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Israel Silvestre, an Old Master etching of a view at Fontainbleau, 4.25" x 6.25" (11 x 16cm).

Warner Bros. - Two Friz Freleng Master collection Animation Artwork Cels - "Rabbit Stew" , 'Bugs Bunny is Preparing an old family recipe (313 of 750) and "Its a Grand Ol' Flag!" showing fireworks over the New York Skyline with Sylvester and Tweety Pie (111 of 250). Both With Certificate of Authenticity, framed and glazed approx. 20'x23 and 21'x19'. In 1982 legendary Warner Bros. director and animator, Friz Freleng, began creating a special collection of Limited Edition animation cels. Mr. Freleng personally develops and draws the original master art for each of his Limited Editions. The cel image is hand-inked and hand- painted on an original master cel. (2).

Creative Master Northcord, Corgi, Matchbox and similar, a boxed mixed group comprising of Commercials, Vans, Cars and similar. Conditions although unchecked for completeness or correctness generally appear to be Good to Excellent in generally Good outer boxes although some may suffer from scuffing/crushing etc and some may have old price stickers. Please see photo.

A 16th century Italian School old master drawing, "Flight into Egypt", the Holy family and angel by a river ferry, 10 1/2" x 15 1/4", in gilt frame (paper losses to edges, small holes, some foxing)

DALMORE 1966 40 YEAR OLD HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT Distilled: 21/03/1966Bottle Number: 305 / 100040% ABV / 70cl Dalmore have worked hard to position themselves as one of the world's foremost luxury whisky brands. Their elegantly packaged crystal decanters will be familiar to frequent flyers, as they often adorn the high-end display cabinets of duty-free shops in airports around the globe, carrying price tags that suggest they’re targeting those travelling on a 1st class ticket. Of course, a premium brand needs a premium product, and thankfully, Dalmore’s spirit lives up to the hype.They have a complicated distillation process that utilises mismatched stills to produce distillates with different characteristics. These are then vatted together, before being filled into the distillery’s preferred Sherry casks, all under the watchful eye (and discerning nose) of their legendary Master Distiller, Richard Paterson.

GLENLIVET MASTER DISTILLER'S RESERVE 1L AND FOUNDER'S RESERVE SPEYSIDE SINGLE MALT Master Distiller's Reserve - 40% ABV / 1LFounder's Reserve - 40% ABV / 70cl Qty: 2 One of the very first distilleries in Scotland to be granted an official licence, after the passing of the licencing act in 1823, Glenlivet distillery has become synonymous with Speyside whisky. So much so, that at one point 28 other distilleries in the area adopted “Glenlivet” as a suffix to their own brand in order to piggyback on the reputation Glenlivet had built for itself. Although that practise has fallen by the wayside in recent years some independent bottlers still use it.The Glenlivet brand is now one of the most recognisable in the world, and despite the distillery undergoing an expansion and upgrade (beginning) in 2010, their iconic 12-Year-Old expression still had to be discontinued for a few years before production was able to catch up with demand.

DALMORE 40 YEAR OLD MINIATURE HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT 40% ABV / 5cl Dalmore have worked hard to position themselves as one of the world's foremost luxury whisky brands. Their elegantly packaged crystal decanters will be familiar to frequent flyers, as they often adorn the high-end display cabinets of duty-free shops in airports around the globe, carrying price tags that suggest they’re targeting those travelling on a 1st class ticket. Of course, a premium brand needs a premium product, and thankfully, Dalmore’s spirit lives up to the hype.They have a complicated distillation process that utilises mismatched stills to produce distillates with different characteristics. These are then vatted together, before being filled into the distillery’s preferred Sherry casks, all under the watchful eye (and discerning nose) of their legendary Master Distiller, Richard Paterson.

JOHNNIE WALKER 30 YEAR OLD MASTER BLENDERS COLLECTION - SIR ALEXANDER WALKER ART DECO ERA BLENDED WHISKY 40% ABV / 70cl When John Walker opened a grocery, wine and spirits shop in the Ayrshire town of Kilmarnock in 1820, he had no idea that it was the start of a journey that would end up with the biggest selling Whisky brand in the world bearing his name. The Johnnie Walker Striding Man, the square bottle and the label, placed at exactly 24° would become an iconic sight. Not just in the Whisky world, but in the mainstream as well. Johnnie Walker is now owned by drinks giant Diageo and carefully watched over by Master Blender Dr Emma Walker (no relation) who took over after the legendary Jim Beveridge retired in 2022, after 40 years with the company.

DALMORE 18 YEAR OLD HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT 43% ABV / 70cl Dalmore have worked hard to position themselves as one of the world's foremost luxury whisky brands. Their elegantly packaged crystal decanters will be familiar to frequent flyers, as they often adorn the high-end display cabinets of duty-free shops in airports around the globe, carrying price tags that suggest they’re targeting those travelling on a 1st class ticket. Of course, a premium brand needs a premium product, and thankfully, Dalmore’s spirit lives up to the hype.They have a complicated distillation process that utilises mismatched stills to produce distillates with different characteristics. These are then vatted together, before being filled into the distillery’s preferred Sherry casks, all under the watchful eye (and discerning nose) of their legendary Master Distiller, Richard Paterson.

JOHNNIE WALKER 30 YEAR OLD MASTER BLENDERS VICTORIAN ERA BLENDED WHISKY 40% ABV / 70cl When John Walker opened a grocery, wine and spirits shop in the Ayrshire town of Kilmarnock in 1820, he had no idea that it was the start of a journey that would end up with the biggest selling Whisky brand in the world bearing his name. The Johnnie Walker Striding Man, the square bottle and the label, placed at exactly 24° would become an iconic sight. Not just in the Whisky world, but in the mainstream as well. Johnnie Walker is now owned by drinks giant Diageo and carefully watched over by Master Blender Dr Emma Walker (no relation) who took over after the legendary Jim Beveridge retired in 2022, after 40 years with the company.

DALMORE 12 YEAR OLD HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT 40% ABV / 70cl Dalmore have worked hard to position themselves as one of the world's foremost luxury whisky brands. Their elegantly packaged crystal decanters will be familiar to frequent flyers, as they often adorn the high-end display cabinets of duty-free shops in airports around the globe, carrying price tags that suggest they’re targeting those travelling on a 1st class ticket. Of course, a premium brand needs a premium product, and thankfully, Dalmore’s spirit lives up to the hype.They have a complicated distillation process that utilises mismatched stills to produce distillates with different characteristics. These are then vatted together, before being filled into the distillery’s preferred Sherry casks, all under the watchful eye (and discerning nose) of their legendary Master Distiller, Richard Paterson.

