NO RESERVE Shooting.- Coote (Hon. Robert) The compleat marksman: or, the true art of shooting-flying: a poem, second edition, first two ff. stained, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd page number, some spotting and light staining, final 2 ff. detaching, 18th century parchment boards, parchment starting to lift at foot of spine, stained, rubbed, [Schwerdt IV, p. 23; Chute, Shooting flying: a bibliography, 127 ('very rare')], 8vo, Printed for C. Henderson, under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill; and sold by all other booksellers in town and country, [1760].⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only four copies. 'An amusing poem on the preparation for a day's walking up with pointers, largely a plagiarism of Markland (1727) but more charming.' (Chute).
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![First naval novel.- [Davis (John)] The Post-Captain; or, The Wooden Walls well manned; comprehending a view of naval society](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e57fc01d-4601-4a97-bb27-ac5d00c4a35e/efd8e218-5ef0-438d-ac08-ac5d010cb9d6/468x382.jpg)
First naval novel.- [Davis (John)] The Post-Captain; or, The Wooden Walls well manned; comprehending a view of naval society and manners, first edition, wood-engraved vignette of a schooner to title, aquatint frontispiece (not called for), the odd instance of pencil marginalia, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 20th century navy blue half calf, gilt spine in compartments with anchor motifs and a white leather label, little rubbed, [Sadleir 678], 8vo, Thomas Tegg, 1806.⁂ A rare copy of what may be considered the first English language naval novel. Chapter XX (beginning p.112) is 'The Story of Mr. Keith's Captivity among the American Indians'. Davis's practical knowledge had been gleaned from his time at sea, first on an East Indiaman, and then Sir Edmund Nagle's frigate Artois in 1794. He rose to the rank of acting lieutenant, leaving the Navy when the Artois was wrecked in 1797. Post-Captain was published immediately after Trafalgar.
NO RESERVE Papermaking.- Lalande (Joseph de) Art de faire le papier, facsimile edition, plates, original dark green morocco-backed boards, original printed paper label to upper cover, rare, Scholar Press, for private distribution only, n.d. [c.1970]; and 13 plates from the 'Maroquinier' and Parcheminier' sections of the Encyclopédie, folio (3)
Africa.- Petherick (John) Egypt, The Soudan, and Central Africa, first edition with the rare subscription pamphlet appealing for funds for Petherick's proposed expedition, presentation inscription from the author to half title, previous owner's book label to pastedown and stamps to preliminaries, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, spine faded, custom-made case with morocco spine label, slip-case, 8vo, 1861.
MACALLAN GRAN RESERVA 18YO - 1979 A rare and sought after bottle of the famous Macallan 18 Year Old Gran Reserva Single Malt Scotch Whisky. 700ml. 40% abv. Distilled in 1980 and bottled in 1997. Matured in specially selected Spanish Sherry casks. Level mid-low neck. Excellent condition. 1 bottle.
The 'new' Bond (George Lazenby) is unveiled on this 1969 large format Italian Four-Fogli film poster for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" with artwork by Yves Thos and Jouineau Bourduge. A very rare Italian design more commonly found on French examples, but in this case the perfect complement to the 'hidden' face for the Italian Advance poster. Likely unused this is presented in very good original folded condition with minimal fold and age wear.55" x 77.25" (140 x 200.5 cm)Additional Information: PRINTED IN ITALY By - LITO-P.RAGIONI ROMA VIA PRENESTINA 738 / "ANICAGIS" VISTO N.M/272-11/11/69Condition: Very GoodUnrestored, originally folded condition. Presented in two sections as originally issued to cinemas. Likely unused with minimal handling and age wear and clean separations to the crossfolds.Artist: Yves Thos and Jouineau Bourduge£200 - 300VAT Status: M
"No limits. No fears. No substitutes." A bold and modern poster campaign was created for Pierce Brosnan's 007 debut. Typical of 90's design, it managed to maintain its traditional 'Bondian' look. Included here are the Italian 2-Fogli film poster and complementing full set of eight Photobustas. In a time when the use of Lobby Cards for promotion and marketing was being phased out, this Italian set makes for a rare offering. Similarly with the large format US Subway poster included in the lot. Despite being a relatively 'modern' release this is the first time we have offered for sale a subway poster for "Goldeneye" with it being a particularly scarce poster.Subway - 46.5" x 60" (118 x 152cm); 2 Fogli - 39" x 55" (99 x 140 cm); Photobustas - 25" x 17.75" (63.5 x 45 cm)Condition: ExcellentUnrestored, folded (as issued), minimal handling or age wear, they are likely undisplayed and all present to excellent folded effect with no pinholes.Artist: Terry O'Neill, Keith Hamshere, George Whitear£100 - 200VAT Status: M
"Everyone Wants To Be Found". Two exciting US One-Sheet movie posters designed by Crew Creative Advertising for Sofia Coppola's Academy-Award® winning 2003 dark romantic comedy "Lost in Translation". The first and more common features Bill Murray sitting alone in his Tokyo hotel room, whilst the second is the much scarcer and incredibly rare Scarlett Johansson version which shows her offset against a busy Tokyo street scene. Both are presented in excellent, rolled (as issued) condition with the Johansson style particularly hard to source. A fantastic opportunity to own a complementing pair.27" x 40" (69 x 102 cm) Additional Information: Single SidedCondition: ExcellentUnrestored, rolled (as issued)Artist: Crew Creative Advertising£200 - 300VAT Status: M
The British UK Quad for "Godfather" (1972) is one the most sought after and best looking interpretations of the imagery from any of the original release movie posters. Simple and effective printed in stark black-and-white with a blood red Don Corleone (Marlon Brando) silhouette. Originally folded (as issued), it displays and presents to excellent effect. A rare poster in this near flawless condition; they are available in lesser grades but scarce in such a high grade as offered here; the large area of white background which is prone to brown age-spotting is pure bright white with the black and red colours deep and unfaded.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)Additional Information: Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew Limited, NottinghamCondition: Very Good to ExcellentUnrestored, folded (as issued) with minimal fold line, handling and age wear.Artist: Unknown Artist£250 - 350VAT Status: M Payment plans are not available for this lot. Please contact us for further information.
