99

128

A GOOD JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The slender baluster body embellished with two large panels, one painted with an elegant

beauty wearing ornate kimonos in luxuriant gardens, with large peonies, a flowering prunus tree

and bamboo, a small butterfly fluttering to the side; the other side with further blooms; on a

dense ground of sakura flowers rendered in gilt on the navy-blue ground; the base painted with

a leafy branch of maple and signed on an omikuji paper strip Kinkozan zo, 21.5cm.

£2,500-3,000

100 See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

129

A TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY DOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The bulbous body raised on a slightly spreading foot and with a flared neck, decorated with two large panels enclosing

many figures, one side with beauties and children by a gate feeding chickens, the reverse with further women and boys

on a terrace overlooking a pond; all reserved on a dark navy-blue ground decorated with dense brocade patterns and

flowerheads, the base signed Dozan in a rectangular cartouche, 30.5cm.

£500-1,000

END OF SALE

101

131

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SATSUMA KORO (INCENSE BURNER

AND COVER) BY KINKOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of semi-circular shape and raised on four slightly curved feet, each side richly

decorated with panels enclosing figures and brocade designs, on a ground

of flowers emerging from rockwork decorated with geometric patterns, the

sides with shippo tsunagi cash decoration and the cover with a handle shaped

as a gnarled branch, with four circular apertures, the base signed Kinkozan sei

in a rectangular reserve, 9cm. (2)

£300-500

130

A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The square-section body with a tapered foot and short neck, each side

decorated with a large panel enclosing flowering sprays of chrysanthemum,

prunus, wisteria and other blooms, one panel with butterflies fluttering

above a woven bamboo fence; the shoulder richly decorated with a dense

pattern of flowers and scrolling tendrils, the base signed and impressed

Kinkozan, 15cm.

£400-600

132

A FINE JAPANESE SATSUMA KORO (INCENSE BURNER AND

COVER) BY KINKOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The square-section body raised on four shaped feet and applied with

scrolling handles, delicately painted with two shaped panels enclosing a

beauty in a luxuriant garden to one side and a pavilion in a mountainous

landscape to the other, on a dense ground of flowerheads embellished

with a profusion of gilt and polychrome; the cover with further blooms, two

quatrefoil apertures and a chrysanthemum-shaped finial, signed Kinkozan sei

in a square cartouche underneath, 9cm. (2)

£300-500

ENQUIRIES

Alexandra Aguilar | +44 (0)1722 424583 | aa@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

*Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

Lot 309: Raimund Von Stillfried/Kusakabe Kimbei,

‘Woman with Umbrella in Rain’, part of an album of early Japanese photographs

Estimate £300 - 500*

JAPANESE ART II

TUESDAY 23RD MAY 2023

ENQUIRIES

John Axford | +44 (0)1722 424506

asianart@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

A rare Chinese marble stele,

Northern Qi dynasty (550-577AD)

Attributed to Zhao Mengfu,

Yuan/Ming Dynasty

Both exhibited at the Musée

Cernuschi, Paris, 1913 and 1912.

From the collection of Alfred Stoclet

(1871-1949)

FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART

WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY 2023

INCLUDING THE STOCLET COLLECTION

AUCTION INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS

Castle Street Salerooms

Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

Castle Gate Offices

Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

VIEWING

All our auctions are on view at least two days prior to the sale

and details will be found in the relevant catalogues.

REGISTERING WITH US

All first time buyers need to register with us. Once registration

is complete you will be provided with a paddle number which

can be used in all future sales.

To register, you will need to provide two forms of

identification:

1. a passport or photographic driving licence

2. a utility bill or document showing your name and address

You can register in person or by contacting the office on

+44 (0)1722 424500 or emailing

enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

You will be asked to show your documents, or email copies.

PLEASE NOTE: Registering with thesaleroom.com or through

our website does not automatically register you with us.

BIDDING AT AUCTION

See below for the different options for bidding. Please note

that you may be asked to provide two forms of identification,

even if you have bid with us before, in order that we are

compliant with Money Laundering Regulations.

BIDDING IN THE ROOM

To bid at auction you will need a paddle number. This can be

obtained from the office either during the view or on the day

of the sale. We now provide paddle numbers which can be

used for any future sale, once registered.

COMMISSION BIDDING

If you are unable to attend the sale you can leave a

commission bid. This will be executed on your behalf by the

auctioneer who will purchase the lot as cheaply as possible

bearing in mind any reserve price and other bids.

TELEPHONE BIDDING

It is usually possible to bid on the telephone by prior

arrangement with the office.

LIVE ONLINE BIDDING

Live online bidding is now available free of charge for most of

our auctions via bid.woolleyandwallis.co.uk, enabling you to

take part in the bidding from anywhere in the world live as it

happens.

BUYER’S PREMIUM

The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium

thereon of 26% plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive) on

the first £500,000 and 20% plus VAT @20% (24% inclusive)

thereafter.

CONDITION REPORTS

The relevant department will be pleased to give condition

reports on any lot, where practical. All weights and measures

given in the catalogue should be regarded as approximate.

The colours printed in the catalogue are not necessarily true.

SALE RESULTS

These will be posted on our website shortly after the sale.

PACKING AND SHIPPING

Woolley & Wallis do not offer a packing and despatch service

but the following are carriers in our area.

Alban Shipping +44 (0)1582 493099

info@albanshipping.co.uk

www.albanshipping.co.uk

Kimdan Ltd +44 (0)7973 389436

andy@kimdan.co.uk

Mailboxes +44 (0)1962 622133

mbewinchester@btconnect.com

www.mbe.co.uk/winchester

Pack & Send +44 (0)1635 887237

newbury@packsend.co.uk

www.packsend.co.uk/newbury

Please note that we cannot be held responsible for any damage

or loss to items once they are in the hands of a carrier.

EXPORTING YOUR PROPERTY FROM THE UK

If you are exporting your property, import taxes, customs

duties and other fees may apply at the country of destination.

It is also your responsibility to ensure that your shipment can

be lawfully imported to the destination country.

Please note that due to the withdrawal of the Retail Export

Scheme by HMRC, we are unable to provide VAT refund

documentation (C88) for hand-carried exports.

In order to qualify for a VAT refund, your lots must be exported

by a shipper and valid export documentation must be provided.

PAYMENT AND CLEARANCE

Payment is due immediately after the auction in pounds

sterling. If you are a first time buyer we will need your name,

address and bank details and will require funds to be cleared

before purchases can be released.

The following methods of payment may be made:

Bankers draft, cashiers cheque, personal cheque, travellers

cheques, debit and credit cards and cash up to a sterling

equivalent of €10,000. We are no longer able to accept card

payments of over £1,000 where the card-holder is not present.

Wire transfers should be sent to:

Lloyds Bank plc, Blue Boar Row, Salisbury SP1 1DB.

Account no. 00957707

Sort code 30-97-41

IBAN no. GB20LOYD30974100957707

BIC code LOYDGB21063

Credit cards: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Debit cards: Delta, Switch, Connect or Union Pay

Where practical, payment can be made and purchases

collected during the auction.

We reserve the right to add storage charges to all lots not

collected within 30 calendar days of the sale. This will include

a handling fee of £20 (+ VAT) per consignment and a storage

charge of £2 (+ VAT) per lot per day. No goods will be allowed

to be collected until these charges have been paid.

LOT SYMBOLS

VAT

Lots marked with a dagger (†) are subject to VAT on the

hammer price. Lots marked with an omega (Ω) have been

temporarily imported from outside the EU and are subject to

VAT at 5% on the hammer price and the buyer’s premium. In

online catalogues, the Sales Tax % column indicates the rate of

VAT on hammer price.

CITES REGULATIONS

Please note that lots marked λ may be subject to CITES

Regulations when exported.

The CITES Regulations may be found at

www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/

ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE

Lots marked with a ‡ symbol are potentially subject to a levy.

Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or

the artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s

lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death.

Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on

the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty

does not apply to lots selling below the sterling equivalent of

€1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is

the sterling equivalent of €10,000.

Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to

the buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant

collecting agency.

Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of

the sale.

Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:

4% Up to €50,000

3% €50,000.01 - 200,000

1% €200,000.01 - 350,000

0.5% €350,000.01 - 500,000

0.25% In excess of €500,000

Up to a maximum levy of €10,000

FIREARMS

Lots marked Ƒ in the catalogue, or by any other means

identified as controlled firearms, are subject to the UK

firearms/shotgun licencing regime, and should only be viewed/

purchased by individuals with appropriate licences. It is the

responsibility of the bidders to ensure that they are legally

authorised to acquire the lot that they are bidding for. In the

event that such a lot is successfully bid for by an individual who

is not authorised to possess it, that individual will be required

to pay for it, but are not allowed to take physical possession of

it. The auctioneers will reoffer the lot on behalf of the buyer in

a future auction; or may accept instructions to dispose of it by

some other legal means, at their discretion.

INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

1. Introduction. The following informative notes are intended to assist

Buyers, particularly those inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All sales

are conducted on our printed Conditions of Sale which are readily available

for inspection and normally accompany catalogues. Our staff will be happy

to help you if there is anything you do not fully understand.

2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller

whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed.

Accordingly if you buy your primary contract is with the seller.

3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of

sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower

estimate may represent the reserve price and certainly will not be below it.

Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where chargeable).

Estimates are prepared some time before the sale and may be altered by

announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive.

4. The purchase price. The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with

a premium thereon of 26% plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive) on

the first £500,000 and 20% plus VAT @20% (24%) inclusive thereafter.

5. VAT. (†) indicates that VAT at the current standard rate is payable by

the purchaser on the hammer price as well as being an element in the

buyer’s premium. This imposition of VAT is likely to be because the seller

is registered for VAT within the European Union and is not operating the

Dealers Margin Scheme or because VAT is due at 20% on importation

into the UK. The symbol (Ω) indicates that the lot has been imported from

outside the European Union and the present position is that these lots

are liable to a reduced rate of VAT (5%) on the gross lot price (i.e. both

the hammer price and the buyer’s premium). Lots which appear without

either of the above symbols indicate that no VAT is payable on the hammer

price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin

Scheme and it should be noted that the VAT included within the Premium

is not recoverable as input tax. (As at 31st December 2020. Please refer to

SOFAA website for updates to the Terms and Conditions).

