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A carved Chinese hardwood netsuke - Tiger in corn husk

A carved Chinese hardwood netsuke - Two carp

A carved Chinese bone netsuke - Figure holding a sack on back

A carved Chinese bone netsuke - Elderly Gentleman with staff

A carved Chinese bone netsuke - Gentleman with sack and fruit

A carved Chinese bone netsuke - Gentleman holding a club

Japanese Meiji period ivory okimono (netsuke?) of the Three Wise Monkeys sitting in a row, 10cm long x 3.5cm high.

Three Japanese figural netsuke; along with a Japanese netsuke of three rats, a Japanese netsuke of two toads and a rabbit netsuke, each with character mark to underside.

A Japanese carved ivory netsuke.

JAPANESE TSUBA a circular iron tsuba, with a depiction of a Dragon in relief and with gilding to the rim (7cms dia), also with a larger Sentoku oval shaped tsuba with depictions of figures to one side and cresent moon to the reverse, (8.5cms by 8cms), and a smaller iron tsuba with seal mark and characters to one side (Tetsugendo School) (5.5cms dia). Also with two small bronze and ivory kagamibuta netsuke, a shibayama ivory netsuke, and various beads etc.

A wood netsuke of a cockerel in a drumBy Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856), early 19th century The drum of circular form, the sides with a band of mokume within two bands of studs carved in relief, the cockerel carved in fine detail to one side, its tail erect and its one visible eye inlaid; signed Toyomasa. 4.5cm (1¾in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　諫鼓鶏　銘「豊昌」　19世紀前期Provenance: purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1963.Similar examples were sold at Sotheby's, London, 10 April 1997, lot 409, and 9 November 1998, lot 1437.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 125.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/125/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A black-lacquer three-case inroBy Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), 19th centuryOf rectangular Chinese ink-cake form decorated with intentionally carved chips at the edges, carved to one side with a Chinese archer and his attendant, the reverse inscribed Dai kokko (Great National Perfumery), signed Zeshin; with an ivory ojime; and a black lacquer netsuke in the form of a partly used ink-cake, carved in relief with two crabs and with an engraved inscription, signed Zeshin. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:中国古墨意匠黒漆印籠　銘「是真」　19世紀Provenance: Lt.Col. J. B. Gaskell collection, no.565. F. A. Richards collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1964.Wrangham collection, no.336.Published: the Catalogue of the Lt.Col. J. B. Gaskell collection, Glendining & Co. Ltd., London, 1919/20, no.444 (illustrated).The International Netsuke Society Journal, vol.17, no.1, p.41.Exhibited: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1972, no.60.Meiji Japanese Art in Transition, the Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Netherlands, 1987, no.179.The inscription is taken from an illustration in a Chinese woodblock-printed book by Fang Yulu, titled Fang Shi Mopu, (A Compendium of Ink-cake Designs), published circa 1588.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 201.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/201/This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A wood netsuke of five puppiesBy Yukisada, 19th centuryFour tumbling over each other as they play, while the fifth sits at the side with its head raised, forming a compact composition in dark-stained wood, one trailing leg forming the himotoshi and the eyes inlaid in pale horn with dark pupils; signed in an oval reserve Yukisada. 3.8cm (1½in) wide.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　仔犬五匹　銘「幸定」　19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 37.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/37/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A black-lacquer hako netsukeBy Kiyokawa (Seisen), 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular form with a roiro ground inlaid in pewter relief with a swimming duck, the interior of sparse nashiji and the edges of gold lacquer; signed Kiyokawa (Seisen) saku. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し黒漆塗箱根付　鴨　銘「清川作」　19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 46.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/46/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A black-lacquer and shell-inlaid four-case inroBy Somada Hisamitsu, 19th centuryThe black lacquer ground inlaid in shell and enhanced with gold and silver foil with Daikoku standing over rice bale counting tama (sacred jewels) while two rats scamper by, the reverse with his treasure sack resting beside young pine, the interior of rich nashiji; with an en-suite hako-netsuke lacquered in similar style with an itomari (tasselled brocade ball) and two hane (shuttlecocks); signed Somada Hisamitsu with a kao. 8.5cm (3 5/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し大黒天図杣田細工印籠　銘「杣田久光（花押）」　19世紀Provenance: Raymond Bushell collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1966.Wrangham collection, no.651.Exhibited: The Ashmolean Museum, 1972, no.72.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.75, Somada Hisamitsu, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 341.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/341/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A boxwood netsuke of a geckoEarly 19th centuryResting on a roof tile, its legs tensed as it prepares to spring, the well-toned wood showing some wear and the eye pupils inlaid; unsigned. 4.5cm (1¾in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　瓦守宮　無銘　19世紀前期The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 116.