This group of two UK Quad posters is the 1979 'Super-Shock' X-certificate double feature release for John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" (1976) and "Halloween" (1979). The regular graphic full colour UK Quad adapts the artwork used in the standalone British campaigns for both, whilst the second Quad on offer is the ultra rare Marler Haley version which features some incredible black-and-white imagery, particularly the shot of slasher villain Michael Myers. Both are presented in unrestored, rolled (as issued) high grade condition and display to very good effect.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)Condition: Very GoodUnrestored, rolled (as issued) Artwork Quad image area displays perfectly, soft creases/crinkling to bottom edge. Quad (Marler Haley) minimal handling and age wear, six tiny nicks to bottom edge (amateur repair). Artist: Unknown Artist£100 - 200VAT Status: M
A rare opportunity to obtain such a comprehensive collection of British cinema posters for Walt Disney's action adventure movie "Island at the Top of the World" (1974). The lot comprises of a regular 'final' design Quad with artwork by Brian Bysouth, plus a full set of five Marler Haley (exclusive to Odeon® cinemas) issue posters (including four Double Crowns and a Lobby Card style Quad with six photos attached. Also included is the highly illustrated press campaign pack containing synopsis, marketing ideas, commercial tie-in products and black-and-white stills. 20" x 30" (51 x 76 cm); 30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm); Press Pack 12.4" x 8.46" (31.5 x 21.5 cm) Additional Information: Printed in England by W.E. Berry Limited, BradfordCondition: Good to Very GoodAll Unrestored. Regular Quad folded (as issued). Minimal age and handling wear. Marler Haley Quad rolled (as issued), two small areas of paper loss at top edge. Creasing along bottom edge. 1" tear right edge, tape residue where photos are attached. Four DCs rolled (as issued). Minimal age and handling wear. Press pack is original as issued.Artist: Brian Bysouth£100 - 200VAT Status: M
Advance 'Coming Soon' teaser UK Quad movie poster for Richard Donner's ground breaking and much loved 1978 superhero actioner "Superman" (1978). Cleverly designed using just (the now) distinctive lettering and really quite stunning with the silver foil backdrop. Presented in unrestored rolled (as issued) condition, this ultra rare example presents and displays very well. A genuinely scarce and desirable item of movie memorabilia from a truly inspirational and influential film, with this being the first time we have offered one for sale.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)Condition: Very Good to ExcellentUnrestored, rolled (as issued). Image areas is excellent, soft crinkling and creases to top edge. Light crinkling bottom left corner. 1/2" crease to the 2nd 'O' in 'SOON'.Artist: Unknown Artist£200 - 300VAT Status: M
Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" is one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made. Reissued several times in various formats and 'cuts', this is a rare original first release 1982 UK Quad country of origin movie poster. Although critically acclaimed on initial release, commercially the film never really proved popular with the cinema going public resulting in any paper from the first 1982 release extremely scarce, making this Jouineau Bourduge film poster a nice addition to our sale. Unrestored, the 1982 UK Quad film poster offered here is presented in original rolled (as issued) condition.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)Condition: Very Good to ExcellentUnrestored, rolled (as issued). Very good original condition with minor wear from handling/rolling and age.Artist: Jouineau Bourduge£200 - 300VAT Status: M
An uncommon format for the classic Keanu Reeves sci-fi actioner "The Matrix" (1999). This is a rare Japanese "B1" poster. "B1" posters are far more scarcer than the more regular "B2" posters being larger and similar in size to a US One-Sheet. There is something particularly fitting to see the titles in Japanese as the overall look of the poster design by Concept Arts has a Japanese Manga feel to it. 28.5" x 40.5" (72 x 103 cm)Additional Information: Single SidedCondition: Excellent Unrestored, rolled (as issued)Artist: Concept Arts£50 - 100VAT Status: M
For Duncan Jones' 2009 science fiction masterpiece "Moon", Cardinal Communications designed a stylish movie poster which, due to the film's very limited distribution (mainly to Independent or 'art-house' cinemas), are extremely scarce. Presented in excellent rolled (as issued) condition, the original UK Quad we have on offer was likely unused and represents the perfect opportunity to acquire such a rare poster in such high grade.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)Additional Information: Double SidedCondition: ExcellentUnrestored, rolled (as issued)Artist: Cardinal Communications£100 - 200VAT Status: M
A comprehensive collection of British cinema posters for Walt Disney's groundbreaking "Tron" (1982). The lot comprises of a regular 'final' design Quad with printers proof colour variant, plus a full set of five Marler Haley (exclusive to Odeon cinemas) issue posters (including four 'artwork' Double Crowns and a reviews style Quad). Also included is the highly illustrated press campaign pack containing a synopsis, marketing ideas, commercial tie-in products and black-and-white stills. A rare opportunity to obtain such a large amount of film memorabilia from such an innovative and influential title.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm); 20" x 30" (51 x 76 cm)Condition: Good to Very GoodUnrestored, rolled (as issued). Regular Quad bottom edge series of scattered creases, top edge a 9" clean spilt (amateur repair). Review Style Quad minimal handling/age wear, some soft creases to top and bottom edges. Colour variant creasing to bottom right corner, cuffing to top right area, top edge has two half inch clean tears. All four double crowns present very well with one having a repaired tear (top edge 3"). Press pack as issued.Artist: Unknown Artist£200 - 300VAT Status: M
After the huge success of "Halloween", John Carpenter quickly followed up with the equally creepy horror "The Fog" (1980). Jamie Lee Curtis again has leading scream queen duties and is featured on this original British movie poster. The British UK Quad offered here is from first year of release, 1980 and displays to fine effect. Originally tri-folded (no horizontal fold line - as issued), it is presented in very good unrestored condition with only minimal handling wear. Great horror imagery on a genuinely rare cult classic from the Carpenter archives.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)Additional Information: Printed in England by W.E. Berry Limited, BradfordCondition: Very Good to ExcellentUnrestored, Tri-Folded (as issued). Very good original condition with minor wear from handling and age.Artist: Unknown Artist£100 - 200VAT Status: M
After successfully producing artwork for the 1997 "Special Edition" Trilogy releases, artist Drew Struzan (a personal favourite of George Lucas) was again commissioned by Lucasfilm Ltd. to produce the marketing campaign artwork for the Star Wars Episodes I through III. Although the prequel trilogy was not as well received, it is fair to say that Struzan produced a spectacular poster series. Offered here is a magnificent rolled (as issued) untrimmed Printers Proof. Proofs are incredibly rare and this represents a fantastic opportunity to obtain a great looking and scarce item of Star Wars movie memorabilia.50.25" x 35.5" (127 x 90 cm)Additional Information: Single SidedCondition: Very GoodUnrestored, rolled (as issued)Artist: Drew Struzan£100 - 200VAT Status: M
UK Quad "Non-Oscars®" poster for "Star Wars" (1977). The "Non-Oscars" version of this poster was used in the first couple of weeks of the UK release and was subsequently replaced with the "Oscars®" version. The "Non-Oscars" version is by far the scacer of the two Quads. Tom Chantrell's "Star Wars" poster imagery has now achieved iconic status. Although he previewed the film and was given set photographs stills, Chantrell took photos of his wife in the back garden posing as Princess Leia that he used for reference in the creation of his poster composition. This poster remains in rare unfolded condition.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)Additional Information: Printed in England by W.E.Berry Ltd. BradfordCondition: ExcellentUnrestored, rolled (as issued) with minimal handling and age wear. It displays to excellent effect.Artist: Tom Chantrell£2000 - 3000VAT Status: M Payment plans are not available for this lot. Please contact us for further information.