6. We are, primarily, agents for the seller. We are dependent on information

provided by the seller and whilst we may inspect lots and act reasonably

in taking a general view about them we are normally unable to carry out

a detailed or any examination of lots in order to ascertain their condition

in the way in which it would be wise for a buyer to do. Intending buyers

have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore, accept

responsibility for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be

interested. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition

of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale. Neither the seller nor we, as

the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular,

mechanical objects of any age are not guaranteed to be in working

order. However, in so far as we have examined the goods and make a

representation about their condition, we shall be liable for any defect

which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer but

which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined

the goods. Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed

because they are ‘deliberate forgeries’ may be returned and repayment

made. There is a 3 week time limit. (The expression ‘deliberate forgery’ is

defined in our Conditions of Sale).

7. Electrical goods. These are sold as ‘antiques’ only and if bought for use

must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified

electrician first.

8. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a)

whether an export licence is required for the goods to leave the U.K.

and (b) whether there is any specific prohibition on importing the goods

in question into the destination country because, e.g. they may contain

prohibited materials such as ivory. Charges may be applicable for export

licences. Ask us if you need help. The denial of any permit or licence shall

not justify cancellation or rescission of the sale contract or any delay in

payment.

9. Bidding. Bidders will be required to register before the sale commences

and lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form.

Some form of identification will be required if you are unknown to us.

Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone bidding.

10. Commission bidding. Commission bids may be left with the auctioneers

indicating the maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers’ premium.

They will be executed as cheaply as possible having regard to the reserve

(if any) and competing bids. If two buyers submit identical commission

bids the auctioneers may prefer the first bid received. Please enquire

in advance about our arrangements for the leaving of commission bids

by telephone.

11. Methods of Payment. As a general rule any cheques tendered will need

to be cleared before removal of the goods is permitted. Please discuss

with our Office in advance of the sale if other methods of payment are

envisaged (except cash).

12. Collection and storage. Please note what the Conditions of Sale state

about collection and storage. It is important that goods are paid for and

collected promptly. Any delay may involve the buyer in paying storage

charges.

TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS

1. Interpretation. In these Terms the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to the

Seller and if the consignment of goods to us is made by an agent we

assume that the Seller has authorised the consignment and that the

consignor has the Seller’s authority to contract. Similarly the words ‘we’,

‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneers.

2. Commission is charged to sellers at the following rates: 15% + VAT on

each lot sold for up to £999, 10% + VAT on each lot realising £1,000 and

above.

3. Removal costs. Items for sale must be consigned to the sale room by any

stated deadline and at your expense. We may be able to assist you with

this process but any liability incurred to a carrier for haulage charges is

solely your responsibility.

4. Loss and damage waiver. We are not regulated by the FSA for the

provision of insurance to clients. However, we for our own protection

assume liability for property consigned to us at lower pre-sale estimate. To

justify accepting liability, we make a charge of 1.5% of the hammer price

plus VAT or, if unsold, our mid estimate of the hammer price. If the owner

of goods consigned instructs us in writing not to take such action, they

then remain at owner’s risk unless and until the property in them passes to

the Buyer or they are collected by or on behalf of the owner, and clause 4

is inapplicable.

5. Illustrations. The cost of any illustrations is borne by you. If we consider

that the lot should be illustrated your permission will usually be asked first.

The copyright in respect of such illustrations shall be the property of us,

the auctioneers, as is the text of the catalogue.

6. Minimum bids and our discretion. Goods may be offered subject to a

reserve agreed between us before the sale in accordance with clause 7.

7. We may sell lots below the reserve provided we account to you for the

same sale proceeds as you would have received had the reserve been the

hammer price. If you specifically give us ‘discretion’ we may accept a bid of

up to 10% below the formal reserve.

Reserves.

(a) You are entitled to place prior to the auction a reserve on any lot

consigned, being the minimum hammer price at which that lot may be

sold. Reserves must be reasonable and we may decline to offer goods

which in our opinion would be subject to an unreasonably high reserve

(in which case goods carry the storage and insurance charges stipulated in

these Terms of Consignment).

(b) A reserve once set cannot be changed except with our consent.

(c) Where a reserve has been placed only we may bid on your behalf and only

up to the reserve (if any) and you may in no circumstances bid personally.

8. Electrical items. These are subject to detailed statutory safety controls.

Where such items are accepted for sale you accept responsibility for the

cost of testing by external contractors. Goods not certified as safe by an

electrician (unless antiques) will not be accepted for sale. They must be

removed at your expense on your being notified. We reserve the right to

dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense.

9. Soft furnishings. The sale of soft furnishings is strictly regulated by

statute law in the interests of fire safety. Goods found to infringe safety

regulations will not be offered and must be removed at your expense. We

reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense.

The rights of disposal referred to in clause 8 and 9 are subject to the

provisions of The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, Schedule 1, a

copy of which is available for inspection on request.

SOCIETY OF FINE ART AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS

and the ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS

CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS

10. Descriptions. Please assist us with accurate information as to the provenance

etc. of goods where this is relevant. There is strict liability for the accuracy of

descriptions under modern consumer legislation and in some circumstances

responsibility lies with sellers if inaccuracies occur. We will assume that you

have approved the catalogue description of your lots unless informed to the

contrary. Where we are obliged to return the price to the buyer when the lot

is a deliberate forgery under Condition 15 of the Conditions of Sale and we

have accounted to you for the proceeds of sale you agree to reimburse us

the sale proceeds. The liability to reimburse the sale proceeds shall not arise

where you are acting reasonably and honestly and are unaware of the forgery

but we are or ought to have been aware of it.

11. Unsold and withdrawn items. If an item is unsold it may with your consent

be re-offered at a future sale. Where in our opinion an item is unsaleable you

must collect such items from the saleroom promptly on being so informed.

Otherwise, storage charges may be incurred. We reserve the right to charge

for storage in these circumstances at a reasonable daily rate.

12. Withdrawn and bought in items. These are liable to incur a charge of up

to 10% plus VAT of the reserve or low estimate on being bought in or

withdrawn after being catalogued.

13. Conditions of Sale. You agree that all goods will be sold on our Conditions

of Sale. In particular you undertake that you have the right to sell the goods

either as owner or agent for the owner. You undertake to compensate us

and any buyer or third party for all losses liabilities and expenses incurred in

respect of and as a result of any breach of this undertaking.

14. Authority to deduct commission and expenses and retain premium and

interest.

(a) You authorise us to deduct commission at the stated rate and all expenses

incurred for your account from the hammer price and consent to our right

to retain beneficially the premium paid by the buyer in accordance with our

Conditions of Sale and any interest earned on the sale proceeds until the

date of settlement.

(b) You authorise us in our discretion to negotiate a sale by private treaty not

later than the close of business on the day of the sale in the case of lots

unsold at auction, in which case the same charges will be payable as if such

lots had been sold at auction and so far as appropriate these terms apply.

15. Warehousing. We disclaim all liability for goods delivered to our saleroom

without sufficient sale instructions and reserve the right to make minimum

warehousing charge of £2 per lot per day. Unsold lots are subject to the same

charges if you do not remove them within a reasonable time of notification. If

not removed within three weeks we reserve the right to sell them and defray

charges from any net proceeds of sale or at your expense to consign them to

the local authority for disposal.

16. Settlement. Subject to our normal trading conditions, payment will be made

by BACS or cheque five weeks after the sale unless the buyer has not paid

for the goods. In this case no settlement will then be made but we will take

your instructions in the light of our Conditions of Sale. You authorise any

sums owed by you to us on other transactions to be deducted from the sale

proceeds. You must note the liability to reimburse the proceeds of sale to us

as under the circumstances provided for in Condition 10 above. You should

therefore bear this potential liability in mind before parting with the proceeds

of sale until the expiry of 28 days from the date of sale.

CONDITIONS OF SALE

Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd carries on business with bidders,

buyers and all those present in the auction room prior to or in connection

with a sale on the following General Conditions and on such other terms,

conditions and notices as may be referred to herein.

1. DEFINITIONS

In these Conditions:

(a) ‘auctioneer’ means Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd or its authorised

auctioneer, as appropriate;

(b) ‘deliberate forgery’ means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving

as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source but which is

unequivocally described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular

creator and which at the date of the sale had a value materially less than it

would have had if it had been in accordance with the description;

(c) ‘hammer price’ means the level of bidding reached (at or above any reserve)

when the auctioneer brings down the hammer;

(d) ‘terms of consignment’ means the stipulated terms and rates of commission

on which Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd accepts instructions from

sellers or their agents;

(e) ‘total amount due’ means the hammer price in respect of the lot sold together

with any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges

payable by a defaulting buyer under these Conditions;

(f) ‘sale proceeds’ means the net amount due to the seller, being the hammer

price of the lot sold less commission at the stated rate, Value Added Tax

chargeable and any other amounts due to us by the seller in whatever

capacity and however arising.

(g) ‘‘You’, ‘Your’, etc. refer to the buyer as identified in Condition 2.

(h) The singular includes the plural and vice versa as appropriate.

2. BIDDING PROCEDURES AND THE BUYER

(a) Bidders are required to register their particulars before bidding and to satisfy

any security arrangements before entering the auction room to view or bid;

(b) the maker of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer conducting the sale

shall be the buyer at the hammer price and any dispute about a bid shall be

settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion by reoffering the Lot during

the course of the auction or otherwise. The auctioneer shall act reasonably

in exercising this discretion.

(c) Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals.

(d) Our right to bid on behalf of the seller is expressly reserved up to the amount

of any reserve and the right to refuse any bid is also reserved.

3. INCREMENTS

Bidding increments shall be at the auctioneer’s sole discretion.

4. THE PURCHASE PRICE

The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of

26% plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive) on the first £500,000 and

20% plus VAT @20% (24%) inclusive thereafter.

5. VALUE ADDED TAX

Value Added Tax on the hammer price is imposed by law on all items affixed

with a † or Ω. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate rate prevailing

by law at the date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant lots. (Please

refer to ‘Information for Buyers’ for a brief explanation of the VAT position).

6. PAYMENT

(a) Immediately a lot is sold you will:

(i) give to us, if requested, proof of identity, and

(ii) pay to us the total amount due in pounds sterling

(b) Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing

from you to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of

you or your agent, whether express or implied.

(c) In line with new legislation we reserve the right to investigate and identify

the source of any funds received by us. The completion of the sale of a Lot

will be postponed or cancelled at our discretion if further time is needed

for investigation, or if you are in breach of your warranties as a buyer, or

if we consider the sale to be unlawful or in any way cause liabilities or be

detrimental to either Woolley and Wallis or the Seller.

