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Lot 1463
5th-7th century AD. A silver hemispherical bowl with parcel-gilt surface, with repoussé frieze of four dancing girls, a pipe-player and a lute-player amid foliage with fruit and perched birds; central image of a boar with wings to the shoulders. 1.5 kg, 28cm (11"). From the collection of Persian businessman Habib Sabet; acquired 1970s-1980s; thence by descent 1990. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. See Godard, A. The Art of Iran London, 1965, p 214-215, ill.120 and 121, for a bottle with repoussé decoration now in the National Museum, Tehran, depicting the same Bacchic imagery and similar mythical animal at the base. See the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for a parcel-gilt ewer decorated with similar figures, accession number 67.10a,b. See the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for boar decoration, accession number M.76.174.271. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. Habib Sabet was an industrialist and art collector who was born in Tehran in 1903. He is noted for founding many businesses in his native country and was also involved in banking and television. In 1974 he moved to Paris where he lived for many years; with the fall of the Shah in Iran his sons took over the running of his businesses. Habib Sabet spoke six languages and was raised in the Bahai faith in which he became an important figure and spokesperson. He was a noted philanthropist as well as a prolific collector of art and antiques where he concentrated on Sassanian and Achaemenid objects that illustrated the courtly life of the times. He died in Los Angeles in 1990 at the age of 86. The decoration on this bowl, which depicts a Bacchic festival, is similar to examples on vessels now to be found at the National museum, Tehran, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia. The figures on all of these vessels are of women surrounded by vine leaves and grapes and with birds and animals; the figures evoke imagery of Bacchic festivals that were popular in the Roman Empire and which even spread as far as India as an art subject. These bowls and jugs are thought to be connected to harvest rituals when the first grapes had been pressed and so the imagery of Bacchic subjects would have fitted in well with the role of Bacchus as god of wine. Also, this close iconographic connection probably indicates an assimilation of his cult into the Iranian fertility cult related to Anahita, the ancient Iranian goddess of love and water. The mythical animal on the base, which is a combination of boar and simurgh, is a signature design of the Sassanid Empire. In Greek mythology, the winged boar was connected to Chrysaor, brother of Pegasus, and his image can be found on several types of coins. The mixture of classical and Iranian subjects on these vessels is possibly the result of them being produced in areas that came under the influence of the two cultures, such as the Black Sea region. Very fine condition.
Lot 2985
Dated 1789, made 19th century AD. Obv: profile bust with date and small letter 'D' (for Denver mint?) below and GEORGE WASHINGTON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES legend. Rev: crossed axe and pipe over clasped hands with PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP legend; pierced and with loop for suspension. 18.18 grams, 34mm Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired on the UK art market, 1980-1990. The peace medals are famous for those examples presented to Native American chiefs in the 18th-19th century period; the general design, with a portrait of Thomas Jefferson, has continued in use until the present day with the Peace Medal of the Third World awarded by the United Nations; the Denver mint has produced recent reproductions of this medal, at 1 1/2 and struck in bronze, this example appears to have considerable age and further research might discover the origin. [No Reserve] Near very fine.
Lot 702
FIFTEEN 'SENTRY BOX' HAND-PAINTED SOLDIER FIGURINES comprising two mounted, namely an Officer of the 17th Lancers; and Drum Horse of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards; and thirteen on foot, namely a Trooper of the Royal North Devon Hussars; Officer of the 10th Royal Hussars; Officer of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery; Officer of the 60th Rifles; Officer of the Royal Horse Guards; Officer of the Royal Corps of Signals; Officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps; Officer of the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons); Officer of the Royal Army Service Corps; Field Officer of the Welch Regiment; Officer of the Highland Light Infantry; Pipe Major of the Black Watch; and Side Drummer of the Royal Marines, each mounted to a painted wooden plinth, all with labels to base, one with certificate.
Lot 569
Eight Lesney Matchbox boxed models: K-17 Low Loader with Bulldozer; K-16 Dodge Tractor with Twin Tipper Train; Y15 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost; 25 BP Tanker; 30 8-Wheel Crane; 61 Alvis Stalwart; 71 Jeep Gladiator Pick Up Truck; 10 Pipe Truck. Conditions vary, mostly playworn, in F-G boxes. Together with 6 x unboxed Matchbox models. (14)
Lot 27
A 1952 Indian Brave, registration number NSV 906, red. Indian were renowned for their large V twin motorcycles, also produced a smaller 250cc side valve engined machine, which was manufactured by Brockhouse Engineering of Southport (the makers of the Corgi). The Brave had the 250cc side value engine, which remained in production until the mid-1950s, and ceased production when the company was taken over by Royal Enfield. This rare machine has performed part of a large collection of motorcycles in recent years, and has been kept in dry storage. The vendor informs us that the motorcycle was last used in 2014, when it was said to be running well. Unfortunately, the vendor has lost the key but a replacement should be available through the Owners' Club. During his ownership, the motorcycle has benefited from a new exhaust pipe and is now only for sale due to the owner's ill health. V5C, MOT and tax exempt See illustration
Lot 1545
Lord of the Rings Goody bag presented to VIP guests at the Cannes Film Festival party in 2001: screen printed bag, with special embossed book marked for Cannes, letter opener in bag, clay pipe (lord of the rings embossed on it), leather tobacco pouch (with tobacco), book mark, small poster & a pamphlet, complete
Lot 693
A 19th century carved wooden tobacconists figure, standing pose, American. Height 80 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The figure is in generally good order and in our opinion not in need of any significant restoration. The left hand side of the head rest appears to have had a break near to the centre which has been re-glued but a considerable period of time ago. The front frond of the flume has a similar old break. The right hand facing arm appears to have been filled (?) around the join of the shoulder. The left hand arm does not have any repairs that we can see. The fingers to the piece appear to be in good order. The four fingers holding the pipe may have been reattached. The lower hand has the folded round tip of the little finger missing. The body of the piece is generally in good order.
Lot 924
* Sheila Fell (1931-1979), pen, ink and charcoal study of a gentleman smoking a pipe. 34 cm x 25 cm. CONDITION REPORT: this lot is framed and glazed. There are numerous foxing marks to the surface of the drawing and there are various creases in the paper. There are also a series of pin marks to the top left and right corners. The paper is generally a little yellowed.
Lot 3013
A 19th century Meerschaum pipe, the bowl boldly carved as a panorama of hounds and foxes in a feral forest, the scene held in a carved talon extending to an amber mouthpiece, white metal ferule, conforming cover, 18cm long, retailed by L. Baumgartner, Corso, Trieste, cased, c. 1890; another, smaller, the bowl carved as a buxom lady, 8.5cm long, cased, c. 1890
Lot 3033
A collection of mid-18th century and later fragmentary clay and stoneware pipes, pipe bowls and shafts, including a substantial Victorian white clay bowl moulded with the facade of the Crystal Palace, a stoneware Irish bowl moulded with the Celtic harp flanked either side by three-leaf clover, others, memento mori, figurative, comical, grotesque and plain, inventoried collection labels to each, qty (89)
Lot 3118
Folk Art - a calabash or bottle gourd, carved with a circular reserve of blossoming flowers and inscribed Recuerdo (Spanish for souvenir or memory), flanked by two lozenges carved with a sailing ship and a peasant smoking a pipe, geometric motif and foliage throughout, 13cm long, 19th century
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