About This Auction

This season’s Japanese and Korean Art sale is led by a masterpiece Great Wave by Katsushika Hokusai and a superb example of a Joseon Dynasty Moon Jar, one of the most coveted and culturally significant forms in Korean ceramics. Moon Jars — spherical, luminous white vessels dating from the 17th to 19th centuries — are considered among the highest achievements of Korean ceramic artistry and are prized for their rarity, with only handful examples surviving worldwide. The auction also features a complete set of Utagawa Hiroshige’s One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo,a fine collection of netsuke, an excellent section of modern paintings, and a curated selection of lacquer works, metalworks, sculptures, 20th‑century prints, Japanese and Korean ceramics, and much more. Special Notice From June 2025, EU regulations 2019/880 and 2021/1079 introduce new licensing requirements and regulations relating to the import of cultural goods into the EU. We recommend clients check ahead of the sale whether the lot they wish to purchase and its import into the EU could be impacted by the regulations.