AUSTRALIA. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold sovereign, 1891 M. Melbourne. Short Tail. Very rare short tail variety, ranked R5 by Marsh.Jubilee bust left, J.E.B. with angled J on base of truncation; second legend position; VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:. / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with short tail; mintmark M in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC AU 55, certification number 2116716-011. Reference: S-3867B; Marsh-135; DISH-M15; McD-183Diameter: 22.05 mm.Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 916.7/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
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AUSTRALIA. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold sovereign, 1891 M. Melbourne. Short Tail. Very rare short tail variety, ranked R5 by Marsh.Jubilee bust left, J.E.B. with angled J on base of truncation; second legend position; VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:. / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with short tail; mintmark M in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC AU 55, certification number 2116716-006. Reference: S-3867B; Marsh-135; DISH-M15; McD-183Diameter: 22.05 mm.Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 916.7/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
AUSTRALIA. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold sovereign, 1891 M. Melbourne. Short Tail. Very rare short tail variety, ranked R5 by Marsh.Jubilee bust left, J.E.B. with angled J on base of truncation; second legend position; VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:. / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with short tail; mintmark M in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC AU 53, certification number 2116716-012. Reference: S-3867B; Marsh-135; DISH-M15; McD-183Diameter: 22.05 mm.Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 916.7/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
AUSTRALIA. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold sovereign, 1891 M. Melbourne. Short Tail. Very rare short tail variety, ranked R5 by Marsh.Jubilee bust left, J.E.B. with angled J on base of truncation; second legend position; VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:. / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with short tail; mintmark M in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC AU 50, certification number 2116716-015. Reference: S-3867B; Marsh-135; DISH-M15; McD-183Diameter: 22.05 mm.Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 916.7/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
MUGHAL-STYLE PALE CELADON JADE SHELL-FORMED DISH QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 痕都斯坦青白玉雕蚌式盤 elegantly and thinly carved in the form of a delicate, symmetrical lobed shell, extending to a single curling foliate handle and raised on a low eight-petalled floral foot, the stone of even and translucent pale celadon colourDimensions:14.3cm wideProvenance:Provenance: Private French collectionNote: Note: Mughal style jade vessels were greatly admired by the Qing Court and the Qianlong Emperor in particular. One of Qianlong Emperor's great passions was jade, and particularly treasured those he termed 'Hindustan' (Hengdusitan or Wendusitan) jades. Such was his fascination with these foreign jades that in 1768 he wrote a scholarly text on the geography of Hindustan and the derivation of its name, identifying an area in what is now northern India centring on the city of Agra. In the eighteenth century, this area was part of the Mughal Empire and thus the jades are today often referred to as 'Mughal' jades. Jade carving had reached new heights under the rule of the great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (1627-58), and it was this style that appears to have particularly appealed to the Qianlong Emperor, although he also collected jades from other parts of the Muslim world.This particular shell form is comparably rare and further demonstrated in the Imperial collections in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum no. Gu Yu 故玉 1060. Another highly important Mughal jade shell-formed cup, dated to the 17th century and inscribed with a Qianlong imperial poem dated to 1744, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1527.
RARE AND RETICULATED FAHUA 'BOYS AT PLAY' LARGE JAR MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY 明 琺華鏤雕嬰戲圖大罐 of baluster form, the openwork outer layer depicting boys at play in groups in an outdoor setting, some seated with musical instruments, some attending to a large lotus pond, some playing with puppets and toys, between a band of beribboned auspicious motifs against leafy scrolls ground on the shoulder, and a border of petal lappets encircling the foot, all below a collar of crashing waves on the neck, with a finely carved hardwood standDimensions:33cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh; inherited from current owner's grandfather, who was a freelance ceramic restorer and acquired this piece before the First World WarNote: Note: Fahua, meaning designs with boundaries, is a term probably coined by connoisseurs in the 1920s, refers to a palette and style of ornament rather than a kiln site. Fahua-type wares are mostly ornamented with designs outlined in relief with brightly coloured lead-alkaline glazes from a distinctive palette. During the Ming dynasty, fahua ceramics tended to be rather large-scale, mostly vases, wine jars and garden seats. [1] The example offered here falls under the category of wine jar. For a related reticulated fahua wine jar, decorated with Eight Daoist Immortals, dated to the Ming dynasty, 16th century, is in the collection of the British Museum, museum no. 2003,0731.1. Also compare to other reticulated fahua wine jars decorated with figures, Ming dynasty, in auctions, two were offered at Sotheby's New York, 24 March 2018, lot 1542 and Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9 October 2020, lot 3616; one was sold at Christie's Hong Kong 19 Mar 2020, lot 103. [1] Harrison-Hall, J. Ming Ceramics In the British Museum, London: The British Museum Press, 2001, pp. 406-409.
RARE LARGE YELLOW AND RED-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON AND PHEONIX' DOUBLE-GOURD VASE MING DYNASTY, JIAJING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 明嘉靖 青花「大明嘉靖年製」六字楷書款 黃地紅彩龍鳳呈祥紋葫蘆瓶 sturdily potted on a flared foot rising to a larger globular body, waisted middle section, further with a smaller rounded body topped with a tubular mouth, enamelled in iron-red on a yellow ground to leave the designs in reserve, the black enamel outlining dragons and phoenixes with clouds in roundels separated by floral scrolls and auspicious emblems both on lower and upper bulbs, the mouth and middle section each with a floral scroll band, the base inscribed with a six-character Jiajing mark in underglaze blue Dimensions:43cm highProvenance:Provenance: Formerly in a private English collectionNote: Note: During the Jiajing reign, the range of colour combinations on ceramics was expanded. The red enamel painting onto a yellow glaze was an innovation of that time. First, a yellow overglaze was fired onto the ware, then red enamel was added with the designs reverse; later black enamel was used to add the details. [1]Several related examples with dragon and cloud as the motif can be seen on different wares, mainly jars. See a lidded jar with cloud and dragon decoration in overglaze yellow on red ground, Jiajing mark and period, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum no. Gu Ci 故瓷6090N; Another comparable jar with more rounded lower sides, without a lid, is in the collection of the British Museum, museum no. 1930,0719.48, and illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall in Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no.9:90; Various similar jars were seen in auctions, one sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 07 October 2015, lot 3659, another one previously in the collection of the Manno Art Museum, no. 388 and subsequently sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 Oct 2002, lot 540.A slightly larger (45.1cm high) and less bulbous double gourd vase, decorated with similar colour scheme and technique, but painted with lotus scroll instead of dragons and phoenixes, previously in the collection of the Qing Court, is now in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing. [1] Harrison-Hall, J. Ming Ceramics In the British Museum, London: The British Museum Press, 2001, pg. 254.
