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Click here to subscribeA JAPANESE SILVER AND SHAKUDO BRACELET MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURYComposed 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.
TWO JAPANESE CIGARETTE CASES AND TWO LIGHTERSTAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURYOne 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.
A JAPANESE DAMASCENE CIGARETTE CASEMEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURYOf 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.
A SHIN-SHINTO DAISHO (JAPANESE SET OF TWO SWORDS) EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURYThe 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)
A SHIN-SHINTO DAISHO (JAPANESE SET OF TWO SWORDS) EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURYThe 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)
THREE JAPANESE METAL WEIGHTS OR BRUSHRESTSMEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURYOne 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)Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.
TWO JAPANESE KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES), TWO KISERU (PIPES), AND A TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO POUCH)MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURYBoth 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)Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.
TWO JAPANESE KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES), AND TWO KISERU (PIPES)MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURYBoth 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)Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.
A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PIECESMEIJI AND LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURYComprising: a silver bowl shaped as a section of bamboo, with a dedication to the side dated 1920 and marked 'Arthur & Bond Sterling Yokohama' underneath; a rectangular lacquer box and cover decorated with square panels of flowers and leaves scattered over waves; and a soft metal matchbox formed as a basket of fruits, 12.6cm max. (4)
A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER NATSUME (TEA CADDY) MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURYIn Kodaiji style, the delicate container embellished with chrysanthemum and paulownia mon rendered in gold, red and silver lacquer on the deep black ground, the cover with further crests, together with a fitted tomobako wood box inscribed Hira Shuzan, 5.5cm. (4)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
A JAPANESE LACQUERED KEYAKI WOOD BOX, COVER AND TRAYTAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURYOf square shape, the box with slightly rounded sides and the lid decorated with bamboo branches rendered in black, gold and silver lacquer, the knop modelled as the crescent moon; the tray embellished with two sakura blossoms and flower buds, 21.9cm max; with a tomobako wood box with a paper label to the side. (4)Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.
OGAWA SHOUN (ACT. C.1900)MEIJI ERA, DATED 1901-2Two Japanese bound albums of woodblock prints, each with a title slip on the cover reading 'Designs for furisode kimonos', each respectively comprising twenty and twenty-two designs, some embellished with silver, gilt and light embossing, published on 15th May, Meiji 35 (1901-2), each 37cm x 25cm. (2)
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-SIX JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTSMEIJI ERA, C.1900Originally printed to be featured in the Shin-Bijutsukai design magazine, each featuring a different pattern and several with silver or gold details, each leaf mounted on board, each approx. 24cm x 15cm. (26)
A PAIR OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURYThe tall cylindrical bodies with flared necks, each decorated with sparrows amongst flowering branches of prunus and wisteria, rendered in gold and silver wires on the dark navy-blue ground, both with bands of key fret to the foot and neck, the rims with metal mounts, both 15.5cm. (2)Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.
A SMALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE BY NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURYThe baluster body decorated in silver wires and polychrome enamels, with a delicate design of a small lemon-yellow butterfly fluttering towards pink flowers, on a dark aubergine ground, with a silver rim and foot, the base with four chiselled cursive characters on a silver plaque reading Kyoto Namikawa, 8cm.
A JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE BY ANDO JUBEI (1876-1953)TAISHO OR SHOWA, 20TH CENTURYThe compressed body decorated with stylised depictions of wheat on a band of yellow and pink abstract shapes, the ground a deep raspberry red, with areas rendered in musen (wireless), the neck and foot both mounted with a silver ring, the base with the mark for the Ando Company, 21cm.
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE BY ANDO JUBEI (1876-1953)MEIJI OR TAISHO, 20TH CENTURYThe globular body decorated with five ho-o birds in flight between stylised floral sprays on a dark teal blue ground, the rims with silver mounts, the base with the mark for the Ando Company and the footrim stamped jungin (pure silver), 15.5cm.Provenance: formerly a private American collection.
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