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Lot 315
Novelty Art Deco correspondence box, in the form of a 1930s radio, the hinged cover revealing letter compartments and a calendar stand, bakelite tuning dials for effect, width 24cm, height 29.5cm.Condition report:There are a small number of worm holes to the front and side panels. Some splits to the thin ply panels. General all over wear, particularly noticeable surrounding the knob to the lid. The tuning dial window that would presumably have incorporated a calendar doesn't presently have any calendar cards or the like.
Lot 410
Italian Art Deco alabaster figure, signed Umberto Stiaccini, the female Romany figure modelled against an urn, old damages and repairs, 49cm high.Condition report:The head has been broken off and reattached at the neck. The nose has been reconstructed as have some of the curls of hair. The left arm has been broken and reattached through the upper arm anda wrist. There is also a repaired break through the base of the pedestal and through the figure's ankles. There is also a very evident repaired chip to the back right corner of the base. All over random surface wear, scratching, and discolouration due to the softness of the alabaster.
Lot 482
Charles Dickens interest - A mid-19th century playbill inscribed 'Free Trade Hall, Manchester ... On Wednesday Evening, September 1, 1852, The Amateur Company Guild of Literature & Art ... will have the honor of presenting (this being their last night of performance) ... of Used Up ... to conclude with Mr Nightingale's Diary', with lead roles performed by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Augustus Egg, John Tenniel and others, printed in red and black, 46.5x22cm, framed and glazed.
Lot 707
Art Deco walnut dining suite, comprising table, the top with rounded corners, removable plate glass, on two rectangular column supports, 184x92cm, height 79cm, and six chairs, curved backs, cream leather upholstery, splayed legs.Qty: 7Condition report:The table is in good condition, the top very slightly lighter at one end, minimal surface wear, has a plate glass top, minor veneer chip to the frieze but otherwise good, the legs looks good veneer-wise too, the table is solid and stable with no lateral movement in the joints. upholstery on the chairs is good, they are quite comfy, there is some movement in the joints of the chairs and it won;t be too long before they need looking at.Additional images have been uploaded to the lot page on our website for you to view.
Lot 105
A JAPANESE ARITA 'QUAIL AND MILLET' DISHEDO PERIOD, C.1700-20The octagonal body decorated in underglaze blue, gilt and polychrome enamels; the two plump birds pecking seeds underneath tall sprays of millet and other flowers, the reverse with four beribboned sacred pearls, a paper label for 'Girton Two Quail Collection, 2004 Loan Exhibition, no.2', 17.4cm.Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent. Purchased from Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 12th May 2011, lot 103. Exhibited: Stockspring Antiques, London, 6th-20th May 2004, and The Museum of Worcester Porcelain, Worcester, 2nd July-5th September 2004, no.2, as part of the exhibition 'The Two Quail Pattern, 300 Years of Design on Porcelain' and illustrated in the catalogue, p.77.
Lot 107
A JAPANESE KAKIEMON BOWL EDO PERIOD, C.1700The deep body moulded as a five-petalled flower and raised on a short straight foot, richly painted in polychrome enamels with a single bloom to the well and flowering prunus trees and flowers emerging from behind fences to the cavetto; the exterior with a large fruiting pomegranate tree and further flowering prunus issuing from rockwork, 19cm. Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent. Purchased from Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 11th November 2010, lot 237.
Lot 11
ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-1790)EDO PERIOD, C.1774-5A Japanese oban yoko-e shunga woodblock print entitled 'Making Love on the Veranda', depicting a young couple enjoying each other's company, with large chrysanthemum flowers in the foreground and a screen depicting crashing waves behind, two poems beside the busy lovers, some details rendered in karazuri (embossing), 24.95cm x 37cm.Provenance: an English private collection, purchased c. 1970 from Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., British publishers in London.See the British Museum, access. no. OA+,0.97 for another example of this print by Koryusai, also illustrated in R Buckland, Shunga: Erotic Art in Japan, p.46.
Lot 2
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS NOW TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE KOMAI YOSHINOBU (ACT. C.1764-81)EDO PERIOD, C.1765-71A Japanese woodblock print entitled Edo-machi Itchome, Ogiya uchi Matsukaze (The Courtesan Matsukaze of Ogiya in Edo-machi Itchome), depicting two beauties in an interior, one presenting the other with a letter, signed Komai Yoshinobu ga, with the seal of the Hayashi Collection, 25.5cm x 19.4cm; the mount with a handwritten inscription reading 'Yoshinobu Komai, seal of the Hayashi Collection, bought from Murakami 10-3(?)-09' in French.Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949), and previously in the collection of Hayashi Tadamasa (1854-1906).See Sotheby's London, Important Japanese Prints, Books and Paintings from the Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 8th June 2004, lot 101, for another print by Komai Yoshinobu from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, with a similar inscription on the mount reading 'bought from Murakami, 9-1-09'. Also, see the Art Institute Chicago, access. no.1928.979 for another example of this print.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 212
A JAPANESE SILVERED AND PARCEL-GILT BRONZE OKIMONO OF MORI TAHEIMODERN, 20TH CENTURYThe famous samurai is depicted standing, holding his spear in one hand and a large sake cup in the other, with a seal mark to the back, possibly for Junichiro Hanwaka, 31cm. (2)Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan. See Japanese Works of Art, 17 May 2022, lot 229 for a related model sold in these rooms.
