Ikeda Taishin Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ikeda Taishin Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 02, 2023
IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903) A Gold-Lacquered Wood Yatate (Portable Brush and Ink Container) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903) A Gold-Lacquered Wood Yatate (Portable Brush and Ink Container) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Decorated in gold and red takamaki-e with two amenbo (water striders) on a lotus pond, embellishments highlighted in shell inlay, signed in gold hiramaki-e Ikeda Taishin saku. 19.2cm (7½in) long.
Bonhams
Nov. 02, 2023
IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903) A Gold-Lacquered Wood Yatate (Portable Brush and Ink Container) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903) A Gold-Lacquered Wood Yatate (Portable Brush and Ink Container) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with a mass of ferns embellished here and there with silver dew drops; signed in gold hiramaki-e Taishin saku. 18.3cm (7 1/8in) long.
Bonhams
May. 18, 2023
IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903) A Lacquered-Wood Kiseruzutsu (Pipe Case) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903) A Lacquered-Wood Kiseruzutsu (Pipe Case) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Of muso-zutsu type, carved in relief and inlaid in pewter and shell with gold lacquer details, depicting a meandering ingenmame (snap bean) plant, the flower buds beginning to bloom with one large bean pod hanging below; signed on the reverse in gold lacquer Taishin with an impressed seal. 21.2cm (8 3/8in) high.
Bonhams
Nov. 03, 2022
IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903) A Gold-Lacquer Inlaid Koro (Incense Burner) in the Form of a Bamboo Section Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century (3)
Est: £5,000 - £6,000
IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903) A Gold-Lacquer Inlaid Koro (Incense Burner) in the Form of a Bamboo Section Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century The gold-lacquered ground decorated with several ants inlaid in high relief lacquer crawling over the surface, signed in gold lacquer Taishin with a red seal Taishin, the base of rich nashiji, the shibuichi cover reticulated with a basketwork design; with a plain wood storage box. 8cm (3 1/8in) high. (3).
Bonhams
Sep. 01, 2022
IKEDA TAISHIN: A SUPERB ALBUM OF FOURTEEN URUSHI-E (LACQUER) PAINTINGS
Est: €4,000 - €8,000
IKEDA TAISHIN: A SUPERB ALBUM OF FOURTEEN URUSHI-E (LACQUER) PAINTINGS By Ikeda Taishin (1825-1923), each sealed Taishin or Koma Japan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) The fourteen paintings mounted as an accordion album on gold paper with silk brocade cover and back, superbly painted with lacquer on paper, with subtle use of ink and watercolors, to depict various subjects: a gushing waterfall, cleverly indicated with subtle linework and negative space, the craggy rockwork finely painted with hues ranging from ochre-brown to gray-black; two reishi mushrooms growing from craggy and grassy rockwork, the fungi appealingly variegating in color from a deep dark-brown to a pale gray; a blossoming prunus tree, with only a part of the trunk and few branches and blossoms visible; a shoreside mountain landscape lined with trees above a path with three figures walking along it; two pine saplings with brown-lacquered trunks and dark leaves; a spray of bamboo leaves as well as three bamboo stalks, which are mostly off-image and lacquered a lustrous brownish-black; a particularly lustrous black-lacquered nazume (eggplant) and kaki (persimmon); a cluster of lotus leaves, zuiki (leaf stalks of hasuimo or lotus yam) and chrysanthemum, clearly painted in the form of a stylized crab with prominent pincers; a magpie in flight amid thickly grown pines, with the use of silver and dark-brown lacquers creating a striking contrast; two small gourds borne on wispy vines with large leaves, the veins finely painted in black lacquer; another prunus tree with thin branches and vines bearing neatly veined leaves and lavender-pink blossoms and bud; a garden with yellow chrysanthemums, bamboo, and dark weeds; a flock of plovers flying low above crashing waves with boldly painted sea foam; and blossoming camellia with finely veined brown leaves borne on a young branch, the trunk mostly off-image. Each leaf is signed KOMA or TAISHIN to the lower right corner. Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and minimal soiling. Provenance: Ex-collection Donald Mendelsohn. Christie’s, 11 December 1985, New York, lot 33. Sotheby’s, Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works Of Art Including Chinese And Japanese Art From The Collection Of Frieda And Milton Rosenthal, 16 September 2008, New York, lot 298. A private collector in New York, USA, acquired from the above. SIZE 19.1 x 16.8 cm (each leaf) and 25.2 x 22 cm (the album) Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903) was the leading pupil of Shibata Zeshin who worked in the Meiji period. He was born in Edo and became Zeshin’s first lacquer apprentice in 1835 at the age of eleven. He became an independent artist around 1870, approximately 35 years later. Together with Kawanobe Itcho (Genjiro; 1830-1910), Taishin was appointed an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu gigeiin) in 1896. His pupils included Umezawa Ryushin, a member of the Art committee of the Imperial Fine Arts Academy and the Imperial Household. Auction comparison: A closely related album by Shibata Zeshin and his pupils of smaller size and with only twelve leaves, some sealed Koma, was sold at Christie’s, An Inquiring Mind: American Collecting of Japanese and Korean Art, 15 April 2016, New York, lot 51 ( sold for 47,500 USD).
