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Click here to subscribeA group of Chinese famille rose tea wares and vases, 18th/19th century, tallest 20cm, (8), damageCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of European & Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
A large Chinese famille rose figure of Budai and children, mid 20th century, height 28cmCONDITION: Structurally good, although uppermost muse (red jacket) with tiny chip to top of gilded flower, age probably post-war.Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of European & Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
A 19th century Chinese Canton Famille rose punch bowl, c.1830-50, 28cm diameter, repairedCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Chinese books, late Qing period, including Xi Shu Xiao Ti Ti Ching [Confucian doctrine etc.],1879, 12 small volumes, 14.5cm, Yin Shi Ya Can [Rules for Families collected and collated], 1876, one volume, illustrated, 25cm, Di Li Bian Zheng Shu [Feng Shui classic], 1872, five parts bound in one volume, 24cm, and Yu Li Chao Chuan [The Jade Calendar], one vol. undated probably Guangxu period, 24.5cm (15 volumes)CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Evans, Edward, The Ecclesiastical Topography of the County of Surrey, Containing Forty-Five Views of Churches of that County, Drawn by Hill and Engraved by Peak, publd. 1819, quarto, scarce bookplates of Earl Spencer, for Garbrand Hall, Ewell and A. Th. Arber-CookeCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
China, a group of silver and white metal coin charms, brooches and cuff links, Guangxu to Republic periodCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
A group of five Chinese stone models of archaic coins from Wu Zhu period etc., 45mm to 187mm, two repairedCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
China, 15 cast bronze charms or amulets, Qing dynasty, four with multiple characters obverse and reverse, 40-46mm, all good F, six obv. pictorial, rev. auspicious objects and or characters, 27-47mm, one obv. & rev. dragons chasing flaming pearl around a shou medallion, 56mm, F, two obv. multiple characters, rev. plain, 26-29mm, F and two obv. 4 or 5 characters, rev. two characters, 24 and 29mm, VG-FCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
China, coins, three 10 cash, Xianfeng zhong bao (1851-61), the first Zhejiang, Hangzhou Mint, Hartill CCC-22.1031, good F, the second Gongchang mint, Gansu province, CCC-22.814, obv. rim casting fault otherwise F and the last Wuchang mint, Hubei Province, H-22.866, casting fault to edge otherwise FCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
British Empire, India, four silver One Rupee, 1835, edge faults/mount marks otherwise VF, 1840, edge knocks otherwise VF, 1900, edge faults otherwise near EF, and 1905, edge nicks otherwise EF, all with tarnish and removed from a sealed early 20th century glazed frame with foil lining (4)CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
China, coins, two white metal pin trays inset with Republic period coins in sealed frames one back removed authenticity confirmedCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
China, coins, two lead cash 'Qian Heng Zhong Bao', Liu Han (917-42) Southern Han Dynasty Hartill CCC-15.111 and 15.112CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Three Chinese metal models of mirrors and three tokens or markers, Qing to early 20th century, including a calligraphic iron mirror, 170mm, a similar bronze mirror, 90mm, a damaged stone mirror, 93mm, a metal and enamel foundation medal for the Great Flower Hotel in Hankou, 33mm, a pressed brass tea house token, 27mm and a Hong Kong grey metal bale markerCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
A group of Japanese bronze coin charms or amulets, 19th/20th century, most in bronze, largest 97mmCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
A group of Indian silver and base metal temple tokens or charms, 19th/20th century, tray 6CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
China Empire, a group of Chinese Turkestan copper cash, Qing dynasty and Java Empire of Majapahit coins, 15th/16th century the Chinese Turkestan coins include Aksu and Kucha mints, together with a Tibetan tangka coin, the Majapahit base metal coins reduced varieties of Northern Song models (31)CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
A group of Sino-Sanskrit bronze amulets/charms, 19th century or earlier, tray 1CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Korea, bronze and copper coins, 11th-19th century to include nine AE Sang Pyong tong bo 'Military Training Command' coins, 24-25mm, Hullyondogam mint, 5 mun 1883, VF, 100 mun 1866, VF.CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
A group of Java and Thai bronze and metal amulets/charms, 19th/20th century, tray 18 & 19CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
China Empire, a group of 69 bronze and copper cash, Tongzhi, Guangxu and Xuantong period (1862-1912), different varieties and mintsCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Albert Schroeder. Annam Etudes numismatiques. [Annamese coins],Ernest Leroux, Paris Imprimerie Nationale 1905. Two volumes, one paperback for the texts, the other in a portfolio containing illustrated plates. Dimensions : 29x19 cm, book plate of A. T. Arber-Cooke.In his notes Arber-Cooke states this book was purchased from Spink post 1970.CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Three 19th century Dutch catalogues of Dutch East Indies coins, including Jacobus Anne van der Chijs, Catalogus der numismatische verzameling van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 1896, re-bound with extra annotated pages by Arber-Cooke, 28 x 19.5cm, some sympathetic page repairs and Verhandelingen Van Het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, two works bound as one vol. published Batavia, Lange & Co.1864., later cloth binding, 28 x 23cm -De vormveranderingen der Maleische taal by H. von Dewall and De munten van Nederlandsch Indie / beschreven en afgebeeld by E. Netscher en J.A. van der ChijsCONDITION: Book plate of A. Th. Arber-Cooke Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Millies, Henricus Christiaan, Recherches Sur Les Monnaies Des Indigenes De L'Archipel Indien Et De La Peninsule Malaie, Hague 1871, one vol. original card boards, spine loose, some damp spottingCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Terrien de Lacouperie; Reginald Stuart Poole, Catalogue of Chinese Coins from the VIIth Cent. B. C., to A. D. 621-1892, Including the Series in the British Museum, published by London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1892, one vol. book plate of A. Th. Arber-CookeCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Eduard Kann, Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins (Gold, Silver, Nickel and Aluminum) Catalogue, Published by Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd, 1954, and H. A. Ramsden: Modern Chinese copper coins, re-printed from the Numismatist, Worcester, Mass.: The Numismatic Press, 1911 former with book plate of A. T. Arber-Cooke, 23.5 x 16.5cmCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