POTTERY FIGURE OF A BOY HOLDING RABBIT SONG DYNASTY 宋 紅陶童子抱兔俑 naturalistically moulded in a seated posture on a hexagonal base, the boy holding a rabbit between his legs and right arm, and a lobbed ball in his left hand, wearing a cape with pointed drapery on his chest, his smiling eyes, mouth and dimples naturalistically incised in a playful manner, the pottery of reddish terracotta colourDimensions:12.5cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private Taiwanese collectionNote: Note: This is a rare example of secular figural sculpture from the Song dynasty, made at a moment when Song sculpture reached the pinnacle of naturalism. Song historical texts and archaeological discoveries indicate that this type of pottery doll (ni hai er), elaborately dressed with real clothes and jewellery, was made for the Qixi Festival (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month) and kept in people’s homes to express the wish for many male children. A larger seated pottery boy, dated to the Song dynasty 12th century, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number: SL.27.2018.1.1. Some more comparable examples, either holding a fish or ball, are in the collection of the Shaanxi History Museum.
RARE POLYCHROMED YELLOW-GROUND 'NINE-BATS' BOWL QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 清雍正 青花「大清雍正年製」雙圈六字楷書款 黃地粉彩雲蝠紋雞心碗 thinly potted with slightly rounded sides supported on a splayed foot, the exterior finely incised with twelve bats, each grasping in its mouth a beribboned double gourd amidst scrolling clouds, between ruyi heads at the rim and a lappet band at the foot, the bats picked out in iron red, the double gourds in sky-blue and ribbons in darker blue, all reserved on a yellow ground, save for the white base inscribed with a six-character Yongzheng mark in underglaze blue within double circlesDimensions:14.9cm diameterProvenance:Provenance: By descent- Private Scottish collection, Harrietfield, Kelso; previously from the family estate bought in 1847, Newton Don, Kelso.Newton Don lies in the lowland hills near Kelso, overlooking the Eden Water, a tributary of the Tweed. It owes its name to the Don family who first acquired the former manorial lands of Newton around 1648. Sir Alexander Don inherited the estate and baronetcy in 1776 and over the next forty years the family brought about significant change. The Dons sought to expand the pleasure grounds and to create a secluded, fashionable, country seat and by 1800, a visitor described the estate as a ‘remarkably pretty, cheerful place’. Between 1817 and 1820 renowned English architect Sir Robert Smirke (1781-1867) made considerable alterations to the eighteenth-century house, for which Robert Adam had prepared the original plans. Unfortunately, the transformation had strained the family coffers to such an extent that the estate was sold in 1847. Harrietfield was the farmhouse of the Newton Don estate home farm. It may have been built after the marriage of Lady Harriet Cunningham to Alexander Don in 1778, hence the name.Note: Note:This bowl, decorated in a highly complex variation of the green-and-yellow colour scheme, represents a rare innovation introduced in the Yongzheng reign (1723-35) and not continued beyond this period. The design, referred to in the imperial archives as ‘a new category of wucai', is basically a sancai (‘three colour’) pattern in green, yellow and white, but the elements that had remained white – the bats and the ribbons – are overpainted in red and blue, respectively, and the pale green gourds have been given brown spots. Since the white areas were emphasised by application of white slip, the iron-red pigment there takes on a pinkish hue, so that this type of bowl is often mistakenly described as belonging to the famille rose.Closely comparable examples of Yongzheng bowls decorated with this pattern include one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 238, pl. 67; and one in the Victoria & Albert museum, accession number 586-1907; various others sold at auctions, such as one from the British Rail Pension Fund, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 78, then again at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 545, and one from The Collection of Maureen Pilkington and sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, lot 6.
RARE COLLECTION OF CHANGEABLE MICA PAINTINGS DEPICTING HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS COMPANY SCHOOL, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY comprising one main painting on card depicting a singular face against a blue background with terrace below; and 12 interchanging paintings on mica depicting house servants, including;A note takerA messenger holding a letterA guardA fly whisk holderA servant holding a hookah and carpetA nursemaid holding a European babyA guard with a swordA tradesmanA key holderA night guardA servant holding a cup and bottleA tea serverDimensions:11.2cm x 8cm eachProvenance:Provenance: Private English collection, Devon
IRON-RED AND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'FISH AND SEAGRASS' PLATE QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 若深珍藏款 礬紅綠彩魚藻紋盤 painted in the interior with a red carp swimming amongst sparse green water weeds within double circles further with three line borders, the exterior similarly painted with four swimming carps, the base inscribed with a four-character 'Ruo Shen Zhen Cang' (Collected by Ruoshen) mark within double circles in iron-redDimensions:15.5cm diameterNote: Note: A rare Ming prototype of this design, is in the form of a zhadou, dated to the Zhengde period, formerly in the collection of E.T. Chow and Meiyintang, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2012, lot 47; A Qing dynasty, 18th-century comparable example, is in the form of a bowl, with an apocryphal Chenghua mark in underglaze blue, was sold at the aforementioned saleroom, 25 May 2022, lot 428; There are a pair of earlier related dishes, similarly designed with a red carp in the central medallion enclosed by red line borders, with more elaborate Wucai decoration on the water weeds, dated to the Ming dynasty, Jiajing period, in the collection of the Percival David Foundation, British Museum, museum nos. PDF,A.730 and PDF,A.731
A rare Charles II oak high-back settle, circa 1670The rectangular back with dentil-moulded top rail, atop two horizontal and four vertical plain panels, the back extending below the impressive single-piece seat board, the round-ended open arms on square-section tapering legs, and with three rare ball-turned uprights below the seat, a charming natural timber ‘angle-bracket’ below the seat used in the original construction, height 119.5cm, width 178.5cm, depth 51cmLiterature: For a comparable settle, again with rare additional front supports, see Tobias Jellinek, British Chairs and Seats 1500 to 1700 (2009), p.206.
