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Lot 650
A Royal Worcester ivory porcelain oil lamp, model no. 1576, with Hinks's duplex no. 2 burner, with clear fluted glass font, frosted shade and glass chimney, overall height 71cmOil lamp is in good overall condition. The frilled edge of the shade has a few small surface chips. glass font has some surface scratches but the 2 winding keys are stuck and need freeing up. The Worcester ceramic base has a pre drilled hole in the bottom of the vase section. The platform base has been restored on 2 corners which is clearly visible. One of the feet has also been restored.
Lot 194
Quantity of china to include Wedgwood early morning tea set, 3 lobster footed salt cellars, pair of Bridgwater breakfast cups and saucers, pair of Italian ceramic dogs, pair of Minton plates decorated with fishing flies and 4 Copeland Spode plates decorated with hunting scenes, quantity C19th china to include 6 plates, a porter mug and sundry others, C19th sugar bowl decorated with roses, saucer dish decorated with flowers and saucer dish decorated with a Chinese scene; Flight Barr and barr Oval meat platter, decorated sea shells and gilt, 50.5cm L, gilding rubbed, and another platter, Derby, decorated Roses, 50cmL, cracked
Lot 359
Chanel. A lady’s black ceramic and steel wristwatch with date and bracelet, J12, circa 2005. Movement: quartz Dial: black, Arabic numerals, aperture for date, centre seconds Case: black ceramic, stainless steel back secured by eight screws, calibrated rotating bezel, black ceramic bracelet with double folding clasp. Signed: case, dial, movement and bracelet. Dimensions: diameter 33.5mm, bracelet circumference approximately 165mm. £300-£500
Lot 105
Theo van HoytemaTile panel, circa 1900Ceramic tiles, incised decoration depicting a maribou stork and stylised foliage, lustre glaze, painted metal frame.Frame: 41.5 x 29.5cmFootnotes:ExhibitedOn loan to the Gemeente Museum Den Haag (formally the Kunstmuseum Den Haag), the Hague, 12 December 2016-1 October 2018For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 292
Marcello FantoniAbstract sculpture, 1980Glazed ceramic, painted metal base. 38.6 x 38.6 x 8.4cmReverse signed Fantoni/1980 and base signed Fantoni.Footnotes:ProvenanceInherited directly from the artist by the present owner Exhibited'Materia e colore: le opere eterne di Marcello Fantoni', Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Florence, 4-24 May 2015LiteratureSara Garvani, Materia e colore, l'arte di Marcello Fantoni, exh. cat., Città Metropolitana di Firenze, 2015, illustrated pp. 45, 69For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 296
Alan Caiger-SmithUnique and monumental 'Passing People' mural, 1960Glazed ceramic, with figures in relief.87.5 x 150cm including frame Footnotes:Caiger-Smith was assisted in the making by Czech potter Olda Asenbryl. This lot is accompanied by three letters from the artist to the current owner discussing the work.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 6
Théodore Deck and Joseph-Victor RanvierTwo pictorial ceramic plaques, 1867Faience pottery, hand-painted in natural colours and glazed; one depicting a nude woman fishing in a landscape, the other a nude woman and child in a landscape. Both mounted in original ebonised and carved wooden frames.Diameter of panel: 30.5cmEach frame: 40 x 40cmSigned on reverse TH Deck.1867 and to left bottom edge of pictorial 'V Ranvier'.(2)Footnotes:LiteratureH. Blairman & Sons Ltd, in association with the exhibition 'Theodore Deck Ceramiste, 1823-91, 2000, fig. 2 for a similar panel of a woman fishing.A medallion with the same decoration of the woman fishing, also signed by Joseph Victor Ranvier, is kept at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris. Another plaque featuring the woman and scarf, this time with a rabbit, was exhibited by Ranvier at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 7
John Moyr Smith for MintonsTile panel depicting scenes from Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels, circa 1878Ceramic, twelve 'eight-inch' tiles underglaze printed in grey, black and mustard colour, with scenes from the books - Fortunes of Nigel, Rob Roy, Guy Mannering, Kenilworth, Quentin Durward, Heart of Midlothian, Old Mortality, Bride of Lammermoor, Fair Maid of Perth, Ivanhoe, The Antiquary and The Talisman; mounted in wood frame.87cm high, 66.5cm wideEach tile printed Moyr Smith. Back of the panel is enclosed.Footnotes:LiteratureTerence A. Lockett, Collecting Victorian Tiles, Antique Collectors' Club, 1979, pp. 132, 133 for six of the series illustrated and writer notes that series of twelve was introduced and exhibited in Paris in 1878For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 348
A mid-20th century PORTMAN UPHOLSTERY THREE-SEATER SOFA, in the Howard ‘Bridgewater’ shape, upholstered in original ticking with repeating “P.U.” monogram, with scroll arms & low swept seat, loose cushions, & on square tapered front legs with ceramic castors, printed factory label to underside; 70” wide x 32” high x 37” deep over-all.
