Lot 2009. A flame-style earthenware deep vessel, Middle Jomon period, 3500 – 2500 BC; 35 cm. high. Lot Sold 3,328,000 HKD (Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2026

of low-fired clay in kaen-gata (flame-shaped) style, the undulating rim elaborately carved, impressed cord mark spiral patterns overall, accompanied with a later fitted wood storage box.

Literature: Kobayashi Tadashi ed., Masterpieces of the Okada Museum of Art, vol. 1, Tokyo, 2013, no. 51.

Lot 2037. A flame-style deep vessel, Middle Jomon period, 3000 – 2000 BC; 80 cm high. Lot Sold 70,400 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 80,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2026

the earthenware deep vessel of low-fired reddish clay, applied to the upper section with cut and incised clay slabs, impressed cord mark design, later wood stand.

Lot 2027. An earthenware figure modelled as pregnant woman, dogu, Late Jomon period, 2000 – 1000 BCE; 20.1 cm. high. Lot Sold 1,408,000 HKD (Estimate 150,000 - 250,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2026

of low-fired clay with black firing marks, raised eyebrows, modelled with slightly upturned head, incised details, later wood and metal stand.

Provenance: Excavated at Saitama Prefecture

Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo.

Exhibited: Esaka Teruya, Dogu, Tokyo, 1960, no. 41.

Literature: Kobayashi Tadashi ed., Masterpieces of the Okada Museum of Art, vol. 1, Tokyo, 2019, no. 52.

Lot 2022. An earthenware figure of a woman, dogu, Late Jomon period, 1000 – 400 BCE; 15.5 cm. high . Lot Sold 486,400 HKD (Estimate 100,000 - 150,000 HKD)  © Sotheby's 2026

of low-fired reddish clay with black firing marks, modelled as a female figure, impressed cord marks and spiral patterns, accompanied by later display stand and two later fitted wood storage boxes 

Provenance: Excavated at Niida, Mito-gun, Aomori Prefecture in 1919.

Sotheby's. Masterpieces of Asian Art from the Okada Museum of Art II, 21 August - 4 September 2026 • Hong Kong.