A rare 'undated' US One-Sheet teaser poster featuring Drew Struzan's artwork for "Return of the Jedi". This movie originally had the working title of "Revenge of the Jedi" (with teaser posters printed with this title). These were distributed in both a 'dated' and 'undated' versions, with undated styles being much scarcer (such as offered here). Note: There are many reproductions and fakes of both versions, but we have carefully examined this poster, and are 100% certain that it is an original undated "Revenge of the Jedi" teaser One-Sheet that measures exactly 26 7/8" x 41".26 7/8" x 41" (68 x 104 cm)Condition: Very GoodUnrestored, tri-folded condition with minimal wear to the fold lines.Artist: Drew Struzan£700 - 900VAT Status: M
Linen backed with light restoration and foldlines flattened out this original Australian One-Sheet for "Dr. No" (1962) is typical of Australian designs and finished in the characteristic stone lithograph style that makes them so unique. Australian cinema releases didn't have a defined certification age restriction and carries the rather ambiguous warning as 'Not Suitable For Children'. A rare Bond poster.27" x 40" (68.5 x 102 cm)Additional Information: Robert Burton PTY.LTD. SYDNEYCondition: Linen-Backed. Very Good.Restored and linen-backed. Originally folded with original foldlines virtually undetectable. The bold block colours remain bright and it displays to excellent effect.Artist: Joseph Caroff and Mitchell Hooks£300 - 500VAT Status: M
Eight Mexican Lobby Cards from first year of release, 1966 in Mexico for the third James Bond adventure "Goldfinger" (1964) - '007 Contra Goldfinger' . With a country unique design (that works very well) which combines black-and-white photographs and border art that includes colourised images (from the US Door Panels) of Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman - who never wore a bikini in the movie), 'Golden Girl' Jill Masterton (Shirley Eaton) and Bonita (Nadja Regin). More commonly sold or offered in much smaller quantities (ones and twos), this represents a rare opportunity to purchase eight from surely the most influential of all the Bond films.16.5" x 12.5" (42 x 32 cm)Condition: Good to Very GoodFlat/unfolded with some cards having scattered pinholes and minor edgewear. Overall they present very well.Artist: Unknown Artist£200 - 300VAT Status: M
A full set of eight US Lobby Cards for the 1964 James Bond film "Goldfinger" starring Sean Connery as 007. It is rare to find a complete set as it is more usual for these cards to be broken up and sold individually as each Lobby Card represents some amazing Bond imagery from classic action scenes to marvelous character shots, with Connery showcased on six of the eight cards.11" x 14" (28 x 35.5 cm)Additional Information: NSS #64/359Condition: Good to Very GoodUnrestored, flat/unfolded. Some cards have scattered pinholes and each has had the NSS number at lower right crossed out in ball point pen. Image area on all is unaffected.Artist: Unknown Artist£300 - 500VAT Status: M
A provocative image by Italian artist Averardo Ciriello for "Thunderball" (1965) that perfectly captures the allure of James Bond, placing focus on the sex appeal and dangerous nature of a '00 Licenced to Kill' special agent. Bond is on guard and aware of his surroundings, gun in hand and ready for action whilst receiving a sensual massage from a scantily dressed woman. In Ciriello's original illustration, Connery is painted naked which proved too risqué at the time even for Italian audiences so a fetching pair of white boxers were painted over. A rare more manageable format for this classic country unique imagery.27" x 39.5" (69 x 100.5 cm)Additional Information: PRINTED IN ITALY BY POLICROM S.p.A. - Via Tiburtina Km. 14,500 - RomaCondition: Good Unrestored, folded (as issued). Displays to good effect with signs of age wear. Colours are strong and unfaded. Single (repaired) pinholes to white border. Paper restoration with colour touch to middle left border edge. Conservation tape has been applied on reverse to the fold lines purely to strengthen the folds, there is a slight noticeable 'bleed' through the middle vertical fold line in particular.Artist: Averardo Ciriello£300 - 500VAT Status: M
You would be hard pressed to find a more stylish image of Bond than the one offered here on this rare French paper for "You Only Live Twice" (1967), no credits, title or taglines, just Sean Connery as James Bond. Printed specially for the French premiere in Paris, 1967 these 2-Panel posters are one of the most desirable and one of the rarest Bond posters there is. We can only find four other times (one sold twice) when this poster has sold at auction and it is the first time we have had the pleasure in offering one. Unrestored and presented in two sections (as issued to cinemas), each section has very minor fold and border wear, but overall, it is in very nice original condition.31.25" x 93.5" (79 x 237 cm)Additional Information: Ets. SAINT MARTIN 38. Rue Pascal. Paris 13. KEL - 05.95 VISA DE CENSURE No. 2396Condition: Very GoodUnrestored, folded (as issued). Presented in two sections, designed to be overlapped to display. The poster has a few light creases and minor fold line wear with some nicks and tears related to age and handling, but overall is in very good condition with no pinholes.Artist: Frank McCarthy£500 - 700VAT Status: M
A rare large Nabeshima tripod dishEdo period (1615-1868), late 17th/early 18th centuryOf circular form and painted in rich underglaze-blue and partially glazed in celadon with a design of cherry blossoms floating amid turbulent breaking waves, the underside similarly painted with an unusually elaborate design of stylised flowerheads, trailing foliage and scrolls, supported on three blue-glazed tall feet moulded with swirling clouds. 6.8cm x 28.8cm (2 5/8in x 11¾in). Footnotes:Tripod Nabeshima dishes are comparatively rare; see a few other examples illustrated in Yasukochi Yukie and Tsuchida Ruriko, Nabeshima: Hokoritakaki dezain, (Nabeshima Ware: Designs That Inspire Pride), Tokyo, Suntory Museum of Art, 2010, p.122, no.91 and p.128, no.97; and Seki Kazuo, Nabeshima Kozara, Ai-Nabeshima kozara to sono shuhen, (Nabeshima Small Dishes: Underglaze Blue Small Dishes and Others), Osaka, Ko-Imari Kankokai, 1995, p.18, no.37. For a smaller dish painted with the same design, see Asahi Shinbunsha, Iro Nabeshima, Fukuoka, 1982, p.13; and Asahi Shinbunsha, Les Cadeaux au Shogun, Porcelaine Précieuse des Seigneurs de Nabeshima, Tokyo, Asahi Shinbunsha, 1997, p.158, no.83.Another footed example is illustrated in Kudo Yoshiro, Nabeshima ten: Waga kuni yuiitsu no kan'yo Nabeshima: Sono shutsugen kara shuen made (Nabeshima Exhibition Japan's Only Government Kiln Nabeshima: From Emergence to End), Imari-shi Kyoiku Iinkai, Imari, 1996, p.5, pl.no.6.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare and fine Satsuma okimono figure of an Oharame (female brushwood gatherer)By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in enamels and gilt, modelled seated and resting on a large tied bundle of brushwood, her feet crossed, wearing a dark chequered kimono, tied at the front with a striped obi and a cotton cloth on her head, one hand dipped into a tobacco pouch and the other holding a pipe: signed on the front just behind her legs with a gilt seal Yabu Meizan; with a wood storage box. 22cm x 19.5cm (8 5/8in x 7 5/8in). (2).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
