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Lot 461
Chinese Archaic Bronze Pouring Vessel Probably Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The shallow rounded body supported on three short legs, set at one end with a loop handle, opposite a wide spout formed from the mouth of a mythical animal, with eyes, brows, horns and snout in low relief, the patina a silver grayish green.
Lot 475
Pair of Chinese Archaistic Patinated Bronze Vases 19th Century. The baluster bodies with a wide band of Taotie masks, beneath a tall flaring neck containing a row of pendant banners, continuing to a flared rim, with stylized double-dragon handles and a conforming shaped raised foot, each vessel with a removable tin liner, with an overall dark brown polished patina. Size: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.
Lot 472
Chinese Archaistic Bronze Covered Food Vessel The slightly compressed spherical vessel with domed lid and tripod legs, the body decorated with a band of incised foliage and fitted with two upward-rising rectangular loop handles, the lid similarly decorated, with three hooked loops, dark grayish green patina. Size: 9 x 8 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.
Lot 720
19th Century. The reverse with a red wax export seal. The face mask with malachite and mother-of-pearl inset tiles, the animal with a long snout suggestive of a wolf, with large painted eyes and brows, two sets of up-ward pointing stylized whiskers, and a third eye centered on its forehead, with a bronze outer border suggestive of a mane. Size: 13 x 10 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Lot 678
Chinese Bronze Head of a Tomb Guardian . Possibly Ming Dynasty. The helmeted head with well-articulated features, such as, small almond shaped eyes, a large nose with pierced nostrils, and a closed mouth with a hint of a smile, donning a short beard and with ear coverings, weathered greenish brown patina Size: 7 1/2 x 8 x 11 in.
Lot 458
Chinese Archaic Bronze Ritual Covered Vessel Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The Dou with a compressed spherical body and domed lid, cast with rows of allover raised beads, on a ground incised with archaic scrolls, the underside of the body chased with a row of down-ward pointed triangular motifs, the sides with loop handles, on a cylindrical stem continuing to a circular foot, the conforming lid with a raised circular hand grip, a good allover bright green patina, with areas of oxidation and some raised sediment.
Lot 711
Nepalese/Hindu Two-Headed Deity Ganda Bherunda. 19th Century or earlier. The Nepalese/Hindu gilt bronze two headed bird deity, Ashta Mukha Ganda Bherunda, referred to as, “The special and little-known form of Lord Nrsimha, the Fourth Incarnation of Vishnu. The deity is intimately engaged with a female partner, atop a lotus base, the copper underside plate incised with a ritual flowerhead. Cf. the following is a verse associated with Ashta Mukha Ganda Bherunda, taken from, The MehulVora.com, on a segment on Indian Mythology, “I bow down to Lord Nrsimha who is ferocious and heroic like Lord Vishnu. He is burning from every side. He is terrific, auspicious and the death of death personified.” Condition: Base and diety are slightly loose.Size: 5 3/4 x 3 x 7 in.
Lot 529
Two Japanese Patinated Bronze Vases Early 20th century. The first, with incised signature on the underside, of baluster form, cast with a blossoming prunus, the second, unmarked, with a flowering iris, the reverse with applied turtle. (Cond. the second with discoloring to areas of patina). Size: 4 x 10 1/2 in.
Lot 683
Frank Colson, A Contemporary Painted Pottery Fish (Sarasota, FL., 1931-2015) The base signed Colson. The fish resting on its spine, poised with tail and head rising upward, set upon, cf. Frank Colson, a local Sarasota artist from 1960 onwards was well-known amongst those active in Florida’s West Coast artistic community. He is best known for his ceramics, bronze sculpture, and mixed media art. Signature pieces include mask-like flat wall items and metamorphic representations of animals. Colson and his wife, Diana, relocated from Tallahassee to Bradenton in the early 1960’s, where the Manatee Art League offered him a studio to work from. In 1964, Colson bought the house and studio on Hillview Street, previously owned by Hilton Leech, one of Florida’s premier watercolorists. It was at this house and studio, now on the National Historic Register, where Colson established the Colson School of Art. As written in Colson’s biography, The Marks Project, Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, From 1946 Onwards, “Colson was inspired by his world travels. His own term for his artistic style was “neo-primitive.” Before settling down in Sarasota he had lived in 67 countries and had found himself drawn to native artists, particularly those working in clay. Throughout his artistic career the artist work- ed with clay and bronze and was constantly interested in trying different techniques and materials. Colson claimed his desire to master so many different media came from his ‘strong sense of adventure and the desire to immerse himself in the mechanical and manual arts. Colson was an important member in Sarasota arts community. His bronzes can be seen throughout Sarasota, including, one of his best-known works, the World War I Bronze Doughboy, standing at the foot of Main Street. He served on the Board of Directors of the Museum of Asian Art in 1999, the Board of Public Art Advisory from 1990 to 1993, as its chairman from 1993 to 1994, and was a juror for the Ringling Museum of Art craft festival. Size: 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.