China etc., coin charms - H N Stuart, Catalogus Der Munten En Amuletten Van China, Japan, Corea En Annam, published Batavia 1904, one vol. scarce first edition, quarter cloth and marbled boards, damage to spine, ex stock of book seller J. Schulman of Amsterdam, bookplate for A. Th. Arber-Cooke, 26 x 18cmCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Japan, Korea, Annam, Tibet & Malaya numismatic (coin) reference books and old catalogues, published in Europe, China & Japan including 19 copies of the Numismatic and Philatelic Journal of Japan 1913-14CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
China, numismatic (coin) reference books, published in Europe, China & Japan highlights include - W Vissering, On Chinese currency. Coin and paper money, publisher: Leiden, E.J. Brill, first edition 1877, paperback and spine damaged, The Stewart Lockhart Collection of Chinese Copper Coins, Lockhart, James H. Stewart, Published by Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai (1915), one vol. paper binding damaged, Werner Burger, Ch'ing Cash until 1735, one vol. Publisher: (Taipei): Mei Ya Publ., 1976, Arthur Braddan Coole 7 vols. on coins of China, republished 1970s, a facsimilie of Fisher's Ding 1990, various small catalogues and facsimilies CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
A walnut collector's cabinet for Chinese and Asian amulets and coins, early 20th century, the pair of arched doors inset with Chinese and S.E. Asian bronze charms or coins, enclosing ten cedar and pine lined drawers, no contents included, height 96cm width 76cm depth 52cm, the coins to be offered as separate lots in our 29th and 30th March sales.CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
A collection of miscellaneous Asian works of art, to include two Chinese snuff bottles, one blue and white, the other reverse painted glass, a silver and jade style pendant, a lidded wooden box, a carved stone deity (head broken off), an enamel and tigers eye pill pox, a cloisonne enamel pin dish, and others.Location: LWBCondition report: stone sculpture has broken parks to base and head broken, small hairline to the border of one of the porcelain cups, one ear broken off on both horses
A group of Egyptian pottery fragments, Coptic period, together with a Syrian Islamic pottery oil lamp fragment many items with Victorian collection labelsCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Antiquities and Asian works of art, principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He intially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with local archaeological digs undertaken by the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975. Further items from the collection to be offered in our 30th March Fine sale.
A group of Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine pottery and marble fragments many with Victorian collection labels, including two ostracon inscribed in Greek, the label stating '..Found at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt', 8.5cmCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Antiquities and Asian works of art, principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He intially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with local archaeological digs undertaken by the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975. Further items from the collection to be offered in our 30th March Fine sale.
Neolithic flint knives and fragments etc. from Wimbledon & Merton, and a dolerite hand-axe, together with 17th/18th century tile fragments, 18th century plaster mouldings from Llwyn-y-Brain mansion near LLandovery, a pine Ionic capital' fragmentCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Antiquities and Asian works of art, principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He intially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with local archaeological digs undertaken by the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975. Further items from the collection to be offered in our 30th March Fine sale.
103 volumes of the Transactions/Collections of the Surrey Archaeological Society, ranging from 1856 to 1989, not a complete run.CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Antiquities and Asian works of art, principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He intially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with local archaeological digs undertaken by the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
A group of early 20th century Chinese children's books, Chess books, pamphlets and journals Provenance - A. T. Arber-CookeCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Antiquities and Asian works of art, principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He intially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with local archaeological digs undertaken by the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archeaology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975. Further items from the collection to be offered in our 30th March Fine sale.
Quantity of Asian art miscellanea to include imitation cinnabar lacquer vase, trinket box, figures, scent bottle, etc Condition: Majority of items showing signs of wear in places, with some scratches etc, please see extra images. **Due to current lockdown conditions, bidders are unable to view lots in this online-only sale. Please therefore read the following: As this is a sale of second-hand and antique items, bidders should expect items to exhibit general wear and tear commensurate with age and use unless otherwise stated. Please carefully examine the images as they form part of the overall condition. Clevedon Salerooms are happy to provide further detailed information on request, if received by email or telephone at least 24 hours prior to the sale. The mention of a specific flaw or fault does not automatically mean that no other faults exist. Reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are a general assessment, not a forensic survey. Further category-specific condition information can be found in our Standard Terms and Conditions. The placing of a bid by you is taken by us as an indication that you have read, understood and agreed to these terms.