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/116/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A gold-lacquer three-case inroBy Koami Choko (Nagataka) after a design by Hogen Terunobu, late 18th/early 19th century.The kinji ground lacquered and inlaid with several dragonflies in gold and red takamaki-e, partly inlaid with shell, the interior of matt gold lacquer, signed Koami Choko (Nagataka), Hogen Terunobu kore o egaku; with a carnelian ojime; and a gold lacquer hako netsuke decorated with a fruiting kaki (persimmon) branch, one fruit inlaid with coral, signed Koami Inaba Choko with a kao. 6.7cm (2 5/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し蜻蛉図蒔絵印籠　銘「幸阿弥長孝」「法眼英信画之」　19世紀前期Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1975.Wrangham collection, no.1306.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.41, Choko, Koami, the inro bottom row, second from left; the netsuke top row, second from right.The originator of the design, Kano Terunobu (1717-1763) was greatly favoured by the shogun Ieharu and became the eleventh head of the Nakabashi Kano line.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 147.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/147/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A coconut-shell saya (sheath) three-case inroBy Morimitsu, 19th centuryThe saya carved with two panels, each bearing a geometric ground, one carved in low relief with Shoriken crossing the sea on his sword, the other with Tobosaku holding a peach, a deer at his side, the inner three-case inro carved in low relief with a continuous mountainous lake scene, the interior lacquered black, signed Morimitsu; with a coral ojime and a modern turned-wood manju netsuke. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し東方朔に鐘離權図椰子殻彫鞘印籠　銘「盛光」　19世紀Provenance: Raymond Bushell collection, sold at Sotheby's, London, 1966, purchased from D. J. K. Wright following the sale.Wrangham collection, no.644.Published: George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How To Read Their Signatures, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1982, p.799.E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.184, Morimitsu, right column, bottom.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 217.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/217/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare lacquered cherry-bark wood two-case inroBy Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903), 19th centuryThe squared rectangular body lacquered on each side with flowering plants in gold, black and slight coloured takamaki-e, signed on the base in gold lacquer Taishin; with an ivory ojime; and a rustic wood netsuke lacquered with a lotus plant, signed Hogen [...]. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し四季花図桜樹皮蒔絵印籠　銘「泰真」　19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's London, 1991.Wrangham collection, no.2022.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 203.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/203/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A wood netsuke of a Dutchman18th centuryThe curly-haired man stands smiling as he turns to the right, supporting a small child on his back with one hand and holding a tasselled wind instrument with the other, the wood is slightly worn and with a fine patina; unsigned. 8.2cm (3¼in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　阿蘭陀人　無銘　18世紀For a similar example, see Marie-Thérѐse Coullery and Martin S. Newstead, The Baur Collection, Netsuke, Geneva, 1977, p.187, no.C457.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 69.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/69/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A lacquer hako netsuke formed as a clamLate 18th/early 19th centuryLacquered on the usu-nashiji ground with aquatic plants and with smaller shells applied in brown and silver takamaki-e, the interior of black lacquer and with a brass loose ring cord attachment; unsigned. 4.7cm (1 7/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し蒔絵箱根付　蛤　無銘　18世紀後期/19世紀前期Exhibited: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1972, no.10.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 86.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/86/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Three ivory and one stag-antler netsukeOne by Masatomo, late 18th to early 19th centuryThe first of a large dog resting in a winnowing basket, the ivory somewhat worn and bearing a good patina, unsigned, 6.4cm (2½in) wide; the second of Chokaro seated, leaning to one side and holding a large double gourd, signed Masatomo, 4.5cm (1¾in) wide; the third a stag-antler netsuke of a seated man, smiling broadly while holding a sake cup, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) high; the fourth of a drunken man holding a sake cup and tokkuri (bottle), unsigned, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high. (4).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し象牙彫根付　三点　（笊に犬、張果老、泥酔する男）鹿角彫根付　一点　（酒を飲む男）18世紀後期-19世紀前期The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 78.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/78/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An inlaid shibuichi three-case inroAfter Tsuchiya Yasuchika, 19th centuryDecorated in high relief of gold, silver and bronze with eight variously shaped panels enclosing apparently unrelated subjects, including floral displays, a shell on a beach, an oxherd and a bird over a breaking wave, signed Yasuchika; with a cast metal ojime of an Okina mask, a flower on the reverse; and a kagamibuta netsuke, the wood bowl with an iron plate, decorated in gold nunome with informal kiri (paulownia). 5.7cm (2¼in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し牛童子花貝図金工印籠　銘「安親」　19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1971.Wrangham collection, no.1111.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 322.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/322/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A gold-lacquer two-part manju netsukeBy Koami Nagaharu, 19th centuryThe kinji ground lacquered with a simple design of a walking tortoise in gold takamaki-e, the interior of matt silver lacquer; signed Nagaharu with a kao. 4.2cm (1 5/8in) diam.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し蒔絵饅頭根付　亀　銘「永治（花押）」　19世紀Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.190, Nagaharu, Koami, top row, second from left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 41.