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Lot 32
WHITE (JOHN CLAUDE)Tibet and Lhasa. Photographs by J.C. White, Esq., C.I.E., 53 photogravure plates (including one folding panorama) on stiff card, each plate with letterpress description, light spotting to opening two images, blank corneres of panorama creased, publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettered ('Tibet and Lhasa') on upper cover, g.e., bumped at corners, oblong 4to (203 x 263mm.), Calcutta, Johnston and Hoffmann, [1908]Footnotes:A RARE SERIES OF IMAGES FROM YOUNGHUSBAND'S TIBET MISSION OF 1903-1904. Johnston and Hoffman's promotional catalogue of 1905 mentions that the images were initially issued individually or in albums, as half-tone or carbon prints. They were later issued in a two volume set with letterpress descriptions by C.B. Bayley, dated 1907-08. These were almost immediately withdrawn from circulation for fear that the information contained would reveal classified details to the Chinese. Consequently, very few copies remain and are exceptionally rare. Hardly less rare is the single-volume version offered here was published a few months later. When the 1903 expedition was formed White had already been in Sikkim for at least fifteen years. Together with the ambitious Younghusband, and supported by two hundred Indian troops, the expedition was to force the Tibetans to trade with British India, and to investigate concerns that Russia was gaining influence in Lhasa. Kurt and Pamela Meyer, In the Shadow of the Himalayas: A Photographic Record of John Claude White 1883-1908, note that '[White's] incomparable photographs have thus turned out to be the only lasting legacy of the ill-fated adventure of the Imperial Raj into Tibet'.Images in this volume include: two views of Khambajong, the fort that was the first place visited by the Mission and where initial negotiations took place; the Abbot at Khambajong; Gyantze Jong; Debung monastery; a group of lamas of Debung monastery; four views at Nejung monastery; stewards and senior lamas of Sera monastery; the entrance to Lhasa; eight views of the Potola, the palace of the Dalai Lama; a portrait of Ti Rimpochi, the Regent of Tibet with whom 'the Dalai Lama left the ecclesiastical seal when he fled, and it was he who affixed the seal, and his own, to the Treaty signed in the Potola on 7th September 1904'; 'The Shapes', or the Executive Council of Four and a group portrait of Tongsa Penlop and his retinue.Provenance: Searight, pencil ownership inscription on title.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
Lot 211
A Chinese late Qing vase of baluster form decorated with official attendants holding fruit, a vase of peacock feathers and a fruiting branch, by rocks and a waterfall in polychrome enamel, on a red ground, with a red seal mark to the baseCondition: the neck has been reduced and has chips, the base has been drilled
Lot 11
Collection of Chinese ceramics, late 19th century and later, including a pair of ginger jars and domed covers painted in the famille verte palette with jardinieres of flowers, red seal marks to underside, (26cm high), an oviform vase with butterfly handles painted with birds in landscape, an Imari pattern fluted circular dish and another smaller with green panelled borders and a Masons ironstone Imari pattern dinner plate
Lot 89
Two Moorcroft vases and assorted ceramics and glass, assorted miniature animals and other items, the first Moorcroft vase tube lined with tiger lilies, a trial piece dated 9.3.17, 9cm high, the other tube lined with white flowers on a dark blue ground, printed and painted marks, with an assorted collection of pottery, porcelain, stone metal and resin models of animals including a glass penguin, a frosted glass bird perched on a tree stump, a blue glaze pottery goose, a pair of white porcelain horses, a Chinese soapstone seal and other items
Lot 1039
Chinese School: A Fan Painting, depicting two ducks amongst bamboo and with calligraphy, seal mark in red, 55cm by 26cm, framed and glazed; and A Similar Fan Painting, depicting pine trees, 47cm by 23cm, framed and glazed (2)Condition report: Both removed from original sticks, with marks at the edges showing the previous bonding. Both with wear and staining to the creases, most evident in the first fan. Wear and discoloration. The second fan with some loss to the top-left edge.
Lot 110
A Chinese Sang-de-boeuf porcelain garlic-mouth bottle vase. The pear-shaped body leading up to a garlic shaped neck covered in a slightly mottled deep red glaze. Six-character seal mark of Qianlong to base in underglaze blue. 19.5cm tall. By repute, From a private American family collection who were based in China in the early 20th century.
Lot 157
Two Japanese ink paintings on silk in gilt frames. One of flowers and bamboo, the other of a girl outdoors. Largest approx. 48 x 34 cm. Together with a pair of Japanese ink paintings on paper of farmers in gilt frames, each with the artist's seal. Approx. 28 x 43 cm each and a framed Chinese silk embroidery of 'One Hundred Boys' scene Approx. 67.5 x 34.5 cm. (5)
Lot 28
Three Chinese 19th Century porcelain items. To include two famille rose porcelain ginger jars with four-character marks of Kangxi and Qianlong, each decorated with various figures. Together with a celadon ground famille rose porcelain dish with seal mark to base. Ginger jars 12.5 and 15.5cm tall. Dish 18cm diam. (3)Both ginger jars in good overall condition with out damage of repairs - general surface wear only. Dish with two vertical hairlines from the rim with slight rim chips.
Lot 57
A 20thC Chinese porcelain sculpture, of ovoid form, decorated with an upper and lower blue glazed band with gilt highlighted Greek key and floral decoration, the central panel decorated with a mountainous landscape with buildings and figures and the reverse bearing Chinese script and red seal mark, 60cm high.
Lot 1295
A CHINESE FAMILLE- ROSE VASE20th centuryBulbous form beneath a waisted neck, painted with two pheasants perched on a rock amongst flowering shrubs, the reverse with lines of calligraphy, iron-red seal mark, 17.5cm highSome light specking to the glaze in places, but overall in good condition
Lot 318
A SET OF SIX CHINESE EXPORT 'PUCE' TEA BOWLS AND SAUCER DISHES, 18TH CENTURY;together with a canton enamel jardinière pot, 12cm diameter;a green glazed pottery jar, 15cm high, and a collectionCondition Report: 6 puce decorated saucer dishes all in good condition and three good matching tea bowls, one small chip to foot, one with two hairline cracks to side wall and other with old restoration (discoloured)Other Imari tea bowls with small chips or hairlinescoffee cans assorted patterns mostly in good condition, see imagesTurquoise glaze jar lacking cover and does not bear any seal mark versoCanton enamel is 20th century with some flaked turquoise enamelYellow pin tray goodGilt & inked circular dish in good condition
Lot 117A
Two Chinese jade plaques,20th century,one carved with a monkey seated on a horse carrying a fruiting peach branch over its shoulder, the reverse with inscriptions, 5cm high, and the other, with a taotie mask and a seal to the back5.5cm high (2)Condition report: taotie plaque - chips to the edges.
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