7. TITLE AND COLLECTION OF PURCHASES

(a) The ownership of any Lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have

made payment in full to us of the total amount due.

(b) You shall at your own risk and expense collect any lots that you have

purchased and paid for from our premises not later than 3 working days

following the day of the auction or upon the clearance of any cheque used

for payment (if later) after which you shall be responsible for any collection,

storage and insurance charges.

(c) No purchase may be collected and we shall not release any lot to you or your

agent until it has been paid for.

8. REMEDIES FOR NON-PAYMENT OR FAILURE TO COLLECT PURCHASES

(a) If any Lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these

Conditions or if there is any other breach of these Conditions, we, as agent

for the seller and on our own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and

without prejudice to any other rights we may have, be entitled to exercise

one or more of the following rights and remedies:

(i) to proceed against you for damages for breach of contract;

(ii) to rescind the sale of that lot and/or any other lots sold by us to you;

(iii) to resell the lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be

responsible for any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after

crediting any part payment and adding any resale costs). Any surplus so

arising shall belong to the seller;

(iv) to remove, store and insure the lot at your expense and, in the case of

storage, either at our premises or elsewhere;

(v) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total

amount due to the extent it remains unpaid for more than 3 working days

after the sale;

(vi) to retain that or any other lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due;

(vii) to reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to

impose conditions before any such bids shall be accepted;

(viii) to apply any proceeds of sale of other Lots due or in future becoming due to

you towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that

is a right to retain possession of any of your property in our possession for any

purpose until the debt due is satisfied.

(b) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and

remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect

of breach of these conditions

9. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY

All members of the public on our premises are there at their own risk and

must note the lay-out of the accommodation and security arrangements.

Accordingly neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur

liability for death or personal injury (except as required by law by reason of our

negligence) or similarly for the safety of the property of persons visiting prior

to or at a sale.

10. COMMISSION BIDS

Whilst prospective buyers are strongly advised to attend the auction and

are always responsible for any decision to bid for a particular lot and shall

be assumed to have carefully inspected and satisfied themselves as to its

condition, we will if so instructed clearly and in writing execute bids on their

behalf. Neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall be responsible

for any failure to do so save where such failure is unreasonable. Where two or

more commission bids at the same level are recorded we reserve the right in

our absolute discretion to prefer the first bid so made.

11. WARRANTY OF TITLE AND AVAILABILITY

The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the seller is the true owner

of the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true owner to

consign it for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the

property free from any third party claims.

12. AGENCY

The auctioneer normally acts as agent only and disclaims any responsibility for

default by sellers or buyers.

13. TERMS OF SALE

The seller acknowledges that lots are sold subject to the stipulations of these

Conditions in their entirety and on the Terms of Consignment as notified to the

consignor at the time of the entry of the lot.

14. DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITION

(a) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to

carry out exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given

ample opportunities to view and inspect before any sale and they (and any

independent experts on their behalf) must satisfy themselves as to the

accuracy of any description applied to a lot. Prospective buyers also bid on

the understanding that, inevitably, representations or statements by us as to

authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated

selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion

shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given

negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer

nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness

of such opinions and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to

description, condition or quality of lots, express, implied or statutory, are

hereby excluded. This Condition is subject to the next following Condition

concerning deliberate forgeries and applies save as provided for in paragraph

6 ‘information to buyers’.

(b) Private treaty sales made under these Conditions are deemed to be sales by

auction for purposes of consumer legislation.

15. FORGERIES

Notwithstanding the preceding Condition, any lot which proves to be a

deliberate forgery (as defined) may be returned to us by you within 21

days of the auction provided it is in the same condition as when bought,

and is accompanied by particulars identifying it from the relevant catalogue

description and a written statement of defects. If we are satisfied from the

evidence presented that the lot is a deliberate forgery we shall refund the

money paid by you for the lot including any buyer’s premium provided that

(1) if the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of scholars and

experts as at the date of sale or (2) you personally are not able to transfer a

good and marketable title to us, you shall have no rights under this condition.

The right of return provided by this Condition is additional to any right or

remedy provided by law or by these Conditions of Sale.

GENERAL

16. We shall have the right at our discretion, to refuse admission to our premises

or attendance at our auctions by any person.

17. (a) Any right to compensation for losses liabilities and expenses incurred in

respect of and as a result of any breach of these Conditions and any exclusions

provided by them shall be available to the seller and/or the auctioneer as

appropriate.

(b) Such rights and exclusions shall extend to and be deemed to be for the

benefit of employees and agents of the seller and/or the auctioneer who may

themselves enforce them.

18. Any notice to any buyer, seller, bidder or viewer may be given by first class mail

or Swiftmail in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the

addressee 48 hours after posting.

19. Special terms may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular classes of

items in which case the descriptions must be interpreted in accordance with

any glossary appearing in the catalogue.

20. Any indulgence extended to bidders buyers or sellers by us notwithstanding

the strict terms of these Conditions or of the Terms of Consignment shall

affect the position at the relevant time only and in respect of that particular

concession only; in all other respects these Conditions shall be construed as

having full force and effect.

21. English law applies to the interpretation of these Conditions.

22. Prior written consent must be sought by the buyer or any other party for

the use of any images, illustrations and written materials produced by or for

Woolley & Wallis relating to a lot or sale, including the contents of a catalogue.

Copyright for any of the aforementioned will remain the property of Woolley

& Wallis, subject to the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act

1988. Woolley & Wallis and the seller make no representations or warranties

that the buyer of a lot will acquire any copyright or other reproduction rights

to it.

PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, ENGRAVINGS AND PRINTS

In accordance with long standing practice in Fine Art Sale Rooms certain terms

used in descriptions in the Catalogue have the meanings ascribed to them in

the glossary below.

Glossary

Any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date, age, provenance and

condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of

fact. The Company reserves the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and

rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable.

(a) Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by the artist. (When the artist’s forename(s)

is not known, a series of asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist,

whether preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion the work is

by the artist named.

(b) Attributed to Edward Lear: In our opinion probably a work by the artist but less

certainty as to authorship is expressed than in the preceding category.

(c) Studio of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an unknown hand in the studio

of the artist which may be or may not have been executed under the artist’s

direction.

(d) Circle of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an as yet unidentified but

distinct hand, closely associated with the named artist but not necessarily his

pupil.

(e) Style of ...; Follower of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by a painter working

in the artist’s style, contemporary or nearly contemporary, but not necessarily

his pupil.

(f) Manner of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work in the style of the artist and of

a later date.

(g) After Edward Lear: In our opinion a copy of a known work of the artist.

(h) The term signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the

signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist.

(i) The term bears a signature and/or date and/or inscription means that in our

opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription have been added by

another hand.

(j) Dimensions are given height before width.

(k) Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated.

BOOKS AUCTIONS

If, on collation, any named item in this catalogue proves defective in text

or illustration, the lot may be returned within 14 days of the sale with the

defects stated in writing. This proviso shall not apply to defects stated in the

catalogue or announced at the time of sale; nor to the absence of blanks, half

titles, tissue guards or advertisements, damage in respect of bindings, stains,

spotting, marginal tears or other defects not affecting completeness of text

or illustration; nor to drawings, autographs, letters or manuscripts, signed

photographs, music, atlases, maps or periodicals; nor to books not identified

by title; nor to books sold not subject to return.

ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE

Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each

time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years

after the artist’s death.

Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer

price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling

below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on

any single lot is the sterling equivalent of €10,000.

Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s

purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency by the

auctioneer.

Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the sale.

Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:

4% Up to €50,000

3% €50,000.01 - 200,000

1% €200,000.01 - 350,000

0.5% €350,000.01 - 500,000

0.25% In excess of €500,000

Up to a maximum levy of €10,000

Lots marked with a ‡ symbol are potentially subject to the levy.

WHAT THIS PRIVACY NOTICE DOES

This privacy notice (Notice) explains how Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Limited (us, we, our, Woolley & Wallis), processes the personal data of users of

our auction and valuation services (Services) and includes buyers, bidders and sellers of auction items as well as prospective users of our Services (you, your). It also

explains your rights in relation to the personal data we hold about you.

This Notice is effective from May 2018. We may change this Notice from time to time. Any significant changes will be notified to you.

PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CUSTOMERS

DATA CONTROLLER AND CONTACT DETAILS

Woolley and Wallis is the data controller of your personal data and is subject

to the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the General Data Protection

Regulation (GDPR).

If you have any questions about how we use your personal data, whom we

share it with, or if you wish to exercise any of the rights set out in this Notice,

please contact us using the following details:

• By post – Privacy Officer, Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms,

51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU.

• By email – privacyofficer@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

• By telephone – +44 (0)1722 424599

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We collect your personal data from the following sources:

• From you when you:

- interact with us before entering into a contract with us, for example when

you express your interest in our Services;

- instruct us to provide Services to you, sign contractual documentation

and provide information in connection with those instructions;

- communicate with us by post, telephone, email or via our website, for

example in order to make enquiries or register for an online account;

- in various other ways as you interact with us during your time as a user

(or potential user) of our Services, for the various purposes set out below.

• From third parties such as:

- other auction houses and individuals and organisations in the

auctioneering trade whom we may contact to check background details

about you;

- thesaleroom.com who enable live online bidding and provide us with the

name, contact details, the last four digits of registered payment cards

and transaction history (in relation to activity on thesaleroom.com) of

individuals who register for one of our auctions (please see thesaleroom.

com’s privacy policy for further information). We also receive names,

contact details, sale details and payment details (the amount and date

paid) from realex payments (thesaleroom.com’s payment provider);

- sage pay who process payments on our behalf and who provide us with

your name, contact details and payment details (only the last four digits of

your payment card are provided);

- shipping companies whom you hire to collect items you purchased from

us.

THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

We may collect the following personal data about you:

• your name and contact details including address, telephone and email

address;

• your image, as captured by CCTV, if you attend our premises;

• personal identification documents, including copies of government-issued

identification such as passport and driving license which are required to

register bidders (or when we need to verify a seller’s details);

• account details and other information relating to your transactions/dealings

with us and your use of our Services;

• payment details such as credit card and bank account details;

• credit and payment history (where you open an account with us as a buyer

or bidder);

• information on your collecting preferences and aspirations, and your

collections, acquisitions and disposals; and

• other information that you provide to us, for example, when you have a

comment/complaint, submit a question, take part in a survey or where

you express an interest in receiving marketing material or request further

information.

