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VINTAGE LUTE WITH TORTOISE SHELL DECORATION, 60cms L

Two ethnic musical instruments: Ethiopian Masinqo and Kenyan yoke lute.

Three Lladro figurines, one with missing lute end. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

A Lladro porcelain figure of a courtier playing the lute, on wooden block base; a Lladro porcelain figure of a woman holding a kid, with a goat and puppy; a Lladro porcelain figure of a musketeer and a porcelain figure in the form of a continental soldier

A late 19th Century hand painted KPM type porcelain plaque with a scene of a partially undressed lady holding a peacock feather fan and wearing red Persian slippers, she sat with a lute or mandolin by her side and an incense burner, all in the style of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, indistinctly signed and dated **** 1882, framed, the reverse with indistinct ink note, visible size 12cm x 19cm.

A lacquered-metal kogai (skewer)By Yamada Jokasai, 19th centuryThe shibuichi-nuri (simulated shibuichi) ground lacquered with a biwa (lute) and hichiriki (flute), in gold and coloured takamaki-e, the reverse of gold lacquer; signed Yamada Joka with a kao.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し笄　琵琶に篳篥　銘「山田常嘉（花押）」　19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 38.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/38/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

19th Century Staffordshire porcelain figures, to include depiction of a Scotsman playing a lute, figure titled "Gardeners", pair of figures holding baskets, two sheep, AF, the largest 22cm high (6)

A Staffordshire flatback figure modelled as a Gentleman playing lute and a Lady with tamborine (1) c

Mary, Queen of Scots and David Rizzio playing the lute oil on panel 31 x 25.5cm

An Émile Gallé faience pitcher, c.1890, in the form of a minstrel with a lute sat on a drum, signed 'E Gallé Nancy' under the left foot,40cm highCondition report: With craquelure in areas. The base with rubbings. Minor glazing chip to the left foot.

A Lladro Cherub figure playing a Lute and a Lladro Seated Cherub, a Lladro Young Cherub and Two Young Girl Cherubs (tallest: 22cm x 13cm), small boy Cherubs with impressed Lladro marks

A large Meissen group, second half 19th centuryAfter the 18th century model by M.V. Acier, in the round, depicting a gentleman holding a violin and a lady next to him holding a cup and a scroll, a flower basket at her feet, the reverse with a girl playing the lute on a high rockwork base embraced by a boy lower down on the base, below them a putto playing a tambourine seated on a goat being fed by another putto, a third putto holding a dove to the gentleman's right, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork, 35cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, indistinct incised marks (some restoration)Footnotes:Provenance:A Private Swiss Collection of 19th century MeissenThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Meissen monkey band, late 1970s/early 1980sAfter the models by J.J. Kaendler and P. Reinicke of 1753-1765, comprising twenty-one figures, each on a base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork: the conductor with a separate music stand; four seated singers; a seated organist; a drummer and drum-carrier; a triangle-player; a seated harpist; a bassoon-player; a violinist; a cellist; a bagpipe-player; a hurdy-gurdy player; a drummer; a lute player; a flautist; an oboist; a trumpeter and a horn player, 12cm-18cm high, crossed swords in underglaze-blue, incised model numbers, impressed formers' numbers and date codes, various painters' numbers (22)Footnotes:Provenance:A Private Swiss Collection of 19th century MeissenThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Collection of Eight Figures including Meissen Porcelain Figurine playing a lute, 12cms high, Pair of Royal Worcester Kate Greenaway Figures in the form of a Boy and a Girl stood behind Baskets (both a/f) and Pair of Augustus Rex Porcelain Figures, 11cms high

A mellow oak North Wales type Dresser, the base with a central flight of four drawers with lute shapes lock escutcheons and flanked by opposing cupboards with a frieze drawer over each. The plate rack over having half round turned details and back boards, 64'' wide x 19'' deep x 83 1/4'' high.

