A pair of bronze egretsBy Sano Takachika, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryEach egret realistically modelled with their heads lowered and eyes inlaid in gilt with black pupils, one shown holding a fish in its beak, 21cm (8¼in) high, the other 16.5cm (6½in) high, each bird signed on its belly Takachika within a rectangular reserve; each fixed on a flat silver later added stand. (2).Footnotes:This accomplished artist may have started his career in the regional metalworking center of Takaoka, but by 1894 he was a member of the Tokyo Chokokai (Tokyo Carvers' Association) and a set of figures of a heron and a crow by him was awarded a Second Class Diploma at the 27th Spring Exhibition of the Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai (Japan Art Association). The award was recorded in the third issue of Bijutsu gaho (Magazine of Art), an authoritative bilingual journal founded in the wake of Japan's great success at the World's Columbian Exhibition, which commented that the 'workmanship of the heron, from its ruffled plumage to the scared or angered expression of its eyes is faultless and that of the crow . . . is equally so.' The same lifelike qualities can be seen in the present pair of egrets, as well as in three works by Takachika in the Khalili Collection; another work by Takachika, a silver eagle and bronze snake on the trunk of a tree, was in the famous Japanese collection formed by the English connoisseur Michael Tomkinson and published in 1898.Reference:Bijutsu gaho (The Magazine of Art), 1/5 (October 25, 1894), 'Adjustable Iron Statue of Hawk', accessible at https://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/ngbvol/001-05.Oliver Impey and Malcom Fairley, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, vol.2, Metalwork Part I, London, The Kibo Foundation, 1995, cat. nos. 120–122.Takaoka-shi Bijutsukan (Takaoka City Museum of Art), 'Josetsuten (Dai53ki) 'Takaoka no waza to bi: kinko, shitsugei' shuppin risuto (53rd Permanent Exhibition: 'Skill and Beauty of Takaoka: Metalwork and Lacquer' Exhibit List)', March 2012.Michael Tomkinson, A Japanese Collection, London, George Allen, 1898, p.65.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A soapstone brushpot, bitong17th/18th century Sturdily carved imitating a gnarled tree-trunk issuing a branch of pine, and two sprays of auspicious lingzhi fungus, the stone of mottled grey, black and white tone. 12.5cm (4 3/4in) high.Footnotes:十七/十八世紀 壽山石松樹樁式筆筒Provenance: an important European private collection, and thence by descent來源：重要歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今See a similar soapstone brushpot, from the collection of S.D.Winkworth, illustrated in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-1936, no.2893; and another, from the collection of George de Menasce, illustrated in The Minor Arts of China II, London, 1985, pl.180.Compare with a similar soapstone brushpot, 17th/18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 November 2018, lot 357.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pale green and russet jade 'bamboo' vaseMid Qing DynastyCrisply carved as a hollow bamboo trunk with naturalistically-grooved nodes and issuing leafy branches, flanked by a pheasant perched on high rockwork, the stone of pale-green tone with reddish-brown russet patches, box. 14.2cm (5 5/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:清中期 青白玉帶皮仿竹節形瓶Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent. The collection was formed by the grandfather of the former owner who was the Assistant Commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police, 1919-1928. His father was a Protestant missionary in China. The family returned to England shortly after the Second World War.來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今。本拍品前任藏家之祖父曾於1919至1928年任上海公共租界工部局警務處副官，其父為一名新教傳教士；第二次世界大戰爆發後，舉家回到英格蘭。Compare with a related jade vase with bamboo and phoenix, Qing dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 8, Beijing, 2011, p.223, no.181.See also a pale green jade bamboo-shaped 'phoenix' vase, 18th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 166.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pale green and russet 'boys washing the elephant' groupQianlong Crisply carved as a wrinkled elephant standing four-square in a whirling pool of water with finely-incised eddy currents, its long trunk playing with the water, two boys with brushes sweeping the elephant, the stone with russet patches, wood stand. 7.5cm (3in) long. (2).Footnotes:清乾隆 青白玉帶皮童子掃象擺件Provenance: S.Marchant and Sons, London (label)A distinguished English private collection來源：倫敦古董商S.Marchant and Sons（標簽）英國顯赫私人收藏The subject matter of boys tending to an elephant forms many multiple layers of meaning and auspiciousness. The phrase 'ride an elephant' (qi xiang 騎象), has a similar pronunciation as ji xiang (吉祥), meaning good fortune. Furthermore, boys cleaning or 'washing the elephant' (sao xiang 掃象), forms a rebus for 'sweeping away the phenomena of the outside world', which are thought to be mere illusions. The pun is based on the fact that the pronunciation of 'elephant' and 'image' is the same in Chinese (xiang 象). Compare with a related carving of an elephant being groomed by two boys, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, Beijing, 2011, no.136.See also a related white jade carving of an elephant and boys, 18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 10 May 2017, lot 4.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good Chinese Republic period porcelain vase with onion bulb neck above twin elephant trunk moulded handles and baluster body finely painted with female attendants in a landscape, with apocryphal gilt heightened iron red four character Qianlong mark to base, height 56cm.Additional InformationSome rubbing to gilt at rim, further light rubbing to detail in areas, light dirt.
