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Fine Japanese Art

11 May 2010 | starting at 10:30 BST | with lot 1

11 May 2010 | starting at 14:30 BST | with lot 261

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A fine and rare Nabeshima shaku-zara (large dish) Circa 1690-1760. Sold for £180,000 inc. premium

An exceptional mogami do tosei gusoku armour Edo Period, 18th to 19th century; helmet signed Myochin...Naga, late Muromachi/early Momoyama Period, 16th century. Sold for £120,000 inc. premium

A matching set of a gold lacquer and silver-inlaid ryoshibako (document box) and suzuribako (writing box) and covers Meiji Period. Sold for £72,000 inc. premium

Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841) Dated 1832. Sold for £66,000 inc. premium

Yamamoto Koichi (1868-1912) Meiji Period. Sold for £43,200 inc. premium

Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) Maruyama School, dated Tenmei 5 (1785). Sold for £43,200 inc. premium

A shikimeji-odoshi go mai tachi do tosei gusoku armour Edo Period, 18th/19th century. Sold for £42,000 inc. premium

A small and rare Nabeshima choko (sake cup) Late 17th/early 18th century. Sold for £33,600 inc. premium

A fine gold lacquer shodana with scenes of Yoshino and Tatsutagawa Second half of 19th century. Sold for £31,200 inc. premium

A Tokyo School ivory figure of two warriors locked in combat By Shimamura Toshiro (b.1841), Meiji Period. Sold for £28,800 inc. premium

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Lot gallery

522 lots available

1^* —
A mounted katana
By Kiyomitsu, Muromachi Period, 16th century

Sold for £3,600 inc. premium

1A^* —
A Shin-Shinto katana
By Sa Yasuchika, dated 1869

Sold for £4,320 inc. premium

2 —
A Shinto katana blade
By Omi no kami Minamoto Hisamichi family, 17th century

£6,000 - £8,000

8^* —
A rare Spanish sword for presentation to Prince Takamatsu
Toledo, 20th century

Sold for £6,000 inc. premium

9^* —
A Shinto katana
By Mutsu Miyoshi Nagamichi Toshiro, dated Kanbun 10 (1670)

£25,000 - £30,000

10 —
Six kozuka
Edo Period, 18th/19th century

Sold for £1,080 inc. premium

11 —
A shakudo kozuka
Attributed to Kyo Goto School, 17th century

£700 - £800

12^* —
A shakudo nanako kozuka
Attributed to Goto Eijo, late 16th/early 17th century

£1,200 - £1,500

13 —
A shakudo fuchi-gashira
By Tadamichi, circa 1800

£800 - £1,000

14^* —
A dark shibuichi fuchi-gashira
After Yanagawa Naomasa, 19th century

£400 - £500

15^* —
1A shakudo futato koromono (kozuka and fuchi-gashira)
By Hirata Narikado (1670-1737), early 18th century

Sold for £6,000 inc. premium

16^* —
Mitokoromono (tsuba, menuki, and fuchi-gashira)
Attributed to Goto Ichijo (1791-1876), 19th century

£2,000 - £3,000

17 —
A shakudo fuchi-gashira
By Goto Kiyonaga (1768-1851), early 19th century

£1,000 - £1,500

18^* —
A shakudo nanako tsuba
Attributed to Kyo-kanagushi, 17th century

£1,200 - £1,500

19^* —
A Mito shibuichi tsuba
19th century

£2,000 - £3,000

20 —
A large shakudo nanako tsuba
19th century

Sold for £1,560 inc. premium

21^* —
An Umetada tsuba
19th century

Sold for £4,200 inc. premium

22^* —
An Aizu-Shoami shakudo tsuba
17th century

£1,000 - £1,500

23^* —
A tsuba
Attributed to Hamano Noriyuki, 19th century

£1,000 - £1,500

24^* —
A pair of iron tsuba for a daisho
By Noda Mitsuhiro, late 18th/early 19th century

