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Lot 147
* Three-quarter-plate daguerreotype of a military and family group outdoors, Calcutta, February 1847, a group of five British men including three officers standing informally around a seated elderly lady, photographed in a compound courtyard with sunlit trees seen through the archway behind them, slight edge tarnish, hinged leather case with broken fasteners, heavily rubbed, 17 x 13 cmQty: (1)NOTESJack Webb (1923-2019) was a well-known North London antiques dealer for 70 years and a passionate collector of antiques and militaria. We were delighted to sell his extraordinary collection of antiques and militaria in sales earlier this year, while his prestigious collection of medals of the Middlesex Regiment were sold in a special summer sale by Dix Noonan Webb. Jack also had a passion for military photographs, especially daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and cartes de visite and we are pleased to offer this final part of Jack's collection here. Jack kept most of the cased images in a glass display cabinet in his 'Museum Room' at home in Islington, London. While he cherished these images he never attempted to clean or restore them and bidders should be aware that our photographs show these cased images as found and that many of the items would improve with professional cleaning. A rare outdoor military daguerreotype by an unidentified photographer. A contemporary manuscript note is included with the photograph and identifies the army officers as, [left to right], Lieutenant [John?] Staples, Brigadier General [Richard] Powney and Captain [Francis Claude?] Burnet[t] with ‘My dear Father, Mother & myself. Taken in Capt Burnet’s compound in Dum Dum Artillery Station, Nr. Calcutta in February 1847, J.F.C.’. Richard Powney (1786-1865) of the Bengal Artillery was stationed at Dum Dum c. 1831-33. He is listed as Lieutenant General of 24th Brigade, Royal Artillery in his death notice. The identity of J.F.C. and his parents has not been established. J.F.C.'s father appears to wear a uniform cap but is otherwise in civilian dress and may be a chaplain, surgeon, judge or some other sort of administrator.
Lot 278
* Weed (Charles Leander, 1824-1903). Japanese Cabinet Officials with the US Minister to Japan, taken at Hama Goten, Edo, [now Tokyo, Japan], 22 September 1867, albumen print, some marginal fading, 24.5 x 33.3 cm, mounted on an album leaf, 27.5 x 38.5 cm, with contemporary calligraphic brown ink caption, ‘American Minister & Staff, Japan’, in an unidentified hand at footQty: (1)NOTESThis important and rare photograph taken in the dying days of the Edo period, is a variant of Charles Weed's stereoview, 'The Gorogio, or Tycoon's Cabinet, with the American Minister and his Secretary', published as no. 129 in the mammoth-plate and stereoscopic Oriental Scenery series by Thomas Houseworth & Co., San Francisco, 1869. For a description and illustration of the stereoview see Terry Bennett, Photography In Japan 1853-1912, (2006), p. 116, fig. 140. The Tom Burnett Collection of Photographs of Japan 1859-c.1912 (online), contains 27 (of the 93?) Japanese stereoviews in the Houseworth series, including two variants of no. 129. Only 4 of figures in our photograph appear in the stereoview shown in Bennett, in which a total of 8 people are posing. As with the other Weed and Weed-attributed photographs this photograph is likely made from the central part of the original mammoth plate. It is very likely Weed was the first to use mammoth-plates for photographing in Japan. The identities of the sitters is tentatively given as, left to right: Ezure Akinori (Foreign Office), General Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh (1821-1888, US Minister Resident to Japan), Ishikawa Jukei, Inaba Masami (1815-1879, daimy? of Tateyama Domain), Katsu Kaish? (1823-1899, Minister of the Army), Matsudaira Tar? (1839-1909, Commander-in-Chief of the Army), ?zeki Masuhiro (died 1867, daimy? of Kurobane Domain).
Lot 304
Price (George Uvedale). Amoy, Kelly & Walsh: Yokohama, Hongkong, Shanghai & Singapore, c. 1893, 5 part-titles with introductory text leaf to each and 13 collotype plates, each with a tissue-guard of descriptive text and leaf with plate number, lacking main plates 14 & 15 plus accompanying text leaves and plate number leaves, some occasional soiling and chipping at edges, without original printed wrappers, bound in slightly later half calf over boards with cut down printed title on thicker paper mounted to upper cover, slightly soiled, oblong folio (29.5 x 40 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESNo copies traced on WorldCat, this rare volume would have been published at about the same time as Price's Rambles with a Camera, or a Series of Photographs with descriptive text illustrating the physical features, scenery, temples, types of native life, etc., etc., of native life of the island of Amoy, and its immediate neighbourhood. This volume had 75 photographic reproductions after Ogawa and is apparently a completely different work.
![* China Through the Stereoscope. Underwood & Underwood, New York & London, [1901], 100 photograph stereoviews (by Jam](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1f93c4c0-8da5-4fd7-9d28-ac6300d6554e/21c47333-58d7-4485-9015-ac64011e98e8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 319
* China Through the Stereoscope. Underwood & Underwood, New York & London, [1901], 100 photograph stereoviews (by James Ricalton), on printed grey mounts (89 x 179 mm, nos. 67 & 70 on buff mounts), all numbered and captioned and the majority with captions in 6 languages to versos, mounts slightly bowed as usual, images for no. 56 incorrect, being duplicate images of stereoview no. 58, small scratch to left image of no. 96, ttogether with the accompanying book, original cloth, with the booklet of 8 folding maps tucked into pocket on outside rear, booklet wrappers partly faded and creased, 8vo, the whole collection containted in publisher's original cloth book-form box, soiled and some splits and wear but contents fineQty: (1)NOTESA rare complete set (albeit with incorrect images on stereoview no. 56: 'Destrcutive Guns from HMS Terrible') of this important series of photographs documenting a volatile period in the final years of Imperial China; with the accompanying book and maps booklet. In 1900 American photographer James Ricalton travelled from Hong Kong to Canton, then to Shanghai, Ningbo, Suzhou, Wuhan (Hankou), through Jiangxi province to Nanjing, Yantai (Chefoo), Tianjin (Tientsin) and Peking (Beijing). The photographs show scenes and sights of each city and place visited. Of notable interest are the photographs of Tianjin and Peking as Ricalton arrived in Tianjin in July 1900 when the city was under siege from the Boxers. Many of the Tianjin scenes show scenes of destruction and the aftermath of fighting. Ricalton arrived in Peking after the Siege of the Legations had been lifted and many of the Peking photographs show the destruction caused and Allied occupation of Peking.