Louis-Constant Sévin (1821 - 1888)A Rare pair of Sèvres porcelain and ormolu mounted vases with covers, each painted with a continuous classical frieze of children, within gilt and 'jewelled' borders and reserved on blue ground bodies, the domed covers mounted with classical figures, stamped LC to the ormolu mounts, 29cm high
A rare late 17th century joined oak lambing chair, Lancashire, circa 1680-1700 Having a twin-panelled back, each panel lozenge-carved, and flanked by boarded winged sides, on flat outstretched round-ended arms, atop panelled sides, boarded seat, front dummy drawer, on extended stile supports, 73cm wide, 134cm high, seat height 41cm AFTER SALE - DO NOT CHARGE SELLER COMMISSION
A rare William & Mary yew side table, circa 1700 The crossbanded rectangular top above a frieze drawer and arched cusped apron, on cup-and-ball turned legs, joined by an unusual stretcher with cusped lower edge, on 'bell-shaped feet, 85cm wide, 55cm deep, 70cm high Provenance: Purchased from 'Robin Sanders & Sons', Fulham Road, London, 1991 (£8,600) Edward V Phillips Collection
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° ° [The rare 'Aberdonian' Scottish Psalms] The Cl. Psalmes of the Princelie Prophet David ... According as they are Sung in the Church of Scotland ... title with engraved arms of the City, and all within decorated borders. (42)ff. d-column with central decorated divider. printed in Aberdene, by Edward Raban, for David Melvill ... 1629; preceeded by [The Bible, that is ... with Annotations ...] engraved illus. (incl. the Ezekiel vision) and maps, OT. part title (before Psalmes) with engraved headpiece, NT. pictorial engraved title - The New Testament ... imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Baker ... 1599; text followed by A Briefe Table; and the Aberdonian Psalmes (as above). old blind-decorated calf with decorated panelled spine, 4to. [by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599]***CONDITION REPORT***Psalmes - final leaf (L2) stained and laid down, recto loss of divider at top (first 8 lines), text not affected, 2nd col. tears at top margin (lacks headline) and at fore-margin (clear of text) and text cut close at bottom, verso - first col. lacks headline, other title stained and lower border cut close, engraved headpiece next leaf, intermittent marks and stains, margins show (save 2 cut close); old ms. title verso. ESTC (S125347) give (44)ff., ours ends L2 (not L4) with FINIS after the Table; See Herbert 248 (etc.) for these Geneva Bibles, adapted by Barker, but apparently published at different times in Amsterdam and Dort.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
GILT-DECORATED TEA-DUST-GLAZED 'FLORAL SCROLL' BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY, JIAQING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 清嘉慶款及年代 茶葉末地描金纏枝蓮紋荸薺瓶 the compressed globular body resting on a slightly waisted ring foot, rising to a long cylindrical neck, finely painted in gilt with scrolling tendrils with lotus flowers within a ruyi band under the mouth and a lappets band above the foot, all against an even tea-dust-glazed ground, the base inscribed with a six-character Jiaqing mark in gilt Dimensions:30.5cm highProvenance:Provenance: Formerly in a private European collection, bought in AustraliaNote: Note: Tea-dust-glazed bottle vases are well-known, most notably made in the Qianlong period. Compare to a similar vase in shape but broader cylindrical neck, Qianlong mark and period, in the collection of the British Museum, accession no. 735-1883. Tea-dust-glazed wares with additional silver, gilt, or enamel decoration are rare. Compare to a hexagonal vase with tea-dust-glazed and gilt decoration, dated to the Qing dynasty, 1720-1820, in the British Museum, museum no. Franks.57; See another rare gilt-decorated tea-dust-glazed double-gourd handled vase, Qianlong mark and of the period, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 Nov 2005, lot 1311.
LARGE COPPER-RED 'LOTUS' VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 清乾隆款及年代 釉裏紅纏枝花卉海水紋折肩大壼 of archaic ritual bronze ware hu form, finely decorated on the body with a wide band of flowers in foliage scrolls, framed by a frieze of ruyi and waves, below the mouth further with a band of waves, the neck with a band of scrolling flowers, the shoulder decorated with lotuses in foliage scrolls surmounting tumultuous waves, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blueDimensions:57cm highProvenance:Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Adrianus Cornelis Maria Verhelst (b. 26th February 1955), The Netherlands (by repute)Note: Note: Compare to a slightly smaller rare large 'lotus' vase, similar in design and decoration, but painted with cobalt blue, two lug handles intact, seal mark and period of Qianlong, sold at Sotheby's Paris, 18 June 2020, lot 12.
