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Lot 237
A MASSIVE POLYCHROME PAINTED STUCCO HEAD OF GUANYINMing DynastyThe full face finely modelled with slender bow-shaped eyes and hooded eyelids, all below arched eyebrows extending to a broad straight nose and full red lips, the forehead centred with a circular indentation once holding a jewelled urna, the cheeks flanked by a pair of long pendulous ears, all below the combed hair piled up to form an elaborate chignon embellished with a band of flowerheads, stand. 72cm (28 3/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:明 彩塑觀音頭像Provenance: a French private collection, acquired in the 1980sChristie's Paris, 12 June 2012, lot 297A British private collection來源：法國私人收藏，於二十世紀八十年代入藏巴黎佳士得，2012年6月12日，拍品編號297英國私人收藏See a related head of Buddha with regal crown, Ming dynasty, 15th century, in the Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum, Hong Kong, (acc.no. 2017.29).Compare with a related massive painted stucco head of Guanyin, Yuan/early Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 108.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot 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 48
A VERY RARE LARGE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, GUIXuande mark, 17th/18th centuryThe deep vessel with rounded sided gently curving inwards and rising to the flaring rim, the upper body crisply cast around the exterior with a broad band of taotie masks flanked by stylised dragons and birds reserved on diaper grounds, above a raised inscription in Arabic to each side, reading: lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāh, muḥammadun rasūlu llāh ('There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the Prophet of God'), flanked by a pair of C-form handles issuing from dragon heads, raised on a stepped spreading foot with raised bow-strings, the recessed base cast with an apocryphal Xuande twelve-character seal mark reading: Xuande ernian Zhou Yi wei Xiuhuang Zhuren Zhi, 'Made by Zhou Yi for the master of Xiuhuang in the second year of the Xuande reign', all decorated with irregular gold splashes continuing onto the interior rim and over the underside. 30cm (11 3/4in) wide across the handles.Footnotes:十七/十八世紀 灑金仿古夔龍紋阿拉伯文簋 「宣德二年周義為修篁主人製」篆書款Provenance:Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent來源：倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今The present lot is remarkable for its combination of cultural inspirations, although both for religious purposes. The gui form and the archaistic design around the upper section and handles, were inspired by archaic bronze ritual vessels, which were made during the Shang and Zhou dynasties for sacrificial purposes to the ancestors. The prayer inscription on the lower register of the vessel is the Shahadah, one of the most important Muslim oaths or prayers. It is interesting to note, however, that the word rasul (Prophet) has been misspelled on each side of the vessel, most likely as a misinterpretation of the Arabic by the craftsmen in China. Bronze vessels with Arabic inscriptions were produced for the Chinese domestic market, for use both by foreign Muslims living in China and by the large population of Chinese Muslims. Chinese decorative arts with Arabic inscriptions range in date from the sixteenth century, with the majority made from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. A number of Arabic-inscribed gold-splashed bronze wares collected by Randolph Berens, alongside other gold-splashed bronze wares of various forms as well as figures, were exhibited in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in 1915, and published by E.Mew, 'Gold-splash Bronzes in the Collection of Mr. Randolph Berens', The Connoisseur, November 1915, pp.131-144, pls.10,11, 13, and 19.The 'gold-splashed' decoration was achieved by 'fire-gilding', a technique involving the application of gold in the form of a mercury/gold amalgam. Subsequently the vessel was heated to drive off the mercury, so that the small amount of gold was left adhering to the base metal. The process could then be repeated several times to build up thicker layers of gold. For an identical form incense burner but without the Arabic inscription, see Christie's Hong Kong, 4 October 2016, lot 50. For a large gold splashed bronze incense burner, 18th century, but with a different Arabic prayer, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 October 2002, lot 350. Compare also a gold-splashed archaistic bronze censer, 17th/18th century, with the same Xuande mark as the present lot, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 13 September 2017, lot 142.