China & Japan
A Japanse giltwood sculpture of Kannon Bosatsu
Edo period, late 18th/early 19th century
A Japanese Namban lacquer coffer with copper mounts for the European market
Momoyama period, late 16th/early 17th century
A Japanese lacquer small X-frame folding stool, kyũsõdai
Japan, Kyoto, the Sengoku period, late 16th century
(sold)
A charming carved giltwood Chinese export mirror
frame with a watch-stand
Canton, Qing Dynasty, early 19th century
A Japanese export lacquer tripod table with feet shaped as bats
Nagasaki, 1850s
A Japanese export lacquer tripod table with feet shaped as bats
Nagasaki, 1850-1860
A Japanese boxwood netsuke of a Dutchman as a barber
Showa-period, 20th century
A superb Japanese ivory netsuke of a Dutchman carrying a boar slung over his shoulder
Edo period, 18th century
A Chinese export porcelain VOC dish
Canton, Yongzheng period, circa 1730
A rare bone netsuke of a Dutchman with a cockerel
Edo period, 18th century
Two ivory Chinese export Mignot-style pendants
Circa 1600-1650
'The Deshima Cabinet.'
A Japanese export lacquer cabinet for
the Dutch market with gilt copper mounts
Edo period, circa 1660-1680
A Japanese two-fold Namban screen
Early Edo period, 17th century
A Japanese export Nagasaki lacquer tobacco box with the portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte
Edo-period, circa 1810
A large exceptional Japanese ema, or painted wood wishing board, depicting a ship
Edo period, 19th century
A Japanese Nagasaki export lacquer box with mother-of-pearl depiction of the Amsterdam ‘Trippenhuis’
Edo-period, circa 1830
A Japanese lacquer sword-stand or katana-kake
Late Edo period, 1st half 19th century
A Japanese lacquer box covered with Japanese gilt-leather paper imitating Dutch gilt leather, or kinkarakawakami
Probably Tokyo, Meiji period, circa 1880
A Kawabaran woodblock print depicting two camels with their ‘exotic’ caretakers
Nagasaki, by Kataoka Harukyu, dated Bunsei 10, the year of the pig, 1827, published in Osaka by Kinokuniya
A large Chinese export famille rose armorial porcelain charger with the Amsterdam coat-of-arms
A Japanese blue and white porcelain dish with initials ‘HP’
Arita, Edo period, circa 1660-1690
(sold)
A Japanese Imari double-gourd- shaped R(hineland) W(ine) bottle
Arita, late 17th/early 18th century
A rare Japanese export lacquer medical instrument box
Edo-period, 1650-1700
Small lacquer box with shagreen inlays and references to poetry in hira-maki-e
Early Edo period, second half of the 17th century
A Japanese export lacquer box
shaped like a folded letter, fitted with Louis XIV ormolu mounts
Edo period, second half of the 17th century
A Japanese carved elmwood (keyaki) okimono of a Dutchman
Nagasaki, Edo period, 1st half 19th century
A magnificently serene Chinese gilt-bronze sculpture of Guanyin
A set of four extremely rare and important pictorial-style Japanese export lacquer bottles
A prunus wood netsuke of ‘Blomhoff’s Dromedaries’ signed Bunpō
(sold)
Kawahara Keiga (1786 - c. 1860)
Two Dutch ships anchored in the bay of Nagasaki
A Chinese export lacquer bureau for the Dutch market
Canton, circa 1737
A Chinese walnut, Hu-T’ao, polychrome and gilt sculpture of an unknown European Company official
China, probably Canton, 1st half 18th century
(sold)
A charming Japanese ema, a painted wood wishing board
A refined Chinese export painting depicting ‘The Tea shop’
A splendid pair of large Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain VOC chargers and a rare small VOC dish