BRONZE SEATED BUDDHA MING DYNASTY, DATED TO 1573AD 明 '萬曆元年十月內郭普軻劉妙蓮'刻款 銅胎髹漆座佛 cast seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne, hands in dhyana mudra, wears a robe with floral hems falling in naturalistic folds around the arms and legs and open at the chest, the face has a serene expression with eyes downcast, with elongated ears, the hair is dressed in curls surrounding the ushnisha, the back of the lotus throne engraved with twelve characters, meaning 'October of the first year during the Wanli reign, (donated by) Guo Puke (and) Liu Miaolian'Dimensions:21cm high; 1844gProvenance:Provenance: Private Taiwanese collectionNote: Note: Since the early stage when Buddism entered China and bronze votive figures were being produced, it was not uncommon to dedicate secular donors' names, or the makers, or at times the makers were the donors, to religious figures. This would help gain merit in return for good karma for the named individuals. Compare to a rare inscribed gilt-bronze figure of Avalokitesvara, Sui dynasty, made and donated by the 'disciple Ruen Ci', sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 November 2022, lot 41. Some figures bore combinations of inscriptions revealing the name of the donor, date, maker, location of the figure being made, and location or temple it would be presented. In the current example of a bronze Buddha, the inscriptions show two donors, seemingly one male (Guo Puke) and the other female (Liu Miaolian). The remaining inscriptions entail a date, either the date the piece was made or the date being devoted. It is in October of the first year during the Wanli reign, corresponding to 1573AD. Also compare to a very rare gilt-bronze figure of Avalokitesvara, Ming dynasty, Xuande period, dated to 1435AD, inscribed with the donor's name Huang Fu, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 07 April 2011, lot 2839. Another related example of a massive stone carving Buddha, dated by inscription to the 21st year of the Jiajing reign corresponding to 1542AD, was offered in Bonhams, 7 November 2019, lot54.
GILT BOWL YONGZHENG MARK 雍正款 鎏金碗 potted with slightly rounded sides raised on a short ring foot to a gently flared rim, covered inside and out with lustrous gilding, the base inscribed with a six-character Yongzheng mark within double circles in underglaze blueDimensions:10.6cm diameterNote: Note: Compare to a related rare gilt bowl, Yongzheng mark and of the period, sold at Christie's New York, 25 Sep 2020, lot 1840.
LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'RUYI AND LOTUS' BOWL AND COVER QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD 清康熙 青花如意蓮花紋鎏金佛獅鈕大蓋碗 the steep rounded sides rising to a short upright rim and supported on a slightly tapered foot, the exterior vibrantly painted in rich and varied tones of underglaze blue with alternating ruyi-head and lotus motifs issuing from connected foliage stems, the slightly domed cover with similar decoration surrounding a knop in the form of a seated gilt-decorated Buddhist lion dog stepping on a brocade ball, the base with two concentric circles in underglaze blueDimensions:26.3cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, inherited from current owner's grandmother. The late grandmother would buy from auctions in London or the West Country where she was based. The collection was formed in the mid-20th century.With a cropped catalogue label stuck to the base of the interior, reading "[lot] 128 An 18th century Chinese circular china covered jar with gilt kylin knop and painted in underglaze blue with stylised flowers and scrolls 9 1/4"Note: Note: It is rare to find blue and white bowl and cover of this form and in large size, whilst the decoration of Buddhist foo dog, ruyi head and lotus are associated with Buddhism. A pair of large blue and white lidded bowls of similar shape, decorated with qilin and dated to Kangxi period, are in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, museum no. 38.1104. Another Kangxi example of similar form but slightly smaller in size (23.7cm high) and painted with landscape is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, no. 3568 Xin 新136735. A further comparable example decorated with 'Story of the white hare' was sold at Sotheby's New York, 'Kangxi: The Jie Rui Tang Collection' on 19 March 2019, lot 362.
RARE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'FOUR IMMORTALS' JAR MING DYNASTY, JIAJING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 明嘉靖 青花雙圈「大明嘉靖年製」六字楷書款 青花蓬頭四仙圖瓜棱小罐 the quatrefoil lobed body sensitively moulded rising from a recessed base to a short straight rim, painted in vibrant underglaze-blue with a continuous scene of four Daoist immortals, including Li Tieguai leaning on his staff holding a double-gourd, Liu Haichan in joyous dance with his three-legged toad, together with Hanshan and Shide, amongst pine trees and rockwork, all beneath a ruyi lappet border, the base inscribed with a six-character Jiajing mark within a double-circle Dimensions:12.2cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, North Berwick, has been collecting Asian ceramics for 25 years.Acquired from Solveig and Anita Gray Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art Gallery, London, 9 December 1998. With an original receipt no. 988 and a declaration of antiquity 'Invoice G988', both dated.Three circular paper labels from Solveig and Anita Gray attached on the jar, of which two on the base, the other in the interior of the mouth, all bearing the gallery's inventory number 'Z51', corresponding to the receipt. Another smaller circular label on the base inscribed '38', is the current owner's inventory number.Note: Note: The Jiajing Emperor (reign 1521-1567) started to pay excessive attention to his Daoist pursuits while ignoring imperial duties from the twenty-first year of his reign. According to the historical record Jiangxi Sheng Da zhi (Annals of Jiangxi), 'Volume of Ceramics', Jiajing Emperor commissioned many ceramic wares infused with the Daoist subject matter. This jar is a testimony of his Daoist obsession. The Daoist immortals depicted on this jar are Li Tieguai, one of the Eight Immortals; Liu Haichan, the God of Wealth; Hanshan and Shide, who are also known together as the Hehe Erxian Twins. It is rare to have them four depicted together. An ink and colour on silk scroll painting, painted by an imperial painter in the Ming Court Shang Xi (ca. 15th century), depicting these four immortals on crashing waves focusing on the God of Longevity in flight in the centre, now in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum number Gu Hua 故畫3689. This scroll painting is painted in meticulous brush craftsmanship, whereas the depiction on the present jar takes on a freer style, aptly applied to the subject matter of Pengtou Sixian (Four Unkempt Immortals), and cleverly captures the liveliness, freedom from the secular judgement, and the nonchalant manner of the immortals.A highly comparable example of a blue and white 'four immortals' quatre-lobed jar, dated to the Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 16 September 2009, lot 189. The same jar was subsequently offered at Poly Beijing, 6 December 2011, lot 4938, then sold at the same saleroom, 28 July 2022, lot 5623.