A good Japanese bronze figure of Shoki the Demon Queller, Meiji period, well modellled holding aloft an oni in his left hand, his sword by his side, his robe with gilt detailing and clouds, standing upon a raised platform on four trunk legs with cloud knees, with three character signature, 54cmCondition report: One leg has been repaired/re-attached where it joins the platform.
A.M 390 bisque head doll, German circa 1910, with weighted blue glass eyes, open mouth, upper teeth and original brown hair, on a fully jointed wood and composition body and wearing a green check dress, shorts and tweed style coat and hat, (condition: two fingers re-glued), 16” (41cm) tall, together with her trunk full of extra dresses, underclothes, knit ware, combs, mirrors and more.
Collection of various dolls, accessories and related items, including a miniature wooden dressing table with marble top, (lacks mirror), small baby wax doll, oriental doll, Scottish Parian-type doll, two peg dolls, dog in basket, dolls trunk, number of blankets, pillows, scales, writing folder, metal folding crib and more, (lot).
Silk plush toy Elephant, Teddy Bear and mohair Monkey, circa 1930, grey faded Elephant with blue glass eyes, red lined mouth, tusks and long trunk, large ears, swivel head and jointed at shoulder and hips, probably French, (condition: colour faded, split to upper left arm around disc joint), 22” (56cm) tall, together with a brown plush Teddy Bear (worn and split to back) and a brown mohair monkey, (3 items).
An impressive life-size plaster model of Germanicus, or Marcus Claudius Marcellus as Hermes Logios, after the Antique, probably early 19th century, modelled nude and standing contrapposto, the right arm raised, and the left supporting a drape, on an integral rectangular socle, approximately 195cm high, the base 73 x 52cm The present plaster is modelled on the marble statue thought to represent Marcellus the Younger (circa 42 -23BC), nephew of Emperor Augustus and a prominent member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty that ruled Rome from 27BC until 68AD. The marble original was unearthed during the 17th century, resided at one point in the collection of King Louis XIV, and is now in the collection of the Louvre. It is thought to have been sculpted several years after Marcellus' death, and presents him as an idealised youth and in the guise of 'Hermes Logios', the god of eloquence, perhaps alluding to the subject's oratory skills and statesmanship. The sculpture is also often referred to as Germanicus, a Roman general and member of the Claudian dynasty.Plaster casts after Antique monuments really rose in popularity during the 18th and 19th centuries, occupying prominent positions in Neoclassical interiors and serving as valuable teaching aids at art academies across Europe. The art collection of the University of Edinburgh for example still holds a cast after the statue that was acquired during the late 19th or 20th century, though the closest comparable example is the model in the Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow. This incredibly similar example is known to have been acquired by the Academy in Vienna in 1826, firmly establishing the date of manufacture of that model in the earlier part of the 19th century. A cast of the same subject is also known to have been presented to the Royal Academy by the Prince Regent in 1816, and it is possible that this lot dates from a similar period. Further reading: Haskell and Penny, Taste and the Antique, Yale University Press, 1981, pp. 219-20, no. 42Condition Report: The lot bears the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age and use.There are some losses to the painted surface, particularly to the upper back.There are also chips and losses to the plaster, especially the rectangular base (front and rear left corner, left and right sides) and to the exposed edges of the suspended drapery. There are casting joins visible in places, a result of manufacture. Possible restoration to lower portion of the tree trunk, possibly the lower portion of the hand, raised right wrist, and sections of paint may have been refreshed. It is possible that the plaster is more broadly 19th century in make.Minor losses to paint on plinth.Condition Report Disclaimer