圓身深腹，近口沿處微斂，口沿微侈，龍首形環耳，附珥，下承弦紋圈足。器壁上部以精鑄錦地饕餮紋為飾，饕餮兩側為風格化之龍紋及鳳鳥紋，線條優雅俐落。本例造型以及器身上部復古紋樣均源自商周二代用於祭祀之青銅重器，而器壁下部所鑄阿拉伯銘文，意為「萬物非主，唯有真主，穆罕默德是真主的使者」，是穆斯林最為重要的禱詞之一。值得注意的是，器身兩側「先知」一詞均有誤，應為不熟悉阿拉伯文的中國工匠的所作。如此結合古代禮器與伊斯蘭宗教用器，文化意藴十分令人矚目。十七、十八世紀的中國內陸有大量來自海外或本地的穆斯林族群，這些帶有阿拉伯文銘文的銅器即為滿足其需要而生產。從十六世紀起，帶有阿拉伯文銘文的中國裝飾藝術品逐漸出現，但傳世物中多見十七至十九世紀的作品。 1915年，倫敦維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館曾展出一批帶阿拉伯文銘文灑金銅器以及其他造型的灑金銅器，皆出自Randolph Berens私人收藏，見E.Mew著，〈Gold-splash Bronzes in the Collection of Mr. Randolph Berens〉，收錄於《The Connoisseur》，1915年11月，頁131-144，圖版10、11、13與19。 灑金是以所謂「火鍍金」工藝形成，即以金溶於水銀之中，形成金泥，塗於銅或銀表面加溫，使水銀蒸發令金飾附於器表，再重複該過程形成更厚的金飾層。與本拍品造型相似者，可參考香港佳士得於2016年10月4日售出一件清初灑金銅龍紋簋ঁ... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 136
A BOARDROOM MODEL BY BASSETT-LOWKE LTD, NORTHAMPTON FOR THE DIESEL STONE-CARRYING HOPPER BARGE MERSEY No. 42, BUILT FOR MERSEY DOCKS & HARBOUR BOARD BY LOBNITZ & CO. LTD, RENFREW, 1957 the 38in. laminated and carved hull with substantial wales, lined white decks with silvered and painted fittings as appropriate, ebonised hoppers with chain release mechanism, glazed bridge with binnacle over, fitted lifeboats in davits, masts rigged with lanyards and lamps, mounted on three tall bronzed tapering supports within glazed wooden display case with fore and aft specification plates and modeller’s label, on original wooden table, overall measurements including table – 65½ x 55 x 20in. (166.5 x 140 x 51cm.)Footnote: Registered at 637 tons, Mersey 42 was 167ft long with a 36½ft beam; sold in 1972 to Woodfords of London and renamed Mersey Beaucoup, she worked principally in the Solent before being sold in 1976 to Turkish owners and renamed Kumbasan. She was broken up at Panama in 1983.Condition report: Fine overall condition except for paint flaking to platform located on bow.
Lot 146
A PORT & STARBOARD BOW LAMP BY SIMPSON, LAWRENCE & CO., GLASGOW, CIRCA 1890 constructed in brass with maker’s and ‘Port’ and ‘Starboard’ labels over tinted bull’s-eye lenses with cowling, triple burner within and drop handle – 9½ x 12in. (24 x 30.5cm.)Condition report: Fine overall condition
Lot 329
A COPPER AND BRASS PORT/STARBOARD BOW LAMP FOR THE ROYAL NAVY, BY G.P. LTD, 1943 stamped in three places as per title, with divided Fresnel-type lens to front with red/green filters behind, fore burner with sliding lamp assembly with reflector, hinged top handle with threaded securing point -- 11½in. (29cm.) high
Lot 112
A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE S.S. LANGLEERIDGE, BUILT FOR MEDOMSLEY STEAM SG CO. LTD BY SMITH DOCK COMPANY LTD, SOUTH BANK ON TEES, 1924 the 64in. laminated and carved hull with lowered companionway, plimsoll marks to rudder and bow, with lined grey decks with gilt metal fittings as appropriate, white-lined covered hatches, masts rigged with derricks and radio aerial, awning ridges, the bridge with fitted overbridge, wireless connection, stayed funnels with company emblem, double emergency helm to stern with chain and other details, mounted on four silvered supports to raised display base with ivorine builder's plate within original glazed display case with a contemporary table stand, overall measurements including stand -- 60 x 84 x 24in. (152.5 x 213.5 x 61cm.)Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth, 2021.Footnote: Originally named Alistruther she was renamed Langleeridge in 1929 for the same owner. Registering 350ft with a 50ft beam she displaced 3811 tons with her engines developing 12 knots. On 8 May 1935, on a voyage from Louisbourg, Nova Scotia to Montreal with a cargo of coal, she struck Bill Rock and sank 1½ miles NW from Guyon Island.Condition report: Some craquelure and paint bubbling to ebonised starboard topsides, post side a little rubbed with small crack by bow.
