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Lot 594
A Collection Of Original LPs to Include:Roxy Music, UB40, Julian Lennon, Bryan Adams, Ultravox, Midgeure.Also Includes 4 LPs By Eurythmics To Include: We Too Are One, Be Yourself Tonight, Revenge and Touch.Also Includes The Average White Band Feel No Fret, Average White Band Four Channel Discrete QUADRADISC and Fairground Attraction The First Of A Million Kisses.
Lot 1
GEORGE BEST 1967 MATCH WORN MANCHESTER UNITED JERSEY AND A 1968 EUROPEAN CUP FINAL SIGNED PROGRAMMEGeorge Best was football’s version of The Beatles. The first true celebrity footballer, Best possessed an incredible ability to dribble the football and a lifestyle to match. To this day, Best is considered one of the absolute best to ever lace up their boots. Best famously led Manchester United to European Cup glory in 1968, the same season he won the Ballon d’Or as the best European Footballer. This garment was an original squad equipment at Old Trafford, and was worn on the pitch by George Best.The jersey is an Aertex type of red with white collar and short-sleeved cuffs, #7 is sewn on the back in white fabric too. Correct Umbro label is sewn in the collar and another Umbro print is evident on the lower hem.Additionally, the jersey comes with a 1968 European Cup Final Programme signed by George Best with a Sportizus letter of authenticity certified by Hamilton Bland.The jersey is accompanied by a letter of authenticity which states that the vendor got this jersey in 2016 from the collection of the Irish player and Best's teammate Tony Dunne. The letter states that according to https://www.historicalkits.co.uk the jersey was worn by Best in August and/or September from the 1967 season.
Lot 78
Leather Bound Bible 'Annotations on the New Testament of Jesus Christ in which I. The literal sense is explained according to the Expositions of the ancient Fathers. II. The false interpretations, both of the ancient and modern Writers, which are contrary to the received Doctrine of the Catholic Church, are briefly exa-mined and disproved. III. With an account of the chief differences betwixt the text of the ancient Latin-Version, and the Greek in the printed Editions, and MSS' The First Volume by Robert Witham 1730 with inscription to preface Thomas Barrett of Cambridgeshire
Lot 16
2021 COPA AMERICA WINNER'S GOLD MEDALCopa America is one of the world's oldest soccer competitions and has traditionally featured only South American countries to determine the best national team on the continent. The first one took place in 1916, hosted and won by Argentina. La Albiceleste (White and Sky Blues) have won the tournament 15 times alongside Uruguay. Surprisingly, Brazil is third with nine Copa titles. Since 1993, at least two teams - one or more from North America and one from Asia - have been invited outside of South America's usual 10 CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) teams. The 2021 edition was held in Brazil. In the end, it was Argentina holding off the host nation Brazil in the Final 1-0.Presented here is a gold winner's medal awarded to a member of the 2021 Copa America champion Argentina National Team. Designed with a loop and lovely blue 2021 Copa America ribbon (32” if fully stretched) to wear proudly, it measures 60 mm in diameter and weighs 88 grams (including the ribbon). The obverse has “AL CAMPEON” at the top with “CONMEBOL COPA AMERICA 2021” at the bottom and an image of the tournament emblem at centre. The reverse has an image of the South American continent and “1916” to denote the first year the tournament was played.
Lot 11
KYLIAN MBAPPE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL MATCH ISSUED FRANCE JERSEYThis was France's third World Cup final. They also won in 1998 but lost on penalties in 2006. They reached more finals in the last 20 years than any other nation (Brazil and Germany two each). France and Croatia had met five times previously; France won three and two drawn. The first meeting was the only previous World Cup encounter in 1998 when France, captained by Didier Deschamps, won the semi-final in Paris (2-1) with two goals from Lillian Thuram.At 19 years and 207 days, Kylian Mbappe became the third-youngest player to appear in a World Cup final. Brazil's Pele was 17 years and 249 days when he played against Sweden in the 1958 final while Giuseppe Bergomi was 18 years and 201 days when he played in Italy's 1982 win against West Germany. After Pele in 1958, he also became the second-youngest scorer in a World Cup final. 27 years after their declaration of independence, Croatia became the 13th nation to reach a World Cup final and the tenth from Europe. The Nike dark blue Vaporknit jersey was prepared for Kylian Mbappe for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final. The jersey has the name "MBAPPE" and #10 on back and front heat-applied. The FFF crest with one star applied to the chest. The match day details are applied beneath them. The Nike swoosh applied above #10 on front. The 2018 World Cup patches applied on sleeves. The wash label is screen printed on the inside of the jersey. Sized L.
