Auction Cornette de Saint Cyr

Auction Tamenne collection

Few minors arts pieces of the Alain Tamenne collection were at a time on auction by the Family in the past 20 years , since 2008 Juan-Henri Tamenne decide to maintain the collection in the family and not make any public auction . This is too protect the collection heritage of Alain Tamenne . The collection now is share in the family estate in Japan , Monaco and Paris .

A MAGNIFICENT AND LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
17th/18th century
Belgian private Collection
​Tamenne

Sold for £ 423,062 (€ 472,970) inc. premium

No Japan theatre mask, EDO era…
No Japan theatre mask, EDO era
Wood, coatings and pigments.
H. 21,5 cm
Very beautiful mask of the family female characters Onna, appearing most likely Shiro Shakumi, middle-aged woman to whom life would have taught all the vagaries of existence, sorrows, sorrows and joys. His teeth are traditionally blackened. Small visible accidents.
Mark, inscription and / or signature on the back.
Provenance:
- Belgian private Collection
- Acquired from Galerie Alain Tamenne (Brussels) on 23 December 1977

No Japan theatre mask, EDO era…
No Japan theatre mask, EDO era (1603 - 1868)
Wood, coatings and pigments.
H. 21 cm
Mask with wrinkled eyebrows, globular eyes and closed Butcher belonging to the family of demons Kishin, appearing one of the five Goblin beshimi of the typology, perhaps O-Beshimi. Small visible accidents.
Provenance:
- Belgian private Collection
- Acquired from Galerie Alain Tamenne (Brussels

Put up for sale by Cornette de Saint Cyr IMPORTANT six-leaf screen Japan, EDO period 174 x 378 cm (unfolded) Rare and beautiful screen presenting an episode of Genji monogatari (known as Genji) major work of Japanese literature, telling about The Adventures of Genji, Imperial prince unable to access the throne, naturally beautiful, versed in poetry, and Great Seducer. Genji is represented here on a bridge in front of a woman who presents him with a young girl descended from a palanquin supported by bearers. The small size of the girl is probably related to an episode in which he allegedly had a young bride under fifteen. Some accidents and old visible restorations. Provenance: - sale Sotheby's 1972-Belgian private Collection-acquired from Galerie Alain Tamenne (Brussels) on 19 June 1978.