A Chinese Ge type water pot, Qing Dynasty, possibly QianlongOf cylindrical form with three spur feet, covered in a greyish glaze suffused with a fine two-tone wire crackle, the rim dressed in dark brown in imitation of the Song Dynasty.7cm high, 10cm dia.Footnote: Footnote:For similar examples of middle Qing Dynasty Ge type brush washers and water pots see He Li, Chinese Ceramics, p.273, f.518-520 from the collection of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.Condition report: Negligible signs of age only.
A collection of Goss and crested chinaCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of European & Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
Three Chinese embroidered silk floral panels and a similar woven with objects, 19th centuryCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of European & Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
An 18th century German or Italian ivory hilt and guard and a 19th century Southern Indian ivory and sandalwood blotter padCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of European & Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
Three Chinese embroidered silk 'landscape' panels and another woven with birds and flowers, 20th centuryCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of European & Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
Dr. Chila Kumari Singh Burman Brave Survivor Laugh Cry, 2021 Mixed Media Giclée Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) "Dr. Chila Kumari Burman (Punjabi: ਚਿਲਾ ਕੁਮਾਰੀ ਬਰਮਨ) is an iconic British artist. A significant figure in the Black British Art movement of the 1980s, Burman was one of the first British Asian female artists to have a monograph written about her work: Lynda Nead's Chila Kumari Burman: Beyond Two Cultures (1995), and a second monograph by Nead was published in 2012. In 2018, Burman received an honorary doctorate from University of the Arts London for her impact and recognised legacy as a British and International artist. In 2020, Burman was selected into the Art Workers Guild as a Brother."
Dr. Chila Kumari Singh Burman Hurt Heart, 2021 Mixed Media Giclée Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) "Dr. Chila Kumari Burman (Punjabi: ਚਿਲਾ ਕੁਮਾਰੀ ਬਰਮਨ) is an iconic British artist. A significant figure in the Black British Art movement of the 1980s, Burman was one of the first British Asian female artists to have a monograph written about her work: Lynda Nead's Chila Kumari Burman: Beyond Two Cultures (1995), and a second monograph by Nead was published in 2012. In 2018, Burman received an honorary doctorate from University of the Arts London for her impact and recognised legacy as a British and International artist. In 2020, Burman was selected into the Art Workers Guild as a Brother."
Dr. Chila Kumari Singh Burman Eat Me Now, 2021 Mixed Media on Paper Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) "Dr. Chila Kumari Burman (Punjabi: ਚਿਲਾ ਕੁਮਾਰੀ ਬਰਮਨ) is an iconic British artist. A significant figure in the Black British Art movement of the 1980s, Burman was one of the first British Asian female artists to have a monograph written about her work: Lynda Nead's Chila Kumari Burman: Beyond Two Cultures (1995), and a second monograph by Nead was published in 2012 In 2018, Burman received an honorary doctorate from University of the Arts London for her impact and recognised legacy as a British and International artist. In 2020, Burman was selected into the Art Workers Guild as a Brother."
Dr. Chila Kumari Singh Burman Love is all You Need, 2021 Mixed Media on Paper Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) "Dr. Chila Kumari Burman (Punjabi: ਚਿਲਾ ਕੁਮਾਰੀ ਬਰਮਨ) is an iconic British artist. A significant figure in the Black British Art movement of the 1980s, Burman was one of the first British Asian female artists to have a monograph written about her work: Lynda Nead's Chila Kumari Burman: Beyond Two Cultures (1995), and a second monograph by Nead was published in 2012 In 2018, Burman received an honorary doctorate from University of the Arts London for her impact and recognised legacy as a British and International artist. In 2020, Burman was selected into the Art Workers Guild as a Brother."