Lot 587
A Dolland 'Day or Night' telescope, with three changeable brass cell viewing lenses, the first is engraved "Dolland London Day or Night", the send "For Day objects" and the third "The Greatest power" all are stamped J & R, leather clad tube with brass edging complete with end cap, tube length 92cm (4)
Lot 518
After Terence Cuneo (British, 1907-1996), a signed print "B Battery on the Airfield-Topcliffe 1982", together with ten other Terence Cuneo Prints including ; 'Ceremony of the Keys', 'First Air Post', 'Fire Fly', Tanks undercover in woodland, a Tank factory, 'The Germans Surrender', 'Final Parade', 'The Great Marquese' and 'Air Drop'. All unframed(11)
Lot 370
Newnes (George) edit.The Strand Magazine, An Illustrated Monthly, Volumes I to XX,George Newnes, January 1891 to December 1900, twenty volumes, foxing, volume 1 lacking title page, original blue pictorial cloth (volumes I, II and XX darker than the others). Containing the first appearance in print of some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. (20)
Lot 2054
Border Fine Arts 'The First Cut' (David Brown Cropmaster), model No. JH70, limited edition 907/1500, on wood base; together with 'A Major Decision' (Fordson Major E1ADDN Tractor), model No. JH92, limited edition 745/1500, on wood base, both by Ray Ayres (2)No boxes or certificates for either model. The First Cut with a small part lacking and cutter loose from man's hand; A Major Decision with both mudguards off (both pieces available for repair) and hairlines split through both figures at the neck (currently still attached).
Lot 2006
Border Fine Arts 'All in a Day's Work' (Farmer on ATV Herding Sheep), model No. B0593 by Kirsty Armstrong, limited edition 1325/1500, on wood base, with certificate; together with 'Starts First Time' (Fowler Diesel Crawler Mark VF), model No. B0702 by Ray Ayres, on wood base, with certificate (2)ATV with possible repair to the mans right hand at the wrist. Otherwise both models in overall good condition. No boxes.
Lot 2152
Border Fine Arts 'Winter Rations' - First Version - (Three quarter Limousin Cross Steers), model No. B0581 by Kirsty Armstrong, on wood base; together with 'Autumn Hay', model No. B0419 by Ray Ayres, limited edition 216/1500, on wood base, and 'Never Satisfied', model No. B0442A by Kirsty Armstrong, on wood base (3)Winter Rations - Limousin Bull wth hairline split through one leg, otherwise, all three are in good condition. No boxes. No certificates.
Lot 95
Sammlerset "Winterzauber" mit Steiff-Schneemann - Goebel/Steiff, 1999, Erste Ausgabe, zwei Hummel-Figuren "Mei, ist si schwer/First Snow" und "Hoffentlich schneit's bald wieder/Let It Snow", Steingut, polychrom bemalt, Plinthe jeweils mit Prägestempel "M.I. Hummel", Boden mit Manufakturmarke, Modellnr. 2035+2036, Malerzeichen., H. ca.14,5/13,5cm, mit originalem Titelaufkleber, Steiff-Teddy als Schneemann, mit Knopf und Fahne, Nr.996207, Mohair, mit Porzellanplakette, ca.19cm, neuwertiger Zustand, im Originalkarton mit Zertifikat
Lot 1123
A quantity of Silver Jubilee commemorative stamps for HM Queen Elizabeth II 1952-1977, together with miscellaneous books of full first class stamps and greeting labels, The Royal Mail self adhesive Definitive stamps, together with 'Aeroplane' First Day covers 1976 showing the 'Pilots and Plane'.
