*JONATHAN KNIGHT (b. 1954) 'The Resting Otter' signed to the tail, bronze, 65cm longBorn in London, Jonathan Knight was brought up in an artistic atmosphere as his father was a noted book illustrator and his mother a designer and art school teacher. From the age of ten, Knight experimented in sculpture influenced by the work of Giacometti and Marino Marini. After graduating with a master’s degree in English from Cambridge, Knight returned to sculpture and began to specialise in equine sculpture, reflecting a lifelong fascination with horses. Early in his career, he had a one-man show at W H Patterson Fine Art in Mayfair, and received many equine commissions through both that gallery and the Sladmore Gallery, as well as receiving private commissions to sculpt a number of life-size horses for international studs and racecourses.By the early nineties however, Knight began to fight against the aesthetic restrictions of that genre. A considerable metamorphosis developed in his work. His subject matter was now largely birds and wild animals but treated in a contemporary manner in which superfluous detail was discarded in favour of a form and line and movement. His work thus joined a tradition of animalier sculpture that originated in the Art Nouveau movement and found expression in the work of Rembrandt Bugatti and Francois Pompon amongst others. Over the ensuing years, Knight’s reputation has grown through frequent exhibitions both in the UK and Belgium and Holland. He is now seen, through the unique sensibility and purity of his work, as one of the finest exponents of animalier sculpture working today. His sculptures, to which he personally gives individual and expressive patinas, are invariably cast in bronze and in highly limited editions.
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JAPANESE BRONZE DRAGON VASE, Meiji Period, of onion form, cast with a dragon emerging from waves in low relief, the neck entwined with an applied silvered dragon, base with 4-character seal mark, 37cms h, associated wood standProvenance: private collection South Wales.Comments: rim is dented and slightly bent, overall vase and applied dragon have been polished, one claws broken, crystal tama missing.
GOOD JAPANESE PATINATED BRONZE ELEPHANT & TIGER GROUP, Meiji Period, by Tsunemitsu, modelled with two tigers with glass eyes attacking the unfortunate elephant rearing in defence, abdomen with 2-character signature in reserve, 24cms high, on associated wooden baseProvenance: private collection North Wales.Comments: one tiger eye missing, tusks broken and repaired. Cites Article 10 licence TR6WWXT6. Re-export licence will be required.
CHINESE LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, late Ming Dynasty, the serene bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana on double lotus dias and wearing crown, necklaces, the right hand probably formerly holding a cup, heft hand raised before the chest, possibly vitarkamudra, 25cms h.Provenance: private collection Cardiff.Comments: headdress and left hand damaged, holes to knee and back, base edge partially damaged, lacquer flaking/worn, see additional images, inspection advised.
LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'ANTIQUES' VASE, Republic, of baluster form, enamelled with four archaic bronze ding vessels to the waisted neck and body, interspersed with calligraphic panels, 60cms hProvenance: private collection South WalesComments: good overall, foot with old chip & firing fault.
JAPANESE BRONZE BALUSTER VASE, Meiji Period, possibly signed Kokoku, inlaid in silver and copper with tsuru wading amid reeds, on four legs, twin handles, engraved 3-charcyer signature to rear and 5-character mark to base, 12cms hProvenance: private collection north WalesComments: one leg slightly bent inward, polished, nick to one handle, silver inlaid line on bent leg partially missing
Bruno Zach (1891 - 1935), pair of Art Deco green patinated bronze bookends, in the form of female dancers, signed on the base, on green onyx plinths, height 18.5cmSome wear and surface chips to the green patination, but no breaks damage or repairs, some small chipping on the edge of the onyx bases
1851 medals presented by Her Majesty's Commissioners for the exhibition to the Right Hon Lord Overstone, containing 5 original bronze medallions in original gilded Morocco case with gilt-metal mounts, case dimensions 36cm x 26cm, in Morocco leather-covered outer caseAll in very good bright condition, no damage or repairs but outer leather case is very worn, torn and tired
An Art Nouveau oil lamp, supported by a bronze patinated spelter figure of a woman, lustre glass vessel with flame glass shade, overall height 100cm, converted to electricPatina is lightly tarnished but no damage or repairs, glass shade and vessel in good condition, wired for electricity but not tested and must be checked before use
* Chinese archaic bronze Gu-shaped vase, early Qing Dynasty (17th/18th century), the body (between trumpet rim and foot) fully decorated with low relief of flying Chilongs (dragons) amongst clouds, base mark engraved “Daming Xuande Nianzhi” in a rectangular frame, base also with ink manuscript label RK 0117, height 26.5 cm, weight 1700 gQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Japanese bronze tsuba, Meiji period 1868-1912, finished in gold and silver, one side engraved with pine tree and a signed vertical panel, the other with two figures emerging side pouring a double gourd containing two mythical beasts, 6.5 x 5.8 cm, together with another bronze tsuba, probably late Edo period, one side with a bird above cricket and flowers, the other side with a subtle foliate decoration, the whole piece with a hammered finish, 6.5 x 5.9 cm, inscribed along the inner edge with a collection number 0627 and presented in a later collectors caseQTY: (2)
