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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

TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 73 Sold
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
one example, in the form of a starving wolf, signed to the base, measures 4cm high, the other in the form of two wild boar, signed, 3cm high (2)

Provenance: the boars were purchased from Gerrards, 20/08/2020, lot 837, £34, the wolf from Gerrards 25/06/2020, Lot 165, £85. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF NINE JAPANESE NETSUKE
Lot 74 Sold
A GROUP OF NINE JAPANESE NETSUKE
the tallest example, a monkey seated on a bag, 6cm high, the shortest, a bat with curled wings, 3cm high, partially signed (9)

Provenance: All purchased from Warwick Auctions, 17/06/2020, Lots 300, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO BY TOKOSAI MASAHIGE AND TOSHUSAI
Lot 75 Sold
A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO BY TOKOSAI MASAHIGE AND TOSHUSAI
Edo period, 19th century, with a cockerel to one side and a bird amongst bamboo to the other, signed Tokosai Masashige and kao, 8cm high, with ojime and two-part lacquer manju netsuke by Toshusai, 4cm high

Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Zacke, 08/02/2020, Lot 327, 700 euros. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
Lot 76 Sold
A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
Edo period, one side depicting a phoenix, the other flora, 7cm high

Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Zacke, 28/02/2020, Lot 328, 330 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 CARVED WOOD NETSUKE, ONE SIGNED BY YOSHINOBU
Lot 77 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE, ONE SIGNED BY YOSHINOBU
Edo period, two examples of monkeys with fruit, the other, signed Yoshinobu, 3.5cm high (3)

Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Zacke, 28/08/2020, Lot 143, 770 euros. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE
Lot 78 Sold
TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE
including a carved tagua nut example, in the form of a panda, 3.5cm high, and another in the form of a monkey, 4.5cm high, both signed (2)

Provenance: Purchased from Bowler & Binnie, 14/03/2020, lots 174 and 179, £55 and £55 respectively. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE RED LACQUER TWO-CASE INRO
Lot 79 Sold
A JAPANESE RED LACQUER TWO-CASE INRO
Meiji period, decorated with a bear and its cub scaring a crab, 7cm high, together with a carved wood inro, decorated in relief with tigers, with a tiger form netsuke, the case 9cm high (2)

Provenance: the lacquered example was purchased from Anderson & Garland, 06/02/2020, £100, the carved wood example from Brighton and Hove, 10/01/2020, £65. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £40 - £60
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE TWO-CASE INRO
Lot 80 Sold
A JAPANESE TWO-CASE INRO
19th century, with applied shell and lacquer decoration, signed to the base, with ojime and netsuke

Provenance: Purchased from Van Ham, 5/12/2019, lot 2354, 520 euros. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
TWO JAPANESE INRO
Lot 81 Sold
TWO JAPANESE INRO
including a Japanese brown-ground four-case inro, 19th century, decorated with oxen, highlighted in shell, signed, 9cm high, with metal ojime, and a black lacquer three-case inro, Edo period, with river landscapes to each side, signed, 7.5cm high (2)

Provenance: Both purchased from Bellmans, 20/11/19, lots 2118 and 2121, £180 and £380 respectively. Now the property of a deceased estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
TWO JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER THREE-CASE INROS
Lot 82 Sold
TWO JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER THREE-CASE INROS
one with gilded decoration of birds amongst blossom, signed, with ojime and netsuke, the case 7cm high, the other, Meiji period, decorated with landscapes, 5cm high (2)

Provenance: The first was purchased from 1818, 11/11/2019, lot 820, £130, the second from Semley Auctioneers, 8/11/2019, lot 129, £120. Now the property of a deceased estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 83 Sold
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
one example modelled as a goat, signed to the base of a foot, 4cm high, the other, Meiji period, in the form of a rabbit in the palm of a hand, signed to the underside, 3.5cm high (2)

Provenance: the goat was purchased from Semley's, 8/112019, Lot 110, £90, the rabbit from Gerrards, 28/11/2019, Lot 132, £60. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
TWO JAPANESE INROS
Lot 84 Sold
TWO JAPANESE INROS
including a lacquered four-case example, 19th century, decorated with a dragon, 9cm high, and a 19th century two case-inro, of double gourd form, 8cm high (2)