A rare iron inro in the form of a kabuto (helmet)Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe shallow rounded bowl overlaid with silver ridges and surmounted by a silver tehen kanamono in the form of a chrysanthemum, the fukigaeshi (turnbacks) applied with gilt rain dragons and the maedate (forecrest) in the form of an oni (demon), the outer top edge of the helmet applied with three silver foliate crests, the underside fitted with a hinged clasp which lifts to reveal within two removable drawers, with an iron ojime and an iron netsuke in the form of a stirrup decorated with the same foliate mon; unsigned. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) diam. (3).Footnotes:Published:Sagemonoya, Sagemono & Netsuke, Tokyo, 1995, p.15, no.15.Tobacco and Salt Museum, Netsuke: Te no hira no naka no geijutsu (Netsuke: Art in the Palm of the Hand), Tokyo, Benrido, 1995, p.134, no.466.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large and rare white jade 'nine phoenix' hairpinQing DynastyThe hairpin carved on one side in openwork with alternating phoenixes amongst floral scrolls, the reverse undecorated, with a floral form on one end, the stone of an even white tone with very minor opaque white inclusions. 31cm (12 1/4in) long.Footnotes:清 白玉鏤空雕鳳紋扁方Provenance: a distinguished English private collection來源：英國顯赫私人收藏The carving of nine phoenixes on the present lot indicates it was made for a very high-ranking lady of the Imperial family. This type of hairpin, bianfang in Manchu, was used by Court ladies during the Qing dynasty. Compare with three related jade hairpins illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 9 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, nos.267, 268 and 282.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Junyao green bowlSong/Yuan DynastyThe vessel with deep rounded sides, covered all over with a lightly crackled sage-green glaze, thinning at the rim to a mushroom-grey tone, falling short of the foot, a splash of glaze to the recessed base. 22.7cm (9in) diam.Footnotes:宋/元 鈞窯綠釉盌Provenance: Sotheby's London, 13 December 1988, lot 115A European private collection來源：倫敦蘇富比，1988年12年13日，拍品編號115歐洲私人收藏See a similar green Jun bowl, Song dynasty, illustrated by Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl.89; which was later sold at Sotheby's London, 5 November 2008, lot 528.Compare also with a similar green Junyao bowl, Song/Jin dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 13 September 2017, lot 80.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare large lacquered-wood figure of an Ascetic Luohan18th century The ascetic figure with a tonsured head and serene and meditative expression seated with his left leg crossing over the right, his hands resting on the knee of his raised left leg, loosely dressed in a simple dhoti cascading in folds beneath him and revealing his bare emaciated body with veins, ribs and knobbly spine, seated on rockwork. 67cm (26 1/3in) high.Footnotes:十八世紀 彩漆木雕羅漢Provenance: Galerie Gerard Levy, Paris 來源：巴黎古董商Galerie Gerard LevyThe present figure of a Luohan is modelled in the same position usually attributed to Shakyamuni Buddha during his long fast under the Bodhi tree, where he sat until he discovered the true nature of existence and suffering and realised how suffering can be ended. It was in the Yuan dynasty that the modelling of Buddha in this manner became popular and a convention in Chinese art. However, according to Sherman Lee and Wai-kam Ho in Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), 1968, p.124, 'the prototype could be traced back at least to Kuan-hsiu's Sixteen Arhats of the Five Dynasties period, or Buddhist paintings of the ninth and tenth centuries showing hermits and the familiar figure of Vasu in Tun-huang and Central Asia.'See a gilt-lacquer figure of an ascetic Luohan, Yuan dynasty, in the Princeton University Art museum (acc no.y1972-16). A wood gilt-lacquer figure of Shakyamuni Buddha, in the same position, Yuan dynasty, from the University of Penn Museum (Penn Museum Object C405A). See also another figure of ascetic Buddha, wood with lacquer and gilding, late 13th/early 14th century, in the Detroit Institute of Arts (acc.no.29.172).Ascetic figures of luohans continued to be made in a variety of other mediums, including jade, see a jade carving of an ascetic monk or luohan, 17th/18th century, which was sold at Christie's London, 7 November 2014, lot 593.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very large gilt copper-alloy repoussé figure of a Kagyu Lama17th centuryThe naturalistic contours of his face conveying a jovial alertness, between long pendulous ears, the slender fingers of the lama's right hand in the gesture associated with reasoning or teaching, his left hand resting on his lap, seated in dhyanasana, his lean, well-proportioned frame wrapped in diaphanous garments with floral hems. 67cm (26 3/8in) high.Footnotes:十七世紀 銅鎏金錘揲噶舉喇嘛像Published and Illustrated: O.Hoare, Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages, Part II, private publication, p.46, no.25.出版著錄：O.Hoare，「Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages」，第二部分，頁46，編號25The Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism embraces over twenty lineages stretching over a thousand years. Their era of greatest florescence was in the late medieval period, when they enjoyed extensive temporal as well as spiritual influence. Images in painting and sculpture of the masters of these various lineages are legion, and as they were often commissioned by or for a particular master's disciples, or for those for whom the master's features would have been equally immediately recognisable, they are often unsubscribed. The present lot can be confidently ascribed to the Kagyu tradition on the basis of the costume and general treatment being similar to those of other Kagyu lamas.Life-size sculpture of any kind in Tibet is extremely rare and the common practice was to employ the techniques of repoussé and cast elements to construct the largest figures. Other life-size portraits of Lamdre lineage masters are preserved in Mindroling, Tibet, see von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Hong Kong, 2003, nos.238A-J. Also compare with a large scale portrait of Lama Puntsok Sherap dated to the 17th century in the San Antonio Museum of Art (acc.2004.7.1).See a life-size gilt copper alloy repousse figure of a Yogin, Tibet, circa 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 14 March 2017, lot 3224.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Junyao bowlYuan DynastyFinely potted with deep curving sides rising to a gently tapering rim, covered in a lavender-blue glaze except in the well and under the foot revealing the body, the glaze thinning to greyish-mushroom tone at the mouth rim, pooling thickly above the short slightly-splayed unglazed foot. 9.8cm (3 7/8in) diam.Footnotes:元 鈞窯天青釉小盌Provenance: John Spark Ltd., London (label)A European private collection來源：倫敦古董商John Spark Ltd.,（標簽）歐洲私人收藏For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare bronze basinQianlong seal mark and of the periodThe deep dish heavily cast with gently curving sides rising from an inward-tapering foot to an everted rim, the recessed base with the seal mark. 39cm (15 1/4in) diam. Footnotes:清乾隆 銅制大盆「大清乾隆年製」篆書鑄款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare cinnabar-red overlay white glass double-gourd shaped 'Liuhai' snuff bottleYangzhou School, mid Qing DynastyThe double-gourd finely carved around the sides in relief in opaque red with trailing vines suspending eleven smaller double-gourds, the front decorated with the Daoist immortal Liuhai dangling a string of cash in front of the three-legged toad above an inscription, the reverse with five seated sages below an inscription, all reserved on an opaque white glass, glass stopper, ivory spoon. 8.4cm (3 5/16in) high (2).Footnotes:清中期 揚州作白地套漆紅料雕仙人圖葫蘆形鼻煙壺Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今The side with Liuhai is inscribed:赤腳蓬頭不計年，十洲三島任蹁躚。蓬萊久隔人間世，常伴金蟾會眾仙。which may be translated as: 'Cannot count the years whilst barefoot and unkempt, traveling freely crossing ten oceans and three islands. The Immortal island Penglai is so far away from the mortal world, meeting with Immortals accompanied by a golden toad'.The side with the sages is inscribed:手持太極探玄解，五老峰頭不記年。