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Lot 141
A Chinese blue and white two handled 'pilgrim' flask, bianhu, Qing Dynasty, the slightly domed circular body painted in cobalt blue with a motif of stylized plant scrolls with eight branches radiating around the heart housing the ying and the yang, the bulbous neck adorned with a band of foliage scrolls and flanked by handles ruyi head terminals, 36cm high Provenance: Property of a Gentleman, purchased Adams, Dublin, 3rd November 2018, lot 26 清 青花抱月瓶拍品来源：现藏家于2018年11月3日购自都柏林Adams，拍品编号26号Condition Report: area of rim restored approximately 4cm long long cracks to body in several placesglaze with grazing Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 1
A Magnificent Chinese Imperial blue-glazed silver and gilt 'Bat and Crane' vase, Tianqiuping, seal mark and period of Qianlong, the superbly potted globular body surmounted by a columnar neck, delicately enamelled in bright gold and silver on the body with bats and flying cranes holding the 'Eight Daoist Emblems' [anbaxian] amidst clouds, the neck interior turquoise, the base with underglaze blue six-character seal mark on a white ground, approximately 61.5cm high and 42cm wideProvenance:Private collection, believed purchased 1988-1993 by a surgeon based in the Midlands, UK.By descent to his heirs.The current vase is a magnificent example of Imperial Qianlong porcelain. The name of this shape of vase in Chinese is tianqiuping, 'heavenly globe vase', as in Chinese iconography heaven is a sphere. Hence, the large globular body of such vases provides an ideal reference to heaven. The vase is remarkable for its highly unusual enamelling techniques with a striking and exceptionally rare palette of gold and silver against a vivid blue ground, which gives the vase a brilliance of tone. The rich cobalt blue seen on the current vase is sometimes referred to as 'sacrificial blue'. This name derives from the use of vessels bearing this colour glaze during sacrifices at the Imperial Altar of Heaven. It is extremely unusual to see blue vases painted in both gilding and slightly raised silver. The rarity of painted silver on porcelains suggests that the medium may have been difficult to control. An example of a moon flask with similar technique is on display at the Shanghai Museum. This vase is a testament to the creativity of craftsmen working during the Qianlong period in exploring and perfecting enamelling techniques to cater to the emperor's taste for the innovative and the exotic while remaining rooted in antiquity. Such a vase would require at least three firings in the kiln for the three different glazes and enamels. First at over 1200℃ for the cobalt blue, then at a lower temperature for the turquoise green on the interior of the vase, finally the gold and silver enamels in a special kiln designed for enamels. T'ang Ying succeeded Nien His-yao as Commissioner at Huai An and Superintendent of the Imperial Factories in 1736. He is recorded as overseeing the making of enamelled silver (mio yin), see Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese porcelain, p. 64. The author further states, 'One of the most remarkable features of the ceramics of the Qianlong period was the virtuosity of their copies of other materials, which includes 'gold' and 'enamelled silver', p.67. However, no other tainquiping decorated with the same subject in gold and silver appears to have been published. The exceptional quality, monumental size, and imposing presence of the current tianqiuping, as well as its fine and auspicious decoration, would have rendered it suitable for prominent display in one of the halls of the Qing palace. As a devout Buddhist, the Qianlong Emperor was also a follower of Daoism with the wish for long life. We can see the sliver cranes holding an emblem for each of the eight immortals associated with Daoism - including a flower basket, a flute, a fan and castanets - on the vase's body. The flying cranes and bat also carry auspicious messages for longevity and prosperity. Compare with a Famille Rose tianqiuping vase with a similar design, in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, object number 1989.49 and another Famille Rose tianqiuping, with flying bats amidst clouds, from the court collection at the Palace Museum, museums accession number gu00154670. A moon flask with the combined silver and gold decoration was sold at Sotheby's Paris 23rd June 2016, lot 100. 清乾隆 "大清乾隆年制"款霁蓝釉金银彩暗八仙福寿连绵图天球大樽拍品来源：英国外科医生私人收藏，其购于上世纪八十年代并由家族继承 Condition Report: hair crack to rim approximately 10cm long running vertically down neck from rimsome wear to gildingsome oxidization to silversurface scratches the foot rim is slightly uneven so on a flat surface there is a very slight movement if one rocks the vasethere are two surface marks which could be scratches or fine cracks on the body of the vase and it is difficult to be certain but we think probably just surface scratches but we advise personal examination inside of neck with old dirtCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 297
