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Lot 417
A KINGFISHER FEATHER HEADDRESSQing DynastyThe tall rounded headdress formed of pierced and repousse decorated gilt metal panels, part mounted on fine coiled springs en-tremblant, embellished with kingfisher feather, hardstone beads and colourful pompoms of varying sizes, the front adorned with beaded pendants suspended from phoenix head panels. 27.2cm (10 3/4in) wide.Footnotes:清 點翠頭飾For a similar headdress see The Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession no. 42.8.330.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 72
A RARE AND EXTREMELY LARGE PAIR OF MOULDED FAMILLE ROSE 'WU SHUANG PU' VASESLate Qing DynastyEach vase of baluster form and decorated in mirror image, the body of each finely moulded and painted with the four historical figures Liu Chen, An Min, Dong Fangshou and Yue Fei, the shoulders moulded with the Hehe twins on one side, and the Star Gods Cai and Zi, all against a yellow sgraffito ground set with flowering stems, the shoulders set with elephant head handles suspending a fixed ring, stylised lappets around the foot, the rim with a key-scroll band above a pendent ruyi head border.124cm (48 3/4in) high (2).Footnotes:清晚期 粉彩模印無雙譜人物圖瓶 一對Vases of this massive scale were first produced in the late 17th and 18th Centuries for export to the West where they graced the doorways of European palaces and stately homes. At the time they were typically referred to as 'soldier' or 'dragoon' vases, a name thought to derive from a historical incident in 1717 when Augustus the Strong of Saxony is said to have traded 600 cavalrymen, known as dragoons, for a collection of 150 Chinese porcelain vases in negotiations with Frederick the Great of Prussia. It is therefore fitting that the famous general Yue Fei (1103-1142) has been selected for inclusion on the body of these 'soldier' vases, along with Liu Chen (220-265), prince of Beidi also depicted in military garb. The other two figures are the official and courier of Emperor Wu Dong Fangshuo (154-93 BC) and stone mason An Min (1050-1125).The figures are taken from the Wu shuang pu compiled by Jin Guliang during the mid-17th century. The manual describes forty peerless heroes from the Han to Song dynasties. The descriptive texts reproduced over the body of the vase are also taken from the woodblock printed manual. The text became a popular source of inspiration for famille rose porcelain of the late Qing period. Vases of the subject on this scale are known, for example, a pair of vases 131cm high depicting scenes from Wu Shuang pu was sold Bonhams Knightsbridge, Asian Art, 9 May 2022, lot 152. However, the moulded detail and craftsmanship of the present vase ranks high above other known examples of the subject.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 58
A COLLECTION OF MONOCHROME WASHERSQing Dynasty, one signed Sun GuiwanComprising: A pair of apple green crackle glazed washers; a copper red glazed washer decorated to the interior en-grisaille with a dragon emerging from clouds; and a yellow glazed square biscuit washer carved with landscape panels and a dragon fish amongst waves to the interior, Sun Guiwan four-character mark. The largest 17cm (6 3.4in) diam. (4).Footnotes:Provenance: From the collection of Barry C Tattenhall (1907-1989), thence by descent to the present owners.Barry Tattenhall was a well-regarded collector of Chinese porcelain and member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and lent porcelain to their 1950 Polychrome Exhibition and 1964 Qing Exhibition.David and Jellinek (2011, Provenance. Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America) describe him as 'ahead of his time with his interest in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Imperial porcelain'. A number of pieces from his collection were sold at Sotheby's on 12 December 1989.Edson Bradley (label). Edson Bradley (1852-1935) was a liquor millionaire whose Chinese ceramic collection was sold at the American Art Galleries in 1917 and Christie's, London in 1933.清 單色釉洗《孫桂丸作》款The work of Sun Guiwan is very rare. He was one of a number of artists during the Daoguang period creating vessels from carved porcelain including Wang Bingrong, Chen Guozhi and Li Yucheng. For more details see Elegance in Relief, Carved Porcelain from Jingdezhen of the 19th to Early 20th Centuries, 2006.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 331
A RETICULATED PALE CELADON JADE 'DRAGON' BELT PLAQUEMing DynastyThe rectangular plaque carved with one slightly rounded edge, the dragon's body coiled in flight with outstretched four-clawed legs, against a ground of densely coiled scrolls, the head framed between two small leaf-shaped panels each enclosing a xi character.16cm (6 1/4in) longFootnotes:明 白玉鏤雕龍紋帶板For a similar example see Shen Zhiyu The Shanghai Museum of Art, New York, 1983, pl. 209.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 216
