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Lot 14
Mark Grieves (British 20th/21st century) "Study Drawing" Signed, titled on accompanying signed sheet of paper, pastel.52cm x 71cm (20.5in x 28in)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The drawing is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The drawing is framed and glazed.
Lot 66
Attributed to Rosalba Carriera (Venice 1675-1757)An allegory of Africa pastel 36.1 x 28.5cm (14 3/16 x 11 1/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceGeorge Kidston CMG, Head of the Eastern Department of the British Foreign Office, 1919-20 and thence by descent to the estate of the late Hon. Mrs Patricia A. Kidston (1927-2021)Evidence that Rosalba made a series of The Four Continents can be found in the inventory of the Gallery of Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga (1690-1756) where numbers 438-441 refer to 'the four parts of the world' by Rosalba; they are also immortalised in Giovanni Paolo Panini's 1749 painting of the picture gallery, now in the Wadsworth Atheneum, US. Although claims have been made that the set now in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, is the Gonzaga set, the eyes of the girl representing Africa face towards the right in their version rather than the left as they do in the Panini painting and in the present work.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 469
Sturm-Lindner, Elsa. 1916 Dresden - 1988 Hellerau-RähnitzErzgebirgslandschaft. 1964. Pastell auf Velourpapier, re. u. sign. und dat., 33 x 48,5 cm, hinter Glas gerahmt. Elsa Sturm-Lindner: Ergebirge mountains, pastel on paper, signed, dated (19)64 lower right. 33 x 48,5 cm, framed with glass.
![Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789) Portrait of Gaspard de Péleran (d. 1747 Smyrna [Izmir], Turkey), bust-length, wearing a navy](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f6c106a0-923d-467f-b73d-af4f01125b2c/d9e29188-c032-42ca-a65f-af62010de31c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 218
Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789) Portrait of Gaspard de Péleran (d. 1747 Smyrna [Izmir], Turkey), bust-length, wearing a navy blue coat with gold embroidered trim and white stock, circa 1738enamel on copper, oval4.5 x 3.8cmProvenance: By repute Italian family of noble descent, Biel, Switzerland, until circa 1980; Private collectionBest known for his delicate pastel drawings, Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789) initially studied miniature and enamel painting in his native Geneva, producing his first dated work in enamel in 1722, before turning his attention to pastels. The present portrait is one of only approximately thirty known enamel miniatures by Liotard and thus a rare example of his mastery of the enamelling technique.The sitter, Gaspard de Péleran (d. 1747 Smyrna [Izmir], Turkey) was a diplomat and French consul in Smyrna between 1731 and his death in 1747. He was the son of Pierre Armand de Péleran, French consul in Aleppo, and his wife Anne Victoire Fornetti (b. Constantinople 1667-1747), daughter of Jean-Baptiste Fornetti (1618-1694) drogman – the official interpreter of the Ambassador at the Constantinople French legation. A red and black chalk drawing of this sitter by Liotard is at the Louvre (see illustration below), which shows him lounging on a Turkish divan and wearing a similar coat as seen in the present miniature, with an identical distinctive design of gold lace. This drawing along with its pendant of his wife, Marie Boyer (1710-1786), whom he had married in 1732, are amongst 30 drawings that Liotard executed during his stay in Turkey between 1738 and 1742.In 1738, Liotard embarked on an expedition to Constantinople upon the invitation of William, Lord Ponsonby, later 2nd Earl of Bessborough and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. They sailed from Naples on 3rd April 1738 and having passed by a number of Mediterranean islands, they stopped to spend a few weeks in Smyrna (today’s Izmir). It was almost certainly here, that Liotard would have encountered Gaspard de Péleran, who was the French consul there at the time, and who also appears to be Liotard’s first known sitter upon his arrival in the Ottoman lands. Following his stay in Smyrna, Liotard finally arrived at Constantinople in August 1738, where he settled