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Lot 779
A rare copy of Wren's City Churches (1883) by A H Mackmurdo, ARIBA. Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney Limited, London and Aylesbury, published by G Allen of Orpington, Kent.Hardcover with vellum spine, good condition, 1st Edition. 30.5 x 24cm. Frontispiece drawn by Mackmurdo, engraved by Allen. The design for the title page is recognised as the first expression of Art Nouveau in England.
Lot 782
Henry Hobson Richardson and His Works (1888) by Mrs Schuyler van Rensselaer with a Portrait and Illustrations of the Architect's Designs. First (limited) edition, 341/500. Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York. Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge.Henry Hobson Richardson was an American architect (1838-1886), best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one of the recognized trinity of American architecture.
Lot 474
Christofle cutlery, together with silver plated items CONDITION REPORT Two patterns, as seen in additional images.Of the first pattern there is:9 x Serving spoons12 x Forks12 x Fish Knives9 x Smaller Forks12 x TeaspoonsOf the second pattern with the beaded edge, there is:12 x Servers 12 x Dining Forks22 x Dessert forks11 x Fish Knives11 x Dessert Spoons9 x Teaspoons
Lot 477
Speed, John: The History of Great Britain. Printed by John Beale for George Humble, 1623? 2nd. Edn. Illustrated throughout. PP: Title, (15), (I) blank, 1-1258, (iv) Finish, (80) index & Table. 4to. Mottled calf, crudely backed. Lacking first page of contents? Some pages with frayed edges. Occasional tear.
Lot 464
Cuneo (Terence) SIGNED: 1- The Railway Paintings of Terence Cuneo. 1984 1st. edn. Dw. SIGNED; PLUS; A five stamp first day cover: Great Western Railway, INSCRIBE 'Oh for the day of steam!' and SIGNED BY TERENCE CUNEO; 2- The Railway Paintings of Terence Cuneo. 1985 Repr. Dw. SIGNED; 3- The Military Paintings of Terence Cuneo, by Brigadier Gerarld Landy. 1993, 1st. Edn. Dw & Slipcase. SIGNED AND DATED BY CUNEO, FINE. PLUS: Loosely inserted a colour print: 'Officer, the Scots Voles' also SIGNED BY CUNEO; 4- The Mouse and His Master. The Life and Work of Terence Cuneo. 1977, 1st. edn. SIGNED AND DATED November 80 BY CUNEO. Oblong 4to. Cream boards Gilt & With the publisher's slipcase. FINE; 5- Tanks And How To Draw Them. 1943, 1st. Edn. Dw. SIGNED AND DATED by Cuneo; 6- For Crown And Country, 1st. Edn. Dw SIGNED AND DATED 1900 by Terence Cuneo- who was one of the illustrators; PLUS: Exhibition catalogue? Cuneo (Mall Galleries, London - June 1988). Oblong 4to. Card covers. VG (7)
Lot 466
FOOTBALL, Most 1st. edns with dust jackets & Signed/Inscribed & Signed: Matthews, Stanley: Feet First Again; Clough, Brian: Clough: The Autobiography; Hansen, Alan: A Matter of Opinion; Best, George: The Best of times. Paperback. SIGNED; Wilson, Bob: Behind the Network; & Norrie, David: Will Carling: The Authorised Biography, Signed by Carling. (6)
![Le Roy, Jacques: Castella & praetoria nobilium Brabantiae [and] L'érection de toutes les terres. 2 works in one volume. L](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/147dd8a4-298c-4fff-aba7-b23c00991e92/59064fcf-4f4f-48bf-9a7b-b23e010f4c74/468x382.jpg)
Lot 457A
Le Roy, Jacques: Castella & praetoria nobilium Brabantiae [and] L'érection de toutes les terres. 2 works in one volume. Leiden, Petri vander, 1699, 1st. Edn. With 216 Engraved views (14 double page- 2 folding; & many full page). Folio (43 x 29cm), PP: 1/2 title, extra engraved title, title page, (i) Dedication leaf, (vi), title page for the first part, plus 142 (leaves); + 108pp (second work, starts with Page one, Chapter one); With 7 engraved views, the map not bound in. Cont. full calf, rubbed. VG
Lot 15
Two silver tankards, by Richard Comyns, London 1962, engraved 'WHITE MIGRANT Finished first and disqualified Royal Southern Powerboat Race 6th July 1963', 12.5cm, and Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1901, engraved 'Gesundheit Max July 15th 1902', 12cm high, 23ozt (2)Condition ReportTarnished. Marks fair.