We may also process special categories of personal data, including information

concerning your health and medical conditions (for example, disability), where

relevant to the provision of our Services.

THE BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA, HOW WE USE THAT DATA

AND WITH WHOM WE SHARE THAT DATA

WHERE WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU

We will process your personal data because it is necessary for the performance

of a contract with you (for example, a contract to use our Services) or in order

to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. In this respect, we

use your personal data for the following:

• to interact with you before you enter into a contract with us, such as

when you express your interest in our Services (for example, to send you

information about our Services or answer enquiries about our Services);

• once you have engaged us and entered into a contract, to provide you with

the Services set out in any contractual documents.

In this respect we will provide your data to our third party suppliers or

subcontractors as necessary whom we engage to help us perform our Services

or who assist us in conducting our business, such as our IT suppliers, data

storage providers, and valuation companies.

LEGITIMATE INTERESTS

We may also process your personal data because it is necessary for our or a

third party’s legitimate interests. Our legitimate interests include our commercial

interests. In this respect, we may use your personal data for the following:

• to monitor and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of our

Services, including by training our staff or monitoring their performance;

• to deal with any concerns or feedback you may have in the performance of

the Services;

• for our internal business record keeping and processes;

• to seek advice on our rights and obligations, including obtaining legal

advice;

• to contact you for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to receive such

information, please let us know now or at any time in the future, and your

details will be removed from our marketing list. We will not provide your

personal data to third party organisations to use for their own marketing

purposes;

• to customise our website and marketing communications in line with your

particular interests or preferences;

• to collect money owed to us or our consignors;

• to carry out background and credit checks in relation to bidders and

buyers.

In this respect we will provide your data to the following:

• our professional advisors;

• the-saleroom.com;

• debt collection agencies;

• third parties who assist us with our marketing;

• our website and email management software provider.

LEGAL OBLIGATIONS

We may also process your Personal Data for our compliance with our legal

obligations. In this respect, we may use your Personal Data for the following:

• to meet our compliance and regulatory obligations, such as our tax

reporting requirements or to carry out identity checks;

• in order to assist with investigations (including criminal investigations)

carried out by competent authorities;

In this respect we will provide your data to the following:

• external auditors;

• the police and other competent authorities, including HMRC;

CONSENT

We may also process your Personal Data where we have your specific consent

to do so (for example, where we have your agreement to include information

about you (as a seller) in sale marketing materials) or where we have sought and

obtained your consent to send you direct marketing by email, or for the use of

cookies on our website. If you have given your consent and you wish to withdraw

it, please contact us using the contact details set out above.

Please note that where our processing of your personal data relies on your

consent and where you then withdraw that consent, we may not be able to

provide all or some aspects of our Services to you and/or it may affect the

provision of our Services.

SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA

We process special categories of personal data for the following reasons:

• if it is necessary to protect your or another person’s vital interests (for

example, where you have a life-threatening accident or illness and we have

to process your personal data to ensure you receive appropriate medical

attention);

• if it is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

(for example, to protect and defend our rights, and/or the rights of our

customers);

We may process information relating to your health where we have your explicit

consent to do so (for example, when you provide information about your access

requirements prior to attending one of our events).

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF DATA

We transfer names and addresses on our Asian mailing list to a printing company

in Hong Kong to distribute our auction catalogues and promotional material. In

these circumstances, your personal data will be transferred subject to standard

data protection clauses (adopted by the European Commission) and included in

our contract with the printing company.

We share your data collected for marketing purposes and through our website

with our website and email management software provider who are based in

Jersey. In these circumstances, your personal data is transferred to them subject

to an Adequacy Decision made by the European Commission in respect of Jersey.

PROFILING

We may use your geographical location to target our communications and

advertising and promotions to you. If you do not wish us to do this, then please

contact us using the details provided above.

HOW LONG YOUR INFORMATION IS KEPT

We will retain your personal data for as long as we are providing you with the

Services referred to in any contractual document, and for as long as is required

for legal, regulatory, fraud prevention and our legitimate business purposes after

the termination of your account/agreement with us, or if your application for a

particular Service is declined or abandoned.

In particular:

• in relation to CCTV images taken when you attend our premises, we will

retain these for a few months;

• in relation to personal data relating to the transactions you have entered into

with us as part of the provision of our Services, we will retain that data for

period of seven years after that transaction has concluded in case any legal

claims arise out of the provision of those Services;

• we will retain your details on our marketing database until you inform us

that you no longer wish to receive our marketing communications. However,

where you do unsubscribe from our marketing communications we will

keep your details on a suppression list to ensure that we do not send you

information you have asked not to receive;

• in relation to personal data relating to the provenance of works, we may

retain that data indefinitely in our legitimate interests and the legitimate

interests of the wider art market in maintaining the integrity of that market.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Under the DPA you have the following rights:

• to obtain access to, and copies of, the personal data that we hold about you;

• to require that we cease processing your personal data if the processing is

causing you damage or distress;

• to require us not to send you marketing communications.

• to require us to correct the personal data we hold about you if it is incorrect;

• to require us to erase your personal data;

• to require us to restrict our data processing activities (and, where our

processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent, without

affecting the lawfulness of our processing based on consent before its

withdrawal);

• to receive from us the personal data we hold about you which you have

provided to us, in a reasonable format specified by you, including for the

purpose of you transmitting that personal data to another data controller;

• to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to any of our

particular processing activities where you feel this has a disproportionate

impact on your rights.

Please note that the above rights are not absolute, and we may be entitled to

refuse requests where exceptions apply.

If you are not satisfied with how we are processing your personal data, you

can raise a concern with the Information Commissioner. You can also find out

more about your rights under data protection legislation from the Information

Commissioner’s Office website available at: www.ico.org.uk

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Follow A345 for 1.7 miles. At Beehive Park & Ride

follow the signs for A338 Swindon and Marlborough.

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(open by appointment only)

VALUATIONS

Valuations are a core part of our business and are usually carried

out by a senior specialist or director. Accuracy, speed and above all

confidentiality are paramount.

INSURANCE VALUATIONS

Written valuations for insurance can vary from a single item to a large

estate. Before starting we discuss the various options available so that

the valuation is specifically tailored to individual client’s needs.

For valuations of an entire house contents an itemised bound

valuation is produced and can be accompanied by photographs when

required. In addition to providing an inventory, written valuations can

prevent painful arguments with a loss adjuster in the event of a claim.

Woolley and Wallis valuations are accepted by all leading insurance

companies.

PROBATE VALUATIONS

We offer a speedy and professional service for executors and trustees

and provide bound valuations for probate and duplicate copies when

required. Since security is often a consideration, we can usually

arrange for a house to be cleared and sent for auction, our Valuations

Department ensures that executors are informed of which sales are

involved and the results thereof.

We also carry out valuations for Family Division, Capital Gains Tax,

and Private Treaty Sales.

Contact Amanda Lawrence

+44 (0)1722 424509 | valuations@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

FREE AUCTION VALUATIONS

Free verbal valuations of items for sale are available by

appointment. Please email valuations@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

or call +44 (0)1722 424500.

Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd.

51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SU

Registered in England No.02998482

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DIRECTIONS FROM WOOLLEY & WALLIS

CASTLE STREET TO OLD SARUM

ABSENTEE BID FORM

FINE JAPANESE

WORKS OF ART

TUESDAY 23RD MAY 2023

Please bid, on my behalf, for the undermentioned lots up to

the prices shown which do not include the buyer’s premium

or any V.A.T. payable on lots. These bids are to be executed

as cheaply as is permitted by other bids, and/or reserves if

any, and subject to the Conditions of Business printed in the

catalogue. Please note we cannot guarantee that bids received

after 4pm on the day prior to the auction will be executed.

BUYER’S PREMIUM

Each lot is subject to a buyer’s premium of 26% plus VAT

at 20%

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PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN BLOCK LETTERS

Lot Number in

numerical order Brief Description of lot

Price excluding

buyer’s premium

& VAT

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

A rare album of the Famous Views

of the Sixty-odd Provinces

SOLD FOR £110,000*

AUCTION

CALENDAR

MAY

17th Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour

23rd Japanese Works of Art

24th & 25th Fine Chinese Works of Art & Asian Art II

JUNE

7th Modern British & 20th Century Art

21st Fine Arts & Crafts

(Including Martin Ware)

Exhibition Robert Wallace Martin

Potter, Sculptor, Artist

12th to 23rd June

JULY

5th & 6th Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks

11th & 12th Silver & Objects of Vertu

13th Fine Jewellery

SEPTEMBER

6th Old Masters, British & European Paintings

19th British and Continental Ceramics & Glass

20th Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

OCTOBER

4th & 5th Furniture Works of Art & Clocks

18th Design

24th & 25th Silver & Objects of Vertu

26th & 27th Fine Jewellery

Dates may be subject to change

+44 (0)1722 424500

enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU

www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk

*Price includes buyer’s premium

ENTRIES ARE CURRENTLY

BEING ACCEPTED FOR OUR

AUTUMN 2023 SERIES

OF ASIAN ART SALES

www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk

FINE JAPANESE WORKS OF ART TUESDAY 23RD MAY 2023

WOOLLEY & WALLIS

JAPANESE ART II TUESDAY 23RD MAY 2023

WOOLLEY & WALLIS

JAPANESE ART II

日本美術

TUESDAY 23RD MAY 2023

Lot 309 details

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Salisbury Salerooms, 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SU

Tel: +44 (0)1722 424500 • www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk

Front Cover: Lot 189

Back Cover: Lots 172, 178, 180, 194, 195

Catalogue £20.00

(£25.00 by post)

(£30.00 by post outside Europe)

Jeremy Morgan

Asian Art

Nelson Chui

Photography

Michelle Yu Sophie Moore

Alexandra Aguilar

Japanese Art

Freya Yuan-Richards

Chinese Paintings

John Axford MRICS

ASFAV

Head of Asian Art

ASIAN ART SPECIALISTS & CONTACTS

Please dial +44 (0)1722 followed

by the number listed below

John Axford MRICS ASFAV 424506

Alexandra Aguilar 424583

Freya Yuan-Richards 424589

Jeremy Morgan +44 (0)7812 601098

Michelle Yu 424571

Sophie Moore 424591

Nelson Chui 424591

Email:

asianart@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

VIEWING

Viewing in London (highlights)

17 Clifford Street, 2nd Floor W1S 3RQ

Saturday 13th May 11.00am – 4.00pm

Sunday 14th May 11.00am – 4.00pm

Monday 15th May 11.00am – 4.00pm

Viewing at our Old Sarum Galleries

Unit 1B Castle Gate Business Park,

Old Sarum, Salisbury SP4 6QX

Friday 19th May 10.00am – 5.00pm

Saturday 20th May 10.00am – 1.00pm

Monday 22nd May 10.00am – 5.00pm

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新浪微博 @艾思福

LIVE ONLINE BIDDING - FREE OF CHARGE

bid.woolleyandwallis.co.uk

Please register by 12 noon on Monday 22nd May.

