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Lot 3050
Four Lansdowne Models 1:43 scale models - 1956 Hillman minx Series 1 (Pearl grey over Fiesta blue); 1957 Hillman Husky Series 1 (Seacrest green/foam grey); 1960 Ford Consul MkII (Imperial maroon/smoke grey); and 1972 Vauxhall Ventora 3300 MkII; all boxed (4)Condition Report: Ex-shop stock so models in good condition but three with detached components which are present.Not checked for completeness.Boxes in good condition.
Lot 111
A Chinese blue and white plate,Republic period (1912-1949), the rounded sides rising from a circular foot, painted with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl, with a six-character Jiangxi Ciye Gongsi mark to base,24.5cm diameterProvenance: From a private collection in Dalarna, Sweden.民国 青花二龙戏珠纹盘 《江西瓷业公司》楷书款Condition ReportSome burst bubbles to glaze.
Lot 113
A part collection of a Chinese blue and white dinner service,late Qing dynasty, comprising:a bowl and cover, three meat dishes and six vegetable dishes, all of lobed form, painted with dragons chasing a flaming pearl, meat dishes 33.5 to 42.5cm longbowl 26cm longvegetable dishes 22cm long (11)Provenance: The Collection of Mr John Henry Lewis Turner (1901-1962), who worked at the Chinese Maritime Customs in Shanghai in the early 20th century, and thence by descent.清晚期 青花二龙戏珠纹盘 一组十件Condition ReportMeat dishes - two smaller dishes with chips to rim and surface scratches. The large one with surface scratches to rim.Bowl - rim chipped. Burst glaze bubbles to handle of cover. Vegetable dishes - four chipped to rim. One chipped and cracked to rim.
Lot 114
A collection of Chinese blue and white,late Qing dynasty, comprising:three coffee cups, of octagonal form, painted with vine leaves in shaped panels below a key fret border, with a four-character Kangxi mark to base,9cm long,a pair of coffee cups, a salt and a lobed dish, painted with dragons chasing a flaming pearl, all with a six-character Jiangxi Ciye Gongsi mark to base,salt 6.7cm longcup 8.8cm longdish 22.6cm long (7)Provenance: The Collection of Mr John Henry Lewis Turner (1901-1962), who worked at the Chinese Maritime Customs in Shanghai in the early 20th century, and thence by descent.清晚期 青花二龙戏珠杯碟 及 花卉纹杯 一组七件Condition ReportOctagonal cups - one chipped and cracked to rim. Another chipped to rim, chipped and cracked to foot rim.Rounded cups - both chipped and cracked to rim. Salt - small chips to rim.Dish - minute glaze frits to rim.
Lot 125
A pair of Chinese underglaze blue and red bowls,each with rounded sides rising from a circular foot to a flared rim, painted with two dragons in red chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, the interior similarly decorated, a six-character Xianfeng mark to base,14cm diameter (2)青花矾红彩二龙戏珠纹碗 《大清咸丰年制》青花楷书款 一对Condition ReportNo obvious faults.
Lot 159
A large Chinese yuhuchun vase,the pear-shaped body rising from a circular foot to a flared rim, painted with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, a six-character Guangxu mark to base,51cm high青花二龙戏珠纹玉壶春瓶 《大清光绪年制》青花楷书款Condition ReportHairline cracks in various locations.A small chip to foot rim.
Lot 184
A Chinese wood tray,late Qing dynasty, of rectangular form, inlaid with Eight Daoist Immortals amongst fruiting trees, birds and butterflies,69 x 45cm, andanother,possibly Vietnamese, decorated with figures in a landscape,42.5 x 62.5cm (2)Provenance: The Collection of Dr Anne F Sutton (1942-2022).嵌螺钿木托盘 一组两件Condition ReportLarger one - wood with cracks and splits, surface scratches, stains and knocks in various locations. Some mother-of-pearl losses in various locations, some with chips. Smaller one - wood panel stretched, cracked, chips and small holes to corners, stains and knocks in various locations. Losses to mother-of-pearl.