Okada Shuntosai (act. 1832-1861)
Murayama, the red-light district of Nagasaki in the province of Hizen, with Dutch merchants and Japanese courtesans
(sold)
A Japanese colour Nagasaki-e print depicting a Dutch chief with a Javanese servant and a dog in a European landscape
A Chinese export porcelain dish with Dutch decoration of a VOC ship
A square Arita porcelain bottle with polychrome decoration of Dutchmen
(sold)
Unpei Kameyama (1821-1899)
A view of black (American) ships in the bay of Uraga Senminato, Miura district, June 1853, the first arrival of Comodore Perry in Japan
A large Kakiemon-style Dutch decorated Japanese porcelain wine bottle with initials PDR
(sold)
A rare large Chinese export porcelain ‘Table Bay’ dish
A Japanese Nagasaki-e print depicting a Dutch procession
A Nagasaki-e print depicting a Russian officer, probably Admiral Yevfimiy Vasilyevich Putyatin (1803-1883), with a standard bearer
Lazlo Tatz (Hungary 1888 - Philippines 1951)
Portrait of a Chinese man
A pair of lacquered wood northern Chinese yoke-back chairs, Guan mao shi, Hebei Province, Qing Dynasty, early 18th century
A Portuguese-colonial Japanese Namban lacquer cabinet, comptoir or vargueno
Circa 1600
An impressive and large Japanese transition-style lacquer coffer with fine gilt copper mounts, on French Régence base part possibly by André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732)
Kyoto, 1640-1650, the base part 18th century
Coffer: L. 132.7 x H. 62.8 x D. 59.3 cm
Stand: L. 143.7 x H. 51 x D. 71.9 cm
A highly important drawing related to the VOC Court Journey made between 22 November 1794 and 10 May 1795 by Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest (1739-1801) to the court of Emperor Qianlong for the occasion of his sixtieth year in power
‘View of Monsing-lou (?) and its celebrated Pagode’
(sold)
A Japanese kiseruzutsu (pipe case), decorated with a Dutchman, signed Hisamine
(sold)
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Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan
'The End of a Land in Chains'
An extremely rare Japanese painting depicting Commodore Matthew Perry’s flagship USS Mississippi bringing the coffin with the remains of US marine private Robert Williams who died while serving on the USS Mississippi in Japan, March 6, 1854, aged 21, to the cemetery of the Buddhist Gyokusen-ji temple in the city of Shimoda
Bakumatsu, circa 1854
Attributed to Ukita Ikkei (1795-1859)
Hanging scroll painting of the American ship commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry in Uraga Bay, annotated: ‘1854 Spring first month 8 xx (February) Kan-no Hachiro saw this big American wheel vessel past Cape of Kan-non going to Uraga village’
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Wilhelm Heine (Dresden 30 January 1827-Löbnitz 5 October 1885)
‘Funeral of Robert Williams in the cemetery of the Temple Gyokusen-ji at Shimoda in April 1854’
Programme printed on Commodore Perry’s frigate Powhatan, Hakodadi, Island of Yesso, Japan, May 29th 1854 for an “Ethiopian Concert minstrel show on board this ship, weather favorable, to which the Officers invite your attendance.”
Japan Expedition Press, 1854
A coloured lithograph n° 30,
titled ‘Nagasaki’, from: Ansichten
aus Japan, China und Siam, die Preussische Expedition nach Ost- Asian, Berlin, 1864
After a drawing by Wilhelm Heine, by Lith. Inst. v. W. Korn & Co, Berlin.