威立士網上競投

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO OUR BIDDING PROCEDURE

Please note that, owing to the recent introduction of Money

Laundering Regulations, clients wishing to bid in this auction are

likely to be asked to provide two forms of identification. This applies

to both new and existing clients.

BUYER’S PREMIUM

See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of

the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices.

Telephone Bidding

Requests for telephone bidding may not be accepted after

12 noon on Monday 22nd May.

To register for this sale or request condition reports, please email

asianart@woolleyandwallis.co.uk or call +44 (0)1722 424500.

Instagram: @woolleyandwallisasianart

@woolleyandwallissalerooms

Facebook: @woolleyandwallis

Twitter: @woolleywallis

JAPANESE ART II

日本美術

TUESDAY 23RD MAY 2023

Following Fine Japanese Works of Art

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Old Sarum Galleries

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Salisbury Salerooms

51 – 61 Castle Street

SP1 3SU

Woolley & Wallis

Old Sarum Galleries

Unit 1B

Castle Gate Business Park

Old Sarum

Salisbury

SP4 6QX VIEWING HERE

AUCTION HERE

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SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS

Please dial +44 (0)1722 followed by the number listed below

ASIAN ART

John Axford MRICS ASFAV 424506

Alexandra Aguilar 424583

Freya Yuan-Richards 424589

Jeremy Morgan +44 (0)7812 601098

Michelle Yu 424571

Sophie Moore 424591

Nelson Chui 424591

CHINESE PAINTINGS & CALLIGRAPHY

Freya Yuan-Richards 424589

Michelle Yu 424571

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART

Alexandra Aguilar 424583

Michelle Yu 424571

20TH CENTURY DESIGN

Michael Jeffery 424505

Zoe Smith 446955

AFRICAN & OCEANIC ART | ANTIQUITIES

Will Hobbs 339752

Molly O’Reilly 446980

ENGLISH & EUROPEAN CERAMICS & GLASS

Clare Durham 424507

Hollie Morrison 446964

FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS

Mark Yuan-Richards 411854

Neil Grenyer MRICS 446974

Jim Gale 339161

Sarah Stone 339161

Victoria Elwell 339161

JEWELLERY

Marielle Whiting FGA 424595

Jonathan Edwards FGAA (Consultant) 424504

Samuel Hug FGA DGA 424586

Megan Corbett 424562

MEDALS & COINS, ARMS & ARMOUR

Ned Cowell 341469

Molly O’Reilly 446980

PAINTINGS

Victor Fauvelle 446961

Ed Beer 446962

Sarah Bennie 446970

SILVER

Rupert Slingsby 424501

Lucy Chalmers 424594

VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE & PROBATE

Jeremy Lamond MRICS ASFAV FRSA 424502

Neil Grenyer MRICS 446972

Amanda Lawrence 424509

Archie Swann (Trainee valuer)

Hannah Farthing (Trainee valuer)

GENERAL OFFICE

Ruth Pike (Office Manager) 424500

Nicola Young

Serena Tandy-Cockram

Gemma Pointer

CASTLE GATE RECEPTION

Sally Litherland

MARKETING

Chloe Davie 446951

Lucinda Phillips 446981

ACCOUNTS

Sharon Ringwood 424565

Ania Antkowiak

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Axford MRICS ASFAV

Chairman

Natalie Milsted FCCA

Managing Director

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

Alexandra Aguilar

Clare Durham

Victor Fauvelle

Will Hobbs

Michael Jeffery

Jeremy Lamond MRICS ASFAV FRSA

Rupert Slingsby

Marielle Whiting FGA

Freya Yuan-Richards

Mark Yuan-Richards

Lot 229 detail

CHRONOLOGY OF JAPAN

Jōmon Period

ca.10,000 BC-ca.300 BC

Yayoi Period

ca.300 BC-552 AD

Asuka Period

552-645

Nara Period

645-794

Heian Period

794-1185

Kamakura Period

1185-1333

Muromachi Period

1333-1573

Namboku-Chō Period

1336-1392

Momoyama Period

1568-1615

Bunroku Era 1592-1596

Keicho Era 1596-1615

Edo Period 1615-1868

Kan’ei Era 1624-1644

Kanbun Era 1661-1673

Genroku Era 1688-1704

An’ei Era 1772-1781

Tenmei Era 1781-1789

Kansei Era 1789-1801

Kyowa Era 1801-1804

Bunka Era 1804-1818

Bunsei Era 1818-1830

Tenpo Era 1830-1844

Koka Era 1844-1848

Kaei Era 1848-1854

Ansei Era 1854-1860

Man’ei Era 1860-1861

Bunkyu Era 1861-1864

Genji Era 1864-1865

Keio Era 1865-1868

Meiji Era 1868-1912

Taisho Era 1912-1926

Showa Era 1926-1989

Heisei Era 1989-2019

Reiwa Era 2019-present

JAPANESE DAMASCENE: THE COLLECTION OF A

BRITISH ARTIST - TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

LOTS 133-149

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135

A MATCHED PARURE OF JAPANESE DAMASCENE JEWELLERY

WITH FOLIATE SHAPES

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a necklace, a brooch and a bracelet, all with lobed details, and a

pair of earrings; decorated with birds, flowers and landscapes, some marked

K24, 22cm max. (5)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

134

THREE JAPANESE DAMASCENE BRACELETS AND A NECKLACE

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The bracelets made of rectangular panels enclosing various depictions of

birds, flowers and landscapes; the necklace decorated with Egyptian patterns,

including scenes of worshippers making offerings to deities; some pieces

marked K24, 24cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£100-200

133

THREE JAPANESE DAMASCENE NECKLACES

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

All three with a central pendant modelled as a butterfly and shaped panels

enclosing birds, flowers and landscapes; some marked K24, 26cm max. (3)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£200-300

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138

A MATCHED PARURE OF JAPANESE DAMASCENE JEWELLERY

WITH FAN DECORATION

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a necklace, a pair of earrings, a brooch and a bracelet, all with

fan-shaped details; decorated with birds, flowers and landscapes, some

marked K24, 29cm max. (5)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

137

A MATCHED PARURE OF JAPANESE DAMASCENE JEWELLERY

WITH HEART DETAILS

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a necklace with heart pendant, a pair of earrings, a heart-shaped

brooch and a bracelet, some marked K24, 30cm max. (5)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

136

A MATCHED PARURE OF JAPANESE DAMASCENE JEWELLERY

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a necklace, a brooch, a bracelet, and a pair of earrings; with

lobed and fan-shaped details, decorated with birds, flowers and landscapes,

some marked K24, 28.5cm max. (5)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

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139

A JAPANESE DAMASCENE LOCKET AND TWO FOBS

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The pendant of foliate shape and decorated to one side with two small

sparrows in flight above chrysanthemum, the reverse with a depiction of

Kinkaku-ji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto; the inside with a small

mirror and a framed picture, inscribed ‘K24 gold’ and Yoshitoyo saku (for Fujii

Yoshitoyo, b.1868); together with two fobs embellished with further birds,

flowers, landscapes and ho-o birds, both with a chain and hook to the top,

14.3cm max. (3)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£300-500

140

A MATCHED PARURE OF JAPANESE DAMASCENE JEWELLERY

WITH BUTTERFLY DECORATION

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a necklace, a brooch, and a pair of earrings, all with butterfly details;

and a bracelet, decorated with birds, flowers and landscapes, some marked K24,

28cm max. (5)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

141

TWO JAPANESE DAMASCENE BRACELETS AND TWO BROOCHES

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

All four of larger size, variously decorated with depictions of birds, flowers and

landscapes, 9.5cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

142

A JAPANESE SILVER AND SHAKUDO BRACELET

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Composed of ten circular discs variously decorated with figures, insects, and

flowers, with details highlighted in different metal inlays; together with a mother

of pearl button decorated with a sailboat, the bracelet 22.5cm overall. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

142

141

140

139

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143

SIX JAPANESE DAMASCENE BROOCHES

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Variously shaped, two modelled as butterflies; all decorated with pavilions in

landscapes and with Mount Fuji in the distance, some marked K24, 4cm max. (6)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£100-200

144

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE DAMASCENE CUFFLINKS AND PINS

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: five pairs of cufflinks and three pins, all decorated with pavilions

in landscapes, some featuring Mount Fuji in the distance, two marked K24,

5.8cm max. (13)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£100-200

145

FOUR JAPANESE DAMASCENE CIGARETTE CASES

TAISHO OR SHOWA, 20TH CENTURY

All of typical rectangular form and decorated with figures, two with beauties

holding umbrellas and the others with horse riders, two with seal marks for

Ohayo Shoten, another for Amita Co. and the third by an unknown maker and

marked K24, 7.7cm x 11.8cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£200-300

One of the cases is decorated after the famous sculpture ‘End of the Trail’ by James

Earle Fraser (1876-1953) exhibited at the World Columbian Exhibition (1893) and the

Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco (1915).