LARGE CHENXIANGMU 'LANDSCAPE' SCULPTURE WITH ZITAN BASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 大型沉香木雕山水樓閣擺件 帶紫檀雕海水龍紋木座 the sculpture masterfully carved from a large piece of wood into a mountainous landscape, with a variety of trees issuing from cragged rockworks, pavilions built on rocky promontory, small animals roaming in the meandering paths, a large multi-level boat sailing on the river in the front view, with a fitted zitan wooden base carved in the form of a dragon emerging from swirling waves Dimensions:38cm wide x 25cm high x 34cm deepProvenance:Provenance: Formerly in a private European collectionNote: Note: The present wood mountain is impressive for its magnificent size and exceptionally fine carving. It is rare to find mountains carved in wood although a smaller example, carved in red sandalwood with a scene related to the folk story of the eight celestial beings crossing the sea is illustrated in The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carvings, Beijing, 2004, pl. 86. This mountain is exquisitely finished and is one of the finest and largest examples recorded in this medium. A further comparable wooden sculpture of a carved wooden mountain, dated to the Qianlong period, was offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4 April 2012, lot 3213.
An exceptionally rare and very large hallmarked silver novelty wine cooler modelled as an owl, the textured cover modelled as the owl head with silver detachable liner and main body, hallmarked with 925 stamp and date letter code for London 1982, height 38.5cm, approx 86.7ozt/2698g.Provenance: The piece was commissioned by the vendor in 1982 and is more than likely a unique example.
A rare Doulton Lambeth 'Nautical' clock, dated 1878, by George Tinworth and decorated by Hannah Barlow, the case modelled as a nautilus shell incised with seagulls, surmounted with further shells, supported by cherubs riding seahorses, the base applied with shells and seaweed, mounted with a painted dial with Arabic numerals, enclosing a drum movement striking the half hours, on a raised plinth, impressed mark and dated '1878', 27.5cm wide22cm highCondition ReportDial cracked and stained along the line. Clock appears to work and strikes. Movement appears to be period and original. Firing crack to the base. The seahorses with professional restoration.
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Margaret Oliphant: 'Salem Chapel [Chronicles of Carlingford]', London, William Blackwood & Sons, 1863, 1st edition, Double Decker. Vol. I, [vi] + 362. Vol II, [vi] + 354. Vol. I is stamped to half title "Presented by the Publishers". Half bound in rich red morocco with gilt ruling on marbledboards, spine gilt decorated in six compartments, raised bands gilt, titles in gilt compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs to front pastedowns. Thelate 19th Century bindings in fine condition - no bumping and only the smallest loss ofgilt to some of the raised bands, gilt titles bright. Hinges intact, text blockstight. Very minor sporadic foxing but else leaves clean. The 'Chronicles ofCarlingford' were published in Blackwood's Magazine between 1862 and 1865, andsubsequently published as a series of seven books in the Trollope manner. 'Salem Chapel' wasthe 4th in the series. A rare set of first editions of a novel that is very scarcein any contemporary edition or binding. (2)
Wood, Ellen, Mrs. Henry: 'East Lynne', London, Richard Bentley, 1861, 1st edition, 3 volumes, Triple Decker. All three volumes dated '1861': First Edition. Vol. I, 320. Vol. II, 323.Vol. III, 305. Plain late 19th Century quarter black leather with black water grained boards, gilt ruled titles to spines, all page edges speckled red, pale yellow endpapers, no half titles,as called for. Rubbing and wear to top and bottom of spines and some spine scuffing. Innerhinges all intact and text blocks tight. Foxing almost entirely restricted to first and last fewpages in all volumes. Otherwise, the pages are clean and fresh. No stickers, inscriptions or othermarkings. Originally serialised in 'The New Monthly Magazine' between January 1860 andSeptember 1861, then issued as here on 19 September 1861. A classic Victorian SensationNovel bestseller, although the genre-defining line "Gone! And never called me mother!" doesnot appear in the book, but from later stage adaptations. Genuinely rare [not just scarce] withfull first edition status to all three volumes. Sadleir 3333; Wolff 7269 (3)
William H.G. Kingston: 'The Circassian Chief', London, Richard Bentley, 1843, 1st edition, 3 volumes, triple decker, Vol. I, vi + 338. Vol. II, [iv] + 300. Vol. III, [iv] + 280. Bound fully in caramel diced Russia; backstrips with wide gilt decorated flattened bands, giltlettered maroon morocco label in second and fourth compartments, remainder gilt panelled withdouble gilt rules, and filled with gilt volutes, fleurons and draw handles; sides panelled withtriple gilt fillet, small rosettes at corners, gilt decorated board edges and turn-ins, marbledendpapers, purple silk markers. All page edges gilt. Kingston's first published novel in firstedition. Rare (not just scarce) in any contemporary edition or binding - we have never seenanother. [Wolff 3841]. Gilt bright, extremities almost pristine, hinges intact, text blocks tight,and clean unfoxed pages. Half titles discarded, but otherwise a lovely set. (3)
Blaise Pascal: 'Monsieur Pascall's Thoughts, Meditations, and Prayers, Touching Matters Moral and Divine', translated from the French by Joseph Walker, London, Jacob Tonson, 1688, first edition in English, title within double-rule border, dedication page/A3 part excised at head, mainly light waterstaining throughout, slightly more prominent to earlier and later leaves, old half vellum, marbled paper covered boards, calf gilt title label to spine, [Wing P-645; cf. PMM 152 (first edition)]. Rare first English edition of Pascal's famous defence of Christianity, published posthumously from papers found after the philosopher's death. Pascal's Pensées "has been the subject of endless controversy, as has Pascal's purpose and standpoint in writing them . . . It is, however, a book for which the enquiring mind has had solid reason to be grateful from its first imperfect publication to the present day." (PMM)
(Pre Raphaelites), Christina Rossetti; Dante Gabriel Rossetti (ill.): 'Goblin Market and Other Poems', London & Cambridge, Macmillan & Co., 1862, 1st edition, viii,192pp, recased in light blue cloth covers, dark blue cloth spine, gilt leather title label, replacement white endpapers, 19th Century ownership inscription in pencil on FFEP. Binding a little dull and bumped to corners. Internally relatively clean and free from foxing prelims. with very slight water stain to tops of pages (not affecting woodcuts). Overall a very good rebound first dditioncopy of Rossetti’s first volume of poetry. The title poem, ‘Goblin Market’, has intrigued readersever since publication. Ostensibly a children’s poem, it is full of remarkable, sensual imagerywhich to the modern eye can only be interpreted as intensely sexual. This is reinforced by thetwo woodcuts contributed to the volume by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti – on the titlepage and the facing page: ‘Golden head by golden head’ in particular has a characteristic Pre-Raphaelite sensuality. (D. G. Rossetti also designed the original covers in blue cloth with giltdecoration and titles). A rare book, including two of D. G. Rossetti’s excursions intobook illustration. Houfe, p. 284. De Beaumont No. 342 in Goldman pp. 26, 81, 134. White, p. 117, 161, 162. Reid, p. 46. VBD, pp.222, 226.
