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Auction House:
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Art
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*** A Japanese woodblock print, signed Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912), dated 1902, the publisher & carver in the left margin. Condition: good. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton Collection, 22 x 34 cm ***
*** Four Japanese woodblock prints, Ukiyo-e one after Hiroshige, one by Tokyo woodblock print studio. Condition: two with trimmed margins. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton Collection, 25 x 37 cm, 37 x 25 cm, 18 x 24 cm, 35 x 22 cm ***
*** Chinese school (20th century) scroll mountain Monastery ink and brush printed seals right 68 x 44 cm ***
*** An Indian miniature, with a Liberal use of gold, ink and pastel colours on paper, 19th century, a horse looks on while his master is lying on a blue silk rug with gold vines going back and forth, while the servant boy keeps the fire burning. Three lines… ***
*** A Chinese framed ancestor scroll, 19th century, of a seated male and female, each wearing blue and red traditional robe, ink and colour on paper, framed, (A/F) minor deterioration to paper. Height 180 cm. Width 95 cm ***
*** A collection of seven Japanese woodblock prints, each depicting Women's pastimes, some after Utamaro (7), each: 39 x 24 cm each mounted ***
*** A woodblock print, thirty-six views of Yeddo, signed Hiroshige Ga, Hiroshige II (1826-1869) Japan, the Ukiyo-e first edition created in 1862, framed & glazed. Condition: colour faded. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton Collection, 34 x 22 cm ***
*** A woodblock print, signed Toyokuni Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865), Japan, the Ukiyo-e was created in 1847 -1860, with three seal marks of the carver & publisher next to the signature, framed & glazed. Condition: good colour and detail. Provenance:… ***
*** Four Japanese woodblock prints, Ukiyo-e Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1865), Kuniaki (1835-1888), Shunbaisai Hokuei, active from 1824 to 1837, signed as Kunisada ga, Kuniaki ga, & Shunko ga, each with carver & publisher's marks. Condition: Margins trimmed,… ***
*** A Chinese watercolour on silk with a fruiting grape vine and a Grasshopper, artist signature and red seal, 45 x 50 cm ***
*** A ink and colour on paper, Wintersweet on Gnarled branches, China, attributed to Wang Hui [1632 -1717], with a poem on the top right, a cyclical date on 1659, Qianlong seal mark to the top, framed 149 x 76 cm ***
*** Chinese school. (20th century). Six Beauties. Each watercolour on silk. Each signed. Each 25 x 30 cm ***
*** A Japanese woodblock print the warrior, 36 x 24 cm ***
*** Indian watercolour, the hunter riding on the back of an elephant, mid 20th century, a Mughal ruler & his servants on the grassy knoll, the sport of nobility, finely carved black, [possibly ebony], 65 x 53 cm ***
*** Chinese school, ancestor portraits (2). 119 cm x 83 cm ***
*** Japanese woodblock, the Ruins of Fukuoka Castle, artist Kawase Hasin, circa 1940, an uncompleted 17th century castle & moat in Kyushu, framed and mounted in silk, 35 x 23.5 cm ***
*** Four Chinese watercolour painting on silk late 19th/20th century. Provenance: From private collection, Sydney. Purchased in Hanoi 1982. 108 cm x 36 cm each (including frame) ***
*** Three Japanese woodblock prints, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865), with carver & Publisher's seal marks, the Ukiyo-e created after 1847. Condition: two with trimmed margins, one with staining to top & pin holes to right side. Provenance: The Eisenberg… ***
*** A woodblock print, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi Ga, with carver & Publisher's seal marks, Japan, from the series of the seven lucky Gods of Japan, created around 1855. Condition: Margins trimmed. Provenance: The Eisenberg… ***
*** A Japanese woodblock, the cherry blossoms of Tateho, from the series the eight views of mount Fuji, Tokuriki Tomikichiro, c. 1950s a re-issue of four Seasons, spring, from the original 1939-1940, a print that appeared as part of the series