A Chinese white metal water pipe, by Wang Hing, 11.2cm, gross 27 grams.CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of European & Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
A Chinese carved hongmu folding table, width 83cm depth 56cm height 67cm, and a similar stool/stand, early 20th centuryCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
A pair of Chinese painted ancestor portraits, late Qing, 71 x 40cmCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of European & Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
A ‘SANDUO’ LAVENDER JADEITE FIGURE OF A MEIREN, LATE QING TO REPUBLICChina, 1830-1930. Carved striding, she wears a long flowing robe and several elegantly curving garlands, and holds up a tray with the Three Abundances, peach, pomegranate, and finger citron. Her hair is arranged in an elaborate coiffure, the face with a joyful expression. The pale green stone with intense shades of lavender and emerald green as well as cloudy white inclusions.Provenance: Collection of Lü Xiaguang (1906-1994). Thence by descent in the family. Lü Xiaguang came to Paris in 1930 with Wu Zuoren. Both were students of Xu Beihong, one of China’s most important artists of the time. Lü participated in the Chinese civil war and was ranked a General of the Army by Chang Kai-Check in 1937. After returning to Paris in 1946, he established himself as a reputed merchant of Asian art and built a notable collection.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, expected microscopic nibbles to the edges.Weight: 812.2 gDimensions: Height 23 cmAuction result comparison: A related lavender jade figure was sold by Sotheby’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 16-17 September 2014, lot 310, for USD 25,000.清末民初紫羅蘭翡翠雕美人像 中國，1830-1930。美人身著飄逸長袍，手舉放著桃子、石榴和佛手瓜的托盤。頭髮雕刻精緻，臉部表情愉悅。 淡綠色的玉石，帶有深淺不一的紫羅蘭色和翠綠色，玉石内含白色絮狀紋。 來源：呂霞光（1906-1994）收藏。自此保存於同一家族。呂霞光與吳作人1930年來到巴黎。兩人都是徐悲鴻的學生。抗戰期間，呂霞光回國積極參加抗日宣傳，1946年回到巴黎。他建立了自己的亞洲藝術品商人的聲譽，並建立了一個著名的收藏。 圖片：呂霞光 (1906-1994) 1960年巴黎雙年展 品相：狀況極佳，有輕微磨損，邊緣有輕微磕損。 重量：812.2 克 尺寸：高23 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件相似紫羅蘭玉雕人像售于紐約蘇富比Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art拍場，2014年9月 16-17日，lot 310，售價USD 25,000。
A BROWN-GLAZED POTTERY JAR, HU, HAN DYNASTYChina, 202 BC to 220 AD. Of elegant form, the shoulder with two loop handles and incised with scrolling vines on two registers framed with circumferential grooves. The slightly concave neck incised with a sinuous band and rising to an everted rim, the shoulder and mouth covered in an olive-brown glaze, pooling slightly short of the base, thus revealing the buff ware.Provenance: Estates of William R. Appleby (1915-2007) and Elinor Appleby (1920-2020), longtime donors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Mrs. Appleby had a particular interest in Asian art, and she and her husband supported the Department of Asian Art as well as the Fund for The Met, providing for important acquisitions and institutional initiatives. A copy of the invoice, dated 15 January 1992, with a letter dated 14 January 1992, accompanies this lot. Condition: Excellent condition commensurate with age, minor chipping to the body, firing irregularities, extensive wear, good patina.Weight: 4,558 gDimensions: Height 31.7 cm漢代棕色釉雙耳壺中國，公元前202 年至公元220 年。壺型優雅，肩上雙耳，肩部到腹部三道凹槽，修飾纏枝紋。頸部向上到外翻邊緣。肩膀和壺嘴部分覆蓋著橄欖棕色的釉料。中部以下未上釉露胎。 來源：William R. Appleby (1915-2007) 和 Elinor Appleby (1920-2020)遺產。他們曾長期捐助紐約大都會藝術博物館。 Appleby夫人對亞洲藝術特別感興趣，她和她的丈夫支持亞洲藝術部以及大都會基金會，提供重要的收購和學術性舉措。 隨附日期為1992年1月15日的發票副本和日期為1992年1月14日的信函。 品相：狀況與年齡相稱，壺體有輕微磕損，燒製缺陷，大面積磨損，包漿良好。 重量：4,558 克 尺寸：高 31.7 厘米
A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY BACTRIAN CAMEL WITH RIDER, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. The two-hump camel standing foursquare on a rectangular base, neck raised and mouth slightly open to reveal tongue and teeth above the hairy beard, the bearded Turk or Sogdian rider wearing a distinctive pointed hat and seated in a relaxed posture with his right arm raised to goad the camel, the other hand originally holding the reins.Provenance: German private collection. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 3 December 2002. Dr. Mons Fischer, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Galerie Zacke, Vienna, dated to 3 December 2002, accompanies this lot. A seasoned private collector of modern and contemporary art, Dr. Mons Fischer has also acquired fine Chinese works of art since the 1980s, eventually building one of the most important collections of its kind in Austria.Condition: Some repair and touchups as generally expected from Tang dynasty excavations. Losses, fissures, and encrustations. Extensive wear to pigments. Drilled holes from sample-taking. Overall, very good condition.Scientific analysis report: A thermoluminescence report issued by Oxford Authentication on 11 February 2020, based on sample no. C120a58, sets the firing date of all three samples taken at 1000 – 1600 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, accompanies this lot.Weight: 5.0 kgDimensions: Height 59.5 cmThe Tang dynasty is undoubtedly one of the most artistically exciting periods in China's long history. The arts are characterized by their diversity, cosmopolitan nature of their design, and by the high technical skill employed in their manufacture as the present pottery example amply demonstrates. In the first half of this dynasty, up to the An Lushan rebellion of 756, the level of luxury enjoyed by the court and the Tang elite ensured the production of a wide range of goods of the highest quality. China prospered as a result of trade with the west along the famous Silk Road, and camels became increasingly important for the transport of wares, since these impressive animals could carry heavy loads over long distances, surviving several days without water. As their large and broad feet did not sink easily into the sand, they became known as ‘the ships of the desert’. Many camels were imported from the states of the Tarim basin, Eastern Turkmenistan, and Mongolia, and are known as Bactrian camels. The Tang civil servants created a special office to supervise their breeding and services. It seems that no pottery examples showing Chinese riders have yet been excavated. Perhaps only these Central Asian foreigners were able to tame and guide the camels.Handsome, imposing and exotic camels such as the present lot are of great scholarly importance as well as being highly decorative. Much of the evidence of Tang dynasty life comes from archaeological pieces from tomb excavations which bear witness to fear of death as well as a desire to recreate the lifestyle and comforts experienced in this life. Impressive beasts such as this camel, as well as horses and other figures including attendants, officials and servants, were therefore required to accompany the deceased on his journey in the afterlife. Examples of Tang dynasty camels, both unglazed and with sancai glaze, are in important museum collections including the British Museum, Musee Guimet, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Literature comparison: For a comparable figure of a camel with Central Asian rider see Hao Qian, et al., Out of China's Earth: Archaeological Discoveries in the People's Republic of China, Beijing 1981, fig.241. For another related group of gray pottery camels excavated from the tomb of Dugu Sijing, dated AD 709, see Tang Chang'an chengjiao Sui Tang mu (Excavation of the Sui and Tang Tombs at Xi'an), Bejing, 1980, pls.65, 70-71.Auction result comparison: A closely related but slightly larger (68 cm high) camel and rider were sold in these rooms in Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism on 25 April 2020, lot 255, sold for EUR 24,940. Compare also with a related but slightly larger (66 cm high) camel and rider at Christie’s New York in The Art of China on 20-27 September 2017, lot 38, sold for USD 25,000.唐代大型彩繪胡人騎駝陶俑中國, 618-907年。雙峰四足前後錯落站立在菱形托板上，昂首引頸，作嘶鳴狀。駝背上坐一胡人，深目高鼻，絡腮鬍。頭戴尖帽，身著翻領、窄袖、開胯、過膝的胡服。手扶駱駝前肉峰。 來源：德國私人收藏。維也納 Zacke藝廊, 2002年12月3日。 Mons Fischer博士購於上述藝廊。隨附發票副本。Mons Fischer博士是一位經驗豐富的現代和當代藝術私人收藏家，從1980年代開始收藏中國藝術品，最終成爲奧地利中國藝術品重要收藏之一。 圖片：Dr. Mons Fischer 和他的妻子 品相：唐朝出土物品預期的一些維修。缺損、裂縫和結殼。顏料大量磨損。 因檢測樣品採集鑽孔。 總體而言，狀況良好。 科學檢測報告: 隨附一份2020年2月11日出具的牛津熱釋光檢測報告副本， 采樣編號C120a58。檢測結果表明拍品為1000-1600年前所制。 重量：5.0 公斤 尺寸：高59.5 厘米 唐朝無疑是中國歷史長河上最令人激動的藝術時期之一。如本拍品實例充分表現的那樣，藝術的特徵在於多樣性、設計的國際化以及其製造中採用的高技術。從唐初到756年的安祿山叛亂，宮廷和唐朝精英階層享有的富裕水平確保了各種最高品質商品的生產。絲綢之路更是擴大了與西方的貿易，中國繁榮了，駱駝在商品運輸中變得越來越重要，因為這動物可以長途搬運重物，無水生存數天。由於它們大而寬的腳不易沉入沙灘，因此被稱為“沙漠之船”。許多駱駝是從塔里木盆地、土庫曼斯坦東部和蒙古進口的，被稱為雙峰駝。唐代甚至建立了一個專門官署，監督其繁殖和運作。目前似乎還沒有發掘出顯示中國駝俑的實例。也許只有這些中亞人才能馴服和引導駱駝。 像現在這樣雄壯的、充滿異國情調的例如此拍品中的駱駝不但在學術上舉足輕重，裝飾性也很高。 重現唐朝生活需要很多來自出土的物品，這些出土物見證了古時人們對死亡的恐懼以及渴望重塑這一生所經歷的舒適的生活的願望。 因此，像這樣令人印象深刻的野獸比如駱駝，以及包括侍者以及官員、馬等都陶器都會用來陪葬。 重要的博物館收藏了很多上釉、位上釉和三彩的唐朝駱駝，比如大英博物館、吉梅博物館和大都會博物館。 文獻比較：一件胡人駱駝陶俑見 Hao Qian, et al., Out of China's Earth: Archaeological Discoveries in the People's Republic of China, Beijing 1981, fig.241.；另一組灰陶駱駝見獨孤思敬墓（公元709年），《唐長安城郊隋唐墓》，北京1980年，圖65, 70-71。 拍賣結果比較：一件非常相似但更大 (高68 厘米)的胡人駱駝見本拍賣行Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism 拍場2020年4月25日 lot 255, 售價EUR 24,940. ；一件相近但更大 (高66 厘米)的胡人駱駝見紐約佳士得The Art of China 拍場2017年9月20-27日 lot 38, 售價USD 25,000.
