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Lot 175
A HAWKING DRUM, MIDDLE EAST, 17TH/18TH CENTURY bronze, of bell shaped form, the sides engraved with calligraphy amidst arabesque motifs, the hide strung over pointed projections around the outer edge 12cm high, 18cm max. diam. Drums of this type were used to disturb and expose the prey in falconry. For a Persian example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, see inv. no. 1060-1869.
Lot 19
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA, MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY seated in padmasana with right hand raised holding a willow stem and left hand holding a cup, wearing loosely draped robes open at the chest to reveal a swastika, the face with curly moustache and beard, surmounted by a simple circlet centred by a triangular finial 18.5cm high Provenance: acquired by the vendor's father-in-law, Elias van Duyn de Sparwoude in China in the early 20th century.
Lot 20
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN ON A PEDESTAL LOTUS STAND, MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY seated in padmasana balancing a willow stem in the raised right hand and a cup in the left hand, wearing long flowing robes open at the chest to reveal elaborate beaded jewellery and incised with floral scroll at the edges, the head with large earrings and hair in a top-knot behind an elaborate openwork crown, the separate stand in two parts representing a lotus flowering over a fenced pool of elongated hexagonal shape, on bracket feet 31cm high Provenance: acquired by the vendor's father-in-law, Elias van Duyn de Sparwoude in China in the early 20th century.
Lot 26
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, MING DYNASTY, DATED 1577 modelled seated on a recumbent Qilin, holding a flaming pearl in her left hand, her right hand raised, with elaborate headdress, on a double lotus base, inscription to reverse of base 35cm high The inscription has been translated as: Made in Wanli fifth year [ie 1577]. Monk Wan Neng-an.
Lot 327
A FRENCH BRONZE-MOUNTED SIENA MARBLE INKSTAND, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY oblong, on gilt-bronze button feet, with pen depression before the inkwell and socle mounted with a patinated bronze bust of Diana after Jean-Alexander Joseph Falguière (1831-1900) signed in the bronze and inscribed for the foundry Thiébaut Frères 25cm long
Lot 333
CARL HENRIK WREDE (1890-1924): YOUNG WOMAN STRETCHING a patinated bronze figure stretching up from the hips, probably 1920s, signed in the bronze 21cm long The Finnish sculptor Carl Henrik Wrede af Elimä attended the Finnish Art Society's drawing school in 1911-12 and then studied in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière 1912-1913 (coming under the influence of Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle) and in Rome 1919-1920. Most of his production consisted of portrait busts, including one of Pope Benedict XV (1920, the bronze original apparently in the Vatican collections) until his early death from meningitis. A member of the Swedish/Finnish noble Wrede family, a collection of sixty of his pieces were donated by the family to be displayed at a former family seat, Anjala Manor, from 1972 up to the museum's closure in 2014.
Lot 354
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED LUSTRE CLARET JUG, CLEMENT MASSIER EARTHENWARE, GOLFE JUAN (ALPES MARITIME), SILVER BY MAISON BOIN-TABURET, PARIS, CIRCA 1890 the baluster jug moulded with a girdle at the shoulder covered in a burnt orange glaze with gilt highlights, gilt painted marks 'C.M / GOLFE JUAN / (AM)', the mounts cast in foliate openwork Rococo style, the lid with cast flower finial, maker's mark Georges Boin, 950 standard, in its chamois and silk lined green box 27cm. high Clément Massier (1844-1917), from an established family of potters in Vallauris, started his gallery / workshop 'La Poterie du Golfe Juan' in 1883. Famous for the metallic lustre glazes he developed, his premises became a destination for wealthy visitors to the French Riviera. At the same time Rococo style silver was enjoying a revival: the magazine 'Le Temps' of 11 January 1889 citing (in translation) 'It is perhaps M. Boin-Taburet, more than any other silversmith, who has contributed to this return to Louis XV.' For another Massier claret jug with Rococo style silver mounts, with marks for Karl Fabergé, see Sotheby's, New York, 12 April 2011, lot 279. The inspiration for this claret jug may have been one of a handful of 18th century jasper ewers with Rococo mounts. A gold-mounted example, Paris, circa 1734/35, is in the Museu Gulbenkian, Lisbon. Although the design has long been attributed to François Boucher (1703-1770), Peter Fuhring more recently has suggested that it may have been the work of Juste-Auréle Meissonier (1695-1750). Another example, with gilt bronze mounts of the same design, formerly in the collection of Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934), was sold at Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2015, lot 15.
Lot 71
THREE SINO-TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURES OF MAHASIDDHAS, 19TH CENTURY each seated on a triple cushion, inscribed in Tibetan, two with beards and holding a kapala, the third clean shaven, holding kapala and a pot 16cm approx. each The inscriptions identifying the subjects have been read (from left to right in illustration): 'Mag ba ri ba(?)', 'Narupa' (a misspelling of 'Naropa'), and 'Jamphal Shenyen' (Manjushrimitra in Sanskrit), respectively.
