Magnificient May Auction

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On May 15th, Wassily Kandinsky’s rare and complete “Kleine Welten” portfolio will go up for auction. It is the fourth time this rare portfolio has surfaced in its entirety since 1989 at public auction.

Also being represented in the Fine Art category is Tony Cragg’s bronze sculpture “The Knot”, an untitled oil painting by Richard Pettibone, Andy Warhol’s lithograph “Liz”, 1964, and Ansel Adams first published portfolio “Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras”. Rounding out the auction is a fine selection of furniture including modern by Tommi Parzinger and Arne Jacobsen, a selection of hammered copper by Dirk Van Erp, antiquarian books, sterling silver including a Sheffield punch bowl, fine jewelry and time pieces, and Chinese and Japanese ivories, porcelains and decorative items.
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Bronze, Ettore Cadorin6493 - Bronze, Ettore Cadorin
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Bronze sculpture, Nude with Cymbal, by Ettore Cadorin (Californian, 1876-1952), signed ''E. Cadorin'' lower back, black marble base,...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Persian Hamadan6494 - Persian Hamadan
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Palace size Rose and Blue Persian Hamadan, 12' x 18'
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Italian giltwood carved table6495 - Italian giltwood carved table
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Italian carved and paint decorated marble-top dining table, the inset rectangular carerra marble top having inlaid banding with bow tie reserves above
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Louis XVI style bureau plat6496 - Louis XVI style bureau plat
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Louis XVI style bureau plat, the rectangular leather top with an embossed gilt writing surface flanked with two pull out extensions having conforming
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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French Empire side chair6496A - French Empire side chair
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French Empire mahogany sidechair circa 1810, the curved crestrail with gilt floral and rosette mounts above the padded back and rising on stylized cab
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Arts and Crafts floor lamp6497 - Arts and Crafts floor lamp
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Arts and Crafts floor lamp, the hexagonal mica shade having arrow and wave form borders above the patinated metal base terminating on a circular foote
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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French Louis XV style table6498 - French Louis XV style table
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French Louis XV style giltwood occasional table circa 1900, the shaped inset marble top above a relief carved apron having a scalloped apron centered
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Pair Louis XV style fauteuils6499 - Pair Louis XV style fauteuils
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Pair of French Louis XV style giltwood carved fauteuils, each having a serpentine crestrail surmounted with a floral carved crest of floral sprays, th
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Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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French Louis XV style wall clock6500 - French Louis XV style wall clock
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French Louis XV style gilt bronze wall clock circa 1885, the cartel clock having winged putti surmounting the circular dial with inset enamel markers
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Polychrome decorated corner cabinet6501 - Polychrome decorated corner cabinet
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Polychrome decorated corner cabinet, probably Swedish, the double door cabinet having Feur de Lys medallions surrounding the two door case with shiel
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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French trumeau mirror6502 - French trumeau mirror
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French giltwood carved trumeau mirror circa 1895, the gilt frame surmounted with a period timepiece by J. Charrasse centering the full relief carved c
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Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Marble clock faces6503 - Marble clock faces
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(lot of 2) Marble clock faces, each executed in Carerra marble and having applied Arabic numerals surrounded by dot and diamond form minute markers, 1
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Standard Electric Time Co. Master Clock6504 - Standard Electric Time Co. Master Clock
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(lot of 4) Standard Electric Time Co. Master Clock, executed in oak and having a 12'' dial with Roman markers, (the paper tape program mecha...