thirty-six… ***
*** Two Japanese woodblock prints, signed Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), first edition, published by Takekawa Seikichi, dated 1882 & 1884, Chapters 10 of Fifty-four Chapters of modern Genji, April from the twelve Months series, with date, publisher, carver's… ***
*** Two Japanese woodblock print, Utagawa Toyokuni IV (1833-1904, & Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1865), each with seal marks of the carver & publisher next to the signature, signed as Kochoro Hosai & Ichiyosai Toyikuni. Condition: Margins trimmed, right one… ***
*** Two Japanese woodblock prints, Hiroshige I (1797-1858), from one hundred famous views of Edo & Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido, the Ukiyo-e with seal marks of the carver & publisher to the margin. Condition: missing areas to the margins, one with… ***
*** Four Japanese woodblock prints, Ukiyo-e two by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1865), each with carver and Publisher's seal marks, signed as Toyokuni & nanajukyu-sai (79 years old) Toyokuni ga, work created after 1860, one titled with hunting at Mt Arashiyama… ***
*** A Japanese hanging scroll with longevity characters, signature & red seal of the artist, 66 x 32 cm ***
*** A Japanese hanging scroll with calligraphy in running script, signed by Mi Feng, & three red seals. Condition: some foxing, 133 x 33 cm ***
*** An Indian miniature, ink, opaque watercolour on paper, 19th century, a Prince and his companion seated on a finely woven carpet on a balcony garden, a line of text top and bottom, double mount, silk and gilt frame. 15.5 x 10.5 cm ***
*** A fine Chinese landscape scroll painting with Inscription and two artists signature ***
*** A large Japanese watercolour and gouache on paper, signed Osanu Yamanto 147 x 110 cm ***
*** A Japanese woodblock print, two men wrestling a tiger, 25 x 20 cm ***
*** A Japanese woodblock print 34 x 46.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese painting in book format ***
*** A pair of Chinese square side tables, with soft cane seats, Qing dynasty, 19th century, a plain apron with a drop down scroll, with frosted glass cut to protect the tops. Provenance: Imperial Peking collection, height 52, 43 sq cm ***
*** Mughal miniature, colour and ink on ivory a Chubby Bearded Sitar player, India, mid 20th century, very fine detailing, wearing a turban with jewelled aigrette, picked out in gold, the three stringed lute, the trim of the costume and turban..., 14 x 21 cm ***
*** A painted Chinese scroll of two ladies 90 x 37 cm (image size) ***
*** A Chinese school, mountain and Li river, Guilin china, watercolour 108 x 204 cm ***
*** Two Japanese woodblock prints, Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904) & Yoshikazu, active around 1850 to 1870, the Ukiyo-e publisher's mark in the margin & signature. Condition: trimmed & damage to the margins, staining & creased to one right side. Provenance: The… ***
*** Ink and colour on paper, summer landscape in Southern village, China, inscribed by Chu Zhongwei, dated 2003, signature and red seal top right, framed, verso label, Stanley gallery, 93 x 84 cm ***
*** A Japanese woodblock print, flower in vase, Summer, circa 1950s, Bakufu Ohno [1888-1976], known for his detailed colours & textures, mounted in black lacquer frame, Publisher: Kyoto Hanga-in, Oban tete-e ***
*** Gouache on paper, Indo Persian. Provenance: bought in Indian during the 1970s, 81 x 102 cm ***
*** A Chinese framed watercolour scroll depicting Buddha, signed upper left, with worn silk brocade 51 x 151 cm (incl. frame) ***
*** A Chinese calligraphy scroll with three printed seals in red, 140 cm long ***
*** Indian miniature on marble, seated on a finely woven carpet with gilt vines on a Balcony garden, Rajasthan, India, double mount, silk and gilt frame, 26 x 20 cm ***
*** A framed Japanese woodblock print 70 x 34 cm ***
*** Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981) Japanese Wet Street scene monochrome woodblock signed lower right inscribed right hand magin signed with the artist's chop on plate 47 x 22 cm ***
*** Chinese school, woman playing the Zheng triptych of watercolours, signed