Lot 39
Paul Tibbets WW2 Atom Bomb pilot multiple signed B29 Washington bomber cover. Also signed by US fighter aces James Rigg, Tex Hill, Blake Morganville. Biography info inside on all. Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Lot 23
Pioneer Aviator Pilot William Birchenough signed card inscribed HENDON 1914. William Taylor Birchenough (1891-1962) was a pioneering British aviator and test pilot. After leaving Eton Birchenough developed an interest in flying and joined the Grahame-White training school on 7 February 1913. Over the following months he carried out his training under the instruction of Marcus Dyce Manton before being awarded his aviator's certificate on 13 June 1913 in a Grahame White Biplane. Subsequently, he worked for the Grahame-White Company. Birchenough started to regularly compete in flying races at Hendon, from August 1913 onwards often flying a G-W 50 Gnome aircraft or Box-Kites. In January 1914 Birchenough took part in the Upside Down Dinner held at the Royal Automobile Club . Attended by many aviation pioneers, the dinner was held in recognition of those who were first to loop the loop in an aeroplane. In 1914 he competed in a series of air races and won the Shell Motor Spirit Trophy for a special speed contest. On 6 June he flew a Maurice Farman aeroplane at the last Aerial Derby before the outbreak of war and two weeks later he competed in the London to Manchester handicap. On 3 August 1914 Birchenough flew a Maurice Farman aeroplane from Hendon to Leighton Buzzard to carry out a demonstration at a Flower Show but was forced to return after learning that the Government had imposed a ban on flights that day of more than three miles from an aerodrome due to fears of impending war. The following day war was declared in Germany. After the outbreak of World War One he joined the Aircraft Manufacturing Company (Airco) as a test pilot responsible for delivering planes to the Aeronautical Inspection Department (AID) at Farnborough and putting them though their tests. In August 1916 The Aeroplane reported that Birchenough was one of the steadiest and most skilful pilots in the country and that since the outbreak of war he had passed a legion of machines through their tests In 1917 he was elected a member of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. Birchenough married Eileen Moncrieffe Mesham of Pontruffydd Hall in 1915. He died on 15 December 1962 in Wimborne, Dorset, England. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Lot 192
Great Train Robbery multi signed Police Post Office commemorative cover signatures include Ronnie Biggs on front and back, Buster Edwards, Gordon Goody, Jimmy Hussey, Charlie Wilson and Jack Slipper. Double PM First Day of Issue 26 Sep 1979 London W.C. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Lot 38
Pioneer Aviator and Yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester signed 1967 Gipsy Moth IV FDC with Chichester FDI postmark. Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route and the fastest circumnavigator, in nine months and one day overall in 1966-67. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Lot 45
Concorde Barbara Harmer 1st female pilot signed 2008 Woman of Achievement Internetstamps official FDC. Harmer was chosen to undergo the intensive six-month conversion course for Concorde in 1992. On 25 March 1993 Harmer became the first qualified female Concorde pilot and later that year made her first Concorde flight as First Officer to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Jacqueline Auriol was the first woman to fly Concorde as a test pilot. By the time Concorde was withdrawn from service in October 2003, Harmer had served 10 years as a pilot flying regular scheduled services. In 2001, an Air France pilot, Béatrice Vialle, had become the second of only two women to fly Concorde on regular routes by making some 35 trips between Paris and New York before the service was withdrawn. After Concorde, Harmer converted to the Boeing 777 until taking voluntary redundancy in 2009. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Lot 18
Pioneer Aviator Pilot Harold Barnwell signed 3 x 3 piece. BORN 1879, English aviation pioneer, who began as an aircraft builder. He died while test-flying an early Vickers fighter aircraft. Frank and Harold Barnwell built their first glider in 1905 in Balfron and later built three powered aircraft. They then opened the Grampian Engineering and Motor Company in 1906 at Causewayhead in Stirling. From their garage, they produced three aircraft between 1908 and 1910. The first was underpowered and failed to fly, but the second, a canard biplane was successfully flown from a field in Causewayhead under the Wallace Monument on 28 July 1909. Piloted by Harold, it only flew 80 yards (75 m) at an altitude of about four metres before it crashed, but it is still recognised as Scotland's first powered flight. Next, the brothers built a monoplane with which Harold won a prize of £50 offered by the Scottish Aeronautical Society for the first flight of more than a mile to be made in Scotland in January 1911. In 1911 both brothers moved to England, and in 1912 Harold, after gaining his pilot's licence (No.278) at the Bristol school at Brooklands in September joined the staff of the new Vickers School of Flying, also at Brooklands. Here