Lot 547
Original Scripts: Trevor Preston: 11 folders: SWEENEY (7 Scripts): 1- No. 4 (Money Money), second draft, with and extra 3pp with additions and correction in ink by Trevor Preston?; 2- 'Abduction', First draft, 23-9-1974; 3- 'The Placer', first draft; 4- 'May', second draft, with a few corrections in pen and pencil; 5- 'Chalk & Cheese' second draft; 6- 'Bait' second draft; 7- 'Stay Lucky Eh?' Master copy, third draft 29 May, 1975; OUT..OUT..OUT (4 Folders); 1- Out Cuttings, Thames TN Press office, With compliments, Trevor. The folder contains photocopies of reviews; 2- 'OUT' Third draft, inscribed: 'To big Dave- the custodian of my work, with great affection, Trevor Preston'; 3- 'OUT 666' First draft, inscribed: 'Keep your shirt over it- Dave, Trevor Preston'; also with corrections in ink; 4- 'OUT 3' Third draft, inscribed: 'To big Dave, my friend, Trevor Preston' (11)
Lot 525
HORSES: Hieover, H: Hints to Horsemen; shewing how to make money by horses. Newby, 1856, 1st. Edn. 214pp. Leather backed boards; with cuts; o/w vg; The Horse His Beauties and Defects. By a knowing hand. W Tegg, 1866, 1st. Edn. with a colour illustrated title page plus 18 colour plates. Pictorial boards; rubbed. VG; Mills, John: Stable Secrets. Ward & Lock, 1863, 1st. With a frontis plus 2 plates. Pictorial boards gilt. Inner hinges cracked & lacking front blank endpaper; SNAFFLES (Payne, CJ): 1- More Bandobast. 1936, 1st. Edn. DW. Stain to cover; 2- Osses & Obstacles. 1935, 1st. Edn. DW, damp stain; 3- I've Heard The Revelly. 1953, 1st. Edn. DW; PLUS: Lionel Edwards (ill): 13 volumes, including: Alderson: Pink and Scarlet; or, Hunting as a School for Soldiering. Hodder and Stoughton, 1913, 1st. Edn. Thus. With 12 tipped-in colour plates & numerous other plates (first book illustrated by Lionel Edwards), 4to. Half leather over gilt pictorial boards. VG; Chalmers: The Horn, A Lay of the Grassington Fox-Hounds. 1937, 1st. Edn. DW. 4to. VG; Lyle: Royal Newmarket. 1945, 1st. Edn. 4to. Leather backed boards, VG; ETC. (19)
Lot 201
Three Dennis Chinas Works pottery vases designed by Sally Tuffin, the first decorated with pandas amongst bamboo, dated 2009, 16cm high, the second decorated with a robin, numbered 7/25, dated 2007, 13.7cm high, the third decorated with sunflowers, dated '99', 13cm high, impressed and painted marks (3)Condition ReportNo chips, cracks or restoration. Minor surface wear.
Lot 609
Two pairs of pale blue and cream cotton paisley curtains, of recent manufacture, lined and interlinedthe first121cm wide (top)210cm long and the other:120cm wide (top)274cm longCondition Reportlinings stained and browned, lightly faded, slight musty smell, would benefit from cleaning. Measurement for width is for each curtain (double for pair measurment).
Lot 110
A collection of four Japanese woodblock prints, Meiji period (1868-1912), depicting events from the First Sino-Japanese War, which took place in Korea in the 27th year of Meiji (1894) and China in the 28th year of Meiji (1895), 23 x 35cm, framed and glazed (4)Condition ReportDid not examine outside of the frames. Chips to frames.All with creasing and cockling, dirt and foxing marks throughout. Colours faded.One with signs of repair.