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(China, Tung Hing [and others?]), 'Photographic Views of Foochow and Vicinity', a large oblong folio album (330 x 480mm), containing 44 mounted collodion print and albumen silver print photographs circa 1870-1893, (each approx. size 216 x 297mm), of Foochow and environs [present day Fuzhou, Fujian province, SE China], images mounted recto and verso on card leaves within a printed red border, all neatly captioned in ink beneath on the mount in English, original black morocco-backed black cloth boards, (spine rubbed, covers worn, some card leaves with chips/marginal part losses, retailed by the "Foochow Printing Press, established 1864", with their small printed label on upper pastedown, gilt title to front cover "Photographic Views of Foochow & Vicinity.", the images circa 1870-1893, some attributed to Tung Hing, including Mandarin Grave at Foochow (captioned "The Grave itself"); Woo-She-Shan (captioned "A piece of the City wall."); On the Road to Kushan, Foo Chow (captioned "On the Road to the Monastery."); The Fish Pond, Kushan (captioned "The Fish pond"), etc. Some of the photographs in the album extremely similar to known images by Tung Hing, such as view of exterior staircase and stone wall covered in Chinese inscriptions, in area surrounded by trees, and view of Yuen Foo monastery. The photographers Lai Afong and John Thomson photographed other very similar views in and around Foochow during the period. The list of the photograph captions as follows: 1. General view of Foochow; 2. Foochow City; 3. The White Pagoda; 4. Foochow [over rooftops, River Min visible]; 5. Foochow [through trees over rooftops, River Min with boats visible]; 6. Foochow [similar last]; 7. Foochow [large residential houses]; 8. The Bridge over the River [boats in foreground, mountains in background]; 9. The Bridge over the River; 10. River scene near Foochow; 11. Fire near Foochow City; 12. Entrance to a Chinese club house; 13. A piece of the City wall [Woo-She-Shan]; 14. The Entrance to a mandarin's grave; 15. The Grave itself; 16. An interior at the Temple of Meditation near Foochow; 17. An interior at the Temple of Meditation near Foochow [slightly differing image]; 18. An interior at the Temple of Meditation near Foochow [slightly differing image]; 19. The Buddha "Yii Lye" at the Temple of Meditation; 20. The mountain and Monastery of Kushan; 21. On the Road to the Monastery; 22. The entrance to the Monastery; 23. The Fish pond; 24. A Temple; 25. Some Steps at the Monastery; 26. The entrance to the Yuen Fu Monastery; 27. The Monastery itself; 28. Scenery near Foochow [river scene with mountainous background]; 29. Scenery near Foochow; 30. Scenery near Foochow; 31. Scenery near Foochow; 32. The water temple [Jinshan Temple, River Min]; 33. Stone pillars and water pots near the North Gate of the City, arranged in the order of the Constellation Ursa Major'; 34. The hills where the tea grows near Foochow; 35. On the road to Pakling; 36. Our House-boat sailing; 37. Our House-boat Pulling; 38. Pole junk, loading; 39. Pole junk loaded and ready for Sea; 40. River scene. Bamboo Creek; 41. Dragon Boat; 42. Telegraph House, Sharp Peak; 43. Heroic Group at Sharp Peak; 44. Snow scene Foochow January 16th 1893 (The Foochow Club).A rare late 19th Century album of 44 photographs of Foochow (Fuzhou) and vicinity.Provenance: This album has been in the possession of members of the same family since its creation in the late nineteenth century. It is offered for sale by the executor of the great grand-daughter of Lucy Kate Pemberton of Calcutta, the wife of the first owner. Pemberton was Lucy’s maiden name and she came of a notable Anglo—Indian family. Lucy married first William Lloyd Howell, an indigo planter in Indian in 1870. Their second child, Nina Lucy Constance was born in Calcutta in October 1872, some four months after her father’s death. Lucy subsequently married a merchant engaged in the tea trade by the name of Philips. The family moved from India to Foochow in 1878 where they remained until 1905. In 1882 Nina was sent to England to continue her education at St John’s School, Preston near Brighton, a school at which she was very happy. Photographic evidence indicates that she returned to Foochow when her education was completed before returning to England and marrying Frederick John Rentzsch, a gentlemen of independent means. They lived at Southwich, near Shoreham, Sussex. A son, Frederick Valentine Cobley, was born in 1903. Val, as he was known, subsequently changed his surname name to Reach in 1940. The late owner was Val’s only child. Val predeceased his mother Nina in 1950 so the album passed from Lucy Philips to her daughter Nina and on her death in the mid 1950s to the later owner, Nina’s grand-daughter. Reference to the ‘junk’ house boat, the scenery around Foochow and the European community at Foochow, the subject of some of the photographs, are referred to in a brief memoir written by Nina for the late owner, circa 1946.