Lot 185
A Chinese wood tray,late Qing dynasty, centred with an embroidery with flowers and precious objects, the border pierced and carved with the Three Winter Friends, 55 x 21.6cm, another,inlaid with mother-of-pearl with figures on a boat crossing a river,26 x 37.5cm, anda smaller tray,decorated with butterflies and flowers in mother-of-pearl,19.5 x 30.5cm (3)Provenance: The Collection of Dr Anne F Sutton (1942-2022).木托盘 一组三件Condition ReportTray with textile - pegs loose from the back board of frame. Wood with surface scratches and small chips. Embroidery with stains and some stitches missing, colours faded. Larger one with mother-of-pearl - frame with cracks to corners, the centre with a large splite across the panel. Wood with surface scratches and stains. Small chips and losses to mother-of-pearl.Smaller one with mother-of-pearl - Frame stretched and splits to the edges of the panel. Holes to the back. Surface scratche and stains.
Lot 206
A collection of Chinese blue and white,Guangxu (1875-1908), comprising:a zhadou, the rounded sides rising from a circular foot to a flared rim, painted with a literatus fishing under a pine tree, the reverse with a poem, a four-character Qianlong mark to base,11.3cm diameter,a plate, of oval form, painted with dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, 28.3cm long, a snuff bottle, of cylindrical form, painted with Buddhist lions, a four-character Yongzheng mark to base,6.8cm high,a tea bowl, the rounded sides rising from a circular foot to a lobed rim, painted with a landscape, 8.8cm diameter, and a Japanese tea bowl,19th century, painted with a bird and bamboo,6.8cm diameter (5)Provenance: The Collection of Dr Anne F Sutton (1942-2022).清光绪 青花瓷器 及 日本十九世纪 青花竹纹茶碗 一组五件Condition ReportPlate - a small chip to rim. Broken in pieces and restored. Zhadou - chipped to rim.Snuff bottle - mouth damaged with losses.Tea bowl with lobed rim - chipped and cracked to rim.Japanese tea bowl - chipped and cracked to rim and foot rim.
Lot 210
A Chinese famille rose jardinière, 20th century, of tapering form, painted in the Dayazhai style, with a magpie perched in a blossoming prunus tree amongst peony against a purple ground, incised below the rim with a three-character Dayazhai mark (Studio of the Greater Odes), beside an iron-red seal mark reading 'Tian Di Yi Jia Chun' framed by confronting dragons pursuing a flaming pearl, the unglazed base with a four-character 'Yong Qing Chang Chun' mark,32.5cm diameterProvenance: The Collection of Dr Anne F Sutton (1942-2022).二十世纪 紫地粉彩喜上眉梢图花盆Condition Report28.5cm high.Glaze with losses and cracks.
Lot 220
Two Chinese jade pendants,Ming dynasty (1368-1644), comprising:one pierced and carved with two dragons chasing a pearl, the stone in black and white, 4.5cm long, and one circular, of a carp turning into a dragon, 4.8cm diameter (2)明 玉雕龙纹珮 一组两件Condition ReportCircular - natural inclusions to the stone. Dragon - Minute chips and small cracks to edges.
Lot 272
A pair of Chinese kesi chair covers,late Ming to early Qing dynasty, 17th century, each vividly woven with a front-facing dragon holding a flaming pearl between swirling clouds above and a tumultuous sea below, the upper section with a crane amidst multicoloured clouds, the lower register with a qilin below a ruyi-shaped cartouche enclosing a blossoming lotus flower, surrounded by precious objects, all against an apricot ground,156 x 53 and 155 x 52cm, framed (2)Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, 17 November 1999, lot 196;from the collection of Mr Evan & Mrs Patricia Steadman - Mr Steadman was the former organiser of The Grosvenor House Antiques Fair.Draped over furniture, woven or embroidered chair covers, as present in this lot, would have been used to prevent damage to the chair fabric whilst not in use. A comparable style of weaving is a kesi cover, dated to the late 17th century, found in the William E Colby Collection, now in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. See R D Jacobson, 'Imperial Silks: Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts', vol.II, Minneapolis, 2000, illustrated on p.891, no.438.For a similar example, see the Metropolitan Museum, Accession Number: 53.166.1;Christie's, New York, 23 Mar 2012, lot 1624;Sotheby's, Paris, 10 June 2021, lot 117.明末清初 缂丝腾龙仙鹤纹椅罩 一对Condition ReportBoth tired with loose threads, tears and holes throughout.Some details missing, a/f. Signs of repair in various locations. Colours faded.Did not examine outside of the frame.