The Lute Lady statue, 29'' high and a pottery glazed basket shaped garden planter

A pair of large reclaimed putti musicians, one playing the lute the other cymbals, classically draped and raised on globular bases, 1m high approx

G.K. Murray, Classical Female with Lute, oil on board, signed bottom left (44cm x 28cm)

Full title: A Chinese lute-shaped blue and white ko-sometsuke bowl for the Japanese market, TianqiDescription: L.: 23,5 cmÊ Provenance: An important English private collection.Information concerning condition reports:The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com

Attributed to William Burges (British, 1821-1881): An impressive enamelled, polished semi-precious stone and ivory inset parcel gilt and silvered bronze centrepiece base together with a polished semi-precious stone and ivory inset parcel gilt and silvered bronze upper sectional epergne support ensuiteby Hart, Son, Peard & Co., London in the later Gothic Revival style, circa 1875, the two parts originally from a centrepiece epergne exhibited at the 1878 Paris International Exhibition the base of architectural tripartite pedestal form, the conforming columnar support with cusped column decoration surmounted by a composite Corinthian capital with leafy and whorl decoration and punctuated by a knopped central section with applied beaded and banded agate cabochon set scrolling filigree decoration and three carved ivory busts depicting a king, a maiden and youth playing a lute, the elaborate hipped base of architectural form formed as three arched openings with circular steeple tower pinnacles surmounted by open filigree and turquoise cabochon inset orbs flanked by crocketed finials, the scrolling filigree and whorl decorated sides banded to the edges by black and white chevron enamelled panels with inset carnelian cabochons, the lower corners modelled as circular domed towers above inset square cornelian panels, the lower frieze with alternating pierced and blue enamel square motif decoration, raised on standing silvered lion passant supports; the upper section with flared scrolling open pierced filigree and lapis and banded agate cabochon inset supports terminating in stylised leafy griffins heads, beneath a border of six inset carved ivory panels depicting food related vignettes, comprising a boars head, a swan, a carp, a turtle, a truckle of cheese and an oval pie, the upper girdle supporting a cut glass dished lobed shallow bowl fitting with panelled star cut centre, the hexagonal columnar support below a filigree and whorl knopped section with lions mask heads, raised on a later fixed black painted stepped hexagonal support, the glass bowl of the upper support probably associated, its fixed stand of a later date, the base, 57cm high, 38cm diameter approximately, the support 28cm high, the support including bowl and later base, 41.5cm high overall (2)Footnotes:Upper Epergne SectionProvenanceJ. S. M. Scott, London - the Birkenhead CollectionWith the Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London W1S 2JT - purchased by the present vendor, The John Scott Collection 'Modern English' Design from the 1860's and 1870's, 11th June 2014 (4, Epergne fragment - INV 34276).With the Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL (loan) prior to March 2021ExhibitedParis International Exhibition, 1878.The Fine Art Society, The John Scott Collection 'Modern English' Design from the 1860's and 1870's, June-July 2014 (4).LiteratureThe Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris International Exhibition 1878, p.115.The Fine Art Society, The John Scott Collection 'Modern English' Design from the 1860's and 1870', Exhibition Catalogue 2014 (4), p.16.Centrepiece BaseProvenancePrivate UK collection.With RIBA, 66 Portland Pl, London W1B 1AD (on loan) prior to August 2014.Purchased (private treaty sale) by the present vendor in conjunction with Haslam & Whiteway Ltd (advisors), Kensington Church Street, London W8 7NL, 15th September 2014 (INV 6491).With the Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL (loan) prior to March 2021.ExhibitedParis International Exhibition, 1878.LiteratureThe Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris International Exhibition 1878, p.115.M. Whiteway & C. Gere, Nineteenth-Century Design; From Pugin to Mackintosh, London 1993, p.175.At the time of his death in 1881, the esteemed architect and designer William Burges was widely thought to be the most influential and gifted figure of his generation. An unstable and extravagant eccentric, he was a brilliant pre-Raphaelite architect who pursued his artistic goals via an idealised vision of the past. In his work he sought to escape from both modern industrialisation and the prevalent Neoclassical architectural style of the establishment and re-affirm the architectural and social values of a utopian medieval England. Standing within the tradition of the Gothic Revival, his works echo his predecessor Pugin and his contemporaries of the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, whilst heralding those of the Arts and Crafts movement.In a short but illustrious career he won his first major commission for Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork in 1863 when he was thirty five working with a long established team of craftsmen and artisans he produced a small but architecturally varied output including castles, houses, churches, a warehouse, a university and a school, although many of his designs were either never executed or subsequently demolished. Of Burges's works, his most notable are Cardiff Castle, constructed between 1866 and 1928, and Castell Coch constructed between 1872 and 1891, both of which were built for John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute. Aside from his architecture, Burges also designed metalwork, sculpture, jewellery, furniture and stained glass. He also gave a series of lectures called 'Art Applied to Industry' to the Society of Arts in 1864, illustrating the breadth of his artistic interests. Burges was a notable designer of Gothic-inspired metalwork and jewellery and who is now seen as the successor to architect and designer A.W.N. Pugin