Lot 68
A RAISED SILKWORK PICTURE OF THE BARQUE COOLEEN, BELFAST BY THOMAS WILLIS, NEW YORK in contrasting felt, named hull with stitched figurehead and stern detailing, raised silk sails lined with pencil with rigging and embroidered flags, depicted on a calm blue sea with pilot cutter no.14 attending and steam launch off her bow, entitled Cooleen, Belfast / B. Crimp Master, contained in original maple wood frame -- 25½ x 35½in. (65 x 90cm.)Condition report: rebacked, slight rent extreme right and lower mid-left of centre. some fading, vessel presents well overall.
Lot 155
A 1:32 SCALE MID-18TH CENTURY DOCKYARD MODEL OF A YACHT, POSSIBLY OLD PORTSMOUTH, FOR THE USE OF SENIOR DOCKYARD OFFICERS the 18in. hull carved from the solid and hollowed out below the waterline, planked topsides with trenails, ebonised main and secondary wales, chainplates with deadeyes, finely decorated Venetian red bulwarks with carved quarter lights and stern, catheads and figurehead, decks finished with lined paper and with fittings including winch with ratchet and belfry over, open hatches, covered companionway, poop deck with bench seat, capstan and tiller, bulkhead between decks aft of foredeck pierced for door and four-paned windows, cradle-mounted on wooden display base within a glazed wooden case with textured baseboard; cased measurements -- 16 x 28½ x 11¾in. (40.5 x 72.5 x 30cm.)Provenance: Understood to have been deaccessioned from the archives of a Hampshire Local Authority circa 2005.Footnote: Although the arms of Portsmouth at the stern are a later embellishment, it is interesting to note that in most reference books only the dimensions given for Old Portsmouth (1741-72) match those of this model. The style of the model – individual hull planking fixed with small trenails to a wooden core – and the form of the vessel represented here compare very favourably to the model yacht Chatham, also 1741 and to the same scale 1:32 – possibly by the same hand – retained at the National Collection Greenwich SLR0460. Portsmouth, launched 1703 renamed Old Portsmouth in 1741 with the building of a larger yacht (to be named Portsmouth); Old Portsmouth was then turned over in 1772 to the Governor of the Isle of Wight and renamed Medina, serving for a further fifty years before being broken up in 1832 after 129 years of service. It is possible that this model represents one of the refits post-1741 or 1772.Condition report: This model was discovered about 20 years ago in the Portsmouth area in a distressed but largely complete condition, elements that have been replaced include figurehead, part of the companionway, belfry, cutaway mast and bowsprit, tiller and some small elements of the stern carving including a suggested coat of arms based on historical research, the lined paper decks are later, however underneath the bow section, remnants of a chequerboard design, also laid to paper, survive, one surviving gunport provided a pattern used for the others present; the stand and case are also later
Lot 284
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING BOOKCASE BUILT FOR THE ADMIRAL’S CABIN OF H.M.S. VINDICTIVE, 1899 AND TRANSFERRED TO THE BATTLESHIP CONQUEROR 1912 constructed in mahogany in two sections, the upper bookcase with bevelled glass doors, adjustable shelving, and break arch pediment with Vindictive’s crest, secured to base with drawers inscribed on the underside Admirals Bookcase 500, cupboards with tray slides, the back inscribed in chalk Admirals Cabin, overall measurements – 88 x 53 x 20½in. (223.5 x 134.5 x 52cm.)Provenance: Percy Duncan, Shipwright, Chatham Dock Yard, from Upnor Shipbreaking Co., 1923, and thence by descent.Footnote: An 'Arrogant' Class cruiser commissioned in 1900, by 1912 Vindictive was already out of date and assigned as tender to H.M.S. Vernon and it seems that some of her interior components were not wasted. The 22,200-ton super-Dreadnought Conqueror was nearing completion at Wm Beardmore's yard at Dalmuir, but as she was still not formally named, her yard number '500' was used for her components and what was a captain's bookcase aboard Vindictive was promoted to an admiral's aboard Conqueror, interestingly no attempt seems to have been made to update the attractive break-arch pediment which still sports the unofficial badge for Vindictive. Conqueror formed part of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow and took part at the Battle of Jutland, after the war she was sold for breaking under terms of the Washington Treaty. Vindictive enjoyed her greatest moment of fame in the Zeebrugge Raid, and shortly after sunk as a blockship in the second Ostend Raid - her bow is still preserved in Ostend as a memorial.
Lot 105
A SAILOR'S WATERLINE MODEL OF A PASSENGER PADDLE STEAMER, CIRCA 1890 the carved 11in. hull finished in polychrome, varnished deck with simple deck fittings, raked funnel with cotton wool 'smoke' raked masts with yards, rigging and Scottish flags, set in a choppy moulded and painted sea with pilot cutter off port bow, ebonised glazed case with finials and porcelain bun feet -- 18 x 22 x 11in. (46 x 56 x 28cm.)Provenance: From the collection of Frank Carr (1903-1991), Director of the National Maritime Museum 1947-1966.