Lot 457
Chinese Archaic Bronze Animal-Form Vessel Zhou or Warring States Dynasty. Shaped as a lamb with open back, round eyes, with large backward pointing ears, and incised nostrils, the lamb’s open mouth used for pouring, the oval shaped body with a distinctive wide middle band on each side, the tail providing for the handle, on animal shaped legs. (Cond. some restoration to one ear and feet, the middle band fragile, with corrosion) Size: 12 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
Lot 456
Chinese Archaic Bronze Tripod Covered Wine Pot. Eastern Zhou/Warring States Dynasties. The spherical body decorated with three bands of interlaced scrolls, the bird-form spout with incised overlapping feathers, and with a moveable upper beak, the loop handle terminating on both ends with a well-articulated ram’s head, set on three legs incorporating lion masks, the disc-form cover with a band of scrolls, and small ring lifting handle, containing a light malachite green patina with some reddish-brown oxidization and areas of encrusted sediment. Size: 10 x 7 7/8 x 11 in.
Lot 565
Chinese patinated bronze cauldron Qing Dynasty, with a period mark for the Qianlong Emperor, incised beneath the rim. the body of tapering spherical form, with a rounded out-turned rim, the sides with lion headed handle mounts, joined by a bail handle, excellent patina and color, transitioning in from a pale golden brown to a rich nutty brown. Height 7 ½ in., Diameter 8 in., Width across handles 10 in.
Lot 460
Chinese Archaic Bronze Sword Blade Zhou Dynasty. The double edge blade with pronounced central ridge, each side above the tang with raised motifs, one side illegible, the other incorporating a lioness, containing a pleasing, allover, rich emerald green and red oxidized patina, some small losses to both edges.Length: 15 3/4 in.
Lot 459
Fine Chinese Silver-Inlaid Archaic Bronze Hook Together with Three Additional Bronze Hooks, all Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The first, a silver-inlaid S-shaped example, one end taking the form of a wide arch and inlaid with silver volutes centering eye-like geometric devices, the narrow end terminating in a scroll, the three additional similar and well patinated bronze inlaid hooks, and of similar age.
Lot 220
Ca. Early 1st century AD A finely crafted bronze bust possibly depicting Emperor Tiberius wearing a military uniform and horned barbaric helmet. Pierced possibly to accept a laurel wreath. Tiberius Claudius Nero was the second emperor of Rome, as the successor of Imperator Caesar Augustus.Imbued in a verdant-hued patina evocative of the ancient world, this intricately detailed bust is a stunning example from Imperial Rome.Size: L:53mm / W:43mm ; 65gProvenance: Private UK collection ; From an old London collection formed in the 1980s.
Lot 240
Ca. 224-651 AD A bronze boat-shaped bowl with flat rim, rounded body and base.For a similar example see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 49.112.1.Size: L:45mm / W:210mm ; 140gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Lot 242
Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664-30 BC A beautiful Egyptian Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period cast-bronze depiction of the goddess Isis-Hathor seated with one hand held to her bare breast ready to suckle the infant Horus (sometimes called Harpokrates) seated in her lap. She wears an ankle-length gown and her typical headdress. Horus is shown nude with arms draped to his sides and a minimalist visage flanked by his characteristic braided side-lock of youth. As a cult figure from this time period, Isis is often shown as a mother goddess as we see here. Covered in lustrous layers of green and russet patina, this is a touching portrayal, probably intended for a niche in a temple or a grave.Size: L:127mm / W:46mm ; 295gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Lot 25
Ca. 16th century AD A brass ewer rising from a wide conical-shaped foot with a frilled edge through a drop-shaped body with diagonal ribs and tapering neck, pronounced collar, sloped rim, and curved spout. A similar example is illustrated in mark Zebrowski, Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, London 1997, no 206.Size: L:185mm / W:90mm ; 610gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 258
Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332-32 BC A bronze Ibis depicted seated on long folded legs, with articulated closed wings, a sinuous neck, and long hooked bill. The bird wears a plumed Hemhem crown. The attachment pegs below each leg allow the insertion to a wooden base.Thoth, a multipurpose god in the Egyptian pantheon associated with language, writing, and intellectual activity, was most often depicted with an ibis head and human body.In the Late Period and Ptolemaic Period, ibises were bred throughout Egypt to be slaughtered, mummified, and offered as votives to Thoth. For a similar (but in pendant form) see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number: 2021.41.156.Size: L:78mm / W:77mm ; 41gProvenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s.
