JAPANESE ART
Christie's auctions of Japanese art comprises a wide array of material, including painted screens, scrolls, calligraphy, woodcut prints, ceramics, lacquer, costumes, armour and swords. The market for Japanese art remains buoyant with strong prices achieved across the board. Christie's sold a pair of six-panel screens from the early 17th century for $968,000 (March 2006) , while a modern painting, Garage (Jidoshagoya) by Saeki Yuzo (1898-1928) , sold for $721,000 (May 2000) , putting it in the same league as European modern works of art. Christie's holds four major sales a year, two in New York and two in London
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Attributed to Unkei, Kamakura period, 1190s
Price realized: $14,377,000
Mar 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Sumida River Scroll, 1805
ink and color on paper
Price realized: £713,250
Nov 2008, London, King Street
In and Around the Capital (Rakuchu rakugai)
ink, color, gold and gold leaf on paper
Price realized: $962,500
Sep 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Edo period (17th century), helmet signed Saotome lechika
Price realized: $602,500
Oct 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Hell Courtesan (Jigoku dayu)
ink, color, silver, and gold on silk
Price realized: $482,500
Mar 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
Utamakura (Poem of the pillow)
illustrated book
Price realized: $441,600
Sep 2005, New York, Rockefeller Center
Meiji period (circa 1900)
Workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki 1845-1927
Price realized: $206,500
Mar 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
AN "O-MEIBUTSU" TEA-LEAF STORAGE JAR NAMED CHIGUSA (MYRIAD OF FLOWERS)
13th-14th century
Price realized: $662,500
Sep 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Mino ware, Narumi Oribe type, Momoyama period (early 17th century)
Price realized: $300,000
Mar 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
Edo period, late 17th century
Price realized: £400,800
May 2007, London, King Street
'Red Fuji' from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (The Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji), 1973
Price realized: £288,500
Nov 2007, London, King Street
Cranes, 1774
ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Price realized: $1,105,000
Sep 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
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