A QUANTITY OF CHINESE ART AUCTION CATALOGUES AND REFERENCE BOOKSComprising partial runs of Sotheby's and Christie's auction catalogues ranging from the 2000s to the present day and a selection of reference books covering Chinese ceramics and ivory carving. (Approximately 200).Footnotes:中國藝術拍賣圖錄及參考書籍This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • TP• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 300
AN IRON RED AND GILT DECORATED POWDER BLUE GROUND BOTTLE VASE19th centuryDecorated with a descending serpentine dragon facing a carp leaping from foaming waves, hardwood stand. 45cm (17 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:十九世紀 礬紅彩描金灑藍地長頸瓶The following sixty lots celebrate the creative invention employed by Chinese artists and artisans in the depiction of the animal kingdom. From the solemn majesty of an Imperial dragon to the quiet grace of a domestic cat, animals are everywhere in Chinese art. They are embroidered into robes, painted onto porcelain vases and carved into wooden brush pots. Although they are often considered as decorative elements, they also have meanings in their own rights. The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac are each considered to embody certain human characteristics with a different animal for each year following a twelve month cycle.The pronunciation of other animals form rebuses with traditional sayings which confer auspicious associations with events or themes, such as quails' association with the new year and elephants' association with peaceful times. The five-clawed dragon and phoenix are symbols of the Chinese Emperor and Empress and ubiquitous in Imperial Chinese art. For officials of lower ranks, rectangular badges sewn into their garments depict specific animals, each denoting their status.The works provide a journey through a range of media across several thousand years of Chinese history at times personifying human feeling and at others helping connect collectors and connoisseurs to the natural world.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 281
CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)Landscape ViewsOil on canvas, one depicting two figures on a plank bridge, gazing at a cluster of pavilions on the shore, mountains in the distance, the other painting with two sampans in a river with a bridge in the middle ground, both framed. Each 29cm (12in) high x 43cm (17in) wide (2).Footnotes:Provenance: James Basil Wilson and Julia Wilson, and thence by descent十九世紀 外銷景色圖In 1945, James Basil Wilson returned from The Second World War having served with the Gurkhas. He married Julia Burke in 1949 and they moved to London. James started working for Iron and Steel Exporters and later that year, he was offered the chance to set up an office Hong Kong, so they moved there and set up home. The business was successful, they loved Hong Kong and they lived the life of ex-patriates to the full. They swam, played golf, made friends and indulged their passion for fast cars, competing in amateur road races. Julia claimed to have won at the first Macau Grand Prix. As well as enjoying the pastimes of the culture they brought with them, they developed an enduring love for China, Chinese people, Chinese food and Chinese art. With a growing family, they returned to England in 1957. They brought with them the pieces they had bought in Hong Kong and James made many trips to Hong Kong and continued to build their collection throughout the following decades mainly from dealers in London.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 214
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART AUCTION CATALOGUESComprising a partial run of approximately 195 Christie's auction catalogues (dating between 1967 to 2017) and 364 Sotheby's auction catalogues (dating between 1973 to 2016) from London, Hong Kong and New York.(Approximately 596).Footnotes:Provenance: From the estate of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014)Christie's 21 Jul 2016, lot 115 [part lot]中國藝術拍賣圖錄 一組Saleroom notices:Please note this lot will be viewable by appointment only at our Oxford storage facility prior to the sale. Please contact the department for further details.The lot includes catalogues of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth collection, the Edward T Chow collection, the J. M. Hu collection, the Ira and Nancy Koger collection, the Meiyintang collection, the Sakamoto collection, the Pilkington collection, the Bloch collection, the Frederick Knight collection, the Dr Ip Yee collection, the Dr S. Y. Yip collection, the Baoyizhai collection, the Toguri Museum of Art collection, 40 years special catalogue, the Georges De Batx collection, the Christina Loke Balsara collection, the Dr Alice Cheng collection, the Jiansongge collection, the British Rail pension fund, the Biegucang collection, the Leshantang collection, the Muwen Tang collection, the Pan-asian collection, the Eugene O Perkings collection, the Aurelius Perenti collection, the Jarras collection, the Jingguantang collection (all 3), the Robert Chang collection, the E.T Hall collection, the Edoris collection, the Pine Moon Studio collection, the Alan and Simone Hartman collection, the Arthur M Sackler collection, the Fonthill collectioin, the Lee family collection, the Yiqingge collection and the Richard Bryant Hobart collection. A full list is available on request.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • TP• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 463