DALMORE 18 YEAR OLD HIGHALND SINGLE MALT 43% ABV / 70cl Dalmore have worked hard to position themselves as one of the world's foremost luxury whisky brands. Their elegantly packaged crystal decanters will be familiar to frequent flyers, as they often adorn the high-end display cabinets of duty-free shops in airports around the globe, carrying price tags that suggest they’re targeting those travelling on a 1st class ticket. Of course, a premium brand needs a premium product, and thankfully, Dalmore’s spirit lives up to the hype.They have a complicated distillation process that utilises mismatched stills to produce distillates with different characteristics. These are then vatted together, before being filled into the distillery’s preferred Sherry casks, all under the watchful eye (and discerning nose) of their legendary Master Distiller, Richard Paterson.

late 18th / early 19th Century Italian School'A study of an old master', oil on canvas, framed within frame 43.5 x 51.5cm, overall size 55.5 x 63.5cmCondition: Please note that this now has a hole and damage. Please see new image.

(1471 Nürnberg 1528). Die Flucht nach Ägypten. Holzschnitt aus der Folge Marienleben (Bl. 14), um 1504. 30 x 21,1 cm. Mit d. Monogr. unten links im Stock. Unter beidseit. Passep. mont.   ¦Meder 201. SMS 179, Lateinische Buchausgabe 1511. Auf Bütten mit WZ bekröntes Lilienwappen (Meder WZ 122). - Ausgezeichneter, schwarzer, kontrastreicher Abdruck. - Auf Einfassungslinie beschnitten. Verso etw. lichtrandig. Provenienz: Sotheby's London, Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, 6. Dezember 2001, Lot 88. Verso etw. lichtrandig. D

Dürer, Albrecht: (1471 Nürnberg 1528). Mariens Verehrung. Holzschnitt aus dem Marienleben, 1504. 29,6 x 21,1 cm. Mit d. Monogr. im Stock. Unter Passep. mont.  SMS 185. M. 207, Lateinische Buchausgabe 1511, mit der vollständigen Adresse und Warnung am Unterrand. Wasserzeichen: Blume mit Dreieck (M. WM 127). - Ausgezeichneter, kontrastreicher Abdruck. Provenienz: Sotheby's London, Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, 6. Dezember 2001, Lot 88. D

A lot of 12 books by Joel Chandler Harris, including some first editions. Daddy Jake The Runaway by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1898 by The Century. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. 8vo. 198pp. A Little Union Scout by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1904 by McClure, Phillips. Green cloth boards with a floral design and gilt titling. 8vo. 181pp. Ex-library book with stamps and pockets. On The Wing of Occasions by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1900 by Doubleday, Page. Red cloth boards with illustration. 8vo. 310pp. Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. Published by George Routledge and Sons, London. Peach cloth boards with a turtle decoration and black titling. 8vo. 312pp. Free Joe by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1901 by International Association of Newspapers. Bound in tan boards with a green floral design and black titling. 8vo. 236pp. Balaam and His Master by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1891 by Houghton Mifflin. Tan boards with gilt titling. 12mo. 293pp. Gabriel Tolliver by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1902 by McClure, Phillips. Red boards with blind stamping and gilt titling. 8vo. 448pp. Evening Tales by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1893 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Red cloth boards with black and silver titling and decoration. 8vo. 280pp. Previous owner's bookplate as well as small newspaper articles pasted down on front and back boards. Told By Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris Published 1905 by McClure, Phillips. Red cloth boards with illustrated rabbit and gilt titling. 8vo. 295pp. Songs of the South: Selections From Southern Poets by Jennie Thornley Clarke with an Introduction by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1896 by Lippincott. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling. 8vo. Plantation Pageants by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1899 by Houghton, Mifflin. Light blue boards with gilt titling and decoration. 8vo. 247pp. Book has lost covering on spine. Daddy Jake The Runaway and Other Stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1889 by Century Company. Bound with a pictorial cover and a brown leather spine with gilt titling. 4to. 145pp.Approximate Dimensions:Average: h. 7.75", w. 5", d. 1.5"Condition:Books have wear from age and shelving. Some books have pencil and ink signatures from previous owners. Light wear and staining to pages in places.

Two complete volumes of "The New Yorker" volumes number 9 and 11, with volume 9, #1- 26, running from 3/21/1840 TO 9/12/1840 with #9 containing the American serialization and first appearance of "Master Humphrey's Clock" and the "Old Curiosity Shop" and with volume #11, #1-26 running from 3/20/1841 to 9/11/1841 with #11 containing "Barnaby Rudge." This was the American serialization and the first American appearance of "Barnaby Rudge." Both bound in leather with marbled paper overlays. Approximate Dimensions:Average: h. 12.25", w. 9"Condition:Volume 9: the leather spine is in great shape with a little wear to the hinges and some short separations of the leather at the foot and header. The boards have some shelving wear on the edges. Inside the first paper has the name of L.E. Smith