![[Blochino, G]: Ludus Scacchiae: Chesse-play... Written by G.B. Printed at London by H. Jackson, 1597. (But actually a reprint](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/147dd8a4-298c-4fff-aba7-b23c00991e92/f8a38f35-4e6b-4853-9766-b23e0110bf4a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 459
[Blochino, G]: Ludus Scacchiae: Chesse-play... Written by G.B. Printed at London by H. Jackson, 1597. (But actually a reprint printed by Harding & Wright, London (1806?). Chess Texts gives details about this edition and the original 1597 work. The 30 page section is an English translation of the chess poem by Vida, and the first section is about how to play chess by G.B. Cont. full calf, rubbed, hinges cracked and first gathering loose
Lot 79
Diecast: A collection of assorted boxed modern diecast to include: Cararama, Matchbox, Exclusive First Editions, various aircraft and others. General condition is good. Original boxes. Together with a collection of unboxed diecast including: three Dinky aircraft vehicles, and other vintage and modern examples. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 27
Corgi: A collection of three boxed Corgi: The Aviation Archive, to comprise: Gloster Gladiator MkII G-Glad, The Fighter Collection, Duxford, 2013, AA36210; De Havilland Vampire T11 - WZ590, 5 FTS, RAF Duxford, 1962, as displayed at IWM Duxford, circa 2013, AA37304; and Spad XIII S15123, First Lt. Lancing Colton Holden Jr, 95th Aero Squadron, July 1918, AA37906. Original boxes, in very good condition, contents appear complete and also in very good condition. Please assess photographs. (3)
Lot 166
Toys: A collection of assorted toys and collectables to include: My First Scalextric, Captain Scarlet Spectrum Command Team, Corgi Batcycle, various other Batman toys and collectables, Star Wars and more. Original boxes, some wear. Contents appear generally good. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 801
A scarce Atco Junior Safety First training car, green, fitted with a 98 cc Villiers petrol engine, circa 1938, one of approx. 200 built just prior to WWII, production never resumed - in original 'oily rag' condition, comes with two crates of spare parts, manuals and long term owners history file, rolling and running
Lot 800
A classic BSA Starfire, 250 cc single cylinder motorcycle, model B25S, Reg. No. EVG 925H, red/black, genuine 18,000 miles from new, first registered in Paris, France, May 1970, leaving France for Japan circa 1980, the bike now presented in excellent original but sensitively restored condition, the original engine stripped and overhauled, running well and very usable, the mileage reflecting its latter life as a static display in a Japanese motor museum for 30 years, the bike imported back to the UK in 2015, sold with full DVLA documentation incl. V5, copy of the French registration entry and with BSA Owners Club dating certificate and ignition key, road tax and mot exempt as an Historic Vehicle Note - 10% buyers premium on this lot only
Lot 24
IMPORTANT ET TRÈS RARE CABINET EN LAQUE NOIR PEINT À L'OR, GUIMarque et époque Longqing (1567-1572), les portes possiblement du XVIIe siècleAN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE GOLD-PAINTED BLACK-GROUND LACQUER CABINET, GUIEight-character Longqing mark and of the period (1567-1572), the doors possibly of 17th century dateOf square shape and with square corners, fitted with two doors with surface-mounted large shaped bronze hinges and backplates cast with dragons amongst ruyi-shaped clouds, opening to an interior with a single shelf and lacquered red, the doors finely painted in delicate shades of gold and red on a black ground with a couple and their attendants on a fenced terrace bordered by plantain trees and ornamental rocks before an open pavilion, the other door similarly decorated with ladies gathered around a table inside a pavilion surrounded by plantains and ornate rocks bordered on all four sides by a band of confronted dragons contesting the flaming pearl painted in gold and red on a black ground, the sides each with a rectangular panel finely painted in subtle shades of gold and red with a sinuous, writhing five-clawed dragon ascending below a similar writhing five-clawed dragon descending amid lush and dense lotus scrolls with large blooms bordered by bands of dragons striding through lotus vines, the top boldly painted with a shaped medallion enclosing a pair of mynah birds resting on the branch of a flowering camelia and rockwork, framed by lush scrolling lotus blooms, the back similarly painted with a tall gnarled flowering prunus tree flanked at the base by a small cluster of pine and bamboo hidden behind an ornate rock and small sprays of lingzhi, all finely outlined in gold and in subtle washes of gold and red against a mirror-black ground and above a horzontal eight-character Longqing mark painted in gold along the centre lower section. 