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![ALEXANDER MACKENZIE [1923-2002]. Paintings 1951 to 2001 - new book/catalogue. Hardback - numbered edition of 100.The first ov](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/58a4d54b-f0aa-4514-a4b4-b07a0115c6a6/3288446b-e26b-4aba-8196-b08900cdc2c1/468x382.png)
Lot 212
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE [1923-2002]. Paintings 1951 to 2001 - new book/catalogue. Hardback - numbered edition of 100.The first overview of Mackenzie's paintings - introduction by Dr Justine Hopkins.Published to celebrate the centenary of Mackenzie's birth. A wonderful St Ives artist - very underrated - in the 1950s and early 1960s he was ranked at the Ben Nicholson and Barbara ['what shall we put a hole in today'] Hepworth level..There is also a new website: www.alexander-mackenzie.co.uk[Excellent condition]. Buyers premium 20% + vat payable. Bidding via The-Saleroom.com incurs a fee of 4.95% + VAT on hammer price.
Lot 20
A pair of Grimwades Bruce Bairnsfather wall plates. Made by The Girls of Staffordshire During The Winter of 1917. To include Give It A Good `Ard `Un Bert You Can Generally `Ear `Em Fizzing A Bit First If They Are Again to Explode and 'When the ell is it goin to be strawberry' Measures diameters 25.5cm
Lot 451
A large collection of UK commemorative first day covers / UK & foreign franked & unfranked circulated postage stamps. Large subject matters, thematic interest covering a multiple of countries. Comprising of 600 + first day covers, multiple albums, Victorian / George album pages etc and many other examples. Displayed in fourteen albums.
Lot 465
The Royal Mint - John Logie Baird - A cased 2021 UK 50 pence piece silver proof piedfort coin. 925 silver poof, weight 16.00g, diameter 27.30mm. Together with a 100th Anniversary of the First World War Armistice, 2018 UK £2 silver proof piedfort coin. 925 silver proof, weight 24.00g, diameter 28.40mm. With box, certificate and information booklet.
Lot 528
A collection of commemorative Royal family and other United Kingdom coin sets / gift packs. To include the decimalisation of UK currency, The Royal Mint Britannia's renaissance, Queen Elizabeth I commemorative crown, 100th anniversary the 4th Olympiad, London 1908, uncirculated £2 coin, silver bullion £ Britannia, The shire horse society centenary medallic first day cover, the 350th anniversary of the guinea and many other examples. Most with original packaging.
Lot 531
Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales - First edition proof coin set. Only ten coins, to include. Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas A Becket, Henry II, The Knight's Tale, The Miller's Tale, The Reeve's Tale, The Cook's Tale, The Man of the Law's tale, The Summoner's Tale and the Franklin's Tale. In an album book.
Lot 546
A collection of vintage 20th century postcards, UK postage stamps and first day covers. To include, UK tourist locations, UK monuments, cycle classic postcards, hall and grand houses, castles, bull fight. With an album of Australian franked postage stamps, and a further two boxes of envelopes and loose franked stamps.
Lot 114
A collection of twenty-five antique wine, cordial, ale glasses to include a 17cm cordial glass with six strand air twist stem; 10cm swirl fluted glass and others.Qty: 25Condition report:The first additional photo shows the only true set/ group of four of the same designs. All four appear ok and without damages. Condition comments on specific glasses refer to the position of them in order of the additional images as follows:Additional image 2, middle glass - some notable surface scratches to the exterior of the bowl. All others free of chips, repairs or heavy surface scratching, some irregularities in the glass.Additional image 3, last on the right - small chip to the foot rim, some scratching to exterior bowl. All others free of chips, repairs or heavy surface scratching, some irregularities in the glass.Additional image 4, first on left - possible old glue adjoining bowl to stem. All others free of chips, repairs or heavy surface scratching, some irregularities in the glass.Additional image 5 - all generally ok, free of chips, repairs or heavy surface scratching, some irregularities in the glass.
Lot 217
Extensive collection of stamps and related philatelic material comprising: Albums of First Day covers, including a few George VI issue (9 albums); an extensive collection of PHQ cards (9 albums); GB collection, (Stanley Gibbons Great Britain four album set), reasonably comprehensive from George V onwards; Thematic stamp collections, including W G Grace 150th Anniversary; Australian Centennial Tour 1977; 1999 ICC World Cup; other sports related worldwide stamps; single album collection of Royal Mail Books of Stamps; other collectables including match booklets, miniature matchboxes, cigarette and trade cards.