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Standard wall clocks6505 - Standard wall clocks
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(lot of 3) ''Standard'' Wall clocks, each having a grey metal case surrounding the 12'' dial having Arabic numerals
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Continental marble top occasional table6506 - Continental marble top occasional table
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Continental marble top occasional table circa 1890, executed in the Renaissance Revival style, the honed marble top above a castiron and chrome base h
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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French Provincialinlaid cabinet6507 - French Provincialinlaid cabinet
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French Provincial inlaid side cabinet circa 1820, executed in fruitwood, the rectangular top above the panelled case with a scalloped and marquetry in
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Primitive oak campaign chest6508 - Primitive oak campaign chest
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Primitive oak campaign chest circa 1860, the hinged top with a shield form medallion initialled ''CS'' opening to reveal the tiered ...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Victorian cast iron hall tree6509 - Victorian cast iron hall tree
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Victorian cast iron hall tree circa 1890, having scroll and rosette medallions supporting the eight original hooks and terminating on a scalloped base
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Italian figural andirons6510 - Italian figural andirons
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Pair of Italian figural andirons circa 1800, each depicting a male figure bearing the Medici crest above a trailing floral reserve terminating at the
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Spanish Revival wrought iron well head6511 - Spanish Revival wrought iron well head
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Spanish Revival hand wrought iron well head circa 1900, the cruciform crest flanked with S form supports above the rope twist superstructure mounted t
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Continental carved wall mirror6512 - Continental carved wall mirror
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Continental giltwood carved wall mirror, the molded rectangular top fronted with applied spherical roundels above the rectlangular looking glass flank
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Louis XVI style mirrors6513 - Louis XVI style mirrors
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Pair of Louis XVI style giltwood carved mirrors circa 1850, each having a bold foliate and urn carved crest over a double rectangular frame with mirro
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Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Louis XVI style mirror6514 - Louis XVI style mirror
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Louis XVI style carved giltwood mirror circa 1860, the elaborate crest having floral reserves flanking the mirrored cartouche continuing to a double m
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Rococo style wall mirror6515 - Rococo style wall mirror
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Rococo style wall mirror circa 1850, the swag and floral carved crest centered with a winged putti medallion surmounting the rectangular bevelled look
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Leaded glass door panels6516 - Leaded glass door panels
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(Lot of 2) Monumental leaded glass door panels circa 1920, each having a geometric and starburst pattern framed with the wood moulding, 11'4'...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Leaded glass door panels6517 - Leaded glass door panels
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(Lot of 2) Monumental leaded glass door panels circa 1920, each having a geometric and starburst pattern framed with the wood moulding, 11'4'...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Continental tapestry6518 - Continental tapestry
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Continental hand woven tapestry circa 1850, depicting a boar hunt, 82''h x 104''w
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Chinese Inlaid Lacquered Floor Screen, Republic6519 - Chinese Inlaid Lacquered Floor Screen, Republic
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Chinese inlaid and carved lacquer six-panel folding screen, Republic period, each panel featuring a central reserve of children and beauties frolickin
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Framed Chinese Scroll, Landscape6520 - Framed Chinese Scroll, Landscape
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Framed Chinese scroll, Pavilions Amid Pine Landscape, ink and color on silk, the upper left entitled 'song ju xing', cyclical date 'bi...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Chinese Carved Wood Plaques w/Jade Inlay6521 - Chinese Carved Wood Plaques w/Jade Inlay
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Pair of Chinese carved zitan-stained wood plaques with jade inlay, with a seven character colophon picked out of pale sea-green jade inlays reading ...
