Christies: Japanese and Korean Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Japanese and Korean Art | Total Sales (USD) | 1,896,678.00 |
| Auction Date | September 17, 2024 - September 17, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,026,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #23151 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,428,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 78 | ||
| Sold Lots | 73 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,070,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.59% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,489,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 5 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 127.38% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa) ["Great Wave"] |
USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 | USD 856,800.00 | |
| 258 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Ohashi Atake no yudachi (Ohashi bridge, sudden shower at Atake) |
9th month 1857 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 118,440.00 |
| 269 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861) | Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu (Picture of Retired Emperor Sanuki sending allies [tengu] to rescue Tametomo) |
USD 36,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 60,480.00 | |
| 266 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861) | Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu (Picture of Retired Emperor Sanuki sending allies [tengu] to rescue Tametomo) |
circa 1851-52 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 56,700.00 |
| 250 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Kanbara yoru no yuki (Evening snow at Kanbara) |
circa 1834 | USD 36,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 44,100.00 |
| 221 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Edo Surugacho Mitsui mise ryakuzu (A sketch of the Mitsui shop in Surugacho, Edo) |
circa 1830-31 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 37,800.00 |
| 232 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Ono no Takamura (Poem by Sangi Takamura) |
circa 1835-36 | Not Available | USD 37,800.00 |
| 216 | KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806) | Uwaki no so (The fickle type) |
1792-93 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,280.00 |
| 257 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Asakusa Kinryuzan (Kinryuzan temple, Asakusa) |
7th month 1856 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 32,760.00 |
| 268 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) | The Ghosts of the Taira Attack Minamoto Yoshitsune in Daimotsu Bay |
circa 1849-53 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 32,760.00 |
| 234 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Toru daijin (The minister Minamoto no Toru) |
circa 1833 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 30,240.00 |
| 233 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Yoshino (Cherry blossoms at Yoshino) |
circa 1833 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 |
| 260 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | An album of twenty prints of large fish |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 23,940.00 | |
| 224 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Sunshu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga Province) |
circa 1830-31 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 21,420.00 |
| 230 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Poem by Sarumaru Dayu |
circa 1835-36 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 21,420.00 |
| 237 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Fugaku hyakkei (One hundred views of Mount Fuji) |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 21,420.00 | |
| 215 | KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806) | Courtesan holding a pipe |
circa 1803-04 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 20,160.00 |
| 270 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) | Hito katamatte hito ni naru (Men come together to make a man) |
1847 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 20,160.00 |
| 272 | UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864) | Shokunin (Artisans) |
circa 1857 | Not Available | USD 20,160.00 |
| 203 | NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA (1697-1756) | Haru hanami no sakura oyashiki fu (Cherry blossom viewing part in Spring) |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 16,380.00 | |
| 225 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Bushu Senju (Senju in Musashi Province) |
circa 1832 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,380.00 |
| 253 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Meguro Taikobashi Yuhinooka (The Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill in Meguro) |
4th month 1857 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 13,860.00 |
| 267 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) | Yoshitsune ichidaiki Gojo-no-hashi no zu (Biography of Yoshitsune: Gojo Bridge) |
circa 1839 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,860.00 |
| 249 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Hamamatsu, fuyugare no zu (Hamamatsu: winter scene) |
1833--34 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,600.00 |
| 202 | TORII KIYONOBU II (ACT. C. 1725-1760) | Actor Ichimura Takenojo IV |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,970.00 |
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/e0a5c41f-2fd1-4645-8816-32d89dc4e5fb.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/58851f55-ad3a-4d3a-8a53-a311900b6f84.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/18c42c85-f730-43c0-bc2e-c8d799ae4308.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ac8ca527-c37b-44d5-b1d8-d369d712b17d.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/05e185d5-1ef2-48ba-943f-e6541c123bfe.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.")