104 x 96 x 45 cm (41 x 37 3/4 x 17 3/4 in)Footnotes:PROPERTY FROM A BELGIAN NOBLE COLLECTION比利時貴族收藏明隆慶 黑漆描金方角櫃 「大明龍慶御用監製」款 （櫃門或爲十七世紀）Provenance:Formerly in the collection of Raymond Pelgrims de Bigard, Comte de Bigard (1875-1955), Chateau de Grand Bigard, Dilbeek, Belgium.Thence in the family by descent to the present owner.來源Raymond Pelgrims de Bigard（1875-1955）伯爵舊藏，大拜哈爾登城堡，迪爾貝克，比利時後經家族流傳至今This beautiful lacquer cabinet is one of the earliest dated examples of lacquer-painted furniture made. The mark on the lower back of the cabinet records that it was made during the Longqing period (1567-1572) of the Ming dynasty. The inscription further states that this cabinet was made by the imperial workshops yuyongjian suggesting that it was intended to be placed in the private quarters of the emperor's residence or in an official space in one of the numerous halls of the imperial palace. The five-clawed dragons painted on the sides and around the frame further support this claim as the use of this particular type of dragon was restricted to Imperial wares. Similarly rendered on contemporaneous porcelain and textile, these five-clawed creatures are typical of the ferocious designs of the late Ming period and leave no doubt as to the imperial origins of the piece.Lacquer wares inscribed with Longqing marks are very rare compared with the abundancy of surviving marked lacquer pieces made during the preceding Jiajing (1522-1566) and subsequent Wanli (1573-1620) periods. We can assume that the highly skilled artisans employed for manufacture of pieces made for the Imperial court of the Jiajing emperor are likely to have continued working under the Longqing and Wanli emperors thereby continuing to apply their technical expertise, skills and decorative repertoire to the works they created. Not surprisingly, the closest related examples of gold-painted lacquer furniture are cabinets dated to the Wanli period. One of these, a large Wanli-marked cabinet painted in the same technique with red and gold dragons amongst scrolling lotus on a black ground is in the collection of the Guimet Museum, Paris, illustrated in Sir Harry Garner, Chinese Lacquer, London, 1979, pl. 144 (Fig. 1). Another example inscribed with a Wanli mark and similarly decorated in shads of gold with striding five-clawed dragon is a pair of chests published in Valrae Reynolds and Yen Fen Pei, Chinese Art from The Newark Museum, New York, 1980, cat.no. 25, pp. 46-47.The technique of decorating a black or brown lacquer surface with designs in subtle shades of gold and red is just one of several lacquer-working techniques listed by Huang Cheng in his treatise on lacquer, Xiushi lu 髹飾錄 (On Lacquer Decoration) believed to have been compiled first during the Longqing period of the Ming dynasty. Other techniques include carved lacquer, filled lacquer, smooth lacquer, colorful-painted lacquer, painted gold paint, gold lacquer, piled lacquer and inlayed lacquer. However, in the Jiaqing, Longqing and Wanli period, pieces with gold-painted lacquer or painted lacquer decoration are extremely rare and only a handful of examples are known. The majority of known pieces include smaller items such as two small cabinets similarly painted with gold dragons and lotus on a black lacquer ground, published in Hu Desheng (ed.), Collections of the Palace Museum: Painted Furniture, Beijing, 2009, nos.89 and 99, but also large, representative compound cabinets and smaller cabinets such as the present example. In Sir Harry Garner noted that no other painted lacquerware known belonging to the sixteenth or early seventeenth century was as important as these pieces of Imperial furniture. The technique employed in this type of decoration was also complex and according to Garner required several steps and required great skills as the brushstrokes had to be precise. On this cabinet, the quality of the dragons and lotus scroll differs on each side suggesting different artisans were involved. The lacquer surface on all sides of this cabinet displays a consistent craquelure underlining the quality and purity of the original lacquer used. Unusually, the top and the back of this cabinet are also lavishly decorated, featuring a flowering prunus tree and a flowering camelia, both skilfully rendered in shades of red and gold. This rare feature only appears on a pair of Wanli-marked gold-painted black lacquer cabinets decorated with Buddhist lions amidst lotus scrolls, the back also painted with a large flowering prunus tree, rocks and magpies below a Wanli mark in a horizontal cartouche, sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 April 2008, lot 1628, the second in Sotheby's London, 4th May 1984, lot 106. The designs on the sides, top and back of this wonderful cabinet perfectly match designs found on other marked Ming lacquer pieces of furniture and place this cabinet in a rare group of Imperial wares. However, the finely decorated doors of this cabinet depicting ladies and their attendants engaged in leisurely pursuits are a unique feature and do not appear on any other marked piece of Ming painted lacquer furniture. It appears that the quality of the painting and the wonderfully subtle shades and washes of gold and red employed to bring to life the two domestic scenes ... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: WW Lot is located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 84
