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Click here to subscribeA quantity of Oriental wares to include a Chinese hardstone carving, possibly C18th, a bronze seated buddha; a Chinese soapstone bell; A black carved seated buddha; a carved marble dog of fo, a pair of onyx vases, 12cm high; a figure of a Chinese elder, on soapstone base, and another standing figure of an elder 23cm High on wooden base; and a Chinese carved head of a Buddha, 22cm High, possibly C18th. Condition - all with wear - see images for details
1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games bronze Closing ceremony medal, designed by Julio Kilenyi,of circular form, obverse with a standing athlete carrying an unfurled banner of the XTH OLYMPIAD 1932 LOS ANGELES, reverse with inscribed CLOSING CEREMONY IN APPRECIATION, diameter 37mm., reverse bears some wear
Bronze medal from the 1936 Second Winter Jewish Maccabiah Games at Banska, Bystrica, 18th- 22nd February, awarded to an unnamed participant, circular form, obverse inscribed IL SVETOVE ZIMNE HRY MAKABI BANSKA BYSTRICA 1936 surrounding a central figure and two skiers, reverse with central star of David, diameter 65mm., 93gr., in fitted case Provenance: This medal came from the estate of Hungarian Olympic gymnast, coach and judge Istvan Sarkany. The lot was purchased from a Vienna auction held by Dorotheum, May 2019. Sarkany was not Jewish, though in 1944 he married his friend Agnes Keleti, after it was rumoured, that married women were not taken to labour camps. They divorced in 1950 and Keleti went on to become one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes. At 100 years old she is now believed to be the world’s oldest surviving Olympic champion. It is unknown if she competed in the 1936 games as she was only 15 years of age at the time.
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympic Games bronze participation medal, designed by Kunststickerei M. Jorres,of circular form, obverse with snowy mountain and Olympic rings surrounded by IV OLYMPISCHE WINTER SPIELE 1936 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, reverse with the Olympic motto over a branch, diameter 60mm., in original case with printed stamp for E.F. WIEDMANN, FRANKFURT, top of case missing
1936 Berlin Olympic Games bronze participation medal with original case, designed by Otto Placzek,of circular form, obverse with five athletes representing the continents and pulling the ropes of the Olympic bell, inscribed XI OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936, reverse with the Olympic bell in relief, diameter 70mm., with original red circular case, the lid stamped with the Olympic rings inset in the Olympic bell in gilt, the base with handwritten note in black ink diameter 75mm., case bears some wear with the handwritten note partially rubbed
1940 Helsinki Olympic Games (Cancelled) set of three lapel pins,two decorated with the Olympic rings above a flame and 1940, one in gilt metal and the other silvered, length 4.5cm., and the third lapel pin designed with a column in relief on a bronze rectangle with back pin, length 5cm. (3) The 1940 Helsinki Olympic Games were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.
World Cup collectibles,gilt-metal oversize replica of a FIFA World Cup winner's medal; resin replica of a bronze medal commemorating the life of Jules Rimet (1873-1956); two 1966 World Cup cloth badges, one the tournament logo, the other World Cup Willie; plus a vintage Uruguyan supporter's flag and wooden rattle (6)
Four 'tennis legends' signatures on individual album pages, comprising HW ‘Bunny’ Austin in pencil, Henri Cochet in pencil, Charles P Dixon in black ink and Francis Russell Burrow in black ink, minor wear to each page Henry Wilfred ‘Bunny’ Austin (1906-200) was the last British tennis player to reach the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final for 74 years until Sir Andy Murray in 2012. He was a vital member of the British team who won three consecutive Davis Cups in 1933, 1934 and 1935 and is also remembered as the first tennis player to wear shorts. Henri Jean Cochet (1901-1987) was world ranked No.1 for four consecutive years from 1928 to 1931 and won 22 Majors including seven Grand Slam Singles, five Doubles and three Mixed Doubles titles. French-born, he won titles on three different surfaces - grass, clay and wood. Charles Percy Dixon (1873-1939) won four Olympic tennis medals, including gold, silver and bronze, captained the British Davis Cup team to their 1912 victory and represented his country in many other competitions. Francis (Frank) Russell Burrow was an early 20th century British tennis player, Wimbledon Championships referee from 1919 to 1922 and author of many books including ‘Lawn Tennis - How to Succeed’.
