A RARE LARGE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY 'BEAR' LAMP STANDEastern Han DynastyThe columnar stand with a spreading stepped base, pierced with a triangular aperture above which sits a bear, naturalistically rendered with lidded eyes, well-defined ruff around its face, mouth open to reveal the teeth and forepaws resting on the knees, supporting the hollow stem decorated with two encircling lines below the wide round tray, covered overall with an iridescent green glaze.39.8cm (16 6/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價東漢 綠釉熊形燈Provenance: Bluett and Sons Ltd., London (label)Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2003, no.20來源：倫敦古董商Bluett and Sons Ltd.（標籤）出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號20During the Han dynasty, oil lamps replaced candles as the main source of light, becoming important household items, and extravagant models were made for high-ranking members of society. In burials, lamps served as apotropaic devices providing light to the deceased's journey through the increasingly alienated, gloomy, and dangerous Underworld. Inhabiting the forests of northern China, bears may have also protected the occupant. The word for bear (xiong 熊), is homophone for 'brave and powerful' (xiong 雄), and the 'Rites of Zhou' (Zhou Li 周禮), edited during the Han dynasty, refers to seasonal exorcist rituals involving the performer wearing a bear skin to drive away pestilences.Compare with a similar green-glazed lamp stand, dated Han dynasty, illustrated by S.Hayashiya and G.Hasebe, Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo, 1966, p.31, pl.25. Another related example in the British Museum, London, is illustrated in the Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-1936, London, no.453.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A RARE GREEN-GLAZED 'YAKSHA' LAMPNorthern Qi DynastyModelled as a muscular male figure kneeling on a domed base applied with lotus lappets, the figure with long hair, elongated earlobes and hunched shoulders, supporting on his head a bowl also applied with petals to the exterior, covered overall in a glassy olive-green glaze, the base unglazed revealing the red biscuit, box.15cm (5 7/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價北齊 綠釉胡人力士燭台Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.21展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號21The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C206f40, dated 12 December 2006, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Oxford Authentication Ltd.公司熱釋光檢測結果（2006年12月12日，編號C206f40）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。Of Central Asian or Indian inspiration, vessels of this type are typical of Chinese sculpture of the second half of the 6th century. Examples of these vessels in various mediums can be found in Museum collections worldwide. See for example, an ivory pedestal base in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, illustrated by W.Watson, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, p.12, no.11. A pedestal with similar base and top is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by W.Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, vol.1, New York, 1994, pl.27; and a related lamp with a human-figure supporter is illustrated by M.A.Rogers in 'Chinese Ceramics in the Matsuoka Museum of Art', Part 1, Chinese Ceramics: Selected Articles from Orientations 1982-1998, Hong Kong, 1999, p.78, fig.18.Related applied decoration can be seen on pottery excavated from the tomb of Lou Rui (d.570 AD), examples of which are illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt et al., China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750, New York, 2004, pp.244-245, nos.139-141.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO BOXES AND LOOSE OF CERAMICS, GLASS AND METALWARE, including a Chinese Famille rose bowl,(chip and re-glued), a box of novelty tea pots, including Laurel and Hardy, Winnie The Pooh, etc, a twin burner oil lamp having gilt cast iron base, a blue, green reservoir and chimney, a Wedgwood jasperware biscuit barrel and cover with EPNS base, rim and cover (handle broken), an EPNS pierced hors d'oeuvre basket having three section glass inset, an EPNS anchovy dish and cover with with glass insert, a four piece cut glass cruet set (salt not exact cut glass match), etc
FOUR BOXES AND LOOSE METALWARE, HOUSEHOLD SUNDRIES, OIL LAMP, etc, to include board games, book ends, coasters, Hohner Melodica Soprano, photo frames, artificial flowers, movie camera, figural oil lamp, a pair of Maraccas, fancy dress items, copper kettles, miner's lamp, etc (four boxes and loose)
TWO BOXES AND LOOSE SUNDRY ITEMS, to include various clocks (London Clock Company, quartz mantel clock, Sterling & Noble Clock Company wall clock, Spectrum quartz wall clock, etc), two aneroid barometers (one cracked glass), a brass oil lamp, green glass shade, a glass funnel, approximate height 50cm, two Bonsai plastic trees, approximate height 40cm, various radios, a boxed ARGUN, a boxed pair of Virtual Reality Glasses, (VR Shine Con), a Nintendo DS (no parts with it), Dutch tourist stoneware clogs, a 3-D floral picture, candelabra, handbags, biscuits and bread barrels etc
SIX BOXES AND LOOSE SUNDRY ITEM etc, to include a boxed Swan, 8 litre water heater, boxed two portion slow cooker, boxed Philips Infra Red lamp, boxed iron, Cona coffee maker, assorted drinking glasses, four slide rules, stainless steel to include Old Hall, copper and brass items, cast iron scales, Chinese microscope and hip flasks etc
AN ADLAKE NO. 55 RAILWAY LAMP, black painted body with clear bulls eye lens, complete with lift out No. 55/4 reservoir and burner, B.R. (M) plaque to rear, height approximately 38cm, in ex railway condition with paint loss and wear and rusting to case, with a Wakefield three aspect railway hand lamp, missing clear lens and green lens damaged, complete with burner, reservoir and reflector, green painted body with Wakefield plaque dated 1945, ex railway condition with paint loss and wear and surface rusting, height approximately 32cm, with a Charles Andrew carriage lamp, black body with red lens, complete with burner and reservoir, Andrew plaque to front in worn condition, height approximately 18cm (excluding handle)
A BROWN LEATHER COVERED SUITCASE OF COLLECTABLES including servants bell board, etc, and a Columbus Globe duplex globe lamp, the lamp not tested and fittings are broken/loose, the servant's bell fitted in an oak frame with five apertures in the painted glass panel, maximum length 47cm, a modern pewter tankard, a pair of brass wall lights, shield shaped mirror, etc (2)
FIVE BOXES AND LOOSE SUNDRY ITEMS, ETC, to include a cast metal moneybox in the form of a bear, OXO and cigarette tins, carved Indian wooden tables, carved wooden bowl, wooden trays, vintage soda syphon, miniature Chinese style garden set, assorted pictures, wicker baskets, oil lamp with shade, aluminium catering size teapot, etc
A SMALL QUANTITY OF CERAMICS AND METALWARES, including commemorative items, a Doulton Lambeth stoneware tankard with silver rim, makers Atkin Brothers, Sheffield 1895, height 13.5cm, small chip to underside tip of the handle, a Victorian Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Oddfellows mug, puce printed decoration, stained crack to the base, two Portland Ware Cottage Garden and Cottage Inn tin plates, two plaster tankards, small oil lamp and three other plates (quantity)
A BAG OF ASSORTED SILVER AND WHITE METAL JEWELLERY, to include a silver charm bracelet suspending five heart charms, fitted with a lobster claw clasp, hallmarked Edinburgh, a silver flat link articulated chain fitted with a lobster claw clasp, hallmarked Sheffield, length 460mm, a white metal charm bracelet suspending a single lamp charm, fitted with a heart clasp hallmarked Birmingham, a silver wide band with a worn design, hallmarked Chester, ring size Y, approximate gross weight 72.2 grams, 2.32 ozt, together with white metal hoop earrings, a line bracelet set with colourless cubic zirconia, etc, some with marks to indicate silver
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