A MONUMENTAL SANCAI-GLAZED FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, MING DYNASTYChina, Henan province or Shanxi province, 1368-1644 (ca. 1500-1600). Seated in dhyanasana on a matching, separately fired double-lotus base with beaded edge. His left hand is raised in front of the chest and his right lowered on his lap, wearing a loose-fitting monastic robe opening at the chest. The serene face with downcast eyes and full lips forming a benevolent smile, flanked by long pendulous earlobes, the hair in tight curls surmounted by a domed ushnisha.Provenance: From a Swedish private estate.Condition: Excellent condition with old wear and firing flaws, including a glaze recess to one hand. A major firing crack to the base was sealed at the time of production, with associated superficial recesses that look similar to firing cracks but are in fact glaze recesses. Minor chips and losses along the edge of the base, intentional glaze crackling, extensive weathering to glaze areas resulting in some sections being slightly dull. Note that for a sancai statue of this size and age, the present condition must be considered as superb.Weight: 44 kg Dimensions: Height 83.5 cm (measured including the matching lotus base, the Buddha alone measuring already 67 cm height)Both Buddhist and Daoist sancai-glazed stoneware figures were popularly commissioned during the Ming dynasty. They were likely inspired by the famous Yixian glazed pottery luohans, discovered before World War I in caves at Yizhou and described as one of the most important groups of ceramic sculpture in the world.No other sancai-glazed figures of Buddha, with such fine modeling, in equally well-preserved condition, and of this date and size, appear to have been published in private collections.A sancai-glazed seated figure of Buddha is illustrated by Rene-Yvon Lefevre d'Argence, Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture from the Avery Brundage Collection, Kondasha, Tokyo, 1974, fig. 170. In the catalog description, the author writes, “The figure belongs to a large series, many of which have reportedly come from Shansi, and is very close to a Buddha now in the Musee Guimet. The Avery Brundage Collection example seems to continue the style of a pottery Buddha, dated 1494, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” The dated figure in the Metropolitan Museum is illustrated by W. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. 1, New York, 1947, pl. 151.Literature comparison: Compare with a closely related sancai Buddha from the Avery Brundage collection, now in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, object number B60P139. Compare with a sancai-glazed sculpture of a luohan, dated to the Liao dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 21.76. Compare also with a polychrome figure which may represent the Daoist deity Yuan Shi Tian Zun (The Primal Celestial Excellency) of the San Qing (Three Pure Ones) in the British Museum, museum number 1930,0719.62. Further Daoist examples include a figure of the Heavenly Marshal Zhao, dated 1482 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and another related seated figure of the Daoist God of Literature, Wenchang Wang in the Royal Ontario Museum is illustrated in Henry Trubner, Royal Ontario Museum, The Far Eastern Collection, Toronto, 1968, p. 72, no. 90.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related sancai figure of a Daoist deity of larger size (111.8 cm high) at Sotheby’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 17-18 September 2013, lot 49, sold for USD 149,000. Compare also with a related but slightly larger (89.8 cm high) sancai-glazed figure of Guanyin at Christie’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 1 June 2011, lot 3767, sold for HKD 4,580,000.明代三彩釋迦牟尼坐蓮像中國，河南省或山西省，1368-1644 (約 1500-1600)年。釋迦牟尼結跏趺坐坐在匹配但分開燒製的寶珠紋雙層蓮座上。他的左手在胸前舉起，右手擱在膝上，身著寬鬆敞胸袈裟。寧靜的臉龐，雙眼微垂，嘴唇豐滿，露出仁慈的笑容。臉部兩側是長長的耳垂，頭頂頭髮捲曲，有螺髻。 來源：瑞典私人遺產 品相：狀況極佳，有舊磨損和燒製瑕疵，包括一隻手上有釉面凹陷。底座一條燒製裂紋已在製作時經過修補，相關的表面凹陷，看起來類似燒裂，但實際上是釉面凹陷。底座邊緣有細小碎屑和缺損，釉面開裂，釉面區域有廣泛風化導致某些斷面有些暗沉。請注意，像這樣的尺寸和年代的三彩造像，當前狀況算是保存相當好的。 重量：44公斤 尺寸：高 83.5 厘米 (含蓮座，佛像高67 厘米) 在明代，佛教和道教的三彩釉陶器都極受推崇，可能是受到著名的易縣三彩羅漢的啟發，它們是在一戰前在易州發現的，是世界上最重要的陶瓷造像群之一。 在私人收藏中的同期且相近尺寸的三彩造像沒有任何一座保存如此完整。 一件三彩坐佛見 Rene-Yvon Lefevre d'Argence所著的Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture from the Avery Brundage Collection, 東京講談社 1974年出版，圖 170。在畫冊中，作者寫道 “The figure belongs to a large series, many of which have reportedly come from Shansi, and is very close to a Buddha now in the Musee Guimet. The Avery Brundage Collection example seems to continue the style of a pottery Buddha, dated 1494, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”（該造像屬於一個造像系列，其中很多據報導自山西省，與現在吉美美術館中的佛像非常接近。Avery Brundage 收藏的例子似乎延續了大都會博物館中一座1494年的陶佛的風格。）大都會博物館中的陶佛可見W. Cox, 畫冊The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, 第一冊，紐約1947年, 圖151。 文獻比較：一件來自Avery Brundage collection相近三彩佛像，現存於舊金山亞洲藝術博物館，編號 B60P139；一件遼代三彩羅漢，大都會博物館，編號 21.76. ；一件粉彩元始天尊見大英博物館，編號1930,0719.62. 其他道教造像如1482年的趙公明像見紐約大都會博物館管，多倫多皇家安大略博物館的文曲星造像可見Henry Trubner所著的Royal Ontario Museum, The Far Eastern Collection, 多倫多1968年, 72頁, 90號。 拍賣結果比較：一件三彩道教人物造像 (高111.8 厘米) 見紐約蘇富比 Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art 拍場2013年9月 17-18日 lot 49, 售價 USD 149,000. 一件相近但更大 (高89.8厘米)的三彩觀音像見香港佳士得Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 拍場2011年6月1日 lot 3767, 售價 HKD 4,580,000.