(Cricket), four albums of various cricket cigarette and trade cards, postcards etc, first album including rare F & J Smith 'Cricketers', 1912, complete set of 50, plus a duplicate of card 37, G.C. White (51); R & J Hill 'Famous Cricketers', 1923, complete set of 40; R & J Hill (Sunripe) 'Caricatures of Famous Cricketers', 1926, large size, complete set of 50; Ogden's 'Cricket 1926', complete set of 50; Ogden's 'Prominent Cricketers of 1938', complete set of 50; 100+ various earlier Ogden's cricket odds, etc etc; second album incl. approx. 30 postcards of cricketers c.1900-1930's including W.G. Grace, Victor Trumper, F. Woolley, W. Rhodes, G.H. Hirts etc etc, several real photos; approx 24 comic and similar cricket post cards, mainly Edwardian period; small number at end of album team photographic postcards incl. Australia 1905 etc; third album incl. several John Players sets, including 'Cricketers 1930', complete set of 50, 'Cricketers 1934', complete set of 50, 'Cricketers Caricatures by RIP', complete set of 50, 'Cricketers 1938', complete set of 50, Scanlen's Gum WSC Super Series cards, complete set of 84, etc; fourth album cricket trade card sets and various cricket cigarette cards, mainly second half 20th Century; plus a small number of early 20th Century cricket books and later booklets
Sir Hugh Plat: 'The Jewel House of Art and Nature: containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the Art of Husbandry. With divers Chymical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation, and the Rare Practices and Uses Thereof...Whereunto is added, a rare and excellent Discourse of minerals, stones, gums, and rosins : with the vertues and use thereof', London, printed by Bernard Alsop, and are to be sold at his house in Grubstreet, near the Upper Pump, 1653, title page (a bit toned/marked) in woodcut typographic border and with woodcut of an ear of summer barley to verso, several woodcut illustrations throughout, head-pieces and decorative initials, [8],232pp, mispagination as usual, pp.95/96 with small hole (approx 5 x 7mm) affecting small part of text), worm holes to inner margins of some leaves in middle of book (not affecting text), contents complete, small 4to, disbound, contemporary calf top board present. Scarce compendium of useful household information, formulas and recipes, including instructions on storing fruit and flowers, 'how to carry gold in a most secret manner', brewing, 'how to speak by signs onely', stealing bees, preventing drunkenness, 'keeping oysters good ten or twelve days', distilling, alchemy, a portable pump, oilskin clothing, sign language, bridge building, fishing, reviving colours of old pictures and much more.
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(Cookery, Medicine), W.M. [i.e. Walter Montagu]: 'The Queens Closet Opened: Incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving and candying, &c. Which were presented unto the Queen, by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem, when she pleased to descend to private recreations.', London, Printed for Peter Dring, 1661, lacks engraved portrait frontis, [10],192pp, four page list of "The Prescribers, and Approvers, of most of these rare Receipts..." after epistle with some mainly marginal closed tears, bound together with the 2nd part 'A Queens Delight, or, The art of preserving, conserving and candying...', separate printed title page/imprint, London, Printed by R. Wood for Nath. Brooke, 1660, this part a/f, defective, lacks pp 219-238, 263/264, 289/90, else pagination [2],195-300pp + [23]pp table/index at end, this comprising [12]pp table/index for 'The Queens Closet', followed by [11]pp table/index for 'A Queens Delight...', (both complete), 12mo, old marbled paper covers (worn), printed label "The Queen's Closet" to front cover, contemporary calf lower board. Very scarce
An unusual Chinese Yixing 'chrysanthemum' teapot and coverQing dynasty, 18th centuryOf unusual ogival section, the red clay moulded with leafy chrysanthemums issuing from rocks on either side, the cover with grapes and squirrel finial, 13.5cm wide.清十八世紀 宜興模印牡丹紋茶蓋壺Whilst in the 17th century the drinking of tea in Europe was an expensive luxury used as a medicine as much as a refreshment, in the 18th century it spread more widely amongst the wealthy upper classes of continental Europe. At this time, all the tea drunk in Europe was Chinese, and Yixing teapots like the present lot were a much admired, rare import.Cf. Yixing teapots of different forms, but comparable moulded decoration in the collection of the Victoria and Albert museum, all dated to the Kangxi period, accession nos. FE.29-1970, 729-1853, C.32&A-1947, C.27-1947, many with the chrysanthemum, and the squirrel and grapevines patterns. Condition Report: 品相報告A few scattered tiny nibbles to extremities otherwise generally good.
A magnificent Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Chaturbhuja Manjushri, Namasangiti18th centuryThe deity seated in padmasana on a waisted double lotus base, the slender waist rising up to broad shoulders with upper right hand holding a sword, lower left hand raised in front of his chest holding the end of a leafy lotus stem terminating in a lotus flower with the Prajñāpāramitā placed on top, hair arranged in a high chignon wearing a five point crown, inlayed with coral, malachite and lapis lazuli, other body jewelry similarly embellished, wearing a dhoti decorated with floral border, 19cm high.西藏十八世紀 銅鎏金四臂文殊菩薩像Cf. Mañjuśrī is one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas, or 'Eight Close Sons' of Buddha Śākyamuni, whose name and variations of names were enumerated in the Charya Tantra, Nāmasaṃgīti ('The Chanting of Names'). The current form, with one face four arms, was included in the tantra mentioned above, with variations of attributions held in his hands, and somehow rare as most examples of Mañjuśrī in this on form hold a bow and sword in the upper hands. For a similar form from the Ming dynasty please refer to item no. 57406 on himalayanart.org.Condition Report: 品相報告Slight denting, wear to the gilding and tarnish to the metal all commensurate with age, some inlaid stones are missing to the crown and body jewelery.
Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)Edo periodA rare woodblock print, surimono, depicting a court lady in kimono reading a letter, accompanied by a poem to the top, with an artist's seal, 21 x 11cm without frame, with gold freckled mount, framed and glazed. Together with an original auction catalogue, Sammlung Tony Sraus-Negbaur, Japanische Farbenholzschnitte des 17 bis 19 Jahrhunderts, dated 1928, in which the print was listed as lot no. 257, 31.2 x 23.5cm.Provenance: Sammlung Tony Sraus-Negbaur, Japanische Farbenholzschnitte des 17 bis 19 Jahrhunderts, 1928, lot 257.Condition Report: 品相報告Some creasing and worm mark to the top edge of the print. Fraying to the edges of the catalogue.
