A RARE PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER RECTANGULAR PANELSQianlongOne carved in relief depicting Su Dongpo and his guests on a boat cruising past the Red Cliff, the other panel depicting Wang Xizhi in the Orchid Pavilion, with cups of wine floating down the stream before him, amidst bamboo and gnarled rocks, both set within wood frames inlaid with metal wire. Each 21.7cm (8 1/4in) high x 16cm (6 1/4in) wide (including frame). (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 剔紅「蘭亭宴集」及「夜遊赤壁」圖掛屏一對One panel depicts Wang Xizhi at the famous Orchid Pavilion gathering near Shanyin, Zhejiang Province, to celebrate the 'Spring Purifying Ceremony' in the ninth year of the Yonghe reign (353 AD). This, as well as Su Dongpo's visit to the site where he wrote his famous history poem Ode to the Red Cliff, are among the two most popular designs in Chinese art. See for example a longer and narrower lacquer screen depicting the same scene, Qianlong, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Beijing, 2002, pl.181.See also a rare Imperial cinnabar lacquer 'Orchid Pavilion' panel, Qianlong, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 364.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF JADEITE BOWLS AND COVERSQianlong Each bowl skilfully carved with generous rounded sides gently flaring from the foot towards the rim, the domed cover with counter-sunk knop, the semi-translucent icy-green stone mottled with white and moss green inclusions, wood stands.12.2cm (4 13/16in) diam. (6).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 翡翠蓋盌一對Provenance: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 8 May 1970Christie's London, 14 May 2013, lot 17Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.91.來源：倫敦古董商Sydney L. Moss Ltd.，1970年5月8日倫敦佳士得，2013年5月14日，拍品編號17展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號91Compare with a very similar jadeite bowl and cover, Qing dynasty, illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Jade in the National Palace Museum: Supplement, Taipei, 1973, no.37. Another similar jadeite bowl and cover is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Treasures of Imperial Court, Hong Kong, 2004, p.226, pl.202.See also a fine and rare apple-green jadeite bowl, Qianlong/Jiaqing, which was sold at Bonhams London, 7 November 2013, lot 159.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIÈREFirst half 18th centuryOf shallow rectangular section supported on four short bracket feet, rising to an everted flange rim, painted in bright blue tones, the longer sides each with a magpie perching on a prunus branch amidst rock and bamboo, the shorter sides with pine branch and lingzhi fungus issuing from a rock, the rim decorated with a interlocking 'T'-shaped key-fret with a ruyi cloud to each corner, the interior left white and pierced with four holes for drainage, the base with a later stock number, hongmu wood stand, later liner.47.7cm (18 3/4in) wide. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀上半葉 青花花鳥紋長方四足花盆Provenance: a Western private collection Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2008, no.38來源: 西方私人舊藏出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號38For a much shorter Qianlong example decorated with scrolling lotus, see J.Addis, Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1975, no.112. Note also a deeper example illustrated by Zhou Yuegang, China's Jingdezhen Porcelain through the Ages: Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 1998, pp.36-37.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'LANÇA-CHARACTER' STEM CUPQianlong seal mark and of the periodVividly painted around the steep flaring sides with eight lança characters enclosed within undulating lotus stems issuing stylised blossoms and acanthus leaves, the underside with a frieze of tightly-bound lotus lappets, all raised on a tall spreading stem decorated with bands of half-flowerheads and floral sprays on a raised rib above pendent interlinked tassels issuing from ruyi-heads, the interior with a stylised peony medallion within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the interior of the foot with the six-character zhuanshu seal mark.14.5cm (1 3/4in) diam. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 青花纏枝蓮托梵文高足盌 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款Provenance: Rugby School, Rugby, WarwickshireChristie's London, 4 December 2018, lot 72來源：英國華威郡，拉格比公學舊藏倫敦佳士得，2018年12月4日，拍品編號72The present stem cup, inspired by Tibetan butter lamps or chang ming deng, is remarkable for the superb painting in lighter and darker tones of underglaze blue, simulating the 'heaped and piled' effect of the early Ming dynasty' imported cobalt blue. Also noteworthy is its unusually large size, measuring 14.5cm diam. and 13.5cm high, in comparison to the much smaller standard size of 8.5-10cm high. The Qing emperors publicly supported Tibetan Buddhism which brought both political and (to varying extents) personal benefits, by ensuring solidarity with Mongolian and Tibetan allies and providing personal spiritual guidance. The Qianlong emperor was particularly dedicated to the practice of Tibetan Buddhism and this is reflected in the many ceramics and decorative arts produced for the Court and as Imperial gifts during his reign. Compare with a similar blue and white stem cup of similar size, Qianlong seal mark and period, illustrated by U.Wiesner, Chinesisches Porzellan: Die Ohlmer'sche Sammlung im Roemer-Museum, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, pl.59. See also a slightly smaller example, illustrated in Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Tokyo, 1981, pl.13. Such cups were also made for the Imperial court in other materials, such as cloisonné enamel and lacquer: see a cloisonné enamel stem cup, Qianlong mark and period, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 2 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pl.280; and a carved cinnabar lacquer stem cup, Qianlong seal mark and period, in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart, illustrated in Im Zeichen Des Drachen von der Schönheit Chinesischer Lacke, Munich, 2006, pl.86.A similar blue and white stem cup, Qianlong seal mark and of the period was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 118.