Lot 241
SAITO TAKASHI (B.1943)HEISEI ERA, DATED 2002A Japanese drawing, pencil on paper, depicting a hand clenched in a tight fist, inscribed lower left margin Te heiseiju yonen ku gatsu matsuhitsu ('Hand, 14th Year of Heisei, I completed this at the end of September'), signed and sealed by Saito Takashi; a paper label at the back repeating the inscription, framed and glazed, 46.50cm x 54.5cm.Figures in Saito Takashi's works are often described as ghost-like, tormented and eerie. Living in almost complete solitude on top of a mountain in Fukushima, Saito first exhibited his work in 1963 at the Yomiuri Independent Exhibition. With no affiliation to any Japanese school, Saito continues to produce and display his idiosyncratic work around the country. In 2020, Sagawara Art Museum dedicated an exhibition to his art and to earthenware pieces by Raku Kichizaemon XV, illustrating their shared interest in depicting the truth of life and the many complexities of the human condition.
Lot 62
A RARE AND IMPRESSIVELY LONG JAPANESE WOOD JIZAI OKIMONO (ARTICULATED MODEL) OF A SNAKE BY MASAKAZUMEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURYThe fully articulated body of the reptile realistically rendered, with a movable lower jaw, fangs and tongue; the eyes cleverly inlaid in yellow mother of pearl and the surface of the wooden scales a warm golden brown patina, signed Masakazu in an oblong mother of pearl reserve underneath the jaw, 175cm.Provenance: formerly in an important European collection, acquired in the 1970s.See Christie's London, Art of Japan, 8th December 2016, lot 19, for another wood model of a snake signed Masakazu.See p.53 of this catalogue for another view.
Lot 71
A LARGE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF BEETLES ON A LEAF BY MICHAEL WEBB (1932-2009)C.1980SThe small insects depicted crawling on long curved leaves, with the minute details of their antennae realistically carved, the leaves embellished with long thin strokes; signed MW to the tip, 6.9cm, together with a receipt from Eskenazi Oriental Art Ltd. (2)Provenance: formerly in a private West Country collection, purchased from Eskenazi Oriental Art Ltd, 23rd November 1983. A copy of the original receipt is available. Exhibited: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, October 1983, and Eskenazi Ltd, London, November 1983.
Lot 459
Dame Laura Knight DBE, RA, RWS (1877-1970) - Pas de Deux, lithograph, signed by the artist in pencil, 52 x 69.5cm Bolling & Withington 'M' Rare. In Bolling & Withington's catalogue raisonne of Laura Knight's prints "To our knowledge this lithograph is almost an 'unknown piece' and has not been mentioned or described except in the auction where it was sold a few years ago. It is, however in the collection of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Dublin and another in the National Gallery of Canada. The image, when seen at [life]size is impressive...". Laura Knight's four lithographs of which Pas de Deux is the largest date from around 1924/25. The few recorded examples were printed on 'newsprint quality' paper. The exception would appear to be the unique proof impression of Pas de Deux printed on heavy wove that was with Campbell Fine Art. Repaired tears upper centre left and right, slightly creased and browned
Lot 726
Art & the History of Collecting. Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (Lord Ronald, M.P.), The Lenoir Collection of Original French Portraits, London: Maclure & Macdonald, Lithographers [...], 1874, some foxing, title-page and prelims creased, 136 plates, original green quarter-morocco over cloth (rubbed, light losses), the upper-cover with a portrait of the collector, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, (57cm x 45.5cm)
Lot 85
Art Deco alabaster desk lamp and compendium, the gilt metal banker’s-style lamp on a wide alabaster plinth base with twin alabaster inkwells with removable liners, and pen recesses, partial maker’s label, width 37cm, height 25cm.Condition report:Thee is some loss of gilding to the metal. The inkwells have been moved in the past. The central piece between the inkwells is missing. There are some nibbles to edges. There is no plug. Please see additional uploaded images.
Lot 468
Material - Vintage mixed lot of cotton pieces, Table runner with crochet edging 114 x 32cm-hand embroider; Mat 48cm x 38cm with fine floral hand embroidery and table cloth 96cm sq.-with beautiful cutwork embroidery bird and florals 1900-30's-group of (2) small linen table cloths- 110cm sq. with hand worked bobbin lace and (2) Guipure art cotton mesh lace cloths 75cm x 35cm and 65cm x 44cm late 1800's/early 1900 and Damask cotton table cloths-(1) floral design 266cm x 220cm (1)x contrast yellow floral boarder 170cm x 120cm good condition 1950's
Lot 125
A collection of items issued to cast and crew members following the completion of 'The Road To Hong Kong' (1962) to inc: ring bound folder with typed letter on 'Melnor Films Limited' stationery hand signed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, also 33 double signed cart prints with character design/costume sketches. Also an original cast photo (approx 5x7"), a metal keyring engraved with message 'Road to Hong Kong Bing' (approx 2cm diameter), a pair of cufflinks with Bob Hope design.Provenance, from the collection of Terry Parr, set designer/dresser and art director, who worked on 'The Road To Hong Kong' , 'The Message' and others.
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