Fine Interiors including The Patrick Donald Collection

Two wakizashi bladesThe first 51cm long, unsigned, the second 48.5cm long, unsigned, both mounted in shira-saya, the second has a sayagaki attribu...

A wakizashiThe 39.8cm blade signed Masayoshi, shakudo-nanako fuchi kashira, foliate menuki, iron tsuba decorated with leaves, in its black ishime ...

A tantoThe 20.3cm hira-zukuri blade unsigned, wood tsuka covered in leather in the shape of a gourd, in its brown ishime lacquered saya carved wit...

A tantoThe 27.8cm hira-zukuri blade unsigned, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with flowering tendrils, soft metal menuki, iron tsu...

A tantoThe 31.1cm hira-zukuri blade signed Inoue Shinkai, cut with twin hi, a vajra and a bonji, the wood tsuka carved with tsuba and other sword ...

A tantoThe 21.4cm hira-zukuri blade unsigned, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with birds and a flowering branch in soft metals, sig...

A tanto bladeHira-zukuri, 29.8cm long, faintly signed and dated, mounted in shira-saya.

An aikuchiThe 25.7cm hira-zukuri blade signed Kunimitsu, brass tsuka engraved with scrolling tendrils, shakudo mounts, in its red lacquered saya c...

An aikuchiThe 25.7cm hira-zukuri blade signed Echizen no Kami Naomasa and dated 1869, the tsuka with brass fuchi- kashira chiselled with foliage, ...

An aikuchiThe heavy 29cm hira-zukuri blade signed Ishido Korekazu saku, dated 1852 and with inscription, ‘Made for Munetoshi(?)’, the tsuka with s...

An aikuchiThe 31.7cm blade carved with a hi on each side, signed Bizen Osafune ju Nagayoshi, the tsuka and saya of red and black lacquer with blac...

A wakizashi tsukaFully bound with iron fuchi-kashira and soft metal menuki, two odd soft metal kashira, two soft metal purse fittings, an unbound ...

Eight iron tsubaIncluding four sukashi tsuba, some with soft metal details, one signed, 6.5cm to 7.6cm. (8)

Five iron sukashi tsubaCarved and pierced with various designs, three with gold details, four signed, 7.2cm to 7.7cm. (5)

Seven iron tsubaDecorated with various motifs, six with soft metal details, one signed, 5.5cm to 8.6cm. (7)

Six iron tsubaDecorated with various motifs, one probably Soten school, three with soft metal details, two signed, 7.7cm to 8.4cm. (6)

Four iron tsubaDecorated with various motifs, one with gold details, three signed, 7.4cm to 8.2cm. (4)

Five iron tsuba and a plated tsubaDecorated with various motifs, one with soft metal details, 7.2cm to 8.7cm. (6)

Eight iron sukashi tsubaCarved and pierced with various designs, two with gold details, one signed, 6.8cm to 8.2cm. (8)

Six iron and a shakudo tanto tsubaDecorated with various motifs, three with soft metal details, three signed, 5.7cm to 9.3cm. (7)

Seven iron sukashi tsubaCarved and pierced with various designs, three with gold details, five signed, 6.7cm to 8.2cm. (7)

Seven iron tsubaDecorated with various motifs and each with some gold details, three signed, 6.7cm to 8.7cm. (7)

Three pairs and five odd menukiVarious motifs, one of iron, the remainder of soft metals. (11)

Five pairs of fuchi-kashiraThree of shakudo, one of shakudo-nanako and one of iron, all decorated with Samurai or other figures in soft metals. (1...

Seven kodzukaDecorated with various motifs in shakudo, copper and iron with soft metal details, all with blades. (7)

Three kodzukaA shibuichi example engraved and inlaid in shakudo with leaves and dragonfly, a shakudo-nanako example decorated in gold with foliage...

Three kogaiA shakudo-nanako kogai decorated with flowers in gold, another decorated with a saddle and crop and a shakudo split kogai decorated wit...

A naginataThe 41.0cm unsigned blade mounted on its wood pole, the upper section black lacquered, black lacquered saya.

A yariThe 15.5cm unsigned blade of diamond section with red lacquered hi, mounted on its wood pole, the upper section inlaid with mother of pearl,...

A boy's yumiConstructed from bamboo, lacquered black on the outer face end, red on the inner and bound with rattan, leather wrapped hand grip, 109...