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Chinese Scroll, Zheng Xu, Landscape6522 - Chinese Scroll, Zheng Xu, Landscape
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Chinese hanging scroll, Travelers in an Autumn Landscape, attributed to Zheng Xi (b.1858), ink and color on silk, the upper left bearing the signature
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Set of Chinese Enameled Porcelain Plaques6523 - Set of Chinese Enameled Porcelain Plaques
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(Lot of 4) Framed Chinese polychrome enamel decorated porcelain plaques, late Qing/Republic period, each featuring a rustic villa set against mountain
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Asian Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Wooden Plaques6524 - Asian Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Wooden Plaques
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(Lot of 2) Asian mother-of-pearl inlaid wooden panels, one depicting farmers working in the field including scenes with an ox plow the field and plant
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Chinese Soapstone Inlaid Screen Lacquer Screens6525 - Chinese Soapstone Inlaid Screen Lacquer Screens
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Pair of Chinese gilt and black lacquered three-panel screens with stone inlaid accents, the central panel depicting a blue bird perched above large bl
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Chinese Stone Inlaid Wooden Panels6526 - Chinese Stone Inlaid Wooden Panels
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Pair of Chinese inlaid wooden panels, one featuring a double gourd-form soapstone vase issuing blossoming peonies near a jade carved with a beauty poi
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Lithograph,Zhang Daqian/Chang Dai-Chien, Bird6527 - Lithograph,Zhang Daqian/Chang Dai-Chien, Bird
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Framed color lithograph, Maple Leaf with Bird, by Zhang Daqian/Chang Dai-chien (Chinese, 1899-1983), left with colophon and cyclical date 'jiayi...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Japanese Modern Print, Haku Maku6528 - Japanese Modern Print, Haku Maku
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Japanese modern woodblock print with embossing, work 73-17-B (Kokoro [Heart/Soul]), sealed Haku Maki (1924-2000), edition unknown (not unframed), sig
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Painting, John Chin Young6529 - Painting, John Chin Young
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Framed oil on linen, Abstract Horses, by John Chin Young (Hawaiian/Californian, 1909-1997), signed lower right, sight: 30''h x 48''w...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Balinese Painting, Figures6530 - Balinese Painting, Figures
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Framed Balinese painting, pigment on cloth; depicting a masked supplicant before a dancing figure in princely raiment, a musician to the left in front
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Japanese Woodblock Print, Utamaro6531 - Japanese Woodblock Print, Utamaro
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Unframed Japanese woodblock print, early 19th century, an okubi portrait of Kintaro in the arms of Yama-uba, signed Utamaro-hitsu, with collector...
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Japanese Woodblock Print, Hokusai, 36 Views6532 - Japanese Woodblock Print, Hokusai, 36 Views
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Unframed Japanese woodblock print, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei, entitled Edo Nihonbashi, early impression with
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Japanese Woodblock Prints, Hiroshige I & II6533 - Japanese Woodblock Prints, Hiroshige I & II
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(Lot of 2) Unframed Japanese woodblock prints, first from a toto meisho series, entitled Sumidagawa, signed Hiroshige (1797-1858), with kiwame censor
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Japanese Woodblock Print, Uki-e, Toyokuni I6534 - Japanese Woodblock Print, Uki-e, Toyokuni I
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Unframed Japanese woodblock print, Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), entitled uki-e (perspective picture) Chushingura sandanme no zu (Treasury of the Loya
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Japanese Woodblock Prints, Hokuei & Toyoshige6535 - Japanese Woodblock Prints, Hokuei & Toyoshige
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(Lot of 4) Unframed Japanese woodblock prints, first a triptych set of three Kabuki actors in a scene from Chushingura, each with notation of role and
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Two Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada6536 - Two Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada
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(Lot of 2) Unframed Japanese woodblock prints, the first by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), from a Genji series, entitled Ishiyama Genji no ma, wi
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Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada6537 - Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada
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(Lot of 4) Unframed Japanese woodblock prints, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), signed Ichiyosai Toyokuni-ga or Toyokuni-ga and with nanushi censor se
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada6538 - Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada
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(Lot of 4) Unframed Japanese woodblock prints, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), each signed Toyokuni-ga, consisting of one okubi-e of an onnagata, wit
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada6539 - Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada
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(Lot of 4) Unframed Japanese woodblock prints, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), each featuring a Kabuki actor in role, signed Toyokuni-ga and with ara
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada6540 - Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kunisada
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(Lot of 5) Unframed Japanese woodblock prints, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), the first three of oban format: two actors in role, signed Kochoro Kun
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Japanese Woodblock Print, Yoshitoshi6541 - Japanese Woodblock Print, Yoshitoshi
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Unframed Japanese woodblock diptych set, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92), two sheets originally from a triptych, depicting the battle between the Min
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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