Lot 332
Kleingrothe (Charles J., 1864-1925). Malay Peninsula (Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States), Medan, Sumatra: Kleingrothe, [1907?], title-page, coloured map and 175 sepia photogravure illustrations on 70 mounts (complete except for one unnumbered plate but with a duplicate plate of 'Virgin Jungle'), images 20 x 28 cm and smaller, printed captions and imprint details in the margins, some light scattered spotting, mostly to mount extremities, all loosely contained as issued in original cloth portfolio with mounted photogravure (slightly scratched) of a tiger inset to upper cover, slightly rubbed, oblong folio (35 x 45 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA very rare complete set, comprising 18 heliogravures in the Singapore series, 16 heliogravures in the Penang series and 36 heliogravures from photographs of the Federated Malay States. The missing/duplicate plate from this last series would appear to be a collating error by the publisher.
Lot 335
Tanaka (Ryozo). The Shanghai Troubles, published by Hisami-Do, 1932, 126 pp., photographic illustrations throughout with Japanese captions, original limp cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, oblong 16mo (9.5 x 12 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA rare Japanese propaganda document of the 28 January 'Incident' concerning the Japanese attack on Shanghai and surrounding Chinese territories.
![India. [Photographic biographies of Indian rulers], c.1880, 2 parts in 1 volume, approximate pagination [6] 7-96 pp., 3-40 73](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1f93c4c0-8da5-4fd7-9d28-ac6300d6554e/0438a29b-9468-4d5b-ac6a-ac64011eb2ad/468x382.jpg)
Lot 361
India. [Photographic biographies of Indian rulers], c.1880, 2 parts in 1 volume, approximate pagination [6] 7-96 pp., 3-40 73-6 41-72 [77]-144 147-246 251-4, lithographic Urdu text within hand-coloured oval cartouches, 74 albumen print portrait photographs (9 x 5 cm) mounted to card leaves with Urdu captions (either in manuscript or on mounted lithographic slips), mounted on stubs throughout, 1 similar portrait (uncaptioned but evidently from the same series) laid in, both parts lacking the title-page and apparently the first leaf of text, one card mount (Moinuddin Mohammed Farrukhsiyar) with caption but lacking photograph, part 1 text-leaves and mounts brittle and browned, fore margins chipped and extensively consolidated with tissue-paper, similar repairs to a few leaves extending into text, a few card mounts detached or detaching from stubs (Babur, Humayun, Jahangir/Akbar, the latter both mounted either side of the same sheet), part 2 with water-damage to pp. 133-44 and 3 intervening plates, stabilised with tissue-paper, the repair just touching one corner of 2 photographs (Nawabs of Juagadh and Balasinor), the third (Maharaja of Travancore) repaired with loss, 1 other photograph (Nawab of Palanpur) with extensive loss and attempted repair, card mounts in part 2 otherwise only with variable and generally minor water-staining to fore margins (lower outer corners sometimes discreetly consolidated with tissue), contemporary red morocco binding with broad roll-tool borders gilt, rebacked with red fabric, folio (29.5 x 19 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: From the collection of photo-historian Brij Sharma. An apparently near-complete copy of an extremely rare Indian publication. We trace a fragment containing six photographic portraits and their associated biographies only, catalogued as being part of a larger work titled Muraqqa' Jahan Numa ('World-Mirror Album') by Munshi Bulaqi Das, printed at Delhi's Mayur Press circa 1880. The first part contains 25 albumen prints from miniatures of Mughal rulers and their antecedents, from Timur to Bahadur Shah Zafar. The second part concerns the rulers of the Princely States and associated potentates including MAHARAJA DULEEP SINGH and the sultans of Muscat and Zanzibar. It contains 50 albumen prints (including the loose, uncaptioned image), of which 39 are from life, and consequently provides original likenesses of numerous princes not otherwise well-represented in the photographic record. The quality of the paper and the adverse climate of the Subcontinent appear to have assured the work's rarity in any condition. A full list list of the figures depicted is available on request.
Lot 37
Coburn (Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966). Scarti di Cotone, uno Studio di una Importante Industria della Contea di Lancashire, Manchester: Charles W[illiam] Hobson, 1920, [2], 14pp., 14 tipped-in photogravures by Coburn, 15 x 11 cm and similar, photogravure frontispiece (15 x 7 cm) torn without loss at lower right corner, photogravure mounts lightly toned, pencil ownership inscription of J. Ingham to front free endpaper with a pencil note indicating it was a gift from his son Ernest Ingham of the Fanfare Press, St Martin’s Lane, London, upper inner hinges broken, original sheep-backed parchment boards lettered in gilt, lacking ties, rubbed and soiled, slim 4to (23 x 18 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Charles William Hobson was an advertising man from Manchester who set up the Fanfare Press in London around 1925. Ernest Ingham was with him at the start, initially working on production and becoming managing director after Hobson sold it on to the London Press Exchange. This privately printed edition ‘published on behalf of William C. Jones, Ltd., Collyhurst Waste Mills, Manchester, by Charles W. Hobson’ was apparently simultaneously printed in the same format in English, French and German: (‘Cotton Waste’, ’Déchets de Coton’ and ‘Baumwollabfall’) in unknown quantities. WorldCat listings suggest that the English edition is well-represented, the German edition very rare, and the French and Italian editions institutionally unknown. One copy of the French edition was offered at auction in France in 2017 but no other copies of this Italian edition have been traced institutionally or commercially.