£6,000 - £7,000

25^* —
An iron tsuba
By Katsurano Sekibun, 19th century

Sold for £3,000 inc. premium

26^* —
A Tanaka school iron tsuba
By Tanaka Kiyotoshi (1804-1876), 19th century

Sold for £3,000 inc. premium

27 —
A Higo School copper tsuba
Nishigaki family, 18th century

Sold for £2,640 inc. premium

28 —
An Akasaka tsuba
18th century

£700 - £800

29^* —
An Owari tsuba
Late 17th century

£600 - £700

30^* —
An Akasaka tsuba
18th century

£1,000 - £1,500

31^* —
A ko-katchushi tsuba
Muromachi Period

£2,000 - £3,000

32 —
An Akasaka tsuba
By Akasaka Tadatoki VI (d.1796), 18th century

£800 - £1,000

33 —
An Akasaka sukashi tsuba
Attributed to Masatora, early 18th century

Sold for £1,080 inc. premium

34 —
A tsuba
Attributed to Hikojuro, 18th century

Sold for £1,200 inc. premium

35^* —
A kodai Akasaka sukashi tsuba
18th century

Sold for £600 inc. premium

36 —
A ko-tosho tsuba
Muromachi Period, 15th century

Sold for £1,080 inc. premium

37 —
An Akasaka sukashi tsuba
By Kobayashi Eiju, early 19th century

£1,000 - £1,500

38 —
A pair of Akasaka tsuba for a daisho
18th century

£2,500 - £3,000

39 —
A tsuba
By Akasaka Tadatoki, late 18th/early 19th century

£800 - £900

40 —
An Akasaka sukashi tsuba
By Tadatoki, 18th century

Sold for £1,200 inc. premium

41^* —
A Shoami tsuba
18th century

Sold for £600 inc. premium

42 —
A shibuichi tsuba
By Masayuki, 18th/19th century

Sold for £900 inc. premium

43 —
Eight miscellaneous kashira, twenty-one various menuki and nine metal ojime
19th century

Sold for £1,920 inc. premium

44 —
A pair of shakudo menuki
Attributed to Kyo Goto school, 17th century

£500 - £600

45^* —
A pair of menuki
By Hamano Naoyuki (b.1754), late 18th/early 19th century

Sold for £900 inc. premium

46 —
Thirteen pairs of menuki
18th/19th century

Sold for £4,320 inc. premium

47^* —
A pair of mixed metal menuki
By Kono Haruaki (1787-1857), dated 1839

Sold for £1,440 inc. premium

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28% on the first £40,000 of the hammer price;
27% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £40,000 up to and including £800,000;
21% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £800,000 up to and including £4,500,000;
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- Japanese Art

Fine Japanese Art

Auction highlights

Lot gallery

1* — A mounted katana By Kiyomitsu, Muromachi Period, 16th century

1A* — A Shin-Shinto katana By Sa Yasuchika, dated 1869

2 — A Shinto katana blade By Omi no kami Minamoto Hisamichi family, 17th century

3 — A katana koshirae 17th/18th century

4* — A Shinto katana By Minamoto Muneshige, probably late 17th century

5* — A Shinto katana By Fujiwara Shigeyuki (Takada), 17th century

6* — A Shinto daisho By Omi no Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro, dated 1682

7* — A koto tanto Attributed to Kanefusa, probably 15th century

8* — A rare Spanish sword for presentation to Prince Takamatsu Toledo, 20th century

9* — A Shinto katana By Mutsu Miyoshi Nagamichi Toshiro, dated Kanbun 10 (1670)

10 — Six kozuka Edo Period, 18th/19th century

11 — A shakudo kozuka Attributed to Kyo Goto School, 17th century

12* — A shakudo nanako kozuka Attributed to Goto Eijo, late 16th/early 17th century

13 — A shakudo fuchi-gashira By Tadamichi, circa 1800

14* — A dark shibuichi fuchi-gashira After Yanagawa Naomasa, 19th century

15* — 1A shakudo futato koromono (kozuka and fuchi-gashira) By Hirata Narikado (1670-1737), early 18th century

16* — Mitokoromono (tsuba, menuki, and fuchi-gashira) Attributed to Goto Ichijo (1791-1876), 19th century

17 — A shakudo fuchi-gashira By Goto Kiyonaga (1768-1851), early 19th century

18* — A shakudo nanako tsuba Attributed to Kyo-kanagushi, 17th century

19* — A Mito shibuichi tsuba 19th century

20 — A large shakudo nanako tsuba 19th century

21* — An Umetada tsuba 19th century

22* — An Aizu-Shoami shakudo tsuba 17th century

23* — A tsuba Attributed to Hamano Noriyuki, 19th century

24* — A pair of iron tsuba for a daisho By Noda Mitsuhiro, late 18th/early 19th century

25* — An iron tsuba By Katsurano Sekibun, 19th century

26* — A Tanaka school iron tsuba By Tanaka Kiyotoshi (1804-1876), 19th century

27 — A Higo School copper tsuba Nishigaki family, 18th century

28 — An Akasaka tsuba 18th century

29* — An Owari tsuba Late 17th century

30* — An Akasaka tsuba 18th century

31* — A ko-katchushi tsuba Muromachi Period

32 — An Akasaka tsuba By Akasaka Tadatoki VI (d.1796), 18th century

33 — An Akasaka sukashi tsuba Attributed to Masatora, early 18th century

34 — A tsuba Attributed to Hikojuro, 18th century

35* — A kodai Akasaka sukashi tsuba 18th century

36 — A ko-tosho tsuba Muromachi Period, 15th century

37 — An Akasaka sukashi tsuba By Kobayashi Eiju, early 19th century

38 — A pair of Akasaka tsuba for a daisho 18th century

39 — A tsuba By Akasaka Tadatoki, late 18th/early 19th century

40 — An Akasaka sukashi tsuba By Tadatoki, 18th century

41* — A Shoami tsuba 18th century

42 — A shibuichi tsuba By Masayuki, 18th/19th century

43 — Eight miscellaneous kashira, twenty-one various menuki and nine metal ojime 19th century