TANGKA REPRÉSENTANT UN MAÎTRE KAGYUTibet occidental, vers 1350A PORTRAIT THANGKA OF A KAGYU LAMAWest Tibet, circa 1350Distemper and gold on clothHimalayan Art Resources item no. 31835 Image: 41.5 x 35.5 cm (16 3/8 x 14 in)Footnotes:藏西 約 1350 年 噶舉上師肖像唐卡Provenance:Discovered by Augusto Gansser in an abandoned grotto monastery in the Sibchu Valley, Western Tibet, August 13, 1936.Collection of Augusto Gansser, Zürich-Küsnacht.Thence in the family by descent. Publication:Arnold Heim and Augusto Gansser, Throne of the Gods: An Account of the First Swiss expedition to the Himalayas, London, 1938/1939, pl. 165.Lauf, Detlef-Ingo, et al., eds., Katalog zur Ausstellung Tibetische Kunst, Bern, 1969, pl. XIII/73.Blanche Olschak and Geshe Thupten Wangyal, Mystic Art of Ancient Tibet, 1978, p. 51.David Jackson, The Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting, New York, 2018, p. 128, fig. 6.35.來源瑞士地質學家奧古斯都·甘塞舊藏，於1936年8月13日得自西藏西部錫布楚山谷的一座廢棄石窟寺後經家族流傳至今出版Arnold Heim及Augusto Gansser，《Throne of the Gods: An Account of the First Swiss expedition to the Himalayas》，倫敦，1938至1939年，圖版165.Lauf及Detlef-Ingo等編，《Katalog zur Ausstellung Tibetische Kunst》，伯恩，1969年，圖版XIII/73.Blanche Olschak及Geshe Thupten Wangyal，《Mystic Art of Ancient Tibet》，1978 年， 頁51.David Jackson，《The Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting》，紐約，2018年，頁128，圖6.35.The discoverer of this portrait thangka, Augusto Gansser (October 1910–January 2012), was a Swiss explorer and eminent scholar in the field of Himalayan geology. During a solo expedition to Tibet on August 13th, 1936, in the Sibchu Valley in Ngari, West Tibet, Gansser happened upon a cliffside monastery known as the Pangtha (Pangdrapuk) cave grottoes, where he found in one of its hundreds of caves this very painting. (Neumann and Neumann, 'The Wall Paintings of Pang Gra Phug: Augusto Gansser's Cave,' in Orientations, June 2011.) This early thangka likely illustrates a highly esteemed lama from the Kagyu order. The assembly comprises a lineage of mahasiddas, lamas, and wrathful deities, the majority of which depict four-armed goddesses belonging to the retinue of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi. The treatment of the central figure's heavy eyelids and the flowers gently tumbling within the blue background reflect the northeastern Indian traditions that inspired Tibetan artists between the 12th to 14th centuries. The chocolate-brown border framing the edges also reveals the painting's origins in West Tibet, a detail that is shared with a 14th c. Chakrasamvara painting that was found in the same caves by Gansser and was sold in Bonhams, Hong Kong, 1 December 2023, lot 1843. Also note the similar figural style, color scheme, and composition to another early portrait thangka in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.80.188).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a reduced rate of 5.5% on the hammer price and the prevailing rate on buyer's premium if the item remains in EU. TVA sur les objets importés à un taux réduit de 5.5% sur le prix d'adjudication et un taux en vigueur sur la prime d'achat dans le cas où l'objet reste dans l'Union Européenne.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 55
GRAND BASSIN RITUEL ARCHAÏQUE EN BRONZE, PANDynastie des Zhou Orientaux, Période des Printemps et Automnes (771-476 av. J.-C.)AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BASIN, PANEastern Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (771–476 BC)With a broad shallow basin with a gently curved profile raised on a tall splayed pedestal foot, set with a pair of arched bridge handles, decorated around the foot and the sides with a cloud band design, the interior with a possibly later added twenty-eight character inscription. 44 cm (17 3/8 in) diam. (2).Footnotes:PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION德國家族珍藏東周 春秋時期 青銅雙耳盤Provenance:Collected in China between 1894 and 1922, then handed down in the family by descent.來源於1894年至1922年間得自中國，後經家族流傳至今Pan were shallow basins used as ritual vessels to hold water. They were used in conjunction with a pouring vessel, he or yi, to form a set of vessels for the washing of hands. They would have been included in the ritual vessel sets used to perform the food and wine offerings to the ancestors. In fact, the same inscription appears on two bronze ding of the same period now in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Wang Wenchang, Qing tong qi bianwei san bai li, Beijing, 2009, vol.1, pp.156-159, no.124. According to the author, the inscription on the second vessel is later added while the inscription on the first vessel is contemporary with the date the vessel was made.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 83