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland Autograph letter signed to George Keith, 4th Earl Marischal, [Edinburgh], 28th September [1589] 7 lines plus signature ‘James R’ and 7-line autograph postscript, reading:‘My littill fatt porke, the contineuall langoure I have had of your companies delaye in cumming & the feare I have of langer protracting of time yete throuch the contrairiousness of the windes hes at last constrained [me] to post away the bearere heirof to seike in qwhat ever parte of the warlde ye be in,  als weill to bring me certaine novelles of youre estate as to informe you of sum thingis concerning youre cumming, qwhom willing you to credit & praying God to speid weille youre voyage, I bidd you hairthe fairweill, in haist this last sondaye of September, James R. I pray you excuse to the embassadouris my not writing to thaim at this tyme sen youre presence thaire may suplee that default & besydis I knaw not thaire names & styles’.Verso with James’s red wax seal, contemporary manuscript endorsement in secretary hand (‘To .. The Erle Mareshall & Ambassador’), additional later inscription (late 18th/early 19th century). Old folds, damp-staining, paper disruption along folds partially obscuring a few words in middle of second and third lines, marginal seal tear. Repaired, mounted and framed in 1999 by Mette de Hamel James, writing in broad Scots to the magnate charged with securing his marriage to Anne of Denmark, seeks urgent news of the negotiations, the embassy’s return to Scotland having been held up by recurrent storms, which the following year would be found to be the work of a treasonous coven of witches, setting in train ‘the most famous witch-hunt in Scottish history’ (ODNB).A Danish match for James had been suggested as early as 1581, and, receiving strong support from parties including Edinburgh’s merchant community, eventually prevailed over the alternative proposal of Catherine of Bourbon, sister of the future Henri IV of France, whose demands for support in his struggle for the French throne James would or could not meet. ‘On account of his rank and learning Marischal was chosen to lead the embassy sent to arrange James VI's marriage to Anne of Denmark. His great wealth must also have influenced the decision, for he bore most of the initial cost of the embassy’ (ibid.). The embassy sailed from Leith in early June 1589, and after Marischal received permission to reduce the exorbitant dowry initially demanded, the wedding was celebrated on 20th August at Kronburg castle with Marischal acting as James’s proxy. The Scots and their new queen set sail for Scotland early in September, but their passage was held up by persistent bad weather, and eventually the decision was made to winter in Oslo. In an act of now semi-legendary gallantry, James decided to travel to Norway and retrieve his bride himself, setting sail in October and marrying Anne in person on 24th November. He spent the next five months in the country, travelling about, meeting Scandinavian theologians and scientists, and falling in love with his new wife.Soon after the royal party’s return to Scotland in April 1590, James was confronted with the discovery of a coven of witches from Haddingtonshire, east of Edinburgh, who had allegedly conspired to assassinate him and his wife by raising the storm which had beset their return voyage. Though James was at first sceptical about the claims, one of their number convinced him of their powers by reporting a conversation he had had with Anne on their wedding night in Oslo. In the following months dozens of alleged witches were tortured, tried and executed, in what was the first major series of witchcraft trials under criminal law.Letters entirely in James’s hand are very rare. An autograph draft sonnet was sold as part of the Robert S. Pirie collection in 2015; otherwise the only fully autograph letter traced in auction records is one offered at Sotheby’s, 1st-3rd March 1965, concerning hunting horses.George Keith is styled in sources including the ODNB as the fourth earl Marischal, but in others as the fifth: the confusion may be due to the fact that his predecessor in the position was his grandfather, William Keith (c.1510-1581), rather than his father, also William, who died in 1580 and was known as the master of Marischal.Provenance: John Wilson, Autographs, Documents, Manuscripts: Catalogue Twenty-Four (1976), item 2. Published: G. P. V. Akrigg (ed.), Letters of King James VI & I, 1984, pp. 94-5.

AFTER THE OLD MASTER AUSTINO TOFANELLI. A CLASSICAL FRIEZE. ENGRAVING.47 X 32 cm.

OLD MASTER FLEMISH/DUTCH SCHOOL TRAVELLERS OUTSIDE THE SWAN INN, OIL ON PANEL, 39 x 56cm.

Fine Art, Painting – (Album der) Dresdner Galerie, (Leipzig, n. d., c. 1890/1902) folio, a massively and luxuriously bound folio of 46 mounted prints of old master and other paintings from the gallery in Dresden, white watered silk endpapers gilt edges, deeply embossed with sub-framed leather boards, gilt bands to spine, brass studs to rear boards, no titles etc. (1)

A wicker hamper containing assorted pictures and prints, including local scenes, old master prints, etc.

Henry IV of France (1553-1610), an album of approx. 60 Old Master and other prints, 17th c and later, including two copies of Pierre-Etienne Moitte (1722-1780) after Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1735-1784), Henri IV, the portrait in two states, one unlettered and presumably proof, etching and engraving, 26.5 x 18.5cm and 26.5 x 19cm, Pierre Duflos (1742-1816) after Jacques Louis Touzé (1747-1807), Henri IV, Roi de France et de Navare; Tiré du Ceremonial de l'Ordre du St. Esprit, s.l., s.n., n.d. [1780], copperplate engraving, contemporaneous watercolour and gouache hand-colouring, picked-out in gilt, 28 x 20.5cm, other portraits and profiles of the monarch, some medallic, three or four with images of other contemporary Bourbons, mixed medium and sizes, all mounted on wove paper leaves, 20th c limp calf wrapper, worn and stained, uncut edges, folio (34 x 25cm) The prints are in mixed condition, but generally good. The album binding worn.

Henry Marriott Paget (1856-1936)Artist’s Sketchbookbears label to the front board inscribed with signature and dated September 1876pencil, pen and ink, grey wash and watercolour on paper (bound with marbled boards)overall size 22.4cm x 18.8cm Catalogue note: the sketchbook comprises approximately 80 sketches in different media depicting various subjects, including historical studies of soldiers, male nudes, studies of religious and mythological figures, a study of a man smoking a pipe, figure studies, copies of Old Master pictures, head studies, men engaged in fencing practice, among other genres and subjects. The studies are predominantly in pen and ink and pencil, with a minority in grey wash and watercolour. The last few pages are devoted predominantly to technical notes by the artist on fencing technique in ink, while the inside front cover consists of a diary written in pencil. The sketchbook bears the label of Waterlow and Sons.Henry Marriott Paget was the brother of Sidney Paget (1860-1908) and Walter Paget (1862-1935). He was best known for his contributions as an illustrator for the Illustrated London News, as well as his historical and mythological paintings. Some wear to the sketchbook and contents. The boards bear signs of loss, especially around the guttering, along with areas of fading to the marbled boards. Internally, the pages bears some foxing consistent with age. Overall, the sketches are well preserved, with some staining in places and undulation to the sheets.

Quantity of DC Comics to include Metal Men #11, Blackhawk #25, #167, #169, #170, #202, Doctor Fate and Hourman #56, Rip Hunter Time Master #1 "the 1,000 year old curse", #15 ,#23, Mystery in Space #68, #70, #84, Sea Devils #22, Our Army at War #106, etc  

Signed Core van Eijk, cityscape after an old master, canvas 50x60 cm

Signed Hiensch, cityscape after an old master, panel 35x41 cm

Anonymous, ships in front of the harbor head, panel after an old master, 30x40 cm

A group of three pictures, comprising an etching 'Path of the Gunga', by E. Lumsden, 22 by 15cm, mounted, glazed, and framed, 51 by 36cm, 'Storm Brewing', a seascape, 20 by 28cm, mounted, glazed, and framed, 32 by 42.5cm, and 'Portrait of a Young Girl', a print after Old Master Petrus Christos, 27 by 20cm, framed, 37 by 31cm. (3)

Pair of colour prints of Old Master drawings, 36cm x 26cm and two others (4)

Germ theory.- N[eedham] (M[archmont]) Medela Medicinae. A Plea For the Free Possession, and a Renovation of the Art of Physick, first edition, initial licence leaf, old ink stamp on title, occasional foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Wing N397; Garrison-Morton 2529], 8vo, Printed for Richard Lownds, 1665.*** The author (1620-78, alternative spelling Marchamont Nedham) was a journalist and pamphleteer during the English Civil War. This work is an attack on the outmoded methods of the College of Physicians and includes an early account, perhaps the first by an English writer, of the germ theory, based on Athanasius Kircher's experiment (see chapter V).Provenance: James Master (ink name on licence leaf); College of Physicians (ink stamp to title).

