IGNACIO GALLO ROS ( Valladolid , 1887- d.1956)."Ballerina".Art Deco sculpture, ca. 1915.Polychrome bronze and marble.Signed on the marble.Slight wear marks due to the passage of time.Measurements: 29 x 11 x 6 cm (figure); 12 x 13 x 7 cm (base).Art Decó sculpture, ca. 1915 in hand-polychromed bronze, representing a dancer executing a dance step with great ease, wearing a shawl-like dress and showing us a bare breast. On a marble base with veined pieces.Ignacio Gallo studied at the San Fernando School in Madrid, where he was a pupil, at least in 1906 and 1907, of Muñoz Degrain and Alejo Vera. In 1912 he travelled to Paris, this time accompanied by the Valladolid violinist Julián Jiménez. That same year he appeared for the first time at the Paris Salon, exhibiting his work Apóstol. He worked in Paris for a long time making Art Deco sculptures, a job in which he would achieve a certain renown. He worked between 1910-1935 in the Seine capital, specialising in the manufacture of statues of bathers, dancers, nudes and pagan goddesses. His main foundry was that of Marcel Guillemar.
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Chippendale style bureau dame / office table, England, XVIII century.In mahogany.Measurements: 77 x 108 x 64 cm.Rococo table in the Chippendale style. With a straight plan, it has a smooth top, with a leather tablecloth, bordered by a moulding. The moulding is decorated with decorative notches. The waist is supported by two drawers with iron handles, and stands on four slender legs with claw-and-ball feet. Foliage-like vegetal carving covers the shoulders of the slender legs.Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) was one of the most important decorators of Rococo London, and indeed the originator of the English style of the period. The style known as Chippendale developed from about 1750, and although it began to decline in London around 1765, it was only then that it began to spread outside the capital, and indeed it was to enjoy great development in outlying centres for the rest of the century. The Chippendale style is composed of rococo features of French origin, Gothic and Chinese elements, mixed either separately, all together or only two of them.
A pair of late Victorian silver candlesticks, with fluted columns and corinthian capitals, and with gadrooned drip pans and square weighted bases, by Hawksworth, Eyre & Co. Ltd, Sheffield 1899, 15cm high. (2)Both have several small dings and dents to the bases, and one has had a slight knock to the capital, meaning the drip pan does not sit quite right. Otherwise ok.
THOMAS DANIELL (BRITISH 1749-1840)PANCHGANGA AND DURGA GHATS, BENARES, INDIA, CIRCA 1800Oil on canvas52.5 x 42cm (20½ x 16½ in.)Provenance:Spink, London (No. K2/3772)Inchcape & Co. Ltd.Sale, Christie's, London, Arts of India, 27 September 2001, lot 1Literature:M. Schellim, Oil paintings of India and the East by Thomas Daniel, R. A. (1949-1840) and William Daniell, R. A. (1769-1837), London, 1979, p. 67, pl. TD61, illustrated as William DaniellDuring their first tour which took them along the Ganges, the Daniells sailed past Benares and made numerous sketches and drawings from the river which were later used as the basis for fully worked up oils. On 4 December 1788, William recorded in his diary 'The general view of Benares from the Pinnacle was so very grand that I stayed on Board the whole day to draw it, earing if we let slip the present opportunity that we might never see it in a better point of View' (M. Hardie and M. Clayton, Walker's Quarterly, 1932). The Daniells returned to Benares for a longer stay on their return voyage a year later (November-December). Benares (now known as Varanasi) continues to be the religious capital of India and one of the most important places of pilgrimage and of ritual bathing. The Panchganga Ghat, as its name indicates, is where five rivers are supposed to meet. The Daniells depicted the Ghats in their Oriental Scenery and the accompanying text describes them as 'the most considerable of any of the Ganges.....vast multitudes of devotees..... to this city perform penance, and transact mercantile affairs. An opinion prevails amongst them that drawing the last breath at Coss (Benares) is a circumstance much in favour of their enjoyment of future happiness' (T. & W. Daniell, Oriental Scenery, 1795-1808).Condition Report: The canvas has been relined and is slightly uneven along the upper edge. Some minor abrasions around the edges from contact with the frame. The paint layers appear stable. UV light reveals scattered retouching, mainly concentrated in the sky and water. Minor areas of very fine surface cracking. Condition Report Disclaimer
MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ MOMPÓ (Valencia, 1927 - Madrid, 1992)"Peasant women looking out of the window", 1976.Mixed media on cardboard.Signed and dated in the lower left corner.Work reproduced in the catalogue raisonné of the artist "Manuel Hernández. Paintings, sculptures and drawings, 1969-1986", vol. II, ref. 1976/54, p. 286.Provenance: Benlliure Gallery, Valencia.Measurements: 54 x 32 cm; 81 x 72 cm (frame).Work treated from an abstract language of simple forms tending towards geometry, in which the artist has managed to introduce the spectator into the aesthetic experience of experimentation, typical of the creation of a concrete and subjective aesthetic language.The son of a painting teacher, Hernández Mompó alternated his primary and secondary school studies with classes at the Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artísticos in Valencia, which he entered in 1943. In 1948 he obtained a grant to paint in Granada, at the Residence for Painters, and three years later a new grant enabled him to travel to Paris. In the French capital he came into contact with the circles of informalist painters, whose influence would mark his later work, leaving behind the landscapes and portraits that had dominated his oeuvre until then. Between 1954 and 1955 he spent a long period in Rome, on a grant from the Department of Culture of the Ministry of National Education to study at the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in the Italian capital. In 1954 he took part in the Viareggio International Exhibition, where he was awarded the Italian Navigation Prize. He left Italy and settled in Amsterdam, where he again frequented the informalist cenacles. In 1957 he returned to Spain and settled in Aravaca (Madrid). The following year he was awarded a grant from the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, and won the Grand National Painting Prize and a first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. During the sixties and seventies he alternated his residence between Madrid, Ibiza, and in 1973 he spent a year in California. On his return to Spain he settled in Mallorca. Hernández Mompó exhibited in the main capitals of Europe and the United States, and took part in national and international exhibitions. Among his most outstanding awards was the Unesco Prize received at the 34th Venice Biennale in 1968. In 1984 he was awarded the National Prize for Fine Arts by the Ministry of Culture. His youthful style was soon influenced in a definitive way by abstract expressionism and informalism, although his works never lost reality as a reference point. In his production, Hernández Mompó captures a figurative and poetic imagery, harmoniously mixed with abstract elements and rich superimposition effects. Hernández Mompó is represented at the IVAM in Valencia, the Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, the Museo de Arte Abstracto in Cuenca, the British Museum in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Chase Manhattan Bank Collection in New York and the Winterthur Museum in Switzerland, among many others.
JOSÉ NAVARRO VIVES (Castelsarrasin, France, 1931)."Boat".Oil on canvas.Signed in the lower right corner and on the back.Provenance: acquired directly from the artist.Size: 73 x 115 cm; 77 x 120 cm (frame).When he was still a child, Navarro moved with his family to Barcelona. There he began his training at the School of Arts and Crafts, and later at the Higher School of Fine Arts. He won first prize at the University Painting Exhibition, which enabled him to take part for the first time in group exhibitions in Barcelona and Madrid in 1955 and 1956. In 1957 he obtained a grant from the French government to further his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In the French capital he came into contact with a different artistic and intellectual scene, which opened him up to new ideas. After this period he travelled, again on a scholarship, to London, where he attended classes at Saint Martin's School of Art. After his first solo exhibition, at the Liberty Gallery in London in 1958, Navarro organised personal exhibitions in Spain, England, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Panama and the United States. His work can be found in the British Crown Museum, the Mairie de Castelsarrasin, the Contemporary Art Museums of Bilbao, Ibiza, Madrid and Seville, the Figueras Museum, and the Castillo de San José Museum in Lanzarote, as well as in important private collections in Spain, France, England and the United States.
ITALY -- "TORINO. Piazza S. Carlo" - "PIAZZA CASTELLO" - Turin, P. Marietti, 1841. 2 cold. lithogr. views after E. Gonin. 180 x 235 mm ech. -- "ITALIE. Turin, le Vieux Palais". (Paris), Lemercier Benard, n.d. (c. 1840). Cold. lithogr. view after Chapuy. 160 x 243 mm. -- "GENERAL VIEW of Turin, the Capital of Piedmont in Italy". N.d. Engr. view in cont. colouring. 210 x 305 mm. -- And 3 similar views. (7).
Elis, Olympia, circa 4th century BC, hemidrachm, 15mm, obv; head of Zeus facing right, rev; eagle facing right perched on an ionic capital between the letters FA, Olympia mint, possibly 107th/108th Olympiad. (1)Note: These coins were minted especially for use at the Olympic Games, with a new edition every four years. They were the only form of money accepted in Elis during the games, some were kept as souvenirs by spectators and participants.