in refining and developing the Gothic revival style. In his book, William Burges and the High Victorian, the author and art critic Prof. J Mordaunt Crook states that 'Burges's genius as a designer is expressed to perfection in his jewellery and metalwork'. He produced a 'dazzling' array of religious artefacts including candlesticks, chalices, crosses either as individual commissions or as part of the decorative schemes for buildings. Burges also had an early and close connection to the Ecclesiological Society taking on the role of superintendent of the Society's church plate scheme in 1864. However, his most notable metalworks were created for himself, often from the proceeds of the winning of an architectural competition. Examples include his Elephant Inkstand and a pair of jewelled decanters, paid for by the fees for the plans of the Crimea Memorial Church and his series of lectures, 'Art Applied to Industry', and the Cat Cup, created in commemoration of the Law Courts competition. He also designed more utilitarian articles including silverware featuring various fantastical creatures including mermaids and spiders and a set of knives and forks specifically designed for his own residence, The Tower House, with the handles carved as types of meat and vegetables. His own large collection of historic armour was subsequently bequeathed to the British Museum upon his death. Hart, Son, Peard & Co. (1842–1913) were British architectural metalworkers basedin London and Birmingham most associated with the production of ecclesiastical works.Founded in 1842 in Wych St, off The Strand, by bible-trained ironmonger Joseph Hart who was also a member of the Ecclesiological Society, they became artistic metalworkers specialising in ecclesiastical manufactures after merging with Birmingham-based Peard & Jackson in 1866–67. Also skilled in sculpture and with an agent in Paris, Henri Collet, the firm made Burges designs by J.P. Seddon, B.J. Talbert, Alfred Waterhouse and William Butterfield. and importantly had a long-sta... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare Lowestoft figure of a lady musician, circa 1770-80Left in the white, modelled as a smiling young woman standing upon a low mound base moulded with scrolls and applied with flowers and leaves, a mandolin or lute held in her left hand, and balanced on her slightly raised left leg, her shoes and bodice applied with delicate ribbons, 16.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDr Peter Bradshaw Collection, Bonhams sale, 24 January 2007, lot 12Moulds for part of the torso and head and of the left arm of this figure were found on the Lowestoft factory site, see Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.142, pls.182-3. A similar figure with a high footed base is illustrated at p.138, pl.175. Godden identifies two distinct but related groups of figures attributable to Lowestoft at pp.134-41. The present lot belongs to the group which he speculates could be the earlier of the two. See also Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.2 (1985), nos.119-22.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare Royal Worcester vase attributed to George White, dated 1898Of shouldered form with a shaped rim and beaded collar, fluting to the lower part, the shoulder painted with a continuous landscape depicting a fair-haired maiden in classical dress reclining on a mound, a lute by her side, the reverse with two putti examining a lute, the moulding picked out in green and raised gilding, 17.3cm high, blue mark, shape number 1538Footnotes:This delicate vase is something of an enigma. The figure painting is unlike anything seen on Royal Worcester and instead it corresponds with decoration from the Burslem factory of Royal Doulton. In particular, the painting so closely resembles the work of George White and it is difficult to think of any other artist who could have been responsible. Similarly, the gilding on this vase is atypical of Royal Worcester and instead is very much in the Doulton traditions. It is likely, therefore, that this vase was decorated in Burslem, perhaps by George White working as a freelance.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Finlay, Ian Hamilton A collection Two prints, comprising: Dove, dead in its snows & Apollo and Daphne, design for a wall; [and a collection of books and paper ephemera:] Six Proposals for the improvement of Stockwood Park Nurseries in the Borough of Luton. Little Sparta, Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorne Press, 1985/6. One of 250 copies, with a typed letter, signed, from Ian Hamilton Finlay gifting the book and discussing the project; Evening will come, They will Sew the Blue Sail. Ian Hamilton Finlay and the Wild Hawthorn Press 1958-1991. Edinburgh: Graeme Murray, 1991; A Wartime Garden. Edinburgh: Graeme Murray, 1990; Myths. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1991; Six Milestones. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1992; Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1986. 6 copies; The pears and frets of nettles, [n.d.] 7 copies; Saint-Just - a pack of Wild Hawthorne Press seeds; Unnatural Pebbles... Edinburgh: Graeme Murray Gallery, 1981; Instruments of Revolution. London: ICA, 1992; Lute, Lyre, Luger: chant for a Regional Occasion, 2000 voices; The Sound of a Single Swallow. Wild Hawthorne Press; Two Examples. Wild Hawthorne Press; Nature Over Again after Poussin. Glasgow: Collins Exhibition Hall, [n.d.]; The Old Stonypath Hoy. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1991; L'Idylle des Cerises. Wild Hawthorne Press, [n.d.]; Thermidor, 1ère Décade, 1989; The Wild Hawthorn Art Test. Wild Hawthorn Press, [n.d.] The Perfect Sentence. Wild Hawthorne Press, [n.d.]; Interpolations in Hegel. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1984. Inscribed and signed 'Ian'; A Bridge too Far: the First Battle of Little Sparta, 4th February 1983; A Concise Classical Dictionary, Christmas 1988, one of 250; Abrioux, Yves Homage to Ian Hamilton Finlay. London: Victoria Miro Gallery; Bann, Stephen Ian Hamilton Finlay. Shenval / Wild Hawthorne Press, 1972; and a large collection of others