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/41/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Shuhosai, 19th centuryThe tall vertical rectangular body with a kinji ground lacquered with a feather robe hanging in a pine tree, the reverse with the peak of Mount Fuji seen through a large hole in the tree trunk, in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e with details of gold foil and the interior of rich nashiji; signed Shuhosai; with a plain wood manju netsuke. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し三保松原に孔雀衣図蒔絵印籠　銘「秀芳齋」　19世紀Provenance: purchased from Trudel Klefisch, Cologne, 1991.Wrangham collection, no.2039.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.261, Shuhosai.The feather cloak (hagoromo) is the subject of a Noh play telling the story of an angel who came to the forest of Miho and climbed a tree to view Mount Fuji and the sea of Suruga. She left her cloak on the tree and danced on the beach, where a fisherman found her, when she became frightened and departed to heaven, leaving the cloak behind.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 333.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/333/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A wood netsuke of two goatsBy Kokei, Tsu, early 19th centuryOne lying on the top of a craggy rock, while the other climbs up from below, the wood slightly worn and bearing a good patina; signed Kokei. 3.2cm (1¼in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　山羊　銘「虎渓」　19世紀前期The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 120.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/120/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of a lotus-seed podAfter Ritsuo, 19th centuryOf elongated, asymmetric triangular form, the wood roughly carved and applied to one side with a metal wasp; inscribed with a seal Kan. 5.4cm (2 1/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し金工蜂附木彫根付　蜂の巣に蜂　銘「観（方印）」　19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 95.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/95/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A wood manju netsukeBy Kazuhiro, late 19th centuryOf shallow form, decorated in Shibayama style, inlaid in various materials with a butterfly flitting over a chrysanthemum spray, the himotoshi formed by an ivory peg on the reverse; signed on a mother-of-pearl tablet Kazuhiro. 4.1cm (1 5/8in) diam.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し芝山象嵌木製饅頭根付　菊に蝶　銘「一廣」　19世紀後期The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 57.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/57/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A red-lacquer four-case inro18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a bright vermilion ground lacquered with the Chikurin no Shikken ('Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove') in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e with highlights of kirikane, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; with a gold and red-lacquered ojime of geometric form; and a corozo netsuke. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し竹林七賢図蒔絵印籠　無銘　18世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1996.Wrangham collection, no.2105.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 135.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/135/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An ivory rounded-square manju netsuke with unusual inscriptionsBy Nanka, Izumi province, mid-19th centuryMinutely inscribed on one side with a listing of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road and the distances between them and on the other with a listing of the phases of the moon; signed on the moon side Ichimuken Nanka to. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し象牙彫饅頭根付　東海道五十三次・月暦の記　銘「一夢軒南柯刀」　19世紀中期For other examples of minutely inscribed manju netsuke by Ichimuken Nanka of Izumi Province, see Neil K. Davey, Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M. T. Hindson Collection, London, 1974, nos.825-827, pp.269-270.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 65.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/65/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A copper and shakudo netsuke of a cicadaAfter Murakami Jochiku, 19th centuryThe insect resting with its wings drawn in its body, its head of patinated copper and its wings of shakudo with finely inlaid veins of gold and silver honzogan, a silver loop beneath forming the himotoshi; inscribed Jochiku. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) long.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し金工根付　蝉　銘「如竹」　19世紀Murakami Jochiku (died circa 1790-1800) was a metalworker who lived in Edo and was renowned for his sword fittings. He was copied by a number of metalworkers in the 19th century.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 81.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/81/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Three metal-inlaid miniature inro19th centuryComprising: a small copper two-case inro inlaid with a vase and a flying goose, signed Kikugawa; with a copper ojime; and a kagamibuta netsuke, the wood bowl with a copper plate, bearing the character ju, signed shichiju-o (at the age of 70), with a seal Mitsunobu, 4.2cm (1 5/8in); a silver single-case circular inro engraved and inlaid with butterflies and hagi (bush clover), signed Kikugawa with a kao, 3.8cm (1½in); and another engraved with a duck landing among water plants, unsigned, with a silver ojime, 3.2cm (1¼in). (3).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し金工小印籠　三点　（月に雁、蝶に萩、鴨に野草）　19世紀Provenance: the first purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1988.Wrangham collection, no.1882.The second purchased at Phillips, London, 1989.Wrangham collection, no.1957.The third purchased at Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 1986.Wrangham collection, no.1826.The first published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.127, Kikugawa, left.The second published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.127, Kikugawa, right.