for four years and painted numerous diplomats, wealthy merchants and locals. Intrigued by the native dress, Liotard himself adopted the custom of dressing as a Turk and grew a luxuriant beard, which earned him the nickname ‘The Turkish Painter’. Amongst his sitters in Constantinople was John Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721-1770) whose likeness Liotard captured both in pastel and in enamel. Alongside the present miniature of Péleran, the portrait of the Marquess of Granby is the only other known enamel from Liotard’s Turkish period.The present lot is being sold with a letter of authentication from the late Prof. Dr Marcel Roethlisberger, author of Liotard’s catalogue raisonné, published in 2008. Having examined this miniature in person in 2019, Prof. Dr Roethlisberger confirmed the attribution to Liotard and dated it to circa 1738, quite reasonably imagining it, like the Louvre drawing, was done whilst Liotard had stopped in Smyrna en route for Constantinople. If not actually painted in Smyrna, Roethlisberger postulated that it might have been done in Constantinople during Liotard’s time there as Péleran would not only at times have gone there from Smyrna to consult with his Ambassador to the Ottoman court, but almost certainly would have visited his widowed mother who died there, in the city where she was born, in 1747, five years after Liotard had left.Framed 4.8 x 4.1cm. Examined out of frame. Little surface dirt under glass. Good condition overall. Some scuffing to the reverse of the frame.
Lot 491
Various pictures, prints, etc., to include R. Hill, portrait study of a young boy in school uniform, pastel, signed and dated 1983, 37cm x 25cm, Fred. Rivett, The Cottage Grendon North Hamptonshire, pastel, signed and dated 1935, 27cm x 32cm, Foxton Campers, colour print, indistinctly signed and number 98/100, 13cm x 16cm, etc.
Lot 542
Four trays of china: Royal Vale teaware decorated with a country cottage scene: Six cups, saucers and tea plates, sandwich plate, sugar basin and milk jug; tray of White Tuscan china tea ware: six cups, saucers and tea plates, sandwich plate, sugar basin and milk jug. Tray of Pheonix china tea ware, mid-century style with stylised pastel coloured flowers on a cream ground and purple flower handles comprising: Six cups, saucers and tea plates, slop bowl and milk jug (probably mid 20th century) and a a tray of unmarked blue and white tea ware: six cups, saucers and tea plates, sandwich plate, milk jug and sugar basin. (4) (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 5407
HAROLD FRANCIS RILEY BL.D. Litt.FRCS (Hon) DFA ATC (born 1943); pastel, portrait of a girl in a blue hat, signed and dated 66, 48cm x 28cm, with Davey & Sons label verso, framed and glazed. (D)Additional InformationThere are two tears in the paper but they do no affect the image. These are to the left and right sides of the head. Frame with some wear.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit https://www.dacs.org.uk or https://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 86
Rose Family Bowl for the export market. China, 19th century.Enamelled porcelain.With adhesive on the base in the form of a stamp of Antiques Jewellery and Silverware MadridMeasurements: 12 x 29 cm (diameter).This bowl, made for the export market in Europe, is decorated with tobacco leaves on a glazed background known as 'café au lait'. The Rose Family style originated at the end of the Kagnxi period, the Qing dynasty emperor who reigned from 1662 to 1912. The new ornamental style is based on the introduction of new enamels, the most famous of which is pink, which gave the style its name. Other new colours were also added, such as opaque yellow, white and the now independent black (until then, to fix the black glaze, it had to be covered with a glaze of another colour, usually translucent green). Technically, the most important is opaque white, as it could be mixed with other glazes to achieve a wide range of pastel shades, as well as allowing a smooth tonal gradation that made it possible to successfully imitate Western painting. What defines the Rose Family, therefore, is not the predominance of this colour, but this new polychrome. The new style led to the abandonment of the previously predominant Green Family, characterised by the abundance of this colour and the use of more watery glazes.