Lot 77
A BRACELET AND A PAIR OF FLARED CUFFS, THAILAND, 'LATE' PERIOD (330 BC-400 AD) bronze, the bracelet plain except for three bosses along one side, the cuffs with rope and reed designs 7.4cm diam. (bracelet); 7cm long approx. (cuffs) For similar examples formerly in the collection of Samuel Eilenberg, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see inv. nos. 2001.433.200 & 2001.433.184
Lot 96
A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI, JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY standing in tribhanga, his right hand in varada mudra, his left raised holding the stemp fo a padma, wearing tall headdress, mounted 11cm high Provenance: Private collection, London For a very closely related figure of Padmapani from the Eilenberg Collection, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see inv. no. 1987.142.303
Lot 98
A BRONZE FEMALE DEITY, PROBABLY FROM A VAJRADHATU MANDALA, NGANJUK, JAVA, CIRCA 1000 A.D. seated in padmasana, her right hand outstretched holding a patra, her left resting on her leg, wearing elaborate crown, long pendent earrings and tall pointed headdress, mounted 7.5cm high Provenance: Private collection, London This bronze is originally from a large set, assembled to form a three dimensional mandala. Several related images from the Eilenberg Collection are now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. 1987.142.5, 7, 8, 9. For further information, see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39046
Lot 264
A selection of 19th Century seals, to include a rock crystal, enamel and lapis lazuli desk seal, a coated ivory and hardstone desk seal, an agate and bronze desk seal, together with three further seals, lengths 2.2 to 8.4cm (6).Condition report: Overall condition good to fair Rock crystal and lapis - some light nicks and abrasion to handle, areas of enamel are cracked visible with magnification, seal has rampant lion and 'Mary-Anne' carving Coated Ivory - wear to coating around edges and rim, some dark discolouration, small cracks in material visible to top, seal features a double crest Agate - Some small nicks and abrasion to handle, adhesive visible to join Dog - Light scratches, carnelian seal with small nick Small seal very misshapen
Lot 378
Late 19th century Japanese bronze figure of an Elephant being attacked by two Tigers, outstretched trunk with ivory tusks, naturalistic grained skin to Elephant, Tigers with acid etched striped markings, height 38cm (15"), width 28cm (11"), all standing on stained wooden plinth.Condition report: Both Tigers with glass eyes missing, green oxidisation to tail area of Elephant.
Lot 377
19th century French, coloured bronze signed, Douret, two sea urchins with sashes holding reigns attached to a turtle, length 25cm (10"), height 24cm (9").Condition report: Interior of bronze filled with plaster and painted over being part of the original make-up of the figure, reigns with sections missing.
Lot 653
A set of five World War II medals, including The 1939-1945 Star, The Atlantic Star, The Burma Star, The Italy Star and The War Medal, together with a World War II War Medal, Defence Medal, The France and Germany Star, the 1939-1945 Star, a George VI Naval General Service Medal issued to T/LT A B Groves RNVR, with Mine Sweeping 1945-51 bar, some miniatures, buttons, silver and bronze school medals
Lot 142
Auguste Puttemans, (Belgian 1886 - 1922), a patinated bronze model of a Bacchante, dated 1917, portrayed in dance and playing the pipes, the base inscribed in the maquette with signature, dated and numbered 'No.9', above a green marble plinth 53cm high Provenance: Previously at Cherkley Court, former home of the Barons Beaverbrook
Lot 159
After Jules Moigniez, (French 1835 - 1894), Avant la Course, a patinated bronze equestrian group, late 19th century, the jockey turned to dexter and shielding his eyes from the Sun, the naturalistically cast oval base inscribed with the title and signed J.Moigniez in the maquette 34cm high, 37cm long Cf Christie's Amsterdam, European Noble and Private Collections, 24th - 25th June 2008, lot 52 LITERATURE: Christopher Payne, Animals in Bronze, Woodbridge, 1986, p. 351, pl. H208, another cast from this model
Lot 160
After Jules Moigniez, (French 1835 - 1894), Retour au Pesage, a patinated bronze equestrian group, late 19th century, the jockey leaning forwards with his right hand to stroke the horse's neck, the naturalistically cast oval base inscribed with the title and signed J.Moigniez in the maquette 33cm high, 37cm long Cf Christie's Amsterdam, European Noble and Private Collections, 24th - 25th June 2008, lot 52 LITERATURE: Christopher Payne, Animals in Bronze, Woodbridge, 1986, p. 351, pl. H208, another cast from this model
Lot 168
A painted plaster death mask of Napoleon Buonaparte, after Dr Francis Burton's original and almost certainly cast by Dr. François Carlo Antommarchi, circa 1825, painted to resemble bronze, inscribed around the truncation NAPOLEON 1ERE EMPEREUR, N... AJACCIO, mort St Helena, with indistinct dates, 32cm high, 14cm wide Napoleon's original death mask was created on 7 May 1821, a day and a half after the former emperor died on the island of St. Helena at age 51. Surrounding his deathbed were doctors from France and the United Kingdom. Some historical accounts contend that Dr. François Carlo Antommarchi (one of those present) cast the original parent mould, which would later be used to reproduce bronze and additional plaster copies. Other records, however, indicate that Dr. Francis Burton, a surgeon attached to the British Army's Sixty-Sixth Regiment at St. Helena, presided at the emperor's autopsy and during that postmortem procedure cast the original mould. Antommarchi obtained from his British colleagues a secondary plaster mould from Burton's original cast. With that second-generation mould, Antommarchi in France reportedly made further copies of the death mask in plaster as well as in bronze
Lot 172
Henry Étienne Dumaige, (French 1830 - 1888), a pair of patinated bronze models of infantrymen, Avant le Combat, Volontaire de 1792 and Apres le Combat, Grenadier de 1792, the former portrayed with tense Lysippian visage, adjusting his drum; the latter lighting his pipe, his musket cradled upright in his right arm; each naturalistically cast square section base inscribed in the maquette H.Dumaige and with title plaque to the front, 65cm high Cf: Christie's London, 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, 17th March 2011, lot 224 Also Bonhams Knightsbridge, Gentleman‘s Library Sale, 29th January 2014, lot 563, et al
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