Cambridge University Athletic Club bronze medal and a 1897 C.U.A.C. silver shield for handicaps long Jump awarded to W. Mendelson,the bronze circular medal in a glass protected cover, obverse with coat of arms surrounded by UNIVERSITY CANTABRIGIENSIS, reverse with laurel wreath and emblem, diameter 52mm., in a partial fitted case and the silver shield engraved C.U.A.C. HANDICAPS LONG JUMP STANDARD 20FT. 5IN., W MENDELSON JESUS COLL. DIST: 21 FEET 1897, 4 by 3.5cm., not hallmarked silver, each bears some wear, the fitted case missing its lid W. Mendelson played first class cricket in his native New Zealand and at Cambridge won a blue in rugby in 1894, 1895 and 1896 and an athlete blue in 1895. His main claim to fame was that in 1895 he won the Varsity long jump beating the then World record holder C.B. Fry. He went to South Africa in 1902 and soon after died of Myelitis aged 29.
1924 Paris Olympic Games bronze third-place prize medal,designed by Andre Rivaud, circular form, obverse with a winning athlete coming to the aid of a fallen colleague above the Olympic rings emblem, reverse with an assortment of sporting equipment around a legend VIII EME OLYMPIADE PARIS 1924, diameter 55mm., 72gr., good, clean condition with little wear; sold together with a 1924 Paris Olympic Games brass and red-enamelled male competitor's lapel badge, shield shaped with Olympic Rings, partially enamelled, lettered CONCURRENT VIII OLYMPIAD PARIS 1924 C.O.F., reverse engraved 9795, 41 by 33mm., with original screw back plate, fair condition, some wear to enamel (2) Provenance: Mullock Madeley Auction 11th June 2000. The auction catalogue described this as "bronze award medal for 3rd place in “Weight” at 1924 Paris Olympics." But no further details or provenance was provided.
1957 Canada Cup International Golf Trophy team member bronze medallion presented to Ken Bousfield, England,of circular form by Medallicart Co. NY., obverse with two golfers shaking hands in front of a map of the world, inscribed CANADA CUP, reverse with laurel wreath inscribed INTERNATIONAL GOLF TROPHY TEAM MEMBER PRESETNED BY JOHN JAY HOPKINS, engraved KEN BOUSFILED ENGLAND 1957, diameter 7.5cm, rim 5mm, 182gr., in original green leather fitted case Ken Bousfield British professional golfer, winner of 19 titles between 1955 & 1961 including the Belgium, German, Portuguese and Swiss Opens, as well as winning the 1972 British Seniors PGA Championship. He represented Great Britain & Ireland in six Ryder Cup matches, winning a foursomes with Fred Daly at Ganton GC in 1949, the last match at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s in 1961 he defeated Jerry Barber the US Ryder team captain. In 1994 he was elected an honorary member of the Professional Golfers’ Association.