Lot 128
A Chinese cream-ground embroidery of a dog and a Japanese black-ground embroidery of fishLate Qing dynasty and Meiji/Taisho periodThe first, finely embroidered in muted colours with a dog beneath a tree, the second embroidered in gilt thread on the black silk ground with a basket of fish.The first, 72cm x 56.5cm (2).清晚期&明治/大正 米黃底繡狗及黑底金線繡魚
Lot 167
A Chinese white jade carving of an aubergine and a Chinese jadeite carving of a lotus podQing dynasty, 18th/19th and 19th centuryThe first, from a white stone with cloudy inclusions, softly carved with a blossoming flower to one side and a long leaf to the other, the second, carved from a stone with yellowish and apple-green inclusions, and flanked by a small bird (2).6.2cm long and 4.2cm wide.清十八/十九世紀 白玉雕茄子及翡翠雕蓮蓬Condition Report: The first wish a few natural fissures and a small loss ot a tendril. The second also with natural fissures and inclusions to stone and a couple of tiny nibbles to edges.
Lot 175
A large Chinese Ming-style yellow jade figure of a recumbent lion and a green and mushroom jade Han-style figure of a tigerRepublic periodThe first carved from a large boulder of greenish yellow hue with deep russet jade inclusions to the base, as a recumbent lion scratching its jaws with his hind leg, the eyes bulging under the bushy eyebrows, the tail and main finely detailed; the second recumbent, with its head turned backwards overlooking its tail, the tail tucked under the body and coming up the side, archaistically carved with scrolling motifs at the top of its haunches.11cm long and 8cm long (2).民國 仿明式黃玉雕獅及仿漢式玉雕虎Condition Report: general expected wear including some small nibbles, back right foot of the yellow jade with chipped toe. Tiger with approx 50mm long horizontal fissure to side.
Lot 184
A Chinese carved jade cong and a carved jade thumb ringQing dynasty and laterThe first carved from a mushroom and black mottled stone with four rounded vertical flanges; the second from a green stone with speckled black inclusions, carved throughout in shallow relief with chilong.4.5cm wide and 3cm external diameter (2).清或更晚 玉琮及扳指
Lot 20
A pair of Chinese wucai 'Goddess brings a Son' jarsQing dynasty, 19th centuryEach painted and enamelled in mirror image with a lady Immortal holding a baby and coming to meet a young official by a river shore, the lady Immortal accompanied by her celestial attendants, all floating on clouds, the official with an attendant holding a canopied umbrella over his head, wood stands.27.5cm high (2).清十九世紀 五彩‘天仙送子’圖紋將軍罐一對The story of the Goddess who brings a son (天仙送子）is the story of a young man who is approached by a celestial lady who expresses the wish to marry him, as such was the will of heaven. After the nuptials are celebrated, she disappears, returning a year later to deliver him with a son, saying that he would one day, become Emperor. The son later grew to become the first Emperor of Xia.Condition Report: Wear to the enamels and glaze commensurate with age. Firing imperfections including pitting and iron spots. One vase with minor chips and nibbles to foot. Both base drilled to the base with associated chips. General surface wear to the wood stands.
Lot 209
A Chinese bronze water dropper and small spinach jade cupMing dynasty and Qing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryThe first cast as a beaded foreigner with a double-gourd flask slung over his shoulder, and seated over a four-legged flask vessel; the cup with gently rounded lower body rising from a straight, thick foot, to a gently flared rim, the semi-translucent stone of an attractive spinach hue with streaked and speckled dark inclusions.10cm long and 5.7cm diameter (2).明及清十八/十九世紀 銅水滴及碧玉雕杯
Lot 214
A small Chinese finely-carved ‘roses’ rock crystal vase and coverQing dynasty, 19th centuryDeeply carved in reticulation from a very clear stone as a baluster vase and cover surrounded by luxuriant flowering roses, with hardwood stand.11cm high.Provenance: from the collection of one of the first diplomats to the People's Republic of China in the early 1950s, and thence by descent.清十九世紀 水晶雕月季紋蓋瓶連木座來源:1950年代駐中國大使私人收藏，後傳承至現藏家。 Condition Report: A few nibbles and small chips to the edges of the carved design.