he was the instructor who helped Noel Pemberton Billing win his £50 bet with Frederick Handley Page by learning to fly and gaining a pilot's licence in a single day. In late 1914, Harold Barnwell, now chief test pilot with Vickers Limited, designed a single seat scout or fast reconnaissance aircraft, and had it built without the knowledge or approval of his employers, borrowing a Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine from Vickers' stores to power the aircraft. Barnwell attempted the first flight of his design, named the Barnwell Bullet in early 1915, but the aircraft crashed and was wrecked, possibly due to a miscalculated centre of gravity. Harold Barnwell died on 25 August 1917 while test flying the prototype Vickers Vampire night fighter at Joyce Green, Kent. Webster states that he may have been taken ill while at the controls. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Lot 24
American Pioneer Aviator Pilot Walter L Brock signed card inscribed HENDON 1914. 6 June 1914 The third annual Aerial Derby - postponed from 23 May due to poor weather - is held, sponsored by the Daily Mail. Eleven participants fly over a 94-mile (151-kilometer) circuit beginning and ending at Hendon Aerodrome in London with control points at Kempton Park, Esher, Purley, and Purfleet. Walter Brock is the overall winner for the second consecutive year, completing the course in 1 hour 18 minutes 54 seconds in a Morane-Saulnier G with a handicap of 20 minutes 24 seconds. 11/7/1914 London-Paris return air race won by the American Walter L. Brock. Walter Brock was an American who learned to fly in England in 1912. He quickly moved on to becoming a flight instructor and became the first pilot to deliberately take off in winds of gale strength. Brock achieved fame as a racing pilot, scoring victories all over Europe until the beginning of World War I. The most famous and prestigious race he won was on July 11, 1914, from London to Paris. The aircraft he flew was a Morane-Saulnier H-type Monoplane, powered by an 80 hp Gnome Rotary engine. However, his European racing days came to an abrupt end when war broke out and all British civilian aircraft were ordered to be turned over to the military. In 1916, using parts he brought back with him from Europe, Brock built this aircraft using a smaller 50 hp Gnome engine. How much of the racer he brought back is a matter of speculation. This aircraft has almost the same lines as the 1914 racing aircraft but is about 3 feet shorter. Was the fuselage cut down to ship home because of a size issue? Who knows? By renaming it the Brock Monoplane, he may very well have been covering for his friends back in England who had helped him get the aircraft out of the country. Why was the engine not shipped? Would it have been too obvious? Or did he feel that he could save on shipping and get one easily in the States (which he did)? How much of the original aircraft is in this airplane is anybody's guess. We may one day learn more when the aircraft is restored back to flying condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Lot 730
Jan Saudek, The First Kiss to Little BrotherGelatinesilberabzug. 29,3 x 38,8 cm. Unten links mit Goldstift signiert. Die Kanten mit Papierstreifen eingefasst, darauf mit Tinte datiert, betitelt und beschriftet. - Unter Passepartout und Glas gerahmt.LiteraturDaniela Mrázková (Hg.), Jan Saudek, Köln u.a. 2005, S. 272 mit Abb. (hier betitelt: Der erste Kuss für das kleine Brüderchen)
Lot 100
AN AMUSING BRONZE OKIMONO OF A KAPPA WITH CUCUMBER, ATTRIBUTED TO SHOKAKENAttributed to Shokaken (Oshima Yasutaro), unsignedJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The bronze finely cast and bearing an attractive sentoku finish, set on an oval base with four lobed feet, depicting a kappa dancing on top of a large, leafy cucumber, and wearing a tattered lotus leaf hat, the details finely incised and chiseled.HEIGHT 19 cmWEIGHT 1,330 gCondition: Good condition with minor expected wear and few casting irregularities. Minor losses to the tips of the leaves.Oshima Yasutaro (artist name: Shokaken) was born to a prominent family of metalworkers in 1849 and was the son of Oshima Takajiro. Together with his younger brother Oshima Joun (1858–1940), he successfully ran a studio called Sanseisha and produced bronzes of the finest quality. In Recollections of Oshima Joun, by Katori Hozuma published in 1941 by Tokyo Chukin-kai (Tokyo Cast Metalwork Association), he talked of his older brother who died young as being of the first rank of bronze metalwork artists in 1878, producing works of the very highest quality and commissioned for the world exhibitions. Shokaken indeed exhibited his works at numerous international expositions, including a metalwork incense burner at the Vienna World Exposition in 1873, which is now housed in the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts and Contemporary Art, Vienna (Illustrated in Arts of East and West from World Expositions 1855-1900: Paris, Vienna and Chicago (Commemorating the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan), (Osaka, 2004), p. 20, plate l-16).Auction comparison: Compare a closely related bronze okimono of a kappa, by Shokaken and signed Shokaken, at Christie's, Japanese and Korean Art, 18 September 2002, New York, lot 341 (sold at USD 1,673).