Lot 109
A 1:64 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE PASSENGER-CARGO LINER S.S. ANTONIO LOPEZ BUILT BY DENNY BROS FOR COMPAÑÍA TRANSATLÁNTICA ESPAÑOLA, S.A., 1882 the 60in. carved and laminated hull with lowered companionways, fitted lifeboats swung out in davits, decorative bow and stern, planked decks with painted metal and wood details as appropriate including ventilators, capstan, companionways, panelled deck accommodation with handrails, bridge with helm and telegraph over, stayed funnel with safety valve extension pipe, engine room lights, slatted benches, glazed saloon lights and emergency helm, three racked masts with rigging, mounted to wooden display board with nameplate, overall measurements -- 27 x 70in. (68.5 x 178cm.)Footnote: Named for the founder and owner of the Spanish Line, Antonio Lopez was steel-built with a double bottom and an attractive clipper bow complemented by a barque rig. Costing £102,000, she registered 3,235 tons, was 370ft long with a 42ft beam and had accommodation for 156 first-class, 72 second-class and 27 third-class passengers and a further 1,100 for troops or steerage in portable berths, along with a cargo capacity of 97,030 cu ft. Delivered by Denny Bros on 2nd March 1882, she was able to steam at a respectable 14.85kts. She enjoyed a successful career until 1898 when she was caught up in the Spanish-American war. On 28 June 1898, two American cruisers fought with a squadron of Spanish warships consisting of one cruiser, two gunboats and the Antonio López which had a cargo of military supplies. She was pursued by U.S.S. Yosemite and, under gunfire, ran aground at Ensenada Honda. Most of the valuable cargo was salvaged from the wreck, which now lies in 1700ft of water and is the only Spanish wreck from this conflict in American waters.
Lot 166
A BAG OF ASSORTED SILVER AND WHITE METAL JEWELLERY, to include a silver beaded and curb link chain, fitted with a lobster claw clasp, hallmarked silver Birmingham, 10.8 grams, a white metal articulated necklace set with a topaz stone, fitted with a lobster claw clasp stamped '925', a white metal charm bracelet fitted with a heart clasp stamped '925', a white metal citrine set pendant stamped '925', suspended from a fine curb link chain, a boxed pair of white metal bow and arrow shaped cufflinks, stamped '925', charm bracelet, a heart shaped fluorite pendant on a white metal chain stamped '925', three white metal rings, and a white metal Scottish brooch, together with a bag of assorted white metal turquoise set rings, earrings etc approximate gross weight 154.3 grams
Lot 185
A TIN OF ASSORTED SILVER AND WHITE METAL ITEMS, to include a silver lined circular mirror, hallmarked Birmingham, a George III old English pattern mustard spoon, hallmarked 'Solomon Hughmam' London 1794, a Victorian old English pattern sauce spoon, hallmarked 'Charles Lias' London 1845, a pointed bow teaspoon, hallmarked Sheffield, another teaspoons hallmarked Sheffield, and a baby food pusher, hallmarked Birmingham, approximate gross weight of weighable silver 76.4 grams, 2.45ozt, together with a small quantity of white metal cutlery such as a tablespoon, teaspoons, a thimble, trinket box, white metal figure in the form of a tepee, etc
Lot 622
THREE BOXES OF TIES, BOW TIES, BELTS, GLOVES, WALLETS, ETC, to include plain, patterned and novelty ties, sporting ties including Edgbaston Warwickshire CCC ties, with packaging, a selection of pre-tied bow ties, including black bow ties, leather belts, wallets, purses, bags, etc (sd) (3 boxes)
Lot 95
A SELECTION OF COSTUME JEWELLERY, to include a silver sweetheart brooch, of a flower shape, decorated with rose gold flowers and a bird in flight, hallmarked Birmingham, fitted with a brooch pin, 3.8 grams, a white metal fluorite cabochon ring, stamped 'sterling', 2.6 grams, a white metal bow shape brooch stamped 'Sterling', 4.1 grams, a white metal scent bottle in the form of a tube set with a circular cut ruby and rose cut diamond detail (unmarked) fitted with a safety chain, weight 16.3 grams, a white metal enamelled leaf pendant necklace, fitted with a barrel clasp, a white metal propelling pencil, paste set pendant necklaces, brooches, stick pin, a white metal compass, a carved dog tooth pendant, etc
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