A quantity of Bus and Coach related Books, Photographs, DVDs and Ephemera. Including books by Capital Transport, TPC, Ian Allan, Bradford Barton, Middleton Press etc. Titles include London Country,Southdown in the 1930s, British Bus Systems - Southdown and Brighton, Hove & District, The Southdown PD3s, Brighton's Buses and Trams, British Trams, Midland Red Buses, Brighton's Tramways, Hasting's Tramways. Also various Buses Yearbooks and publications by The Omnibus Society. Many softback Southdown Enthusiast's Fleet List Books. Included in the Lot are a large number of colour photographs of buses, coaches and trams in the United Kingdom and Overseas, plus a few DVDs. VGC, Viewing Recommended. £80-100
ITALY, 50th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Rome as the Capital of Italy, 1911, a bronze plaque by M. Nellie, 80 x 53mm; Centenary of the Death of Alessandro Volta, 1927, a bronze medal by E. Boninsegna and R. Castelli for Lorioli and Castelli, Milan, 60mm (cf. DNW 64, 1446) [2]. Extremely fine £50-£70
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858), AND OTHERS EDO AND MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY A collection of Japanese woodblock prints depicting landscapes, the first entitled Kameido ume yashiki no zu (Plum Garden at Kamido), from the series Toto Meisho (Famous Places in the Eastern Capital), signed Hiroshige ga, oban yoko-e, 25.2cm x 36.2cm; the second entitled Wada, from the series Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi (The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road), signed Hiroshige ga, oban yoko-e, 35.8cm x 23.8cm; together with twenty other woodblock prints of landscapes. (22) Provenance: from the collection of French sculptor Gaston de Luppé (1872-1939), and thence by descent.
Ca. 600 AD.A beautiful terracotta oil lamp featuring a recessed discus with two parallel filling holes and adorned with a Chi-Rho; shoulders embellished with lattice design, a long nozzle, and a round mouth. Chi-Rho is one of the earliest forms of Christogram, formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters — chi and rho. During the Roman Empire, a lamp was originally called a 'lychnus' with the oldest Roman lamps dating back to the third century BC. It is thought that the Romans took the idea for lamps from the Greek colonies of Southern Italy.Size: L:55mm / W:135mm ; 170gProvenance: Property of a London Ancient Art gallery, acquired on the European Art Market; Ex. collection PR, southern Germany, ca. 1970 - mid 1990s.
Original vintage travel poster for Venice / Venezia published by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT and the State Italian Railways. Great illustration of statues and architecture. Venice is the capital of northern Italy's Veneto region and is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. Good condition, tears and creases in margins. Country of issue: Italy, designer: Pizzi and Pizzio, size (cm): 100x66.5, year of printing: 1950s.
Original vintage travel poster for Hainaut Henegouwen in Belgium featuring a colourful pictorial map by Philippe Dumont and J. Ado Baltus depicting the Hainaut province marking the capital Mons or Bergen in Dutch and Charleroi, depicting castles, factories, and tourist places of interest, with an astrological sign compass above and a knight in armour standing with a flag next to the coat of arms, set over dark background. Horizontal. Very good condition, creasing. Country of issue: Belgium, designer: Ph. Dumont, J.A. Baltus, size (cm): 29x40, year of printing: 1950s.
Original vintage travel poster for Brabant in Belgium featuring a colourful pictorial map by Philippe Dumont and J. Ado Baltus depicting the Brabant province marking the capital Brussels, depicting castles, churches, cathedrals, and tourist places of interest, with a knight in armour and lady with a book standing next to the flag of Brabant, set over light background. Horizontal. Very good condition, creasing. Country of issue: Belgium, designer: Ph. Dumont, J.A. Baltus, size (cm): 29x40, year of printing: 1950s.
Original vintage travel poster for Atwerpen Anvers in Belgium featuring a colourful pictorial map by Philippe Dumont and J. Ado Baltus depicting the Antwerp province marking the capital Antwerp, depicting castles, churches, cathedrals, and tourist places of interest, with the coat of arms below the image set over light background. Horizontal. Excellent condition. Country of issue: Belgium, designer: Ph. Dumont, J.A. Baltus, size (cm): 29x40, year of printing: 1950s.
Original vintage travel poster for Liege Luik in Belgium featuring a colourful pictorial map by Philippe Dumont and J. Ado Baltus depicting the Liege province marking the capital Liege, depicting castles, churches, cathedrals, and tourist places of interest, with the coat of arms below the image set over green background. Horizontal. Very good condition, creasing. Country of issue: Belgium, designer: Ph. Dumont, J.A. Baltus, size (cm): 29x40, year of printing: 1950s.
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Semana del Cuzco / Cusco Week 22-29 June 1967 featuring a great design depicting a man in traditional Inca ornate clothing raising a cup above a city, a dancing lady, and big yellow sun in blue sky. Cusco is the fourth largest department in Peru, it is the historical capital of the Inca Empire. Good condition, staining, tears, paper loss on bottom edge, pinholes. Country of issue: Peru, designer: Cardenoso, size (cm): 60x45, year of printing: 1967.
