Kano Tessai

A Wood Kogo (Incense Container)

Found at Bonhams, New York
Edo Sparkle and Tokyo SplendorJapanese Art of the Last Three Centuries, Lot 28
18. Jun - 18. Jun 2021

Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 1.020 USD

Description

Property from the Collection of Drs. Edmund and Julia Lewis
Kano Tessai (1845-1925)
A wood kogo (incense container)
Taisho era (1912-1926), early 20th century
Circular with a recessed foot and carved on the surface with a hiten (Buddhist angel) in sunken relief and highlighted with gold lacquer, the surface of the kogo covered in a clear lacquer, inscribed on the interior in red lacquer Shosoin gyobutsu [] mosha ichi [] (Copied from an Imperial piece in the Shosoin Storehouse) and signed Tessai [] and with the artist's kao
With a wood tomobako storage box signed Tessai [] [] , with the artist's kao and sealed Tessai
3 1/4in (8.3cm) diameter
Purchased from Kanegae Oriental Antiques, Kyoto, 1998

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work A Wood Kogo (Incense Container) by Kano Tessai was sold in the Edo Sparkle and Tokyo SplendorJapanese Art of the Last Three Centuries auction at Bonhams in New York in June 2021. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 1,000.00 – 1,500.00, the actual price achieved of USD 1,020.00 (€ 860.90) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kano Tessai - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Noh Mask Of Okina, which sold at auction in June 2021 for USD 2,040.00 (€ 1,721.81).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit A Wood Kogo (Incense Container) von Kano Tessai wurde im Juni 2021 in der Auktion Edo Sparkle and Tokyo SplendorJapanese Art of the Last Three Centuries bei Bonhams in New York versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 1.000,00 – 1.500,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 1.020,00 (€ 860,90) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von Kano Tessai mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Noh Mask Of Okina beobachtet, die im Juni 2021 für USD 2.040,00 (€ 1.721,81) versteigert wurde.