Lot 280
Ca. 100-300 AD A bronze oil lamp comprising a conical base and a piriform body with a wide round nozzle. The central filling hole is domed with a hinged lid with a cast head of Silenus. From the rear elaborate open-work palmette protrudes. For a similar see The Bangkok National Museum, inv TP 1."Size: L:152mm / W:198mm ; 745gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Lot 281
Ca. 500-800 AD A nice bronze slipper-shaped oil lamp with a curved nozzle, disc base, hinged lid mechanism, and a loop handle with a cruciform reflector.For a similar (but on a stand) see The Metropolitan Museum of Art accession number: 28.138a, b.Size: L:105mm / W:35mm ; 85gProvenance: Property of a London Art gallery; from the southern German private collection A. and WH, acquired in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Lot 282
Ca. 500-800 AD A beautiful bronze lamp with a globular body, long projecting spout, central filling hole with a raised rim, and an ivy-leaf reflector to the rear. The lamp sits on a low foot.Size: L:225mm / W:91mm ; 360gProvenance: Property of a London Art gallery; from the southern German private collection A. and WH, acquired in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Lot 3
Khorosan, Afganistan or Egypt Ca. 12th century AD A heavy bronze mortar and pestle. The mortar comprises an out-turned rim, a cylindrical body decorated with pyramidal bosses, and a stepped-out foot. The pestle is formed with a knobbed handle and a long cylindrical shaft with a rounded base. This beautiful object may have been used in the kitchen for food preparation, or for the mixing of medicines by a medieval doctor. For a similar (but without pestle) see the Louvre Museum, Paris, inventory number: MAO 2218.Size: L:Set of 2; (mortar) 140mm, (pestle) 200mm / W:(mortar) 160mm, (pestle) 40mm ; 7.5KgProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
Lot 327
Ca. 100-300 AD A bronze mirror of a leaf-shaped form, raised edge and a flattened, rectangular-projecting handle featuring a rounded end.Mirrors such as these were important luxury items in the Roman world. These items were predominately owned by elite women who would have used them in order to aid or check the application of cosmetics.Size: L:283mm / W:175mm ; 405gProvenance: Private UK collection; from an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s.
Lot 328
Ca. 500 BC A flat-bottomed bronze bowl with short straight walls, and a thick rim. The bottom of the basin has been embellished with an incised rosette decoration. Nicely patinated surface.Size: L:283mm / W:175mm ; 405gProvenance: Private UK collection; from an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s.
Lot 330
Ca. 200 AD A bronze Eastern Roman or Parthian olpe rising from a flared short foot. The vessel features a globular lower body tapering to a gracefully-shaped neck and ending with a nicely formed mouth. The stlylized handle connects the shoulder with a mouth and the base of the handle is decorated with a female head mask, while the opposing end bears an image of a male head mask with abundant hair and beard.Size: L:280mm / W:205mm ; 1.99kgProvenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s in Belgium; previously in 1970s European collection.
Lot 337
Ca. 400-600 AD An open-work matched pair of gold earrings in a crescent shape, with hook and eye closure. The plaques are decorated with extensive granulation and each features a central scene of two birds facing each other. The edges are ornamented with five spherical baubles, which hang from the bottom of the outer edge.Byzantium was justly famous for the elegance of its jewellery, whether in precious metals for the aristocracy or in bronze for people further down the social ladder. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements.Size: L:Set of 2: 47.7mm / W:43.7mm ; (total) 14.45gProvenance: Property of a London Ancient Art Gallery; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between early 1960s to 1990s.
Lot 4
Persia or Central Asia, Ca. 16th century AD A rare cast bronze jug of a globular body, resting on a flattened base, gently tapering from the mid-body to a short cylindrical neck with a flared rim. The curving spout ends in a dragon's head and the handle is in the form of a stylised dragon with an S-shaped body.Size: L:110mm / W:140mm ; 400gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.
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