Lot 393
India. "My Best" Photographs, Benares, India, c. 1925, 61 original gelatin silver print photographs mounted as pairs on rectos and versos of 16 stiff card leaves with typed captions on mounts adjacent, images 8 x 11 cm, a few captioned in the negative, plus 3 additional collotype illustrations from magazines on final two mounts, some browning to inner lower margin, original lower card cover with spine ties, soiling and wear, upper cover replaced to match with photocopy of original title cover tipped on, oblong small folio (20 x 25 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSelf-published by Benares-based American Baptist missionary W.K. Norton to show 'abominable' Hindu rituals and practices and to raise funds for his operation. A shorter, twelve-page version, was also issued by Norton in the 1920s with fewer photographs, but this expanded version is rare.
![* Drtikol (Frantisek, 1883-1961). A rare study of a male nude in athletic pose [Dr A. Wood Smith], 1930s, photogravure on tis](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1f93c4c0-8da5-4fd7-9d28-ac6300d6554e/60b35ecb-01e2-43ff-938f-ac64011dc9d1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 405
* Russian Punishment. 'Le Bagne en Transbaikalie', c. 1910, a group of 5 gelatin silver print photographs, corner-mounted to rectos of an album sheet with neat ink manuscript captions in French, depicting an executioner with his knout (a three-thonged whip), a man's back showing the effects of whipping with a knout, profile of a male convict, plus head-and-shoulders full face portraits of two further male and female convicts, the man's forearm with tattooed letters, images 12.5 x 9.5 cm and slightly smallerQty: (1)NOTESA rare group of photographs of Russian prisoners and punishments in Transbaikal (or Dauria) in eastern Russia. Knouts were used in Russia for flogging as formal corporal punishment of criminals and political offenders. Emperor Nicholas I abolished the punishment by knout in 1845, and replaced it with the pletei, lashes with three thongs which could end in lead balls. They were later abolished throughout Russia and reserved for the penal settlements, mainly in Siberia. Prisoners transported to Siberia in the late 19th century were sometimes branded on their foreheads with irons with letters identifying them as thief, robber and punished by the knout.
![Ruscha (Edward). Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles, 1st edition, [Los Angeles:] Edward Ruscha, 1967, illustrated with 31](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1f93c4c0-8da5-4fd7-9d28-ac6300d6554e/61ef1579-a51e-40a0-ae19-ac64011dfe2f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 83
Ruscha (Edward). Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles, 1st edition, [Los Angeles:] Edward Ruscha, 1967, illustrated with 31 illustrations from black & white photographs of 34 parking lots photographed in Los Angeles from the air, signed by the author/photographer on front flyleaf in blue ballpoint pen, original cream wrappers with title lettering to upper wrapper and spine, glassine dust jacket, a few minor chips and splits, slim 4to, VGQty: (1)NOTESParr & Badger II, p. 141. A rare, fine and signed copy of this iconic book in the history of the photobook. Obtained new and signed for the current owner at the time of publication in Los Angeles.
![Shifferli (Christoph, editor). The Japanese Box. Paris: Edition 7L / Steidl, [2001], a set of six facsimile reprints of rare](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1f93c4c0-8da5-4fd7-9d28-ac6300d6554e/59d034d0-8d25-4f76-a1d3-ac64011dff5c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 84
Shifferli (Christoph, editor). The Japanese Box. Paris: Edition 7L / Steidl, [2001], a set of six facsimile reprints of rare Japanese photographic publications of the Provoke era: Provoke #1, Provoke #2, Provoke #3, Sentimental Journey by Nobuyoshi Araki Bye Bye, Photography Dear by Daido Moriyama, For a Language to Come by Takuma Nakahira, together with descriptive pamphlet by Schifferli, the collections housed with two wide red rubber bands in a hinged black wooden box designed by Karl Lagerfeld, two clasps, upper lid lettered in white, 33 x 26 x 10 cmQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition, 159 of 1500 copies. This copy obtained from the estate sale of Karl Lagerfeld, Bainbridges of Ruislip, 1 August 2019, lot 762.
Lot 202
JOSEPH W. ESHERICK - 'THE ORIGINS OF THE BOXER UPRISING', published by University of California Press 1987 hardback first edition with dust jacket, A. S. WORMALL - 'DREAMS, VISIONS AND ESSAYS', published by The Society of Communion, first edition May 1927. A rare book on spiritualism cataloguing a series of incidents and experiences of the author, HJALMAR SCHACHT - 'THE MAGIC OF MONEY', translated from the German by Paul Erskine, published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd. 1967, rare hardback book in a dust jacket (3)Condition Report:Spine of dust jacket faded, some wear on edgesBook very good, Blackwell's sticker on back endpaper
Lot 1021A
AMERICAN INTEREST; a rare 18th century Liverpool creamware jug with coloured printed decoration of a ship with American flag, the opposite side decorated with figures beside coffin and verse ‘Poor Tom Howling’ height 20cm. Additional InformationOld repair to spout, large chip and smaller chips to foot rim, crack terminating from top rim, crazing, staining to body.
Lot 39
CHAMPAGNE; a rare bottle of Pol Roger & Co Epernay Extra Cuvée Reserve 1928, label further inscribed 'Reserved for Great Britain'. Pol Roger was famously the favoured brand of Winston Churchill and the 1928 vintage was served to Churchill and Odette Pol Roger at a luncheon in Paris in 1944; Churchill is known for his famous saying regarding Pol Roger Champagne, 'In victory I deserve it; in defeat, I need it'. A bottle of Churchill's favourite 1928 vintage Pol Roger is on display at his house in Chartwell, Kent.Additional InformationLevel appears to be within the black band inscribed ‘Pol Roger [...] but impossible to say more precisely, losses to foil, tears, staining and yellowing to label, scratches to bottle.
Lot 1222
A collection of silks including a rare W.H.Grant & Co 1926 'Thinking' calendar, a 19th century rosette worn by Dr Walters at the ball on the wedding day of the then Prince of Wales featuring his and his bride's portraits, a further Cash silk depicting Prince Albert and the Crystal Palace, a bookmark featuring Moses amongst the bullrushes with biblical verse, numerous further model Cash commemorative bookmarks and further leather bookmarks.