A PAIR OF LARGE PASTE-SET GILT METAL JARDINIERESQianlongOf rectangular form with everted flattened rims and canted corners, rising from four shaped scrolling feet, the gently flaring sides decorated in repousse with scrolling foliage enclosing a central panel, all set with variously coloured paste flowerheads. 38cm (15in wide) x 26cm (10 1/4in) deep x 14cm (5 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:清乾隆 鎏金花盆 一對This brilliantly gilded and elaborately decorated pair of jardinières is a testament to the artistic and cultural exchange between China and Europe in the eighteenth century. The paste-inset floral heads and Rococo-inspired scroll show the extent to which Chinese craftsmen in both the Imperial palace and Guangzhou quickly embraced and emulated Western techniques on Chinese art for the Imperial court.Such works received the direct patronage of the Qianlong Emperor who commissioned Chinese and Western artisans to work together to create highly decorative pieces to display Imperial supremacy and grandeur. During the mid-18th century European Jesuit artists were employed at the court to design the palaces in the northern part of the Yuanming Yuan. A pair of gilded silver rectangular jardinières with floral decoration inlaid with precious stones, in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 61. A gilt-copper example cast with shou characters in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Yang Xin, Treasures of the Imperial Palace, Beijing, 1995, pl. 59.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 24
Lola PRUSAC, circa 1935. Pochette du soir pliable 24 cmLola Prusac - Modéliste chez Hermès entre 1926-1935.En daim noir, rabat rigide en métal argenté surmonté d'un bouton façon cordelette.Traces d'utilisationN.B.: En 1926, alors que François Roques, dessinateur de grand talent et créateur d'accessoires, dessine des lignes de maroquinerie pour Hermès, Lola Prusac devient modéliste chez Hermès, où elle introduit la mode féminine, les foulards et les premières tenues de sport et de loisir dans des couleurs vives à motifs géométriques. De par ses origines polonaises, très influencée par l'art folklorique de son pays, elle a un sens de l'harmonie des couleurs inné. Dès son arrivée chez Hermès, elle dessine des pull-overs, tenues de plage et maillots de bains, ainsi que vêtements de sports d'hiver, tenues pour la campagne, bagages et accessoires. 24 x 13 cmFootnotes:Lola PRUSAC, circa 1935. Foldable evening clutch 24 cmLola Prusac - Modeler at Hermès between 1926-1935.In black suede, rigid silver metal flap topped with a cord-style button.Very slight wear.24 x 13 cmN.B.: In 1926, while François Roques, a highly talented designer and creator of accessories, was designing lines of leather goods for Hermès, Lola Prusac became a pattern maker at Hermès, where she introduced women's fashion, scarves and the first sports and leisure wear in bright colours with geometric patterns. Because of her Polish origins, heavily influenced by the folk art of her country, she has an innate sense of colour harmony. From the moment she arrived at Hermès, she designed sweaters, beachwear and swimwear, as well as winter sportswear, country wear, luggage and accessories.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 28
An Egyptian blue-green glazed faience fragment of a chalice, 3rd Intermediate Period, 1075-716 B.C., moulded in shallow relief with part of a frieze showing bow-legged Bes holding papyrus stems, a partially preserved figure to the right, with a fish and Nile flowers below, 6.4cm x 4.2cm Provenance: Paris art market, 1977, Acquired by the present owner from the above.Property from the Collection of Peter Sharrer, US.Exhibited:Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, in collaboration with Claire Brown Art, London, 2022 “Yes, wonderful things”. Egyptian Art from 3000-100 B.C., cat. no. 18, illus.For a related example see G. A. D. Tait, “The Egyptian Relief Chalice”, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 49, 1963, p. 127, no. XL, pl. XXII, 3.
Lot 26
An Egyptian Predynastic diorite palette, Naqada II, circa 3600-3200 B.C.Of slightly convex rectangular form, 13.5cm x 10cmProvenance:Dr. Rudolph Schmidt (1900-1970), Solothurn, 1954-1970. Private collection, Switzerland, 1970-2014 (Christie’s, London, October 1st, 2014, no. 2, part, illus.). Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.Property from the Collection of Peter Sharrer, US.Exhibited:For related examples see F. D. Friedman, ed., Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, Providence, 1998, no. 116 (king smiting prisoner) and 117 (swamp scene). Also compare Egyptian Art at Eton College, Windsor, 1999, no. 5, illus.