146

TWO JAPANESE CIGARETTE CASES AND TWO LIGHTERS

TAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

One case in silver with inlays of various colours, decorated with a pagoda by a

bridge and with Mount Fuji in the distance, signed Kozan; the other damascene

case with a goose in flight before the crescent moon; together with two lighters

embellished with similar landscapes, one marked K24, 10.7cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-200

146

145

144

143

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149

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE DAMASCENE

CIGARETTE CASES

TAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

All of rectangular or square shape, six decorated with pavilions in

mountainous river landscapes featuring Mount Fuji in the distance,

the seventh with a ferocious-looking dragon emerging from swirling clouds,

some signed and marked K24, 12.5cm x 8cm max. (7)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

148

A JAPANESE DAMASCENE CIGARETTE CASE, MATCH STRIKER,

AND MATCH BOX

MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The case and striker decorated with large sprays of chrysanthemum, both

with the mark for Yoshitoyo Fujii (b.1868); the matchbox holder embellished

with a pavilion and pagoda in a mountainous landscape, with Mount Fuji in

the distance, the fuku mark for Fukushima Shoten, 8cm x 12cm max. (3)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£120-150

147

A SMALL JAPANESE INLAID IRON BOX AND CIGARETTE CASE

BY KOMAI OTOJIRO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both of rectangular shape, the box with a hinged cover decorated with

thatched huts on a cliff by the shore, the sides with bamboo leaves,

2.6cm x 4.5cm x 5.9cm; the case with further pavilions by a torii gate and

with Mount Fuji in the distance 7.8cm x 12cm, both with the seal mark for

Komai Otojiro. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£200-300

END OF COLLECTION

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150

A PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE PANELS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Each featuring a woven bamboo basket with large flowers, one containing

magnolia and with a branch of pomegranate beside it, the other with

chrysanthemum and peony; the scenes rendered in metal inlays of various

colours; both panels enclosed in wooden frames embellished with gold

lacquer decoration, both 28cm x 21cm. (2)

£600-800

151

A JAPANESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE BOX AND COVER BY INOUE

OF KYOTO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Raised on three splayed feet, the cover decorated with a Chinese-style still

life featuring a nyoi sceptre, a woven basket of fruits, a scholar’s rock and a

crackled-ground vase containing large branches of flowering chrysanthemum

and hydrangea, with details picked out in gilt; an impressed mark to the base

reading Dai Nihon Saikyo ju Inoue sei, 13.2cm. (2)

£400-600

152

A JAPANESE DAMASCENE CIGARETTE CASE

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of typical rectangular shape, decorated with a thatched building in a

mountainous river landscape to the front and with Mount Fuji in the distance,

the reverse with a kingfisher in flight, marked at the back, 9cm x 5.5cm;

together with a small bronze vase decorated with a butterfly fluttering above

flowers, rendered in silver wire and other metal inlays, 9.3cm. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

150

151

152

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155

TWO JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOXES

AND COVERS

MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Each raised on three circular feet, decorated with panels enclosing

ho-o birds and formal designs of flowers and scrolling tendrils, each

cover with a shishi finial, both 10.3cm; together with a hexagonal

dish decorated with pine, prunus and bamboo issuing from rocks

emerging from seigaiha waves, with an orange cloud forming to

the side, the reverse with three cranes in flight on a red ground,

16.8cm. (5)

£200-300

154

TWO JAPANESE CLOISONNE PIECES

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

One an octofoil vase with wisteria flowers and tendrils trailing

down on the rich purple ground, signed in a rectangular cartouche

to the side and the base impressed with the character ‘Kume’ for

Kumeno Teitaro (1861-1939); the other a dish decorated with

a basket of flowers, a small bee depicted in relief pollinating a

large peony, with formal designs to the rim, 17.5cm and 18.3cm

respectively. (2)

£300-500

153

A JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall bulbous vase decorated with many daisies, above a band of

lappets to the foot and further flowers to the neck, the metal liner

to the inside of the rim and the metal base plate unusually etched

with dense designs of scrolling tendrils, signed Tamura zo; together

with a pair of small bronze vases decorated with landscapes

featuring Mount Fuji and embellished with aogai mother of pearl,

each with a two-character mark underneath, 21.5cm max. (3)

£300-500

159

158

157

156

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156

A PAIR OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both with a tall body and flared neck, decorated with many flowers including

wisteria, chrysanthemum, peony, daisies and others, depicted in polychrome

on the dark navy-blue ground, with metal mounts to the rims, both

15.5cm. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

157

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tallest decorated with egrets perched amongst leafy branches, the

second with swallows in flight with wisteria and other flowers below them,

and the two others, a pair, with further birds amongst vegetation on a blush

pink ground, all unmarked, 31cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent.

158

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES

MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Variously decorated with birds, flowers, formal designs, and mythical

creatures, two in ginbari style, all with metal mounts to the rims, one with

an associated wood stand, another impressed with a mark, possibly for

Ota Toshiro (1868-1940), 30.5cm max. (6)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the

1970s and 1980s.

159

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a pair of tall baluster vases, each decorated with a bird perched

on a branch of flowering magnolia or prunus, on a deep peacock blue

ground; and two ginbari vases, one with bamboo and further blossoms on a

red ground, the footring stamped with the mark of the Ando Jubei workshop,

and the other with three cranes in flight before a red ground, stamped ‘Sato’

and with a bun character beside it, 36cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WTHOUT RESERVE.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent.

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160

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE VASES

BY MURAKAMI

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Each with a tall baluster body, both decorated with

continuous scenes of birds in flight and perched amongst

flowers, some elements modelled in high relief; the necks

with formal designs of lappets; both with a circular mark

underneath reading ‘Dai Nihon Kyoto Murakami’, both

46cm. (2)

£300-500

161

A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The bulbous body raised on a spreading foot and with a

tall flared neck, both sides decorated with a shishi prancing

by a flowering tree, on a ground of rhomboid patterns; the

neck with two panels enclosing Jurojin and his pet deer

to one side, and Kintaro wrestling with a giant carp to the

reverse, 15.5cm.

£200-300

162

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE VASES

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Each with a tall slender neck and elegant handles

connecting the body to the rim, both decorated with

a carp swimming upwards, with scrolling waves below,

both 27.5cm. (2)

£200-300

163

A JAPANESE BRONZE BRUSHPOT AND A

TETSUBIN (TEAPOT)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both in Chinese archaistic style, each decorated with

stylised dragons and taotie masks and a leiwen ground,

11.3cm and 17cm respectively. (3)

£150-250

Provenance: a private London collection, acquired prior

to 2000.

164

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE KORO

(INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Each raised on three tall scrolling legs attached to a

circular base and with dragon-shaped handles, the bodies

decorated with formal designs featuring chickens, stylised

flowers and scrolling tendrils; the covers topped with

mirroring kirin, the legendary scaly creatures with their

heads turned towards their back, both approx. 37cm. (4)

£300-500

165

A JAPANESE IRON TETSUBIN (KETTLE)

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The flattened ovoid body a warm reddish-brown colour,

cast in low relief with many sakura flowers above a band

of key fret, the cover with similar decoration, 18cm. (2)

£200-300

166

A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE WITH DRAGON AND

ROCK CRYSTAL BALL

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

With a tall trumpet-shaped body rising to a hexagonal

flared rim, the side applied with a large writhing dragon

holding a small ball between its sharp claws, 31cm.

£500-1,000

167

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE KORO

(INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both with a globular double-handled body raised on four

tall legs, one lid with a rat perched on Daikoku’s mallet,

the other with a scholar holding a book, the bodies

decorated with medallions enclosing auspicious animals

and mythical beasts on a leiwen ground, both cast with a

three-character mark underneath, probably for Kirakusai

Suiun, 16.5cm and 17.5cm respectively. (4)

£300-500

168

A TALL JAPANESE BRONZE BOTTLE VASE

TAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The elegant teardrop-shaped body raised on a short

straight foot and with an elongated neck, the surface with

a warm mottled red patina, a two-character signature to

the base, together with the original signed and inscribed

tomobako wood box, 26.7cm. (2)

£150-250

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset,

purchased in Japan.

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163 164 165

160 161 162

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A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ARMS AND ARMOURS

LOTS 169-193

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169

A JAPANESE WOOD AND LACQUER KURA (SADDLE) AND TACHIKAKE (SWORD STAND)

EDO AND POSSIBLY MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

The saddle made of four sections of wood, the exterior of the pommel and cantle decorated with leafy

branches of bamboo in raised gold lacquer kirikane on the nashiji ground, the underside signed Nobushige

with kao and dated Genroku juyon-toshi, gogatsu kichijitsu (‘made on an auspicious day in the 5th month of

the Genroku 14th year, 1701’), 34cm x 37.5cm; the sword stand in two parts, the tall support raised on

a quatre-lobed base with indented corners, the neck terminating in a reishi fungus-form finial, decorated

in gold takamakie and kirikane with mon family crests and scrolling leafy tendrils on a rich nashiji ground,

22.5cm x 64cm. (3)

£250-350

170

THREE JAPANESE NAGINATA (HALBERDS) AND A YARI (SPEAR)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

All four decorated with square mother of pearl inlays; two naginata with black lacquered poles, one with a

blade signed Bizen kuni ju Sukemune, another with a black lacquer scabbard embellished with a paulownia

mon; the spear with a cylindrical lacquered scabbard; 231cm max. (6)

£400-600

171

A PAIR OF JAPANESE LACQUERED ABUMI (STIRRUPS)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Of typical form, each decorated with a large minogame standing by crashing waves to the front, the mythical

turtle-like creatures with long seaweed trailing behind their carapaces and with their eyes inlaid in glass;

the sangai bishi mon crest for the Ogasawara clan to the side, both 28cm. (2)

£150-250

169

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172

THREE JAPANESE LACQUERED JINGASA (WAR HATS)

EDO AND MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

With flat conical shapes, each decorated with a single mon family crest in gold hiramaki-e on the black

ground, one hat with metal mounts to the top suspending purple tassels, another hat decorated

underneath with three gilt mizuchi dragons and incised clouds, 45.4cm max. (3)

£200-300

173

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Three Japanese hanging scroll paintings (kakemono), ink on paper, one with the character 武 take (brave

or soldier), 佛 butsu (a reference to Buddha) and 福 fuku (good fortune), each inscribed and sealed, all

professionally mounted in box frames and glazed, each approx. 48.5cm x 24cm; together with an etching

depicting a Chinese robe by Thai artist Vorakorn Metmanorom (b.1968), signed in pencil lower margin

and numbered 68/300, also framed and glazed, 50cm x 28cm. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-200

174

A JAPANESE ARCHERY SET

PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: a yumi (bow), an ebira (quiver) and twelve ya (arrows); the black lacquer bow of typical

shape and bound with red-lacquered rattan bands, in a fabric pouch; the arrows with various floral

patterns in coloured lacquer, some mounted with spotted feathers; the cylindrical quiver with a

gold four-petalled flower mon on the black ground, 215cm max. (14)

£200-300

172

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177

TWO JAPANESE TANTO (SHORT EDGED SWORDS)

PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both with a black lacquer saya (scabbard), one decorated with different mon

(family crests) rendered in gold lacquer on the black ground; the fuchi, kachira

and menuki variously shaped as a fisherman on a boat, a constellation above

crashing waves, and flowerheads, the tsuba decorated to one side with a

mask of Hannya and to the other with flowers; the kozuka with two fish in a

meandering stream, both signed on the handle and on the blade; the blade

of the tanto 36cm; the other tanto with mon shaped as two crossed feathers,

the blade signed, 40.2cm. (5)

£100-200

176

A JAPANESE CEREMONIAL KATANA WITH PHOENIX HANDLE

PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The lacquered saya (scabbard) richly decorated with parcel-gilt and copper mounts embellished

with ho-o birds or phoenix, the tachi (handle) shaped as another mythical bird, the gilded copper

contrasting with the white shagreen, the blade signed Muneaki, 82cm. (2)

£200-300

175

A JAPANESE PART SUIT OF ARMOUR

PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: a black lacquer blue-laced dō-maru (chest armour), sode (shoulder

pads), and hoate (partial face armour), the kabuto (helmet) with gilt kuwagata

(horns) and the kuwagata-dai decorated with a flower mon (crest); the kote

(sleeves) of blue silk brocade and with mail and metal plates, together with

a saihai (commander’s baton) with a black lacquer handle, metal mounts and

paper tassels.

