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JAPANESE IVORY FIGURE OF A FISHERMAN 13cm high on stand; along with a Japanese ivory netsuke, a double gourd snuff bottle, a stone mounted and white metal container and a figure of Buddha on a wooden stand (5)

A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF TWO RATS CLUTCHING AN EGG, Meiji period (1868-1912), incised characters to an amber reserve. 5cm

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CARVINGS, including four ivory netsukes and a bone inro. (6) Largest netsuke 7.5cm high

Two Japanese ivory netsuke of tiger and puppy

A Japanese carved ivory netsuke, Meiji period, modelled as a coiled dragon above a surround of pig, tiger, goats, cockerel, horse, monkey etc., 4.5cm wide Condition Report: In good condition with a good hardwood stand

Late 19th century ivory netsuke, carved as birds roosting on a rocky outcrop with crashing waves below, 4cm wide CONDITION REPORT Good original condition. Some hairlines in top

Late 19th century Japanese carved hardwood netsuke, finely carved as a family of baby terrapins clustered on their mother's shell - two character mark to the base, 3.5cm wide CONDITION REPORT Good original condition

Late 19th century Japanese carved hardwood netsuke, carved as a frog and a snake entwined around a lotus - two character mark to base, 5cm wide, together with another carved as a prostrate figure on a leaf (2) CONDITION REPORT Snake and frog - crack in body but good otherwise. Sleeping man - good original condition

Collection of vertu items, to include a Japanese carved hardwood netsuke of a cicada, Victorian ruby glass scent bottles, jewellery, treen and other items

Carved fruitwood netsuke in the form of a clam shell, indistinctly signed

An ivory netsuke modelled as a wolf

An ivory netsuke, Buddha with boy

A Japanese carved ivory erotic netsuke

SELECTION OF COLLECTABLES including a Scottish silver twin-handled tea sieve, a South-East Asian white metal letter opener, an Artic style bone letter opener and a Japanese carved hardwood netsuke of seated Buddha with two character marks to base

A Japanese carved ivory netsuke, in the form of a quail, with inlaid eyes, 3 cm high Condition report Report by GH Generally good condition with both inlaid eyes present. Very occasional tiny nibbles to ivory, otherwise no obvious damage or repairs.

Joly (Henri L.) and Kumasaku Tomita. - Japanese Art & Handicraft, number 155 of 175 copies , plates, some colour, ex-library copy with small stamps, contemporary half roan, a little worn and stained, spine faded and with accession no. at foot, 1916 § Bing (S., editor ) Artistic Japan: A Monthly Illustrted Journal of Arts and Industries, 6 vol. bound in 3, plates and illustrations, some colour, some double-page, modern half morocco over pictorial upper boards, original pictorial wrappers bound in at end, slight damage to upper cover of vol.5/6, [1888-91] § Brockhaus (Albert) Netsuke, edited by Bruno Asnaghi, reprint, one of 650 copies, colour illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, slip-case, Milan, 2005, 4to (5)

A Japanese ivory netsuke of a lion , signed to base, another netsuke of a warrior, other Japanese items, a Spanish Toledo and modern fans

A Japanese ivory mask netsuke, Meiji; together with a Japanese carved ivory okimono, 9cm high; and a Chinese ivory shade, 10cm diameter. Condition Report: Some very minor splits to panels and some damage to the base of shade. There is no ball in this lot as it has been withdrawn.

A mixed oriental items, to include: a rose quartz figure, a jadeite figure and a hardstone figure, each approx 10cm high, all three on one integral stand; a soapstone seal; a soapstone figure; and a Japanese ivory Kabuki netsuke. (qty)

A collection of badges, silver, pressed glass bird, medallion, plated wine taster, Ivory netsuke, enamelled pendant, referee whistles, etc

A Japanese carved ivory netsuke, in the form of a seated man with fan and scroll, on stand

A collection of ivory figures including Netsuke, etc.