Which may be translated as: 'Exploring the unknown with a tai chi graph in hand. Living at the top of Wulao Peak one cannot count the passing years'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare teadust-glazed bottle vaseQianlong seal mark and of the periodThe globular body rising from a spreading foot to a tapering neck and everted rim, covered overall in an olive-green coloured glaze flecked with a fine yellow mist, the base with a six-character seal mark beneath a brown glaze. 18.8cm (7 3/8in) high.Footnotes:清乾隆 茶葉末釉長頸瓶「大清乾隆年製」篆書模款Provenance: a European private collection, and thence by descent來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今The so called 'Tea-dust' glaze was first produced in the Yongzheng period, using the same metallic colourant as Imperial yellow glazes (iron oxide). Depending on the firing conditions, the glaze might fire a lighter yellowish brown, called 'eel yellow', or a greener hue, called 'snakeskin green'. The monochrome glaze complements the form of the porcelain, perhaps inspired by metalwork, especially archaic bronze forms. Compare with a similar Qianlong seal mark and period bottle of this form and glaze, illustrated in The Prime Cultural Relics Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum, vol.II, Liaoning, 2007, p.41. See another similar vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period illustrated in Art of China: highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, London, 2018, p.200, no.79. See also Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pl.162. See also an example included in the exhibition Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing, The Huaihaitang Collection, 2007, Hong Kong, no.64; and a vase illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, London, 1994, no.935, which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 6. See also a similar teadust-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 April 2017, lot 3668.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
A rare flambé-glazed bottle vaseQianlong seal mark and of the periodThe compressed globular body rising from a short, slightly splayed foot to a long tapering neck flaring at the rim, attractively glazed in rich tones of cherry-red, purple and shaded turquoise, the base with a vitreous burgundy-red glaze streaked with deep lavender-blue, incised seal mark. 17cm (6 3/4in) high.Footnotes:清乾隆 窯變釉賞瓶「大清乾隆年製」篆書模款Provenance: a European private collection, and thence by descent來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今See a related flambé-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, illustrated by R.Kerr, Chinese Ceramics - Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, pp.20-21.Compare with a related flambé-glazed pear-shaped vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3335.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
A very rare white glazed 'cut-through' 'lotus' bowlQianlong seal mark and of the periodThinly potted with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently flared rim, delicately pierced around the body with a broad band of scrolling lotus blooms, applied overall with a transparent unctuous glaze revealing the white body and intricate design. 13.5cm (5 1/4in) diam.Footnotes:清乾隆 白釉玲瓏透花番蓮紋盌青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款Provenance: P. Parizel collection, by reputeGalerie 41 Antiquités, MonacoA European private collection, and thence by descent來源：傳為P. Parizel舊藏摩納哥古董商Galerie 41 Antiquités歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今This delicate bowl is notable for its exquisite lace-like decoration, which was made by piercing the body with a delicate openwork design of small perforations that were subsequently filled with a clear glaze. An innovation of the Qianlong period, this decoration is known in the West as 'grains-de-riz' (rice grain), because the tiny perforations resembled small grains of rice.Compare with a related example, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl.147; another in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published by J.Ayers and S.Masahiko, eds, Ceramic Art of the World, vol.15, Tokyo, 1983, pl.280; one with a more elaborate motif illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, London, 1994, pl.793, and later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2012, lot 3; a pair from the Alfred F. Pillsbury collection in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, included in the exhibition Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien-Lung, Los Angeles, 1952, no.320; another slightly smaller pair in the Zhuyuetang Collection, illustrated by L.Schwartz-Arenales, eds, Mille ans de Monochromes, Geneva, 2018, p.372, no.197a-b.See also a similar white glazed 'cut-out' decoration bowl and cover, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1501. A similar pair of bowls, Qianlong seal marks and of the period, was sold at Sotheby's London, 6 November 2019, lot 7.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
A rare bronze inscribed ritual tripod wine vessel, jueLate Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty, 12th-10th century BCThe vessel with a deep U-shaped body rising to a pointed rim opposite a long channelled spout, flanked by a pair of posts capped with conical 'fire-whorl' medallions, all supported on three narrow tapered legs, the exterior intricately cast in low relief with two registers of taotie scrolls, one side set with a curved handle issuing from a bovine mask, a three-character inscription Shi Fu Gui cast beneath the handle, the surface with an overall greyish-green patina with areas of malachite encrustation. 20cm (7 7/8in) high.Footnotes:商晚期或西周早期，公元前12至10世紀 青銅饕餮紋爵Inscription：史父癸Provenance: Dr. Kyoshi Hosoi (1897-1975), Honolulu Rare Art Inc., New York, before June 1982An important European private collectionChristie's London, 10 November 2015, lot 18A distinguished London private collection來源: 美國夏威夷檀香山Dr. Kyoshi Hosoi (1897-1975) 舊藏1982年6月前購自美國紐約古董商Rare Art Inc.歐洲重要私人收藏倫敦佳士得，2015年11月10日，拍品編號18倫敦顯赫私人收藏A bronze jue, 'Chih-fu-hsin' wine vessel, Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC), of similar form and decoration, is in the collection of the National Palace Museum Taipei, see Masterworks of Chinese Bronze in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, pl.44. See also a jue with similar design on the main register and under the spout, illustrated by J.Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D.C., 1990, vol.IIB, pp.639-639, no.105.A similar jue, late Shang dynasty, decorated with two bands of taotie scrolls but with a longer inscription, was sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1102. Another related bronze jue, late Shang/Western Zhou dynasty, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 8 November 2012, lot 228.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare yellow-glazed incised bowlKangxi six-character mark and of the periodIncised around the exterior with four floral medallions interspersed with billowing clouds above a band of upright lappets, all between a double incised line encircling the foot and rim, the interior similarly incised with a central floral medallion, all beneath a pale yellow glaze, save for the base left white. 12cm (4 3/4in) diam.Footnotes:清康熙 黃釉刻團花紋盌青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: Galerie 41 Antiquités, Monaco, 15 December 1996A European private collection, and thence by descent來源：1996年12月15日購自摩納哥古董商Galerie 41 Antiquités歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a similar yellow-glazed bowl, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 15 June 2020, lot 18.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