(sold)
An extremely rare Japanese six-fold screen depicting Commodore Matthew Perry’s flagship, the USS Mississippi
An extremely fine and important Japanese lacquer cabinet with gilt-copper mounts for the European market
Edo period, late 17th century
A pair of Japanese export lacquered cutlery boxes
Kyoto or Nagasaki, late 18th century
A small Japanese lacquer box with on the lid the English Royal coat-of-arms, R G I, and June 22. 1911, containing the coronation medallion with on one side, under a crown the initials G V R, George V Rex, and the coronation date 22 June 1911, and on the other side the portraits of King George V and Queen Mary
Three Chinese export armorial ‘Schreuder’ porcelain dishes for the Dutch market
Qing-dynasty, Qianlong period, circa 1735-1740
A Japanese colour woodblock print, Nagasaki-e, titled oranda nyonin zu, Dutch woman walking with a child
No publisher mentioned, circa 1817
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After Ishizaki Yũshi (1768-1846)
‘Titia, the wife of Jan Cock Blomhoff, with wetnurse Petronella Munts holding the son Johannes, and the Javanese maidservant Maraty’
A Chinese Huanghuali document box with baitong mounts
18th century
A Japanese Ukiyo-e colour woodblock print of an American man and a Japanese woman
Early Meiji period, circa 1870
An important Japanese drawing of a Persian horse ordered by the Shogun:
‘Eene Eysche van den Keyser’
(the Emperor’s demand)
Edo period, late 18th century
A rare miniature model of a palanquin, norimono
Japan, late 18th century
A Japanese Nagasaki-e colour woodblock print, ‘depiction of Russians,’ woro hiyajin no zu
Edo period, circa 1854, editor Bunkindõ
A Japanese red and black lacquered palanquin or norimono
Edo period, early 19th century
An important Japanese six-fold screen, depicting episodes from the Tale of Genji
Edo period, 17th century
A rare pair of Chinese export porcelain ‘Table Bay’ dishes
Qianlong period, mid 18th century
Two Japanese blue and white porcelain deep dishes with VOC monogram
Arita, 1680-1700
A Japanese blue and white Arita porcelain ‘VOC’ dish
Arita, late 17th century
An exceptional Japanese carved red chõshitsu lacquer telescope
Edo period, late 18th century
Arnoldus Montanus (1625 - 1683)
Gedenkwaerdige gesantschappen der Oost- Indische Maetschappy in ‘t Vereeningde Nederland, aen de Kaisaren van Japan: Vervatende Wonderlyke voorvallen op de Togt der Nederlandsche Gesanten..., 1669
A Japanese scroll painting depicting Daimyo Gyorestu Ga, the court journey of the Daimyo
Edo period, circa 1800
A Japanese vertical hanging scroll-painting, Kakejiku, attributed to Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799)
“Seeing Lo San (Lo mountain) floating far over lake, shadows of leaves reflected by waves on lake, small boat moves with gentile wind, before the scenery (I am) sitting quietly with fishing rod.”
An important Chinese silver goblet with engravings, presented to the Dutch legation in Beijing by Zhang Xun (1884-1916), General to the last Manchu Emperor
(sold)
A rare Japanese long scroll, makimono, depicting people of twenty-four nations, attributed to Jô Girin (act. 1779-1859)
Edo period, early 19th century
A Japanese colour woodblock print, makimono, titled ‘Marching of the red-haired’
Circa 1844
(sold)
A Japanese lacquer writing box decorated with a man trying to withhold a woman from fleeing, titled ‘...rukt zij zich uit mijne armen... De Vriend’ (...she tears herself out of my arms...The Friend)
Edo period, Kyoto-Nagasaki style, 1820- 1830
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Kawahara Keiga (1786-c.1860) or studio
The Fumi-e ceremony (picture treading, 1820-1830)
(sold)
Two rare Chinese Taotie knives China or Vietnam
Late 19th/early 20th century
A Japanese drawing of the Dutch Residence at Deshima
Nagasaki Oranda Yahiki no Zu
20th century, after the 18th century original
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A Japanese colour woodblock print, Öban tate-e by Utagawa Yoshiharu (1828-1888)
‘The Great French Soullier Circus and Equestrian Acrobatic Show’
Circa 1871, published by Kagaya Kichibei
(sold)
A woodblock print by Yoshikazu, titled ‘Picture of the Landing of Foreigners of the Five Nations in Yokohama’, Gokakoku ijin Yokohama jõriku no zu
Published by Enshũya Hikobei, 1861