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 328.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/328/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Miyama, 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a subdued nashiji ground, lacquered with a temple servant clutching a lantern as he runs beneath a tattered umbrella while rain beats down diagonally, the reverse with a lantern suspended from a pine branch, in gold and slight coloured takamaki-e, the hanging lantern of gold foil and the interior of nashiji, signed Miyama with a kao; with a horn ojime in the form of a swimming tadpole; and a wood netsuke carved as a millstone with a lacquered brush resting on the top. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し豪雨の中を歩く従者図蒔絵印籠　銘「三山」　18世紀Provenance: Bloch collection, purchased at Christie's, London, 1994.Wrangham collection, no.2058.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.223, Sanzan.The name Sanzan has been recorded by Wrangham, although we feel that the reading Miyama is preferable.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 233.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/233/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An ivory netsuke of a mikan (Japanese orange)By Hosai Masahiro, 19th centuryThe fruit with two large leaves attached to a stalk which forms the himotoshi and open on one side to reveal a scene of figures playing go with trees and hills in the distance; signed Masahiro with a seal Hosai. 4.2cm (1 5/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し象牙彫根付　橘中の仙　銘「正廣　方斎（方印）」　19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 160.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/160/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A boxwood netsuke of a snakeBy Sari, early 19th centuryTightly coiled in several loops, its head standing proud at the top and its tail forming the himotoshi beneath, the wood lightly stained and the eyes inlaid with pale horn; signed in an oval reserve Sari. 3.8cm (1½in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　蛇　銘「左里」　19世紀前期The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 114.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/114/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An unusual wood three-case inroBy Yano Keitsu, 19th centuryThe rounded tapering body carved in high relief to one side with a Chinese landscape on a formal ground, the reverse carved in similar style with a tree in bud, on rocky ground, the interior of nashiji; signed Yano Keitsu. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し山水図木彫印籠　銘「矢野啓通」　19世紀Provenance: W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased 1963.Wrangham collection, no.272.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.123, Keitsu, Yano.This rare maker is hitherto only known as a maker of mask netsuke.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 298.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/298/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A lacquer four-case inroAfter Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), 19th centuryThe rounded oval body with a dark olive green ground lacquered with a conical chawan (tea bowl) resting in an open oi (travelling box) with a rosary hanging over the door, a wide straw hat and bamboo cane on the reverse, among delicately engraved wind-blown grasses and wild flowers, inscribed Zeshin, with a silver and shakudo marbled ojime; and a lacquered wood hako netsuke lacquered with dandelions, signed illegibly. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し笈の中の茶碗図蒔絵印籠　銘「是真」　19世紀Provenance: possibly W. L. Behrens collection, no.45 (unillustrated).F. A. Richards collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1963.Wrangham collection, no.238.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.346, Zeshin, Shibata, left column, top row, second from left.In typical Zeshin manner, the design suggests the temporary absence of a travelling monk, whose accoutrements are depicted on both sides.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 199.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/199/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A wood netsuke of a shishi (Chinese mythological lion dog) and cubBy Kokei, early 19th centuryThe adult shishi standing on a high rock, watching as her cub tumbles to the ground, the wood slightly worn and bearing a good patina; signed Kokei. 3.8cm (1½in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　獅子の子落し　銘「虎渓」　19世紀前期The subject illustrated is known as Shishi no ko otoshi. According to legend, the adult shishi test the vitality and strength of their offspring by throwing them off a cliff. Should the youngsters survive, they are certain to have a long life.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 66.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/66/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A wood netsuke of mushroomsBy Takabishi, early 19th centuryOne large fungus with seven smaller button mushrooms resting on the top while its thick stalk curls beneath to form the himotoshi, the wood is slightly worn and of a good colour; signed Takabishi. 4.8cm (1 7/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　椎茸　銘「隆菱」　19世紀前期Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1980.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 77.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/77/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An ebony netsuke of a catBy Futsuhira, 18th centuryLying asleep on an oval base, its body curled to the left and a knotted collar around its neck, the wood slightly worn; signed in a rectangular reserve Futsuhira. 3.8cm (1½in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　猫　銘「弗平」　18世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 129.