Meissen porcelain allegorical group, ‘Hearing’ from ‘The Senses’, modelled as a maiden playing a lute, with a singing cherub, and a recumbent stag, no.1062, restored, 30cm.

A 20th century lute, with inlaid detailing to the reverse, cased

Rabab musical instrument from Afghanistan. The sound box is carved out of one piece of mulberry wood. It has three melody strings, two or three drone strings and up to 15 sympathetic strings. It will need re-stringing and tuning. 80 x 120cm. Mid 20th c. Notes: Rabab is a lute-like musical instrument originating from Afghanistan. The rabab is one of the national musical instruments of Afghanistan and other areas inhabited by the Pashtun and Balouch people. The body is carved out of a single piece of wood, with a head covering a hollow bowl which provides the sound-chamber. The bridge sits on the skin and is held in position by the tension of the strings. The instrument is made from the trunk of a mulberry tree, the head from an animal skin such as goat, and the strings from the intestines of young goats (gut) or nylon. I have been to the wedding of a close friend in Paktia. There was a orchestra of 3 rabab players, about 200 guests and it lasted 3 days.

Peg box four string lute, hasapi, type guitar. The carved figure is typical of the Torba Batak. 30 x 10cm. Mid 20th c.

Rare early 20th century tenor Stoessel lute, with ebony banded satinwood back, sides and spruce table, 21" long

Early 20th century Theorbo guitar lute with twelve strings, the bowl back with eleven segmented ribs, 46.5" high

Two old lute guitars in need of extensive restoration (2)

Old Baroque style lute in need of restoration; also a guitar lute table with carved sound hole (never fitted) (2)

AN ART DECO COLD PAINTED BRONZE FIGURE, cast as a jester wearing red motley with a lute slung over his shoulders, with carved ivory face and hands, unsigned, fixed to a stepped circular base, figure 6 1/2" high, 8 1/2" high overall (Illustrated) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)One finger to left hand missing and hand has some cracks, right hand good, face good, some glue(?) showing around the edge, some wear to colour especially both red shoes, bottom of tunic and legs, wire "strings" of lute quite bent but appear original, not straight on base (leaning forward), two small chips to base

Thomann Standard Cypress lute guitar, made in Portugal, gig bag

Corelli, Arcangelo. Opera Prima, XII Sonatas of three parts for two Violins and a Bass, with A Through Bass for ye Organ Harpsichord or Arch Lute, London: Walsh, [c.1740], nos. 364, 365, 366, 367, the four parts bound as one (four separate title pages). Small folio, half-calf with marbled boards, engraved frontispiece portrait. Contents very good, clean, bright; manuscript numbering to opening leaves; binding worn. Together with Handel's Celebrated Overtures, London: Preston, [c.1811], small folio, half-calf; Six Duets for Two Violins, composed & dedicated to Wilson Braddyll Esq. by Ignace Pleyel, London: Clementi, [c.1805], small folio, half-calf, as found with boards detached; Anna, A Favourite Scotch Air, by Jan Ladislav Dussek, London: W. Mitchell, n.d., unbound; two bound volumes of miscellaneous sheet music, c.1840, including Rossini and Mozart, quarto, half-calf, as found with boards detached (6)

