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Fine Japanese Art

11 November 2010 | starting at 14:30 GMT

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London, New Bond Street

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An extremely rare Negoro lacquer yumi (longbow) Muromachi Period. Sold for £204,000 inc. premium

A fine, rare and large iron jizai (fully articulated) okimono of a dragon Myochin School, Edo Period, 18th/19th century. Sold for £120,000 inc. premium

A set of five Nabeshima mukozuke (cups) Early 18th century. Sold for £88,800 inc. premium

An inlaid shirokiri (white paulownia) wood hirobuta (presentation tray) By Asahi Gyokuzan (1843-1923), Meiji Period. Sold for £48,000 inc. premium

Kitagawa Utamaro II (fl. circa 1810's-1830's) Circa late Bunka era (1804-1818), early 19th century. Sold for £38,400 inc. premium

A fine matching set of gold lacquer and silver-inlaid tebako (cosmetic box and cover), bundai (writing desk) and suzuribako (writing box and cover) Meiji Period. Sold for £38,400 inc. premium

A traditional lacquered-wood go-ban (games board) set Meiji Period. Sold for £36,000 inc. premium

Maeda Seison (1885-1977) 20th century. Sold for £33,600 inc. premium

An impressive and unusually large Satsuma deep bowl By Ryozan, Meiji Period. Sold for £33,600 inc. premium

An ivory netsuke of a yama-inu (wild dog) By Tomotada, Kyoto, late 18th century. Sold for £33,600 inc. premium

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400 lots available

1 —
A fine and unusually mounted daisho
The katana by Yasumitsu, the wakizashi by Uda Kunimune, 17th century

£40,000 - £45,000

46 —
A pair of shakudo menuki and a shakudo kozuka
Both attributed to Kyo Goto School, 17th century

£900 - £1,000

47^* —
A menuki and gold kagamibuta netsuke cover
The menuki, style of Ichinomiya Nagatsune; the cover, style of Yokoya Somin, both 19th century

Sold for £1,200 inc. premium

48 —
A pair of mixed-metal menuki
19th century

£600 - £700

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Fine Japanese Art

Auction highlights

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1 — A fine and unusually mounted daisho The katana by Yasumitsu, the wakizashi by Uda Kunimune, 17th century