Lot 941
A rare early 19th century Staffordshire pearlware Toby jug with the gentleman seated upon a barrel inscribed 'London Porter, Brown Stout', height 26cm (af).Additional InformationUnfortunately this jug has been extensively restored. Under UV a large proportion of the jug has been repaired. Also a couple of chips to his hat, lacking the lid. General surface wear.
Lot 585
Maitreya. Gandhara (möglicherweise Mardan Distrikt), ca. 3. - 4. Jh. n. Chr. H (ohne Sockel) 18,6cm. Grauer Schiefer. Stehender Bodhisattva in langem uttariya, das fast den ganzen Oberkörper frei lässt, und dhoti, das bis zu seinen Knöcheln fällt. Der Kopf von einem großen Halo umgeben, das lange Haar fällt auf die Schultern, vor der Ushnisha ein Knoten mit zwei großen Locken, die auf den Stirn fallen. Um den Hals und auf dem Körper trägt er ein breites Halsband und zwei Amutellenfäden. In der linken Hand hält er ein prächtiges Wassergefäß. Selten! Detaillierte Bearbeitung! Unterschenkel, Füße, rechte Hand und linker Unterarm abgebrochen, kleine Fehlstelle am Nimbus. Vgl. D. Jongeward, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, S. 109, 79 (EAX.181). Grey shist standing figure of Maitreya in long uttariya and dhoti, wearing earrings, necklace and two amulet threads; head surrounded by a big halo, at the ushnisha a knot with two on the forehead falling curls; holding a splendid water pot in his left hand. Gandhara (possibly Mardan District), around 3rd - 4th century AD. Rare! Beautiful work with love to details! Feet, right hand and left forearm not preserved, small chipping of the halo. Provenienz: Ex Sammlung K. G., Rheinland, erworben im deutschen Kunsthandel 1960er Jahre bis 2003.
Lot 548
Großes Doppelgefäß mit Vogelkopf. Chavin, 700 - 400 v. Chr. L 24cm, H 19cm. Ton mit Bemalung in Rotbraun und Beige. Doppelgefäß mit zwei ovoiden Körpern, durch einen mit geometrischen Mustern dekorierten Bandhenkel verbunden. Der vordere Teil ist als Papageienvogel gestaltet mit flachen, plastisch ausgeformten Konturen, die die Flügel und die Füße andeuten, ebenso die ringförmigen Augen. Die Flügel sind als Felder mit Punktdekor gestaltet. Selten in dieser Erhaltung! Early Chavin double-bodied vessel in form of a parrot, the eyes formed as concentric circles in relief. Circa 700-400 B.C. Rare and in a very good condition! Provenienz: 1965 - 1995 Leif Sjöberg; in Deutschland seit 1995, Privtasammlung U. C.
Lot 600
Seltene Figur des Vaishravana. Sinotibetisch, 18. Jh. H 19,5cm. Bronze feuervergoldet. Der weltliche Wächter des buddhistischen Glaubens und der "König des Nordens" sitzt auf einem Schneelöwen - seinem Reittier (spätere Tradition der Darstellung). Angezogen mit einer Kriegsrüstung und Stiefeln, mit einem Schal um die Schultern und einer Krone. In seiner linken Hand hält er eine Manguste als Symbol des Reichtums, in der rechten befand sich ursprünglich ein langer Stock mit einer Fahne (das bestätigt das Standloch im Boden vor der Figur), nun hält er ein später zugefügtes Attribut. Der Lotos-Sockel ist von unten durch eine mit vajra verzierten Plakette verschlossen. Ausgezeichneter Stil, feine Bearbeitung! Vergoldung partiell abgerieben, Attribut in der rechten Hand ersetzt, winzige Delle auf der Nase, sonst sehr gute Erhaltung. A rare gilded bronze figure of Vaishravana. The protector deity, named King of the North , depicted sitting on a snow lion (later tradition), wearing armor and a crown, holding a mongoose as a symbol of wealth and an attribute added in modern times (originally holding a banner on a long pole - confirmed by the hole in the ground in front of the figure). The bottom closed and incised with a vajra depiction. Sinotibetan, 18th century. Excellent style, fine detailled work! Gilding partially rubbed off, attribute in the right hand modern, tiny dent on the nose, otherwise very good condition. Provenienz: Ex Sammlung A.E.O., Rheinland; erworben im Rheinland 2008 oder 2009.
Lot 560
Zylindergefäß. Maya, spätklassische Zeit, um 900 - 950 n. Chr. H 23,7cm, ø 10,7cm. Dunkelbraune, inzisierte und polierte Keramik. Hohes Zylindergefäß mit flachem Boden, der schlanke Körper in gleichmäßig schrägen Rinnen kanneliert; am Boden und an der Randzone mit horizontalen Ritzlinien verziert. Selten in dieser Erhaltung! Mit TL-Analyse vom 1. Juli 1997! Oberfläche an einigen Stellen berieben, sonst intakt. Mayan brownware cylindrical vessel, the steep walls deeply fluted with gleaming polish. Partly rubbed off, otherwise in excellent condition. Very rare! Late Classical Period, about 900-950 AD. With TL-analysis! Provenienz: Ex Slg. E. P., Bergheim, 1960-1970er Jahre, danach im Familienbesitz.