Meadows (Kenny, illustrator). Heads of the People or Portraits of the English, 2 volumes, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878, frontispieces and additional titles, engraved plates, a few with water stains, bookplates of Andrew Carnegie, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco gilt by Henderson & Bisset, one or two spine bands a little rubbed, royal 8vo, together with Jerrold (Douglas). The Works of Douglas Jerrold, with an introductory memoir by his son, W. Blanchard Jerrold, 4 volumes, London: Bradbury, Evans and Co., circa 1855, half-title and frontispiece to each, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary blue half calf, spines faded to green with burgundy labels and gilt decoration, 8vo, plus The Old English Baron. A Gothic Story by Clara Reeve and The Castle of Otranto. A Gothic Story, by Horace Walpole, London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1883, half-title, 6 etched plates after A. H. Tourrier, a few leaves unopened, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary blue half calf, spine faded to green with maroon and brown labels and gilt decoration, 8vo, limited edition 88/150, together with others, literature etc including Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures, by Douglas Jerrold, 1st edition, 1866, The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tull Owlglass, newly collected... by Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie, 1860, The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley, 2nd edition, 1864, Trilby, by George Du Maurier 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1894, Thomas de Quincy. His Life and Writings by H. A. Page, 2 volumes, 1877, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, by Robert Paltock, 2 volumes, 1884 The Poetical Works of James Thomson. The City of Dreadful Night, edited by Bertram Dobell, 1895 and The Essays of Elia, by Charles Lamb, 2 volumes, 1926 QTY: (92)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates); Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919, Scottish-born US industrialist and philanthropist) bookplates for Meadows.

Chambers (R., editor). The Book of Days. Illustrated with numerous portraits, views etc., relating to each month of the year. Collected from numberless sources, 12 volumes, London: printed by W. Davy at the Dryden Press for his friend James Gibbs, 1872, additional half-title and letterpress title printed in red and black to each volume, the two original printed titles (Chambers, 1869) bound in, extensively extra-illustrated with over 2000 engraved plates, portraits, wood-engravings, advertisements, playbills, pamphlets, press cuttings, periodical extracts, fashion plates and other illustrations, each volume representing a month of the year, mostly 17th, 18th and 19th century, but including a few earlier, some hand-coloured or printed in colour, some double-page or folding, the majority neatly trimmed, window-mounted and inlaid to uniform size, a few with manuscript annotations or captions, various sizes, one or two plates with slight repairs, a few light spots, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary uniform crimson half morocco gilt, each volume stamped in gilt to upper cover 'Cecil C. Balfour, light edge wear and some marks, thick 4to, 27.5 x 19 x 7.5 cmQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: Cecil C. Balfour (1849-1881); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Specially bound for Cecil C. Balfour (1849-1881), with his name stamped in gilt to the upper cover of each volume. His elder brother Arthur Balfour was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905, and is best known for the 'Balfour Declaration' of 1917, which ultimately led to the creation of the state of Israel.The wide range of unusual and entertaining extra illustrations include allegorical, pastoral, natural history, literary, social, sporting and political subjects.Amongst the earlier Old Master prints are Mercurius by Jan Sadeler and Maarten de Vos, 1585 (Hollstein 523), Hyems by Jacob Matham after Goltzius, 1589, January ('Dum glacialis...') by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585, a 15th century illuminated leaf on vellum with border decoration of flowers and 14-line illumination of a saint raising a man from the dead in gold and colours, Martius by Jan Collaert, circa 1609/10, Scaramouche, circa 1700, an early copper engraved version of Durer's Annunciation (from the Small Passion), probably late 16th or early 17th century, etc.Prints from the 18th and 19th centuries include a lithographic portrait of W. A. Mozart by Adoph Friedrich Kunike, circa 1820, a small stipple engraved oval portrait of Ignatius Sancho, by Bartolozzi after Gainsborough, an engraved portrait of Phillis Wheatley, nego servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, 1773, Gall & Spurzheim's Symbolical Head (in colour), a sepia aquatint view of the High Street from the Country Market Place, Philidelphia, a large colour aquatint entitled Boxing Match for One Hundred Pounds, 1818, etc.

British Royal family / monarchy / early photographic interest: A collection of ephemera, photographs and medals from the life and career of Mr. Thomas Copperwheat, Master Gilder of Buckingham Palace during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901) to George V (1910 - 1936) Principally contained within a large tooled and gilt bordered vellum folio, the inside cover mounted with a watercolour painted frontispiece ‘Buckingham Palace, with late photographs of State Apartments’, interleaved with 12 candid late 19th photographs taken by Mr. Copperwheat during his tenure within the palace, all featuring room settings / interior scenes to include ‘Royal Chapel’, (prepared by W & D Downey, Ebury St, London) ‘The Queen’s Bedroom’, ‘Grand Stairs (upper and lower portions)’, ‘Blue Drawing Room’, ‘East Gallery’, ‘White Drawing Room’, ‘Ball and Concert Room’, ‘State Dining Room’, ‘Queen’s Luncheon Room’ ‘Royal Closet’(left and right), ‘Picture Gallery’, ‘Throne Room’, all with contemporaneous hand written titles (12) also containing a group of a eight applied samples of wall coverings / furniture upholstery textile samples, before the central page titled ‘Queen’s Letters’, accommodating two facsimile letters written by Queen Victoria in thanks to her ‘good and faithful servants’ for their conduct around her jubilee, alongside four photographic prints taken of fine jewellery, believed to be that from the collection of Queen Mary (1867 - 1953) alongside a fine timepiece (likely recently re-gilded). The folio also containing two evening programmes from Buckingham Palace, Friday Evening, 28th June 1889 and Monday Evening, June 20th 1898, labelled ‘Old Style Programme’ and ‘New Pattern Programme’, a typed week’s programme commencing 6th June 1904 for Buckingham Palace, two invitation cards ‘to view some of the wedding presents’ from the Marriage of H.R.H The Duke of York with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, on Tuesday, 24th April, 1923. Sold alongside three small additional photographic albums containing early photographs of fine objects and works of art, likely also from Royal collections, others detailing fine gilding, domestic settings, family portrait photography etc and a small book containing a gilt page marked ‘Happy Xmas and Best Wishes, from Dad’ and a further glazed famed gilded panel, also with further loose candid photographs of country house facades, a portrait of Mr. Copperwheat, etc. Together with a page from ‘The Borough News’ newspaper, Friday, JUNE 25TH, 1937, ‘Wandsworth Man’s Fatal Accident, Fell In His Garden’ detailing the passing of the pensioned gilder of the royal household, going on to note his 56 year tenure at Buckingham Palace, outlining the commencement of his career as apprentice in 1868, working at that time on the gilding of Blackfriars Bridge (using 3,275 books of gold) continuing to list the honours awarded to Mr Copperwheat. Alongside the ephemera and photographic material listed here, the collection includes a small glazed mahogany display case accommodating Mr. Copperwheat’s medals / honours to include: 1. Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee (1897)2. King Edward VII Coronation Medal (1902)3. King Carlos I of Portugal (1909) 4. King George V Coronation Medal (1911) 5. Royal Long Service Medal (Mr. Copperwheat having served 20 years under George V)The principal album also containing written dedications from Carlos I Portugal (1909) and a note from The Privy Purse Office of Buckingham Palace regarding the receipt of the 1911 Coronation medal. (Collection).(Group)