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/129/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A complete set of twelve ceramic three-case inroBy Ogata Kenya II (1853-1923), late 19th centuryEach with a flattened oval or waisted body with a crackled cream-glazed ground painted in coloured enamels with flowers or plants representing the months of the year, each signed Kenya; each with a globular ojime and a clam-shaped netsuke, painted with the same plants decorating the corresponding inro, three signed Tenrokudo; in a fitted four-tiered box. Each inro approximately: 9cm (3½in) high. (12).Footnotes:花鳥十二ヶ月図陶製印籠（十二点）　銘「乾也」　19世紀後期Provenance: purchased from Graham Gemmell, London, 1989.Wrangham collection, nos.1938-1949.The months and plants represented are as follows: First month: wakamatsu (pine saplings) with cranes flying aboveSecond month: yanagi (willow) and a sagi (heron) wading in a stream Third month: sakura (cherry) and a kiji (pheasant)Fourth month: fuji (wisteria) and a pair of hibari (skylark)Fifth month: kakitsubata (iris) growing beside the yatsuhashi (eight-fold bridge)Sixth month: white and purple kiri (paulownia)Seventh month: butterflies hovering over botan (peony)Eighth month: geese flying over susuki (pampas grass)Ninth month: kiku (chrysanthemum) growing behind bamboo fencesTenth month: nanakusa (autumn grasses) of pampus grass and Chinese bellflowersEleventh month: an onagadori (a long-tailed cockerel) perched on a momiji (maple) branchTwelfth month: flowering white and red ume (plum)The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 333.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/333/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A wood netsuke of tortoisesBy Tomin, Tsu, early 19th centuryOne large tortoise forming a base for its six young to clamber upon, forming a compact composition, the wood slightly worn and bearing a good patina; signed Tomin. 3.8cm (1½in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　親子亀　銘「東岷」　19世紀前期The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 105.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/105/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A black-lacquer three-case inroBy Koma Yasutada, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground lacquered with a pigeon, depicted in silver and pale brown takamaki-e feeding on a grassy bank beside a large bush of gold togidashi maki-e, the interior of red lacquer with matt gold lacquer risers; signed Koma Yasutada saku. 7.6cm (3in) high.Footnotes:鳩図蒔絵印籠　銘「古満安匡作」　19世紀Provenance: Michael Tomkinson collection, no.709, sold at Glendining & Co. London, 26 April 1922.Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1987. Wrangham collection, no.1847.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.328, Koma Yasutada, bottom left.The design is from the set known as The Hundred Gifu Inro, produced by Koma Yasutada for the Gifu Shogun while he was in the service of a daimyo of that province. The designs are taken from Gazu hyakkacho, a woodblock printed book by Sekizushi Morinori, first published in 1729. The present design is bird no.98, illustrated in vol.4, described as Kaya kuguri (Japanese accentor). A paper on the subject by Julia Hutt was published in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1988-89, vol.53, pp.65-86. A further discussion of the series by Heinz Kress was published in The Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, vol.15, pp.22-40, no.3. Two other examples from the series were sold in these rooms, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, 9 November 2010, lots 270 and 277.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 227.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/227/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A bamboo small two-case inro and a wood cylindrical sagemono19th centuryThe bamboo inro with a flattened oval body, each side carved with an oval panel depicting Chinese scholars, trees and buildings, unsigned, 7.3cm (3in) high; the wood sagemono of lobed cylindrical form, the cover decorated with a mythological animal, unsigned, with an ivory openwork ojime, and a jade and hardwood netsuke in the form of a leaf with ivory lining to the himotoshi, unsigned, 6cm (2 3/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し竹製印籠　一点　文人　無銘木製提物　一点　神獣　無銘19世紀Provenance: the first item purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1969.Wrangham collection, no.908.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 144.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/144/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An ebony netsuke of a snake19th centuryThe slender reptile tightly coiled on a discarded broken roof tile, the end of which is carved in high relief with a trailing flowerhead; unsigned. 4.2cm (1 5/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付　蛇　無銘　19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 67.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/67/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An unusual wood two-case inroBy Yanagawa Tomotada, 19th centuryThe rectangular body carved in relief with the Kyokusui no utage (Floating-cup Ritual) showing literati and attendants floating wine cups on a zig-zag stream, while composing poems; signed Tomotada, with a copper and shakudo ojime cast with birds and pomegranates, unsigned. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し曲水の宴図木彫印籠　銘「伴忠」　19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1965.Wrangham collection, no.465.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.319, Uratada.Although Wrangham gives the signature as Uratada 浦忠, the more likely reading is Tomotada 伴忠, listed by Wrangham (p.301) as a metalworker who carved netsuke and inro as a hobby. The Kyokusui no utage (Floating-cup Ritual) may have been introduced to Japan from China as early as 485 A.D. and had certainly found its place in the rituals of the imperial court by the middle of the eighth century, when it usually took place on the third day of the third month. Participants in Kyokusui no utage sit by a slow-moving zigzag stream and endeavour to complete poems in time to catch cups of sake which float by on little rafts.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 205.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/205/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A carved 19th / early 20th century ivory Netsuke of traveller and child, 5cm tall in good condition

