27% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of $50,000 up to and including $1,000,000; 21% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of $1,000,000 up to and including $6,000,000; and 14.5% of the ...

Joseph Kurstin’s first netsuke was inexpensive and unattractive. But after five decades, the piece is still part of his collection, which now numbers some 800 examples of the Japanese art form. The ...

London – A rare, early 20th century table decoration of a fine silver carp will lead the Japanese Art Sale on Thursday 2 November at Bonhams New Bond Street. The life-sized carp, beautifully ...

Artists at auction Notable lots sold A RARE CARVED AMBER NETSUKE OF A SKULL By Japanese School, 19th Century +853% above mid-estimate Galerie Zacke ...

The author and ceramicist Edmund de Waal will send on long-term loan to the Jewish Museum in Vienna his collection of netsuke which were at the heart of his 2010 memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes.

Japanese netsuke are elaborately detailed figurines. Measuring around 3–5 centimeters in length, they have been described as “small universes in the palm of the hand” for their intricacy. Netsuke ...

Bonhams New York > Auctions > Netsuke from the Collection of Joseph and Elena Kurstin, Part II ...