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Lot 44
CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF SHOULAOREPUBLIC PERIOD deftly carved following the curve of the tusk, the God of Longevity with jovial features under the elongated cranium, the right hand holding his typical gnarled staff, the left hand a fruiting peach branch, wooden stand21cm high (excluding stand)Provenance:Private Edinburgh collection.
Lot 46
EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS MOSTLY OF CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIALATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising fifty-eight black and white and coloured postcards of China and a photograph of A. Mills, the former collector of the postcards, most of the postcards with captions such as 'Country Club, Shanghai' & 'Ming Tombs, Nanking', both by Denniston and Sullivan, and "Mohamedan and Chinese Temples, Singapore', each postcard with dedication to Miss Jane Drummond MacDonald by Mr Mills on the reverse, most of the postcards with an original postage stamp from Hong Kong, the album cover inlaid in mother-of-pearl and ivory with a cockerel and a hen amongst flowering chrysanthemum, fitted Japanese wooden boxalbum 27.5cm high, 36cm wideProvenance:Sent by A. Mills (policeman in Hong Kong, whose portrait is on the second page of the album) to Jane Drummond MacDonald (1888-1950s) around 1908; thence by direct family descent.
Lot 161
A 15th/16th century style Afro-Portuguese carved and stained ivory salt cellar The cover with opposing female mask finial, the body supported on alternating male and female figures interspersed with cruciforms, standing on a spreading foot. 31.5 cm high. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally good, with expected wear, shrinkage cracks, some losses.
Lot 188
A Royal Worcester blush ivory oviform pedestal vase with scroll handles, painted and decorated bouquets of flowers in colour and raised on a square base with concave corners, 41cm high, circa 1900 (Rd No. 308314) Condition Report: 188:Genrally good condition. One small area of surface discolouration, looks like silvering.
Lot 112
A ladies 18ct gold Philips mechanical watch on a gilt metal brooch, a gold shell cameo brooch, claw set (tested as approximately 9ct gold) and a pair of 9ct gold shell cameo earrings, a silver amber cabochon brooch, and a single row of blue glass beads, in an Indian tortoiseshell ivory and bone mounted jewellery casket
Lot 114
A silver cigarette case, the back engraved with a list of Naval Establishments and Ships in which the owner served 1918-27, Birmingham 1918, to/w a small drum mustard, Birmingham 1935, a preserve spoon with (probably) jade handle, Birmingham 1954 and three ivory handled dessert forks with a single knife, Sheffield 1936 (7)
Lot 121
Catalogue Amendment: a heavy quality George IV silver three-piece tea service, comprising teapot with ivory insulators to handle, milk jug and sugar basin, richly embossed and chased with floral and scroll decoration, John & Thomas Settle, Sheffield 1824, 56oz grossGood original condition, with no significant damage or repairs, minor dents and scratches commensurate with age and use
Lot 157
A Georgian fruit letter knife with tortoiseshell handle, James Crawshaw, Sheffield, 1817, to/w a cheese shovel, Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1811, on unmarked replacement handle, a butter knife - Thomas Freeman, Birmingham 1825 on carved ivory handle, three other knives, a pastry slice and a dessert spoon (8)
Lot 16
A Victorian cased carving knife and fork, the antler handles with silver pommels and ferrules, Sheffield 1889, to/w a velvet-cased pair of electroplated fish servers with silver-mounted ivory handles, also Sheffield 1889 and a walnut-cased set of twelve each electroplated fish knives and forks with ivory handles and silver ferrules, Sheffield 1900 (3)
Lot 513
A Chinese ivory bowl with detachable metal liner, decorated on the exterior with peaches, emblematic of Shoulao, and finger-citron, emblematic of The Buddha, 11.5 cm diameter, 18th/19th Century. Provenance: The Property of a Lady, inherited from her Great Aunt. Thought to have been purchased prior to the Second World War, perhaps circa 1937. Please note that there are some areas of damage or deterioration to this bowl; this includes a circular hole in the base and areas of age cracking on the base and side.
Lot 523
A Japanese ivory netsuke, carved as three Shojo, or other characters, standing beside a large sake jar in a parody of the Three Sake Tasters, inscribed with two kanji, 19th Century The subject of The Three Sake Tasters also appears on Tsuba; compare for example Ashmolean Museum EAX.11010. bequeathed by Sir Arthur H.Church in 1915.
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