A group of five Lladro porcelain figures, including Fisherboy, number 4809, 21.5cm high, Boy with Yacht, modelled by Salvador Furio, number 4810, 22.5cm high, Angel playing Lute, number 4537, 11cm high, Girl with Umbrella and Geese, modelled by Fulgencio Garcia, model number 4510, 27cm high, and Poodle, modelled by Antonio Ballester, 14.5cm high, together with a vintage Lladro catalogue. (6)

Franciscus Lodewijk Van Gulik (1841-1899) Walk along the snowy Path. Oil on canvas, signed. Added Oil on panel Woman plays the lute , not signed. 'Wandeling langs het besneeuwde pad'. Olieverf op doek, gesigneerd. Toegevoegd: Olieverf op paneel, Vrouw speelt luit, niet gesigneerd. 27.5 x 22 and 35 x 30 cm

George White for Doulton Burslem, a Lucasian Ware painted vase, Summer Gladness, conical ovoid form with narrow neck, decorated with a chiffon clad woman playing the lute, in a floral ground, printed Burslem and painted marks, signed, 24cm high

Florentine School. Italy. Second half of 17th century.Florentine School. Italy. Second half of 17th century."Couple with lute". Oil on canvas. 88 x 74 cm.

A vintage stringed instrument, possibly a lute, dated 1997, with inlaid decoration, 62cm high

A Batak lute hasapi Sumatra, Indonesia with a carved seated figure finial, 66.6cm long, and a Batak knife with an antler handle and a carved wood scabbard, 55cm long. (3)

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER15th/16th century Finely decorated with a cusped central panel depicting a lady seated holding a lute in a landscape of pine, willow, bamboo and rockwork, on a ground of floral panels and geometric designs, the box with bracket-rimmed foot.25.5cm (10 1/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十五/十六世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿琵琶仕女圖長方蓋盒Compare the cash-pattern and pine-needle inlay in a tray, 14th/15th century, illustrated by J.M.White, Masterpieces of Chinese Lacquer from the Mike Healy Collection, Honolulu, 2005, pl.8; see the cartouche shape on a tiered box and cover, 15th/16th century, illustrated in 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, Hong Kong, 1993, pl.92; and see the leafy scroll on the reverse of a tray, Wanli mark and period, illustrated by R.Krahl and B.Morgan, From Innovation to Conformity: Chinese Lacquer from the 13th to the 16th centuries, Bluett & Sons, London, 1989, pl.32.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

The nobleman with lute and in Renaissance dress. Marked at the back: Japy Frères & Cie / Grand med. d'Honeur (1890's). L: 19 cm, W: 48 cm, H: 50 cm. Pendulum missing and one leg loose. Estimate: € 40 - € 60.

A Pair of Continental Porcelain Figures, 19th Century, of a man and woman playing bagpipes and lute, after Derby originals, 7ins high, another emblematic of music after a Derby original, 8.25ins high, and seven other porcelain figures of musical interest, various

ÖSTERREICHISCHE SCHULE18. Jh.Titel: Paar mit Flöte und Laute. Technik: Öl auf Kupfer. Maße: 18 x 14cm. Rahmen/Sockel: Rahmen. Provenienz:Privatbesitz, Deutschland.Erläuterungen zum KatalogÖsterreichische Schule Österreich Originale Musiker Gemälde Musikinstrument AUSTRIAN SCHOOL18th C.Title: Couple with Flute and Lute. Technique: Oil on copper. Measurement: 18 x 14cm. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Provenance:Private ownership, Germany.Explanations to the Catalogue