Lot 537
Fragment eines steinernen Gürtels. Veracruz, Golf-Region, ca. 250 - 450 n. Chr. H15cm, B13cm, 9cm. Grünschwarzer Stein. Fragment eines sog. Jochs, das ein aus dem Stein herausgearbeitetes Gesicht mit Kopfbedeckung, Ohrspulen und breiter Halskette zeigt. Es handelt sich vermutlich um das Mittelstück. Eindrucksvolles und sehr seltenes Objekt! Bestoßungen an der Nase und am Kopfschmuck, sonst gut erhalten! Praekolumbische Joche aus Mittelamerika in der typischen U -Form gehörten als Hüftschutz zur Ausstattung eines Ballspielers, der einen Kautschukball durch einen Ring werfen musste, ohne ihn mit den Händen zu berühren. Die originalen Stücke waren entweder aus Leder oder Bast gefertigt; die genaue Verwendung der Exemplare aus Stein bleibt, trotz vieler Theorien, ungeklärt. Rare Veracruz fragment of a Yoke , carved with a human face. Two minimal bumps at nose and headgear, otherwise very well preserved; ca. 250-450 AD. Precolumbian Yokes of Mesoamerican cultures, typically of U-shape , were central elements of the ball player's costume though these were probably composed of wicker or leather. Stone versions of yokes were presumably created for funerary and commemorative purposes. Provenienz: In Deutschland seit 1965; Slg. Bernhard Wicki, erworben 1965 bei Stendhal Art Gallery, Hollywood, Kalifornien (Inv. 8565).
Lot 467
Anbietschale für Kolanüsse "okwa oji". Ibo, Nigeria. ø 42cm. Mit zwei angeschnitzten Deckeldosen aus schwerem ("männlichen") Holz für Gewürz (Pfeffer mit gemahlenen Erdnüssen), die Deckel mit einem bzw. zwei Köpfen beschnitzt, der Rand mit linearen Motiven. Intakt. Zusammen mit Kalk sind Kolanüsse die kulturell bedeutendsten und am meisten benützten Substanzen der Ibo-Welt, und beide spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei gastfreundlichen Initiationszeremonien sowohl ritueller als auch sozialer Art. Sowohl Kalk als auch Kolanüsse besitzen für die Ibo rituelle Kraft, sind Opfergaben und gelten als Kommunikationsmittel zwischen den Menschen, aber auch zwischen den Menschen und ihren Göttern. In der Regel findet sich nur ein Gewürzbehälter auf den okwa oji , die fast ausschließlich im östlichen und nordöstlichen Iboland vorkommen, durch Handel jedoch auch zu anderen Ibo-Gruppen und sogar zu den Ekoi / Ejagham gekommen sind. Zwei Behälter sind jedoch äußerst selten. Ibo Kola bowl okwa oji carved of heavy ( male ) wood with two containers for spices (pepper with ground peanuts), the lids carved with one resp. Two heads, the brim with linear motifs. Nigeria. Intact. Kola nut and white chalk are two of the most frequently used and culturally important substances in the Igbo world, and both figure prominently in initial hospitality ceremonies crucial to the success of any social or ritual undertaking. Both substances are considered as having ritual power, are sacrifices, and function as facilitators of communication between men and between men and their gods. Elaborate okwa oji are most common among eastern and northeastern Ibo, who are doubtless the inventors of the type, but they also found their way into other Ibo areas by trade, and are even documented at the Ekoi / Ejagham. These trays usually contain only one container, two are rare to be met with. Provenienz: Ex Privatsammlung K.-F. Schädler, München.
Lot 577
Großes Moche-Textil. Frühe Zeit, ca. 400 - 200 n. Chr. 66x44cm (Rahmen 87,5x67cm). Cameliden-Wolle, dicht gewebt in vielen Farbschattierungen von Rot, Beige, Weiß und Braun. Die Darstellung zeigt emblematische Götterbilder, die auf dem Stufenmäander aufbauen. Äußerst seltenes und hervorragend erhaltenes Textil! Auf Baumwollrips aufgelegt und gerahmt. Very rare remarkable Moche textile fragment in perfect condition, mounted on light brown fabric and framed; ca. 400-600 AD. Provenienz: 1968-1978 Carlos Sichra, in Deutschland seit 1978, Sammlung U. C.
Lot 539
Große Zeremonial-Metate. Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 300 - 700 n. Chr. L 63,5cm, H 28cm. Grauer Vulkanstein. Auf drei durchbrochen gearbeiteten Beinen stehender Tisch mit konkaver Reibefläche, auf dem im Alltag Mais gemahlen wurde. Die Platte läuft vorn in einen stilisierten Jaguar-Kopf aus. In dieser Größe und Erhaltung sehr selten! Die Platte ist im hinteren Teil gebrochen und wieder restauriert. Stone effigy metate, standing on three elaborately carved legs, a feline head forms the top of the platform. Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 300 - 700 AD. Restored break at the rear of the platform, otherwise intact. A very rare and well preserved object! Provenienz: Ex Sammlung Dr. Günter Wiedner, Bayern, 1980er Jahre bis 2015. Bei Gorny & Mosch Auktion 272, 2020, 507.
Lot 549
Großes Doppelgefäß (Silvador). Salinar, ca. 200 v. - 200 n. Chr. L 22,5, H 17cm. Ton mit hellbeigem Überzug. Doppelgefäß aus zwei gerundeten Körpern, durch einen Bandhenkel verbunden, der vordere als Papageienkopf gestaltet, der hintere mit hohem Ausguss. Selten in dieser Erhaltung! Intakt. Salinar double-bodied vessel (Silvador), joined by a handle-bridge, one body shaped as a parrot's head, the other with spout. Salinar, ca. 200 B.C.-200 AD. Rare and in a very good condition! Provenienz: 1965-1984 Pedro Puerta; in Deutschland seit 1984, Privatsammlung U. C.
Lot 584
Buddha. Gandhara, ca. 3. - 5. Jh. n.Chr. H 19,8cm. Bronzehohlguss. Auf einem mit Löwenköpfen geschmückten Postament stehender Buddha, seine Rechte in abhaya Mudra, seine Linke hält den Saum der Robe. Der Kopf ist leicht nach vorne geneigt, die mit Silber eingelegten Augen leicht geöffnet, schauen dem Betrachter entgegen. Im Rücken ein Aufsatz, ursprünglich zur Befestigung des Heiligenscheins und Nimbus. Sehr selten und von ausgezeichneter Erhaltung! Basis abgebrochen, kleine Delle in der linken Schläfe, fachmännisch gereinigt und etwas getönt bzw. gewachst. Bronze figure of standing Buddha, his right hand in abhaya mudra, with his left holding the folds of his robe; head leaned slightly forward, silver inlayed eyes are half opened; in the back support for a halo; base with heads of lions. Gandhara, around 3rd - 5th century AD. Very rare and in an exceptional condition! Base broken, small breakage in the left temple, professionally cleaned and slightly toned. Provenienz: Ex Sammlung K. G., Rheinland, erworben im deutschen Kunsthandel 1960er Jahre bis 2003.
