SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Fine Japanese Prints & Decorative Arts on Sunday, June 17, 2018, at 10:30 am PDT. Offering over 200 lots from several collections, the online sale features a wide selection of fine Japanese arts, including woodblock prints, watercolors and mezzotints from the 18th to 21st centuries; lacquer boxes; bronze Buddhas; scrolls; netsuke; tsuba, cloisonné; Meiji bronzes; Satsuma and Imari; multi-panel screens and more.
Highlights of Japanese prints include works by Hiroshi Yoshida, Hiroshige, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Hokusai, Ota Masamitsu, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Tsukioka Kogyo, Bertha Lum, Charles William Bartlett, Elizabeth Keith and Paul Jacoulet. Modern mezzotints are from Yozo Hamaguchi and Katsunori Hamanishi.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals begins its live online auction on Sunday, June 17, 2018, at 10:30 am PDT; sale items can be previewed online now until the sale starts. The auction will be featured on four platforms: LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable and eBay, and Turner Auctions + Appraisals free mobile app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Apps ("Turner Auctions"). All are easily accessed through Upcoming Auctions on the companys
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Here are some highlights of the upcoming sale (see details in the online catalog):
Lot 17: Charles William Bartlett (1860-1940). Japanese Woodblock Print. Negishi 1916. Artwork: 14 x 9 inches. Estimate: $600 - $800.
Lot 190: Early 20th-Century Japanese Satsuma. Height: 7 1/2 inches. Estimate: $400-600.
Lot 38: Yoshida Toshi (1911-1995). Japanese Woodblock Print. Title: Nude. Date: c. 1950s. Artwork: 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Estimate: $700-900.
Lot 7: Joichi Hoshi (19111979). Japanese Woodblock Print. Title: Treetop (red). 1973. Size: 9 5/8 x 9 5/8. Estimate: $500-700.
Lot 159: A Japanese SixPanel Screen. 19th century. Approximately 67 x 150 inches. Estimate: $2,000-4,000.
Lot 20: Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960). Japanese Woodblock Print. Title: Hokkan-zan. Artwork: 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Estimate: $400 - $700.
Lot 140: Yozo Hamaguchi (19092000). Title: Bottle with Lemon and Quarter Lemon, 1983. Ed. 142. Size: 24 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. Mezzotint. Estimate: $800-$1,200.
Lot 2: Ota Masamitsu (1892-1975). Japanese Woodblock Print. Signed Masamitsu. Gendai Butai Geika. Leading Figures on the Stage in the Shown Era. Publisher: Miyake Koshodo, date 1955. Height: 16 3/4 inches. Width: 10 3/4 inches. Estimate: $300-500.
Lot 181: Bronze Buddha. Height: 6 inches. Width: 4 inches. Estimate: $500-700.
Lot 34: Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950). Japanese Woodblock Print. Title: Hodakayama. Pencil signed. Date: c. 1926. Artwork: 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches. Estimate: $1,000-1,500.
Lot 161: A Japanese Meiji Large Gold Lacquer Box. Height: 9 inches. Width: 21 3/4 inches. Depth: 12 1/2 inches. Estimate: $1,000-2,000.