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. Standing foursquare on a mostly unglazed square base, with its head raised upwards as if braying, the body covered in a transparent ochre glaze, the back with a molded caparison and glazed with green, cream and ochre.Provenance: Austrian private collection. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 3 October 1998. Dr. Mons Fischer, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Galerie Zacke, Vienna, dated to 3 October 1998, accompanies this lot. A seasoned private collector of modern and contemporary art, Dr. Mons Fischer has also acquired fine Chinese works of art since the 1980s, eventually building one of the most important collections of its kind in Austria.Condition: Some repair and touchups as generally expected from Tang dynasty excavations. Losses, fissures, and encrustations. Minor firing flaws, such as firing cracks, glaze flakes, glaze recesses, and dark spots. Drilled holes from sample-taking. Overall, very good condition.Scientific analysis report: A thermoluminescence report issued by Oxford Authentication on 11 February 2020, based on sample no. C120a60, sets the firing date of both two samples taken at 900 – 1500 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, accompanies this lot.Weight: 6.0 kgDimensions: Height 58 cmLiterature comparison: A closely related but smaller sancai pottery camel in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 67.43.1. A related sancai camel is also in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1915,0409.2.Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related sancai pottery camel at Bonhams London in Asian Art on 6 November 2017, lot 326, sold for GBP 10,625.唐代三彩駱駝俑中國, 618-907年。雙峰駝俑，引頸翹首，四肢挺拔，體態昂揚。周身以黃釉為主，局部間以綠、白色釉。 來源：奧地利私人收藏。維也納 Zacke藝廊, 1998年10月3日。 Mons Fischer博士購於上述藝廊。隨附發票副本。Mons Fischer博士是一位經驗豐富的現代和當代藝術私人收藏家，從1980年代開始收藏中國藝術品，最終成爲奧地利中國藝術品重要收藏之一。 圖片：Dr. Mons Fischer 和他的妻子 品相：唐代出土物品中普遍預期的一些維修和修整。 缺損，裂縫和結殼。輕微的燒製缺陷，例如燒製裂紋，釉面開片，釉面内凹和黑斑。 因樣品採集鑽孔。總體而言，狀況良好。 科學檢測報告：隨附一份2020年2月11日出具的牛津熱釋光檢測報告副本， 采樣編號C120a60。檢測結果表明拍品為900-1500年前所制。 重量：6.0 公斤 尺寸：高58 厘米
A HENAN BLACK-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE, SONGChina, 960-1279. The ovoid body rising from a short spreading foot to a conical shoulder, concave neck, and wide everted lip, covered overall in an iridescent black glaze with russet splashes and streaks, pooling irregularly at the foot, revealing the buff ware.Provenance: Karl Zeilinger (1944-2014), a collector of Asian art and antique weapons from Nürnberg, Germany. Thence by descent in the same family. Two ink inscriptions on the buff body, possibly old Japanese or Korean collector’s marks.Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, minor wear, two small chips and fritting to the lip, a glaze recess to the interior of the mouth, a larger glaze recess to the body with associated glaze pooling and glaze loss, the underside with glaze pooling and associated glaze losses, as well as chipping to base (most likely occurred directly after firing).Weight: 1,768 gDimensions: Height 24.7 cm宋代河南黑釉瓶 中國，960-1279年。卵形的器皿，短足外撇，削肩，瓶口外翻，整體覆蓋著呈虹彩飛濺的黑釉，不規則地聚集在腳上，底足露胎。 來源：Karl Zeilinger (1944-2014), 德國紐倫堡亞洲藝術及古典武器收藏家，在同一家族保存至今。兩個墨跡注釋，可能是日本或韓國收藏傢的標記。 品相：狀況良好，與年代相符，輕微磨損，瓶唇部有兩個小磕損，在口內釉面凹陷，在器體上有較大的釉面凹陷，相關連的釉面沉澱和釉面損失，釉料損失，以及碎裂（可能是直接在燒製後發生）。 重量：1,768 克 尺寸：高 24.7 厘米
A HENAN BLACK-GLAZED POTTERY TWIN-HANDLED BOTTLE VASE, SONGChina, 960-1279. The cylindrical body rising from the flat recessed base to a conical shoulder with two loop handles, a slightly concave neck, and a cup-shaped mouth with everted rim, covered overall in a superb persimmon-splashed black glaze pooling irregularly above the base, revealing the buff ware.Provenance: Karl Zeilinger (1944-2014), a collector of Asian art and antique weapons from Nürnberg, Germany. Thence by descent in the same family.Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing flaws.Weight: 789.1 g Dimensions: Height 19.3 cmAuction result comparison: Compare with a Henan twin-handled jar sold by Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 22 March 2019, lot 1704, for USD 25,000.宋代河南黑釉鉄鏽斑雙耳罐 中國，960-1279年。近乎直筒型罐，厚胎，卷口外反，短頸，雙繫耳，小圈足，釉薄處呈黑褐色，器身多處施褐色鐵鏽斑紋。 來源：Karl Zeilinger (1944-2014), 德國紐倫堡亞洲藝術及古典武器收藏家，在同一家族保存至今 品相：狀況極佳，有輕微磨損和燒製缺陷。 重量：789.1 克 尺寸：高 19.3 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件河南雙耳罐售于紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art拍場，2019年3月22日，拍號1704, 售價 USD 25,000。
