Attributed Miyao Eisuke Company, Japanese Meiji
Period (1865-1912)
Figure of street performer in ornate dress with
his hands close to his face, a detachable monkey perched on his back
Bronze and mixed metal on gilt metal base
Height 10 inches
Miyao Eisuke Company, Japanese Meiji Period (1868
-1912)
Figure of a man smoking an opium pipe, a scythe
strapped to his belt and bag
Bronze and gilt bronze, on giltwood base
Signed on verso
Height 10 1/2 inches
Condition: oxidation on back
Miyao Eisuke Company, Japanese Meiji Period (1868
-1912)
Figure of a man holding a farming tool over his
shoulder and a turtle in his other hand
Bronze and gilt bronze, on giltwood base
Signed on verso (right leg)
Height 9 1/2 inches
Satsuma Cabinet Vase
having four panels decorated with birds on branches,
figures, boats and water, and crane in branches
signed with gold mark
height 3 7/8 inches
Provenance: Estate of Michael and Elizabeth Ponak
Pomfret Center, Connecticut
Nogawa Company Folding Table Screen
having rooster, bamboo, and landscape motif
Bronze and mixed metal
Japanese Meiji Period, trademark on verso
height 6 inches, total length 11 inches
Fujii Yoshitoyo (Japanese 1868-Death)
Damascene Box (cigarette box)
featuring a peacock with outstretched wings
Bronze and mixed metal
Mt. Fuji Damascene Company trademark on verso
height 2 inches, top 3 1/2″ x 6″
Japanese Satsuma Cabinet Vase
oval flask shaped vase having sparrow birds, monkey, and butterfly motif, gilt and geometric border, character mark to base
height 5 inches
Japanese Cobalt Satsuma Cabinet Vase
cobalt vase having cylindrical body, gilt accents and finely painted village scenes with cherry blossoms, children playing and geishas, impressed character mark
height 4 1/2 inches
Pair Japanese Satsuma Cabinet Vases
to include
having four sides decorated with
warriors, geisha, and floral motif, geometric gilt
accents and butterfly design to neck, signed on base,
Meiji period
height 4 3/4 inches
Condition: some crazing
Six Japanese Framed Woodblocks
to include
Pair of Toshusai Sharaku (Japanese Actor
1794-95) mica ground woodblock prints of
actors, one of the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke,
one of the actor Morita Kanya
14″ x 9″
Pair of Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese 1826-
1869) wood blocks from one hundred views
of Edo, Minami-Shinagawa and Iga
14″ x 9″
Provenance: Ueno from sixty-odd provinces of
Japan
Pair of Chinese watercolor on laid paper
scenes of geishas and scholars
18″ x 14″
Four Chinese Framed Pieces
set of four Chinese framed watercolors of butterflies and flowers, watercolor and gouache on silk in burlwood frames, character marks to left of border
frame sizes 16″ x 21″
Three Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese 1839-1892)
“Lunacy: Fumihiroge” circa 1889
woodblock #77 from 100 Views of the Moon
“Ishiyama Moon: Lady Murasaki” circa 1889
woodblock #71 from 100 Views of the Moon
“Jade Rabbit: Sun Wukong” circa 1886
woodblock #73 from 100 Views of the Moon
14 1/2″ x 9 1/2″
Pair of Six Panel Japanese Wall Screens
hand painted watercolor, gouache, and gilt on paper
feature shell for cartouches depicting court scenes
with scholars, geishas and cherry blossoms,
surrounded by silk border
each panel 42 1/2″ x 18″, each screen total
42 1/2″ x 108″
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese 1839-1892)
“Mt. Yoshino Midnight Moon: Iga-no Tsubone”, circa
1886
woodblock #15 from 100 Views of the Moon
14 1/2″ x 9 3/4″
Three Framed Chinese Silk Embroidered Sleeve
Bands
to include
Pair of stitched together featuring flowers, bird
and urn motif
one having butterfly and scrolling vine and
flower motif on golden thread background the
other being one thin sleeve with flowers each
having embroidered border
largest frame is 22″ x 10″
Chinese Ceramic Sancai Roof Tile
in the form of a warrior on horseback in yellow, black, and green glaze
height 15 inches, length 19 inches
Condition: age ware, chips and loss throughout, missing horn on horse
Provenance: Estate of Hale Gabrielson Lamont-Havers, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Chinoiserie Decorated Cabinet / Chest
having two doors opening to reveal two over three over one over four drawers, likely 18th century, now set on newer chippendale base
height 70 inches, top 18 1/2″ x 39″
Provenance: Estate of Linda B. Sonnenblick, Farmington, Connecticut
Queen Anne Chinoiserie Gilt Decorated Black Lacquered Cabinet on Stand
having double arched molded edge top over twin blind arched doors with brass bindings, opening to arrangement of two arched top doors over three drawers, over two drawers, over one drawer, over four drawers, and cupboards, now set on new base with square legs, top 18th century
height 74 1/2 inches, top width 41 inches, case width 38 inches