Seven various powder flasksOf varying shapes, made of wood, horn or leather, variously decorated and one constructed from a hyotan-gane applied wi...

A matchlock musketThe 100cm sighted octagonal barrel inlaid overall with dragons and clouds in silver nunome, brass back-action lock with brass se...

A matchlock musketThe 76cm sighted octagonal barrel, brass back action lock engraved with a mon, brass serpent, full stock with brass mounts, butt...

A heavy matchlock musketThe 69cm sighted round barrel, hexagonal toward the breech, tulip shaped muzzle, the entire surface of roughened texture, ...

***WITHDRAWN***A matchlock pistol The 32cm sighted round barrel with top flat and ringed muzzle, brass back-action lock with brass serpent, the bl...

A katana-kake for five swordsOf black lacquered wood with gold borders, the front panel decorated with a dragon flying over a landscape with Mount...

A red lacquer katana-kake for five swordsOf lacquered wood carved overall with a diaper pattern, the front panel decorated with figures in a lands...

A carved wood katana-kake for three swordsOf rosewood, deeply carved and pierced with pine trees, the centre section enclosing three drawers and a...

A tachi-kakeOf black lacquered wood, the base decorated with a ho-ho bird in flight above a flowering kiri branch in gold lacquers with mother of ...

A group of arms and armour related itemsComprising: six leaves of black line and wood block designs for kodzuka, korai, menuki and kashira taken f...

A quantity of books relating to Japanese Arms & Armour Including Hawley, Japanese Swordsmiths (Revised), H.L.Joly, Legend in Japanese Art, V.F.Web...

A quantity of books relating to Japanese Arms & Armour (qty) ...[more]

A Meiji period carved and lacquer figure of Bishamon Ten Standing on a dragon, on a rock work and gilt stepped base, holding a spear (a.f), labell...

A Meiji period standing carving of a warriorPossibly Taishakuten, using the yosegi zukuri technique, gofun, lacquer and pigment with mother-of-pea...

***WITHDRAWN***A Japanese shinto carved polychrome figure of Inari Daimyojin  Seated on a white fox, inscribed under the base, 32cm high. ...[mor...

A Taishō period gilt and lacquer seated carved figure of Nyoirin KannonIn five sections, seated in the Kekka Fuza (full lotus) position, with a gi...

A late Edo period red lacquer portable shrine (zushi)The hinged double doors opening to a lacquered wood figure of the Kongō-Yasha Myō-ō, the six ...

A late Edo period and two Meiji period small black lacquer portable shrines (zushi)Depicting Jizo Bosatsu, 22cm high, together with a Meiji period...

***WITHDRAWN***A Meiji period black lacquered portable shrine (zushi)  The interior carved with a depiction of Fudō Myō-ō, standing holding a swor...

A Meij period black lacquered portable shrine (zushi)Depicting Senju Kannon, 30cm high.

A Meiji period black lacquered double-sided portable shrine (zushi)Depicting Marishiten, 18cm high.

A Meiji period lacquer portable shrine (zushi)Depicting Myoken Bosatsu, accompanied by a serpent and turtle, seated on a rocky wave-strewn mound, ...

Two Meiji period small black lacquer portable shrines (zushi)Depicting Daitoku Myō-ō riding an ox, (door damaged), 22cm high, together with a zush...

Three Meiji period small black lacquer portable shrines (zushi)Depicting one with a seated figure of Nyoirine Kannon in six armed form, 10cm high,...

Two Meiji period black lacquered portable shrines, (zushi)Depicting Jizo Bosatsu, 18cm high, together with another depicting Fudo Myō-ō, 13cm high...

A Meiji period lacquer and bronze travelling shrine disguised as an inrō The interior carved with a representation of Kokuzo Bosatsu, fitted with ...

A Meiji period ebonised shrine (zushi) and a carved gilt figure of AmidaThe zushi in the form of a gong, the interior carved with a figure of Izun...

A collection of Japanese netsuke, okimono and ojime, Edo period and laterComprising: a Meiji period boxwood carved okimono of Liu Haichan seated ...

Two late 19th century small standsComprising: a late 19th century rosewood censer stand, simulating bamboo, 22cm wide, together with a late 19th ...

A quantity of stands and boxes, mostly Japanese hardwood or lacquered. (qty) ...[more]