Three Chinese archaic bronze belt hooks and two spear heads, Warring States / Han dynasty the first belt hook cast in high relief with tight scrolls, 14.5cm, two further belt hooks with a mask terminal and fluted shaft, incomplete, 9.8 and 15cm, one of the spears socketed with inscription, 19.3 and 9cmProvenance - 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 Asian works of art, 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.
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A Chinese archaistic silver and copper inlaid bronze belt hook and a bronze 'chilong' belt hook, 18th/19th century, 10.3 and 7.7cmProvenance - 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 Asian works of art, 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 pair of Japanese bronze models of rats, Meiji period, signed each holding a chestnut, inscribed three character marks to base 17 and 18cm long, 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 Asian works of art, 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 William IV giltwood and gesso convex girandole, with ropetwist frame, ebonised slip and foliate scroll branches with bronze sconces, W.2ft 7in. H.2ft 2in.CONDITION: Looks to have been overpainted in gold paint some years ago, now with a slightly flaking dull finish, both foliate scrolls to the top of the sides are a little worn and chipped and look to be lacking something from the top on each side, branches curl straight forwards, sconces slightly bent out of shape but otherwise good.
A pair of early 20th century Louis XVI style ormolu wall lights, with ribbon and oak branch backs, twin squared torchere branches and frosted glass flambe domes, width 1ft 10in. height 4ft 2in.CONDITION: Both lights in good condition, gilding is now in the main with a dull matted finish, central bosses at the top of the ribbons have a dull bronze tone, some light rubbing throughout from polishing over the years, will need re-wiring before use.
A late 19th century French satinwood, rosewood crossbanded and gilt metal mounted two tier oval etagere, the shaped marble upper tier raised on curved stylised dolphin supports, the lower tier with twin scroll handles, on square tapered legs united by stretchers to sabots, W.3ft 4.5in. D.2ft H.3ft 3in.CONDITION: Overall in fair to good condition, there is a diagonal crack running right through the marble top, the gilding to the ormolu around the rim of the top, the handles and the rim of the main body are all rubbed down to the base bronze, mounts elsewhere retain a matted gilt finish, fine splitting running across the tray handled top with a few tiny pieces of veneer missing from the crossbanding, otherwise fair.
A late 19th century French Empire style ormolu mounted mahogany three piece salon suite, comprising settee and pair of armchairs, with later fabric upholstery, the arms supported by sphinx and the legs with griffon motifs, standing on stylised paw feet, settee W.4ft 7in. D.2ft 5in. H.3ft 6in.CONDITION: Chairs W.2ft 2in. H.3ft 3in. D.2ft 1in.This suite looks to date to the mid to late 20th century, in the main the mahogany is a very dark tone but with some slight bleaching to the top rail and back of the settee, minor scuffs to the extremities of the frames, slight separation of the joint of the left arm of the settee where it meets the back, mounts are rubbed down to a dull bronze finish, scuffing and wear to the legs and feet.
A Victorian ormolu ink stand, the central wafer box applied with a bust of a Shakespeare and flanked by cut glass wells, width 17.5in. depth 9in. height 6in.CONDITION: Overall with a slightly matted appearance rubbed down to the base bronze at the raised extremities, the lid of the wafer box may be a later replacement certainly has a differing finish to the rest of the piece, otherwise minor oxidisation spotting but overall fair to good condition.
An early 20th century Tiffany style bronze table lamp, by Handel, with opaque leaded glass domed shade and chinoiserie style pierced base with ring handles, diameter 20.1in. height 25in.CONDITION: Overall rather dirty with a number of the panels coming loose from their leaded surrounds, in fact some may be later replacements as a number of them have more of a white tone than the others, the base dirty and oxidised, has screw in receivers for three light bulbs, all activated by beaded chain pulls, the main body of the base oxidised and dirty, no sign of any makers stamp.
After Edward Francis McCartan (1879-1947). A pair of Art Nouveau bronze candlesticks, modelled as nude children holding aloft amphora on fluted circular bases, signed with Copyright stamp, height 16.75in.CONDITION: Both with good rich chocolate brown patination, quality of the casting is a little more poor most notably around the wax pans, boy figure is perhaps slightly bent out of shape where it joins the base or possibly just slightly mis-cast.
After Raoul Larche (1860-1912). A bronze 'Loie Fuller' table lamp the dancer with raised arms, wearing a flowing gown extending around her feet to form the base and billowing up around her head, signed to the base, height 17in.CONDITION: Overall a dull mid to light brown finish, casting a little weak most notably around her hands and face, but otherwise fair order.
Henry Jacobs. An Art Nouveau gilt bronze bust of a medieval maiden, signed, height 14in., on associated marble plinthCONDITION: Looks to have the original golden to greenish brown patination which is slightly rubbed and a little dirty, tip of her nose is dented, signed near the right shoulder, surface scuffing to the back, impressed initials to the lower back, comes with a marble plinth which is too small for the bust, width of bust 16in, plinth width 12.5in depth 8.5in., plinth rather scuffed.
§ Hamish Mackie (1973-). A bronze model of a rhinoceros, standing upon a naturalistic base, incised with the artist's initials and numbered 1/12, length 9.5.in. height 6.25in.CONDITION: A greenish matted patination running across the upper surfaces of the bronze with some rubbing from polishing at the extremities, overall looks to be in very good order.