A rare copper-red glazed stem bowlQianlong seal mark and of the periodFinely potted with a flared rim to the wide, curving well and raised on a tall conical foot, covered with a glaze of crushed-raspberry tone to the interior and exterior, the rim and interior of the foot left white, the interior of the foot with a single line of seal script. 14.9cm (5 7/8in) diam.Footnotes:清乾隆 霽紅釉高足盌青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書橫款Provenance: a European private collection, and thence by descent來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a similar copper-red stem bowl, Qianlong six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's London, 17 May 2013, lot 1333.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
A rare café-au-lait ground famille rose 'orchid' bowlDaoguang iron-red seal mark and of the periodFinely potted with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim from a short, inward-tapered foot, the exterior delicately enamelled with three clusters of orchids reserved on a café-au-lait ground below the gilt rim, one side with a calligraphic inscription. 11.5cm (4 1/2in) diam.Footnotes:清道光 米黃地粉彩水仙花盌礬紅「大清道光年製」篆書款Provenance: a European private collection, and thence by descent來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a similar café-au lait ground famille rose bowl, Daoguang iron-red seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1395 (part lot).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
A rare green enamelled incised 'dragon' dishHongzhi six-character mark, 17th centuryEnamelled and incised in the interior with a writhing five-clawed dragon, the exterior with a further two striding green dragons. 18cm (7 1/8in) diam.Footnotes:十七世紀 綠彩刻龍紋盤青花「大明弘治年製」楷書款Provenance: Montague L. Meyer collection, no.352 (label)Sotheby's London, 10 July 1951, lot 109Robert Stanley Hope Smith (1910-1979), collection no.V16, and thence by descent來源：英國Montague L. Meyer舊藏，藏品編號352（標籤）倫敦蘇富比，1951年7月10日，拍品編號109Robert Stanley Hope Smith舊藏（1910-1979），藏品編號V16，並由後人保存迄今A similar dish from the Hongzhi period of the same size and shape but with the dragon surrounded by waves, deeply incised and covered with a pale-green enamel, is illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, London, 1994, pl.693. See also a Hongzhi dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published in Minji meihin zuroku, vol.II, Tokyo, 1977, pl.82, also with the dragon-and-cloud design.A similar green dragon dish with Hongzhi mark, Kangxi period, was sold at Sotheby's Paris, 11 June 2009, lot 169.The Robert Stanley Hope Smith CollectionRobert Stanley Hope Smith, known to friends and family as Stanley, was born on 13th December 1910 in Horton, Bradford. During the 2nd world war he served with his local Home Guard Regiment. He was a solicitor and partner at Browning Oliver and Smith in Bradford and was known to have worked closely with the refugee Polish community which settled there in the late 1940s and early 50s, helping them establish a future within the city that still prospered with a textile industry.He married Joan Shelton, a schoolteacher, on 4th September 1946, bought a small semi-detached house, Colwyn, Park Mount Avenue in Baildon and had one son, John.According to his diary he began collecting 'Famille Rose' and 'Famille Verte' pieces in 1946 from local auction houses, shops and privately in Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford. His wife Joan also shared his passion and they made further purchases on weekend trips to country houses and antique fairs.He made his first Sotheby's purchase via absentee bid on 2nd October 1950 and on the 15th December the same year was elected a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. In 1959 Frank Davis, another north of England OCS member, wrote to say that he would surely be welcomed by the 'learned lot' in London but it is unlikely Stanley ever made it there because of the disability that made travel difficult.Over the following decades he was delighted to acquire pieces from well-known collections formed by Lord Cunliffe, Montague Meyer, Leonard Gow, along with OCS exhibition pieces. What may have not been key pieces for them became the core of his collection.Stanley and Joan lived an unassuming life, intellectually stimulated by eclectic subscriptions to periodicals. He played the organ at church services in Baildon, watched his son play rugby for his school and county, and on summer afternoons tended his allotment. They loved the Yorkshire Dales, visiting country houses, occasionally staying in hotels in the Lake District. On Sundays they drove a specially adapted Jaguar across the Yorkshire moors.Members of their family were the few fortunate enough to see the porcelain collection displayed in the back room of Colwyn on a dresser alongside the piano and harpsichord. They assumed that Stanley collected even broken pieces of Chinese pottery because they were all that he could afford, unaware that Kintsugi was key to his passion, for he had suffered from polio as a child and walked with a cane.Stanley died in November 1979. Joan remained a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society for the rest of her life. In later years her grandchildren remember her reading to them in front of an open fire from auction catalogues, OCB periodicals and Oriental art study books, teaching them about the Chinese dynasties and their dates while referring to the pieces still on display in the back room where they had remained undisturbed for the previous 45 years. She died in 2000 and the collection was subsequently put into storage. The family has decided that the time has come for others to enjoy and admire the collection and hope that it will bring as much pleasure as it did for Stanley and Joan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare famille rose 'butterflies and peonies' dishYongzheng six-character mark and of the periodThe dish finely potted with gently curving sides rising from a short inward-tapering foot to a slightly everted rim, delicately enamelled with two butterflies fluttering in mid-air beneath a branch of flowering peony blossoms. 20cm (7 7/8in) diam.Footnotes:清雍正 粉彩過枝花蝶紋盤青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London (label), circa 1924 - 1930Sotheby's London, 24 July 1951, lot 161Robert Stanley Hope Smith collection (1910-1979), collection no.R32, and thence by descentWe would like to thank Dominic Jellinek for providing further information on the Bluett's provenance.來源：約1924至1930年間，購自倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons（標籤）倫敦蘇富比，1951年7月24日，拍品編號161Robert Stanley Hope Smith（1910-1979）舊藏，藏品編號R32，並由後人保存迄今The blossoming peony branches on the outside extend over the rim of the dish continuing well into the interior. This decorative pattern, known as 'guozhi 過枝' (overextended branches), is a homophone of the phrase 'guozhi 國治', meaning prolonged peace under good government. It was first developed towards the end of the Ming dynasty, and later became popular during the Yongzheng reign. It was especially favoured at court which is shown in Imperial examples such as a larger dish (29.5cm) with peach flower design in the Baur Collection, illustrated by J.Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol.IV, Geneva, 1974, A589; and a charger (50.1cm) in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p.67.See a closely related dish with butterflies and peonies design, Yongzheng six-character mark and period, which was sold at Christie's London, 7 November 2017, lot 275.The Robert Stanley Hope Smith CollectionRobert Stanley Hope Smith, known to friends and family as Stanley, was born on 13th December 1910 in Horton, Bradford. During the 2nd world war he served with his local Home Guard Regiment. He was a solicitor and partner at Browning Oliver and Smith in Bradford and was known to have worked closely with the refugee Polish community which settled there in the late 1940s and early 50s, helping them establish a future within the city that still prospered with a textile industry.He married Joan Shelton, a schoolteacher, on 4th September 1946, bought a small semi-detached house, Colwyn, Park Mount Avenue in Baildon and had one son, John.According to his diary he began collecting 'Famille Rose' and 'Famille Verte' pieces in 1946 from local auction houses, shops and privately in Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford. His wife Joan also shared his passion and they made further purchases on weekend trips to country houses and antique fairs.He made his first Sotheby's purchase via absentee bid on 2nd October 1950 and on the 15th December the same year was elected a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. In 1959 Frank Davis, another north of England OCS member, wrote to say that he would surely be welcomed by the 'learned lot' in London but it is unlikely Stanley ever made it there because of the disability that made travel difficult.Over the following decades he was delighted to acquire pieces from well-known collections formed by Lord Cunliffe, Montague Meyer, Leonard Gow, along with OCS exhibition pieces. What may have not been key pieces for them became the core of his collection.Stanley and Joan lived an unassuming life, intellectually stimulated by eclectic subscriptions to periodicals. He played the organ at church services in Baildon, watched his son play rugby for his school and county, and on summer afternoons tended his allotment. They loved the Yorkshire Dales, visiting country houses, occasionally staying in hotels in the Lake District. On Sundays they drove a specially adapted Jaguar across the Yorkshire moors.Members of their family were the few fortunate enough to see the porcelain collection displayed in the back room of Colwyn on a dresser alongside the piano and harpsichord. They assumed that Stanley collected even broken pieces of Chinese pottery because they were all that he could afford, unaware that Kintsugi was key to his passion, for he had suffered from polio as a child and walked with a cane.Stanley died in November 1979. Joan remained a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society for the rest of her life. In later years her grandchildren remember her reading to them in front of an open fire from auction catalogues, OCB periodicals and Oriental art study books, teaching them about the Chinese dynasties and their dates while referring to the pieces still on display in the back room where they had remained undisturbed for the previous 45 years. She died in 2000 and the collection was subsequently put into storage. The family has decided that the time has come for others to enjoy and admire the collection and hope that it will bring as much pleasure as it did for Stanley and Joan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare famille rose 'floral sprays' dishYongzheng six-character mark and of the period, the enamels probably later addedThinly potted with gently curving sides rising from slightly tapered foot, enamelled possibly later with a peony spray in the well, with four sprigs of lotus, magnolia, chrysanthemums and prunus around the cavetto. 19cm (7 1/2in) diam. Footnotes:清雍正，粉彩或為更晚 粉彩花卉紋盤青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款Provenance: Sotheby's London, 28 April 1953, lot 61Robert Stanley Hope Smith (1910-1979), collection no.R34, and thence by descent來源：倫敦蘇富比，1953年4月28日，拍品編號61Robert Stanley Hope Smith（1910-1979）舊藏，藏品編號R34，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a Yongzheng dish relatedly decorated with a peony spray in the centre, surrounded by three various floral sprigs, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no.589-1907.A related dish from the Yongzheng period of smaller size, the centre with two butterflies, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, lot 3642.The Robert Stanley Hope Smith CollectionRobert Stanley Hope Smith, known to friends and family as Stanley, was born on 13th December 1910 in Horton, Bradford. During the 2nd world war he served with his local Home Guard Regiment. He was a solicitor and partner at Browning Oliver and Smith in Bradford and was known to have worked closely with the refugee Polish community which settled there in the late 1940s and early 50s, helping them establish a future within the city that still prospered with a textile industry.He married Joan Shelton, a schoolteacher, on 4th September 1946, bought a small semi-detached house, Colwyn, Park Mount Avenue in Baildon and had one son, John.According to his diary he began collecting 'Famille Rose' and 'Famille Verte' pieces in 1946 from local auction houses, shops and privately in Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford. His wife Joan also shared his passion and they made further purchases on weekend trips to country houses and antique fairs.He made his first Sotheby's purchase via absentee bid on 2nd October 1950 and on the 15th December the same year was elected a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. In 1959 Frank Davis, another north of England OCS member, wrote to say that he would surely be welcomed by the 'learned lot' in London but it is unlikely Stanley ever made it there because of the disability that made travel difficult.Over the following decades he was delighted to acquire pieces from well-known collections formed by Lord Cunliffe, Montague Meyer, Leonard Gow, along with OCS exhibition pieces. What may have not been key pieces for them became the core of his collection.Stanley and Joan lived an unassuming life, intellectually stimulated by eclectic subscriptions to periodicals. He played the organ at church services in Baildon, watched his son play rugby for his school and county, and on summer afternoons tended his allotment. They loved the Yorkshire Dales, visiting country houses, occasionally staying in hotels in the Lake District. On Sundays they drove a specially adapted Jaguar across the Yorkshire moors.Members of their family were the few fortunate enough to see the porcelain collection displayed in the back room of Colwyn on a dresser alongside the piano and harpsichord. They assumed that Stanley collected even broken pieces of Chinese pottery because they were all that he could afford, unaware that Kintsugi was key to his passion, for he had suffered from polio as a child and walked with a cane.Stanley died in November 1979. Joan remained a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society for the rest of her life. In later years her grandchildren remember her reading to them in front of an open fire from auction catalogues, OCB periodicals and Oriental art study books, teaching them about the Chinese dynasties and their dates while referring to the pieces still on display in the back room where they had remained undisturbed for the previous 45 years. She died in 2000 and the collection was subsequently put into storage. The family has decided that the time has come for others to enjoy and admire the collection and hope that it will bring as much pleasure as it did for Stanley and Joan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare archaic bronze ritual food vessel, guiEarly Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th century BCThe compressed globular body cast in high relief on each side with a pair of taotie masks with C-shaped horns and large boss eyes, divided by two mythical beast-headed loop handles set at the bottom with a tab, all supported on a high spreading foot cast in high relief with a band of eight dragons, the patina of gun-metal grey tone with light patches of malachite encrustation. 