44 — A pair of shakudo menuki Attributed to Kyo Goto school, 17th century

45* — A pair of menuki By Hamano Naoyuki (b.1754), late 18th/early 19th century

46 — Thirteen pairs of menuki 18th/19th century

47* — A pair of mixed metal menuki By Kono Haruaki (1787-1857), dated 1839

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1^* —
A mounted katana
By Kiyomitsu, Muromachi Period, 16th century

1A^* —
A Shin-Shinto katana
By Sa Yasuchika, dated 1869

2 —
A Shinto katana blade
By Omi no kami Minamoto Hisamichi family, 17th century

3 —
A katana koshirae
17th/18th century

4^* —
A Shinto katana
By Minamoto Muneshige, probably late 17th century

5^* —
A Shinto katana
By Fujiwara Shigeyuki (Takada), 17th century

6^* —
A Shinto daisho
By Omi no Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro, dated 1682

7^* —
A koto tanto
Attributed to Kanefusa, probably 15th century

8^* —
A rare Spanish sword for presentation to Prince Takamatsu
Toledo, 20th century

9^* —
A Shinto katana
By Mutsu Miyoshi Nagamichi Toshiro, dated Kanbun 10 (1670)

10 —
Six kozuka
Edo Period, 18th/19th century

11 —
A shakudo kozuka
Attributed to Kyo Goto School, 17th century

12^* —
A shakudo nanako kozuka
Attributed to Goto Eijo, late 16th/early 17th century

13 —
A shakudo fuchi-gashira
By Tadamichi, circa 1800

14^* —
A dark shibuichi fuchi-gashira
After Yanagawa Naomasa, 19th century

15^* —
1A shakudo futato koromono (kozuka and fuchi-gashira)
By Hirata Narikado (1670-1737), early 18th century

16^* —
Mitokoromono (tsuba, menuki, and fuchi-gashira)
Attributed to Goto Ichijo (1791-1876), 19th century

17 —
A shakudo fuchi-gashira
By Goto Kiyonaga (1768-1851), early 19th century

18^* —
A shakudo nanako tsuba
Attributed to Kyo-kanagushi, 17th century

19^* —
A Mito shibuichi tsuba
19th century

20 —
A large shakudo nanako tsuba
19th century

21^* —
An Umetada tsuba
19th century

22^* —
An Aizu-Shoami shakudo tsuba
17th century

23^* —
A tsuba
Attributed to Hamano Noriyuki, 19th century

24^* —
A pair of iron tsuba for a daisho
By Noda Mitsuhiro, late 18th/early 19th century

25^* —
An iron tsuba
By Katsurano Sekibun, 19th century

26^* —
A Tanaka school iron tsuba
By Tanaka Kiyotoshi (1804-1876), 19th century

27 —
A Higo School copper tsuba
Nishigaki family, 18th century

28 —
An Akasaka tsuba
18th century

29^* —
An Owari tsuba
Late 17th century

30^* —
An Akasaka tsuba
18th century

31^* —
A ko-katchushi tsuba
Muromachi Period

32 —
An Akasaka tsuba
By Akasaka Tadatoki VI (d.1796), 18th century

33 —
An Akasaka sukashi tsuba
Attributed to Masatora, early 18th century

34 —
A tsuba
Attributed to Hikojuro, 18th century

35^* —
A kodai Akasaka sukashi tsuba
18th century

36 —
A ko-tosho tsuba
Muromachi Period, 15th century

37 —
An Akasaka sukashi tsuba
By Kobayashi Eiju, early 19th century

38 —
A pair of Akasaka tsuba for a daisho
18th century

39 —
A tsuba
By Akasaka Tadatoki, late 18th/early 19th century

40 —
An Akasaka sukashi tsuba
By Tadatoki, 18th century

41^* —
A Shoami tsuba
18th century

42 —
A shibuichi tsuba
By Masayuki, 18th/19th century

43 —
Eight miscellaneous kashira, twenty-one various menuki and nine metal ojime
19th century

44 —
A pair of shakudo menuki
Attributed to Kyo Goto school, 17th century

45^* —
A pair of menuki
By Hamano Naoyuki (b.1754), late 18th/early 19th century

46 —
Thirteen pairs of menuki
18th/19th century

47^* —
A pair of mixed metal menuki
By Kono Haruaki (1787-1857), dated 1839