£100-200

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178

FOUR JAPANESE LACQUERED JINGASA (WAR HATS)

EDO AND MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Of flat conical shapes, variously decorated in gold hiramaki-e

and black lacquer, one with a dragon emerging from crashing

waves, another with two doves perched on a masa character,

and the third with a radiating design in low relief, both with mon

family crests; the fourth with sakura cherry blossoms and buds

scattered across the top, some with red lacquer underneath,

42.2cm max. (4)

£600-1,000

179

THREE JAPANESE KATANA

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

All three with black lacquer saya (scabbards), the first with fuchi-kashira with vines and butterflies, the menuki and tsuba with dragons, the tsuba with a square seal

mark to the reverse, the blade 90.5cm; the second katana with fuchi-kashira decorated with chrysanthemum mon, dragon menuki and a large rectangular tsuba

with crashing waves, together with a red and gold silk bag, the blade 92cm; the third sword with fuchi-kashira decorated with flower sprays, the menuki both

shaped as beribboned sacred objects, and the tsuba decorated in openwork with two confronting ho-o birds, the blade 76cm. (7)

£400-600

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A SHIN-SHINTO DAISHO (JAPANESE SET OF TWO SWORDS)

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The katana and wakizashi similarly mounted with white shagreen handles

and black and gold lacquer saya (scabbards), each with the iron sayajiri

embellished with paulownia and scrolling tendrils rendered in silver inlays,

the fuchi and kachira with similar decoration; the gilt menuki on the katana

with sprays of flowers, the ones to the wakizashi modelled as butterflies and

peonies; both iron tsuba inlaid with abstract designs and faintly impressed

characters including kin (gold); both blades decorated to each side with a

writhing dragon; the katana blade signed Oite Tōto Kato Hōju tsukuru, dated

‘Bunka 13 (1816), on an auspicious day in February’; the wakizashi with a

signed iron kozuka; the katana blade 87cm, the wakizashi blade 64cm. (5)

£200-300

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TWO JAPANESE EDGED SWORDS IN WOOD STORAGE SCABBARDS:

A KATANA AND WAKIZASHI IN SHIRASAYA

PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The blade of the katana decorated to one side with a blossoming branch of prunus and to the

other with a scrolling pattern, with a single Sanskrit character to each side, mumei (unsigned),

93.5cm; the blade of the wakizashi with a dragon emerging from waves and chasing a sacred

pearl of wisdom, the reverse with bamboo and prunus, also mumei, 65.5cm. (4)

£1,000-1,500

180

FOUR JAPANESE LACQUERED JINGASA (WAR HATS)

EDO AND MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Of rounded bajo (horse riding) type, variously decorated in gold hiramaki-e

and black lacquer, each with a mon family crest, one with a copper mount

around the rim and an inner iron ring, all with red lacquer underneath

embellished with gold flecks, two with metal fittings to the tops,

36cm max. (4)

£500-800

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A SHIN-SHINTO DAISHO (JAPANESE SET OF TWO SWORDS)

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The katana and wakizashi with similar mounts, the lacquered saya (scabbards)

decorated with a cracked-ice effect; both tsuba decorated in openwork with

dragons chasing pearls of wisdom and with silver rings to the rims; the four

menuki modelled as shishi; the fuchi of the katana decorated with branches

of pine and signed, the kashira modelled as Kanzan and Jittoku reading a

scroll, the blade 75.5cm; the fuchi-kachira of the wakizashi both decorated

with pines, the fuchi signed; the kozuka decorated with a tiger and inscribed;

the wakizashi blade also signed and measuring 47.5cm. (5)

£600-800

184

A JAPANESE O-YOROI (SUIT OF ARMOUR)

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

With an orange-laced do (chest armour), sode (shoulder guards) and o-boshi kabuto (helmet)

with gilt kuwagata (horns) and a fukikaeshi with a flower mon; the kote (sleeves), suneate

(shin guards) and haidate (thigh armour) with iron chainmail and plates; the menpo (face mask)

with hair moustache and a three-tiered yodarekake (throat guard).

£200-300

183

TWO JAPANESE EDGED SWORDS: A KATANA AND A TANTO

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The katana with a lacquer saya (scabbard) decorated with a large writhing

dragon with glass eyes, the menuki shaped as shishi and with a horn kachira,

the tsuba of octagonal shape with another large dragon emerging from

scrolling clouds, the kozuka with paulownia mon, the blade 58cm; the saya

of the tanto embellished with a gold lacquer dragon, the tsuba with a ho-o

bird in flight over peony, the fuchi with Fukurokuju’s deer and fan; the

menuki both shaped as dragons and the kachira modelled as a bear emerging

from a cave; with a kozuka decorated with a farmer ploughing his field with

a horse, the handle signed Yanagawa Naomasa with kao; the blade of the

tanto decorated with a dragon and with Sanskrit characters to the reverse,

29.5cm. (6)

£300-500

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188

TWO JAPANESE EDGED SWORDS: A KATANA AND A WAKIZASHI

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both with gold lacquer saya (scabbards), the katana with simple sword

furniture, the menuki both shaped as a trio of three holly oak leaves mon,

the crest of the Tokugawa clan; the tsuba of kurikomi mokko gata cross shape,

the blade 87cm; the wakizashi with gilt fuchi-kachira and menuki shaped as

dragons; the iron tsuba embellished with the crescent moon over a pair of

abumi (stirrups), 56cm. (4)

£200-300

187

TWO JAPANESE EDGED SWORDS: A KATANA AND A WAKIZASHI

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

With lacquered saya (scabbards) similarly decorated with gold paulownia mon (crests)

and with white shagreen handles; the katana with dragon-shaped menuki, the

quatre-lobed bronze tsuba imitating wood, the base signed with three characters;

the wakizashi with paulownia fuchi, kachira and menuki; the katana blade 80.5cm,

the wakizashi blade 58cm. (4)

£100-200

186

TWO JAPANESE EDGED SWORDS: A KATANA AND A TANTO

PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both with shagreen saya (scabbards), the katana with kojiri, ashi, tsuba,

fuchi-kashira and menuki all decorated in a similar fashion with scrolling

tendrils, the blade signed, 87cm; the tanto with simple mounts, an iron tsuba

with metal ring around the rim, the kozuka with a figure holding a hawk, the

wakizashi blade 36cm. (5)

£100-200

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A JAPANESE GUSOKU (COMPOSITE ARMOUR)

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The iroiro-odoshi no o-yoroi (armour with multi-colour lacing) with iron do (chest armour) and black lacquer sode (shoulder guards); the eboshi kabuto (helmet)

of black lacquer with purple lacing and a parcel-gilt maedate modelled as a plump rabbit amongst crashing waves; the kote (sleeves) and haidate (thigh armour)

with iron chainmail and plates; the menpo (face mask) with hair moustache and goatee and a five-tiered yodarekake (throat guard).

£1,000-1,500

190

A JAPANESE GUSOKU (COMPOSITE ARMOUR) WITH KABUTO (HELMET) SIGNED YOSHIMICHI

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The tosei gusoku armour with a blue-laced do and an uketsubo (banner holder) at the back; the kabuto with a black swallow maedate, mabizashi (red-lacquered

interior), five-tier tehen-kanamono (pierced circular finial), and signed Yoshimichi; an iron menpo (face mask), a black lacquered blue-laced shikoro (neck guard)

and fukigaeshi (wing-like projections) decorated with gilt mon; together with blue-laced kote (sleeves), haidate (thigh armour), suneate (shin guards) and kogake

(armoured foot coverings).

£1,000-1,500

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193

FOUR JAPANESE EDGED SWORDS: TWO KATANA, A WAKIZASHI, AND A TANTO

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The katana with a leather and rattan saya (scabbard) decorated with a pagoda, a simple

quatre-lobed iron tsuba and copper fuchi, the gilt menuki shaped as writhing dragons, the

blade signed, 88cm; the other katana with a leather saya, the tsuba, fuchi-kashira, and menuki

all decorated with prunus flowers, the blade signed, 90cm; the wakizashi with a lacquer saya

decorated with carp and oni, the menuki shaped as flowerheads and the kashira as a large tiger,

the kozuka with a laughing man by a prunus tree and the kogai with bamboo, the wakizashi

blade approx. 39cm; the tanto with bamboo and rattan saya and tsuka (handle), the blade

embellished with a dragon to one side and a Sanskrit character to the other, 26cm. (10)

£300-500

192

THREE JAPANESE EDGED SWORDS: ONE KATANA AND TWO WAKIZASHI

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

All three with white shagreen handles, the saya (scabbard) of the katana rendered in black lacquer with

designs of waves, the fuchi-kashira decorated with flowering branches of prunus, one menuki shaped as

a dragon coiling around a bell, the other modelled as sacred objects, the tsuba in openwork with two

confronting dragons and a pearl of wisdom, mumei, the blade 82.5cm; the saya (scabbard) of the first

wakizashi with kojiri embellished with geometric patterns in nunome zogan, the tsuba decorated to one

side with a fox by a trap and to the other with hay bales, signed; both menuki modelled as bouquets of

flowers, the fuchi with another fox and the kashira with an elderly man standing against his staff; the

kozuka decorated with a stilted pavilion on a lake, the wakizashi blade signed and measuring 65.5cm;

the saya of the other wakizashi decorated with gilt roundels of dragons, phoenix and flowers; the tsuba

embellished to both sides with shishi prancing amongst large blooms; the menuki shaped as tigers; the

signed copper fuchi with crashing waves, and with a simple lacquer kashira; the handle of the kozuka

with a large peacock, the blade of the wakizashi 59cm, mumei. (8)