Set of three original vintage travel advertising poster for Egypt. 1. Photographs of ancient Egyptian statues, boat on the water, and dancing and celebrating ladies and gentlemen in tradition costumes with a stylised image of a sun in the centre. Fair condition, several crease marks, tears, small paper losses on edges Country of issue: Egypt, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 98x68, year of printing: 1980s; 2. Egypt Land of the Pharaohs featuring a great design depicting an ancient Egyptian boat with photographs of pharaoh statues on the sails and stylised sun set over black background. Fair condition, several crease marks, tears, minor staining. Country of issue: Egypt, designer: Nazmy, size (cm): 98x68, year of printing: 1970s; 3. Photograph of fellucca boats on the Nile River in the capital Cairo. Egypt is a popular tourist destination, the largest city is Cairo the Nile river runs through the city, Giza Necropolis is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Good condition, folds, creasing, tears, ataining Country of issue: Egypt, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 95x63, year of printing: 1970s.
SPRINGBANK 15 YEAR OLD 1980SSingle malt.There are very few distilleries left in Scotland that have the capacity to carry out 100% of the whisky making process onsite, but Springbank can make that claim. Situated in Campbeltown (the former whisky capital of the world) the distillery produces three distinct styles of single malt: lightly peated Springbank, heavily peated Longrow, and triple distilled, unpeated Hazelburn.Despite being a relatively small distillery, Springbank has cultivated a global cult following, with older expressions such as their legendary Local Barley series commanding eye-watering sums at auction.We estimate that this old style 15-Year-Old was bottled in the 1980s46% ABV / 75clFill level in low neck / top of shoulder.
SPRINGBANK 12 YEAR OLDSingle malt.There are very few distilleries left in Scotland that have the capacity to carry out 100% of the whisky making process onsite, but Springbank can make that claim. Situated in Campbeltown (the former whisky capital of the world) the distillery produces three distinct styles of single malt: lightly peated Springbank, heavily peated Longrow, and triple distilled, unpeated Hazelburn.Despite being a relatively small distillery, Springbank has cultivated a global cult following, with older expressions such as their legendary Local Barley series commanding eye-watering sums at auction.This is an older style Springbank that we estimate was bottled in the 1980s.46% ABV / 75clFill level in mid neck.
SPRINGBANK 1997 16 YEAR OLD SINGLE CASK #07/178-3Single malt.There are very few distilleries left in Scotland that have the capacity to carry out 100% of the whisky making process onsite, but Springbank can make that claim. Situated in Campbeltown (the former whisky capital of the world) the distillery produces three distinct styles of single malt: lightly peated Springbank, heavily peated Longrow, and triple distilled, unpeated Hazelburn.Despite being a relatively small distillery, Springbank has cultivated a global cult following, with older expressions such as their legendary Local Barley series commanding eye-watering sums at auction.Distilled: June 1997Bottled: October 2013Finished in a Madeira cask for 6 years.One of only 630 bottles released56% ABV / 70clFill level in low neck / top of shoulder.
SPRINGBANK 10 YEAR OLD SWAMP SOCCER NEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008Single malt.There are very few distilleries left in Scotland that have the capacity to carry out 100% of the whisky making process onsite, but Springbank can make that claim. Situated in Campbeltown (the former whisky capital of the world) the distillery produces three distinct styles of single malt: lightly peated Springbank, heavily peated Longrow, and triple distilled, unpeated Hazelburn.Despite being a relatively small distillery, Springbank has cultivated a global cult following, with older expressions such as their legendary Local Barley series commanding eye-watering sums at auction.46% ABV / 70cl
LONGROW 1989 13 YEAR OLD SHERRY WOODSingle malt.There are very few distilleries left in Scotland that have the capacity to carry out 100% of the whisky making process onsite, but Springbank can make that claim. Situated in Campbeltown (the former whisky capital of the world) the distillery produces three distinct styles of single malt: lightly peated Springbank, heavily peated Longrow, and triple distilled, unpeated Hazelburn.Despite being a relatively small distillery, Springbank has cultivated a global cult following, with older expressions such as their legendary Local Barley series commanding eye-watering sums at auction.Distilled: 1989Bottled: November 2002Matured in Sherry Butts.53.2% ABV / 70clFill level in mid neck.
A George III mahogany cased longcase clock, surmounted by brass finials, the arched brass twelve inch dial, with strike silent, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar niche, signed George Prior, London, having an eight day movement striking on a bell, 236cm highThe movement is free and moves correctly. Has both weights. Pendulum is present , but has a repair to the stem. One gilt metal capital is missing to one rear pillar on the hood. Door is warped, so will not close correctly and has no key. The case is well figures and of good quality manufacture. The door has some splits in the grain. One of the mouldings under the hood is loose. Was collected from a house move in Essex.