A Sri Lankan calamander and Coromandel longcase Astronomical Regulator timepiece, W. J. Doyle, Columbo, late 19th century, the eight-day movement with four substantial pillars, the 12inch brass dial with minute hand with Arabic numerals to the outer track and subsidiary Roman numeral hours dial and Arabic seconds, the case of solid timber construction the trunk door with stylised carved exterior scene, the plinth base with foliate and scroll motifs, 205cm highCondition Report: With case keys, pendulum and weight Dreweatts have not tested the movement and cannot make any guarantees or comments as to accuracy or if the movement is working we suggest getting the clock appraised by a professional clock restorer prior to use. However the movement looks to have been recently cleaned.The dial has some dirt and discolouration, there is wear and looses around the winding key hole to the dialThe case appears to have been cleaned and polishedThe hood is quite tight to get on and off but can be managed by one person. Condition Report Disclaimer
A burr elm stool, mid 20th century, of sectional tree trunk form, 31cm high, the top approximately 43 x 38cm Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions consistent with age and use. Old splits and chips. Some evidence of old worm to legs. Stamped '0 0' and '7 3 1' to underside. Structurally solid overall. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
A Scottish scumbled act of parliament or tavern timepiece, J & A Mcnab, Perth, the tole painted octagonal Roman numeral dial signed to the centre for the maker, the trunk with arched door, 138cm high, 57cm wide Condition Report: Dreweatts have not tested the movement and cannot make any guarantees or comments as to accuracy or if the movement is working we suggest getting the clock appraised by a professional clock restorer prior to use - the movement looks dirty and there are cobwebs visible through the inspection hatch to one side, the other inspection hatch is closed shut. The Hour hand is loose and not engaging - it hangs limply at the 6 o'clock position and can be moved with a finger. This clock and movement will require some attention overallThere is a pendulum, one weight, and a winding key.The case with marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use, there are areas of dirt and discolouration to the trunk. The dial with chips and losses to the surface as well flaking and wear. Condition Report Disclaimer
Repoussé copper votive plaque Nepalese, 19th Century depicting an elephant with its elaborate trappings standing underneath a Sal tree, being led by its trunk by Buddha with two attendants before him, encased in a gem studded frame with scrolling foliate stems 79.5cm x 67cm Provenance: From the Collection of the late Hans Calmann, and by descent Note: For a similar plaque see Marg magazine vol 4, no.1
A George III mahogany stick barometer, broken arched pediment above the silvered dial, signed 'Bap. Roncheti & Co. Fecit', with vernier scale, the trunk with silvered thermometer scale, damages together with an Edwardian inlaid mahogany barometer (2) Note: Baptist Roncheti was a Manchester maker
A carved Zitan brushpotWith beaded edges, standing on three, short, bracket feet, carved in shallow relief to one side with a cicada resting on the gnarled trunk of a tree, the reverse incised yi shi ling gui [亦似靈龜], box. 13cm (5 1/8in) high (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GEORGIAN TWIN MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the distressed hood with twin half column pillars with brass detail between the reeding at the bottom half, arched glass door enclosing a brass 10' dial, signed Robert Hynam of London, eight day movement, the arch with a strike/silent dial, above a seconds dial and date aperture, between Roman and Arabic numerals, the trunk with a heavy door, above a raised panel base, on a plinth, height 224cm (two door keys, two weights and dismantles pendulum) (condition: various loose components, see image, the movement in need of repair, some minor warping to trunk door, some veneer loss)
A LEATHER TRAVELLING TRUNK, stamped John Bagshaw & Sons, Liverpool, with luggage labels attached, interior lined, containing a Bibby Line passenger list, London to Liverpool via Hamburg and Rotterdam, 21st August 1937, a White Star Liner 'RMS Ceramic' booklet sailing from Melbourne for Southampton via Hobart, Adelaide, Fremantle, Durban, Capetown and Tenerife, and a White Star Liner 'Titanic' postcard, height 30cm x length 48cm x depth 34.5cm, together with a cowhide briefcase (used) (2)
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