A QINGBAI EWER AND COVER, NORTHERN SONG TO YUAN DYNASTYChina, 960-1368. The sides finely incised with scrolling leafy vines between a band of lotus pods on the shoulder and bands of scroll and lappet above the foot, covered overall in a finely crackled glaze of a pale bluish-green tone.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Condition: Good condition with old wear, traces of use, firing flaws such as pitting, spotting, glaze recess and pooling. The lid with a chip. Very minor fritting here and there.Weight: 951.4 gDimensions: Height 17 cmThe ovoid body supported on a short ring foot and rising to a lipped mouth flanked by a small strap handle and spout on the shoulder, the cover modeled in the form of a lotus leaf.北宋至元青白蓋罐 中國，960-1368年。肩上一共四道橫紋，可見花卉紋和纏枝紋，整個表面覆蓋著淺藍綠色調的開片釉。 來源：原 Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum收藏。比利時Institutional art collection 購於上述美術館。István Zelnik博士是匈牙利South and Southeast Asian Research Institute（東南亞）研究所主席主席，曾是匈牙利高級外交官，他在東南亞工作了幾十年，建立了歐洲最大的亞洲藝術品私人收藏。 圖片：István Zelnik博士 品相：狀況良好，有舊磨損，使用痕跡，燒制缺陷，如點蝕、斑點、釉面凹陷和積聚。 蓋子上有開片，局部有很小的溶結。 重量：951.4 克 尺寸：高17 厘米
A VIETNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLORAL’ JAR, 15TH CENTURYVietnam. The baluster body rising to a short neck, the exterior painted with a band of scrolling vines and stylized flowers between a band of lappets above the base and a band of overlapping lotus leaves at the shoulder, covered overall in a finely crackled transparent glaze.Provenance: Collection of Dr. Ernst Grüterich, Gelsenkirchen, and thence by descent in the same family. German private collection, acquired from the above. Dr. Ernst Grüterich (1926-2017) was a German ophthalmologist and collector of Asian art, building a large collection over many decades. Parts of his collection have been exhibited at the Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne. Old collector’s label ‘Grüterich, Gelsenkirchen’ to base.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, intentional crackling, firing irregularities, firing cracks, small glaze recesses, minuscule nibbling here and there.Weight: 1,124 gDimensions: Height 16 cmThe technique of manufacture, shape of the jar, and general composition of design are clearly based on blue-and-white prototypes of the early Ming dynasty (1368–1644), but the whimsical design is uniquely the product of Vietnamese artistic sensibilities.The origins of blue-and-white ware in Vietnam remain obscure; however, the addition of this type of ceramic to the repertory is often linked to the brief Chinese occupation of the early fifteenth century. Vietnamese potters, who continued fourteenth-century Chinese styles well into the sixteenth century, often competed for markets, particularly those in Southeast Asia, with the kilns at Jingdezhen.Literature comparison: Two related dishes, one from the 15th century and the other dated from the 15th to the 16th century, are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession numbers 1998.213 and 1989.157.越南十五世紀青花花卉紋罐越南。器型飽滿，罐直口、短頸、鼓腹，胎體厚重。外壁芭蕉葉紋及纏枝紋，整體上覆透明釉。來源：德國Gelsenkirchen 的Ernst Grüterich博士收藏，自此在同一家族中世代相傳。 德國私人收藏，從上述收藏獲得的。 Ernst Grüterich博士（1926-2017）是德國眼科醫生和亞洲藝術品收藏家，數十年來積累了大量收藏。 他的部分藏品已在科隆的東亞藝術博物館展出。底足上可見老收藏家標籤“Grüterich，Gelsenkirchen”。品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損，釉面開片，燒製不規則，燒製裂紋，釉面小凹痕，大面積小磕損。重量： 1,124 克尺寸：高16 厘米
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