Lot 180
Fourteen saleroom catalogues, as follow :American Art Association, Anderson Galleries Inc., New York, Eastern Art, from the collection of J. Gazdar, Bombay, India, 25 March 1933 (1)Sotheby & Co, Catalogue of the Valuable Collections of Bronze, Sculpture, Ceramics, Textiles, Etc., the Property of M.M de Zoete, Esq (deceased) of Layer Breton, Colchester and Blenheim House, North Berwick [Sold by order of the Executors], 1-3 March 1935 (1)Sotheby & Co, Catalogue of the well-known Collection of Fine Islamic Pottery, the Property of the late Sir Eldred Hitchcock, C. B. E [Sold by Orders of the Executors], 8 March 1960 (1)Sotheby & Co, Catalogue of African, Oceanic, American Indian and Pre-Columbian Art also Indian Sculpture, the Property of Mrs. B. haines, the Property of Mr. Francis Olmer of new York City, the Property of Major J. B Ready and other Owners, 26 June 1967 (1)Sotheby & Co, Catalogue of Primitive Art and Indian Sculpture, the Property of Dr. V. L Wilson, the Property of Mrs. D. H. Walker and other Owners, 20 November 1967 (1)Sotheby & Co, Catalogue of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, Indian, Tibetan and Nepalese Sculpture, Tibetan Tankas, the Property of M. Crhistophe Tzara, the Property of Dr. H. Teed and other Owners, 8 July 1969 (1)Mes Rheims et Laurin, Miniatures Mogholes, Indiennes, Turques et Armeniennes, Manuscrits, Paris - Palais Galliera, 05/12/1970 (1)Christie's, Important Tibetan and Nepalese Bronzes and Tankas, 19 June 1973 (1)Christie's, Important Indian, Tibetan, Nepalese and Chinese Works of Art, 11 December 1973 (1)Christie's, Islamic and Indian Manuscripts and Miniatures and European Paintings, prints and Maps of Islamic Interest, 17 November 1976 (1)Christie's, Fine Indian miniatures and Islamic Manuscripts, 7 July 1977 (1)Christie's, Important Indian Miniatures and Paintings, 25 May 1978 (1)Christie's, Important Indian Miniatures and Indian manuscripts and Miniatures, 11 October 1979 (1)Christie's, Important Indian Miniatures and Watercolours, 3 July 1980 (1)
Lot 53
To Be Sold With No ReserveA turquoise glazed basket-shaped ceramic vessel, Central Asia or Iran, circa 1st Millennium A.D., with inner tapering cylindrical bowl, encased within an openwork cage the inverted V-shaped decoration with stepped edges, the arched handle surmounted by two quadrupeds flanking a swan at its apex, the base of each handle moulded with a bull’s head in high relief and flanked on either side by a poppy head in relief, 24cm high Provenance: Acquired on the London art market in 2012.
Lot 328
To Be Sold with No ReserveAn early Islamic zoomorphic glass vessel, Iran or Syria, 7th-8th century, in manganese and clear glass, on four feet, carrying two small flasks on its back, decorated with a thick horizontal trail applied on the shoulder, 10cm. high, 8cm. diam.Published: Arts of the Islamic World, Sotheby’s, 13 October 2004, Lot 30.Provenance: Acquired on the London art market 2nd January 2001 and kept in London since this date.These small flasks possibly representing donkeys or camels, are found in mostly in the Eastern Mediterranean, but also in Egypt and Persia. They were probably made for perfumes or cosmetics while their thick pincered tails could have been used as handles by which to pour out the contents of the small flasks on the animals' backs. For a further discussion of this known group, see Stefano Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands. The Al-Sabbah Collection, London 2001, pp. 24-5.