l.l.c. with Chinese characters 35 x 23 cm ***
*** A pair of Indian portrait miniatures on ivory, probably depicting Emperor Akbar and his wife Empress Hira Kunwari, both richly coloured and gilt on thin ivory wafers, 20th century. ***
*** A Chinese watercolour Orchids and butterflies signed 78 cm x 39 cm ***
*** A Chinese woodblock print, a village in Suzhou, signed in pencil by Zhou Xinghua, dated 1998, note: Suzhou is renowned for engravings & prints, 61 x 72 cm ***
*** Three Japanese woodblock prints, Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1865), each with carver & Publisher's seal marks, one with Chushingura, the Treasury of loyal Retainers. Condition: two with trimmed margins, two with insect damage. Provenance: The Eisenberg… ***
*** A Japanese woodblock print, Kobayashi Kiyochika(1847-1915), Tokugawa Takechiyo, dated 1885, from the series instruction in the Fundamentals of Success, with date, carver & publisher's information on the bottom. Condition: Creased in the middle, minor pin… ***
*** Two woodblock prints, signed Jukokudo Yoshikuni, active from 1813 to 1832, with carver & Publisher's seal mark, Japan, note: birth & death unknown, a Ukiyo-e master of Osaka in the Edo period, the right one depicting Nakamura Utaemon IV, 1796/98­1852,… ***
*** Four Chinese paintings, polychrome wash on paper, each signed, together with a Chinese framed painting(5) the watercolour and ink painting depicting various scenes of literati and peasants amongst a mountainous river landscape, signed with several seals… ***
*** A Japanese woodblock print old Kyto Pallace, circa 1920 - 1930 ***
*** A Japanese woodblock print of Mt Fuji 1920\s ***
*** A large Japanese watercolour and gouache on paper, signed Osanu Yamanto 147 x 110 cm ***
*** A large Japanese watercolour and gouache on paper, signed Osanu Yamanto 147 x 110 cm ***
*** A large Japanese watercolour and gouache on paper, signed Osanu Yamanto 147 x 110 cm ***
*** A pair of Indian miniature paintings ***
*** Six Japanese woodblock prints including Hiroshige 53Stations of the Tokaido, some fading and trimming [6], 24 x 35 cm ***
*** Toshi Yoshida, (1911-1995) Japanese, Irozaki - Moring 1961 + Irozaki - evening 1961, each woodblock print, Moring signed with chop lower right, each signed below matt. Provenance: Kaigado gallery Tokyo, Mossgreen: collection of Peter Elliott 30-31 August… ***
*** Three Japanese woodblock prints, Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1865) & Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), depicting Chushingura II, the Treasury of loyal Retainers, with carver and publisher's seal marks. Condition: Margins trimmed, staining marks to one work,… ***
*** Three Japanese woodblock prints, Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) & Yoshitora, active from 1850 to 1880, the Ukiyo-e with carver and publisher's seal marks. Condition: staining, one creased to the middle, one missing parts to… ***
*** Two woodblock prints, signed Toyokuni Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865), with carver & Publisher's seal marks, Japan, note: works created after 1847 according to the style of the signature. Condition: foxing, margins trimmed, restored insect damage.… ***
*** Two Japanese woodblock prints, Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904), from the series Colors of spring at thirty-six Restaurants, signed as Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga, one titled as Shower room, the Ukiyo-e carver & publisher next to the artist's signature in the left… ***
*** Three woodblock prints, Utagawa Toyokuni III, [1786-1865], with carver and Publisher's seal marks, Japan, two beauties walking by the river and another note: two signed as nidaime Kunisada Toyokuni ga, and one as nidaime Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga, works… ***
*** Chinese school, parrot on a branch, hand coloured print on fabric,signed with chop lower right and top left diameter 28 cm ***
*** An Indian carved architectural element, 19th/20th century, with a central motif of an urn, & mirror figures of warriors riding elephants to each flank surrounded by swirling leaves. Provenance: collection of a former