2 — A katana koshirae 17th/18th century

3 — A Ko-Gassan wakizashi 15th century

4 — A Yamashiro wakizashi Late 17th century

5 — A wakizashi 18th century

6 — A Shin Shinto katana in mounts Late 19th century

7 — A Bicchu-Aoe juyo katana By Tsugunao, dated 1361

8* — A carved wood koshirae for a ko-wakizashi 19th century

9* — A carved wood and inlaid koshirae for a wakizashi Meiji Period

10* — A gold lacquer tachi-kake (sword stand) Meiji Period

11* — A gold lacquer tachi-kake (sword stand) Edo Period, 19th century

12* — Six inlaid iron tsuba 18th-19th century

13* — Six inlaid iron tsuba 18th-19th century

14* — Ten iron tsuba 18th-19th century

15* — Two sukashi tsuba 19th century

16* — Four sukashi tsuba 19th century

17* — Six iron tsuba with openwork design 19th century

18* — A shibuichi tsuba By Hisatsune, 19th century

19* — Six iron tsuba 19th century

20* — Seven sukashi tsuba 18th-19th century

21* — Seven iron sukashi tsuba 18th-19th century

22* — Seven tsuba 18th-19th century

23* — Three tsuba 19th century

24* — Four shinchu and copper tsuba 19th century

25* — Six tsuba 18th-19th century

26* — Six iron tsuba with mixed-metal details 18th-19th century

27* — Six tsuba 19th century

28 — A shakudo tsuba 19th century

29 — A Ko Shoami tsuba 17th century

30 — An Akasaka tsuba 18th century

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

32 — An Ono tsuba 17th-18th century

33* — A Shoami School tsuba 19th century

34 — An Umetada School copper tsuba 19th century

35 — A pair of Akasaka tsuba for a daisho By Tadatoki, late 18th century

36 — A large Akasaka tsuba Attributed to Tadashige, 18th century

37 — A Higo Kamiyoshi tsuba Attributed to Fukanobu, 19th century

38 — An Akasaka tsuba By Tadatoki, 18th century

39 — A copper tsuba Attributed to Haruaki (Shummei), dated 1829

40 — An Akasaka tsuba By Tadayoshi, first half 18th century

41 — An Akasaka tsuba By Tadatoki, 18th century

42* — A Kamakurabori-style tsuba 18th-19th century

43 — An Akasaka tsuba By Tadatoki, 19th century

44 — An Akasaka tsuba By Akasaka Tadatoki, late 18th/early 19th century

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

46 — A pair of shakudo menuki and a shakudo kozuka Both attributed to Kyo Goto School, 17th century

47* — A menuki and gold kagamibuta netsuke cover The menuki, style of Ichinomiya Nagatsune; the cover, style of Yokoya Somin, both 19th century

48 — A pair of mixed-metal menuki 19th century

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1 —
A fine and unusually mounted daisho
The katana by Yasumitsu, the wakizashi by Uda Kunimune, 17th century

2 —
A katana koshirae
17th/18th century

3 —
A Ko-Gassan wakizashi
15th century

4 —
A Yamashiro wakizashi
Late 17th century

5 —
A wakizashi
18th century

6 —
A Shin Shinto katana in mounts
Late 19th century

7 —
A Bicchu-Aoe juyo katana
By Tsugunao, dated 1361

8^* —
A carved wood koshirae for a ko-wakizashi
19th century

9^* —
A carved wood and inlaid koshirae for a wakizashi
Meiji Period

10^* —
A gold lacquer tachi-kake (sword stand)
Meiji Period

11^* —
A gold lacquer tachi-kake (sword stand)
Edo Period, 19th century

12^* —
Six inlaid iron tsuba
18th-19th century

13^* —
Six inlaid iron tsuba
18th-19th century

14^* —
Ten iron tsuba
18th-19th century

15^* —
Two sukashi tsuba
19th century

16^* —
Four sukashi tsuba
19th century

17^* —
Six iron tsuba with openwork design
19th century

18^* —
A shibuichi tsuba
By Hisatsune, 19th century

19^* —
Six iron tsuba
19th century

20^* —
Seven sukashi tsuba
18th-19th century

21^* —
Seven iron sukashi tsuba
18th-19th century

22^* —
Seven tsuba
18th-19th century

23^* —
Three tsuba
19th century

24^* —
Four shinchu and copper tsuba
19th century

25^* —
Six tsuba
18th-19th century

26^* —
Six iron tsuba with mixed-metal details
18th-19th century

27^* —
Six tsuba
19th century

28 —
A shakudo tsuba
19th century

29 —
A Ko Shoami tsuba
17th century

30 —
An Akasaka tsuba
18th century

31 —
An Akasaka tsuba
By Akasaka Tadatoki VI (d.1796), 18th century

32 —
An Ono tsuba
17th-18th century

33^* —
A Shoami School tsuba
19th century

34 —
An Umetada School copper tsuba
19th century

35 —
A pair of Akasaka tsuba for a daisho
By Tadatoki, late 18th century

36 —
A large Akasaka tsuba
Attributed to Tadashige, 18th century

37 —
A Higo Kamiyoshi tsuba
Attributed to Fukanobu, 19th century

38 —
An Akasaka tsuba
By Tadatoki, 18th century

39 —
A copper tsuba
Attributed to Haruaki (Shummei), dated 1829

40 —
An Akasaka tsuba
By Tadayoshi, first half 18th century

41 —
An Akasaka tsuba
By Tadatoki, 18th century

42^* —
A Kamakurabori-style tsuba
18th-19th century

43 —
An Akasaka tsuba
By Tadatoki, 19th century

44 —
An Akasaka tsuba
By Akasaka Tadatoki, late 18th/early 19th century

45 —
An Akasaka sukashi tsuba
By Kobayashi Eiju, early 19th century

46 —
A pair of shakudo menuki and a shakudo kozuka
Both attributed to Kyo Goto School, 17th century

47^* —
A menuki and gold kagamibuta netsuke cover
The menuki, style of Ichinomiya Nagatsune; the cover, style of Yokoya Somin, both 19th century

48 —
A pair of mixed-metal menuki
19th century