Lot 241
Two Chinese jade snuff bottlesQing dynasty, 19th century Both well-hollowed and standing on an oval flattened foot, the first of green tone with striated dark inclusions, carved in shallow relief with archaistic characters, associated hardstone stopper; the second of white tone with a suffused black inclusion in a stripe on one side, associated hardstone stopper.Without stoppers, the first, 6.2cm high, the second, 6cm high (2).清十九世紀 玉雕鼻煙壺兩件Condition Report: Expected natural inclusions and fissures to stone. Light surface wear.
Lot 307
A Chinese bronze model of a deer and a bronze Tibetan Buddhist figure of TaraQing dynasty, 18th/19th century, and 20th centuryThe first cast as a standing deer, its head turned backwards and up, the fur finely detailed with its small dotted circles, on a shaped stand; and a bronze figure of Tara seated on a double-lotus throne atop a square plinth.17cm and 12.5cm high (2).清十八世紀 - 二十世紀 銅鹿連木座及度母像
Lot 322
A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze incense burner and coverQing dynasty, 18th/19th century, apocryphal Xuande markThe vessel heavily cast in a rectangular-section, baluster shape standing on four lion head-and-feet cabriole corner legs, cold-carved in shallow relief with a meander of scrolling lotuses originating from stems held by a pair of parcel-gilt, playful boys jutting out in high relief on each of the long sides, where the lotus is encircling a lanca character, the short sides flanked with a pair of mythical beast handles, the domed cover with further scrolling lotus in reticulation and surmounted by a horned mythical beast with its cub, the base cast with a six-character mark within a rectangle.26cm wide.Provenance: from the collection of one of the first diplomats to the People's Republic of China in the early 1950s, and thence by descent.清十八/十九世紀 銅局部描金獅紋熏爐，「大明宣德年製」寄托款來源:1950年代駐中國大使私人收藏，後傳承至現藏家。
Lot 323
A Chinese lacquered bronze 'monk and buffalo' incense burner and coverMing dynasty, 16th/17th centuryCast as a monk seated over a caparisoned water buffalo, the edge of his robe and of the saddle finely detailed in white, dark blue and red pigment, the monk holding a small book in his hand and a double gourd flask across his back.16cm long.Provenance: from the collection of one of the first diplomats to the People's Republic of China in the early 1950s, and thence by descent.明十六/十七世紀 銅漆彩僧人騎牛蓋爐來源:1950年代駐中國大使私人收藏，後傳承至現藏家。 Condition Report: some general expected weathering including patina, small perforation on the back of the bull roughly 0.5cm, top of the bull’s left ear worn down, paint worn all over.Approx weight 1740g
Lot 325
Two Chinese bronze incense burners20th century, apocryphal Xuande marksThe first of tripod bombé form with everted loop handles jutting from the rim, the base with cast sixteen-character mark; the second, a bombé incense burner with paired lion mask handles, the base with cast six-character mark, the surface painted overall with red splashes imitating russet patination.Each 18.5cm wide (2).二十世紀 銅爐兩件，「大明宣德年製」寄托款
Lot 40
A Chinese doucai and famille rose 'sanduo' dishQing dynasty, 19th centuryThe interior outlined in underglaze blue and enamelled in the famille rose palette and iron-red with medallions of fruiting peaches, finger citron and pomegranate, with a bat alighting over the central medallion, the exterior with lingzhi sprays and a later-added iron-red six-character Jiaqing seal mark to the base.26.3cm diameter.清十九世紀 鬥彩、粉彩繪三多圖紋碟，礬紅篆書「大清嘉慶年製」後加款Known as a group as ‘the three abundances’ (sanduo三多), the finger citron, or Buddha’s Hand, peach and pomegranate, when represented together bring a blessing for a prosperous, long life, with many generations to follow.As the fruit taking three thousand years to grow and as much to ripen in the garden of the Queen Mother of the West, the peach is a symbol of longevity. It is also the fruit associated with the God of Long Life Shoulao, who is often depicted holding a ripe fruit. According to legend, whoever eats one of the peaches from the garden of the Queen Mother of the West will acquire immortality.The finger citron, in Chinese foshou 佛手, or Buddha’s hand, is a homophone and visual pun to the phrase, good fortune/wealth and longevity, fu shou 福壽.Lastly, with its myriad seeds, the pomegranate is a clear symbol not only for a numerous family, but one populated by male heirs, zi 子.In addition to the highly auspicious meaning, the group of three also poses technical challenges in their representation, from the richly shaded texture of ripe peaches, to the multitude of seeds of the pomegranate, and the corrugated