Lot 762
Sammlung von praekolumbischen Flöten. Verschiedene altamerikanische Kulturen, 1000 - 1400 n. Chr. a) L 23cm. Bambus-Rohrflöte mit sieben Löchern, ein Ende mit Bindfaden umwickelt, intakt. b) L 23 und 22cm. Zwei Flöten aus Röhrenknochen; intakt. (2 Stück!). c) L 16 und 10cm. Knochen. Zwei kleine Flöten aus Knochen mit vier Löchern und kunstvoll eingeritztem und geschwärztem Dekor aus Kreispunkten. Intakt. (2 Stück!). d) L 10,7cm. Kleine Flöte aus Knochen mit Schnitzdekor in geometrischen Mustern und Kriegergestalten. Intakt, Lambayeque-Chimú. 8 Stück! Rare collection of six Precolumbian flutes made from bone and bamboo cane, partly decorated by geometrical carvings. All in excellent condition! From different cultures, ca. 1000 - 1400 AD. 8 pieces!VERKAUFT WIE BESEHEN, KEINE RÜCKGABE! / SOLD AS VIEWED, NO RETURN! Provenienz: In Deutschland seit 1978, Slg. U. C.
Lot 120
Schalenlampe aus Bronze. Phönizisch, 8. - 6. Jh. v.Chr. L 15,3cm, H 3,3cm. Bronze. Schalenartiges flaches Becken ohne Standfläche, Tellerrand vorne zu einem Dochtlager zusammengedrückt. Sehr selten in Bronze! Mit Echtheitszertifikat des Antiken-Kabinetts Gackstätter, Frankfurt/Main! Braune Patina, intakt. Bronze 'cocked-hat' saucer lamp. Poenician, 8th - 6th century B.C. Brown patina, intact. With certificate of authenticity of Antiken-Kabinett Gackstätter Frankfurt/Main! Very rare in bronze! Provenienz: Ex Slg. R.M., Rheinland, erworben 2000 bei Antiken-Kabinett Gackstätter auf der Kunstmesse in Köln (Liste Nr. 3287), ex Sammlung Yegane.
Lot 113
Kippmünzwaage aus Bronze. Spätbyzantinisch / osmanisch, östl. Mittelmeergebiet. L 7,2cm. Kleine Handwaage, auch Seiger genannt, zur schnellen Überprüfung eines Nominals. Der Waagenbalken endet auf der einen Seite in einer halbkreisförmigen, flachen Auflagefläche für die zu wiegende Münze, auf der anderen Seite, die als Gegengewicht dient und mit einer Skala durch Kerbungen für die unterschiedlichen Gewichte versehen ist, in einem flachen Dreieck. In diesem Bereich existiert ein Schieber zur Tarierung der unterschiedlichen Gewichte. Der Haltestab ist mit einem Scharnier am Waagenbalken befestigt. Münzen bis 3,5g können gewogen werden, als Nominal Florentiner. Braungrüne Patina, etwas korrodiert, intakt. Siehe: L. Wamser (Hrsg.), Die Welt von Byzanz. Europas östliches Erbe. Ausstellung Archäologische Staatssammlung München (2004) S. 359, Nr. 787; B. Kisch, Scales and Weights. A Historical Outline (1965) S. 62, Abb. 26. Bronze money scale of steelyard type with a screw-nut which can be moved along the arm very slowly. Maximal weight 3,5g. Late Byzantine or Ottoman(?), eastern Mediterranean. Browngreen patina, partially corroded, intact. Rare type! Provenienz: Ex Sammlung V.L., Rheinland, 1925-1979.
Lot 279
Vergoldete Mumienkartonage. Spätzeit, 4. Jh. v. Chr. H 32cm, B 20cm (Rahmen 42x29cm). Leinwand, stuckiert und vergoldet. Linkes, mittleres Teil einer Mumienmaske: In der oberen Ecke steht die geflügelte Göttin Isis mit zwei Maat-Federn in der Hand. Daneben ein großer Schmuckkragen, der links von einem Falkenkopf mit Sonnenscheibe abgeschlossen wird. In die Darstellung ragt eine Hand, die den Krummstab hält. Das untere, durch drei Faszien abgetrennte Bild zeigt den stehenden Gott Osiris mit einem Zepter, davor die Göttin Nut mit je zwei Maatfedern in einer Hand, darunter liegt Hathor in Kuhgestalt auf dem Schrein. Sehr seltenes und wertvolles Objekt! Mit Beschreibung der Galerie Eberwein. Leichter Abrieb der Oberfläche, zwei alte Befestigungslöcher am linken Rand, in einen Rahmen montiert. Fragment of a gilded Mummy-cartonage depicting the left side scenes: On the upper panel Isis holding Maat feathers and left part of breast collar with one hand, on the lower panel Osiris and Nut, Hathor in cow's shape lying on a shrine. Surface slightly rubbed off, otherwise very good condition! Mounted into a frame. Late Period, 4th cent. B.C. A rare and valuable object! Provenienz: In Deutschland vor 1999; Sammlung M.W., Bayern, erworben bei Galerie Roswitha Eberwein, Göttingen, 1999.
