Some additional pieces from my family's collection....

[analog addict]

Greetings to all. I grew up in a household that had a side business in Oriental antiques and Asian Art. One of the things my parents collected was Japanese art. My dad passed away a number of years ago, and now my mom is looking to downsize. It's my understanding that the market for Japanese art is quite soft these days, in contrast to the Chinese art market. Here are a couple of samurai themed items my mom is considering liquidating, but she doesn't know what a ballpark market value might be, especially the cloisonne sword.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition, she has a large netsuke collection and a large wood block print collection for which she is looking for an auction house or reputable gallery through which to sell these collections

 

Here are some examples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and some prints....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lastly, a piece of mine of which I know nothing, other than my dad gave it to me....

 

 

Any and all help would be appreciated

 

Allan

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Allen,

Can't help with the okimono, netsuke, or prints. Here's what I know about the sword.

Cloisonne koshirae usually, if not always, originate in Meiji period or later and were made for western tourists (individual pieces: kotsuka, tsuba, etc., can be older and Samurai, but the whole shebang is for tourists). The blades in these koshirae tend to be very low end and I see nothing about the blade in your rig that tells me otherwise. As for a value for your koshirae: difficult to say because it isn't a part of the market I know, but if I had to guess I'd say between $1K and 2K.

Anyone know better?

Grey

[Baka Gaijin]

Good evening Allan,

 

Working on the works on paper from the top,

 

1 & 2 are by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, they are left and right part of a tryptych which I cannot identify at the moment.

Do you have the center image?

The Publisher though was Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō).

 

3 & 5 are as it says on the label - Kawase Hasui (1883 – 1957)

He was influential in the shin hanga (new print) movement, so much so that in 1956, he was made a Living National Treasure.

 

4 is by Paul Jacoulet (1902–1960) from the series Les Vieux Manuscrits - Coree Seoul

Published November 1948 in an edition of 250 (There should be an edition number of 250 on the verso, it will be within a rectangular cartouche).

It will be a pencil signature by Jacoulet himself above the Ivy center right recto.

It was published by Honda (Matashiro Uchikawa) and carved by Kentaro Maeda.

(The subject matter is a scholar sitting and reading while he holds a fan which describes the Diamond mountains of Korea.)

 

6 may be mounted from a Kakejiku it may be Kusunoki Masahige (The kikusui hata in the background)

 

They are all very good things, your parents had very good taste indeed.

 

Cheers

[hybridfiat]

Bonhams? Sotherbys? Id get them professionally assessed and valued as you are looking in the region of thousands for this lot.

I was salivating over the block prints but know that SWMBO would never countenance the expense regardless of the flowers or supplication

[analog addict]

Thank you all for the kind words. My mom has given me permission to post the entire wood block collection in this forum, and would be willing to sell pieces to interested parties. I don't know how these things are typically handled in this forum. I have sold a few of her prints on another forum to individuals I have known for awhile and have had a history of previous transactions. But since I am new here, I will need guidance on how to proceed.

 

Anyway, if you are interested, look for a "wood block" post in the for sale forum. Also, to those who have already PM'ed me, I am working on getting valuations squared away. My mom is looking to liquidate, not for top dollar, so items will be priced less than the going market rate.

 

Allan

[Jean]

Allan,

It is very easy. You issue a new post in the "for sale" section, put your pictures of the object for sale and state the requested price