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE GILT-COPPER AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL BOWL AND TIERED STANDQianlong The footed bowl with gently-rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the body decorated with four lobed oval panels of pink-enamel lotus blooms reserved on a turquoise-enamel ground relief cast with entwined foliage; the stand with a flattened ridged top above a reticulated red-lotus band, ruyi-collar frieze and turquoise lotus-lappet band, standing on six ruyi feet.14cm (5 1/2in) diam x 11.7cm (4 5/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅鎏金鏨胎琺瑯番蓮紋盌連座Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.64.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號64Compare with a similar jardinière and stand, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, vol.4, Beijing, 2011, p.57, no.27.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE SIX-LOBED BEAKER VASE, GUQianlongCast with a flaring trumpet neck, bulbous central section and high spreading foot, each lobe on the central section cast in crisp relief and chased with a large blossom wreathed by feathery curling leaves between lappet borders, the neck and foot similarly decorated above or below a wide band of overlapping stiff leaves, all on a vivid turquoise ground, the rim and foot rim incised and gilt with a band of squared spirlas.27.9cm (11in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 鏨胎琺瑯番蓮紋棱式花觚For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE SMALL WHITE JADE 'MEDICINE' CASE AND COVER17th/18th centuryOf long flattened oblong form rising from a stepped foot, with chord runners on each side, the exterior carved with archaistic taotie masks and motifs, the cover similarly decorated surmounted by a a small Buddhist lion finial, the stone of even pale white tone. 5.5cm (2 2/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 白玉螭龍紋三層套盒Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2007, no.96.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號96The present lot is a rare example of a revival of earlier forms. For a jade example worked with similar spiral decoration, Northern and Southern dynasties, see Tianjin shi yishu bowuguan cang yu, Beijing, 1993, no.144.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE PAIR OF JICHIMU HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS, QUANYIMid Qing DynastyBoth chairs with the sweeping crestrail terminating in outswept hooks above shaped spandrels, forming an elegant curve above the S-shaped splats flanked by shaped spandrels, all above shaped beaded aprons and spandrels carved in the front with stylised scrolls, the legs joined by stepped stretchers and footrests above shaped aprons, with hard-mat seats, the backsplats carved with interlocking bats and chilong.99cm (39in) high x 66cm (26in) wide x 47cm (18 1/2in) deep. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清中期 鸂鶒木圈椅成對The present lot is rare in being made of jichimu, but horseshoe-back armchairs of this form in huanghuali are represented in many public and private collections. For a discussion of this design, see R.H.Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasty, New York, 1971, pp.86-87, and Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.43-45.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE REVERSE-GLASS PAINTING OF 'SAPPHO'Circa 1810Expertly painted depicting the ancient Greek poetess in profile gazing up to the left, her hair blown by the wind, clad in a loose flowing toga, a band around her left arm, framed. Overall 47.5cm (18 3/4in) wide x 60cm (23 3/4in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價約1810年 繪希臘詩人沙芙像玻璃鏡畫Published and Illustrated: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, no.117.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號117For this subject, see T.Audric, Chinese reverse glass painting 1720–1820: An artistic meeting between China and the West, Bern, Berlin, Brussels, New York and Oxford, 2020, p.213, no.346.The picture is taken from a painting by Richard Westall (1765-1836), entitled Portrait of the artist's wife as Sappho. Westall was an English painter and illustrator and the drawing-master of the young Queen Victoria. See also a reverse glass painting of 'Venus and Cupid', copying in China an original drawing by Richard Westall, illustrated by S.Jenyns, Chinese Art: The Minor Arts II, London, 1965, pp.154-155.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE SOAPSTONE RECLINING FIGUREMid Qing DynastyUnusually carved in the form of a male figure in a restful repose, with its head resting atop a rectangular pillow, the pigtail coiled around his head with jovial expression, the legs and hands crossed, wearing long flowing robes incised with clouds, finely detailed with a pouch and knife hanging from his belt. 13.4cm (5 1/4in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清中期 壽山石雕人物臥像For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARMORIAL BLACK AND GILT LACQUER FITTED GAMING BOX AND COVEREarly 19th century The cover delicately painted with bands of flowers in a zig-zag pattern, a central roundel containing a coat-of-arms with a griffin, the interior filled with five trays and five boxes and covers each containing differently-shaped mother-of-pearl counters.37cm (14 3/5in) wide. (17).