texture of the finger citron, making it a highly desirable subject matter in carving of wood, lacquer, enamels and porcelain when well-executed.A symbol of great health and longevity, Lingzhi, or ganoderma sichuanense, is a bracket fungus native of East Asia. Known in Chinese culture from time immemorial, its first mention in the combination of the two characters靈芝 together into a single word is found in the poetry of Bangu in the first century CE, in an ode to Lingzhi.The fungus is thought to have been used in Daoist settings for several centuries, where the use of a concentrated decoction was thought to give practitioners the ability to see spirits, or to become spirits, or immortals, themselves. To this date, lingzhi is used in Chinese traditional medicine to treat a number of ailments. Traditionally, it was seen as a symbol of health and longevity, and a talisman for good luck. Because of these associations, it was often grown in imperial gardens, as well as being a popular subject in painting, porcelain and carving.Condition Report: The mark most likely later added, as it is highlighted under UV inspection. Expected light surface wear and a few firing imperfections consistent with type, including a few pits and iron spots.
Lot 44
A large Chinese famille rose 'magpie and prunus' bottle vase, tianqiupingRepublic period, apocryphal Qianlong seal markEnamelled around the pear-shaped body with a pair of magpies alighting over blossoming branches of cherry and peach trees, the base with six-character seal mark in iron-red.56.5cm high.Provenance: from the collection of one of the first diplomats to the People's Republic of China in the early 1950s, and thence by descent.民國 粉彩繪‘喜鵲登梅’圖紋天球瓶，礬紅篆書「大清乾隆年製」寄託款來源：1950年代駐中國大使私人收藏，後傳承至現藏家。Blooming through ice to herald the spring, the plum blossom is one of the most beloved flowers in Chinese art, symbolising the winter, but also inner beauty and humble display in adverse condition. Growing on gnarled old branches, looking fresh and pure, plum blossoms can also symbolise vigour in old age. Prunus is often depicted on its own, or part of other important groups of flowers or rebuses, such as ‘the four gentlemen’, ‘the three friends of winter’, or ‘prunus on ice crackle’.In China, magpies are seen as messengers of joy, in the form of married bliss, and are often shown in pairs. Prunus on the other hand, is homophone for the word ‘eyebrows’, and the two together form the rebus ‘joy up to the tip of the eyebrows’.This is a subject matter that became popular within ‘birds and flowers’ paintings during the Song dynasty, and was first translated to porcelain in the early 15th century. In the Qing dynasty, this subject matter was then revived during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, both in underglaze blue and enamelled porcelain, and has remained a much beloved decorative motif ever since.Condition Report: general expected firing imperfections including pitting to the surface and some iron spots, firing imperfection to the mouth rim roughly 3cm.
Lot 47
A fine Chinese reticulated 'pine' rock crystal vaseQing dynasty, 19th centuryFinely and deeply carved in reticulation from a clear stone as a baluster vase and cover surrounded by the gnarled branches of a pine tree, with a pair of deer standing at the base and a magpie perched on the branches of the cover, the reverse with flowering morning glory, fitted wood stand.15cm high.Provenance: from the collection of one of the first diplomats to the People's Republic of China in the early 1950s, and thence by descent.清十九世紀 水晶雕松鹿紋蓋瓶來源：1950年代駐中國大使私人收藏，後傳承至現藏家。An evergreen that keeps its needles throughout the adversity of winter, pine is a symbol of longevity, as well as a symbol of gentlemen, representing virtues of self-discipline and fortitude. It is no coincidence that the God of Longevity, Shoulao, is often depicted in the shade of a pine tree, thus reinforcing the auspicious wish for a long life for the recipient of the artwork. It is also no coincidence that scholar gatherings are often represented in a pine grove, or in woods dotted with various species of pine trees.A symbol of grace and longevity, deer (lu 鹿） is a homophone of lu 祿, or emoluments - the favours granted to government officials - thus becoming a symbol of wealth, nobility and success in imperial examination. They are therefore often represented prowling within pine groves, reinforcing at once the wish for longevity and success.Condition Report: A couple of losses to the edges of the branches of the over, and a few expected nibbles to extremities. Tiny hairline to edge of foot.