Lot 112
A SUPERB PAIR OF MIYAO-STYLE MIXED-METAL-INLAID AND PARCEL-GILT BRONZE VASES WITH SHOKI AND ONIJapan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)Each vase with a baluster body supported on a spreading foot and rising to a gently waisted neck with flat everted rim, the shoulder with two long handles issued from baku heads, the exterior carved in high and sunken (shishiaibori) relief, inlaid in iro-e takazogan and hirazogan, and engraved in katakiri and kebori, with bamboo-framed panels surrounded by two snakes flanking a toad above and a snail below – an impressive example of the sansukumi motif. Each panel shows a different but complementary design, on one vase depicting a proudly standing Shoki holding his sword in one hand and extending the other, with a long-tailed pheasant amid chrysanthemums under a gnarled pine tree to the back; and on the other three oni depicted in different attitudes, one of them fighting back against the demon queller, the back with two long-tailed pheasants perched on a craggy rock. The body is further decorated with bamboo leaves, mushrooms, and leaves, the neck and foot with formalized bands.HEIGHT each 30.5 cmWEIGHT each 4.7 kgCondition: Very good condition with minor surface wear.Provenance: From the private collection of an intrepid and seasoned connoisseur who tirelessly travels the globe and acquires with passion, discernment and above all a sense of all-embracing eclecticism, bound by no rigid formula of what should constitute a worthy object save the admiration and wonder that it can produce in the viewer.The present pair of vases, impressively cast, finely carved in high and sunken relief, and masterfully inlaid in both hirazogan and takazogan, was clearly made by an extremely talented metalworker. The inspired use of inlays makes an attribution to the workshop of Miyao Eisuke reasonable. Although most often associated with large-scale bronze figures of samurai, the Miyao Company also manufactured or dealt in a wide range of craft goods including Shibayama-work panels and ivory figures. Apparently based first in Yokohama and then, after about 1890, in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo, the company is first recorded at the second Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai (National Industrial Exposition) where Miyao Eisuke collaborated with the bronze caster Momose Sozaemon in the production of a bronze figure of seven drunken shojo.The combination of snake, frog, and snail (or slug) constitutes the sansukumi motif. Sansukumi translates to 'the three who are afraid of one another'. The three animals are in a state of mutually assured destruction: the snake will consume the frog, however the frog has already eaten a poisonous snail, so the snake must perish as well. This motif is connected to sansukumi-ken, a category of Japanese hand games played by using three hand gestures. The oldest sansukumi-ken game is mushi-ken, a game originally from China. In mushi-ken, the 'frog' represented by the thumb wins against the 'slug' represented by the pinkie finger, which, in turn defeats the 'snake' represented by the index finger, which wins against the 'frog'. Although this game was imported from China, the Japanese version differs in the animals represented. In adopting the game, the original Chinese characters for centipede or millipede were apparently confused with the characters for the 'slug'. The centipede was chosen because of the Chinese belief that the centipede was capable of killing a snake by climbing and entering its head. One of the few surviving sansukumi-ken games is jan-ken, which was brought to the West in the 20th century as rock paper scissors.
Lot 126
A RARE CEDAR BROWN-GLAZED POTTERY CHAIRE WITH SHIFUKUJapan, Momoyama (1573-1603) to early Edo period (1615-1868)The ovoid form rising from a slightly concave foot to a gently everted rim flanked by two scrolling handles at the shoulder, covered overall in a lustrous dark brown glaze with a slight russet tinge, stopping irregularly above the unglazed base revealing the buff ware. The pottery chaire (tea caddy) with a lid and accompanied by the original silk brocade shifuku.HEIGHT 8.3 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities. Provenance: Gijs Bosch Reitz (1860-1938), acquired by him in Japan in 1900, sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, 12 May 1982. From the collection of Felix Tikotin (1893-1986), acquired from the above and thence by descent within the family. Sigisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz, known as Gijs, was a Dutch painter in the Impressionist and Symbolist styles. He was also associated with the Laren School. Felix Tikotin was an architect, art collector, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. Born in Glogau, Germany, to a Jewish family, his ancestors had returned with Napoleon from Russia from a town named Tykocin. He grew up in Dresden and after World War I, he traveled to Japan and immediately fell in love with the culture. In April 1927, he opened his first own gallery in Berlin. The entire family survived the Holocaust, and in the 1950s Tikotin slowly resumed his activities as a dealer in Japanese art. He became, once again, very successful and prominent, holding exhibitions all over Europe and the United States. When he first visited Israel in 1956, he decided that the major part of his collection belonged in that country. In 1960, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was opened in Haifa. A special feature of this collection was that all the chaire still had their original bags (shifuku) and wooden boxes. The expert at the time when these were sold at Sotheby's, J. van Daalen, wrote the fine catalogue entries, including a mention of the boxes and distinguishing between the enclosed wrapping cloths (lapje) and bags (shifuku [zakje]). Since the shifuku were sewn from precious old brocades (meibutsugire), van Daalen also gave a short description of them. He acknowledged the importance of these paraphernalia for tea ceramics in his brief article (1982) Lids, Boxes and Bags, Some Notes of a Collection of Tea-Ceramics, in: Andon, Jg. 2, pp. 18-22, no. 5.With a wood tomobako storage box with labels 'kokusai karamono chaire' and a collection number '196'. The interior with two labels inscribed, '1100- karamono Itokiri' and 'Toshiro yaki karamono no Itokiri.'
