Two gold body coverings (kavacham) Tamil Nadu, South India, 19th/ 20th Centuryeach cast with naturalistic details, adorned with elaborate jewellery comprising necklaces, arm bands, festooned with sashes around the waists with kirtimukha, tested as 20 and 21 carat gold respectively the larger 17.3 cm. high; 232g. total weight (2)Footnotes:Exclusively intended for statues of gods and goddesses in temples, these body coverings are known as kavacham, or 'shields' in South India. These gold kavacham would have provided rich coverings for the stone or bronze images of deities they once adorned. When the kavacham had been fitted onto the image of the deity, they would have been decorated with flowers and jewels and processed around the temple. For a comparable pair of kavacham made from sheet gold, dating to the 19th century, now in the Musee Barbier-Mueller in Geneva (inv.no.2504-127 A&B), see U.R. Balakrishnan, M.S. Kumar, Indian Jewellery - Dance of the Peacock, Mumbai, 2001, pg.287, ill.486.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A bronze mortar in the form of a tiger Europe, 20th Centurycast in the form of a crouching tiger, the muzzle issuing from the jaws, tied ropes around each ankle and another around the neck with large ring, decorated with relief cast bubri motifs 56 cm. highFootnotes:The present lot is closely based on a mortar in the Royal Armouries which is believed to have been made for Tipu Sultan (XIX.119). Two such tiger mortars were captured in 1838 by the British at Fort Kurnaul. They were returned to England where they were stored at the Tower of London.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
B. Vithal (Indian, 1935-1992)Untitled (Bull) bronze25.5 x 33cm (10 1/16 x 13in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate European Collection: acquired by the owner's father between the 1960s-1980s when he worked at the Portuguese Embassy in India.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
George Best Rare Bronze Figure: 1996 Brian Grieves bronze sculpture figurine of George Best in action. Bronze figure on solid circular brass base measures 22cm high and weighs 3.5 kg. Painted in oil and enamel. Cast at Lunts Foundry in Birmingham. Number 2 of only 4 produced worldwide. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
* THOMAS SYMINGTON HALLIDAY MBE FRSA (SCOTTISH 1902 - 1998),SALMON LEAPINGa carved wood sculpture, signed36cm high.Note T.S Halliday was born in Thornhill near Dumfries. His father was a grain merchant and he grew up on a farm. After attending Ayr Academy, Halliday spent some years working as a marine engineer on the River Clyde in Glasgow before he enrolled at The Glasgow School of Art. Helped by the artist Norman Forrest, Halliday began his career as a sculptor in 1932 and would, in due course, produce figures of animals and birds in wood, bronze and terracotta. Halliday worked as the Art Master at Prestwick High School for several years and also taught at Ayr Academy. In 1941 he was appointed Principal of the art department at the High School of Dundee, a post he retained until he retired in 1965. During World War Two, Halliday painted ship building and naval camouflage operations on the Clyde. Two of these paintings were subsequently purchased by the War Artist's Advisory Committee and are now held by the Imperial War Museum in London. Later he was commissioned to paint a large mural of the Battle of Narvik for the Royal Naval Dockyard at Rosyth. In 1947 he co-edited, with the poet George Bruce, the magazine "Scottish Sculpture". For many years, Halliday lived at Wormit, Newport-on-Tay. There he carved the war memorial for the parish church and designed a coat of arms for the Town Council. Newport-on-Tay Town Council also commissioned him to produce a carving of a stag, which they presented to HM The Queen in 1958. He designed numerous stained glass windows including several for parish churches in and around Ayr and Dundee. He was a founding member of the Guild of Aviation Artists, was a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and was elected to the Society of Scottish Artists in 1943. In 1963 he exhibited works with the New Scottish Group alongside his great friend JD Fergusson. Halliday was also a regular exhibitor with both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. He was awarded an MBE in 1963.
* DAVID SHRIGLEY,CHOCOLATE IS NOT THE PROBLEMlithograph on 150g silk paperimage size 77cm x 57.5cm, overall size 83cm x 63cm Framed and under glass.Note: Original exhibition print made on the occasion of David Shrigley’s solo exhibition DON’T TOUCH THE WORMS at Copenhagen contemporary. Note 2: David Shrigley attended Glasgow School of Art from 1988-91 where he studied environmental art. He works in many disciplines including drawing, photography, painting, sculpture, animation and music. The variety of projects he is involved with are multi-faceted ranging from the video for Blur’s ‘Good Song’ to ‘Kingsley’ Shrigley’s mascot for the Scottish football team Partick Thistle to ‘Really Good’ a sculpture of a bronze fist with upraised, out of proportion thumb which he created for the Fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. Shrigley was created an O.B.E. in 2020 for services to the visual arts. Recent notable exhibitions include those in Glasgow, Germany and Sweden and he was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2013. His work is held in a number of important public collections including the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate.
* ELEANOR CHRISTIE-CHATTERLEY (SCOTTISH b. 1929),THE GREEN MAN WALKINGbronze sculpture (cast bronze), 175cm highNote: The Green Man Walking is inspired by the ancient tree-spirit appearing in folklore and myth in many countries and many guises. One of the most prolific concentrations of "green men" is at Rosslyn Chapel where there are reckoned to be "around 100" within the chapel and on the exterior of the building. This striding figure is a metaphor for current concerns for the preservation of the environment expressing the spirit of nature through stance, form and texture. The Green Man Walking seems to carry his burden lightly, stepping out with a certain jauntiness and optimism. Eleanor Munro was born (1929) and educated in Scotland. She studied sculpture at The Glasgow School of Art and Camberwell School of Art. She taught Sculpture at London Marylebone Institute (St John's Wood Sculpture School) from 1970 - 84 and at Blackheath School of Art from 1987 - 93. In 1952 she married the artist Fyfe Christie (1918 - 1975). Some eighteen years after the death of her first husband (1993) Eleanor married the music producer Albert "Jack" Chatterley (died 2016). Eleanor Christie-Chatterley has exhibited her sculptures at numerous venues including Woodlands Art Gallery (London), Blackheath Gallery (London), Old Cattan House Gallery (Norwich), Buckenham Galleries and at Cyril Gerber Fine Art (Glasgow). Her sculptures are in numerous private collections in the UK, the US and in France. Eleanor Christie-Chatterley lives on the west coast of Scotland and is almost certainly Scotland's oldest living sculptor. The original gallery price for The Green Man Walking was £11,000,
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JOACHIM DUNKEL 1925 - Berlin - 2002: Stehende weibliche Figur, ohne Arme, auf Plinthe. Bronze mit goldbrauner und brauner Patina 1992. Mit dem Monogramm und dem Gießerstempel von Barth, Rinteln. Höhe: 44 cm. Breite: 20 cm. Tiefe: 18 cm (jeweils einschl. der Plinthe). Plinthe mit Kratzspur. Sammlung Pachen, Rockenhausen. [ms]
THOMAS DUTTENHÖFER Speyer 1950 - tätig in Mannheim und Darmstadt: Figuration. Torso, nach unten aufgebrochene Figur. Bronze mit brauner Patina auf Steinsockel 1992. Monogrammiert (geritzt) sowie mit dem Gießerstempel „E...“ (?). Höhe: 26 cm. Breite: 8,5 cm. Tiefe: 9 cm (jeweils einschl. Sockel). Provenienz: Sammlung Pachen, Rockenhausen. [ms]
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