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Japanese lacquered and mother-of-pearl inlaid copper tobacco box with a scene of two ladies playing the koto and the shamisen
Kyoto-Nagasaki style, 1800-1830
Nagasaki School (late 18th century)
‘A Dutch ship’ (scroll painting)
(sold)
A rare oval Chinese export famille rose ‘Cloth traders’ drainer Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, circa 1750
(sold)
Two small Japanese imari porcelain ewers for vinegar and soya
A Japanese Imari porcelain
Beer tankard
An extremely rare and large Chinese famille verte armorial dish with the Amsterdam coat-of-arms
Kangxi period, circa 1710-1720
(sold)
A fine Japanese
Kyoto-Nagasaki style
black lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid, raden, double pipe case for Dutch ‘Gouda’ clay pipes
Edo period, 1800-1830
A Japanese Imari porcelain
Beer tankard
A drawing of a Chinese bird’s nest, signed A: E: Van Braam Houckgeest
(sold)
A Japanese wood block print, Ukiyo-e, depicting the capture of Pieter Nuyts
A Chinese export drawing of a Canton tea-warehouse by an unknown Chinese artist
Canton, late 18th century
(sold)
A Chinese Shih-Hua or ‘dream-stone’ in a wooden frame
18th century
(sold)
A rare Japanese Nagasaki school scroll painting, Kakemono, attributed to Ishizaki Yũshi (1768-1846)
(sold)
A Japanese scroll painting depicting Lorenz Heister (1683-1758)
A Japanese colour woodblock print, Nagaski-e, titled Oranda fujin no zu (Dutch ladies)
A rare pair of Kyoto-Nagasaki style lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid knife urns
A Sawasa armorial wax container with the seal of De Graeff family
(sold)
A Japanese colour woodblock print, Yokohama-e, by Yokokawa Chyokoku
A lacquered half-inch refracting pasteboard telescope decorated with VOC monograms
Japan, Edo Period, late 18th century
(sold)
A small and a big Japanese horse chestnut (Castanopis cuspidata), burr walnut, ebonised wood, and hinoki wood (Japanese cypress) two-door portable cabinets with brass mounts for the Dutch market
A wooden Japanese anti-Christian ‘Edict board’ or kosatsu
Dated 1719
(sold)
Johan Maurits Graaf van Lijnden (1807-1864)
VUE DE LA BAIJE DE NAGASAKI DEPUIS LA FACTORERIE (view from the island of Deshima towards the entrance of the bay of Nagasaki)
(sold)
A collection of Japanese netsuke depicting Dutchmen, Kõmõ-jin
A Japanese Arita porcelain armorial porcelain dish with the coat-of-arms of Antoni Otto Herman baron Gansneb genaamd Tengnagel
A unique Japanese Imari porcelain armorial dish with the coat-of-arms of the Danish Halling family
A large Japanese Imari porcelain 'VOC Groningen' dish
A large Japanese Arita blue-and-white porcelain VOC dish
An extremely rare Japanese six-fold screen depicting Commodore Matthew Perry’s flagship, the USS Mississippi
An anonymous Japanese, Kawaraban, illustration of a Dutch ship, Ransen no zu
A cabinet card portrait of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, United States Navy, c.1854-58
A rare and fine pair of Chinese export porcelain ‘Table Bay’ dishes
(sold)
A rare Japanese export-lacquer secretaire
A painting depicting the Star and Stripes flying over the American Consulate in Nagasaki
The engraved portrait of the first Japanese Ambassador to the United States of America, Tomomi Iwakura (1825-1885)
A Collection of Netsuke depicting Dutchmen
A fantastic Japanese fully articulated ivory and bone okimono of a dragon
(sold)
A rare Chinese export porcelain famille rose ‘Danish East-India Trading Company’ saucer
(sold)
An early Chinese wood sculpture of a Portuguese or Spanish Jesuit
(sold)
A pair of Chinese blue-and-white 'Kraak' porcelain 'cricket' bowls
Wanli, late 16th/early 17th century
A rare Japanese Ko-Imari porcelain 'VOC' charger
1st half 19th century
A rare Tibetan or Peranakan silver mounted tortoise carapace
Late 18th/early 19th century
The Last intact lacquer Baluster
of the Bed of State Fence gifted to
Amalia van Solms (1602-1675),
the 'Mother of the house of Orange'.
An extremely fine lacquered and unique intact Japanese export lacquer baluster made on order by the VOC for Amalia van Solms
(sold)
Ura Gyokukin (act. early 19th century)
View of the Port of Nagasaki with the Dutch Island of Deshima
(sold)
A Japanese lacquer box with depiction of a Dutchman