Lot 602
Seltene Bronzefigur des Buddha Maitreya. Indien, wohl Pala, ca. 12. Jh. H 10,1cm. Auf einer doppelten Lotusbasis in lalitasana sitzend dargestellt, Körper fein und naturalistisch modelliert. Seine Rechte in abhaya Mudra. Von beiden Seiten ist er mit Lotusblumen, die an seiner Schulter blühen, gerahmt, mit seiner Linken hält er einen der Stängel, der als ein Gestell für das kundika Gefäß dient. Er trägt ein dhoti sowie mehrere Halsketten, Armreife und Fußketten. Auf seinem Kopf eine hohe Krone mit Lotusblume. Mit Resten der Vergoldung sowie blauer und roter Bemalung! Verzierung weitgehend abgerieben, intakt. Vgl.: Pala-style bronze figure of Kubera, Sotheby's Paris Arts D'Asie 10.06.2015, Los 168; Silver-inlayed bronze figure of bodhisattva, Christie's New York, 15.09.2015, Los 8. Rare bronze figure of Maitreya, sitting in lalitasana on a double lotus base, his right hand in abhaya mudra. He wears dhoti and jewellery, and is framed by two lotus flowers, holding one that serves as a stand for the kundika vessel. India, probably Pala, about 12th century. Adornment mostly rubbed off, intact. Traces of original gilding, as well as blue and red pigments! Provenienz: Ex Sammlung Dr. Günter Wiedner, Bayern, 1980er Jahre bis 2015; ex Gorny & Mosch München, Auktion 272 (März 2020), Los 649 (verkauft für 19.000 Euro, aber unbezahlt).
Lot 586
Kleiner Kopf des Buddha oder eines Bodhisattva. Gandhara Region, ca. 5. - 7. Jh. n. Chr. H (ohne Sockel) 13,5cm. Stucco. Feines, rundliches Gesicht; mit Ushnisha und langen Ohrläppchen. Besonders ist das Haar, das aus separat gefertigten und befestigten Muschel- und Schnecken-förmigen Locken besteht. Späte Periode! Haarlocken teilweise abgebrochen, rechtes Ohr u. Kinn beschädigt, im Hinterkopf modern gesichert, mit Ständer. Vgl. D. Jongeward, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, s. 141, 111 (EA1993.387). Small stucco head of Buddha or a Bodhisattva. Fine, plump face, with long earlobes and ushnisha. Rare are the crescent- and snail-shell-like curls, manufactured and attached separately to the head. Gandhara region, around 5th - 7th century AD. Late period! Hair curls partially broken off, right ear and chin damaged, back of the head repaired and secured, with a stand. Provenienz: Ex Sammlung K. G., Rheinland, erworben im deutschen Kunsthandel 1960er Jahre bis 2003.
Lot 532
Kleiner Jadeanhänger. Maya, späte Klassik, ca. 550 - 950 n. Chr. H 4,2cm. Grüne, etwas gesprenkelte Jade, poliert. Anhänger mit männlichem Gesicht und Stirnfransen, Rückseite glatt. Mit Fotokopie der Expertise von Robert L. Stolper! Intakt, längs durchbohrt. Rare Maya Jade ornament in form of a male head with Baby Brown haircut. Intact, drilled lengthwise. Late Classic Period, ca. 550-950 AD. Provenienz: In Deutschland seit 1965, Sammlung A. S., erworben bei Stolper Galleries, München.
Lot 606
Seltenes Chino-Mongolisches Räuchergefäß. Silberfassung 19. Jh., Jade-Teile wohl früher. H ca. 32cm, B ca. 25cm; Ständer H 5cm. Silber, Jade, verziert mit Türkis- und Korallensteinen. Pokalförmig mit zwei Henkeln und abnehmbarem Deckel. Aufwändig getriebener Silberdekor mit Vögeln zwischen den Ranken und Wolken sowie schöne Jadearbeiten mit floralen Mustern, Vögeln, Schmetterlingen und zu komplizierten Kettengliedern geschnitzt. Der Holzsockel mit geschnitzten Fledermäusen - im Chinesischen als "fu" ausgesprochen genauso wie das Wort für Glück. Drei Steine fehlen, einige Stellen der Jadedetails wieder angesetzt, sonst sehr guter Zustand. Rare chinese-mongolian incense burner. Silver, jade, turquoise and coral. Goblet-shaped, with handles and a lid. Beautiful silver and jade work, depicting birds and butterflies among vine and lotus flowers, as well as clouds and dragons. In addition a wooden stand with carved bats (pronounced like fu in chinese - same as the word for luck ). Silver garnment 19th century, jade work probably earlier. Three stones missing, some fragments of jade work reattached, otherwise very good condition. Provenienz: Aus dem deutschen Kunsthandel.
