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Clars Auction Sale 503
Prices Realized
January 8 and 9, 2011
Lot Description Price
6532 (lot of 2) Japanese raku chawan (tea bowls), each hand‐shaped and resting on a small ring foot enclosing a
spiral base, the first with a mirror black glazed and sealed 'Seiho,' with an box inscribed 'chawan Heian Seihozukuri',
4.75''diam; the second 'red raku', the orangy‐pink body with a clear glaze pooling to form irregular
white patches and inscribed to one side with a poetic inscription (repair), 4.5''diam
$ 130
6533 (lot of 2) Japanese bamboo wall vases, each with a tubular bamboo insert, the first fashioned from a bent
length of stained bamboo secured at the top with a knotted bamboo strip, the reverse signed Chiku[ ]mi,
8.25''l, the second composed of loops of thin stained bamboo strips secured at the top rim, unsigned 7.5''h
$ 120
6534 (lot of 2) Japanese stoneware tea ceremony utensils, the first a brown glazed chaire (tea container) of
compressed ovoid shape and fitted with an ivory lid applied with gold foil on the underside, with an inscribed
box, signed and sealed, 2.5''h; the second a circular kogo (incense box) with a flattened top decorated with a
classic waka poem in cursive script, the signed tomobako with inscribed paper labels, 2.75''diam
$ 200
6535 (lot of 3) Japanese black lacquered natsume (tea containers for the summer season), each of the
characteristic tapering ovoid shape with a flattened top, one decorated in gold and red lacquer with scattered
ginko leaves, another with a gold hiramakie karakusa (Chinese‐inspired foliate design), the last plain, first
2.75''h
6536 (lot of 2) Japanese studio ceramics, the first a Bizen‐like stoneware teabowl with flaring side and splashed
with green glazed, the lid of the accompanying box inscribed and signed Tamura Koichi‐saku, with one seal,
6''diam; the second a green‐glazed square 'cake box' with gold‐filled incised cherry blossom design on the
exterior sides and sealed on the bottom, the tomobako with description of ware (Yoshinogawa) and signed,
with one seal, 6''sq
$ 250
$ 800
6537 Japanese iron kettle (kama), of low oviod contour with a short curved spout and loop handle, the sides cast
with eight Chinese characters in archaic seal script, all barely visible due to the textured ground, the
patinated bronze lid with a bud finial and signed Ryobundo‐zukuri on the underside, 8.5''h
6538 (lot of 6) Japanese tea ceremony utensils, including: a stoneware mizusashi (lidded container for fresh cold
water) of lozenge shape and Korean‐inspired mottled brown, blue and white glaze, an impressed seal on the
base, with self‐inscribed kiriwood box, 6.5''h [excluding lid]; a traveling tea set with a brocade bag enclosing
an Oribe‐type tea bowl, bamboo container with a tea wisk and folding tea scoop, overall 4.5''sq; and a
lacquer wood bowl‐form container with a hinged top and enclosed in a brocade bag, 3.75''diam
$ 350
$ 250
6539 Japanese bronze ovoid hibachi/jardinere, Meiji period, the tapering body cast in relief with a pair of
confronted dragons amid swirling clouds, a band of raised lobed lappets encircling the waisted neck, another
patterned band suspended from the slightly dished rim (polished), 11.75''h
$ 300