Lot 127
A CHESTNUT BROWN-GLAZED POTTERY CHAIREJapan, early Edo period (1615-1868)Of tsubo-form rising from a short ring foot to tall shoulders, surmounted by a waisted cylindrical neck and lid, covered overall in a brown glaze with a russet tinge, stopping irregularly above the unglazed base revealing the buff ware. The pottery chaire (tea caddy) filled with tea. HEIGHT 9 cmCondition: Old restoration to the mouth rim with kintsugi, otherwise in very good condition with some typical firing flaws. Provenance: Gijs Bosch Reitz (1860-1938), acquired by him in Japan in 1900, sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, 12 May 1982. From the collection of Felix Tikotin (1893-1986), acquired from the above and thence by descent within the family. Sigisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz, known as Gijs, was a Dutch painter in the Impressionist and Symbolist styles. He was also associated with the Laren School. Felix Tikotin was an architect, art collector, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. Born in Glogau, Germany, to a Jewish family, his ancestors had returned with Napoleon from Russia from a town named Tykocin. He grew up in Dresden and after World War I, he traveled to Japan and immediately fell in love with the culture. In April 1927, he opened his first own gallery in Berlin. The entire family survived the Holocaust, and in the 1950s Tikotin slowly resumed his activities as a dealer in Japanese art. He became, once again, very successful and prominent, holding exhibitions all over Europe and the United States. When he first visited Israel in 1956, he decided that the major part of his collection belonged in that country. In 1960, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was opened in Haifa. A special feature of this collection was that all the chaire still had their original bags (shifuku) and wooden boxes. The expert at the time when these were sold at Sotheby's, J. van Daalen, wrote the fine catalogue entries, including a mention of the boxes and distinguishing between the enclosed wrapping cloths (lapje) and bags (shifuku [zakje]). Since the shifuku were sewn from precious old brocades (meibutsugire), van Daalen also gave a short description of them. He acknowledged the importance of these paraphernalia for tea ceramics in his brief article (1982) Lids, Boxes and Bags, Some Notes of a Collection of Tea-Ceramics, in: Andon, Jg. 2, pp. 18-22, no. 5.With a wood tomobako storage box with a collection label 'N. 6.'
Lot 128
A RARE PAIR OF RAKU CHAIRE (TEA CADDIES)Japan, early Edo period (1615-1868)The first raku-ware, katatsuki form with itokiri, finely potted and glazed in a dark brown and black glossy glaze stopping a centimeter above the flat base, which is unglazed, with a finely carved, concave ichimonji-buta lid with a raised finial, and accompanied by a well-worn shifuku and cushion. The second raku-ware and of compressed-globular form, the small chaire covered in a white-crackled, semi-transparent glaze with a slightly flared mouth and a bamboo leaf stopper.HEIGHT 6.9 & 8.7 cmCondition: Each in good condition with some wear, firing irregularities including pitting, glaze recesses. One chaire with a minor repair to the rim and minor chipping to the lid.Provenance: Gijs Bosch Reitz (1860-1938), acquired by him in Japan in 1900, sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, 12 May 1982. From the collection of Felix Tikotin (1893-1986), acquired from the above and thence by descent within the family. Sigisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz, known as Gijs, was a Dutch painter in the Impressionist and Symbolist styles. He was also associated with the Laren School. Felix Tikotin was an architect, art collector, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. Born in Glogau, Germany, to a Jewish family, his ancestors had returned with Napoleon from Russia from a town named Tykocin. He grew up in Dresden and after World War I, he traveled to Japan and immediately fell in love with the culture. In April 1927, he opened his first own gallery in Berlin. The entire family survived the Holocaust, and in the 1950s Tikotin slowly resumed his activities as a dealer in Japanese art. He became, once again, very successful and prominent, holding exhibitions all over Europe and the United States. When he first visited Israel in 1956, he decided that the major part of his collection belonged in that country. In 1960, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was opened in Haifa. A special feature of this collection was that all the chaire still had their original bags (shifuku) and wooden boxes. The expert at the time when these were sold at Sotheby's, J. van Daalen, wrote the fine catalogue entries, including a mention of the boxes and distinguishing between the enclosed wrapping cloths (lapje) and bags (shifuku [zakje]). Since the shifuku were sewn from precious old brocades (meibutsugire), van Daalen also gave a short description of them. He acknowledged the importance of these paraphernalia for tea ceramics in his brief article (1982) Lids, Boxes and Bags, Some Notes of a Collection of Tea-Ceramics, in: Andon, Jg. 2, pp. 18-22, no. 5.With a tomobako storage box with applied labels and inscriptions.
