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Auction date Thursday 20 November 2025 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Head of Sale: 

William Batt


Auction: 

Thursday 20th November at 10.30am

Including

The Peter Newall Collection

and

The John Walden Collection


Viewing: 

Monday 17th November 9.30am - 7pm

Tuesday 18th November 9.30am - 5pm

Wednesday 19th November 9.30am - 5pm

From 9am the day of the Auction 


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Total lots: 514

A JAPANESE CAST IRON TEA KETTLE
Lot 456 Sold
A JAPANESE CAST IRON TEA KETTLE
Meiji period, with a shaped swing handle and bulbous body, 19cm high x 19cm wide; together with another similar example, decorated in relief with archaistic symbols, 18cm high (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £50 - £100
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE POLISHED BRONZE VASE
Lot 457 Sold
A JAPANESE POLISHED BRONZE VASE
20th century, decorated in relief with a snail on a leafy plant, 22cm high x 22cm diameter
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE BRONZE GROUP OF A CRANE STANDING ON A SHIPWRECKED BOAT
Lot 458 Sold
A JAPANESE BRONZE GROUP OF A CRANE STANDING ON A SHIPWRECKED BOAT
signed to the reverse, Meiji Period, the crane modelled naturistically atop the perishing timber carcass of a small vessel, waves moulded to the base, 24.5cm high x 23cm wide
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE IRON NOH MASK OR SOMEN
Lot 459 Sold
A JAPANESE IRON NOH MASK OR SOMEN
probably 19th century, with pierced eyes and nostrils, 22.5cm high x 18cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE BRONZE LION
Lot 460 Sold
A JAPANESE BRONZE LION
marked to the underside, Meiji period, figured roaring with head raised, 18cm high x 29cm long

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £80 - £150
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO
Lot 461 Sold
A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO
signed to the base, Meiji period, finely figured as a rat holding a fruit in his front paws, 11cm high x 15cm wide
Hammer price: £430
Estimate: £300 - £500
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE SHIN-GUNTO OFFICERS SWORD
Lot 462 Sold
A JAPANESE SHIN-GUNTO OFFICERS SWORD
c.1930-1945, the blade engraved 'Fudo Myo-Oh' and 'Hachi-man Dai Bosatsu', a copper habaki above a stamped tsuba and wrapped fish-skin grip, 106cm long
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £80 - £150
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE NATA OR HATCHET
Lot 463 Sold
A JAPANESE NATA OR HATCHET
20th century, signed and inscribed to the hooked blade, with a turned wood tapered handle, 49.5cm long; together with a bronze ritual knife, probably Tibetan with a triangular blade and turned handle, 37cm long (2)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE PORCELAIN SATSUMA BELT
Lot 464 Sold
A JAPANESE PORCELAIN SATSUMA BELT
early 20th century, comprising sixteen roundels set in white metal mounts, stamped to the reverse, and joined by chain links, approximately 74cm long; together with a set of rudraksha beads, on a string necklace, c.45cm long (2)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE LAQUERED JINGASA
Lot 465 Sold
A JAPANESE LAQUERED JINGASA
19th century, decorated with a red dragon and highlighted in gilt, with an upturned rim, 36cm deep x 32cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
TWO SIMILAR JAPANESE RED LACQUERED MANJU NETSUKES
Lot 466 Sold
TWO SIMILAR JAPANESE RED LACQUERED MANJU NETSUKES
Late Edo or Meiji period, one decorated with a warrior in an ocean to one side and a dragon to the reverse, 4.5cm diameter; the other decorated with a lion dog to the top and bats to the base, 4cm diameter; together with a similar double gourd shaped netsuke, 5cm high (3)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
TWO JAPANESE LACQUERED BOXES
Lot 467 Sold
TWO JAPANESE LACQUERED BOXES
Edo period, including a Natsume, decorated in gilt with flowers and foliage, 6.5cm high; and a box and cover, decorated similarly with trailing foliage, affixed with two cord ties, 3.5cm high x 5.5cm wide (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A FINE JAPANESE LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO
Lot 468 Sold
A FINE JAPANESE LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO
inscribed in gilt to the base, decorated in gilt and inset with mother of pearl, on one side with two bats in flight, the reverse with a landscape, inscribed 'Tsuchida Soetsu', 8cm high, complete with a square section ojime, finely carved with a figure, and a signed manju form netsuke, decorated with various insects, possibly inscribed 'Toyo', 3.5cm diameter

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE LACQUER SINGLE-CASE INRO
Lot 469 Sold
A JAPANESE LACQUER SINGLE-CASE INRO
Edo period, finely carved with butterflies amongst a profusion of flowers, 7.5cm high x 7.5cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Lot 470 Sold
A JAPANESE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period, inlaid in silvered metal with a reclining deer against a woodland setting, mother of pearl and further foliage to the reverse, 6.5cm high x 5cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Lot 471 Unsold
A JAPANESE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Late Edo or Meiji period, inlaid with mother of pearl and silvered metal and decorated with sea shells to both sides, 8cm high x 6cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Lot 472 Sold
A JAPANESE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period, the gold ground decorated in relief with an eagle perched atop a rocky crest to one side and a cowering monkey in a den the other, 8cm high x 6cm wide, together with a metal tubular ojime

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Lot 473 Sold
A JAPANESE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
signed to the base, Edo period, decorated to one side with a stationary gissha (ox cart), and the reverse with butterflies amongst a profusion of foliage, inscribed 'Kajikawa', 9.5cm high x 5cm wide, together with a spherical ojime

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £150 - £250
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 474 Sold
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Edo period, signed, modelled as Shoki capturing an Oni, the demon trapped beneath a straw hat, inscribed 'Moritsugu' 3.5cm high; together with another similar, modelled as a seated man with a large bag, full of Oni, inscribed 'patience' 3cm high (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE COROZO NUT NETSUKE
Lot 475 Sold
A JAPANESE COROZO NUT NETSUKE
late Edo/Meiji period, signed, modelled as two joined chestnuts, 5cm wide

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £150
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKES
Lot 476 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKES
Edo/Meiji period, including a netsuke modelled as a temple guardian stooping to lift a mortar, 3cm high; another depicting a boy polishing a mokugyo bell, 3.5cm high; and a third similar, 3.5cm high (3)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 477 Sold
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Edo period, modelled as a tanuki seated reading a manuscript balanced on its scrotum, 4cm high; together with a similar netsuke depicting the monkey, gourd and namazu, 4cm wide (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £80 - £150
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 478 Sold
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Edo period, modelled as Ashinaga carrying Tenaga, who is attempting to grab an octopus coiled at his friends feet, 5.5cm high; together with another similar netsuke, of square 'manju' form, carved in relief with a seated man with his hat, 4cm high (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £80 - £150
20 November 2025
20 November 2025
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Lot 479 Sold
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE
Edo period, modelled as a fruit with two figures carved seated to the interior, 3.5cm high; together with another unusual netsuke, modelled as a red lacquered basket with a toad sitting on one side, 2.5cm high (2)

Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £80 - £150
20 November 2025
20 November 2025

Total lots: 514

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