Lot 401
A collection of Chinese mother-of-pearl counters,late 19th century, in rectangular, circular, oval, olive-shaped, or fish forms, some incised with florets,2.3 to 6.2cm long (qty.)Condition ReportApproximately over 700 pieces in total.In overall good condition. Some with minute chips and cracks to edges. A few with damages, a/f.
Lot 70
A pair of Chinese yellow-ground green-enamelled bowls,Republic period (1912-1949), each with ogee sides rising from a circular foot, painted with two dragons in green enamel chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, all against a yellow ground, a six-character Ren De Tang mark to base,16.7cm diameter (2)Provenance: The Collection of Mr Edmund Bruce Ball (1873-1944), and thence by descent.民国 黄地绿彩龙纹碗 《仁德堂敬制》矾红楷书款 一对Condition ReportOne bowl with minute chips and a small hairline crack to rim.
Lot 71
Three Chinese blue-ground white-enamelled bowls,Daoguang (1821-1850), each with rounded sides rising from a circular foot, painted with two white dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, all against a blue ground, a six-character Daoguang mark to base,13.5cm diameter (3)Provenance: The Collection of Mr Edmund Bruce Ball (1873-1944), and thence by descent.清道光 蓝地白龙纹碗 《大清道光年制》矾红篆书款 一组三件Condition ReportOne bowl with hairline cracks to rim.Another with rim chipped and cracked, the base with a small firing crack.All with surface scratches and small chips to foot rim.
Lot 35
GOLD JEWELLERY comprising lady's Uno wristwatch, 9ct gold heart pendant, 9ct gold circular pendant on 9ct gold chain, 9ct gold garnet ring, pair of 9ct gold knot earrings, 9ct cross pendant on 9ct chain, yellow and white metal amethyst bar brooch, yellow metal seed pearl and turquoise bar brooch, plated necklace, 24.6gms gross (not including watch or plated necklaceProvenance: deceased estate CarmarthenshireComments: viewing recommended
Lot 90
GROUP OF ASSORTED SILVER & OTHER COLLECTABLES, including Dunlop golf ball hole-in-one souvenir trophy cup, mother-of-pearl handled pickle fork, silver cigarette case, Chinese silver panel bracelet, French silver plate chatelaine (missing scent bottle), antler handled boot hook, cast metal statuette of a boy scout, North African cloak pin, and a silver and enamel medallion (9)Provenance: private collection CardiffComments: general usual wear.
Lot 1
A LARGE AND RARE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH HOTEI AND DARUMAUnsignedJapan, 17th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The large, bulky inro bearing a roiro ground, finely lacquered to both sides in rubbed gold and red hiramaki-e with highlights of kirigane, raden (shell inlays), and nashiji, to depict a seated Hotei raising a tama (flaming pearl) high and sitting before an iridescent flame issuing from a censer. The reverse similarly decorated with Daruma (Bodhidharma) holding a hossu (Buddhist fly whisk) symbolizing the sweeping away of mental distractions and ignorance. The interior compartments lacquered in gold. With a finely carved bone ojime.HEIGHT 7.6 cm, LENGTH 7.2 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor typical rubbing to lacquer and expected losses to shell and kirigane inlays. Provenance: Galerie Souquet, Paris, October 17, 1966. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above. Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France's post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven's museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privébezit ('Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven'), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen ('Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections').Literature comparison:For a related example depicting Chinese figures sitting by a waterfall see Sydney L. Moss Ltd. (2014) Lac Lacquer Lacquest, pp. 54-55.