Galerie Zacke
May. 27, 2022
IKEDA TAISHIN: A SUPERB ALBUM OF FOURTEEN URUSHI-E (LACQUER) PAINTINGS
Est: €5,000 - €10,000
IKEDA TAISHIN: A SUPERB ALBUM OF FOURTEEN URUSHI-E (LACQUER) PAINTINGS By Ikeda Taishin (1825-1923), each sealed Taishin or Koma Japan, late 19 th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) The fourteen paintings mounted as an accordion album on gold paper with silk brocade cover and back, superbly painted with lacquer on paper, with subtle use of ink and watercolors, to depict various subjects: a gushing waterfall, cleverly indicated with subtle linework and negative space, the craggy rockwork finely painted with hues ranging from ochre-brown to gray-black; two reishi mushrooms growing from craggy and grassy rockwork, the fungi appealingly variegating in color from a deep dark-brown to a pale gray; a blossoming prunus tree, with only a part of the trunk and few branches and blossoms visible; a shoreside mountain landscape lined with trees above a path with three figures walking along it; two pine saplings with brown-lacquered trunks and dark leaves; a spray of bamboo leaves as well as three bamboo stalks, which are mostly off-image and lacquered a lustrous brownish-black; a particularly lustrous black-lacquered nazume (eggplant) and kaki (persimmon); a cluster of lotus leaves, zuiki (leaf stalks of hasuimo or lotus yam) and chrysanthemum, clearly painted in the form of a stylized crab with prominent pincers; a magpie in flight amid thickly grown pines, with the use of silver and dark-brown lacquers creating a striking contrast; two small gourds borne on wispy vines with large leaves, the veins finely painted in black lacquer; another prunus tree with thin branches and vines bearing neatly veined leaves and lavender-pink blossoms and bud; a garden with yellow chrysanthemums, bamboo, and dark weeds; a flock of plovers flying low above crashing waves with boldly painted sea foam; and blossoming camellia with finely veined brown leaves borne on a young branch, the trunk mostly off-image. Each leaf is signed KOMA or TAISHIN to the lower right corner. Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and minimal soiling. Provenance: Ex-collection Donald Mendelsohn. Christie’s, 11 December 1985, New York, lot 33. Sotheby’s, Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works Of Art Including Chinese And Japanese Art From The Collection Of Frieda And Milton Rosenthal, 16 September 2008, New York, lot 298. A private collector in New York, USA, acquired from the above. SIZE 19.1 x 16.8 cm (each leaf) and 25.2 x 22 cm (the album) Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903) was the leading pupil of Shibata Zeshin who worked in the Meiji period. He was born in Edo and became Zeshin’s first lacquer apprentice in 1835 at the age of eleven. He became an independent artist around 1870, approximately 35 years later. Together with Kawanobe Itcho (Genjiro; 1830-1910), Taishin was appointed an Artist to the Imperial Household (Teishitsu gigeiin) in 1896. His pupils included Umezawa Ryushin, a member of the Art committee of the Imperial Fine Arts Academy and the Imperial Household. Auction comparison: A closely related album by Shibata Zeshin and his pupils of smaller size and with only twelve leaves, some sealed Koma, was sold at Christie’s, An Inquiring Mind: American Collecting of Japanese and Korean Art, 15 April 2016, New York, lot 51 ( sold for 47,500 USD).