£300-500

191

THREE JAPANESE EDGED BLADES: A KATANA AND TWO WAKIZASHI

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

All three with black lacquered saya (scabbards), the katana with fuchi, kachira and menuki decorated

with sakura blossoms, the blade signed, 84cm; one wakizashi with dragon fuchi-kachira, one menuki

with another dragon and the other with floral design, the tsuba with archaistic dragons and tama

(sacred jewels) rendered in openwork, a kogai in shakudo decorated with a tiger leaping by a rock,

the wakizashi blade 64cm; the other with fuchi-kachira and menuki in gold and shakudo with designs

of dragons amongst waves, the kozuka with similar decoration and signed, with a quatre-lobed

shakudo tsuba; the wakizachi blade 56cm. (8)

£350-450

END OF COLLECTION

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194

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS)

EDO AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

In a range of shapes and variously decorated, two in openwork with flowering branches of prunus; one with a dragon

emerging from spiralling clouds; another with armour-clad figures in a mountainous landscape; a fourth with the full

moon emerging from behind crashing waves, and the last two with flowers and scrolling tendrils, 8.3cm max. (7)

£300-500

195

THREE JAPANESE BRONZE TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

All decorated with mixed metal inlays, two of maru gata circular form, one with boys pulling a cart with a large vase of

flowers to other side, and further children playing to the reverse; the other with birds in flight over a stream and flowers,

inscribed Haruaki / Shunmei Hogen with kao; the third of aori gata oval shape, each side with a wolf underneath branches

of pine, inscribed Soyo with kao, 7.4cm max. (3)

£200-300

196

THREE JAPANESE MIXED METAL KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLES)

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The first decorated with a kingfisher perched on a reed; the second with a caparisoned elephant with its trunk raised,

a figure riding him; the third with a small tiger clambering onto the end of a boat, and with a dragon to the other end;

the decoration rendered in shakudo and copper, with details highlighted in gilt, 9.8cm max, each with a wood box. (6)

£300-500

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199

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197

A PAIR OF JAPANESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE BYOBU OSAE

(SCREEN HOLDERS)

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Modelled as two Mandarin ducks, with details of the plumage engraved in

the surface, both 11cm. (2)

£300-500

198

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE BYOBU OSAE (SCREEN HOLDERS)

TAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Modelled as two disgruntled-looking rabbits with plump bodies and long

pointy ears, both 11cm. (2)

£400-600

199

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A MONKEY

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Depicted sitting, one arm resting on his knee and the other touching

the ground beside him, the eyes picked out in gilt, signed Takeunzo in

a rectangular cartouche at the back, 22.3cm.

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

200

A JAPANESE WOOD OKIMONO OF A MONKEY

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Depicted clambering upon a gnarled branch, with long fur and the eyes inlaid,

the base with a two-character signature in a rectangular tablet, 22cm.

£200-300

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201

TOMINAGA CHODO (1897-1987)

PROBABLY SHOWA, C.1930

A Japanese camphor wood carving of an egret, the bird depicted standing

on a textured rectangular base, the surface with a white wash and the

beak and pupils picked out in black, signed Chodo underneath, together

with the original tomobako wood box inscribed Sagi, mokucho (‘egret, wood

carving’), signed Tominaga Chodo saku (‘made by Tominaga Chodo’) and sealed

Tominaga and Chodo on the inside, 31cm. (2)

£1,000-1,500

Tominaga Chodo (1897-1987) was a pupil of famous sculptor Yamazaki Choun

(1867-1954). He lived in Fukuoka, Kyushu, and was a member of the prestigious

Nitten art association. Some of his artworks are notably in the Japanese Imperial

Collection.

202

A LARGE JAPANESE LION MASK FOR THE SHISHIMAI DANCE

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Made of lacquered wood with areas picked out in gilt, the shishi’s fur

is rendered in horse hair dyed in various colours, with movable jaw,

eyes and ears, the mechanism visible at the back; inscribed and with

a seal mark, 45cm.

£1,000-1,500

203

A JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERY OF A PEKINGESE DOG

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The charming pet is depicted standing four-square with its head turned

towards the viewer, its profuse coat rendered in white and chocolate-brown

threads on the buff ground, in its original glazed frame, 36cm x 46.5cm.

£150-250

204

A JAPANESE BRONZE MODEL OF A DOG

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The Pekingese pup is depicted standing, with its head turned to the side and

a paw resting on a large bell beside it, a kerchief tied up around its neck and

with a long thick coat, 27cm. (2)

£150-250

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

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205

207

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205

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A RAM

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

The recumbent animal depicted with its head slightly raised and its front legs

neatly tucked underneath its body, the wool on its back curling in neat rows,

signed underneath, in an inscribed tomobako wood box, 13.5cm. (2)

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

206

THREE JAPANESE METAL WEIGHTS OR BRUSHRESTS

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

One rectangular-shaped, with a fuku character to each end and a horse head

in the middle, a jungin (pure silver) mark to the side; the two others made of

bronze, one with a kappa seated on a large cucumber and the other depicting

a resting lion, the tomoe symbol beside it and signed Junmin Tamamoto, with

an inscribed and signed tomobako wood box, 23.5cm max. (4)

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

207

A COLLECTION OF SIX JAPANESE BRONZE MIRRORS

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Variously cast with birds, flowers, mythical creatures and calligraphy, one

with the sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum kikumon and another with the

paulownia go-san no kiri mon, each with an inscription, 40.8cm max. (6)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£200-300

211 212 213

208 209 210

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208

A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE MODEL

OF A HORSE

TAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Standing four-square with its head slightly turned

to the side, its tail raised; the surface with a

reddish patina; on a rectangular base inscribed to

the side, 52cm.

£400-600

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset,

purchased in Japan.

209

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO

MEIJI OR TAISHO, 20TH CENTURY

Cast as a small boy side-saddle riding a large

stallion, holding the horse’s mane whilst resting

his other hand on its croup, the underside signed

Hozan, raised on an inscribed wood stand, 41cm.

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset,

purchased in Japan.

210

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF

AN ELEPHANT

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Standing four-square and with its trunk raised, its

head slightly turned to the side and with a joyful

expression, the rough skin realistically depicted,

32cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED

WITHOUT RESERVE.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of George Ottaway

(1900-45), and thence by descent.

211

A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY

MODERN, 20TH CENTURY

The child is seated cross-legged on a large ball,

wearing a backward cap and a thick scarf, smiling

gently with his head slightly tilted, the marble

base inscribed ‘Hidamari’ and with a signature for

Yutaka Kato, 18cm.

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset,

purchased in Japan.

212

A JAPANESE SILVERED AND PARCEL-GILT

BRONZE OKIMONO OF MORI TAHEI

MODERN, 20TH CENTURY

The famous samurai is depicted standing, holding

his spear in one hand and a large sake cup in the

other, with a seal mark to the back, possibly for

Junichiro Hanwaka, 31cm. (2)

£250-350

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset,

purchased in Japan. See Japanese Works of Art,

17 May 2022, lot 229 for a related model sold in

these rooms.

213

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Depicting an elderly farmer smoking his pipe

whilst resting on his adze, naturalistically

modelled and with a benevolent face, the base

with a two-character signature for Hidemi /

Hideyoshi, 29.3cm.

£150-250

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset,

purchased in Japan.

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216

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Carved as Saigyo Hoshi resting on the slopes of Mount Fuji, the famous poet

gazing at the sacred peak with his staff and wide-brimmed hat next to him,

the side with large pines, 5.9cm.

£150-250

215

A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A SHISHI

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Seated on its haunches and resting its head on a reticulated ball enclosing

a smaller one, its head turned to the side as it bares its teeth in a snarl;

its mane and tail with long trailing hair, with a two-character mark for

Masayoshi underneath, 4.5cm.

£300-400

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

214

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The large amphibian depicted crouching with its head slightly raised,

its bulging eyes inlaid with metal studs, the warts and bumps on the skin

realistically rendered and the surface with a deep dark-brown patina,

signed Shigetada, 4.1cm.

£400-600

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives

of the British Museum, Part B, p.734 for other examples of toad netsuke signed

Shigetada (which the author reads as ‘Yoshitada’).

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A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Carved as a man on a small raft, resting against his oar and with a large

basket beside him, the waves to the side charmingly depicted in a naive

fashion, 5cm.

£250-350

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

220

A TALL JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A SENNIN

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

The Immortal depicted standing, clutching his walking stick whilst turning his

head to the left with a smile on his face; he wears long robes and a coat of

mugwort leaves, 10cm.

£400-600

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

217

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Modelled as a boy resting on a large drum, the child depicted wearing a

simple apron decorated with scrolls, the sides of the drum carved to suggest

the wood grain, the surface with a deep lustrous patina, signed Hokuhide /

Hokushu underneath, 4cm.

£250-350

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

218

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF GENERAL GENTOKU

EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

The armour-clad warrior depicted riding his horse Tokiro, his head turned

to the left and with a ferocious expression, raised on a flat oval base with a

central himotoshi hole, 4.3cm.

£400-600

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

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223

TWO JAPANESE KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES), AND TWO

KISERU (PIPES)

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both lacquer cases of muso-zutsu form, made of tightly-woven rattan with

metal mounts, one with a stag antler lid carved with floral motives to one

side; together with two bamboo and silver pipes, 22.4cm max. (6)

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

222

TWO JAPANESE KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES), AND A TABAKO-IRE

(TOBACCO POUCH)

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

One case made of rattan with metal mounts and a hinged lid, attached

to a leather pouch with a shakudo mae-kanagu modelled as a shishi; the

other made of bamboo, the surface carved to imitate a cord tied around it,

19.9cm. (2)

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

221

TWO JAPANESE KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES), TWO KISERU (PIPES),

AND A TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO POUCH)

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Both lacquer cases of muso-zutsu form, one with a tiger and bamboo

branches rendered in gold lacquer, a two-character signature at the back;

attached to a leather tabako-ire with a shakudo and copper mae-kanagu

modelled as Daikoku holding hay bales and with his mallet beside him;

the other kiseruzutsu of roiro black lacquer decorated with galloping horses;

together with two silver and bamboo pipes, 23.3cm max. (6)

£150-250

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.