One cream Crocodile 1930/40s handbag with an Ivory netsuke fastener, amazing condition; together with a late Edwardian headdress decorated with gilt beads and tassels (2)

Netsuke: Neil K Davey, 1st ed, 1974; 5 other works on Japanese art

Four reference books on Netsukes, including Collectors' Netsuke by Raymond Bushell.

Two ostrich eggs, one engraved, the other plain with a stand, two hardstone snuff bottles, assorted netsuke, and Asian items

FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Variously carved as a sarumawashi with a monkey on his shoulder, a Chinese boy, a man holding a mokugyo, another with a basket of fish, another a woman smoking a pipe, together with an ivory snuff bottle carved as a man holding a peach, one netsuke with a signature, 6.8cm. (6)

TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 The first carved as a man holding bells, the details picked out in coloured lacquer, signed Yoshi, the other as a drunk man with a gourd over his shoulder, holding a fan before him, signed Masaharu in seal script, 5.4cm. (2) Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, p.410 for a netsuke of a fisherman bearing the same Masaharu seal.

TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES The first depicting Tobosaku Sennin holding a peach branch, wearing long flowing robes and a coat of mugwort leaves over his shoulders, unsigned, the other carved as Ashinaga carrying Tenaga on his back, the latter holding a fish in his hand, signed Minkoku, 8.4cm. (2) Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.

A JAPANESE BOX WOOD SASHI NETSUKE 19TH CENTURY With two long lotus stems forming the shaft, one issuing a curled leaf, the other a pod with articulated seeds, 31.5cm.

FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE 18TH/19TH CENTURY Variously carved as five monkeys wrestling, a hare with inlaid horn eyes, a shishi hiding in a rocky outcrop, a moveable ball in his mouth, and a Pekingese dog standing by a frog, their eyes inlaid in horn, the latter signed Kazuko, 4.7cm.(4) Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.

A JAPANESE IVORY KISERUZUTSU MEIJI 1868-1912 The pipe case of musozutsu form carved in high relief with Shoki the demon queller fighting four oni, the lid left undecorated, signed Ômin, 22cm. (2) Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.625, where another ivory kiseruzutsu bearing the same signature is described.

TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 The first carved as a fisherman about to kill a large fish, his jacket inlaid with mother of pearl, the other depicting an oni carving a massive demon mask, both signed Gyokuzan to the base, 7.4cm. (2)

TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 The first depicting boys playing around a tsuitate (standing screen), signed Gyokko in an inlaid rectangular cartouche to the base, the other carved as a caparisoned elephant with a boy sat on its back and two other children playing musical instruments at its feet, signed Chikuyosai Tomochika with a seal for Tomochika and inscribed with the name of the Tokyo shop for which the piece was made, 5.6cm. (2) Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.891, where the netsuke by Tomochika is described.

FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Variously carved as figures, one dancing with a dog behind him, another a thwarted rat catcher, the third a man laying by an incense burner, a man at work and the last depicting Okame stroking a mask of Saruta Hiko, all signed, 4.2cm. (5)

FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Two carved as boys playing musical instruments, one signed Sadatsugu, the other unsigned; another of a boy with a minogame, signed Gyokumin; the fourth depicting two boys fighting, signed Hidechika, and the last a woman and boy, signed Riugioku, 3.9cm. (5) Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.668, for a comparable netsuke of a woman and child by Riugioku from the G H Naunton collection.

TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Both depicting fruiting branches, the smallest of loquat signed Mitsuhiro with kakihan, the other of persimmon with an insect and fly, the fruit with a small horn inlay, unsigned, 6.8cm. (2) Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.Cf. F Meinerzhagen, The Meinerzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, pp.534-546, which are dedicated to the works of Ohara Mitsuhiro (1810-1875) and where it is noted the particular kakihan used on this netsuke occurs 'on some of the finest work'.  

TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Carved in ivory, one depicting a Daruma doll, unsigned, the other carved as Daruma yawning and stretching after his nine year meditation, the base signed Mingyoku, together with a Kobe toy of Daruma in wood and coral with pop-out ivory tongue and eyes, 7.6cm. (3)

SEVEN JAPANESE NETSUKE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES One in stag antler carved as a frog, one a corozo nut carved as an elderly man's face, another in ivory carved as a grimacing face, the eye inlaid in horn, and four in wood, one carved as many masks, the himotoshi lined with green-stained ivory, another a man seated holding a piece of bamboo, the third a mask of Hannya, the last a man trying to push a large ball, two with signatures, 4.9cm. (7)

THREE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 The first depicting a rat with Daikoku's mallet, the eyes inlaid in horn and signed Okatomo, the second a tanuki turning into a tea kettle, signed Koku, the third a monkey with its two young, the eyes inlaid and details picked out in red ink, signed Masatami, 6.8cm. (3)

TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE 18TH/19TH CENTURY The first depicting a man on a horse holding a scroll, an attendant by his side, possibly Choryo and Kosekiko, signed Minkoku, the other a horse on a rectangular base, its head lowered to its hooves, possibly adapted from a seal, 4cm. (2) Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.

A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Depicting a wild boar and her squeaker, standing on an irregular-shaped base simulating the ground, the hair finely carved, the base signed Tomochika, 3.9cm. Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.

FOUR JAPANESE NETSUKE AND A CANE HANDLE MEIJI 1868-1912 Three of the netsuke in ivory, carved as a cat with an awabi shell, a mask of Ebisu and a crab amongst clams, one of his eyes inlaid in horn, the fourth in polychrome lacquer and ivory depicting a shishi mask, all unsigned, together with a cane handle with many masks, signed Masatomo, 4cm. (5) Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.

A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Carved as a monkey examining a flea between his fingers, his other hand scratching his leg where the insect has bitten him, the hair finely depicted, the eyes inlaid in dark and yellow horn, signed Masatsugu in an oblong reserve, 4.8cm. Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.Cf. Bonhams, 13th September 2011, for a comparable monkey holding a flea signed Masamitsu originally in the Alan Liss Collection.

THREE JAPANESE NETSUKE 19TH CENTURY Two in ivory, the first carved as a man holding a bowl and wearing a demon mask sideways, signed Seiga/Shizumasa, the other as Ebisu on a carp, signed Gyokuzan, the third in wood depicting an oni hiding under a large straw hat as beans are thrown at him on Setsubun, signed Tadakuni, 4.8cm. (3) Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.838, where an oni netsuke by Tadakuni is illustrated, possibly this very piece.

FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Variously carved as Benkei emerging from a large shell and blowing a conch shell horn, Emma sat before a bowl, with mother of pearl inlays, signed Yoshitama; Benten holding a wrapped biwa, a man climbing on a large shell containing tiny figures, the last of Hotei carrying a bag and small child, two further signed, 5.7cm. (5)

TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 The first carved as Saigyo Hoshi sitting with his hat and staff on the slopes of Mount Fuji, unsigned, the other depicting a blind man holding his hypertrophied scrotum, his lifeless eye and teeth inlaid with ivory, signed Gyokkei in an ivory cartouche to the base, 5.3cm. (2) Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, pp.84-85 for a biography of Gyokkei and two other examples of blind masseurs by the same carver.

FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Variously carved as an oni beating a drum and another making a sword with an attendant, both unsigned; another carved as two oni trying to fish a carp under a large lotus leaf, signed Kyoko, a man carrying a mask, signed Gyokuzan, and Raiden and Raitaro amongst scrolling clouds, signed Toun, 4.7cm. (5)

A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER CYLINDRICAL NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Decorated in shallow relief with a dragon to one side, a flowerhead around the himotoshi and a seal to the reverse, 11.1cm.

TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 The first carved as Fukurokuju sitting before a tree stump smoking his pipe, the base signed Ikko, the other depicting Daruma yawning and stretching after meditating for nine years, his limbs atrophied, the base with the character Sei, meaning 'quiet', 5.3cm. (2) Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.