Powder Flasks. A Victorian Sykes Patent powder flask, copper and brass bag shape form, 19cm long, together with another similar with embossed decoration, 18cm long, a pair of WWI period steel and brass Officer's spurs, each with leather straps plus a 19th century style Indian dagger with damascened blade and niello work, the pierced scabbard with red velvetQTY: (4)
Lot 153
A novelty silver-plated 'monoplane' travelling bar cocktail set,c.1930, designed by J A Henckels, Solingen, the wings formed as flasks, the fuselage containing a screw-top flask, cocktail shaker with strainer, four cups, and a funnel and corkscrew, the undercarriage containing four spoons, stamped marks 'DRGM 894384 Made in Germany' and various other marks and numbers, 32cm longThe body has a gilt interior, The propeller fixing screw has some wear and loss to the silvered surface. One of the flasks has a slight rubbed cap, also a small scratch to one side of the same flask.Undercarriage somewhat tarnished.Good plating overall. wingspan when flasks attached 30cm wide
Lot 76
Pilgerflasche mit Reliefdekor, römisch, 1. Jhdt. Exzellent erhaltene, schwarz gebrannte Pilgerflasche mit geometrischem Reliefdekor. Minimale alte Bestoßungen an der Lippe. Intakt ohne Ergänzungen. Höhe 16 cm.Provenienz: Aus rheinischer Privatsammlung.Zustand: IIA Roman pilgrim flask, 1st century Excellently preserved, black-fired pilgrim bottle with geometric relief decoration. Minimal old bumps on the lip. Intact without additions. Height 16 cm. Provenance: Rhenisch private collection.Condition: II
Lot 41
Cyprus, Geometric III Period, Ca. 900-750BC A wheel-made pottery aryballos (a small flask) in black-on-red ware featuring a squat globular body on a flat base. This aryballos has a narrow neck with central ridge flaring to a trumpet mouth, a single arching black handle from shoulder to neck ridge. The body is decorated with fine black horizontal bands and a stylised rooster head. For a very similar aryballos, see:https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1894-1101-3. Size: L:87mm / W:52mm; 111.9g Provenance: Property of a UK Art gallery, Ex: Rhode Island collection, most of which was collected in the 1990s-early 2000s.
Lot 61
Ca. 1400-1200 BC A fine globular flask in a burnished reddish brown fabric standing on a ring base with tapering neck and flared rim with vertical strap handle. Intact. Size: L:130mm / W:60mm ; 100g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; formely in High Wycombe Estate collection; formerly acquired on the UK Art market.
Lot 85
Ca. 400-500 AD A miniature late Roman flask made of light green glass with a tubular everted rim, cylindrical neck with constriction above tapering body which rests on a quadrangular base. Over time, accretions formed over the surface, which, in places displays a beautiful iridescence.For a similar unguentarium, see the purple unguentarium in this collection sold at Bonham’s:https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/13151/lot/97/.To read further about Roman glass, see:Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. Size: L:88mm / W:24mm; 21.6g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.
Lot 86
Ca. 200-300 AD A beautiful mosaic glass flask featuring an inverted piriform body with a bulging shoulder that tapers to a flat base. A funnel-shaped neck leads to a folded rim. Size: L:123mm / W:28mm; 44.2g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1980s.
Lot 87
Ca. 200-300 AD An elegant glass bottle of cylindrical body decorated with evenly spaced vetical ribs. A short, tubular neck leads to a flared mouth with a folded rim.For a similar ribbed flask, see: https://ancientglass.wordpress.com/2020/07/16/roman-flask-natural-green-glass/ Size: L: 114mm / W: 58mm; 83.3g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.
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