A large oil on canvas genre painting in the manner of a 17th Century Dutch Old Master, depicting a flamboyant young man, his eyes on the viewer, another gentleman toping and two other nefarious characters, 19th Century, in gilt gesso frame

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Ca. 2350 - 2170 BC. A rectangular limestone door panel with one vertical column of incised hieroglyphs. Transliteration: rpat HAty-a xtmw bity smr aAb tp Hri mAa xrw n mHyt mn TmA(?) Translation: The heir nomarch, the seal bearer of the king of upper and lower Egypt, the pleasant courtier, the master, the great true of voice of Hierakonpolis, the established, strong armed (the last word is assumed as there are missing symbols in the end). Size: 1510mm x 175mm; Weight: 22.5kg Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from Ancient Art Limited. Apr. 2003. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Books to include Sewells History of Friends, vols 1&2, Life of William Blake vols 1&2, etcTo include; Robinson Crusoe – Defoe; Book of Ten – Kabuzo; Thackeray’s Works;l Master Humphrey’s Clock; Les Miserables; Old Curiosity Shop; Voltaire; Memoirs of W. Scott (4 vols); Waverley novels (6 vols); Ludwig’s Dictionary; Powers of the Human Mind – Reid); and a scrap album.

No reserve lot, property of a Gentleman, estate liquidation. Oil on panel, measurements: 37 x 29. Joos van Cleve (Cleveris?, c. 1485-Antwerp, 1540 or 1541), member of a family of artists, since the surname Cleef is repeated among the painters of Antwerp, it is little what is known about his life and his artistic career. He could have been born in Cleves (Cleve in German, Kleef in Dutch), currently a German city but in the 16th century in the duchy of Cleves, which is part of the Netherlands. He dedicated his career to portraiture and religious painting, sometimes repeating his compositions of variegated figures, backgrounds of Renaissance architecture, and easy sales. The Death of the Virgin from the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, dated 1515 on its frame and signed with a monogram, served as a starting point for the recognition of his initial style and thus attributing to him the works that until then had been assigned to the Master of the Death of the Virgin. Since 1524, with The Lamentation at the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt, there is a shift in his painting towards Italian models, although there is no documentary evidence of any trip to that country. It is possible, however, that he did so in France, where according to Guicciardini he was called by Francis I to work as a portraitist at court. Between 1528 and 1535 Joos van Cleve does not appear in the records of the guild of Saint Luke, a period that he may have actually spent in France, from where he perhaps traveled to England to portray Henry VIII, at this time numerous portraits are attributed to him, always of a sober nature. . In Spain he is represented in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, which houses two of his works: a Self-portrait painted around 1519, and a Child of the Passion on the Globe, from around 1530. In the Prado Museum a Portrait of old man from the royal collection, which was attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, whose work Cleve was able to see in England, and a Savior of the World of dubious attribution, which repeats a model from the Louvre Museum. In Gran Canaria, specifically in the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, the Snow Triptych is attributed to him. Reference bibliography: Pita Andrade, José Manuel and Borobia Guerrero, María del Mar, Old Masters of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, 1992, pp. 246-247, ISBN 84-88474-02-4 In his image. Art, culture and religion, exhibition catalogue, Madrid, 2014-2015, ISBN 978-84-15931-14-0

Pair of Old Master style pen and ink drawings, Classical and battle scenes, 36cm x 36cm, mountedSlight paper condition, no tears

A patinated bronze figure after the antique,18th century, Italian, Venus at the Bath,10cm wide10cm deep23cm highProvenance: Maurice 'Dick' Turpin, Barons Keep, London W14.For a similar example, see Christie's, 'Old Master Paintings & Sculpture Part II', 29 January 2015, lot 220.

Hollar after Barlow, 'Two Swans Swimming', etching, 5.5" x 8" (14 x 20cm), along with an Old Master print of Dordrecht by another hand, 2.75" x 4" (7 x 10cm), (2).

Pictures - Oil on Canvas depicting a rural scene ,measurements 92cm x 62cm-ready for framing, The Golden Age of Discovery 1492-1780-map including Africa, North & South America, Asia. Reprint-crease down middle of Map, Tea Towel 1977 - 'The Queen's Silver Jubilee'. The towel printed as union Jack-measurements 76cm x 45cm and Sovereign of the Sea print, launched at Woolwich in 1637, picture of sailing ship coloured. Measurements 58cm x 44cm poor condition torn and creased, British Motor Cars - Poster-advertising Ford, Jaguar, Rolls Royce etc. Coloured poster measures 84cm x 60cm, Odd Fellows - (3) 'Grand Master-The Board of Directors-(2) Unsigned, (1) Signed Brother Arthur Benjamin Wright 25th Aug 1902-(1) Old Fellows Orphan's Fund-(4) coloured posters-measurements 57cm x 44cm, The Times' - London Friday Dec 7th 1900, advertising 'Money Market Parliament and Star of Crackerjack Roadshow' - entertainment with Sto Francis, Linda Nolan, coloured poster measures 77cm x 50cm