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890. A bronze figure of a Grenadier, signed J.E.BOEHM. SCR. and inscribed ‘GRENADIER, 1st GUARDS’, height 13.25in.CONDITION: Overall of a dull blackish brown tone but rubbed through to a lighter colour at the extremities, looks like the figure has been dropped at some point and there is a break running just above the knee of his right leg and further fracture through the rifle just above the lock, otherwise he leans slightly to the left, with loose joints to the plinth.
After the Antique, a bronze figure of Apollo?, 19th century, on a grey marble and bronze pedestal, 22.25in.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, 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.
Two Egyptian bronze statuettes of Osiris and a sculpted limestone figure fragment, Ptolemaic period, the two statuettes 6.4 and 6.5cm, the stone group depicting a seated human with a animal between its legs and an animal seated upon its back, 9cm high Provenance - A. T. Arber-CookeCONDITION: Please enquire.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 initially 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 Ancient Greek pottery vessels, Attic and Apulia, 4th-5th century BC, most with old collection labels, the Apulian dish with central flower motif, 18cm diameter, a similar small krater, 9cm wide, five other vessels and a Cypriot bronze age ewer, 13cm 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 initially 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 Ancient Roman pottery vessels and a bronze statuette of Venus, mostly 1st-4th century AD, the bronze statuette, 6.5cm, many of the items with Victorian collection labels, together with an Etruscan jar, 7th century BC and two Graeco-Roman vessels, tallest 14.5cm and a section of red marble, 8cm from excavations 25.ii.1858 at San Stephano, Rome 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 initially 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.
Girolamo Savonarola BüsteItalien/Florenz, 16./19. JahrhundertBronze gegossenL 54cm, H 40cm, T 32cmGirolamo Savonarola war ein italienischer Dominikaner, Bußprediger und Kirchenreformator. Geboren 1452 in Ferrara, gestorben 1498 in Florenz.Diese Portrait-Bronze besticht nicht nur durch die Größe, sondern auch den expressiven Ausdruck.Die Qualität des Gusses ist bestechend. Sie ist in verlorener Form gegossen und daher ein Unikat.
Francois BriotDamblain 1545 – 1616 MontbéliardSchenk-KanneFrankreich oder Nürnberg um 1585/90Bronze, gegossen, gedreht und ziseliert Reste von VergoldungIn der Renaissance sind solche Kannen Gebrauchsgegenstand und Kunstwerk zugleich. Sie sind wichtige Ziergegenstände der Metallbearbeitung und der Goldschmiedekunst. Die elegante Silhouette dieses Meisterstückes erinnert an eines der Modelle, die im Renaissance-Museum in Écouen ausgestellt sind. Weltweit finden sich in bedeutenden Sammlungen und großen Museen vergleichbare Ziergegenstände.Vom Manierismus inspirierte Dekorationen bedecken diesen elegant geformten Objektkörper. Widderköpfe, Blätter und Rocaillen, Bänder, Flügel, und gehörnte Tierköpfe, ranken über den gesamten Korpus. In der Mitte ein Wappenmedaillon. Unter dem Schnabel hebt sich ebenfalls ein Widderkopf mit spitzen Hörnern ab. Der ausdrucksvolle Henkel, in Form eines Drachen der eine Schlange greift und in einem manieristischen Maskaron im Hochrelief endet, charakterisiert diese museale Schenkkanne.Künstler wie Wenzel Jamnitzer (1507/1508–85) oder François Briot (um 1545–1616), der sowohl in Frankreich als auch in Nürnberg arbeitete, schufen in dieser Epoche in unvergleichbarer Virtuosität Ornament- und Reliefdarstellungen auf Goldschmiede-, Silbertreib-, Bronze und Zinngießarbeiten. Die von Francois Briot gefertigte Temperantia-Schüssel im Pariser Louvre, auf der sich zartgliedrige Arabesken und Grotesken um mythologische Szenen winden, ist ein Beispiel dafür. Auch in N.Y. im Metropolitan Museum oder im Victoria & Albert Museum in London werden vergleichbare Kannen und Schüsseln gezeigt.Vergleichbare Objekte in den bedeutendsten Museen der Welt: Musée de Louvre, Paris, Metropolitan Museum, N.Y., Getty-Museum, Malibu, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Grassimuseum, Leipzig Renaissance-Museum, Écouen, Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden, u.v.a.
A pair of late 19th century bronze Marly horses, on black marble bases, one with impressed signature 'Coustou' 44cm high. Bases 33 x 17.5cmAfter the marble originals by Guillaume Coustou, commissioned by Louis XV of France for his château de MarlyCondition report: Colur of bronze is dull all over and there is a white residue, probably old polish?Tiny chips to corners of one base.
Mixed ancient items, including pottery tile fragments, bronze lamp, small pottery animals and figures, ushabti, tin with many metal buttons, musket balls, 10 large hand made iron nails with decorated heads (largest 24cm long)Condition report: Nearly all excavated and with consequential damage, crushing, implement damage, accretions, discolouration, ushabti broken and repaired,
Ancient bronze and iron implements, comprising a bronze axe head, with shaft end decoration and sharp blade, 16cm long, two Viking iron axe heads, 18.5 + 20cm, six bronze spear blades, 20 to 34cm long and three further miscellaneous itemsCondition report: All excavated and with consequential damage, deterioration, heavy verdigris, losses, accretions,
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