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Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
26 October - 5 November 2021 • London
1 An early enamelled vase | Edo period, mid-17th century
2 A Kakiemon vase | Edo period, late 17th century
3 A fine Kakiemon dish | Edo period, late 17th century
4 A Kakiemon sake flask | Edo period, late 17th century
5 A Kakiemon barbers bowl | Edo period, late 17th century
6 A Kakiemon dish | Edo period, late 17th century
7 A Kakiemon dish | Edo period, early 18th century
8 A Kakiemon dish | Edo period, late 17th century
9 A Kakiemon dish | Edo period, late 17th century
10 A pair of hexagonal Kakiemon style sake flasks | Edo period, late 17th century
11 A pair of Nabeshima bowls | Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century
12 A Ko-Kutani sake flask | Edo period, late 17th century
13 An Arita model of a puppy | Edo period, late 17th century
14 A pair of Kakiemon models of cockerels | Edo period, late 17th century
15 A pair of Arita models of hounds | Edo period, late 17th century
16 A pair of Arita models of Kintaro on the back of a carp | Edo period, late 17th century
17 A pair of Arita models of karashishi | Edo period, late 17th century
18 A pair of Arita models of cockerels | Edo period, late 17th century
19 A pair of ormolu mounted models of cockerels | Edo period, late 17th century | The mounts 18th century
20 A celadon glazed figure of a rakan | Edo period, late 18th century
21 A Kakiemon figure of a bijin | Edo period, late 17th century
22 A Kakiemon figure of a bijin | Edo period, late 17th century
23 An impressive group of seven Imari figures of bijin | Edo period, late 17th century
24 A Kakiemon style dish | Edo period, late 17th century
25 A Kakiemon style dish | Edo period, late 17th century
26 An Arita dish | Edo period, late 17th century
27 An Arita dish | Edo period, late 17th century
28 A set of five Arita dishes in Kakiemon style | Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century
29 A pair of octagonal Arita vases with covers | Edo period, late 17th century
30 An impressive Imari five-piece garniture | Edo period, late 17th century
31 A large Imari dish | Edo period, 18th century
32 A pair of large Imari dishes | Edo period, late 17th century
33 A large Imari tureen | Edo period, late 17th century
34 A pair of silver-mounted Imari bowls | Edo period, late 17th century, the mounts 19th century
35 A pair of Kakiemon-style cricket cages with silver mounts | Edo period, late 17th century, the mounts later
36 A rectangular stoneware dish | Signed Kenzan Shochu (Ogata Ihachi, also known as Kyoto Kenzan II, active circa 1720–1760) | Edo period, 18th century
37 A seto stoneware vase | Meiji period, 19th century
38 A large drum body (otsuzumi) | Edo period, 17th century
39 A shikishi-bako [box for square calligraphy paper] | Edo period, 17th century
40 A suzuribako [writing box] | Edo period, 19th century
41 A fine suzuribako [writing box] Attributed to the Igarashi school Edo period, 17th - 18th century
42 A suzuribako [writing box] | Momoyama period, late 16th century
43 A suzuribako [writing box] | Edo period, 18th century
44 A suzuribako [writing box] | Edo period, 19th century
45 A suzuribako [writing box] | Edo period, 19th century
46 A rectangular karabitsu | Momoyama period, late 16th century
47 A small hasamibako [travelling chest] | Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century
48 An octagonal lacquer box and cover | Edo period, 17th - 18th century