Provenance: both purchased from Gerrards, 07/11/2019, Lots 156 and 157, at £90 and £240 respectively. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE NETSUKE
Lot 85 Sold
A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE NETSUKE
all signed, the tallest, a monkey on one leg, 7cm high, the toad 2.5cm high (4)

Provenance: all purchased from The Auction Centre, 26/10/2019, lots 436 and 440, for £45 and £45. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £30 - £50
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INROS
Lot 86 Sold
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INROS
one example, late Meiji period, carved with warriors, with a carved ojime, signed to the base, 5cm high, together with a carved wood inro in the shape of an ear of corn, signed to the base, with ojime and netsuke, 10.5cm high (2)

Provenance: the corn figured example was purchased from Besston, 12/12/2019, lot 230, £65, the other from John Nicholson's 23/10/19, lot 492, £180. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF THREE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 87 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
including a Meiji period figured monkey, with inlaid eyes, 5cm high, and two others, the turtle signed (3)

Provenance: the monkey was purchased from John Nicholson's, 23/10/19, Lot 371, £150, the two others were purchased as part of a group from Lyon & Turnbull, 15/10/2019. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF FIVE JAPANESE NETSUKE
Lot 88 Sold
A GROUP OF FIVE JAPANESE NETSUKE
the tallest, a crane and dogs figured example, signed to the base, 5.5cm high, the smallest, a mermaid, similarly signed, 3.5cm high (5)

Provenance: all were purchased from Auction Centre Limited, 28/09/19. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £30 - £50
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 89 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
including a late 19th century example, modelled as a warthog, signed to the base, 5cm long, together with another figured as a boy on a buffalo, signed, 4cm high, and a contorted sumo wrestler, signed (3)

Provenance: the warthog was purchased from Gerrards, 27/09/2019, lot 204, £75, the other two were purchased from Wilkinson's, 29/09/2019, lots 629 and 631, £100. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INRO
Lot 90 Unsold
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INRO
including a three-case example carved with birds, signed to the base, with ojime and netsuke, 8cm high, and another in the form of a monkey, signed to the base, with ojime and monkey netsuke, 8cm high (2)

Provenance: both purchased from Auktionshaus Kendzia, 07/09/2019, lots 700 and 701, 220 euros and 170 euros respectively. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE BRONZE NETSUKE
Lot 91 Sold
A JAPANESE BRONZE NETSUKE
modelled as a flat fish, signed to the base, 6cm wide, together with a carved stone fish group, 5.5cm wide (2)

Provenance: both were purchased from David Duggleby, 13/09/2019, lot 2020, £70. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INRO
Lot 92 Sold
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD INRO
Meiji period, inlaid with script, 7.5cm high, with ojime and netsuke

Provenance: purchased from Hannam's, 21/08/2019, lot 135, £160. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 93 Sold
TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
one example, in the form of a field mouse atop a nut, 5.5cm high, the other modelled as a long ear rabbit, 5.5cm wide (2)

Provenance: both were purchased from Gerrards, 15/08/2019, Lots 157 and 282, £85 and £60 respectively. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £50
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 94 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
including an example figured as a monkey eating fruit, signed to the base, 4cm high, another as a man with barrel, signed, 5cm high, and a further modelled as a nude female, signed, 5cm high (3)

Provenance: the first two listed were purchased from Bishop & Miller, 31/07/2019, lots 41 and 46, £60 and £75, the female was purchased from McTears, 18/07/2019, lot 1088, £60. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £40 - £60
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE WOODEN INRO
Lot 95 Sold
A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE WOODEN INRO
signed to the top, with ojime, 8.5cm high

Provenance: purchased from Hansons, 18/07/2019, lot 2207, £100. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
26 January 2023
26 January 2023
A COLLECTION OF NINE JAPANESE NETSUKE
Lot 96 Sold
A COLLECTION OF NINE JAPANESE NETSUKE
the tallest 5.5cm high, partially signed (9)

Provenance: purchased from Capes Dunn, 29/05/19, part of lot 272J and 272K, £160 and £160 respectively. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 January 2023
26 January 2023

Total lots: 397

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