Attributed to Koma Nagafusa the small, rectangular storage box features a continuous design from the "First Warbler" chapter from the Tale of Genji.  Decorated with inlaid plum blossoms and a stream rendered in silver and gold, the doors open to reveal drawers decorated with lozenge designs and silver hardware carved with scrolling vines.  Estimated at $15,000-25,000 the exquisitely detailed piece represents an excellent collecting opportunity.
Exceptional California Estate and 20th C. Decorative Arts Highlights New York's March Japanese Sale
Bonhams & Butterfields
March 25, 2010

Bonhams & Butterfields

580 Madison Ave.

New York, New York

www.bonhams.com

Collectors of fine Japanese furniture and decorative arts are eagerly awaiting the March 25th sale to be mounted at Bonhams, New York. Consisting of over just over 300 lots, the sale is comprised of early 20th-century Decorative Arts, 18th and 19th-century netsuke and inro, and 18th and 19th-century armor.

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July 31, 2010 - August 21, 2010Arrow_r_or

decorative art objects auction

Morton casa de subastas

July 31, 2010

Morton Auction house

Prol. Moliere 515

Mexico city, Mexico

http://www.mortonsubastas.com
David Johnson Am.  1827–1908 New Rochelle Oil on board 14" × 18" (35.6 cm × 45.7 cm) $9,000/12,000

Barridoff Galleries

August 6, 2010

Holiday Inn by the Bay

88 Spring St.

Portland, Maine

www.barridoff.com/
Selection of Asian Antiques at Garth's Auctions

Garth's Auctions

August 6, 2010

Garth's Auctions

2960 Stratford Rd.

Delaware, Ohio

http://www.garths.com/WebPhotos/8_06_10_Eclectic/8_06_10_Eclectic.asp
Henry Moore, English, 1898-1986 , Reclining Figure, 1972, chinagraph pen, watercolor and felt-tipped pen, Henry Moore Family Collection, © The Henry Moore Foundation.  All Rights Reserved / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

August 13, 2010

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

9400 College Station

Brunswick, Maine

http://www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/
Birger Sandzen (1871-1954) Rocks, Glaciers, Snow Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.  14" x 16" oil on board.  signed lower right.  signed, titled and dated 1925 on back.  Estimate: $30,000-$35,000

Manitou Galleries

August 13-14, 2010

Hilton Hotel Mesa Ballroom

100 Sandoval St.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

www.auctioninsantafe.com
Peacock blue fish vase with ormolu mount Qing dynasty, Jiaqing reign (1796–1820); Gilt bronze mounts in Louis XV style, 19th century Porcelain, overglaze enamel or enamel-on-biscuit decoration 17 x 10 ¼ x 6 ¾ in.  (43.2 x 26 x 17.1 cm) Gift of The Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection, 2003.181.2a-b

Norton Museum of Art

August 21 - November 21, 2010

Norton Museum of Art

1451 South Olive Avenue

West Palm Beach, Florida

www.norton.org