* Chinese bronze figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, modelled in Buddistic robe and wearing a rosary on her chest, sitting on a raised plinth on a base of water-wave design and holding a baby on her lap (Songzi Guanyin) indicating fertility, 8.5 cm high QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Chinese bronze seal, 18th century, in the form of a lion dog seated on a square base engraved with four Zuan style characters “Bi?shen Zhi”, indicating the name of the owner, height 2.7 cm, together with a copper belt hook, circa 1906, with head turned back and with silver inlaid wings and carapace, on the reserve silver inlaid inscription “Binngwu Shengou Junwufu Gaoguan”, length 8 cm QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Japanese brass water dropper, 17th-19th Century, teapot-shaped, with a beast head spout and a loop handle, one side of the body decorated with a Kylin while the other a flying phoenix among clouds, with four bracket feet and base mark “???”(Ryuumondo), without lid (remnant of broken hinge), height 6.5 cm, together with a bronze water dropper, of a double gourd form, the body with low relief engraved scrolling foliage decoration, three spreading bracket feet, at the centre of the base with a stylised chrysanthemum pattern and surrounded with engraved dots, height 7 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Japanese bronze vase, early Edo period, of trumpet shape form, hexagonal petal rim, slender cylindrical body on a flared foot, a decorative pierced rectangular banner on each side of the body, base marked 'Tateyama' (??) and 'Supervised by Hiragana' (???? in a square frame, height 24 cm, together with Chinese archaic bronze form vase, petal-shaped rim, geometric patterns on the middle section of the body and on the foot, two dragon head handles, base mark ?????height 26 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Chinese bronze paperweight, 19th-20th Century, in the form of a camel, the ungulate resting and chewing, with two small humps on its back, length 7.5 cm, together with another Chinese bronze paperweight, in the form of a dog resting, with its head turned to the left side, length 5.5 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Murata (Seimin, ???? 1761-1837). Japanese bronze tripod koro of stylised Jia form, the brocaded body surrounded with a high relief Chilong (a type of dragon), a band of Greek key patterns directly beneath the rim, further Greek key bands around body, and around and between feet, the base marked “Dai Nippon Bunsei Nen Seimin Ju” (??????????, weight 1600 g, height 11 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.A type of Chinese archaic bronze vessel originally for drinking wine.
* Chinese bronze bottle vase, Song to Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century, of plain undecorated form, the compressed globular body with elongated slender neck with wide band around the rim and conforming decoration on the foot, both decorated with crisply cast stylised cresting waves within a raised border, the base with label 'Oriental Ceramic Society, 124, 1921 Centenary 2021', 23 cm high QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.Oriental Ceramic Society, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of The Oriental Ceramic Society 1921-2021, catalogue 124: '...probably intended as a flower vase, perhaps for use in a scholar’s studio.... The motif of cresting waves was popular on Chinese bronzes from around the twelfth century while on ceramics it is found as the main motif on JIzhou wares of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The rich brownish-black patina of the bronze was probably deliberately induced, in keeping with the interest in archaic bronzes and antiquarianism during this period.'
* Chinese Scholar’s miniature bronze vessel, 17th century, a vase of baluster form, the body decorated with sea waves, lotus petal-shaped panels on the long neck, flanked with two stylised elephant mask handles, a band of Greek key motifs on the foot, 12cm high, together with a small Chinese bronze baluster form vase, 17th century, plain body, a band of waves on the middle of the neck, flanked by two circular hoop handles, flared rim and foot, height 9 cm, plus a Chinese bronze teapot form water dropper, 17th century, ball-shaped body with a wide band of Taotie masks at the middle section, the tapering long neck with a hat shaped top, a floral band linking the spout and neck, stylised handle, short foot decorated with patterns, height 10.5 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Japanese bronze teapot shaped water dropper, Meiji period, the ovoid body decorated with scrolling gourd fruits and foliage, with two pierced handle fixings (no handle present), the lid with a gourd modelled finial, supported with three gourd shaped feet, base marked possibly “Toyama”, 9.5 cm high, together with another Japanese bronze teapot shaped water dropper, the ovoid body with continuous floral low relief, the hinged lid with a modelled lion finial, dragon handle, four ball feet, the base marked “Omogou”, 10 cm highQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
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