Lot 179
To Be Sold With No ReserveAlexander, David G. The Arts of War. Edited by Julian Raby, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ed., vol. XXI, London and Oxford, The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1992. (2)Bayani, Manijeh, et al. The Decorated Word Qur’ans of the 17th to 19th Centuries. Edited by Julian Raby, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ed., vol. IV, part 1, London and Oxford, The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1999. (1)Blair, Sheila S. A Compendium of Chronicles : Rashid Al-Din’s Illustrated History of the World. Edited by Julian Raby, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ed., vol. XXVII, London and Oxford, Nour Foundation In Association With Azimuth Editions And Oxford University Press, 1995. (1)David Lewis James. The Master Scribes. Edited by Julian Raby, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ed., vol. II, London and Oxford, The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1992. (1)François Déroche. The Abbasid Tradition : Qur ̓Ans of the 8th to 10th Centuries AD. Edited by Julian Raby, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ed., vol. I, London and Oxford, Nour Foundation In Association With Azimuth Editions And Oxford University Press, 1992. (1)Goldstein, Sidney M, et al. Glass, from Sassanian Antecedents to European Imitations. Edited by Julian Raby, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ed., vol. XV, London and Oxford, The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 2005. (1)Grube, Ernst J. Cobalt and Lustre : The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery. Edited by Julian Raby, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ed., vol. IX, London and Oxford, Nour Foundation In Association With Azimuth Editions And Oxford University Press, 1994. (2)James, David. After Timur : Qur’ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries. Edited by Julian Raby, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ed., vol. III, London and Oxford, The Nour Foundaiton in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1992. (1)Khalili, Nasser D. The Timeline History of Islamic Art and Architecture. London, Worth Press, 2005. (1)Wenzel, Marian. Ornament and Amulet, Rings of the Islamic Lands. Edited by Julian Raby, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art ed., vol. XVI, London and Oxford, The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1993. (1)
Lot 90
The Private Library of Professor JM Rogers (1935-2022), approximately 900 rare publications, journals and pre-1960s monographs on the art and archaeology of the Mongol, Timurid, Safavid, Seljuq, Ottoman and Mughal dynasties. A complete list can be requested from the department. John Michael Rogers, FBA, FSA (1935 – 25 December 2022) was a British art historian who was an expert in Islamic art history. He was Khalili Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art at SOAS, University of London from 1991 and a published author. In his later years, he was Honorary Curator of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art.Rogers studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1958). National Service followed - initially in the Royal Artillery and latterly the Intelligence Corps, where he was commissioned and trained as a Russianist. After National Service he continued to briefly serve in the Territorial Army (Reserves), but returned to Academia and a research fellowship in philosophy at Oriel College; he latterly taught philosophy at Pembroke College and Wadham College. As his interests shifted from philosophy to Islamic art, he learned Turkish, and earned a PhD on the architectural patronage of Seljuq Anatolia under Samuel Stern and Victor Ménage.Rogers taught Islamic art at the American University in Cairo, 1965–1977. In 1977 he joined the British Museum, as a curator in the Department of Oriental Antiquities, where he organized several exhibitions including "Islamic Art and Design" (1983), and "Suleyman the Magnificent" (1988). He was also responsible for the installation of the Islamic collections in the John Addis Gallery in 1989.From 1991 to 2000, Rogers was the Nasser D. Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London. From 1992, he was Honorary Curator of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, the world’s largest collection of Islamic art and antiquities in private hands. He was a Member of Council at the British Academy, 1992–1995.
Lot 522
Meher Afroz (Pakistani b. 1948), Untitled, crowns from the Pindaar series, mixed media on board, circa 2003, 40 x 40cm.Provenance: bought by the vendor from the Pindaar show held at the Chawkandi Art Gallery in January 2005, in Karachi, Pakistan. Afroz Mehar was born in 1948 in Lucknow, India, and has studied at the Government College of Arts and Crafts where she graduated with honours in 1971, before moving to Karachi, Pakistan. Pindaar means 'arrogance' in the her native Urdu language. Contextualized in a post 9/11 world enveloped in unrelenting violence, this work is a reflection on a historical moment.Afroz is widely regarded as a master of both media and persists in bringing them together through her interest in ageing her surfaces to connote the passage of time and the resultant accumulation of experience. Similarly, the work on offer is built in successive layers of marks, which serve as a camouflage to the plasticity of acrylics. The iconography is typical for Afroz - bearded men, stars, celestial bodies, light bulbs, floating buildings, are only part of the mystical symbols dominating her works. In an article by The Herald from February 2005, Afroz explained herself as pontificating the vices of ego and her own yearning for sufistic self-annihilation on the other.Today, Afroz lives in Karachi where she is a senior faculty member at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, along with being a founder member of ASNA, a non-commercial organization dedicated to the Exhibition and documentation of Arts and Crafts Pakistan.