Lot 48
A Chinese silver-inlaid sleeve vaseQing dynasty, 19th centurySupported on a stand, the tall vase inlaid with silver depicting a peacock besides stylised rock and floral foliage, between two bands of keyfret, the neck decorated with a band of upright banana leaves, inscribed with Chinese characters jia ren ju you yi.29cm high. Provenance: from the collection of one of the first diplomats to the People's Republic of China in the early 1950s, and thence by descent.清十九世紀 銅錯銀孔雀山石紋瓶來源：1950年代駐中國大使私人收藏，後傳承至現藏家。An ubiquitous motif in Chinese art, be it painting, porcelain, lacquer, or carving, the banana plant developed from a background motif to a motif in its own right. In painting, it is generally the tropical variety typically planted in Chinese gardens, Musa basjoo, which was an ornamental favourite of Chinese gardeners, and was the backdrop of choice for the representation of a pensive young woman.Peacocks, the 'kings of birds', were generally regarded as symbol of the Ming dynasty, embodying virtues of divinity, beauty, power and rank. Both the peacock and the banana tree would be exotic features in a well-landscaped luxurious garden.
Lot 495
Two Chinese lacquer games boxes and a fan caseQing dynasty, 19th centuryEach lacquered black and painted in gilt; the first, a rectangular box with hinged cover, monogrammed 'RJB', with gilt scrolling vine leaves, containing five boxes, all monogrammed, and twelve trays; the second, an octagonal box on four lion feet, gilt to the cover with a village scene on a scrolling vine ground, containing twelve trays for cards, four shaped corner boxes and a long central compartmented box containing mother-of-pearl games counters; and a fan case of typical shaped rectangular form.37.5cm wide x 31cm deep x 7.5cm high; 35.5cm wide x 28cm deep x 12.5cm high; and 33cm x 8.5cm x 7cm (3).A Distinguished English Private Collection. (Lots 475-517)清十九世紀 黑漆描金棋牌蓋盒兩件及折扇盒一件英國顯赫私人收藏（475 - 517號拍品）。Condition Report: The rectangular games box with some age cracking and flaking to the lacquer around the edges of the cover and, some more significant cracks and chips to the base. The octagonal lacquer box with some cracking along the left short side of the cover, with some fine age cracking and associated repair to all the corner edges and some flaking to the edge of the right short side of the cover. The internal boxes and trays generally quite well preserved, apart from some fine age cracking to some of the trays, and some areas of surface discolouration and foxing to the interior of the boxes and the box. Feet possibly re-gilded and re-attached.Octagonal box counters: rice shape flowers and pagodas 31. Round with flowers, 16. rice shaped pagoda + brocade pattern 60. 5 oval shape. 3 long rectangular shape. 3 squarish rectangular shape. 1 butterfly shape. 2 smaller thin rectangular shape. 13 larger circular tokens.Fan case: expected old wear to gilt and a few fine age cracks. Some nibbling, flaking and overpainting to lacquer along the bottom edge and the base.
Lot 502
Chinese Guangdong (Canton) School, Qing dynasty, first half of 19th century'Boats'Gouache on paper, set of three, and three further paintings, all mounted, framed and glazed.The set of three, 25cm x 33cm; the others respectively 32cm x 41.5cm, 34cm x 31.5cm, 34cm x 32cm (6).A Distinguished English Private Collection. (Lots 475-517)清十九世紀上半葉 水粉繪船隻紋通草畫六福，玻璃鏡框英國顯赫私人收藏（475 - 517號拍品）。Condition Report: Not examined outside of frame and glaze.All with light yellowish discolouration to paper and some scattered marks and scuffs. A few small spots of foxing and small holes. The portrait boat possibly slightly cut down and with some creasing and tearing to the top portion.
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