Lot 349
A mid-20th century PORTMAN UPHOLSTERY THREE-SEATER SOFA, in the Howard ‘Bridgewater’ shape, upholstered in original ticking with repeating “P.U.” monogram, with scroll arms & low swept seat, loose cushions, & on square tapered front legs with ceramic castors, printed factory label to underside; 70” wide x 32” high x 37” deep over-all.
Lot 353
A Victorian burr-walnut davenport with satinwood interior enclosed by sloping hinged lid, inset tooled leather writing surface & with pierced brass gallery, fitted four graduated drawers to one side enclosed by fielded panel door, on turned supports with carved scrolls & bun feet with recessed ceramic castors, 22” wide x 35½” high x 22” deep.
Lot 96
The Beatles - Royal Doulton - ceramic characters of Paul McCartney and John Lennon by Stanley James Taylor D6724 & D6725. Depicting McCartney in yellow Sgt Pepper jacket with blue details and Lennon in a blue outfit with red details. Paul undamaged, no restoration, John with a very small chip to the front otherwise excellent. Measures approx; 14cm tall.
Lot 108
3rd-4th century A.D. A ceramic oil lamp with broad body and short nozzle, lug handle to the rear; decorated with low-relief foliage and a rampant beast; underside with maker's inscription 'QVN/ IVSPI/ ORETC[M]/NS[.]'. See Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, p.396, no.279, for the type. 160 grams, 11.9 cm wide (4 3/4 in.). Ex London gallery 1980s. From the collection of a deceased Lancashire gentleman. This group (Bussière D X 10 lamps of Loeschcke type VIII) shows various unusual shoulder decorations: vine tendrils, connected spirals, garlands, rows of dots, mouldings, angular lines forming a row of plain triangles, small heart-shaped motifs, and rows of ornate triangles. The bottom shows possibly one of the three known workshop marks, which the scholars interpret as: 'Q V I N T V S I V S [ T V S ] P I C T O R E T C E M E N S' (Quintus Ivstvs, designer and lamp maker).
Lot 109
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. A large ceramic oil lamp with large pierced lug handle, broad body and volute scroll flanking the nozzle; discus with a bearded facing male bust flanked by wings (possibly Zeus), annulets and feathers on the shoulder. Cf. M?ynarczyk, J., ‘Terracotta oil lamps from qumram: The Typology’ in Revue Biblique, January 2013, T.120-1, pp.99-133, fig.5, lett. AF8. 280 grams, 16 cm (6 1/4 in.). Acquired 1990s. Private collection of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. In terms of the shape, this lamp is clearly a mould-made counterpart/development of the wheel-made 'Herodian' lamps. The shoulders of this category are usually adorned by a floral wreath (but here geometric patterns are predominant), and they have volutes or fins projecting at the joint, also repeated on the underside of the nozzle. P. Lapp describes the type as the decorated “Herodian” lamp and dates it to 50-31 BC. Smith, while discussing this type of lamp from Qumran, not only states that it was found in a pre-31 B.C. context, but also points to a number of Hellenistic features, including the decoration of laurel leaves and berries reminiscent of some Ephesian-type lamps. Contrary to that, Rosenthal and Sivan date the beginning of the type much later, to A.D. 70-75.