Flintlock musketoon with possible Tipu Sultan connection. Flintlock musketoon with possible Tipu Sultan connection, 30inch octagonal to round barrel with fine brass inlaid decoration and flaring blunderbuss muzzle, crowned GR lock stamped Tower, chequered stock with later added Indian decorative carving.The musketoon is adorned with period applied Indian form inlaid geometric and foliate designs to the barrel. The wood is also period carved with a foliate design featuring red coloured flowers on stems with leaves. This design matches that found on an embroidered arrow quiver which was part of ‘the Tipu Sultan collection’ sold at 'Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art Sale' held on 21st April 2015. This carving possibly indicates capture by Tipu Sultan’s forces for use against the EIC.Tipu, the “Tiger of Mysore” was the last king of Mysore. He was the East India Company’s most tenacious enemy, inflicting numerous defeats on the British, partly through his development of military rockets, before his death at Seringapatam in 1799 when he was defeated by the British Army, led by Major General David Baird. Tipu once said: “I would rather live one day as a tiger than a lifetime as a sheep”. When the British under Baird’s leadership finally captured Tipu’s capital city, the conquerors were astonished at the jewels, arms and art objects that Tipu had collected. Baird, son of an Edinburgh merchant family, later declared Tipu dead, from a gunshot to the head and three bayonet wounds. After his death many items of Tipu Sultan’s, arms, armour & jewellery were captured and ended up in private collections of British Officer’s who took part in Tipu’s final battle. Section 58 (2) Antique / obsolete calibre, can be owned without a licence. Buyer must be over the age of 18, age verification will be required if the lot is to be posted out.115.5cm long The gun has a dark worn overall patina. The action works correctly with a strong spring. The metal work has overall pitting which is heavier in places such as the muzzle of the gun. The wood stock has numerous repairs and glued cracks, filled sections, chips dents and scratches. The stock has been covered in an overall treacle black coloured varnish probably to hide these repairs. The bolt (or side nail) which holds the lock in place and the butt plate screws have been replaced. The brass of the side plate is a slightly different shade perhaps indicating a replacement. The buttplate could also be a replacement.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - a Japanese woodblock print from the series 'Toto Meisho' (Famous Views of the Eastern Capital), depicting Tsukuda Island with a ferry passing under Etai Bridge, 25.8cm x 25.5cm, framed and glazed, together with two woodblock oban tateye prints of bijin by Toyokuni III (Kunisada), and two woodblock prints depicting cranes and geese, all framed and glazed.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
* LEON MORROCCO RSA RGI (SCOTTISH b. 1942),SHRINE BY THE SEAmixed media on paper, signed, titled label versoimage size 15cm x 21cm, overall size 30cm x 35cm Mounted, framed and under glass. Label verso: The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.Note 1: The Royal Scottish Academy recently honoured Leon Morrocco by staging a major exhibition "Leon Morrocco: Long Road Home" (30th July - 28th August 2022). The RSA website reports: Timed to coincide with the artist’s 80th birthday (and the 2022 Edinburgh International Arts Festival) this major survey exhibition of one of our longest-standing Academicians celebrates the breadth of Leon’s prolific career. Although Leon was born in Edinburgh he has not lived in Scotland since 1979. This exhibition charts the ‘long road home’ to showing in the capital this summer. Note 2: Leon Morrocco RSA was born in Edinburgh in 1942. The son of Scottish-Italian artist Alberto Morrocco RSA OBE (1917-1998), Leon spent his childhood in Aberdeen and Dundee where his father taught at the art colleges. On family holidays to Italy Leon and his father would go out into the hills around Rome and Alberto would paint whilst Leon would draw. In 1959 Leon enrolled at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, before continuing to the Slade School of Art, London (1960-61), and Edinburgh College of Art (1961-65). After art school, he was awarded the Andrew Grant Scholarship and an Italian Government Scholarship to the Accademia di Brera, Milan. Allowing him to travel around Greece, Turkey and Italy, these awards catalysed the itinerant lifestyle that would define his career. Elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy at the unusually young age of 29, Leon was Lecturer in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1965 to 1968 before taking up a similar position at Glasgow School of Art from 1969 to 1979. Driven by a desire for travel and adventure, in 1979 he left Scotland to become the Head of Fine Art at the Chisholm Institute, Melbourne. Leon and his family would live in Australia for 12 years. Buoyed by gallery support, in 1984 he left academia and for the first time focused solely on his own practice. Following several successful exhibitions in Melbourne and Sydney, in 1991 Leon and his family returned to the UK, settling in North London. Leon Morrocco's work is held in numerous notable public, corporate and private collections, including the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, H.R.H Princess Margaret, Leeds Art Gallery, The Nuffield Foundation, and Queensland Art Gallery.
* GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH b. 1961),MATADOR I oil on canvas, signedimage size 50cm x 50cm, overall size 78cm x 78cm Framed.Note: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and was installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.
* SYLVIA ALLEN (SCOTTISH b. 1951),SEAFARERSacrylic on canvas, signed, titled and dated 2001 versoimage size 61cm x 71cm, overall size 83cm x 93cm Framed and under glass.Note 2: Sylvia Allen graduated from Glasgow School of Art 1974. She exhibited regularly in group and solo shows whilst in various teaching and graphics employment. A Glasgow School of Art tutor in Life Drawing and Drawing and Painting in the years 1986-1994. Elected artist member of Glasgow Art Club in 1989.Has also exhibited in USA, France and Germany and as a result her work is in many collections at home and abroad including: Price Waterhouse Coopers, Arthur Andersen and Kempen Capital Management. Exhibited in RGI, RSA, SSWA and PAI. Scottish finalist in 1997 Laing exhibition, London. Painting selected for 1998 calendar. Now works solely for exhibitions. The work is characterised by strong involvement with colour and expressive movement. Themes include weather moods in landscape, atmospheric cityscapes and vibrant colours of flowers caught in sunshine. Solo Exhibitions/Group Exhibitions MacLaurin Gallery, Ayr; McLellan Galleries, Glasgow; Willamette Uni. Salem, Oregon; Main Fine Art, Glasgow; Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine; The Kunsthaus, Nurnberg; Scottish Amicable, Glasgow; The Metro Gallery, Glasgow; Zabo Gallery, Nurnberg; Turberville Smith Gallery, London; Galerie Reiter, Bad Tolz; Seen Gallery, London; Galerie in der Linden, Weidenberg; Cormund Gallery, Glasgow; Usiskin Gallery, London; Mall Galleries, London; Home Studio, Glasgow; Glasgow Art Gallery; Woodside Library, Glasgow; Green Gallery, Aberfoyle; Devonshire Hotel, Glasgow; Adam Gallery, Bath; Kelly Gallery, Glasgow; Hanover Fine Art, Edinburgh; Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh; Dept. Philosophy, Edinburgh Festival; Kingfisher Gallery, Edinburgh; Westgate Gallery, North Berwick; Ainscough Contemporary Art, London; MacMillan Fund, Strathclyde Arts Centre; Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow; Kelly Gallery,Glasgow; Cornerstone Gallery, Stirling; Leith Gallery, Edinburgh; Chatton Gallery, Chatton; Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven; Thompson's Gallery, London; McEwan Gallery, Ballater and Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow.
* GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH b. 1961),THE PILGRIMSoil on canvas, signedimage size 122cm x 184cm, overall size 150cm x 210cmFramedNote: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and was installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.
* IRENE LESLEY MAIN (SCOTTISH b. 1959),RADIANCEoil on board, signed and dated 1981, titled and dated label versoimage size 54cm x 77cm, overall size 68cm x 91cm Framed and under glass. Artist's label verso. Note: Irene Lesley Hope Main was born in Glasgow. She studied Drawing and Painting at the Glasgow School of Art from 1976 until graduating in 1980 (under Donaldson, Robertson, Shanks and Rae), the Patrick Allan-Fraser School of Art at Hospitalfield to which she won a scholarship in Italy. She has travelled extensively throughout Europe, America and Africa and has exhibited widely in one-person and group exhibitions in the United Kingdom, Europe and America. Main is a full-time painter, a winner of the Hiram Walker Award and the Lauder Award, and has studios in Glasgow, Athens and Brodick, Isle of Arran. The artist has been strongly influenced by the Scottish Colourists (in particular, J. D. Fergusson) and the Glasgow School, with its emphasis on light and shade, use of colour and sensuous handling of paint, and traditional pursuit of academic excellence. Her great love of nature underpins her joie de vivre and essential optimism, of which her work is a direct and fluent complement and statement. Lesley Main's work is well-known, and is in public and private collections world- wide, including those of: H.R.H. Diana, Princess of Wales; Allied Irish Bank; Argyll Group; Australian Capital Equity; Bank of Ireland; British Petroleum; Charterhouse Development Capital; Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers International; Clyde Port Authority; Commonwealth Development Corporation; Robert Fleming Holdings; Henry Ford Foundation; G. K. Goh; Gouldens; Iomart Group; Lam Soon Group; Lanitis Development; Lithgow Group; John Makepeace; Mercury Asset Management; Metropole Group; Prudential Corporation; BWD Rensburg; Royal Bank of Scotland; Save and Prosper; Scottish Arts Council; Herbert Smith; South African Department of Foreign Affairs; Standard Life; Deloitte Touche; University of Strathclyde; Warwick Arts Trust; Yarrow.
* GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH b. 1961),A WINTERS JOURNEYoil on canvas, signedimage size 90cm x 60cm, overall size 118cm x 88cm Framed.Note: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and was installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.
* GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH b. 1961),MATADOR IIoil on canvas, signedimage size 50cm x 50cm, overall size 78cm x 78cm Framed.Note: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and was installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.
* GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH b. 1961),MATADOR IIIoil on canvas, signedimage size 50cm x 50cm, overall size 78cm x 78cm Framed.Note: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and was installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.
* GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH b. 1961),STILL LIFE OF FRUIT IN A SILVER BOWLoil on canvas, signedimage size 50cm x 50cm, overall size 70cm x 70cm Framed.Note: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and was installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.
* GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH b. 1961),GIRL WITH UMBRELLAoil on canvas, signedimage size 61cm x 61cm, overall size 80cm x 80cm Framed.Note: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and was installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.Condition is good overall.
* GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH b. 1961),GIRL WITH DOVESoil on canvas, signedimage size 50cm x 50cm, overall size 73cm x 73cm Framed.Note: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and was installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.
* GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH b. 1961),A BACKWARDS GLANCEoil on canvas, signedimage size 100cm x 150cm, overall size 128cm x 178cm Framed.Note: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and was installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Sturgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.
Ɵ WHITE, Herbert C. Peking the Beautiful. Shanghai, China: The Commercial Press, Limited, 1927. 70 photographic plates mounted, numerous illustrations in text. FIRST EDITION, with an introduction by Hu Shih, former Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Peking, comprising photographic studies of the celebrated monuments of China's northern capital with descriptive and historical notes, 40cm x 32.5cm《燕京胜迹》 胡伯特 C 怀特(Herbert C. White) 编著 1927年上海商务印书馆出版 上世纪二十年代最为精美的摄影画册， 赫伯特·C·怀特任艺术总监，胡适写序， 慈禧御前女官德玲撰写图片说明，商务 印书馆出版。胡适在序里写道： "他所拍 摄的是真正如画的北京。"Condition Report: First and last few pages with extensive worm holes, wear to the fabric coversome wear throughout some marks to pagessold as seen and sold subject to non returnCondition Report Disclaimer
Jessie M. King illustrations. 'The Enchanted Capital of Scotland,' by Isabel K. C. Steele, original cloth, unclipped dj, illustrated throughout, Plaid Stationary of Scotland, Edinburgh, n.d; 'View Album of Edinburgh and District,' tears and wear to thin card wraps designed by King, b+W photographs, The Patrick Thomson Cash Drapery Stores, Edinburgh, n.d; Both housed in a bespoke cloth case with leather labels. (2)'The Enchanted Capital of Scotland'- loss to foot of spine on the dj, nibble to top edge, some spotting to dj flaps, vg textblock.'View Album of Edinburgh and District'- Same tear of 4cm running throughout whole of the book, finger soling and staining throughout, illustrations crisp and clear.
Novo-Hispanic school, 17th century."El taller de San José".Oil on canvas (original).Period frame.It presents lack of paint and breaks in the canvas.Measurements: 115 x 86 cm; 128,5 x 100 cm (frame).The Holy Family has been represented here in the interior of the carpenter's workshop of San José. The three figures form a domestic picture brimming with tenderness: the Child helps his father, learning the trade, while the Virgin weaves, seated in a corner. The nimbus, however, reveals her divine condition. Until the Counter-Reformation, the figure of St Joseph was usually relegated to the background, as no theological importance was attached to him. From Trent onwards, however, his leading role as Jesus' protector during his childhood, as a guide during his youth, and also as a figure with a personality of his own, was recovered. As a result, we begin to see him depicted working in his workshop, almost always accompanied by the Virgin and Jesus. During Spanish colonial rule, a mainly religious art developed in the Viceroyal lands, aimed at Christianising the indigenous peoples. Local artists were modelled on Spanish works, which they followed literally in terms of type and iconography, but they soon developed their own identity, with the workshops of the Quito school, for example, standing out. Likewise, during the Viceroyalty, native artists trained in the workshops of the convents of the capital cities.