Pat Cowdell former British & Commonwealth, European Featherweight Champion & Olympic bronze medallist fight worn amateur Great Britain vest, dating from 1974 to 1976,the white vest with blue, white and red striped sides and with an embroidered England three lion crest with AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION badge, with COA, bears some wear and fading
A VERY RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUELate Shang DynastyThe vessel with a deep U-shaped body rising from three spreading triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a guttered spout flanked by a pair of posts capped with conical 'fire-whorl' medallions, the exterior boldly cast with studs evenly spaced within a diamond pattern, one side set with a loop handle, a pictogram under the handle, Japanese wood box.17cm (6 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價商晚期 青銅乳釘紋爵Provenance: Mayuyama and Co., TokyoKochukyo Ltd., Japan.Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 242Published and Illustrated: Sueji Umehara, Nihon shucho shina kodo seika, vol.3, Yamanaka shokai, 1961, no.299 (top).Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2007, no.1.來源：東京古董商繭山龍泉堂東京古董商壺中居紐約佳士得，2007年3月22日，拍品編號242出版著錄：梅原末治，《日本蒐儲支那古銅精華》，卷三，山中商會，1961年，編號299（最上）Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號71The pictogram consists of an inverted arrowhead rendered in fine, raised lines.The diamond-and-boss decoration on the present lot is very rare on jue vessels, and is usually found on gui or yu. See for example, yu vessels with this decoration illustrated by R.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M.Sackler Collections, pp.504-509, nos.98 and 99, where it is noted that 'yu with diamond-and-boss decoration, probably an invention of Anyang foundries..., enjoyed an extraordinary vogue with predynastic Zhou casters and continued in fashion for a short time after the Zhou conquest.'See a similar bronze inscribed jue, late Shang dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2020, lot 3.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GULate Shang DynastyThe waisted cylindrical vessel with a wide trumpet mouth, cast in low relief around the bulging mid-section with two taotie masks containing a pair of circular bosses divided by a shallow flange on a leiwen ground, above further leiwen and two taotie on the spreading foot, the middle section set off by raised ridges, the surface of dark patina with patches of malachite encrustation.25.5 (10in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價商晚期 青銅饕餮紋觚Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2005, no.4.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號4Bronze gu were among the most important vessels used in ceremonial and funerary rituals during the late Shang dynasty. Similar archaic gu vessels, Shang dynasty, are illustrated by R.W.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M.Sackler Collections, Cambridge MA, 1987, pp.216-227. See also Shang Ritual Bronzes in the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, 1998, nos.33-36. Compare with a related archaic bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, late Shang dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 November 2016, lot 106For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, BIANZHONGWestern Zhou DynastyThe body of elliptical cross-section with the two sides rising up in an arc, cast with a pictogram of a family sign, on the front, each side set with three rows of three bosses, evenly distributed and placed in the upper part on both sides, surmounted by a long tapering tubular shank, box.31.5cm (12 3/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價西周 青銅編鐘Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.5.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號5According to the Zhou Li (the Rites of Zhou) from the Eastern Zhou period, only Kings, Marquises and other selected aristocratic groups were entitled to possess such bronze bells, and the number of sets allowed varied according to different Royal titles.See a single bronze bell, Western Zhou period, illustrated in Collections of the Palace Museum: Bronzes, Taipei, 2007, p.136, no.90.See also a slightly larger archaic bronze bell, early Western Zhou dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 1 December 2020, lot 1.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, GUIWestern Zhou DynastyThe beehive-shaped vessel and cover cast with horizontal concentric tiers and standing on a wide spreading foot, the domed cover with a flaring finial pierced with two apertures, the tapering shoulder applied with a pair of plain loop handles, the interior of the cover impressed with three pictograms.26cm (10 2/8in) wide. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價西周 青銅簋The inscription may be read as: '敏作寶', which may be translated as 'Min made [this] treasure'.See a similar bronze ritual vessel illustrated in Bronzes in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1999, no.160; see also an example unearthed at Beidaogou, Sipo village, Lantian County, Shaanxi Province, and now in the collection of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, illustrated by Ma Chengyuan, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Oxford, 1986, pl.50.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE CHARIOT-AXLE TUBULAR CAP FITTINGWestern Zhou DynastyThe tapering hollow tube closed at the narrow end, the exterior cast in crisp shallow relief with a thin band of two striding archaic dragons confronted on a leiwen ground, the wider open end with two rectangular apertures for attachment to the axle shaft, the surface attractively patinated and glossy, wood stand.13.5cm (5 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價西周 銅龍紋車軸飾Provenance: Dr Arthur M.Sackler (1913-1987), New York, no.V-3845Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2010, no.3.來源：紐約亞瑟·M.賽克勒博士（1913-1987）舊藏，編號V-3845展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2010年，編號3Compare with a pair of axle caps with a similar decorative band, Shang dynasty, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, illustrated by A.Priest, Chinese bronzes, New York, 1938, no.21.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE OVOID BOWL AND A BRONZE BOWL AND COVEREastern Zhou/Han DynastyThe bowl and cover with deep sides, supported on a short spreading foot, the cover with a large flared ring finial, 18.5cm (7 1/4in) wide; the ovoid bowl decorated around the exterior with a band of archaic scrolls, a ring handle applied to one side, 16cm (6 1/4in) wide.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價東周/漢 銅橢圓盌 及銅蓋盌 一組兩件Provenance: Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New YorkChristie's New York, 2 April 2009, lot 209 (elliptical bowl; part lot) and lot 216 (bowl and cover; part lot)來源：紐約亞瑟·M.賽克勒（1913-1987）舊藏紐約佳士得，2009年4月2日，拍品編號209（銅橢圓盌，部分拍品）及拍品編號216（銅蓋盌，部分拍品）See a related bronze bowl and cover illustrated in Special Exhibition: Tin-Bronze of China, Izumi, 1999, no.112.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO RARE BRONZE MASKSThe first, Chu Kingdom, with large round eyes flanking a long, large nose, stand, 21cm (8 1/4in) long; and the second, possibly Liao dynasty, with almond-shaped eyes and gently-smiling mouth, apertures drilled around the exterior, 15.5cm (6 1/8in) long.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價楚 及或遼 銅面具 一組兩件For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF RARE BRONZE HORSE FRONTALSLate Western Zhou DynastyEach cast in relief at one end with a two-horned mythical-animal head, above a long plain domed shaft.25.5cm (10in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價西周晚期 青銅獸面當盧一對See a similar bronze harness frontal, Western Zhou dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, London, 1990, no.67; see also another example illustrated by S.D.Owyoung, Ancient Chinese Bronzes in The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, 1997, no.29; and another example illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, no.96.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An unusual pair of bronze horse-harness cheek fittingsWestern Zhou DynastyCreated in mirror image to be attached to the harness on both sides of a horse's head, possibly as military protection or for ceremonial display purposes, each formed from a thin metal sheet as an irregularly-curving pieced plaque, now with attractive green patination and minor shallow encrustation, fitted stands.22cm (9in) wide (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價西周 青銅馬鑣一對Provenance: C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 1961J.T. Tai & Co., New YorkSotheby's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 10. Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: C.T. Loo, Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1941, no.131.來源：紐約古董商盧吳公司，1961年紐約古董商戴潤齋紐約蘇富比，2011年3月22日，拍品編號10展覽著錄：盧芹齋，《中國藝術展》，紐約，1941年，編號131See a related example illustrated by C.F.Kelley and Ch'en Meng-Chia, Chinese Bronzes from the Buckingham Collection, Chicago, 1946, pl.XLII.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DINGMiddle Western Zhou DynastyThe sides cast with a band of interlocking stylised dragons, a pair of upright loop handles set just below the rim, supported on three tall curling legs, the flat cover cast with a loop finial and surrounded by three evenly-spaced L-shaped finials, Japanese wood box.27.1cm (10 1/4in) high. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價西周中期 青銅蓋鼎Provenance: a Japanese private collection, acquired before the 1960sThe Masaki Museum of Art, Tadaoka, JapanSotheby's New York, 11 September 2012, lot 94Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.3.來源：日本私人舊藏，於二十世紀六十年代前入藏日本正木美術館舊藏紐約蘇富比，2012年9月11日，拍品編號94展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號3For a discussion about this type of covered ding and illustrations of related forms see J.Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M.Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, Washington D.C, 1990, pp.271-277, fig.15.5 and no.16.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PUDDINGSTONE 'TIGER' MAT WEIGHTHan DynastyThe recumbent feline beast boldly carved with its paws and legs neatly tucked underneath the body, its head slightly raised, detailed with small ears and bulging eyes set under curving brows, the stone cleverly used to represent the animal skin.10.2cm (4in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 抱子石刻瑞獸Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2008, no.103出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號103For similar examples, see J.Li, Eternal China: Splendors from the First Dynasties, Dayton, 1998, pp.142-143, no.53, for a pair of weights, Western Han, unearthed in Xingping County and now in the Maoling Museum, Xi'an, where it is noted that this type of stone is called zhuyeyan (bamboo-leaf stone), and that objects carved from it are quite rare. This type of mat weight is more commonly found cast in gilt-bronze: see, for example, M.Wang, A Bronze Menagerie: Mat Weights of Early China, Boston, p.79, fig.c, for an example in the collection of the Shanghai Museum.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF LARGE GREY POTTERY VASES AND COVERS, HU, AND A POTTERY COCOON JARHan DynastyThe grey vases each rising from a high, stepped foot to a large globular body and waisted neck with flaring rim, each applied with a pair of taotie-mask ring handles on the shoulders, and with three channelled bands across the body, with domed covers, the tallest, 56cm (22in) high; the cocoon jar of compressed ovoid shape and incised with vertical string bands, 38cm (15in) wide. (5).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 灰陶蓋壺一對 及陶繭形壺 一組三件Provenance: with a label dated 26 November 1993 (the cocoon jar)Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2003, no.30 (the pair of vases).來源：陶繭形壺含標籤，日期為1993年11月26日展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號30（灰陶蓋壺一對）The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C102r73 dated 23 July 2002, is consistent with the dating of this lot. (one vase)Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2002年7月23日，編號C102r73）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。（蓋壺之一）See a related cocoon jar illustrated by Wu Xiaocong, Han Yangling Museum, Beijing, 2004, no.197. See also A.L.Juliano, Bronze, Clay and Stone: Chinese Art in the C.C.Wang Family Collection, Seattle, 1988, no.24. For a related painted jar and cover, see C.Noppe, Art Chinois, Néolithique Dynastie Song: Collection Umberto Draghi, Geneva, 1990, no.18.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE AXLE CAP AND PEG, WEIWarring States PeriodWith a flaring base, rising to a hollowed cylindrical body, cast around the exterior with studs, the peg running through two rectangular apertures near the base, terminating with a tiger finial.8.2cm (3 3/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 銅雲紋立虎車軎Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2006, no.6. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號6The lynch-pins of such axle caps are more normally cast in the form of monster masks, but for similar examples with animal lynch-pins, see G.Wong and L.Yeow, War and Ritual: Treasures from the Warring States 475-221 BC, Singapore, 1993, pp.32-33. Compare with two related axle caps and pegs, both Eastern Zhou dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.168-169, nos.70 and 72; and see also Bronze Articles for Daily Use: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2006, no.15.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE GILT-BRONZE CIRCULAR 'CHILONG' TUNING KEYWarring States/Han DynastyGilt on top and well cast with two interlocking chilong biting each other's tail, their bodies elegantly interlaced to form an elaborate design.4.5cm (1 3/4in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國/漢 銅鎏金螭龍飾匙Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no.3.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號3See a similar gilt-bronze tuning key, Western Han dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, no.113; see another example illustrated by J.F.So and E.Bunker, Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier, Hong Kong, 1995, no.72.