Lot 121
Late 2nd-1st millennium B.C. A roughly capsule-shaped ceramic rhyton formed as a bull or ram with four wheels, pot-shaped vessel opening on the animal's beck, cylindrical neck with curled horns and short pouring spout, raised tail curled to one side of the body and showing incised detailing, decorative collar with pendant, boss to chest; later acrylic wheel axels. 3.5 kg, 30.5 cm wide (12 in.). Acquired in the 1980s-1990s. Previously with Mansour Gallery, London W1. Property of a North West London gentleman. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report sample no.N122h91, from Oxford Authentication. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Lot 123
Early 1st millennium B.C. A ceramic figurine section, the head and upper body of a demon with thick ribbed skin, broad head with applied eyes, broad muzzle, gaping mouth with tongue protruding, thick crest behind the brow ridge, squatting posture with tail at the back; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. similar item in the British Museum under accession number 33.22, 458. 803 grams total, 17.5 cm high including stand (6 7/8 in.). Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Lot 125
Uruk Period, circa 5500-3500 B.C. A rare spherical ceramic bulla envelope containing clay tokens, the exterior surface impressed with elaborate zoomorphic motifs, including a rampant lion, sheep, a bull and galloping horned ibex, together with a 'sacred tree'. Cf. The Oriental Institute Museum, Woods, C. ed., Visible Language: Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East and Beyond, University of Chicago, 2010, p.68, for this type of object and the whole article for relevant discussion. 49 grams, 49 mm wide (2 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated typed catalogue page. The sacred tree depicted here appears on Uruk cylinder seals. Its presence alongside these specific animals suggests a possible association with the cult of Tammuz. The tokens sealed within the bulla are believed to have been used as part of the accounting process in Sumerian or early Uruk agriculture. The exterior surface of our bulla envelope is particularly densely populated with animals and constitutes a really exceptional example of this very rare type.
Lot 126
Early 2nd millennium B.C. discoid ceramic tablet with one domed face, bearing cuneiform scribal text to both faces, a lexical exercise in the Sumerian language reading: 'ša3-ma-da, a tu' for 'interior of the country, father progenitor'. 59.9 grams, 56 mm (2 1/4 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Lot 127
Early Dynastic, 2900-2334 B.C. A ceramic tablet with the principal discoid face displaying incised markings representing a field plan; rounded conoid reverse. 80.1 grams, 57 mm (2 1/4 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Lot 128
Early 2nd millennium B.C. A large portion of a ceramic tablet bearing the contents of a letter in multiple, tightly-grouped lines of cuneiform text to five of its six faces, tapering sub-rectangular cross-section; the beginning and the end of the message of the king of Dêr are only preserved, 31 lines are legible, the message begins with polite formulas underlining the good relations between the two kingdoms: 'May the Sun god and Ištaran keep you in good health always! Having purified my hands, in front of Ištaran your friend, in the same way that I pray for my life, I pray for yours', Wassara addresses at least two different topics in his letter, the first matter concerning messengers from Ešnunna who came up from the South and were blocked in Dêr; the answer to this problem is not preserved, the last subject treated (the text is fragmentary) is that of a war that is being waged between Dêr and an enemy, perhaps the 'troop of the Sea', Warassa asks Iluni for an army of 1000 men to come to his aid. 133 grams, 63 mm (2 1/2 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. This long letter is of great importance because besides all the information it contains, the mention of the name of the emperor of Elam appears which is rare and unique.
Lot 129
Circa 1700 B.C. An Akkadian letter from the Old-Babylonian period, a sub-square ceramic tablet with rounded corners bearing multiple lines of cuneiform text to one face. 36 grams, 40 mm (1 1/2 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Lot 130
Early 2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic tablet bearing multiple lines of cuneiform text to two faces; roughly cuboidal in shape, a letter of Išariššu ambassador of Ešnunna to his lord (Iluni), regarding the diplomatic mission that the king entrusted to him, the mission went well and he delivered a message to Inzuršakšu, an eastern king and an ally of Ešnunna. 46.5 gams, 40 mm (1 1/2 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Lot 131
18th century B.C. A ceramic pillow-shaped tablet with biconvex cross-section; displaying impressed cuneiform text to both broad faces and all four edges, an administrative document: a record of barley stocks from two small localities perhaps in the kingdom of Larsa and entrusted to administrators, the text written in Akkadian without a date. 81 grams, 69 mm (2 3/4 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Lot 132