Lot 129
A PAIR OF RAKU HYOTAN AND KATATSUKI-FORM CHAIRE (TEA CADDIES)Japan, early Edo period (1615-1868)The first made of reddish-brown earthen ware and of hyotan form, thickly potted rising from a flat base and covered overall in a richly speckled brown glaze. Accompanied by a fitted shifuku from an old brocade (meibutsugire). The second thinly potted and of katatsuki form, covered in a rich, glossy black glaze with elegant thinning and beautiful drippings. Each with a lid.HEIGHT 8.2 & 8.3 cmCondition: Both in excellent condition with only minor wear. The covers with minor natural age cracks.Provenance: Gijs Bosch Reitz (1860-1938), acquired by him in Japan in 1900, sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, 12 May 1982. From the collection of Felix Tikotin (1893-1986), acquired from the above and thence by descent within the family. Sigisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz, known as Gijs, was a Dutch painter in the Impressionist and Symbolist styles. He was also associated with the Laren School. Felix Tikotin was an architect, art collector, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. Born in Glogau, Germany, to a Jewish family, his ancestors had returned with Napoleon from Russia from a town named Tykocin. He grew up in Dresden and after World War I, he traveled to Japan and immediately fell in love with the culture. In April 1927, he opened his first own gallery in Berlin. The entire family survived the Holocaust, and in the 1950s Tikotin slowly resumed his activities as a dealer in Japanese art. He became, once again, very successful and prominent, holding exhibitions all over Europe and the United States. When he first visited Israel in 1956, he decided that the major part of his collection belonged in that country. In 1960, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was opened in Haifa. A special feature of this collection was that all the chaire still had their original bags (shifuku) and wooden boxes. The expert at the time when these were sold at Sotheby's, J. van Daalen, wrote the fine catalogue entries, including a mention of the boxes and distinguishing between the enclosed wrapping cloths (lapje) and bags (shifuku [zakje]). Since the shifuku were sewn from precious old brocades (meibutsugire), van Daalen also gave a short description of them. He acknowledged the importance of these paraphernalia for tea ceramics in his brief article (1982) Lids, Boxes and Bags, Some Notes of a Collection of Tea-Ceramics, in: Andon, Jg. 2, pp. 18-22, no. 5.With a wood tomobako storage box made for two chaire inscribed on the top higo yaki chaire, and two labels on the interior of the cover, 'Hyotan Form 1700. SF' and 'Raku SF 1700.'Auction comparison:Compare a related stoneware chair of pear form with a similar mottled black and dark brown glaze, from the same provenance; at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 5 November 2009, London, lot 201 (sold for GBP 3,120).
Lot 137
FUJII SHUMEI: A FINE SNOW-FLAKE GLAZE VASE DEPICTING A WINTER FORESTBy Fujii Shumei (1936-2017), signed Shumei sakuJapan, 20th centuryThe globular body supported on a broad foot and rising to a short neck flaring to a wide foliate mouth, painted with a hilly, dark blue pine forest on a winter day, the snowflake glaze covering the upper half. The white recessed base signed SHUMEI saku [made by Shumei].HEIGHT 23.5 cmCondition: Excellent condition.Provenance: From a private Dutch collection. With an old display label: Nitten kai no tomo日展会友、朱明作 ('A friend of Nitten Exhibition Organization').Fujii Shumei was born in Arita, Saga Prefecture in 1936 and started working at the age of 15 at an akae (red glaze) shop and pottery company. Hewas selected for the Nitten (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition) for the first time in 1937 for his 'Cold Stream', which was subsequently selected 15 times. He won many prizes including one at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, the Minister of Education Prize at the Kyushu-Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition, and the Japan New Crafts Award at the Japan New Crafts Exhibition. He was a long-term member of Nitten Exhibitions and Saga Art Association.