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十九世紀早期 黑漆描金徽章紋籌碼盒Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.114.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號114The present lot is thought to have been the property of Major General the Hon. Henry Craven (1776-1836), the brother of the 1st Earl of Craven, who was a noted gambler.The bold zig-zag design of this box is associated with the Kodai-ji style of lacquer. See a dressing mirror and table, circa 1790, with similar zig-zag gold lacquer decoration, illustrated in Encounters: The Meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800, London, 2004, p.243. See also C.Clunas, Chinese Carving, London, 1996, p.32, fig.26, for similar gaming counters dated to around 1775. A related games box is illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol.III, London, 2016, no.2048.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A VERY RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'CHILDREN' PLAQUESQianlongEach of oval shape, finely painted with a scene of European children going to and from school, the first scene showing children going to school with a boy and a girl, neatly dressed and holding hands being sent off by their mother who watches through a doorway,the second showing children leaving the school, streaming joyously out of the schoolroom doorway, the original boy and girl now a little dishevelled, to the right some boys playing with marbles, later frames. 34cm (13 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 歐洲市場粉彩孩童圖橢圓掛屏一對Provenance: acquired at Olympia Antiques Fair, London, in 2001來源：2001年購於倫敦奧林匹亞古董展The scenes on the present lot are derived from the work of the painter Thomas Stothard RA (1755-1834), engraved by Charles Parsons Knight (1743-1827) and also by Francesco Bartolozzi RA (1727-1815) and by Peltro W Tomkins (1760-1840). The first versions were by Knight circa 1788-1789. See a teapot with the Bartolozzi print of the Marble players, c.1795, illustrated by D.Howard, and J.Ayers, China For The West, London, 1978, p.290, no.287 and no.288, a saucer, circa 1800, with the two children going to school. See also a small teacaddy, Qianlong, with a similar design of children going to school, illustrated by G.C.Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, 1970, p.132, pl.XLI. See also a pair of cups with the same design of children leaving school, illustrated by C.Brawer, Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Collection, Madison WIS, 1992, p.123, no.96.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE POLYCHROME 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' WALL SCONCEQianlongModelled as a bracelet-encircled arm, the hand formed to hold a candleholder and issuing from a teardrop-shaped bracket lightly moulded in relief with cloud scrolls, the arm white with a gilt bracelet and a gilt base to the candleholder, mounted on a later wood plaque.15.9cm (6 1/4in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 彩釉臂狀燭台Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.41出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號41See M.Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, London, 1971, pl.38, for a pair of silver-gilt sconces with branches in the form of human arms, bearing London hallmarks for 1684, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. For similar examples, see D.Howard and J.Ayers, China for the West: Chinese Porcelain and other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, London, 1978, p.177, no.172; and D.Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain: Chine de Commande, London, 1974, pl.113, for an example in the collection of the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden. Note also a pair of similar painted enamel sconces illuatrated by S.Kjellberg Svenska Ostindiska Compagnierna 1731–1813: Kryddor, Te, Porslin, Siden, Malmo, 1975, facing p.221.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THE FOLIO SOCIETY, twenty five titles comprising The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion, The Diary of a Nobody, The Shadow of Vesuvius Pompeii AD79, The Fine Art of Food by Reay Tannahill 1968, Under the Greenwood Tree or Melstock Quire, The Gunpowder Plot The Narrative of Oswald Tesimond alias Greenway, The Jubilee Years 1887 - 1897 (2), The Decameron of Giovanno Boccaccio, The Last Five Days, Twelfth Night, The Rare Adventures and Painful Peregrinations of William Lithgow, The Life and Letters of John Keats, The Reign of Henry the VII, Mansfield Park, Richard III The Great Debate, My Life Thomas Bewick, Venice The Most Triumphant City, The Great Enterprise The History of the Spanish Armada, The Sun King and His Loves, The Third Crusade, A Clergyman's Daughter, The Goodman of Paris, The History of Rasselas, Moll Flanders and O.Henry Short Stories, authors of specific titles available upon request
* ANTHONY ROBERT KLITZ (BRITISH 1917 - 2000), LIFFEY RIVER, DUBLIN oil on board, signed and inscribed with title verso 37cm x 91cm Framed. Note: Major Tony Klitz was best known for his paintings of London and from the early 1950's his paintings were regularly exhibited and sold by both Liberty's and Harrods. He exhibited widely in the UK and much of his work was sold to America, Europe and Australia. International exhibitions of his work were also held in New York, Paris, Sydney, Dublin and Cork. His Dublin scenes are rare but an example was sold at Morgan O'Driscoll (Dublin) on 12th November 2018 for a hammer price of 1600 Euros (St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, a 51 x 61cm oil on canvas, lot 129).