Early 2nd millennium B.C. A large pillow-shaped ceramic tablet of biconvex cross-section, columns of cuneiform text to both broad faces and two edges, a letter from Iluni king of Ešnunna to Warassa king of Dêr who reigned at the end of the 18th century B.C., the document is a duplicate preserved in Ešnunna as indicated by the mention of the name of the messengers in charge of transporting the document to Dêr and the date at the end, the message itself has 64 lines, Iluni begins with the usual greetings invoking Tišpak, the god of the city of Ešnunna: 'May the Sun god and Tišpak keep you in good health forever!', the continuation is less usual: 'I kissed the (consecrated) flour of Ištaran that you made me carry and as I prayed for my life, I prayed for your life, etc.', the relationship between Dêr and Ešnunna was thus excellent, Iluni addresses three different topics; initially, he justifies the delay which he took to send to Dêr a troop that Warassa requires of him: an Elamite embassy occurred in Ešnunna, Iluni underlines how much the interests of Dêr depend on those of his city; the second subject concerns a group of inhabitants of Dêr who were arrested at the border of Ešnunna, Iluni blames them for not going to greet him; lastly, Iluni tackles a question of international diplomacy which touches the relationship between Ešnunna, Dêr, Elam and 'the troop of the Sea' a reference to a new political force which was constituted in the south of Mesopotamia, it is in this context that Iluni announces that he wrote to the Elamite Kukannašur, better known as Kuknašur (II?), which makes it possible to establish a new synchronism between Mesopotamian history and that of Elam. Cf. Liverani, M., Antico Oriente, Storia, societa' ed economia, Roma, 1988, pp.608-609, fig.111, for type. 319 grams, 13.2 cm (5 1/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Lot 133
Early 2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic tablet bearing a cuneiform letter, with text to each of its six faces; the tablet is rectangular in shape with a lentoid cross-section; a letter from Isik-Malik to Kubburum (perhaps the minister of Iluni king of Ešnunna), the document has 49 lines, the author of this document is responsible for a district probably located at the eastern border of the kingdom of Ešnunna, it describes a raid by an Elamite army against the kingdom of Dêr, four localities were severely sacked and the raiders took away 300 oxen and 2,000 sheep, another city was then attacked, Isik-malik demands that reinforcements are sent: 'I keep writing to you to obtain a garrison troop (...), otherwise I will be unable to defend the city and the district, I will only have to make a great lamentation.' 140 grams, 94 mm (3 3/4 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Lot 134
Circa 1810 B.C. A rectangular ceramic tablet bearing cuneiform text to its two principal faces; a sales contract in Sumerian language for an orchard planted with palm trees and also with pomegranate and apple trees (kingdom of Larsa), Abum-il(um) has purchased this land for one silver mine, the seller (Awiyatum) swears that neither he nor his descendants will make any claim on this sale in the future, the document ends with the enumeration of six witnesses present at the time of the sale, it happened in the first month of the year 14 of king Rimsin of Larsa (around 1810 BC). 87 grams, 70 mm (2 3/4 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Lot 170
2nd-3rd century A.D. A piriform blue-glazed ceramic jar with convex collar and splayed foot, bituminous coating to the interior; crazing to glaze. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1997.31, for similar. 3 kg, 34.5 cm high (13 5/8 in.). Acquired in the 1980s-1990s. Previously with Mansour Gallery, London W1. Property of a North West London gentleman.
Lot 213
15th-16th century A.D. A blue and metallic glazed ceramic bowl with foot, the outer face with scrolling vines on a blue field, the interior with a circumferential band of roundels populated with stylised floral motifs, alternating plain and scalloped bands below with a hatched centre. 785 grams, 20.5 cm wide (8 in.). Acquired in the 1980s-1990s. Previously with Mansour Gallery, London W1. Property of a North West London gentleman.
Lot 218
13th-14th century A.D. A mixed group of glazed ceramic floor tiles: 20 small star-shaped examples with blue glaze finish; 12 square ones with a step to each corner, white glaze finish with design of turquoise roundels and dark blue stars; ten similar half-tiles; four right-angled white corners with turquoise roundels and blue triangles; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.95 kg total, 67.5 x 50 cm including stand (26 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. [46]
Lot 220
13th-16th century A.D. A trio of blue glazed ceramic tile fragments comprising: one displaying the head and neck of a horse facing right, foliate scrolls in the field, with polychrome detailing and gilding to the edge; two fragments displaying vegetal forms; each mounted on a custom-made stand. 587 grams total, 10-15 cm including stand (4 - 6 in.). French collection, 1990s-early 2000s. with Arnold Auction A1001, 17 November 2018, lot 344, with lot ticket to verso. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Parisian collection.
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