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Auction date Thursday 26 January 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Auction: 

Thursday 26th January at 10.30am

Including a large collection of Chinese and Japanese works of art from a deceased Estate in West Dorset.


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Head of Sale:

 William Batt


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 397

A GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SEAL PASTE BOXES
Lot 49 Sold
A GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SEAL PASTE BOXES
including an example decorated with two figures in a mountainous landscape, bearing a Yongzheng mark to the base, 6.5cm wide, the largest box, decorated with scholars in a garden, measures 7cm wide (5)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF SIX CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOXES
Lot 50 Sold
A GROUP OF SIX CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOXES
the largest example painted with a three-toed dragon and marked to the base, 10.5cm wide; another example, with Kangxi mark to the base, is decorated with a figure in a mountainous garden, 9.5cm wide (6)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF SIX CHINESE PORCELAIN SEAL PASTE BOXES
Lot 51 Sold
A GROUP OF SIX CHINESE PORCELAIN SEAL PASTE BOXES
including one example decorated with a ship in a harbour, signed, with a Qianlong mark to the base, 7cm wide (6)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF SIX PORCELAIN SEAL PASTE BOXES
Lot 52 Sold
A GROUP OF SIX PORCELAIN SEAL PASTE BOXES
including an example decorated with a cicada amongst bamboo, signed, with Qianlong mark to the base, 6.5cm wide (6)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A COLLECTION OF TEN VARIOUS CHINESE PORCELAIN BOXES
Lot 53 Sold
A COLLECTION OF TEN VARIOUS CHINESE PORCELAIN BOXES
including a famille rose example decorated with children riding a qilin, 8cm wide, and another example with ladies in an interior decorating the lid, 8.5cm wide (10)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN BOXES
Lot 54 Sold
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN BOXES
the largest, a yellow ground famille rose example, with Qianlong mark to the base, measures 13.5cm wide; the smallest, an Anamese example, measures 6.5cm wide (20)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN BOXES
Lot 55 Sold
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN BOXES
the largest, depicting scholars in a garden, measures 12.5cm wide, the smallest, with women in a garden, and marked to the base, measures 6.5cm wide (20)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE PORCELAIN FIGURES
Lot 56 Sold
A GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE PORCELAIN FIGURES
including a large seated buddha, 20cm high, a pair of famille verte lion dogs, 15cm high, and a small seated buddha, 7cm high (5)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £20 - £40
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE BROWN LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Lot 57 Sold
A JAPANESE BROWN LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
carved with dense flower-heads, Meiji, 8cm

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER THREE CASE INRO
Lot 58 Sold
A JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER THREE CASE INRO
decorated in gilt hiramakie with a landscape, 6cm, with glass ojime; and a four-case inro with agate ojime and wood netsuke, Meiji, 8cm (2)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER AND GILT FOUR-CASE INRO
Lot 59 Sold
A JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER AND GILT FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period, depicting a shishi to either side, 7cm high

Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Zacke, 21/01/2021, lot 445, 400 euros. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE INK STONES
Lot 60 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE INK STONES
each cased in red painted boxes decorated with script and figures, the largest stone measures 21cm high x 16cm wide (3)

Provenance: The property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £60
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE
Lot 61 Sold
A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE
Meiji period, in the form of a Mokugyo, with two dragons holding a pearl, 5cm high

Provenance: Purchased John Nicholson's, 16/12/2020, Lot 383, £80. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-TWO JAPANESE OJIME
Lot 62 Sold
A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-TWO JAPANESE OJIME
Meiji period and later, two examples in carved bone, the rest metal (32)

Provenance: Purchased from Woolley & Wallis, 09/12/2020, Lot 386, £220. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF FIVE JAPANESE NETSUKE
Lot 63 Sold
A GROUP OF FIVE JAPANESE NETSUKE
Edo period and later, including a figure of Raijin on a cloud, 4.5cm high, another similar, 3.5cm high, a Tanuki priest 4cm high, a lacquer Oni on a drum, 4cm high, and a lacquer Shishi 3.5cm high (5)

Provenance: Purchased from Zeeuws Veilinghuis, 8/10/2020, Lot 1071, 700 euros. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INRO
Lot 64 Sold
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INRO
Meiji period, the body carved with dragons, together with an ojime bead and a carved dragon netsuke, signed to the underside, the case measures 8cm high, the netsuke 2cm high

Provenance: Purchased from David Duggleby, 07/11/2020, Lot 1080, £80.00. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £40 - £60
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Lot 65 Sold
A JAPANESE GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
late Edo or early Meiji period, one side decorated with a scene of Prince Shotoku hiding from two warriors, the other with a mounted warrior and a foot soldier, 10cm high

Provenance: Christie's, New York, 16 December 1993, lot 114. Then purchased from Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 05/11/2020, Lot 38, £1500. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Lot 66 Sold
A JAPANESE GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Meiji period, one side decorated with two cockerels and a drum, with a peony-moulded ojime, the case 8cm high

Provenance: Purchased from Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 05/11/2020, Lot 52, £550. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE SIGNED HIDEHISA
Lot 67 Sold
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE SIGNED HIDEHISA
Edo Period, early 19th century, in the form of an eagle snatching a fox, signed to the underside Hidehisa, within a wavy reserve, 5cm high

Note: An almost identical netsuke by Hidehisa is illustrated in in Lazarnick, George (1982) Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, Vol. 1, p. 458.

Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Zacke, 28/09/2020, 1800 euros. Now the property from a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INRO
Lot 68 Sold
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INRO
the body decorated in relief with flowers, signed to the underside, 7.5cm high, with ojime and carved wood netsuke of gourd form, 2.5cm high

Provenance: Purchased from Rowley's, 29/08/2020, Lot 317. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE OJIME
Lot 69 Sold
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE OJIME
some carved and moulded, together with glass bead examples (28)

Provenance: Purchased from Lawrences, 08/09/2020, lot 718, £210. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 70 Sold
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
probably Edo period, 19th century, in the form of a warrior with staff and armour, signed to the base, 4.5cm high

Provenance: Purchased from East Bristol Auctions, 14/08/2020, lot 490, £360. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE NETSUKE AND OKIMONO
Lot 71 Sold
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE NETSUKE AND OKIMONO
the tallest, a figure with a staff, 6.5cm high, the smallest, two rats in a slipper, 1cm high, partially signed (19)

Provenance: Part of a lot purchased from Bamfords, 8/07/2020, Lot 543, £240. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD THREE-CASE INROS
Lot 72 Sold
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD THREE-CASE INROS
one example, decorated in relief with monkeys to the body, 7.5cm high, the other 8cm high, both signed, both with ojime and netsuke (2)

Provenance: both purchased from John Nicholson's in 2020. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 January 2023
26 January 2023

Total lots: 397

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