Large Old Master oil on canvas painting depicting a butcher in his shop surrounded by meats and tools of his trade, likely northern Italian circa 16th-17th century.Provenance: Holzerman's, Minneapolis, MN; Collection of Tom Sewell; Collection of Dudley Riggs, Minneapolis, MN.Unframed; height: 56 in x width: 91 in. Framed; height: 67 in x width: 81 1/2 in.Condition:The painting was conserved most recently in 1996; please see the documents in the lot listing photographs for details on the work done in that treatment. The painting has been relined and re-stretched. The varnish is discolored, making finer details difficult to see. There is extensive craquelure and stretcher bar marks along the perimeter of the work. There is cupping throughout that appears to have been treated, the surface is currently stable. When examined under UV light there are numerous areas of inpainting. The most extensive areas of inpainting are: the area surrounding the delftware jug, the background in between the man and the severed cow head, along the edges, and on and around the man's face. There's also evidence of restoration and inpainting vertically through the center of the work; possibly from a previous stretcher. There is also a horizontal line running between the length of the work about nine inches from the bottom. It is possible that the work was folded in the past, causing this crack. There is wear to the frame including: small losses, worm holes, and drill holes. The painting has been reinforced within the frame with thirteen pieces of wood, please see photographs of the verso.

Old Master SchoolFigure Study,preparatory sketch, pencil, pen and ink wash, 59.5cm x 39.5cm

Fine Art, Painting – (Album der) Dresdner Galerie, (Leipzig, n. d., c. 1890/1902) folio, a massively and luxuriously bound folio of 46 mounted prints of old master and other paintings from the gallery in Dresden, white watered silk endpapers gilt edges, deeply embossed with sub-framed leather boards, gilt bands to spine, brass studs to rear boards, no titles etc. (1)

Single Malt Scotch Whisky ''Donatella Whisky Cask 35 Edition'', 2. H. 20. Jh. 35 Years Old Speyside, 47% Vol., limitierte Edition, Matthis Steinmetz Master Blender Edition, Nummer 8 von 250 Flaschen, sowohl auf Flaschenetikett als auch auf beiliegendem Echtheitszertifikat num. 8 sowie sign. Steinmetz, H. 31,5 cm

Concord Silversmiths Ltd Old Hampshire Sterling Silver Flatware (67) items including (8) 8.875-inch dinner knives, (8) 5.75-inch individual butter knives, (8) 7.25-inch dinner forks, (8) 6.375-inch salad forks, (18) 5.875-inch teaspoons, (8) 7-inch round soup spoons, (4) serving spoons, (2) bon bon spoons, a sugar spoon, a master butter knife and a gravy ladle (all marked '925' / 'sterling') Property from: a Private Estate, Evanston, Illinois Length: 8 7/8 inches (largest)Weight: .925 silver: 71.44 ozt. Condition: light wear consistent with use, some may have scratches, dents and tarnish, some having monograms Category: Silver & Metalware > Sterling Silver Estimated Sale Time: 4:31 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5Photograph #6Photograph #7Photograph #8Photograph #9

Towle Old Lace Sterling Silver Flatware Service (62) pieces including (8) 8.625-inch dinner knives, (8) 5.75-inch individual butter knives, (8) 7.875-inch dinner forks, (8) 6.75-inch salad forks, a 5.875-inch cocktail fork, (12) 6-inch teaspoons, (8) 6.375-inch round soup spoons, (2) 8-inch iced tea spoons, (2) 8.5-inch serving spoons, an 8.5-inch pierced serving spoon, a 7.875-inch serving fork, a 5.875-inch sugar spoon, a 6.625-inch master butter knife and a 6.75-inch gravy ladle (all marked 'sterling') Property from: a Private Estate, Evanston, Illinois Length: 8 5/8 inches (longest)Weight: .925 silver: 62.82 ozt. Condition: overall light wear consistent with use, oxidation Category: Silver & Metalware > Sterling Silver Estimated Sale Time: 4:28 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5Photograph #6Photograph #7Photograph #8Photograph #9Photograph #10Photograph #11

Gorham Chantilly Sterling Silver Flatware Service (134) pieces including (12) 8.75-inch old French dinner knives, (12) 5.875-inch individual butter knives, (16) 7-inch dinner forks, (24) 6-inch salad forks, a 4.5-inch cocktail fork, (58) 5.75-inch teaspoons, (3) 8.75-inch serving spoons, a 7-inch serving fork, a 6.75-inch master butter knife, a 7-inch gravy ladle, a 8.75-inch salad serving spoon, a 12-inch carving knife, an 11-inch carving fork and a 4.25-inch sugar tongs; together with a Gorham teaspoon of another pattern (all marked 'sterling') Property from: a Private Estate, Evanston, Illinois Length: 12 inches (longest)Weight: .925 silver: 114.78 ozt. Condition: overall light wear consistent with use, most items monogrammed, oxidation Category: Silver & Metalware > Sterling Silver Estimated Sale Time: 3:46 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5Photograph #6Photograph #7Photograph #8Photograph #9Photograph #10Photograph #11Photograph #12Photograph #13Photograph #14Photograph #15Photograph #16

Towle Louis XIV Sterling Silver Flatware Assortment (221) pieces including (9) 8.75-inch dinner knives, (12) 8.75-inch old French knives, (20) 4.25-inch individual butter knives, (26) 7.25-inch dinner forks, (20) 6.25-inch salad forks, (12) 5.5-inch cocktail forks, (40) 5.375-inch teaspoons, (6) 6.875-inch table spoons, (12) 4.125-inch demitasse spoons, (8) 6.125-inch round soup spoons, (12) 5-inch cream soup spoons, (12) 7.875-inch iced tea spoons, a 4-inch youth spoon, a 4.25-inch youth fork, (7) 8.25-inch serving spoons, a 4.75-inch pierced almond spoon, a 6.25-inch bon bon spoon, (2) 5.5-inch sugar spoons, a 6.5-inch mint jelly spoon, a 6.75-inch master butter knife, (2) 6.5-inch gravy ladles, a 4-inch cream ladle, a 7.25-inch tomato server, an 8.875-inch egg server, a 9.5-inch cake / pie server, a 5.675-inch cake / pie server, a 5.5-inch lemon serving fork, a 5.5-inch olive fork, an 8.875-inch salad serving spoon, a 7.5-inch salad serving spoon, an 8.875-inch salad serving fork, a 7.75-inch salad serving fork, a 14.5-inch carving knife, a 9.875-inch carving knife, an 11.25-inch carving fork and an 8.75-inch carving fork (all marked 'sterling') Property from: a Private Estate, Evanston, Illinois Length: 14 1/2 inches (longest)Weight: .925 silver: 186.67 ozt. Condition: overall light wear consistent with use, monogrammed, oxidation Category: Silver & Metalware > Sterling Silver Estimated Sale Time: 3:51 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5Photograph #6Photograph #7Photograph #8Photograph #9Photograph #10Photograph #11Photograph #12Photograph #13Photograph #14Photograph #15Photograph #16Photograph #17Photograph #18Photograph #19Photograph #20Photograph #21Photograph #22Photograph #23Photograph #24

Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Assortment (78) pieces including (8) 8.625-inch old French knives, (4) 8.625-inch modern dinner knives, (11) 5.375-inch individual butter knives, (12) 7.125-inch dinner forks, (13) 6.25-inch salad forks, a 4.625-inch cocktail fork, (20) 5.875-inch teaspoons, (4) 6.25-inch round soup spoons, (2) 7.125-inch oval soup spoons, a 8.25-inch serving spoon, a 6.125-inch sugar spoon and a 6.25-inch master butter knife (all marked 'sterling') Property from: a Private Estate, Evanston, Illinois Length: 8 5/8 inches (longest)Weight: .925 silver: 62.37 ozt. Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use, monogrammed Category: Silver & Metalware > Sterling Silver Estimated Sale Time: 4:30 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5Photograph #6Photograph #7Photograph #8Photograph #9Photograph #10Photograph #11

Gorham Fairfax Sterling Silver Flatware Assortment (53) items including (8) 8.625-inch old French knives, (4) 8.75-inch modern dinner knives, (6) 5.5-inch individual butter knives, (4) 7.25-inch dinner forks, (11) 6.125-inch salad forks, (19) 5.75-inch teaspoons and a master butter knife (all marked 'Gorham' and 'sterling') Property from: a Private Estate, Evanston, Illinois Length: 8 5/8 inches (old French knife)Weight: .925 silver: 40.70 ozt. Condition: overall light to moderate wear, tarnish, most monogrammed Category: Silver & Metalware > Sterling Silver Estimated Sale Time: 5:02 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5Photograph #6Photograph #7Photograph #8Photograph #9

Unknown artist (After G.A. Napier), a modern copy of old master ships at sea, acrylic on canvas in a gilt composition frame. (28cmx39)

Unknown artist (after G.A. Napier),modern copy of Old Master Ships at Sea, acrylic on canvas in a gilt composition frame. (28cmx39cm)

A RIVER LANDSCAPE AFTER WANG YUANQI BY WEI QING 韡慶《山水畫》，王原祈款China, first half of the 20th century. Ink and watercolor on segmented paper. The fan-shaped painting depicts a landscape with a river and mountains in the background and two cabins hidden behind trees and rocks in the foreground. A fisherman waiting on a boat nearby to catch a fish. Calligraphy and a seal mark on the left. A seal mark on each bottom corner.Inscriptions: Text (translated): 'Wei Qing imitated Wang Lutai's work' (pseudonym for Wang Yuanqi, 1642-1715) and 'Painted in Shenjiang'. One seal mark on the upper left, and one seal on the bottom left. Another seal on the bottom right (translated): 'Wei Ting learns drawing at 57 years old.'Fan paintings by Wang Yuanqi are highly sought after. For a landscape fan shaped painting by the master artist see Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy in Christie's Hong Kong on 01 June 2015, lot 1117, sold for HKD 3,200,000.Provenance: From the collection of Professor Jan Wirgin (1932-2020). Jan Wirgin studied Classic Chinese and History of Art at Stockholm University. Later, he joined the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, first as a curator and then between 1981-1998 as the director of the museum. Further, he published numerous articles during his work as the editor of the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. One of his most famous works is the book "Chinese Art history" (1972), which is still one of the most read books for students of Chinese art history in Sweden. Condition: Good condition. The painting with some abrasions along the folds, minor material loss to the lower left corner.Dimensions: Image size 50.4 x 21.5 cm, paper cover 63.5 x 65 cmLaid down on paper with protective cover.

JOKASAI: A FINE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO DEPICTING A FALCON AND HERONLineage of Yamada Jokasai, signed Jokasai 常嘉齋Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of upright rectangular form and oval section, bearing a bright gold nashiji ground, finely worked in gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, with some inlays, depicting two large roundels to either side. The larger roundel to the front with a silver-lacquered falcon gripping the neck of a heron surrounded by leaves inlaid with tsuishu (carved red lacquer), shibuichi, bright turquoise enamels, and mitsuda (pewter), some with gold hiramaki-e veins, all set on a fine gyobu-nashiji ground. The smaller roundel to the reverse decorated with rich gold takamaki-e peony blossoms and butterflies with mother-of-pearl inlaid wings, and a large white ceramic-inlaid peony blossom set on a cloudy nashiji ground. The interior lacquered in silver. Signed underneath in gold lacquer JOKASAI.HEIGHT 8.5 cm, LENGTH 6.7 cmCondition: Good condition with minor wear, typical losses to the gyobu-nashiji, minor discoloration to the lacquer ground, a minor dent to the upper case, a small crack to the second case, and typical rubbing to the inner silver lacquer. Overall presenting very well.Provenance: From an old French private collection, with an old label to the interior of the top case.The Yamada Jokasai lineage lasted until the end of the Edo period. The first Yamada Jokasai lived in Tokyo in the late 17th century and worked for the shogunate, originally at the Kajikawa school. He crafted inro and kobako alongside the famous Koami Choho, later breaking off to establish his own school in Tokyo.Falconry (takagari) was introduced to Japan from China in the 4th century. Hunting with hawks and falcons is mentioned in the Kojiki (712). In the Heian period (794-1185), the sport of falconry was practiced by emperors and their courtiers. By the Kamakura period (1185-1333), samurai clans had established various schools, methods and traditions of hunting with falcons and hawks. By the Edo period (1615-1868), falconry was officially patronized by the shogunate and the position of master of falconry was established in the shogunate bureaucracy.Literature comparison:Compare a related inro with similar inlays, signed Jokasai, illustrated in Moss, Sydney L. (2014) Lac Lacquer Lacquest, p. 128-129, no. 34.