Lot 16
A Central European cooper alloy ‘spectacle’ fibula, Bronze Age, circa 10th -7th Century B.C.Finely patinated, with etched decoration around the central and outer spirals, each spiral terminating in tight coils and joining the two spirals, 16.5cm max width, pin missing ** checkProvenance: With Maurice Braham; With Nicholas Wright, acquired from the above in the 1980s; With Finch & Co, London; Acquired in 2016 from the above.Published: Steven Phelps, The James Hooper Collection: Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas, 1976, p.258, pl.153, no. 1239.
Lot 389
To Be Sold with No ReserveAn Khorasan openwork bronze handle fragment, in the form of a falcon, Iran, circa 1150-1200, with incised detail, the chest of the bird shown with large openwork roundels to shoulders, one wing missing, the neck with detailed feathers, the head moulded with eye, plumage details, reddish patina, 9cm. highProvenance: Acquired on the Swiss art market in 2008.
Lot 372
A rare monumental brass padlock and keys, Persia, 18th century or later, of curvilinear waisted form with a large rounded handle, standing on a flared rectangular base, maker's stamps to lock cover and handle, the face with a band of engraved floral interlace tracing the form of the lock, raised ridged domes the the foot and edge of the front and back, the two large openwork brass keys inserting into a central fitting, a third key inserted to side, 52.5 high x 32cm. diam.Footnotes: Monumental padlocks from the Islamic world are rare and have been little studied. One other example very similar to ours is illustrated in The Noble Hand, exhibition catalogue, Momtaz Islamic Art, London 2017, no. 40, and is dated to 1730. Both examples were likely used on monumental gates. For a general discussion of locks see James Allan, "Metalwork of the Turcoman Dynasties of Eastern Anatolia and Iran," British Institute of Persian Studies, 1991, pp. 153-9.
Lot 525
Property from a Private London CollectionJatin Das (Indian, B. 1941), Untitled, seated woman, oil on canvas, signed to reverse, in wood frame, 110 x 109cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in Mumbai in the 1990sBorn in 1941 in Orissa (now Odisha), Jatin Das joined the Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay, in 1959. There, he studied under Shankar Balwant Palsikar, a member of the Bombay Group of Artists and a highly respected teacher at JJ. In 1961, Das held his first one man show of paintings in his home of Orissa. Since then, Das has held further solo exhibitions across India and abroad, in cities such as Helsinki, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, London, Dubai and San Francisco, and notably at the Paris and Venice Biennales (1971 and 78, respectively), and at Documenta, Kassel (1975).
Lot 523
A.Q. Arif (Pakistani, b. 1975), Nude, mixed media on paper, signed and dated 'ARIF '98' lower left, 37 x 26 cm. Note: Arif was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He graduated from the Karachi School of Arts in 1996 and since then has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Pakistan and abroad. In 2014, he was awarded the International Best Artist award by Trevisan Art Gallery in Italy and the Presidential Award for Pride of Performance by the Government of Pakistan in 2020. Arif is currently a member of the American Impressionist Society and the Watercolor Art Society of Houston where he currently resides.
Lot 63
Three ancient pottery vessels, circa 2500 B.C. – 7th Century B.C., including two coarse pottery vessels from the Holy Land, one vessel with globular body and cylindrical neck, 8.7cm high and one a single-handled globular vessel, 9cm high; and a grey burnished Villanovan burnished kyathos, the handle bifurcating at the rim, 6.5cm high, 11cm maximum diam. (3)Provenance:The jar with cylindrical neck, gifted to the present owner in the early 2000s.Handled vessel: Acquired from Ancient Art 2004, London Kyathos: Christie’s, South Kensington, Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, 19 May 1992, lot 60 unillustrated, where acquired by the present owner.
Lot 444
Property from a Private CollectionTo be Sold with No ReserveAn incised ware pottery vase, Iran, 13th century, on a short foot, the globular body leading to tapered neck widening at the mouth, and with neck ring, straight handle, under a milky white glaze the interior of the mouth in cobalt blue, with band of undulating and curling incised decoration around the body, with restored areas, 25cm. highProvenance: Acquired on the New York art market 20th September 1983 and kept in London since that date.A bottle flask with similar incised decoration in the Al-Sabah Collection has been dated to the late 12th-early 13th century by Oliver Watson despite being acquired with a Safavid dating. The present vessel, like the one in the Al-Sabah collection, does not have the glassy finish of the 17th century white wares and the bottle shape and decoration point to a date somewhere in the 13th century (O.Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, 2004, p. 311, cat. L.8.).
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