A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Carved as a fierce-looking shishi, its right forepaw resting on a reticulated brocade ball with a loose ball inside, the undulating hair of its mane rolling up into many spirals, the eyes inlaid, paper label to the base, signed Kô/Mitsu Tô in a red cartouche, 4.5cm.

JAPANESE IVORY FIGURE OF A FISHERMAN 13cm high on stand; along with a Japanese ivory netsuke, a double gourd snuff bottle, a stone mounted and white metal container and a figure of Buddha on a wooden stand (5)

Kajikawa School: A Three Case Inro of flattened oval form decorated on the... Kajikawa School: A Three Case Inro of flattened oval form decorated on the mura-nashiji ground with two Oni and a lacquer stand upon which rests a box of beans, in gold, silver, black and red hiramakie, the risers are in nashiji and the interior is red, signed Kajikawa saku; with a cylindrical silver Ojime decorated in copper and shakudo hon-zogan with bamboo leaves, unsigned; and a Manju Netsuke decorated with plum blossoms in gold hiramakie and abalone shell on a polished wood ground, signed

A Wood Okimono of a fisherman, kneeling beside a namazu whilst appearing to... A Wood Okimono of a fisherman, kneeling beside a namazu whilst appearing to stroke its belly with a double gourd, signed on an inlaid mother of pearl plaque Kansai (?), 20th Century; And an Ivory Netsuke of a squat toad, details well rendered, eyes inlaid in polished horn, signed Ikko, Late 19th-Early 20th Century The first previously sold at Sotheby's 9th March 1977 The second sold at Sotheby's 28th July 1976

Tomochika: An Ivory Netsuke carved as four turtles gathered around and on... Tomochika: An Ivory Netsuke carved as four turtles gathered around and on top of a lotus leaf, details lightly stained, signed on a rounded tablet Tomochika, 19th Century

An Ivory Netsuke of Two Quail, the two birds stand side-by-side on heads of... An Ivory Netsuke of Two Quail, the two birds stand side-by-side on heads of millet with leaves curling upwards, the eyes inlaid in horn, the whole bears a dark brown stain, signed on a panel beneath Okatomo (but probably School work), 19th Century

Sogyoku: An Ivory Okimono of Daikoku seated on his sack with his mallet... Sogyoku: An Ivory Okimono of Daikoku seated on his sack with his mallet tucked into the back of his obi, he holds his uchiwa out flat before him and watched amusedly as two rats Sumo wrestle upon it, details inked in black, signed in a red lacquer seal Sogyoku, Meiji Period; Together with a modern wood netsuke of a dancing fox, and another of a turtle on a lotus leaf, each signed Gyokutomo, 20th Century

Tomokazu: An Ivory Netsuke depicting a kneeling Chinese boy in typical robes... Tomokazu: An Ivory Netsuke depicting a kneeling Chinese boy in typical robes with his hair shaved, he rests his hands on an uchiwa before him, details etched in brown, signed in an oval resreve Tomokazu, 19th Century

A Four Case Lacquer Inro , each case differently decorated in gold and... A Four Case Lacquer Inro , each case differently decorated in gold and silver hiramakie with floral roundels, peacock feathers, kiri mon, camellias and cranes, the interior in nashiji, unsigned; with silvered metal Ojime of a carp leaping a waterfall; and an Ivory Netsuke of a seated hare, its ears folded down its back, its eyes inlaid in amber (?), unsigned. 19th Century

An Ivory Netsuke of a Sennin, the bearded figure wearing loose robes An Ivory Netsuke of a Sennin, the bearded figure wearing loose robes, her stands with his head turned to his left and holding a peach branch over his right shoulder, it bears a rich, mellow patina, unsigned, 18th Century; An Ivory netsuke of Kitsune , the dancing fox depicted on its hind legs with head turned to its left, eyes inlaid, bears a later and spurious signature, 19th Century; And An Ivory Reclining Horse. (3)