PSEUDO-ROESTRATENtätig um 1700Titel: Vanitas-Stillleben mit Globus, Laute, einer Korbflasche, Büchern und einem Manuskript. Technik: Öl auf Leinwand. Montierung: Doubliert. Maße: 107 x 89cm. Rahmen/Sockel: Rahmen. Ausstellungen: "Go for it! Olbricht Collection (a sequel)". Bremen, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, 10.05.2008 - 17.01.2010. Provenienz:Auktion Christie's, London, 07.12.1996, Lot 144;Sammlung Prof. Dr. Thomas Olbricht, Essen, erworben 2008.Erläuterungen zum KatalogPseudo-Roestraten Niederlande Niederländische Schule 17./18. Jh. Originale Vanitas-Stillleben Gemälde Musikinstrument PSEUDO-ROESTRATENactive around 1700Title: Vanitas Still Life with Globe, Lute, a Wicker Bottle, Books and a Manuscript. Technique: Oil on Canvas. Mounting: Relined. Measurement: 107 x 89cm. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Exhibitions: "Go for it! Olbricht Collection (a sequel)". Bremen, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, 10.05.2008 - 17.01.2010. Provenance:Auction Christie's, London, 07.12.1996, lot 144;Collection Prof. Dr. Thomas Olbricht, Essen, acquired 2008.Explanations to the Catalogue

Music.- Keller (Gottfried) A Compleat Method for attaining to play a Thorough Bass upon either Organ, Harpsicord or Theorbo-Lute, first edition, title in red and black, 15 engraved musical plates, mostly browned with some foxing, soiling, and light water-staining, corners mostly creased, original drab wrappers, stitched as issued, covers a bit worn and stained, folio, for John Cullen, 1707. ⁂ Rare; ESTC (T122112) lists only 4 copies. Keller was a German musician and composer who spent at least a decade in England. In this treatise he was "resolv'd generously to make easie" the rules of composition. Published posthumously, it was the second work printed in England on musical theory, the first being Matthew Locke's, Melothesia.

A pair of Capodimonte figures, male lute player and female with basket of flowers, 23cm; and another figure, unmarked, restored, 27cm.

Carlo Ricordo Lute

THREE STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURES OF DEER LATE 18TH/EARLY19TH CENTURY comprising a pair of spotted deer, each modelled resting on a naturalistic green moulded ground, with tree bocage behind, approximately 13-14cm high; and another deer reclining on a naturalistic ground, the body with ochre sponged decoration, 12cm high; TOGETHER WITH two pearlware Pratt male figures, one modelled as a hunter with his hound , 19cm high, the other modelled as a man playing a lute, on a square plinth base(22cm high)Property of a Scottish Borders family

A Nao figure of a clown with lute, a large selection of decorative china including Country Roses, Midwinter etc

A large 19th Century woollen tapestry of two women admiring a lute player, frame size 149 x 133cm.

Two gold ojimeOne by Katsuo and one by Shuraku, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first Daikoku, standing, brandishing his mallet, signed Katsuo, 2.2cm (7/8in) high; the second Benten, kneeling, holding a biwa (lute) and bachi (plectrum), signed Shuraku, 1.7cm (11/16in) high. (2).Footnotes:Provenance:Sold at Christie's, London, 4 July 1984, lots 550 and 569.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lladro elderly man and boy with lute figurine. H: 37cm. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots) Condition report: Overall condition is fine no visible signs of damage on this item.

A Victorian Staffordshire figure, of a highland maid with greyhound; another "Mora"; and a seated figure of a lute player wearing pantaloons (3)

Nadezhda, "Lute communion (Xavier Diaz-Latorre)", unframed acrylic and pure silk thread on canvas, 2020, 35 x 35cm. One of my greatest inspirations is to paint musicians in the act of playing music. I came across this Spanish lute player on YouTube and was completely enchanted by his acute sensitivity in expressing the music of Bach. He connects so deeply with the music he plays, it seems to me that he and the instrument become one. I created a video of the creation of this painting on YouTube and contacted Xavier Diaz-Latorre who kindly gave me permission to use his recording as the soundtrack. He is very touched that I have created a painting inspired by him. Located in Exeter, UK delivery £30.

A small late Victorian silver vase with blue glass liner, Birmingham, 1900 Embossed with two ladies seated being serenaded by a lute player, 11cm high.

PETER HARLAN, MARKNEUKIRCHEN 1937; a nineteen course lute, cased.Additional InformationSome cracks to front, elsewhere appears good. Comes with tatty leather covered case.

JOHN DUNCALF NRI 1994; a small Renaissance-style seven course lute, length 62.5cm, with hard case.Additional InformationOverall good.

JOHN DUNCALF, NRI 1985; a Renaissance-style eight course lute, length 80cm, with hard case.Additional InformationOverall good.

JOHN H DUNCALF NRI; a Baroque style lute, Manchester 1976, with hard case.