A Japanese bronze Jizai Okimono of a Japanese burrowing cricket, Taisho Period, early 20th century with articulated limbs, antenna and wings, 13 cm overall length, together with an okimono of a turtle with articulated neck and tail, 6 cm long, an okimono of a field cricket, 7 cm long, a stag beetle with articulated legs, (now bent) a larger solid okimono of a crab, 11 cm wide, a bronze okimono of a dragonfly 13 cm wingspan. (6)

NB: The full hammer price from the sale of this lot will be donated directly to St Michael's Hospice, Basingstoke: https://www.stmichaelshospice.org.uk/