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Lot 244
A 19th century Tibetan bronze butter spoon (Markyog)Provenance - The Pestalozzi International Foundation collection of Tibetan thangkas, Buddhist figures and ritual objects. In 1947, the British Pestalozzi Children's Village association was founded by Dr Henry Alexander - a German, Jewish, refugee who moved to the UK before the Second World War - and Mrs Mary Buchanan - a British sociologist. In 1959 the organisation opened a 170 acre property in Sedlescombe, East Sussex to house and educate children from displaced persons camps in Europe at the end of World War II.In 1963, twenty-two Tibetan students, along with their house parents, arrived at the village. In 1967/68 saw the last of the European students at Pestalozzi and from that point students from Tibet, India and Nepal - amongst other countries - began to arrive. The Tibetan children and their house parents rescued Buddhist thangkas (paintings) and relics from the local temples during the upheavals of the 1960s which are included in this sale. The collection also includes Buddhist figures of deities from China, Burma and Thailand. The funds raised will help Pestalozzi to continue to offer educational scholarships to children from under-privileged countries.
Lot 126
A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE EWER EMBLEMATIC OF WATER, LATE 19TH CENTURY Of classical form, moulded in low relief with a band of sea-nymphs frolicking in water with dolphins before bulrushes, the shoulder applied with a nymph astride a seahorse, the scroll handle with a satyr below a nymph thumbpiece, supported by three Tritons on a shaped base, engraved Vittoz. Bronzier. A. Paris44,5cm high
Lot 211
A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE SINGING BOWL, 'DOBACHI', MEIJI PERIOD, 1868-1912 The hand-hammered bowl with deep rounded sides and resting on a padded cushion, all contained within a red-lacquered gilt-wood stand, the pierced and carved waist above a shaped apron supported by cabriole legs with scrolling feet on a circular stretcher, together with a leather-clad striker, age related wear53,5cm high including stand
Lot 623
A LOUIS VUITTON BRONZE LEATHER THEDA PM LIMITED EDITION HANDBAG Monogram embossed leather, oversized mock lock contrasts with mini “lock chainâ€base length 21,5cm, height 15,2cm, width 7,6cmPart of the Spring/Summer 2004 collection, created to celebrate the company’s 150 year anniversary
Lot 411
* AUGUSTUS JOHN OM RA (BRITISH 1878 - 1961), THE PORTRAIT OF SUNITA oil on canvas, signed 53.5cm x 43cm Framed and under glass. Note: This lot is accompanied by a hand written letter of authentication (dated 4th March 2019) from Rebecca John, artist, grand-daughter of Augustus John and the leading authority on the work of her grandfather. Inscribed on canvas verso: "Property of Sophie Fedorovitch, 22 Bury Walk, Chelsea SW3, London". Sophie Fedorovitch was a Russian born theatrical designer who worked with ballet choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton from his first choreographed ballet in 1926 until her accidental death in 1953. Fedorovitch died in a gas explosion at her home (known as "the Gothic Box") at 22 Bury Walk on 25th January 1953. Two old printed labels verso, one explaining the background to the portrait and the other stating the picture to be "Property of Mary Smeaton or Scott". Augustus John became acquainted with Jacob Epstein at the New English Art Club after Epstein moved from Paris to London. He produced several drawings of Epstein and two etchings. Epstein later modelled a bronze head of John’s son Romily, which is part of the Garman Ryan Collection followed by a stone version and a Bronze head of Augustus in 1916. Although the two artists encouraged each other, they had a prickly friendship which animated their portraits of each other. This was probably further exacerbated by John’s reputation of having a fiery and rebellious temperament, prone to violent mood swings. Augustus John lead a notoriously promiscuous lifestyle and "fathered numerous children with nearly as many different mothers". "Sunita" was originally from Kashmir, a Muslim who married Ahmed Peerbhoy, a millionaire of Bombay, but sometime in the early 1920s she came to England with her son Enver and younger sister Anita Patel. The sisters joined a troupe of magicians known as the Maysculine Brothers. Sunita developed a persona as an Indian mystic and fortune teller and became widely known as Princess Sunita. Jacob Epstein may have met Sunita at the British Empire Exhibition, where the exotic foreign displays intrigued him, or possibly through his friend Matthew Smith (1879 - 1959). In 1925 Epstein invited Sunita, Enver and Anita to live at his home at Guilford Street in London with the full agreement of his wife Margaret. Mrs Epstein was trying to end her husband's affair with Kathleen Garman by encouraging him into affairs with other women. Sunita had become Epstein's favourite model and she posed, often alone but sometimes with her son, for numerous drawings and sculptures by Epstein until 1931. Jacob Epstein was apparently furious that John had encouraged "Sunita" to sit for a portrait and when John told him that he wanted Sunita to sit for him again, Epstein refused to allow it. "Augustus was celebrated first for his brilliant figure drawings, and then for a new technique of oil sketching. His work was favourably compared in London with that of Gauguin and Matisse. He then developed a style of portraiture that was imaginative and often extravagant, catching an instantaneous attitude in his subjects."
Lot 50
MIXED LOT OF COLLECTABLES including a milliner's hat block; a stationary rack, an Edwardian crumb scoop; two clothes brushes, one on a shaped shield with squirrel decoration; an East Asian shaped brass spill vase; a Continental base metal mantel clock with country scene finial; a decorative bronze female figural study; a Spelter figure of Les Premieres Fleurs, on a circular base (A/F); and a specimen wood walking cane
Lot 342
1940s/50s London Transport enamel BUS STOP FLAG (compulsory). An E3 type with runners for 3 e-plates on each side. Double-sided with two enamel plates inside a bronze frame and including an e-plate for route 280 Mon-Sat. Measures 18" x 21.5" (46cm x 54cm). An excellent example just with a few very small blemishes. [1]
Lot 400
London Underground enamel PLATFORM ROUNDEL SIGN from Oxford Circus Station on the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria Lines. This is the mid-size version measuring 44" (112cm) across by 36" (92cm) high, c1980s, and comes complete with its bronze frame. In very good, ex-use condition with minor blemishes only. [3 parts + frame]
Lot 423
1940s/50s London Transport enamel BUS & COACH STOP FLAG 'Bus Compulsory, Coach Request'. Double-sided with two enamel plates inside a bronze frame and retaining its original fixing rods. Measures 18" x 16" (46cm x 40cm). A most unusual variant to find in the framed type. In good, ex-use condition with a few small chips, traces of the fare-stage stickers and a little corrosion at the foot of one plate. [1]
Lot 424
1940s/50s London Transport enamel BUS & COACH STOP FLAG 'Request'. Double-sided with two enamel plates inside a bronze frame and retaining its original fixing rods. Measures 18" x 16" (46cm x 40cm). A very unusual variant to find in the framed type. In very good, ex-use condition with minor blemishes only. [1]
Lot 447
London Underground enamel PLATFORM ROUNDEL from Knightsbridge Station on the Piccadilly Line. This is the standard small-size sign, from the track-side, measuring 24" (61cm) across by 19.5" (50cm) high, c1980s, in three parts plus bronze frame. In very good, ex-use condition, just a few small blemishes. [3 parts + frame]
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