A KATANA BLADE IN SHIRASAYA Japan, 15th/16th c. L. 70,1 cm Shinogi-zukuri, suguha hamon, ayasugi hada. Nakago: ubu, mei: Gassan hachigatsu Yoshi (Gassan, 8th month, auspicious [day]). (Probably by Gassan of Ushû, active 16th century). Very good state of polish. From an old Wuerttemberg private collection, assembled between the 1950s and 2000 - White certificate of the NBTHK, dated 4 November 1979 (Shôwa 54): Gassan

Max Klinger, after, "Mann und Weib" Female nude with raised arm, polychrome collotype on greenish paper, inscribed in the print "MK 15.11.1902 Reproduktion Sorrel u. Co.G.m.b.H." as well as "M. Klinger Studien No. 3" and partly indistinctly titled "Studie zur grossen Grubbe, Mann und Weib", tears and creases in the margins, sheet dimensions 77 x 47 cm. Artist info: important German graphic artist, painter and sculptor. Graphic artist, painter and sculptor (1857 Leipzig to 1920 Großjena near Naumburg/Saale), Sunday pupil at the Bauer drawing school in Leipzig, studied from 1874 under Karl Gussow and Ludwig Des Coudres at the Karlsruhe academy, 1875 moved with Gussow to the Berlin academy, received academy certificate with distinction "extraordinary" and silver medal in 1876, worked in Brussels in 1879, here pupil of Emile Charles Wauters, settled in Munich in 1880, from 1881 studio in Berlin, friendship with Karl Stauffer-Bern and acquaintance with Alfred Lichtwark, study and work stays in Paris and Rome, 1892 founding member of the "Gruppe der XI", from 1893 studio in Leipzig, 1897 appointed professor at the Leipzig Academy, corresponding member of the Vienna Secession, 1901 founding member and from 1906 chairman of the Villa-Romana-Verein, 1903 acquisition of the vineyard cottage in Großjena near Naumburg, source: Thieme-Becker, Wikipedia and Internet.