Lot 46
SINGLE OWNER COLLECTION OF SOME QUITE RARE PIECES OF EARLY UVF ITEMS TO INCLUDE AN ORIGINAL PEAKED CAP WITH BADGE TO U.V.F 2ND BTN, NORTH DOWN, A UVF BELT WITH BAYONET FROG, A UVF BANDOLIER & UVF MESS TIN IN ORIGINAL SATCHEL A 1915 CHRISTMAS CARD, 1914 SILK POSTCARD, ULSTER UNIONIST CONVENTION 1892 BADGE & A KING WILLIAM III BADGE
Lot 80
A rare Staffordshire Table-base group of 'Polito's Menagerie', circa 1830-35The handsome six-panelled door amply lit by three lanterns, surmounted by a brightly coloured banner unfolded to reveal an elephant with a castellated howdah, perhaps representing Chunee, surrounded by exotic animals including a lion an a tiger, inscribed 'POLITOS ROYAL MENAGERIE OF THE WONDERFULL BURDS AND BEASTS FROM MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD: LION & C.', a group of various figures and musicians set before the entrance including a man playing a barrel organ, a drummer and three bugle players, the doorkeeper with her hands in a muff, a flight of steps leading down from the six-footed rectangular table base, 33.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceExhibited by Jonathan Horne, English Pottery and Related Works of Art 2004, no.32James and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoThis important menagerie is the most elaborate and arguably most celebrated of the early 19th century Staffordshire figure groups. It represents a culmination in the quality and development of Staffordshire pottery before focus moved towards the production of simpler and more rudimentary flatback figures.Menageries were popular in England from the late 18th century and enabled exotic animals to be seen by the public for the first time. By the 1830s these shows began to evolve into what we now know as a circus, with the addition of animal tamers' tricks, brass bands and performers. Stephen Polito owned one of the earliest and most celebrated travelling menageries, described in the 28 September 1805 edition of the Nottingham Journal as a '...grand and pleasing assemblage of most rare and beautiful living beasts, from the remotest parts of the known world...'.In 1810 he bought the permanent menagerie located on the second floor of the Exeter Exchange in the Strand, London, originally established by the self-styled 'Modern Noah' Gilbert Pidcock, which Polito restyled the 'Royal Menagerie'. Polito died in April 1814 but his family continued to tour and exhibit animals under his name throughout the 1820s and 1830s, mostly abroad. In 1835 or 1836 it was lost at sea on its way to Ireland, see Edward Henry Bostock, Menageries, Circuses and Theatres (1928), pp.7-9.The banner may show the elephant Chunee, Pidcock's star attraction, which was admired by Lord Byron but which killed his keeper and was destroyed in 1826. It has been suggested that the female figure at the door may represent Mrs Polito. Table-base groups are traditionally associated with the Burslem potter Obadiah Sherratt, but in the absence of any marked examples caution is needed in ascribing these pieces to a named maker; indeed, a number of different versions of 'Polito's Menagerie' exist, suggesting that these menageries were made by more than one potter, or the moulds shared between potteries or acquired from the same source.Similar versions to the present lot are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession no. C.128-2003) and the Fitzwilliam Museum (accession no. C.965-1928). Another from the Hope McCormick Collection was sold by Christie's in New York on 21 January 2003, lot 17. See also that sold by Sotheby's in New York on 26 October 2002, lot 1531. Smaller and less elaborate versions were also produced, examples of which have been sold by Sotheby's in New York on 26 September 1998, lot 233 and 6 October 2006, lot 227 and by Sotheby's in London on 30 October 2018, lot 70.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 94
A rare Chelsea teabowl and a saucer, circa 1750-52Of fluted form, painted in the famille rose palette, the teabowl with vibrant oriental flowering plants and grasses, the reverse with a flowering branch, the interior with a single flower, the saucer with a branch issuing prunus and peonies and a colourful butterfly in flight, saucer 12cm diam, Burdett-Coutts Collection inventory numbers in red (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceBurdett-Coutts CollectionChinese decoration on Chelsea is surprisingly rare and mostly copied Yongzheng 'private trade' wares from the 1730s. Two raised anchor beakers with very similar decoration are illustrated by F Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain: The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares (1948), pl.18, no.41.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 98
An important Lund's Bristol coffee cup, circa 1750Of unusually wide plain U shape, the distinctively formed handle with a small double scroll close to the upper terminal, enamelled in a palette of pink, yellow, green and lilac with a flower spray, two smaller sprigs to the reverse, 5.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMrs D MacCallum CollectionThis distinctive form of handle only occurs on Lund's Bristol and is found on both straight sided cups and coffee cups. A coffee cup of the same shape painted in blue with the 'Union Jack House' pattern was sold by Phillips on 14 September 1994, lot 160 and another by Bonhams on 3 March 2004, lot 79. Both are recorded by Ray Jones, The Origins of Worcester Porcelain (2018), p.410 and described as incredibly rare. Only a very small number of pieces of Lund's Bristol pieces are recorded with enamelled decoration, the only marked examples being a group of high-footed sauceboats moulded with swags and with embossed 'Bristoll' marks. Dr Richard Pococke noted on visiting the Bristol china works in 1750 that '...they make very beautiful white sauceboats, adorned with reliefs of festoons, which sell for sixteen shillings a pair'. A small number of surviving white examples are recorded and the enamelled versions are likely to have been some of these, independently decorated in London at the time. The enamelling is of two types, one group with enamels highlighting the moulded detail, the other painted more simply with scattered sprigs in a similar manner to the present lot. Both types are illustrated by Jones (2018), pp.339-340. Unlike the sauceboats, Lund's Bristol cups are not recorded in the white and it seems most unlikely that undecorated examples would have been offered for general sale. The present lot was probably supplied by Lund's direct to the London decorator only by special agreement.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 101
A rare Worcester dessert basket, circa 1770Of oval form with pierced latticework sides applied with florets at the intersections, the unusual twig handles applied with leaves and cherries at the terminals, a painted formal border below the interior rim and the 'Pine Cone Group' pattern (II.C.11) printed to the centre, 22.5cm wide, crescent markFootnotes:ProvenancePhillips sale, 11 June 1986, lot 284Zorensky Collection, Bonhams sale, 23 February 2005, lot 365Illustrated by Spero and Sandon, Worcester Porcelain (1996), p.480, no.655 and by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1999), p.55. The twig handles, bowed in the middle, are very rare and the cherry terminals are not recorded on any other example.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 131
A Royal Worcester vase by Harry Davis, dated 1925Painted with a sow and her piglets in an autumnal rural landscape, a farmhouse in the distance, the reverse with a vignette, the rim and foot picked out in gold, unsigned, 14.8cm high, puce mark, shape number 2491Footnotes:Pigs are a rare subject on Royal Worcester and Harry Davis was the only artist permitted to paint them. Most surviving vases are dated 1925 and show the same composition, based on a sketch Harry Davis made during a single visit to a local farm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 17
A rare engraved airtwist capillaire glass, circa 1750The drawn trumpet bowl inscribed 'Capillaire' within a wreath of tied foliage, on a multi-spiral airtwist stem and conical foot, 13.8cm highFootnotes:Capillaire was a liqueur flavoured with maidenhair fern (Capillaris Herba) or orange flower water, for which there are numerous recipes. It was used as a sweetening agent for spirits. In the 18th century convivial social groups, or capillaire societies, met to drink this special cordial. A similar example from the A C Hubbard Collection is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses, (2000), p.92, pl.127(b) and was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 74. Another from the Meyer Collection was sold by Bonhams on 1 May 2013, lot 45.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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