A rare Valdivia "Venus" figure from Ecuador, ca. 3500 - 1500 BC. This lovely Phase V example is 2-1/4 inches high and depicts a female with arms crossed under her large breasts. She has a nicely incised coif falling down her back. The nicely burnished slip shows good mineral deposits. Mounted on stand. Cf. Valdez "Amerindian Signs", page 30. (VA157)
Page of 26 Arsenal autographs from 1939 including Drake, John, Davidson, Copping, Cartwright, Roberts, Happgood, Lewis, Les Compton, Kitchen, Jones,Sidley, Dennis Compton etc and a original press photo taken at the Frinton Golf Club dated 14-8-39 with text and stamp to rear. Size 8 x 6 Two rare items from 1939
A c.1980s super-rare Ferrari emergency interior light, in original and unused condition. Contained within a black plasticised wallet and complete with lead and cigarette-lighter fitting. Stamped with the Cavallino Rampante (Prancing Horse) emblem to the light, which measures 8cm diameter. A must-have original item Luke to any vintage Ferrari.SpecificationClick here for more details and images
Used by Ferrari dealers to help customers select their new car's paint finish.Two rare and original Ferrari colour-swatch booklets- an ‘out of range’ colour sample book, PNTO, factory-issued with 12 colour samples together with an original Ferrari leather interior colour chart with 8 colour samples. Two items. SpecificationClick here for more details and images
A rare Maranello Ferrari-badged radio controlled projection alarm clock with weather forecast. Projects current time and Ferrari logo onto wall or ceiling of a darkened room.Complete with power supply, wall bracket and original box. Measuring 17.5cm in width. SpecificationClick here for more details and images
Not to be confused with later 308 or 328 sets, this is an extremely rare, early Schedoni luggage set.1976-78 Ferrari 308 Complete 4-Piece Schedoni “Designer” Luggage Set in perfect, unused condition. The set comprises:2 SuitcasesHat BoxShoe Box4 x Dust Bags4 x Luggage Tags4 x Key Sets2 x Polishing Cloths2 x LocksNot to be confused with later 308 or 328 sets, this is an extremely rare, early Schedoni luggage set, and is embossed Designer Modena, prior to a rebrand which coined the name Schedoni. It is distinguishable as an early set not only due to this embossing, but also the heavier stitch on the bags, darker Cuoio leather and darker interior linings. It also comes complete with the early style unbranded dust bags. This set has never been used, with the leather still supple and the interior of the cases free from extensive cracking and damage, which many sets suffer with. Moreover, it comes complete with all the Schedoni accessories as per original delivery. For the most discerning of 308 and Schedoni connoisseurs, an unrepeatable luggage set for completing your car ready for the Concours lawn!Specification
Both cases are brand new, never used, and come complete with their respective dust bags for storage.Original 2005-09 Ferrari F430 2-Piece Schedoni Leather Luggage set, in rare black leather with carbon fibre detailing to the top of the bag. Both cases are brand new, never used, and come complete with their respective dust bags for storage. Both cases feature minimal discrete branding, with the small silver Cavallino and embossed F430 on the reverse side. The perfect his and hers bags for your next getaway in your F430!Specification
Original cylinder heads, both left and right banks, complete with cam covers.Very rare pair of original cylinder heads, both left and right banks, as fitted to any Ferrari 308 QV. Both cylinder heads are in good condition, complete with cam covers. The heads do not come with the camshafts and one is missing the valves, but nevertheless a very rare piece and a great spare if you have a race prepared car or are restoring a car currently.Specification
1/43rd scale handmade resin model produced by Redline Models (Spark). A model of the car driven by Bruno Senna in the 2007, F430 Challenge for the Dealer Team GB.Ferrari F430 Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Bruno Senna No. 28 Ferrari Dealer Team GB Racing car, European Series 2007. 1/43 scale handmade resin model produced by Redline Models (Spark). Brand new and sealed, complete with display case and outer box. Very rare, 1 of 600 pieces and was not a regular Redline release, only given to VIPs.Specification
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