Fine Asian Works of Art

Auction Details

On December 18, 2011 Michaan’s Auctions holds its Fine Asian Works of Art Auction in the main gallery located at 2751 Todd Street, Alameda, CA 94501. Over 400 lots of objects of superb quality from China, Japan, Korea, Himalaya and various other Asian regions comprise the sale. Chinese offerings include artworks from numerous categories, meeting needs of collectors and dealers alike, with objects including but not limited to porcelains, jades, textiles, religious figures, furniture, paintings and calligraphy, scholar’s objects, ivory and coral. Property has originated from local collectors, estates and private collections with only top tier items selected for the Fine Asian Art Sale.
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A Pair of Japanese Pewter Tea Caddies, Tokugawa6432 - A Pair of Japanese Pewter Tea Caddies, Tokugawa
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A Pair of Pewter Tea Caddies, Each heavily cast as heart shaped containers with air tight lids, both bases bearing maker's mark. Tokugawa Era, 1...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (650.00) = 650.00
 
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A Large Japanese Silver Bowl6433 - A Large Japanese Silver Bowl
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A Large Silver Bowl, The deeply rounded sides with a foliated mouth rim and a spreading foot, decorated with a continuous landscape scene, marked &#...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,750.00) = 3,750.00
 
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A Japanese Silver Jar with Handles6434 - A Japanese Silver Jar with Handles
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A Silver Jar with Handles, Of globular form, decorated with a band of phoenix along with loose handle, a four-character mark to the base, accompanied
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 6,500.00 - 8,500.00
Sold to floor for (4,750.00) = 4,750.00
 
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A Japanese Silver Censer, Manchukuo (1932-1945)6435 - A Japanese Silver Censer, Manchukuo (1932-1945)
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A Silver Tripod Censer, The censer with compressed globular body raised on three tall legs issuing from hammered monster masks, the body decorated wit
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (9,000.00) = 9,000.00
 
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A Japanese Satsuma Ink Paste Covered Box, 19th C.6436 - A Japanese Satsuma Ink Paste Covered Box, 19th C.
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A Satsuma Ink Paste Covered Box, The exterior decorated with a tree in blossom with two more sprigs of flowers to the interior, mark and signature to
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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A Japanese Satsuma Vase, 19th Century6437 - A Japanese Satsuma Vase, 19th Century
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A Satsuma Vase, The tapering rectangular form vase decorated in various colored enamels and gilt with two panels depicting Japanese figures gathering
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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A Japanese Kutani Porcelain Plate, Meiji Period6438 - A Japanese Kutani Porcelain Plate, Meiji Period
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A Kutani Porcelain Plate, The interior decorated with Arhat to the cavetto and numerous birds in flight to the center reserve, all on a vibrant gilt g
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A Massive Japanese Arita Blue and White Vase6439 - A Massive Japanese Arita Blue and White Vase
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A Massive Arita Blue and White Porcelain Vase, Of heavy ovoid form with swollen walls rising to a compressed bulbous rim of overlapping flowers, paint
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (950.00) = 950.00
 
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A Pair of Japanese Imari Vases, Meiji6440 - A Pair of Japanese Imari Vases, Meiji
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A Pair of Imari Vases, The high-shouldered body containing four ogival-shaped reserves with two enclosing a floral-patterned folding fan above a styli
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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Two Japanese Porcelain Plates6441 - Two Japanese Porcelain Plates
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Two Porcelain Plates, The first an imari plate painted to the interior with a center reserve containing a Fu lion surrounded by peony flowers, the cav
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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A Japanese Celadon-Glazed Tea Caddy with Lid*6442 - A Japanese Celadon-Glazed Tea Caddy with Lid*
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A Celadon-Glazed Tea Caddy with Lid*, Of squat profile, the midsection inlaid with white dots below a saw tooth band and above band of chrysanthemum b
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A Japanese White-Glazed Porcelain Monkey6443 - A Japanese White-Glazed Porcelain Monkey
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A White-Glazed Porcelain Monkey, Molded in the form of a whimsical monkey wearing a green belt and sitting on a foliated platform, its legs crossed, r
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (325.00) = 325.00
 