Galerie Zacke
Nov. 08, 2017
* SHIBATA ZESHIN 柴田是真 (1807–1891) INRŌ WITH PLOVERS AND WAVES 青海波塗波千鳥象嵌印籠 IKEDA TAISHIN 池田泰真 (1825–1903) BOX NETSUKE WITH SHELLS 海松貝殻蒔絵箱根付
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
* SHIBATA ZESHIN 柴田是真 (1807–1891) INRŌ WITH PLOVERS AND WAVES 青海波塗波千鳥象嵌印籠 IKEDA TAISHIN 池田泰真 (1825–1903) BOX NETSUKE WITH SHELLS 海松貝殻蒔絵箱根付 Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1870–1890
Bonhams
Sep. 16, 2017
A Set of Five Lacquered Keyaki Wood Soup Bowls and Covers by Ikeda Taishin (Japanese, 1825-1903)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Meiji period (1868-1912), bowls and covers in original signed tomobako, signed on inside "Taishin" in black ink with red artist's seal, five bowls and covers with autumn fruit decoration in black, gold, silver, and red takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on natural wood grain ground, the interior of the cups and covers with black lacquer ground and decorated also with gold, silver, and red takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, a stunning museum worthy presentation by a master lacquer artist of the Meiji period. Bowl 2.75 x 3.75 in. diameter Ikeda Taishin was the leading pupil of the celebrated lacquer artist Shibata Zeshin, Taishin's art works are held in the collections of many leading museums worldwide including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Purchased from an antique shop in Japan. Collection of John Sylvester, Durham, NC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Dec. 08, 2016
YATATE: SUMITSUBO (TUSCHEBEHÄLTER).
Est: €800 - €1,000
YATATE: SUMITSUBO (TUSCHEBEHÄLTER). Japan. Edo/Meiji-Zeit. 2. H. 19. Jh. Stil des Ikeda Taishin, 1825-1903. Tagayasan-Holz mit Fudetsutsu aus Gomadake-Bambus mit Hirschhorn-Ring. Der rechteckig gerundete Tuschebehälter enthält einen Metallkern für die mit Tusche getränkte Watte und hat einen Deckel aus fein polierter Bambus-Wand. Außen geschmückt in Gold-hira- bis takamakie mit roirô, shibuichi-Lack und sabiji mit einem teils verrotteten Eichenzweig. 2,7 x 3,8 x 2,3cm, Pinselbehälter L.13,6cm. Zustand A/B. Beilage: Rotes Glas-Ojime.
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Nov. 06, 2014
An inlaid black lacquer kiseruzutsu (pipecase) Fine Japanese Art
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
By Ikeda Taishin, (1825-1903), 19th century Of muso-zutsu form, bearing a roiro-nuri ground, lacquered and inlaid with a carp swimming among aquatic plants in swirling water, two small turtles applied in metal above, forming the cord attachment, the fish of iron, the plants and water of gold takamaki-e and the turtles of brass and shibuichi with gold eyes; signed Taishin; with wood storage box. 24.7cm (9¾in). (2).
Bonhams
Oct. 15, 2014
An Unusual LacquerSuzuribako[Writing Box]
Est: £30,000 - £40,000
An Unusual Lacquer Suzuribako [Writing Box] Signed Taishin (Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903)), Meiji period (late 19th century) The box with undulating cover simulating a node of bamboo, decorated in gold and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, ishime-nuri and inlays of gold foil and cut shell with bamboo leaves on a ground made from a layer of bamboo applied to the wood structure, the sides similarly decorated with leaves, the interior in greenish-brown seido-nuri (lacquer imitating bronze),shakudo water dropper in the form of a bamboo leaf, similarly decorated in gold lacquer and inlaid in gold foil and cut shell, two gold lacquered brushes and ink slate, the inside of the lid signed Taishin, tomobako with inscription Taishin saku and titled Chikuyo maki-e suzuribako [bamboo leaf lacquer writing box] 25.8cm. x 19.7cm.
Christie's