Provenance: Michael Hogg Antiques London, England 1957 for £8750,
Estate of Linda B. Sonnenblick, Farmington, Connecticut
Indonesian Batak House Architectural Element
carved polychrome wood (red and black), possibly in the form of a figural head, circa 1800
height 31 1/2 inches, length 36 inches
Condition: paint loss throughout, chipping, and splitting to wood
Three Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese 1839-1892)
“Moon Above the Sea at Daimotsu Bay: Benkei”
circa 1886
woodblock #12 from 100 Views of the Moon
13 1/2″ x 9″
“Cassia-tree Moon: Wu Gang” circa 1886
woodblock #26 from 100 Views of the Moon
13 1/2″ x 9 1/2″
11 am Geisha Powdering her neck in a Mirror, circa
1880
woodblock #11 from 24 hours at Shinbashi and
Yanagibashi
15″ x 10″
Two Piece Chinese Reverse Painted Glass Group
to include a small portrait of a geisha in a blue robe
holding a small dog with bell collar and a larger
landscape featuring a court scene with royals and
scholars outside of a palace, a deity figure crossing
the sea on a donkey
height 21″ x 31″
Pair of Chinese Embroidered Silk Panels
one having cherry blossoms, peaches, and chicken motif the other having a scene with birds perched in a tree branch below a moon both on blue cloth having ornate golden orange / brown border now framed and melted
24″ x 11″
Large Chinese Antique Scroll
Watercolor on silk
Depicting immortals or deities in a mountainous landscape with trees and buildings
Character marks upper left with red character seal
image 59 1/2″ x 26″
Condition: some tearing to border, taped on verso
Large Persian Illuminated Manuscript (17th Century)
one side depicting a scene with two warriors and
their horses, one horse has been killed, the other has
Persian text
Watercolor, gouache, and gilt paint on laid paper
16 3/4″ x 8 1/2″
Three Safavid Persian Miniatures (17th Century)
One larger scene of a Hunter on horseback watching
a woman bathing in a stream
A larger woman kneeling reading next to a tree
Smaller woman writing beside a tree
Watercolor and gouache and gilt paint
largest height 13″ x 9 1/2″
Persian Miniature (16th/17th Century)
Double sided illuminated manuscript depicting on
intricate royal hunt scene featuring horses, deer,
rabbits and falcons surrounded by brown ink border,
verso with Persian text
Watercolor and gouache with gilt
height 10″ x 6 1/2″
Two Persian Miniatures (17/18th Century)
One framed depicting an Imam visiting a province,
illuminated manuscript with Persian text
Watercolor and gouache
5″ x 2 3/4″
One unframed double sided manuscript depicting
a court scene, verso gilt illuminated text
Watercolor and gouache
9 1/2″ x 4″
Three Persian Illuminated Calligraphy Pages (17th
Century)
unframed double sided Safavid manuscript, one side
depicting a man in a tree, verso illuminated text
one frame calligraphy text
one framed miniature of a Timirud man with falcon
and horse
largest 9″ x 6″
Four Piece Chinese Group
to include ceramic temple figure in polychrome paint, blue and white bowl, small hardstone peach tree in cloisonne vase on wooden stand, and a chinese hardstone peach tree
height 23 inches
Set of Six Chippendale Mahogany Side Chairs and One Armchair
having pierced carved splat and arm supports and slip seats with gadrooned edge set on square legs, 18th century
height 36 1/2 inches, seat height 19 inches
Condition: chip at hand rest
Provenance: Estate of M’Liss Crotty Chapman, Westerly, Rhode Island
George IV Mahogany Partners Desk
in three parts, having tooled leather top, drawers on one side, doors and drawers on opposite side, 19th century
height 30 inches, top 38″ x 59 1/2″
Federal Cherry Shaped Top Candle Stand
with turned shaft on tripod base, circa 1800
height 26 1/2 inches, top 16″ x 16 1/2″
Provenance: Collection of a gentleman from Bloomfield, Connecticut
Federal Mahogany Server having Bowed Front
with turret corners, one drawer over two drawers
flanked by cornucopia carved legs over leaf
carving over fluted and turned legs, attributed
to Samuel McIntire, Mass, circa 1830 with
lion mask pulls
height 35 1/4 inches, width 36 inches, top
19″ x 39″
Provenance: Estate of Donald J Lurito
Cherry Tall Case Clock
having fretwork top with fluted columns and quarter
columns set on ogee feet painted metal dial with
American brass works weights and pendulum
height 92 inches
John Bayley Hanover Grandmothers Mahogany
Clock
with frework top, fan inlays and fluted columns set
on ogee feet, painted dial with rocking ship
height 57 1/2 inches
Provenance: Estate of M’Liss Crotty Chapman, Westerly, Rhode Island
Tim Chandler Cherry and Mahogany Tall Case Clock
having American brass works and painted porcelain
dial with moon phases, fret work top and inlaid case
with fluted quarter columns, dial marked Tim
Chandler Concord with weights and pendulum
height 93 inches