Visigothic capital of Corinthian inspiration; 6th-8th century.Carved marble.It shows faults and wear in the carving.Measurements: 32 x 34 x 30 cm.Marble capital that has been conceived through an aesthetic of classical inspiration that rescues one of the classical orders (Ionic, Doric and Corinthian), specifically the Corinthian order. The creation of the Corinthian order is attributed to the Greek sculptor Callimachus in the 4th century BC. It is basically the same as the Ionic order, but differs from it in the shape and size of the capital. It is the most ornate of the three main classical orders, and although it is of Greek origin it was mainly used in Roman architecture. carving. When the Visigoths left Italy under Ataulf, they moved towards the centre and south of Gaul, passing from there to the Iberian Peninsula. The Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse (Toulouse, France) then managed to conquer more territory on the peninsula, until Alaric II was defeated by the Franks, losing the French possessions and giving way to the so-called Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo, a period of great importance in the arts (characterised by a clear maintenance of Roman models together with Byzantine influences) and culture in general, which ended with the entry of the Muslims around the beginning of the 7th century.
Castanets Capital; Renaissance; Spain XVI.Carved marble.It has a later casting.Measurements: 34 x 38 x 35 cm.This type of capital, nicknamed "de moñas" or "de castanets" due to the shapes given to its volutes, was very common in palaces, cloisters of convents, stately homes, etc. in Seville at the time. Its forms are the result of a modification and stylisation of the classical composite order (which, in turn, is the result in the Roman Empire of the mixture of Ionic volutes and the acanthus leaves of the Corinthian order).
ATHENAEUS OF NAUCRATISDeipnosophistae, in Greek, FIRST EDITION, edited by Marcus Musurus, Greek italic type, capital spaces with guide-letters, dolphin and anchor device on first and last pages, with blank leaf B10 of preliminaries (often lacking), some mostly light dampstaining, final leaf with device laid down, modern half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettered on spine [Adams A2096; Ahmanson-Murphy, 123; Renouard p.67; Vicaire 50], folio (304 x 108mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius and Andreas Torresanus, August 1514Footnotes:EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE EARLIEST SURVIVING COOKERY TEXT: a valuable source of information on intellectual mores of the classical world, 'magnifiquement exécutée' (Vicaire).The Deipnosophistae ('Banquet of the learned') is the only known work by Athenaeus of Naucratis, a Greco-Egyptian writing in the early part of the 3rd century AD. In it a variety of scholars are invited to dine at a banquet held at the house of Larensius, a wealthy book-collector and patron of the arts. They debate at length a wide spectrum of topics, notably food, wine and cookery (the work is an important source of Greek, Persian, Roman and Sicilian recipes, many of which would have been lost), homosexuality (an unusually candid portrait for the time), sexual mores in general, health, music and philology. Aldus had planned a Greek edition of the work soon after establishing his press, but only got as far as printing a one-page proof in his second Greek type, which was not used after 1499.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ARMENIAN - BIBLEGospels of Our Lord Jesus Christ, PRINTED IN ARMENIAN TYPE, title within wide woodcut architectural border, text in double column, all within typographical border (many with additional decorative embellishments in the margins), capital bird letters in the text, large wood-engraved illustrations by Grigor Marzvanetisi derived from the design of Christoffel van Sichem, cropped with some loss to marginal decorations and side-notes, pp.121-222 repaired with some loss to text and borders, 6 leaves (pp.49-50, 117-120) with smaller repairs, lower margin of pp.365-368 softened, rust spot on p.138, without lower free endpaper, early twentieth century red velvet over boards, silver gilt crucifixion mounted on upper cover, yellow edges [not in Nersessian], small 4to (190 x 145mm.) , Constantinople, Printing Press of Astuadsastour Karapet, 1729[-1731]Footnotes:An eighteenth century Armenian Gospels, printed in imitation of earlier manuscript versions with floral decorations in the borders and illustrations of the Evangelists at the head of each Gospel. The illustrations were made by Constantinople based Armenian engraver Grigor Marzvanetsi, adapted from those used by Oskan Erevantsi for the first Armenian Bible (Amsterdam, 1666-1668), who himself had used as a proto-type illustrations by the Dutch artist Christoffel van Sichem.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PANORAMA OF THE DELHI DURBAR, BOURNE AND SHEPHERD STUDIO, 1912, composed of five gelatin prints, mounted together, framed, inscribed 'Bourne and Shepherd' on right end print, inscribed 'Delhi Durbar 1912 [sic]' on mount, image as group 18 x 135cm The apparently erroneous dating may refer to the production of the photograph, rather than the event depicted. The Delhi Durbar, held on 12 December 1911, was the third of three held in Coronation Park during the British Raj. It marked the coronation of George V which had taken place in London six months earlier. The park, on the northern edge of the Indian capital, is now the repository of a number of British statues removed from prominent sites on the streets of New Delhi.
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