Lot 15
HENMI TOYO: A SUPERB TSUISHU AND TSUIKOKU LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX) AND COVERBy Henmi Toyo (1846-1920), signed Hen (Itsu) ToyoJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)Of circular form, intricately carved in low relief to one side with Kannon leaning against a craggy rock and holding a rosary beside a sinuous dragon and to the other with Daruma standing on a reed, his head backed by a halo, surrounded by thick swirling clouds, all in tsuikoku against a tsuishu ground neatly incised with waves, the interior lacquered black. Signed within a raised rectangular reserve HEN TOYO.DIAMETER 9 cmCondition: Very good condition, minor wear, few minuscule nicks and tiny chips to edges, few light scratches.Henmi Toyo (1846-1920) went to Kyoto in 1862 to study swordsmithing techniques. In 1864 he returned to his hometown in Okayama Prefecture and became a swordsmith under the name of Chikukansai Yoshitaka. He possessed exceptional skills and was much admired but his business was discontinued when the Sword Law was abolished in 1872. After that, he became involved in a wide range of crafts, including wood carving, bamboo carving, and lacquerwork. In 1895, he won the first prize and a gold medal at the 4th National Industrial Exhibition for his boxwood crab figurine. He also presented a tsuishu food basket to the Emperor Meiji in 1910 and a sword, a joint work with his brother, to the Emperor Taisho in 1915. In addition to crafts, he was also skilled in jujutsu, archery, calligraphy, chanting, and tea ceremony.
Lot 154
TANAKA REIGYOKU: A FINE IVORY TUSK BOX AND COVER DEPICTING A SNAKE EATING A SPARROWBy Tanaka Reigyoku, signed with two seals Tanaka and ReigyokuJapan, Tokyo, Meiji period (1868-1912)Finely carved and stained with a large snake twisting through the blossoming and leafing branches of a dogwood tree, snatching a bird in midflight as a second sparrow lands on the back of the snake in a frantic attempt to rescue its partner. The scales of the snake and feathers of the bird are naturalistically carved and surrounded by the curling branches carved in openwork. The cover naturalistically carved as a leaf surmounted by a finial in the shape of a young sparrow. Sealed to the base of the cover and box TANAKA and REIGYOKU.HEIGHT 11.7 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor wear, a few small nicks to edges, some typical natural flaws and age cracks.Provenance: From a private collection in Belgium, published in the commissioned private catalogue 'The Nibajama collection' no. 10.Tanaka Reigyoku (born in 1837), original name Tanaka Shigejiro, is listed in the Tokyo Meikokan (Famous Craftsmen in Tokyo). Tanaka Reigyoku exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Expo and 1878 Paris Expo. He also exhibited at the First (1877) and Second (1881) Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai (Domestic Inland) exhibitions in Tokyo, Japan.Auction comparison:Compare a related ivory box and cover depicting a quail family, unsigned, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 6 November 2012, London, lot 357 (sold for GBP 4,375).Trade Certificate: The trade certificate for the sale of this lot within the EU has been granted (permit number 2022/BE04296/CE). This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.
Lot 188
A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF AN ONI HIDING IN A BOX DURING SETSUBUNUnsignedJapan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Crammed into a large box, the oni peeking out a small hole with a panic-stricken expression as soybeans pelt his hindquarters. Very good himotoshi, generously excavated to the side and base. The ivory bearing a superb, yellowish patina.LENGTH 3.9 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor wear and expected age cracks.Provenance: Zacke, Netsuke von Meistern, Ausstellung 1989, no. 35. From the collection of Dr. Ferdinand and Dr. Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovsky, acquired from the above, and thence by descent in the same family. The couple, who had both been practicing law, met in 1967 through their mutual passion for art. Together they built a substantial and diverse art collection over many decades.This motif is commonly seen carved from wood and should be considered exceedingly rare carved from ivory. The Setsubun festival is celebrated during the first day of spring and includes the rite of oni-yarai or mame-maki, where roasted beans are thrown at oni to rid the coming year of any demons and disease-bringing spirits.This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.
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