Diplomat. Height 14 cm, width 115 cm ***
*** Chinese school one hundred birds 3 of 4 panels c.1970 Handcoloured prints on fabric 27 x 88 cm, (2x)27 x 66 cm ***
*** The Bodhidharma ink & Color on paper, signed Shou Zhi with red seal, 19th/20th century, carrying a long staff with a red gourd, after Qi Bai Shi, the monk credited with bringing Zen Buddhism to china, 160 x 58 cm ***
*** Utamaro Kitigawa, (c.1753-1806), geisha by the Lake, woodblock, later impression, signed with seal lower right, 33 x 21.5 cm. Provenance: The collection of Ron O'Mullane OAM & Glenda O'Mullane ***
*** Ink & colour on hand made paper, of two red crested cranes, signature and seal mark of artist, framed gilt frame 15 x 15 cm ***
*** A group of three Chinese hand painted Scrolls two in wash with figurative scenes, both signed, the other with birds and calligraphy, also signed, together with three scroll rollers, longest 116 cm ***
*** A Japanese painting on cotton with red crested cranes roosting on a rocky outcrop, a fruiting peach branch, with a frond of bamboo, all symbols of longevity, 84 x 58 cm ***
*** Two Chinese framed Scrolls on silk, painted with pheasants & Eagles, Republic period, each 105 x 29 ***
*** A Chinese painting of Guanyin late 19th / 20th century, ink on silk Provenance: From a private collection, Sydney. Purchased in Hanoi 1982. 56.5 cm x 106 cm (including frame) ***
*** A Chinese scroll, ink and colour on paper, signed Shou Ge, dated 1957, inscribed with a poem, 188 x 58 cm ***
*** Chinese school (20th century) scroll two birds on the branch of a tree ink and brush on paper signed, red seals 34 x 45 cm ***
*** A Chinese hand Panted and signed scroll depicting a mountainous landscape with figures, together with a small calligraphy scroll, 170 cm x 65 cm ( 2 ) ***
*** Ink and colour on silk, butterflies in the Flowering Blooms, a Poem, signed by Peiying, flower specimens, Magnolia, cherry blossom, iris and rose (2), 48 x 54 cm ***
*** A Japanese woodblock print with Flowering Magnolia Blooms, Studio mark and red seal, 40 x 27 cm ***
*** Utagawa Hiroshige I, (1797 - 1858) Japanese after, Nihonbashi: morning scene, from the series fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, woodblock print, late Impression, seal lower right, 22 x 35 cm ***
*** Japanese school (possibly Early 19th century) Entry of four ships to Nagasaki woodblock print 30 x 41 cm ***
*** A Chinese hanging scroll ink & colour scroll on paper, signed Gui Zhou & red seal, 190 x 62 cm ***
*** A pair of gilt bamboo style framed oil paintings on canvas blue and white ceramics signed indistinctly lower right together with two framed signed Japanese prints ***
*** A pair of old hardwood line markers, Japan, these tools were used in the construction of traditional Japanese wooden houses to mark lines for the placement of beams. A string is drawn through the ink soaked fabric in the well of the implement. One with… ***
*** A white sea eagle Perched on a Rocky Outcrop, hanging scroll, signed Jin Kun with red seal mark, dated 1987, porcelain scroll ends, mounted on silk, 178 x 70 cm ***
*** Six ink and colour on ivory, Indian miniatures of birds including birds of prey, 20th century, framed and mounted as three [3]. Provenance: bought in Indian during the 1970s, 21 x 29 cm ***
*** A Korean painting of an official, a Yangban, scholar-Gentry, His robe decorated with a tiger, 93 x 64 cm ***
*** A Japanese woodblock print by Asano Takeji 'Snow in Hiunkaku Nishihonganji temple - Kyoto 23 x 35 cm ***
*** Ink and colour on silk, leaping koi, with signature and a red seal mark, Japan 95 x 50 cm ***
*** Ink and colour on silk, two red crested cranes sheltering under a pine branch in winter, China, signed with a cyclical date 1979, a pine tree and crane are symbols of longevity, framed 154 x 83 cm ***
*** A Chinese scroll of a mountain scene with silk brocade. Length 221 cm. Width 60 cm ***
*** A Chinese scroll painting of mountain scene with signature to top right corner 129 x 63 cm ***
*** Three Japanese framed woodblock prints two depicting geisha after Harunabu one after Hiroshige and one small folio (4) ***
*** Two Japanese framed scrolls, mid 20th century, 130 x 45 cm ***