Lot 12
A FINE FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING BIRDS IN FLIGHT ABOVE NETS AND FISH TRAPSUnsignedJapan, late 17th to early 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of rectangular and flattened form, finely lacquered in hiramaki-e on a roiro ground which is polished in sections to reveal the red lacquer base giving the piece a superbly rustic appearance. The front decorated with birds flying near a drying net, both inlaid with iridescent mother of pearl. The reverse with a fisher's trap made of mother-of-pearl on the shore next to swirling water. The layers of lacquer are highlighted by gold hiramaki-e, most visible in the design of the water. The edges with karakusa designs in hiramaki-e. The interior cases of roiro with gold fundame edges. With a reticulated antler ojime.HEIGHT 5.8 cm, LENGTH 5 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor wear, minuscule losses to the mother-of-pearl, light rubbing to the edges, and a small nick to one corner of the cord runner.Provenance: From a private collection in Switzerland. The interior with an old collector's number, '108.'Gulls and other seabirds typically follow fishing boats in order to pick up scraps left in their wake. This lot depicts a moment of stillness, when the fishermen have left and the birds are free to pick the scraps from the nets of the fishermen.Museum comparison:Compare a related inro with the same shape and with a similar motif of a heron next to a fish trap, unsigned, dated between the 17th and 18th century, in the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, accession number 16073.0016.
Lot 13
A RARE AND AMUSING THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING A PERFORMING TROUPEAttributed to Tsuchida Soetsu (c. 1660-1745), unsignedJapan, late 17th to early 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The early small three-case inro of rectangular from, bearing a roiro ground, decorated in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with some typical inlays of mitsuda (pewter) and mother-of-pearl. The charming motif depicting a troupe of performers with three figures on one side pulling desperately at an inlaid rope attached to a stuck pole on which a stubborn monkey sits, wearing an inlaid mother-of-pearl hat, as a crowd of five figures gesticulate and laugh as they watch. The top and bottom as well as the sides decorated with gold-lacquered geometric designs. The interior cases of nashiji with gold fundame edges. With a reticulated bone ojime.HEIGHT 5.3 cm, LENGTH 6.1 cmCondition: Good condition with wear, losses to some inlays and ojime, tiny nicks, some losses to the interior gold fundame lining, all consistent with age and use and overall presenting well.Provenance: Gallery Van Stockum, the Hague, 25 June 1957. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above and thence by descent in the same family. The upper case with an old collector's label, 'L 565.' Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France's post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven's museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privébezit ('Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven'), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen ('Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections').The first Tsuchida Soetsu may have lived between 1660-1745, possibly a descendant of one of the Tsuchida artists living and working at Koetsu's Takagamine enclave near Kyoto. His inro are said to have been large, but most examples of his work still in existence are rather small in size. The first Soetsu later changed his name to Shoetsu, handing on the name of Soetsu to his successors in the lineage.The design was likely copied or inspired by the work of Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724), the comical faces and subject matter being very much in line with Itcho's work.Auction comparison:Compare a related three-case lacquer inro depicting a carp and fishnet, signed Shoetsu, with similarly applied mother-of-pearl inlays, at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art Part IV, 6 November 2013, London, lot 140 (sold for GBP 5,250).
Lot 14
A CHARMING SMALL FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO WITH THE MOON RABBITUnsigned Japan, 17th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The five-case inro lacquered in takamaki-e against a gold kinji ground, depicting the silhouette of a rabbit's head next to three young fern shoots (warabi) inlaid in mother-of-pearl. The reverse with a large moon in pewter (mitsuda). The interior compartments of black lacquer with gold fundame edges. HEIGHT 5.7 cm, LENGTH 4.8 cm Condition: Worn condition with some rubbing to lacquer, few losses, particularly to the pewter-inlaid moon, and some crackling throughout. Provenance: Marché Biron, Paris, April 1943. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above, and thence by descent within the same family. An old collector's label to the interior, 'L,542.' Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France's post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven's museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privébezit ('Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven'), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen ('Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections').