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE BELT HOOKWarring States PeriodThe wide shaft cast in crisp relief with two dragons in an intricate coiling oval, much gold-leaf decoration remaining, beneath a bird-head forming the hook, 10.5cm (4 1/4in) long; together with and a gold-sheet-mounted domed bronze fitting with a long vertical pin, embossed as a symmetrical flower head, probably an accessory for an elaborate hairpiece or tiara, Song/Ming dynasty, stand, 8.5cm (3 3/8in) long. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 銅鎏金龍紋帶扣 及 宋/明 貼金銅花形髮飾 各一Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no.5 (the gold hairpin)Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2009, no.10 (belt hook)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號5（髮飾）Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2009年，編號10（帶扣）Compare with a related gold hairpin, 12th-14th century, illustrated in Radiant Legacy: Ancient Chinese Gold from the Mengdiexuan Collection, vol.III, Hong Kong, 2013, p.118, no.B.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare turquoise-inlaid gilt-bronze belt hookWarring States/Han DynastyCast with a central writhing chilong, terminating at each end with a mythical-beast head, the reverse with a round knob, finely inlaid with turquoise stones, box.21cm (8 1/4in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國/漢 銅鎏金嵌綠松石螭龍紋帶鉤See a related turquoise-inlaid gilt bronze belt hook, Eastern Zhou dynasty, J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, no.132.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE 'ZOOMORPHIC' BELT HOOKSThe first Warring States/Han Dynasty; the second Ordos, 4th/3rd century BCThe first unusually cast and pierced as a three-clawed chilong dragon biting a coil, possibly a small snake, issuing from the stomach of a horned beast forming the hook, the reverse with the characters Xin Lun, fitted box, 9.5cm (3 3/4in) long; the second Ordos, cast as a striding tiger with striped hide looking backwards to its coiled tail, 10cm (4in) long.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國/漢 銅螭龍形帶鉤 及公元前四至三世紀 虎形帶鉤 各一Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.3. (chilong)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號3（螭龍形帶鉤）See a related example illustrated by J.So and E.Bunker, Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier, Washington, 1995, no.95; see another example illustrated by N.Palmgren, Selected Chinese Antiquities from the collection of Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden, Stockholm, 1948, pl.26.10.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO BRONZE BELT HOOKSWarring States PeriodOne still partially gilt, cast with a hunched animal crouched above the stud on the reverse and applied with a shallow bead of iridescent yellow glass, a slender animal biting it and with tail coiling down the shaft to the bird-head terminal, 8.5cm (3 1/4in) long; and another larger, cast with a central cicada flanked on both sides by two small striding chilong, 12.5cm (5in) long.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 銅帶鉤 一組兩件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2002, no.4. (the larger belt hook)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號4（較大者）See a related bronze belt hook, Warring states period, illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, no.229.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PAIR OF BRONZE 'CROUCHING BEAR' MAT WEIGHTSHan DynastyEach cast standing on four short legs with claw feet, the wide-mouthed head upturned at the front, the body hollow, much of the surface with a light green patination, fitted box.5cm (2in) long. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 熊形銅席鎮一對Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2003, no.10.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號10For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE SMALL BRONZE MODEL OF A HORSEHan DynastyHeavily cast standing four-square in the style of well-modelled massive pottery Sichuan stallions, the head raised and the jaws agape, the bushy tail in a hollow loop, wood stand.7.5cm (3in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅馬See a related example in the Yale University Art Gallery, illustrated by E.Schloss, Art of the Han, New York, 1979, no.50; see also an example of a small bronze animal, Han/Tang dynasty illustrated in Chinesische Kunst, Berlin, 1929, no.89. One identified as Ordos style, is illustrated in Handbook of the Mr.and Mrs.John D.Rockefeller 3rd Collection, New York, 1981, p.51 (lower right).