A carved 19th century / early 20th century ivory Netsuke figure on clam shell, 3cm x 4cm

Two carved wooden netsukes and two similar carved figures, one netsuke signed to base, tallest 5.5cm, all good condition

Japanese Tokyo School Meiji period ivory netsuke, By Yasutomo (Hoyu), signed Yasutomo, the male figure hunched over carrying Noh masks, gaming dice, fish, a pouch, with a green jacket containing mother of pearl roundels, old collection label to the underside of one foot, 40mm high

Japanese wood netsuke, Meiji period, the netsuke of carved wood in the form of a Crane circle caved to body and wings in feathers, the head turned to one side, 75mm diameter, 77mm highOverall good order

Japanese Edo period wood Netsuke, carved as three turtles stacked with heads leaning to one side, carved to the underside with a mon, unsigned, 40mm high

Japanese Edo period ivory netsuke, carved as a figure resting on his leg holding a toad up to his ear, his hair with leaf terminals trailing to his shoulders, 40mm high

Japanese Meiji period Netsuke, carved with three figures clutching to a rope held to an oyster shell, a conch shell rested to the ridge of shell, indistinctly signed in red to the underside, 57mm long 

Japanese Edo period ivory netsuke, carved as a man with folded legs holding his Juzu beads, unsigned, 33mm high

Japanese Edo period ivory Netsuke, carved as Shishi clutching a ball, unsigned, 32mm high

Japanese Edo period ivory netsuke, appears to be signed Tomotada, Kyoto school, carved as a standing figure with a monkey raised on a bag to his back, signed to the jacket to the rear of the netsuke, 50mm high

Japanese wood Netsuke of a horse, by Sari, Iwashiro Province, 19th century, signed in an oval to the base Sari. The horse recumbent, its head turned back to the left, 43mm long, 37mm highOverall good order, some rubbed areas 

A Japanese Ivory Netsuke, Meiji period, carved as a recumbent horse, 5cm; A Similar Netsuke, as a monkey with a turtle, bears signature, 5cm long; A Similar Antler Netsuke, as a mussel shell, 9cm long; and Another, as a figure emerging from a sack being carried by a man, bears signature, 6cm high (4)

A Japanese Ivory Netsuke, Edo period, carved as a bald man standing on one leg holding a gourd, 5.5cm high. Split around head. Possible loss to item in right hand. Other minor splits, staining and surface wear.