Lot 492
CHARLES CARYL COLEMAN (AMERICAN 1840-1928) A CLASSICAL GREEK SCENE WITH NUDE MALE FIGURE, a nude male figure is kneeling looking at his reflection in a stream, classical buildings and the sea beyond, signed with personal inscription bottom right ' To Mrs Feeny with compliments of CC Coleman', we now believe this to be a print that has been hightened with pastel, maximum approximate dimensions height 15cm x width 33cm, mounted, framed and glazed
Lot 710
JOHNNY GASTON (1955) A COLLECTION OF PICTURES, including a brushed pastel portrait study of a Bullmastiff dog 'Gypsy', personal inscription verso, approximate size 55cm x 39cm, a watercolour of a Bullmastiff with personal inscription verso, watercolour of yachts under sail, two watercolour studies of female figures, a winter landscape by the same hand, etc
Lot 736
TEN CONTEMPORARY BIRD RELATED PAINTINGS AND LIMITED EDITION PRINTS, comprising Christopher Dee (contemporary) a Barn Owl on a fence post with its prey, signed and dated 1988 oil on canvas, approximate size 50cm x 75cm, Richard G Hill 'Moonlight over Porlock' an owl perched in a tree under a full moon, acrylic on canvas, Janet Whittaker watercolour study of an Owl on a tree stump, small watercolour of an owl by the same hand, S.P. Smart? watercolour depicting a stork or heron hunting in a stream under moonlight, S.G. Jennings pastel study of a pair of Robins with their chicks in an old kettle, prints comprise David Crane Barn Owl on a fence post, Keith Shakleton 'Nine Bewick's swans over the Sloane Tower', Jan Bowles 'Nest Building, and Peter Snow 'Birdscapes of Anglesey', all framed and glazed except for the Christopher Dee which is not glazed
Lot 738
A QUANTITY OF PAINTINGS AND LIMITED EDITION PRINTS ETC, to include Joyce Johnson watercolour depicting the village of Painswick, Peter Hesp pastel drawing 'Evening light Luccombe, Exmoor', a gardening scene with a female figure collecting flowers, oil on canvas signed Forrester, pastel garden view by Daphne Pilgrim, etching with colours 'Barbizon - Rue de Artistes' indistinctly signed, label verso reads Purchased at the villa of Jean Francois Millet 1947, limited editions include Rosie Smith 'Leaving Steep Holm', John Instance 'Evening walk Bewdley', Cora Stock etching with colours 'Peat moor I', Julie Roberts 'Porth Wen, Anglesey', three Maurice Bishop prints signed to the mounts, Brain Fletcher hand written Gertrude Stein motto, etc
![Mix media using watercolour, pen and pastel. The Falls of the Tummel, Scotland. Signed E.Gill 1876[61X50cm]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1a995081-00ba-43d2-828c-af5800a165ee/c7da8d8d-96a3-4b2e-b3c4-af5901453fb2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 344
Sophie B. Jensen (1912-2007) - Two pastel and two ink drawings, comprising - one rural landscape with trees to foreground and stream to background, 12.5ins x 18ins, a rural landscape with track to foreground and cottages to background, 9ins x 14.5ins, an ink drawing of a rural landscape with trees and track to foreground and cottage to background, 11ins x 15ins, and one other ink drawing of a standing gentleman and a seated nude female, 11ins x 15.5ins, all unframed
Lot 850
A 20th Century Pure Silk Tabriz Carpet, woven in pastel shades, with a bold central floral medallion and conforming spandrels, the field filled with trailing leaf and floral ornament on a rose ground within conforming seven stripe border filled with meandering vine pattern, 9ft 6ins x 5ft 9ins
Lot 871
Colin Colahan (1897-1987) - Two sketches - Ink sketch heightened in white - study of a reclining nude woman, signed, 8.5ins x 10ins and pastel sketch heightened in white seated nude woman, signed, 10.5ins x 8ins, both framed and glazed Provenance: The Canterbury Auction Galleries - The Studio Sale of the works of Colin Colahan, 16th April 2013 - Lot 392
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