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A Japanese Gilt and Enamel-Decorated Porcelain Vase6444 - A Japanese Gilt and Enamel-Decorated Porcelain Vase
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A Gilt and Enamel-Decorated Porcelain Vase, Of swollen cylindrical form, depicting grapes, butterflies and a circular fan decorated with a fruiting po
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957): A Woodblock Print6445 - Kawase Hasui (1883-1957): A Woodblock Print
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Woodblock print, framed and glazed. titled and dated 1947 in lower left margin, signed and sealed at the lower left scene; W
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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Chiura Obata (1885-1975): Landscape6446 - Chiura Obata (1885-1975): Landscape
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Chiura Obata (1885-1975): Landscape, Woodblock print, from the World Landscape Series, framed and glazed, the lower left signed and dated 1931, one se
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (1,800.00) = 1,800.00
 
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Kawae Hasui (1883-1957): Zojoji Temple6447 - Kawae Hasui (1883-1957): Zojoji Temple
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957): Zojoji Temple, Woodblock print, from the series Tokyo nijukkei (Twenty views of Tokyo), signed Hasui and sealed Kawase, publ
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00) = 2,500.00
 
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A Japanese Hanging Scroll: Landscape6448 - A Japanese Hanging Scroll: Landscape
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A Hanging Scroll: Landscape, Ink and color on silk, the upper right inscribed and signed in Chinese, four seals. 53 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (136.5 x 41.9
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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A Japanese Hanging Scroll: Landscape6449 - A Japanese Hanging Scroll: Landscape
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A Hanging Scroll: Landscape, Ink and color on paper, the upper left inscribed, signed 'Kiyohara,' four seals. 41 x 12 1/2 inches (104.1 x 31...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,300.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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A Korean Celadon-Glazed Stoneware Bowl, Goryeo6455 - A Korean Celadon-Glazed Stoneware Bowl, Goryeo
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A Celadon-Glazed Stoneware Bowl with Sanggam Inlay, Inlaid in white slip on the interior with a wide frieze of peaches below a band of scrolling patte
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (650.00) = 650.00
 
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A Korean Celadon-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Goryeo6456 - A Korean Celadon-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Goryeo
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A Celadon-Glazed Stoneware Jar with Sanggam Inlay, With elegant s-shaped profile, finely proportioned rounded shoulders and slender, tapering body, pa
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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A Korean Blue & White Porcelain Vase, 19th Century6457 - A Korean Blue & White Porcelain Vase, 19th Century
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A Blue and White Porcelain Bottle Vase, Of pear shape rising to the tall neck, painted with a four-clawed dragon amid swirling clouds and below a flam
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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A Korean Blue & White Porcelain Jar, Joseon Period6458 - A Korean Blue & White Porcelain Jar, Joseon Period
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A Blue and White Porcelain Jar, Of globular form with a recessed base and rising to a slightly flaring mouth rim, painted in underglaze cobalt blue of
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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A Korean Blue & White Porcelain Dragon Jar, Joseon6459 - A Korean Blue & White Porcelain Dragon Jar, Joseon
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A Blue and White Porcelain Jar Decorated with Dragon, Of globular shape rising from a recessed base to the raised and extended neck, painted in vibran
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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A Tibetan Polychromed Leather and Wood Saddle6460 - A Tibetan Polychromed Leather and Wood Saddle
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A Polychromed Leather and Wood Saddle, Wooden form with leather wrapped around front and rear and secured with leather thongs, painted with geometric
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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A Persian Painted Leather Manuscript Album Cover6461 - A Persian Painted Leather Manuscript Album Cover
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A Persian Painted Leather Manuscript Album Cover, The front and back covers divided by a beribboned velvet hinge, painted with either a figural scene
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (350.00) = 350.00
 
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Two Mughal-Style Miniature Portraits6462 - Two Mughal-Style Miniature Portraits
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Two Mughal-Style Miniature Portraits, Painted in gouache, gilt and silver, one depicting a turbaned ruler in profile, the other of his consort, each i
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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Two Persian Illustrated Manuscript Leaves, 19th C.6463 - Two Persian Illustrated Manuscript Leaves, 19th C.
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Two Persian Illustrated Manuscript Leaves, Each gilt and gouache on paper, mounted; the first depicting two armed contestants, two mounted attendants
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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