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare archaic bronze dragon-headed ladleHan DynastyThe shaft elegantly cast in an exaggerated curve and terminating with an open-mouthed crested dragon head at the top of the handle, another smaller beast-head relief cast at the junction of the shaft with the plain deep oval bowl, the surface with a consistent pale green patination, wood stand.21cm (8 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅龍紋杓See a related example in the collection of Dr Paul Singer, illustrated by E.Schloss, Art of the Han, New York, 1979, no.84; see another archaic bronze ladle, Han dynasty, illustrated in Chinesische Kunst, Berlin, 1929, no.78.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO ARCHAIC BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD VASES, HUHan DynastyThe larger with a compressed globular body encircled by a plain rib in relief, the tall tapering neck cast with a lobed 'garlic-bulb' mouth above a plain relief band, all on a spreading foot, with a dark brownish-green patina and areas of shallow encrustation, 34cm (13 1/2in) high; the smaller of similar shape but with the surface entirely plain, the surface with a bright mottled patina, 30cm (11 1/2in) high.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅蒜頭瓶 一組兩件See a similar example, excavated in 1988 from a Qin tomb at Gaozhuang, Fengxiang, and now in the collection of the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Institute Xi'an, illustrated by J.Portal, The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army, London, 2007, fig.50. See another example illustrated by Takayasu Higuchi and Minao Hayashi, Ancient Chinese Bronzes in The Sakamoto Collection, Tokyo, 2002, nos.241–243.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF ARCHAIC BRONZE SQUARE VASES AND COVERS, FANGHUHan DynastyEach with a faceted baluster body raised on a square flared foot, the sides plain, the shoulder with two relief-cast taotie mask handles suspending loose rings, the conical covers applied with stylised bird finials at the corners, the brown and milky-green patina with malachite encrustation.32cm (12 1/2in) high. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 青銅鋪首耳方壺一對See a related example illustrated in Da Han Chu Wang: Xuzhou Xihan Chu Wan Lingmu Wenwu Jicui, Xuzhou, 2005, p.186; see another example illustrated by Takayasu Higuchi and Minao Hayashi, Ancient Chinese Bronzes in The Sakamoto Collection, Tokyo, 2002, nos.222–224.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN AGATE AND TURQUOISE-INLAID CIRCULAR BELT FITTINGDian CultureOf large circular concave form, the centre inlaid with agate, surrounded by a band of triangles formed of small circular turquoise discs, surrounded by more small turquoise sequins, the reverse with hook, box. 17.8cm (7in) diam. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價古滇文化 嵌瑪瑙綠松石銅扣飾Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.9.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號9A similar belt fitting was unearthed in burial no.68 at Lijiashan, Jiangchuan County, Yunnan Province, and is now in the Lijiashan Bronze Museum, illustrated in Hunting and Rituals: Treasures from the Ancient Dai Kingdom of Yunnan, Hong Kong, 2004, p.101, no.56.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO BRONZE MIRRORSIncluding a bronze 'TLV' mirror, Han dynasty, the raised central knob enclosed within a square of twelve raised bosses separated by characters representing the twelve branches below the TLV motifs, 14.1cm (5 1/2in) diam.; and a lobed bronze mirror, Tang dynasty, cast with a pair of phoenix and flowers, 16.5cm (6 1/2in) diam.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢及唐 銅鏡 一組兩件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2008, no.12 (mirror with phoenixes)Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, no.4 (TLV mirror)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號12（鳳紋花口鏡）Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號4（博局紋鏡）Compare with a very similar archaic bronze 'TLV' mirror, Eastern Han dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson & E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.253, no.171.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THREE BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRRORSThe first crisply cast with with half-circles around the central boss, Han dynasty,13.5cm (5 1/2in) diam.; the second with three shallow coiling chilong in mutual pursuit, 4th-6th century AD,14cm (5 1/2in) diam.; and the third with five shallow-relief flower sprays around a spiralling flower-head within a lobed rim, the rim with an inscription reading 'County Magistrate of Xihe Zheng Yuran', Northern Song dynasty, 18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢至北宋 銅鏡 一組三件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2003, no.11 (barbed-rim mirror)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號11（葵口鏡）See a related group of four bronze mirrors, Warring States/Tang dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019, lot 1.