A large Chinese archaic bronze ritual food vessel, Gui, early Western Zhou dynasty, 11th-10th century B.C., cast in relief to the upper band with bovine masks, raised roundels and quatrefoil motifs, applied with a pair of zoomorphic handles, the band around the foot with kui dragons on a leiwen ground, gun metal grey patina with heavy malachite and cuprite encrustation, 14cm high, 26cm wide, old repairsLiterature:A very similar ritual bronze gui was sold by Nagel Auctions, 'Asian Art', 8th May 2009 which was formerly in the Earl Morse collection, exhibited Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 'The Morse Collection of Ancient Chinese Art', 1982, publ. in the catalogue p. 28, no. 13.Also similar in form is the Zhong Zhi Fu Gui sold by Sotheby's, New York, 'Archaic Bronzes and the Wu Dacheng Jijintu Scroll', 18 March 2014 which bears an inscription dating the vessel to the early Western Zhou Dynasty (11th-10th Century B.C.)Compare the Cheng Wang gui in the British Museum, accession no. 1977,0404.1 which has a similar band of alternating roundels and quatrefoils below the rim and around the foot and is firmly dated to the reign of Cheng Wang (1115BC-1077BC)
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A Chinese archaistic bronze tripod ritual food vessel, Ding, early Western Zhou dynasty style, cast with a narrow band of three taotie masks with protruding eyes centered by small flanges and formed by confronting elongated kui dragons, above a band of triangular cicada blades, the rim with a pair of high looped handles, on zoomorphic feet, bas-relief cast three character 'dog' pictographic mark to the interior, dark brown and olive green patina encrusted with malachite green deposits, 19cm high, 16cm wideCompare a similar form ritual bronze ding sold by Christie's, New York, 'Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art', 20 - 21 March 2014, Lot 2036.
A Chinese archaic bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, You, early Western Zhou dynasty, 11th-10th century B.C., cast in relief with bands of phoenixes, bovine masks and leiwen, the swing handle with prominent tapir-head terminals, three character pictographic 'elephant' clan mark to underside of cover and interior of vessel, grey and dark brown patina with some areas of verdigris, 22cm high, repairsLiterature: This vessel is similar in form to the Zhao you, attributed to the reign of King Zhao (circa 977/975-957 BC), in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, illustrated in Shanghai Bowuguan cang qingtongqi [Ancient bronzes in the Shanghai Museum], Shanghai, 1964, pl. 38.For similar ritual vessels sold at auction see Sotheby's, New York, Important Chinese Art, 13 May 2015, Lot 101, the 'Zuo Ce Huan You' at Sotheby's, New York, 'Magnificent Ritual Bronzes', 17 September 2013, Lot 8 and Christie's, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 21 - 22 March 2013, Lot 1129.
René-Paul Marquet (1875-1939) - Gilt patinated bronze and carved ivory mounted standing figure of a young Renaissance nobleman carrying a casket, on oval base and mounted on a veined marble oval plinth, 13.25ins high, signed and with Paris Foundry mark to base (one index finger missing) Note: Please be aware that according to CITES Regulations, it will be necessary to acquire an export licence to export this lot of ivory outside the EU. It will NOT be possible to export this lot of ivory to the USA.
William Shirreffs (1846-1902) - Green/brown patinated bronze bust, thought to be James Garden Laing RSW (1852-1915), on square socle with comedy mask to front, 28ins high, signed and dated 1894 to left side and with cream painted wood square pedestal for same, 14ins square x 9.5ins high - 37.5ins high overall
An interesting small collection of antiquities, mostly dressware, including - a Roman silver and partial gilt bow brooch with applied collars and inlay to trapezoidal footplate, 1.75ins, a Roman silver repoussé triangular pendant (1st Century BC/1st Century AD), 2ins, a Romano-British "Dragonesque" bronze brooch with reserved leaf designs within red enamel cells, 1.25ins, a bronze plate brooch with a shield-shaped enamel panel, 1.82ins, together with thirty-three other pieces, various
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