RARE STATUE DE BOUDDHA EN LAQUE SECHEXVIIe/XVIIIe siècleA VERY RARE LARGE DRY-LACQUER FIGURE OF BUDDHA17th/18th centurySeated in meditation in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal with a double row of lotus petals, with his hands held in anjali mudra, wearing a diaphanous dhoti tied at his waist and falling in generous folds across his legs, his shoulders and arms covered with a fine shawl, his face with a serene expression, with arched brows, wide downcast eyes, a straight nose and a gentle smile, the hair neatly combed and tied up into a chignon, small traces of gilding and red pigments. 67 cm (26 3/8 in) highFootnotes:PROPERTY OF A FRENCH LADY法國女士私人珍藏十七/十八世紀 夾紵乾漆佛像Provenance:Collection of C.T. Loo (1880-1957), Paris.Collection of Mme Lucie Gass, Boulogne, C.T. Loo's restorer, then in the family by descent and acquired from the descendants of Mme Gass by the present owner in September 1990.The result of CIRAM C14 sample no. 0724-OA-1137J, dated 16 September 2024, is consistent with the dating of this lot.來源盧芹齋（1880-1957年）收藏，巴黎Lucie Gass女士收藏，布洛涅，盧芹齋之修復師，後經家族流傳，現藏家於1990年9月得自Gass女士後人。本拍品經法國CIRAM實驗室碳-14檢測編號0724-OA-1137J（2024年9月16日），結果與其斷代相符This rare large figure of a seated buddha is made in dry lacquer, a material that was rarely used in Chinese sculpture as it was more often carved from stone or cast in bronze. The technique of making hollow core dry lacquer sculpture was complicated and required skilled craftsmen. In a first step a clay core in the shape of the designated image was was created on an internal armature onto which layers of cloth strips were applied thereby helping to create a more detailed form of the figure. Multiple layers of lacquer were applied over a first layer bulked with fillers, the clay core removed and the dried lacquer surface painted and gilt. Inside the hollow figure wood pieces around the interior edges of the base provide structural support. Very few Buddhist hollow-core dry lacquer figures are known. They include three dry lacquer figures of Buddha, one in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, the second in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, and the third in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, all three dated to the late sixth and early seventh centuries, an eighth century dry lacquer figure of a bodhisattva in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and a dry lacquer figure of bodhisattva in the Nepalese style dated to the Yuan dynasty (accession no. F1945.4) from the collection of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Samples taken from the wood inside the buddha have revealed a date to the 18th century. No large dry lacquer figure of this date is known but stylistically we can relate the figure to the sculptures produced in the region of Jehol near Chengde northeastern China. These sculptures made in the 18th century reflect Tibetan influence and reflect the Qing courts espousal of Tibetan Buddhism and its preference for Buddhist sculptures made in the Tibeto-Chinese style. The sculptures in the Wan fa gui yi dian in the Potala in Jehol illustrate the style favoured by the Qianlong emperor (Fig. ). Compare this figure with a very large gilt wood figure of Buddha, sold Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 2704.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: WW Lot is located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 42
RINCE-PINCEAUX EN GRÈS CÉLADON LONGQUANDynastie des Song du Sud (1127-1279)A LONGQUAN CELADON HEXAFOIL BRUSH WASHER Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)Of circular shape, finely potted with gently flaring sides, the rim with six notches above a raised band around the exterior and with corresponding ribs on the interior, and a further raised band around the base, covered overall with a lustrous sea-green glaze, the foot unglazed revealing the grey body burnt orange during the firing. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in) diam.Footnotes:南宋 龍泉窰粉青釉葵口洗Provenance:Collection of Monsieur Pasquier, Toulouse, in 1981 (by repute).A Dutch collection (by repute).