29.2cm (11 1/2in) wide. Footnotes:西周早期，公元前11至10世紀 青銅獸耳饕餮紋簋Provenance: Mr. Rafi Y. Mottahedeh, New YorkSotheby's New York, 4 November 1978, lot 308Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse, New YorkRichard J. and Jean D. SalisburyJ.J. Lally & Co., New YorkAn American private collectionSotheby's New York, 17 March 2015, lot 154A distinguished London private collectionExhibited and Published: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, Spirit and Ritual: The Morse Collection of Ancient Chinese Art, no.14.J.J. Lally & Co., New York, June 1 to 25, 1994, Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Works of Art, no.53.來源：美國紐約Rafi Y. Mottahedeh舊藏紐約蘇富比，1978年11月4日，拍品編號308美國紐約Earl Morse伉儷舊藏Richard J.與Jean D. Salisbury伉儷舊藏美國紐約古董商J.J. Lally & Co.美國私人收藏紐約蘇富比，2015年3月17日，拍品編號154倫敦顯貴私人收藏展覽著錄：大都會藝術博物館，「Spirit and Ritual: The Morse Collection of Ancient Chinese Art」，美國紐約，1982年，編號14J.J. Lally & Co.，「Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Works of Art」，美國紐約，1994年6月1日至25日，編號53The rendering of the masks that dominate the body of this vessel are characteristic of the early Western Zhou period. Large-scale animal masks appear on some of the most famous vessels of the period, such as the Li gui; see W.Fong, The Great Bronze Age of China, New York, 1980, no.41. The style established by such important works as the Li gui probably enhanced the popularity of this motif at the time.Two related gui vessels from the reign of the third Zhou King, Kang Wang (1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC) make it likely that the present lot was also produced during the same reign. See Bronzes of the Shang and Chou Unearthed in Shensi, Beijing, 1979, no.152.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare blue and white 'shoulao' sleeve vaseCirca 1640The tall cylindrical body deftly painted in cobalt-blue around the exterior with a continuous scene of the elderly bearded sage Shoulao seated beside a deer and accompanied by several attendants with fans, a figure bows before the sage lighting incense on a stand, all amidst a mountainous landscape with wispy clouds. 40.5cm (15 3/4in) high. Footnotes:約1640年 青花人物紋筒瓶Provenance: Marc Michot, BrugesA European private collection, acquired from the above in 1975來源：比利時布魯日古董商Marc Micho歐洲私人收藏，於1975年購自前者The scene on the present lot is distinctive both for the complexity of its design and for the fact that Shoulao - the God of Longevity - dominates the scene, while other figures are all depicted on a smaller scale. This emphasis on Shoulao as the most significant figure highlights the purpose of this motif in stressing wishes for longevity. The painting, in particular the ruyi-head clouds carrying Shoulao, is both dramatic and evocative. A jar with a similar design of Shoulao with deer, crane and boy attendant within a garden setting, Shunzhi, is illustrated in Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, 1990, p.126, no.76.For an extensive discussion about the emergence of these wares, and the possible origin of the otherwise inexplicable name of Rolwagen, from rotating vases with continuous designs, in Dutch called 'rolvasen', see C.Sheaf, 'Reflections on Transitional Blue and White', Arts of Asia, Jan/Feb 2009.Compare with a related blue and white vase decorated with large mythical figures, Shunzhi, which was sold at Bonhams London, 10 November 2011, lot 110.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare blue and white 'Immortals' sleeve vaseChongzhenThe tall cylindrical body expertly painted in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue around the exterior with a continuous scene of the Eight Immortals within a mountainous landscape, all beneath pendent plantain leaves at the neck. 37cm (14.6in) high.Footnotes:明崇禎 青花八仙祝壽圖筒瓶Provenance: a European private collection, acquired in 1975來源：歐洲私人收藏，購於1975年The Eight Immortals, Zhang Liquan, Lu Dongbin, Li Tieguai, Cao Guojiu, Zhang Guolao, Han Xiangzi, He Xiangu and Lan Caihe are Daoist mythical figures. Paintings often depict these figures celebrating a birthday or on their way to celebrate a birthday. There is a variety of different compositions of the same motif, such as the birthdays of the Queen Mother of the West or the God of Longevity. Many paintings originated from classical dramas and prints. Compare with a related blue and white sleeve vase decorated with Immortals, dated 1641, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, illustrated by R.S.Kilburn, Transitional Wares and their Forerunners, Hong Kong, 1981, p.35, fig.19.Compare with a related blue and white sleeve vase, Chongzhen, which was sold at Bonhams London 6 November 2014, lot 227.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare blue and white garlic-head vaseKangxi six-character mark and of the periodThe compressed globular body surmounted by a tall waisted neck terminating with a garlic-head mouth, finely painted in soft inky-blue tones with gnarled branches of prunus on a cracked-ice ground, between diaper-pattern bands and chilong on the neck, and fish amidst swirling waves on the body, the lowest register with sand and shells, all supported on a tapered foot. 22.5cm (8 7/8in) high. Footnotes:清康熙 青花魚龍紋蒜頭瓶Provenance: an English private collection來源：英國私人收藏A related vase with mythical beasts and waves, from the Qing Court Collection, Kangxi six character mark and period, is illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III): The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl.19.See also a related blue and white vase, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1536.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare massive blue and white fish bowlLate Kangxi/YongzhengWell painted on the exterior in varying shades of blue with four rectangular cartouches framed by a sectional wan diaper ground interspersed with crane and auspicious character medallions reading Fu Lu Shou, the panels enclosing scholars in a mountainous river landscape with pagodas, a mounted rider, groom and attendant, and figures on a sampan with a tall pagoda in the distance, all below a whorl-pattern band below the lipped rim. 60.6cm (23 7/8in) diam.Footnotes:清康熙晚期/雍正 青花開光山水卷缸Provenance: Bonhams London, 10 November 2011, lot 118來源：倫敦邦瀚斯，2011年11月10日，拍品編號118Compare with a similar blue and white jardinière, 18th century, in the British Royal Collection, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2016, pp.198-199, no.405.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' 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 wucai 'month' cupKangxi six-character mark and of the periodOne side delicately painted in blue and enamelled in shades of green, iron-red and aubergine with a cluster of tree peony and flowering bamboo issuing from a rocky grassy terrace, the reverse of the cup with a poem and one seal, box. 5.5cm (2½in) diam. (2).Footnotes:清康熙 五彩花神杯 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: formerly on loan to the Bristol MuseumBonhams, New Bond Street, 10 July 2006, lot 130Bonhams, New Bond Street, 17 May 2012, lot 339來源：曾借展於布里斯托博物館倫敦邦瀚斯，2006年7月10日，拍品編號130倫敦邦瀚斯，2012年5月17日，拍品編號339The couplet reads:不隨千種盡，獨放一年紅Which may be translated as:'The rose does not follow the masses and die away, but alone sets forth its crimson all year round.'The poem on the back identifies this cup as depicting the China Rose (Rosa Chinensis) which was apparently the appropriate flower to represent the eleventh month of the year. The poem has been loosely translated: 'unlike the thousand other species which blossom and wither (this flower) blossoms alone in red for an entire year'.Full sets of twelve 'month' cups can be found both in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in R.Scott, For the Imperial Court: Qing Porcelain from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, New York, 1997, no.23, and in the Qing Court Collection, The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.140.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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