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HOULOUWestern Han DynastyThe vessel of rounded shape supported on three short curling legs, applied to the upper body with a pair of loop fittings linked to a chain handle, the domed cover with two ring handles, the surface encrusted with areas of malachite.25cm (9 7/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價西漢 銅銗鏤See a similar example illustrated by R.Y.Lefebvre d'Argencé, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in The Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pl.LIX; and see also an example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Yu Kuo-Ching, Rituals Cast in Brilliance: Chinese Bronzes Through the Ages, Taipei, 2014, p.162.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, BIANHUHan DynastyOf flattened oval shape raised on a rectangular hollow base, the sides with grooved bands, and applied with a pair of taotie masks at the shoulders, each suspending loose rings, the domed cover incised with a double mask, the bronze with a mottled dark green patina.31cm (12 1/4in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 青銅扁壺See a related example illustrated by D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods: Transformations of Archaistic Bronzes in China and Japan, Genoa, 2017, no.7.13. See also another example illustrated by Takayasu Higuchi and Minao Hayashi, Ancient Chinese Bronzes in The Sakamoto Collection, Tokyo, 2002, nos.234–240; See also another bianhu, Western Han dynasty, illustrated by J.C.S.Lin, The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China, Cambridge, 2012, no.46, in the collection of Xuzhou Museum.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE SET OF ARCHAIC MINIATURE RITUAL BRONZE VESSELSHan DynastyComprising a stove, zao, the boat-shaped vessel on four small feet, incorporating a steamer, zeng, two bowls and two spoons; a warming bowl; a footed lamp, decorated with mountains on the spreading foot, with a long curved handle issuing from the shallow bowl; two pear-shaped vases, hu, and covers, one of which of square section; a pear-shaped vase; a footed 'mountain' incense burner and reticulated cover, boshanlu; and a circular tripod food vessel and cover, ding, the vessel with a pair of rectangular upright loop handles, the domed cover with three short handles doubling as feet in the shape of stylised dragons.The stove 22cm ( 8 5/8in) long. (18).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 微型銅器 一組十一件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2002, no.11. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號11It is rare to find such a complete set of ritual vessels. See a bronze set from Tomb 42 at Jinyanggang (Luoyang, Henan Province), in the collection of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, illustrated in Han Dynasty: New Light on Ancient China after 2000 Years, Osaka, 1999, p.70, no.51; and another example in the collection of Museé Cernuschi, Paris, published by C.Deydier, Chinese Bronzes, New York, 1980, p.131, no.100.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER AND A BRONZE 'EAR' CUPHan DynastyThe incense burner raised on three curling legs terminating in hoof feet, the hemispherical lower body fitted with a curved handle, the hinged openwork domed cover pierced with meandering foliage, 14.7cm (5 3/4in) long; the ear cup, of oval form with deep rounded and slightly flaring sides flanked by two crescent-shaped handles raised on a flat base, the bronze with extensive malachite encrustation, 17cm (6 3/4in) wide.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 行爐形銅熏爐 及青銅耳杯 一組兩件Provenance: Professor Peter H. Plesch (1918-2013) and Mrs Traudi Plesch OBE (1921-2013), no.B417 (label; the ear cup)Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2006, no.12 (the small bronze incense burner)來源：英國Peter H. Plesch教授（1918-2013）與大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人Traudi Plesch伉儷舊藏，藏品編號B417（標籤，青銅耳杯）展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號12（銅熏爐）Professor Peter Hariolf Plesch, friend and doctor of Albert Einstein, left Frankfurt with his father in 1933. Educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was fascinated by Chinese glass and had the billiard room in his house converted into a private museum. Also a collector of Song ceramics and a long-standing member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, he once lent a ruyao narcissus bowl he purchased from the J.T. Tai Collection to the Society's Song exhibition.See a related pair of bronze 'ear' cups, illustrated by B.Karlgren and J.Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes: The Natanael Wessén Collection, Stockholm, 1969, pl.46.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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