來源Pasquier先生珍藏，圖盧兹，1981年（傳）荷蘭私人收藏（傳）This small washer with its elegant form and lustrous glaze is rare and only few examples are known. Like many Longquan pieces, comparable examples can be found in Japanese museum collections. See, for instance, a Longquan celadon washer of similar form in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, published in Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum: Chinese Ceramics I, Tokyo, 1988, p.126, no.502, and a second washer in the collection of the Kanezawa Nakamura Memorial Museum, published Sekai tōji zenshū, vol.12, Song Dynasty, Tokyo, 1977, col.pl.78. More recently, two examples were sold at auction, the first sold in Christie's New York, 23 March 2023, lot 886, the second in Bonhams Hong Kong, 23 November 2023, lot 114.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 15
WWI & WWII Medal Group - awarded to one Able Seaman SS6500 Cecil William Francis, comprising: his First World War 1914-15 Star (SS6500 CW Francis Ord Sea RN), War Medal (SS6500 CW Francis AB RN), Victory Medal (ditto), Second World War 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star w/France and German bar, Italy Star, War Medal and Long Service Good Conduct Medal (100699 CW Francis AB HMS Drake). All with ribbons, mounted on card beneath a photograph. Supplied with Francis' personal photograph album from his time aboard HMS Norfolk. Filled with various personal photographs taken during his service onboard in the 1930s in the Middle East. Photographs of note include: general life onboard, a zoo visit, shark fishing, Swimming Party at Aden, locals, military camps, tea plantation, King's Parade in Aden, and other views. Some later printed research included.
Lot 84
WWI Medal - Victory Medal issued to one Second Lieutenant Joseph Gordon Barrett MC, of 'D' Company, 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. KIA 10th April 1918, during the Battle of Lys. Officially impressed 2. LIEUT. J. G. BARRETT, with ribbon. Supplied with a folder of research including typed service history, copied service documents, copies of newspaper clippings mentioning his death, London Gazette entries, copied letters etc. '...he was awarded the Military Cross 22/4/18 for conspicuous Gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a party raiding an enemy strong point. He was the first to enter the enemy trench, where he killed one and captured another of the enemy. It was entirely due to his dash and initiative taht the operation was so successfully carried out..'
Lot 18
WWI Memorial Plaque - for one Second Lieutenant William Job Farnham Virgin of the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, KIA 4th November 1918 at the battle of Sambre, the last allied battle of the First World War. Plaque named William Job Farnham Virgin. Supplied with a folder of research which includes: details of his death, grave information, copied service history, details of the Battle Of Sambre and other items.
Lot 505
An impressive 18ct white gold sapphire and diamond oval floral cluster ring, centred with a four claw set sapphire within a framework of round brilliant and princess cut diamonds, size L 1/2, approx 6.1g, presented with a certificate of guarantee when purchased by the vendor in 1997 at First International Lapidary Co. Ltd.
Lot 285
J.K. ROWLING; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, deluxe first edition, first printing, with twenty-five signatures to include Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon, Roger Lloyd Pack, Maggie Smith, Rupert Grint, Jason Isaacs, David Tennant, Miranda Richardson, Robert Pattinson, Ralph Fiennes, Katy Leung, Afshan Azad, Pedrag Bjelac, Tom Felton, William Melling, Devon Murray, Josh Herdman, Oliver Phelps, James Phelps, Brendan Gleeson, Bonny Wright, Shefali Chowdhury and David Bradley, with a letter of authenticity
Lot 277
An oblong photograph album containing one hundred and sixty-eight black and photographs of places in Europe during and post the First World War, with some relating to the war, to include ten photographs from Vimy Ridge showing the Canadian Trenches, the German Trenches, and No Man's Land, with topographical views for Ostend, Ypres showing the Cloth Hall in 1914, the Menin Gate, Station Place - German Gun of 21cm, Sluis the Dutch Frontier, Bruges, Middleburg in Holland, Blakenberghe, La Panne, Zeebrugge with a photograph of German Ships on the Mole and The Mole - Breach of 200 Feet Length after Blowing up of a Submarine, Ypres, Notre Dame in Bruges, together with a further photograph album of one hundred and sixty-nine photographs of mainly people to include four photographs of Bangor War Hospital, Edinburgh, 1918, a photograph of a soldier described Ipswich, 1917, other military photographs for Chiseldlom, 1917 etc (2)
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