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Lot 69
A fascinating collection of ten early middle Eastern patinated Bronze Items including a bracelet, the terminals with animal heads, five ceremonial bronze needles (some with animal head terminals and other artefacts) including a large (6.5") bronze Figure Model with double face and arms and open hands, etc. (possibly a handle) (these items quite possibly 2000/3000 years old)
Lot 183
A Chinese bronze mirror, probably Tang Dynasty, of circular floriate form, decorated with eight trigrams and foliage, 16cm diameter; a bronze mirror of similar form, probably Song Dynasty, decorated with figures and a tree, 14.5cm diameter; and two smaller circular bronze mirrors,probably Tang Dynasty, both decorated with birds, grapes and mythical beasts, 9.2cm and 9.6cm diameter (4)
Lot 186
A Chinese bronze two-handled censer, Ming Dynasty or later, of tapering cylindrical form with bands of decoration with tao tieh masks, animal heads and various geometric bands and keyfret patterns, the base with a four character mark of Xuande and elaborately carved wood cover and stand with peaches and bats (3), 29.5cm high
Lot 194
A Chinese or Japanese 17th/18th century bronze censer and cover, of lotus bud form, the cover naturalistically formed with a tortoise as the finial, each handle in the form of a curled lotus leaf, wood stand (3), 9cm high, Sold at Christie`s sale of the Foster collection, July 10th, 1894 and again on July 5th, 1965.
Lot 195
Two Chinese bronze pierced brush holders, Qing dynasty, elaborately decorated with dragons flying amongst clouds above frothy waves and beneath a keyfret border, 10.5cm high; together with an 18th/19th century Chinese bronze fierce looking mythical beast, one paw raised holding a cup, richly decorated with cloisonne inlay within circular swirl spots, the pierced base with geometric bead work, 16.5cm (3)
Lot 210
A Chinese bronze mounted figure of Lao Zi astride an ox, Qing dynasty, his simple robes draped around him, the oxen with splashes in other metals, 13cm high; and another similar, 14cm high; and a similar figure of a man mounted on a deer, with splashes of other metals, 17cm high (6), The figure of Lao Zi, the founder of Daoism, is most often identified as simply dressed riding an oxen, as he was when he decided to leave China due to its corruption. He was stopped at the border and asked to write down his thoughts, which resulted in the most famous text of Daoism, the Tao-te Ching, 6th century BC. See Bjaaland Welch, Chinese Art, 2008 p 170.
Lot 238
An 18th century Indian miniature bronze cannon, decorated at the centre shoulder of the trunnions, at the breech and muzzle with double scrolls, the cascable of canister form, on later wooden stand; another with plain mouldings and on its original gun metal carriage with four spoked wheels (2)
Lot 263
A Benin bronze leopard, Nigeria, probably 19th century, in standing position with outscrolling tail, the body entirely covered with concentric spots, dark green and copper patination, 34cm wide, 22.5cm high, 7cm deep, Note: Almost all Benin art was created to honor the king, or Oba, whose ancestral family has reigned since the 15th century. Benin bronzes were brought to Europe following a punitive expedition by the British in 1897, and caused a great sensation. Bronze Leopards were often used as royal water vessels - the water was poured from the mouth over the Oba`s hands in cleansing rituals. They were kept on royal altars. Like an ideal tribal leader, the leopard is revered for harmonizing the attributes of menace and temperance. The leopard also stands above life because like a leader, he has bestowed upon him the privilege of the `right to kill`.
Lot 299
†AFTER EDGAR DEGAS (FRENCH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY), LA DANSEUSE REGARDANT LA PLANTE DE SON PIED DROIT, Bronze, the female nude craning to look at her right foot, base stamped `Cire Perdue/ A.A. Hebrard`, numbered 1/250 and letters `EX NY` and with facsimile signature, on a mottled marble rectangular stand, 49cm high (overall)
Lot 305
STEPHEN M. WIENS (BRITISH 1871-1956), DAPHNE, 1919. alabaster herm, naturalistically carved with her soulful face looking down at the berried laurel tendrils enveloping the flared square stem, on a moulded square plinth base, signed lower right side S. Wiens/Sculpst /1919. 178cm high, 35cm deep, Notes: Stephen Wiens is recorded by the Tate Gallery as a portrait painter and sculptor, a grandson of the German poet Ferdinand Freiligrath. He was born in London, but educated partly in Germany. Having studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1890, he exhibited at the R.A. from 1893. Although the Tate holds a small bronze of his of 1906, his works appear to come on the market only rarely.
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