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Click here to subscribeA large mixed media Panel,20th century, the centre with a cloisonné vase issuing jade and soapstone lotus and flowers with mother-of-pearl leaves, on a hardwood table beside mother-of-pearl calligraphy, above a cloisonné elephant and display table with hanging pendant in soapstone and aventurine within a fretwork border against a red lacquer ground, the frame inset with cloisonné panels,117cm high including suspension100.5cm wide二十世纪 嵌百宝珐琅博古图诗文大挂屏
A Persian Safavid type tinned copper wine bowl, bears owners mark and date 'Sahibuhu Muhammad Nowruz Khawaja Ali, 1063', decorated with two bands of calligraphy against a finely hatched background separated by broad band of arabesque palmettes and half palmettes, height 12.5 cm with diameter at lip 23cm
A 17TH/18TH CENTURY CHINESE KANGXI PERIOD BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL, with a fitted metal rim, the sides painted with extended lotus and with calligraphy and seals, the interior with a stipple engraved owner's mark, the base with a two character bo gu 'old antique' mark, 7.4in diameter & 2.9in high.
A GOOD QUALITY EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE REPUBLIC PERIOD EGGSHELL PORCELAIN BOWL, together with a fitted box, the sides of the bowl painted in enamels with calligraphy and a golden pheasant perched on an extended blossoming bough within blue enamel borders, the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 4.7in diameter & 2.25in high.
A Chinese Canton porcelain saucer shaped dish mid 19th Century made for the Persian market decorated with a central medallion with Arabic calligraphy encircled by borders of symbolic butterflies, birds and flowers and a smaller plate of Arabic calligraphy within a circle shape panel of flowers alternating with butterflies and coloured enamels in overglaze blue and gilt, 24cm and 21.5cm
BENEDICT XV: (1854-1922) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1914-22. Rare A.L.S., Benedictus PP XV, two pages, 4to, Vatican City, 19th September 1915, to Pietro Griffagni, in Italian. The letter bears at the heading the Vatican City State golden embossed coat of arms. Benedict XV, as Pope, explains that on the occasion of his first anniversary since he reached the Saint Peter´s Chair, he received the letter sent from his correspondent which he specially appreciates and further states `..your calligraphy, which is not very different to the one you used to have in your youth. I thank you for the sentiments which you have expressed to me, and I correspond to them from deep in my heart, and I pray the Lord to relieve your pain and to give you a lot of patience. Consider that patience can be the equivalent of the purgatory!´ Accompanied by the original envelope, with remnants of a red wax seal to the verso. An unusual autograph letter by Benedict XV. With blank integral leaf. Overall, minor age wear to the edges, otherwise G £250-350
A Chinese porcelain faux-marbre plate, Qianlong mark, 18/19th C. Dia.: 20 cm Condition: The plate intact, but the calligraphy worn. Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
FATIMID, AL- ‘AZIZ (365-386h), Square lead weight, uniface. LEGEND: Within border: amr bihi al-Imam li-din al-‘Aziz billah amir al-mu’minin; the central field blank; flowers with six petals in each corner. DIMENSIONS:36mm square, 46.48g. CONDITION: Grey-green patina, good very fine and extremely rare. The three lead weights offered here appear to form a group, both in terms of style and also in their metrology. The splendid weight of al-‘Aziz (lot 129) has a flower with six petals in each corner, while the weight attributed to al-Hakim (lot 130) has three pellets in the same place. Given that the weight of the al-‘Aziz piece is precisely twice that of the al-Hakim, it seems likely that the former is a weight of ‘6’ while the latter is a weight of ‘3’. This is supported by the anonymous weight (lot 130), which also has a six-petalled flower in each corner; the slight difference in weight between this and the al-‘Aziz piece can be attributed to the former’s poorer condition. A unit of slightly under 8g may thus be inferred for these pieces, although this seems difficult to interpret in terms of contemporary dinar and dirham weights. On the basis of the calligraphy it has been suggested that these weights may have been produced in Muslim Sicily.
A hunting pink, for the Spicer Family hunt, from Spye Park, Wiltshire, bearing seven large flat livery style buttons, engraved for the hunt, and four small cuff buttons, 2 engraved M. H., circa 1890, with a pair of buck skin breeches (stand not included) Condition report Report by GH To clarify - the large buttons down the front are engraved SPYE in decorative calligraphy, as are the two closes to the cuff. The two above the cuff are engraved MH, which stands for Master of the Hounds.
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