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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

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
456	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…	£50 - £100	£650	View
457	A JAPANESE POLISHED BRONZE VASE 20th century, decorated in relief with a snail on a leafy plant, 22cm high x 22cm diameter	£50 - £100	£110	View
458	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	£800 - £1,200	£1,000	View
459	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.	£100 - £200	£320	View
460	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.	£80 - £150	£450	View
461	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	£300 - £500	£430	View
462	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	£80 - £150	£190	View
463	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…	£80 - £150	£80	View
464	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…	£100 - £200	£360	View
465	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.	£100 - £200	£110	View
466	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…	£100 - £200	£190	View
467	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…	£100 - £200	£170	View
468	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…	£200 - £400	£240	View
469	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.	£50 - £100	£110	View
470	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…	£100 - £200	£170	View
471	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.	£100 - £200	-	View
472	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…	£100 - £200	£240	View
473	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,…	£150 - £250	£220	View
474	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…	£100 - £200	£480	View
475	A JAPANESE COROZO NUT NETSUKE late Edo/Meiji period, signed, modelled as two joined chestnuts, 5cm wide Provenance: The Peter Newall Collection.	£80 - £150	£50	View
476	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 …	£100 - £200	£260	View
477	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…	£80 - £150	£400	View
478	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…	£80 - £150	£1,500	View
479	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,…	£80 - £150	£260	View

Total lots: 514

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