works of art and Satsuma earthenware 136-200 from the Shozo Sugihara Collection Netsuke from a European Private Collection 201-250 Netsuke and ojime (various owners) 251-303 Reference books 304 Inro and sagemono (various owners) 305-328 Armour, helmets, masks and abumi 329-339 Swords 340-346 Sword-fittings and a matchlock gun 347-350 Painted hanging scrolls 351-359 Woodblock prints 360-361 Painted screen 362 Embroidered works of art 363-364 Lacquer works of art (various owners) 365-372 Wood works of art including Buddhist art 373-382 Ivory okimono figures and other ivory works of art 383-409 from a European Private Collection Ivory okimono figures (various owners) 410-434 Other ivory works of art (various owners) 435-449 Ceramics 450-455 Satsuma earthenware (various owners) 456-468 Cloisonné enamel works of art 469-479 Inlaid iron works of art 480-491 Silver and inlaid silver works of art 493-496 Bronze and inlaid bronze vessels 497-512 Other bronze works of art 513-522 THE SHOZO SUGIHARA COLLECTION 86 years of age, Shozo Sugihara passed away two years released onto the market in the past or lost in the nuclear ago.
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