Christie’s London - November 1997 - Auction Catalogue

[kyushukairu]

I don’t suppose anyone has a copy of Christie’s London “Japanese Works of Art” from Tuesday 18 and Thursday 20 November 1997?
I picked up a set of fuchigashira with a Christie’s label for ‘part of 181/4’ from ‘18.11.97’, and was wondering if someone would be kind enough to check for me and send a picture of the entry?

[Spartancrest]

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-299547  I think this is the auction - but no images.

[Geraint]

Hi Kyle.

 

I have the catalogue but there is a small problem, the lot numbers start at 300!  Also at the time Christie's seemed to favour selling huge lots of fittings, examples are, "Twenty kozuka", and Thirty five tsuba and four fuchi kashira", so not that helpfull, sorry.

 

The link that Dale found sounds more hopeful but there isn't an apparent connection between what is listed there and the catalogue.................

 

All the best.

[kyushukairu]

That’s the one. Thank you for the link, Dale!

Thank you for checking, Geraint. It seems it was part of the Lundgren Collection and most likely published in a separate book by Christies - https://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/books/b222-lundgren-collection-Japanese-metalwork

[Geraint]

Ah!  I hadn't even noticed that they were part of the same sale.  So, Lot 181. "A Shimotsuke kinko fuchi kashira and a Hamano school fuchi kashira.  The shibuichi migaki-ji base metal depicting chidori over waves in takabori, gold, silver and copper zogan, signed Kozan sanjin Keigyoku zo, late Edo period (19th century) with a wood box."  The footnotes for this one read, "Lundgren Collection no. 281.  Keigyoku was the son of Kamiyama Chido (Yoshimichi).  The fact that this piece is reminiscent of later Yasuchika style is because Chigyoku (yoshimichi) studied under Yasuchika V."

 

All the best.

[kyushukairu]

Thanks Geraint, do you have that catalogue too? If so, is there an image of the lot?

[Geraint]

 

Slightly distorted because the page curves  little.

 

Hope that helps.

 

All the best.

[kyushukairu]

That’s perfect. Thanks to both of you for your help!