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FINE JAPANESE ART Thursday 9 November 2017 SPECIALIST AND AUCTION ENQUIRIES LONDON Suzannah Yip Yoko Chino Masami Yamada NEW YORK Jeff Olson Takako O’Grady SENIOR CONSULTANTS Neil Davey Joe Earle FINE JAPANESE ART Thursday 9 November 2017 at 11am and 2.30pm 101 New Bond Street, London VIEWING ENQUIRIES CUSTOMER SERVICES Please see page 2 for bidder Sunday 5 November, Specialist, Head of Department Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm information including after-sale 11am to 5pm Suzannah Yip +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 collection and shipment Monday 6 November, +44 (0) 20 7468 8368 9am to 7.30pm [email protected] Physical Condition of Lots in For the sole purpose of providing Tuesday 7 November, this Auction estimates in three currencies in 9am to 4.30pm Cataloguer the catalogue the conversion Wednesday 8 November, Yoko Chino PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE has been made at the exchange 9am to 4.30pm +44 (0) 20 7468 8372 IS NO REFERENCE IN THIS rate of approx. [email protected] CATALOGUE TO THE PHYSICAL £1: ¥148.2496 SALE NUMBER CONDITION OF ANY LOT. £1: USD1.3200 24152 Department Assistant INTENDING BIDDERS MUST Please note that this rate may Masami Yamada SATISFY THEMSELVES AS TO well have changed at the date CATALOGUE +44 (0) 20 7468 8217 THE CONDITION OF ANY LOT of the auction. £25.00 [email protected] AS SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE 15 OF THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS お 品 物 のコン ディション につ いて BIDS Senior Consultants CONTAINED AT THE END OF +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Neil Davey THIS CATALOGUE. 本カタログにはお品物の損傷等 +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8288 コン ディション の 記 述 は 記 載 To bid via the internet please [email protected] As a courtesy to intending さ れ て い な い こ と を 、予 め ご 了 承 く visit bonhams.com bidders, Bonhams will provide a だ さ い 。入 札 を ご 希 望 の Joe Earle written Indication of the physical お客様は、カタログ巻末の Please note that bids should +44 (0) 20 7468 8217 condition of lots in this sale if a 「Notice to Bidders（入札される be submitted no later than [email protected] request is received up to 24 hours 方へのご注意）」第15条をご参照く 4pm on the day prior to the sale. before the auction starts. だ さ り ま す よ う 、お 願 い New bidders must also provide This written Indication is issued 申し上げ ます。 proof of identity when submitting subject to Clause 1.6 of the bids. Failure to do this may result Notice to Bidders. ご 希 望 の お 客 様 に は 、オ ー ク シ ョ ン in your bid not being processed. 開始の24時間前まで、 Telephone bidding will only be CONDITION REPORTS コン ディション•レ ポ ートの 依 頼 accepted on lots with a lower Requests for condition reports を 受 け 付 け て お り ま す 。こ ち ら は 、 estimate in excess of £1,000. For this sale should be emailed to: 「Notice to Bidders（入札される [email protected] お客様へのご注意）」 Live online bidding is 1 .6 条 に 基 づき作 成されます。 available for this sale ILLUSTRATIONS Please email [email protected] Front cover: lot 212 IMPORTANT INFORMATION with ‘live bidding’ in the subject Back cover: lot 209 The United States Government line 48 hours before the auction Inside cover: lot 85 has banned the import of ivory to register for this service. Inside back cover: lot 249 into the USA. Lots containing ivory are indicated by the symbol Ф printed beside the lot number in this catalogue. Please note from March 2016 China has imposed a ban on the import of ivory. 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Yip. Yip. Yip. CarolineCarolineCarolineCaroline Oliphant, Oliphant, Oliphant, Oliphant, Shahin Shahin Shahin Shahin Virani, Virani, Virani, Virani, EdwardEdwardEdwardEdward Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Leslie Leslie Leslie Leslie Wright. Wright. Wright. Wright. 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