Lot 16
SOSHU: A FINE TSUISHU AND SHIBAYAMA INLAID SINGLE-CASE INRO DEPICTING A CRANE AND PEACHBy Soshu (Munemori), signed Soshu 宗守Japan, Tokyo, Meiji period (1868-1912)The wide-bodied two-case inro bearing a finely polished, lustrous roiro ground, inlaid to the front in tsuishu (carved red lacquer) with a crane depicted mid-flight, the verso depicting a fruiting peach branch inlaid in the Shibayama-style with mother-of-pearl, hardstone, wood, and pewter, next to gold hiramaki-e swirls. Both the crane and peach are auspicious symbols of longevity. Signed to the underside within an inlaid seal signature tablet SOSHU (Munemori) – likely a pupil of Shibayama Soichi (Munekazu). With an agate ojime. HEIGHT 7.5 cm, LENGTH 5.5 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor wear along the edges of the risers and some minor general wear throughout. Few tiny cracks. Provenance: From the collection of Donald Snow, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Lot 17
A FINE MOTHER OF PEARL AND HARDSTONE INLAID FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH FRUITING PEACHESUnsignedJapan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)Of upright rectangular form and oval section, bearing a lustrous roiro ground, finely decorated in gold takamaki-e with kirigane and inlays of mother-of-pearl and hardstone, to depict a verdant peach branch with blossoming flowers and buds, and some ripe fruits, all borne on leafy stems. The interior compartments of red lacquer with gold fundame edges. HEIGHT 8.3 cm, LENGTH 5.3 cm Condition: Good condition with minor wear, few light scratches, some tiny losses along the edges and some minor rubbing and losses to lacquer.Provenance: From the collection of Arend Louis Serné. An old Japanese label to the interior of the top case. Arend Louis Serné (1925-2021) was the fourth-generation owner of the firm A. Serné & Son, Costumiers, located on the Groenburgwal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, established in 1866. An avid piano player, he was also fond of modern literature, and a passionate collector of inro. He started his inro collection in the late 1970s. At that time, he entered the gallery Aalderink Oriental Art along the Spiegelgracht in Amsterdam and was immediately captivated by the beauty of inro. He began his collection with three simple specimens but hoped to own more. He remarked, “Oh that's nothing, a decent collection must be about a hundred pieces!” And collect he did. Arend was not concerned with the signature or the rarity, but with the intrinsic poetic beauty embodied in this very Japanese art form.
Lot 170
SHUZAN YASUSADA: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF CHORYO AND KOSEKIKOBy Shuzan Yasusada, signed Shuzan Yasusada 秋山安定 saku 作Japan, Echigo Province, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Finely carved with Choryo riding a dragon and handing the recovered shoe to Kosekiko atop his horse on a naturalistically carved base. The dragon's scaly body carved to the side of the of the base looking up at the horse with a fierce expression. The horse's saddlecloth bearing gorgeous inlaid mother-of-pearl tassels with green stained bone. A single himotoshi through the base. Signed to the base SHUZAN YASUSADA saku [made by Shuzan Yasusada]—the artist is rarely encountered and belongs to the enigmatic Echigo group of carvers.HEIGHT 4.7 cmCondition: Good condition with minor wear and a small nick to the edge of the base.Provenance: French private collection. The base with an old sale's label, '129.'Zhang Liang (known as Choryo in Japanese) was a Chinese military strategist and politician who lived in the early Western Han dynasty. The present netsuke depicts the legend of when Choryo met the old man Kosekiko (Huang Shigong) on a bridge. The old man began to teach the art of war to Choryo and one day Kosekiko wanted to test Choryo and threw a shoe into the river where a powerful water dragon lived. The dragon seized the shoe and Choryo defeated it and gave the shoe back to Kosekiko. The present netsuke shows exactly this scene – the proud Choryo, with one foot on the dragon's head is presenting the shoe to Kosekiko who is mounted on a horse atop a bridge. According to legend, Choryo used the teachings of Kosekiko as a military adviser to Liu Bang, the founder of the Han dynasty.
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