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Fine Japanese Art

5 November 2020 | starting at 11:00 GMT

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398 lots available

A black lacquer four-case inro By Shojusai, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century

A gold-lacquer small three-case inro By Minsetsu, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century

A red-lacquer four-case inro By Koma Yasutada, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century

A gold-lacquer four-case inro Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

A gold-lacquer four-case inro By Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century

A gold-lacquer oval four-case inro By Yukasai, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century

A carved wood two-case inro and a lacquer two-case inro Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

A gold-lacquer saya (sheath) five-case inro Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

A black-lacquer small four-case inro By Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century

A composite armour Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century

A Korean saddle Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 18th/19th century

A pair of inlaid iron stirrups Probably Korean, Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 18th/19th century

A pair of inlaid iron abumi (stirrups) Inlaid by Yazaemon Nagatsugu of Kanazawa, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century

A pair of inlaid iron abumi (stirrups) By Nobukuni, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century

Nine iron sukashi (openwork) tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century

Nine iron sukashi (openwork) tsuba (sword guards) Momoyama (1573-1615) and Edo (1615-1868) period, late 16th to 19th century

Nine iron sukashi (openwork) tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century

A kyo-shoami iron tsuba (sword guard) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century

A 'shingen' tsuba (sword guard) Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th/18th century

Three sentoku (brass alloy) tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century

Eight iron tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century

Five shakudo tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

Three tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868) and Showa era (1926–1989), 19th/20th century

Four tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century

Six tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

A kenjo (presentation) tsuba (sword guard) By Bairyuken Kiyotatsu, Nishijin, Kyoto, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century

Two unusually shaped tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

Two iron tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century

Two daisho (large and small) sets of tsuba (sword guards) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century

Seven kozuka (knife handles) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

Ten kozuka (knife handles) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

A set of kozuka (knife handle) and menuki (paired hilt ornaments), and eight kozuka (knife handles) The set: Style of Araki Tomei (1817-1870), Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century; the eight kozuka: Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

12 kozuka (knife handles) Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th-19th century

11 fuchi (hilt collars) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

12 fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collars and pommels) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

Five fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collars and pommels) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

A set of fuchi (hilt collar), kashira (hilt pommel), and kojiri (scabbard tip), and five fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collars and pommels) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

A set of kogai (skewer), fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collar and pommel), and menuki (paired hilt ornaments), and a mitokoromono (kozuka, kogai, and pair of menuki) Goto school; Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th/18th century

Nine pairs of menuki (paired hilt ornaments) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

A koto katana (long sword) By Kuniyasu, Nanbokucho period (1336-1392), 14th century

A koto katana (long sword) Attributed to Kokubunji Sukekuni of Bingo, Kamakura period (1185-1333), early 14th century

A koto wakizashi (short sword) By Tajima Kunimitsu, Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th century

A Shinto wakizashi (short sword) Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century

A finely mounted aikuchi The blade: after Umetada Myoju, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century

A koshira-e (set of mounts) for a katana (long sword) The fittings: Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 18th century

A finely mounted daisho (set of long and short sword) The katana: by Yamashiro no kami Fujiwara Toshinaga, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-17th century; the wakizashi: by a member of the Mihara school, probably Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th century; the mountings: Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-late 19th century The katana blade: 66.5cm (26¼in), total katana length: 97.5cm (38 3/8in); the wakizashi blade: 44.2cm (17 3/8in), total wakizashi length: 64cm (25 1/8in). (7).

Two ivory figure okimono Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

Three ivory okimono figures Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

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