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE: GREEN BIRDS AND HYDRANGEASBy Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), signed Hiroshige hitsu with sealsJapan, c. 1830sColor woodblock print on paper. Vertical chutanzakuban. Signed Hiroshige hitsu with seals. Titled Green Birds and Hydrangeas. Comes with a label to the backside and a sticker from its former frame: '07096 / Kennedy & Co. / 693-5th Ave / Rare Prints / "Kacho-ga" / Hiroshige (1797-1858)'.A kacho-ga of a pair of greenfinches swooping down next to hydrangeas in full bloom.SIZE of the sheet 35.2 x 12.3 cmCondition: Shows old wear, fading, material loss, trimmed margins, and browning of paper commensurate with age, otherwise presenting well.Utagawa Hiroshige (also referred to as Ando Hiroshige) is recognized as a master of the ukiyo-e woodblock printing tradition, having created 8,000 prints of everyday life and landscape in Edo-period Japan. Much of Hiroshige's work focuses on landscape. Inspired by Katsushika Hokusai's popular Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, Hiroshige took a softer, less formal approach with his Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (1833-34), completed after traveling that coastal route linking Edo and Kyoto. Hiroshige's prolific output was somewhat due to his being paid very little per series. Still, this did not deter him, as he receded to Buddhist monkhood in 1856 to complete his brilliant and lasting One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-58). He died in 1858, 10 years before Monet, Van Gogh, and a lot of Impressionist painters became eager collectors of Japanese art.Museum comparison: An identical print is in the collection of the Art Institute Chicago, reference number 1943.643. Another identical print is in the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, object number 1950.1149.Auction comparison:Compare a related print sold at Sotheby's, Japanese Art Online, 7 November 2019, London, lot 16 (sold for GBP 1,500).

A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO DEPICTING AN OX-HERDER PLAYING THE FLUTEJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of rounded rectangular form with a flush-fitting cover, the exterior bearing a nashiji ground finely decorated in gold, silver, and black hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kirikane to depict an ox-herder riding a black ox, playing a transverse flute, wearing voluminous robes, a small sickle attached to the belt, all below thick clouds and above craggy rockwork and grasses. The interior bearing a roiro-mura-nashiji ground, the interior of the cover similarly lacquered with three horses grazing and strolling below a gold-foil full moon partly obscured by thick clouds, the baseboard decorated with grasses, rocks, and bamboo and fitted with a rectangular inkstone (suzuri) and copper waterdropper (suiteki) of circular form.SIZE 4.5 x 21 x 23.8 cmCondition: Good condition with minor wear, the cover with expected age cracks, some possibly with minor old repairs.Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures is a series of short poems and accompanying drawings used in the Zen tradition to describe the stages of a practitioner's progress toward enlightenment, and their return to society to enact wisdom and compassion. The best known version of the oxherding pictures was drawn by the 12th century Chinese Rinzai Chan (Zen) master Kuoan Shiyuan, who also wrote accompanying poems and introductory words attached to the pictures. The present writing box depicts the sixth poem, 'Riding the Bull Home':Mounting the Ox, slowlyI return homeward.The voice of my flute intonesthrough the evening.Measuring with hand-beatsthe pulsating harmony,I direct the endless rhythm.Whoever hears this melodywill join me.Museum comparison:Compare a related lacquer suzuribako depicting the same subject, dated 19th century, Edo period, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 38.25.106a-d.

A CYLINDRICAL TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOTTLE, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF WU RANGZHI (1799-1870) 玳瑁鼻烟壺，原爲吳讓之(1799-1870) 收藏China, 19th century. The elegant yet traditional 'Rouleau' form, decorated in gilt with inscriptions, supported on a flat base, the conical shoulder rising to a narrow neck with a flat rim. The shell of caramel color highlighted with patches of dark chocolate and near-black tones. The base inscribed with a four-character collection seal.Inscriptions: To the body, 'Shishenxuan cang' (Collection of Shishenxuan); 'Wu / Lu jing Lufu / Songmen Huxi / Yideng wudao / Wie ke bumi'; 'Wu Rangzhi qingwan' (Collection of Wu Rangzhi); ´Jue / li zhi wu wo / kong ya you xing / xin ying xian jue / si bu huang ning'. To the base, 'Jin Shi Cang Yin'. Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection. Condition: Good condition with expected old wear, minuscule nicks, light scratches, natural imperfections.Stopper: Coral Weight: 20.4 g Dimensions: Height including stopper 69 mm. Diameter neck 11 mm and mouth 5.5 mmWu Rangzhi (1799-1870), also known as Wu Xizai, was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and master seal carver. He developed the Wan School, originally founded by Deng Shiru, and frequently paired his own texts with rubbings of stelae and other carvings, demonstrating the range of possibilities available to artists inspired by the scholarship of the Stele School and its willingness to blend old and new forms.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Woolley & Wallis, London, 17 May 2016, lot 129Estimate: GBP 5,000 or approx. EUR 8,300 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Chinese tortoiseshell square-section snuff bottle, Qing dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related material and inscriptions, bearing the same three collector's marks to the body ('Shishenxuan cang' and 'Wu Rangzhi qingwan') and the base ('Jin Shi Cang Yin'). Note the different form and the size (8 cm).This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.玳瑁鼻烟壺，原爲吳讓之(1799-1870) 收藏中國，十九世紀。圓柱形壺，平底，鍍金銘文，削肩。 焦糖色，帶有深棕色和近乎黑色的色調。款識：悟：路經盧阜，松門虎溪。一燈悟道，為客不迷；覺：理知無我，空壓有形。心應先覺，思不遑寧；師慎軒藏；吳讓之清玩；金石藏印。來源：匈牙利私人收藏。品相：狀況良好，有磨損、微小劃痕和自然瑕疵。壺蓋：珊瑚重量：20.4 克尺寸：含蓋高69 毫米，頸部直徑11 毫米，壺口直徑5.5 毫米 吳讓之 (1799-1870), 字熙載，清代畫家、篆刻家、書法家。包世臣的入室弟子。善書畫，尤精篆刻。少時即追摹秦漢印作，後直接取法鄧石如，得其神髓，又綜合自己的學識，發展完善了“鄧派”篆刻藝術，在明清流派篆刻史上具有舉足輕重的地位。吳煕載以篆書和隸書最為知名，在晚清書壇享有很高的聲譽。對後來的趙之謙、吳昌碩均有影響。拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：Woolley & Wallis，倫敦，2016年5月17日，lot 129 估價：GBP 5,000（相當於今日EUR 8,300） 描述：清代玳瑁鼻煙方壺 專家評論：比較非常相近材質、款識，有同樣的三個收藏印。請注意不同的外形和尺寸 (8厘米)。

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