A rare Chinese copper-red-glazed anhua 'dragon' dishQing dynasty, Kangxi period, apocryphal Xuande six-character markRising from short tapered foot to shallow sides and everted rim, moulded to the cavetto to the interior with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl, covered inside and out with an even layer of copper-red glaze, base with transparent white glaze incised with apocryphal Xuande mark within a double circle, 20.5cm diameter.清康熙 紅釉暗花雙龍趕珠紋盤，楷書暗刻「大明宣德年製」寄託款Cf. for a dish with similar mark please refer to the British Museum, object no. PDF,B.594.
A rare Chinese yellow-ground famille rose jardinière standQing dynasty, Qianlong/Jiaqing periodOf petal lobed form, finely painted to the exterior with flowering lotus scrolls amid bats and ruyi sceptres on a yellow ground, the interior turquoise glazed, on moulded ruyi feet, unmarked, 19cm diameter.清乾隆/嘉慶 黃地粉彩繪如意蓮紋花盆底托Condition Report: 品相報告Old firing crack visible around half of the base (see photos)
A rare Chinese Bleu de Hue 'dragon and phoenix' bowl for the Vietnamese marketQing dynasty, 19th centuryPainted to the exterior with a dragon and a phoenix facing the flaming pearl among waves and clouds, a one-character "nhut" (sun) mark in underglaze blue to base, 18.5cm diameter.Provenance: Collection of the late documentary maker John Armstrong (1928-2004).外銷安南十九世紀 青花繪龍鳳紋盌，青花「日」款來源：紀錄片導演John Armstrong收藏。cf. The present lot belongs to a group of Chinese porcelains commissioned by the Vietnamese Royal family to Jingdezhen and exchanged via means of diplomacy in the 18th and 19th century. They became known as ‘Bleu de Hue’, after the city which was the seat of the Vietnamese Kings at the time.Being destined for court use, the designs were made by Vietnamese artists and sent to Jingdezhen for execution, resulting in a very distinct aesthetic vocabulary and range of motif. Moreover, the patterns used were very strictly regulated, with specific designs destined for the King, for Royal princes, other for concubines, and for the ladies of the Royal court.The decoration of dragons on the present bowl, paired with the mark to the base ‘nei fu’ in Chinese, or ‘nhut’ in Vietnamese, marks this bowl as a product destined solely for the King’s personal use, specifically during the reign of Dực Tông (1847 – 1883).See an example sold at Christie's, in the Important Annamese Ceramics from the Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection sale, 7 December 1984, lot 115.Condition Report: 品相報告There are firing flaws to the rim, nicks and a shallow chip to the foot rim, some wear to the surfaces.
A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'LIBERTY' PUNCH BOWLQianlongEnamelled on each side with a cartouche portrait of John Wilkes below the inscription ARMS OF LIBERTY, beside a portrait of Lord Mansfield, each portrait flanked by supporting figures and mottos.26cm (10 1/4in) diam.Footnotes:For an identical bowl see D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, 1974, p. 955 where the author points out that these bowls, together with the similar, more commonly-found bowls inscribed 'Wilkes and Liberty', are more political than heraldic. John Wilkes (1725-1797) was a popular campaigner for liberty and was elected to Parliament on several occasions, as well as elected Mayor of London in 1774. Lord Mansfield, representing 'The Establishment', was Lord Chief Justice from 1756-1788.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE FAMILLE ROSE DUTCH ARMORIAL 'VOC' TEAPOT, COVER AND STANDDated by inscription to 1728The pear-shaped teapot finely enamelled on either side with the arms of the Dutch Republic flanked by crowned lions and the 'VOC' monogram beneath, decorated in red, pink, green, yellow and black enamels, applied with a C-shaped handle and straight spout, beneath the mouth rim with the inscription 'CRESCUNT.1728.CONCORDIA', the domed cover similarly decorated with two 'VOC' monograms, surmounted by a lotus-bud finial, the flat stand with rising sides and foliate rim, similarly decorated with the arms of the States General of the Dutch Republic above the VOC monogram, surrounded by the inscription 'CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCUNT 1728'. The teapot: 14.5cm (5 3/4in) long; the stand: 13.5cm (5 1/3in) wide (3).Footnotes:The Property of a LadyProvenance: a Western private collection, and thence by descentThe arms and motto on the present lot belong to the Dutch Republic. The letters 'VOC' are the cypher of the 'Verenigde Oost Indische Compagnie', the Dutch East India Company. The design has been accurately copied from one side of a silver coin, issued by the Company in 1728 for use in the Far East. Even the ribbed milling of the coin is imitated in the rim of the saucer and the mouth rim of the teapot and cover. The tea service to which this cup and saucer belonged was arguably commissioned by the Company to commemorate the successful launch of its new coinage and may possibly have been used by its employees at the Company's different official bases throughout the Far East. Other pieces from this service include cups and saucers in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc.no.645 and a-1907), in the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; a plate in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol.I, pl. 191); a plate, teapot, cup and saucer at the Musees Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (Jorg, 1989, no.36); a teapot without lid in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Lunsingh Scheurleer, 1974, no.267), and a teapot in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa (Woodward, 1974, pl.Al). (Op. Cit. The British Museum, Franks.979)See also a related cup and saucer of this design which was sold at Christie's, New York, 24 January 2012, lot 105, from the Peter H.B.Frellinghuysen Jr. Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PENG YULIN (1816-1890)Plum BlossomInk on paper, hanging scrollSigned, with one seal of the artist彭玉麟 墨梅圖 設色紙本 立軸款識：品是高人骨是僊，不同凡卉共爭妍。春來南國得先氣，勝占西湖仰昔賢。開逕衹延松竹友，歲寒那怕雪霜天。彭玉麐寫。鈐印：青宮少保137cm (54in) high x 33cm (13in) wideFootnotes:Peng Yulin (1816-1890) is known as both an artist and pre-eminent military leader. He fell in love with the adopted daughter of his maternal grandmother, Meigu (plum blossom), but the match was rejected, she married another man, and died. Peng vowed to complete 10,000 paintings of plum blossom, to commemorate the namesake of his lost love. This he did alongside a stellar military career. He rose to become Minister of War after a legendary military career in which he helped defeat the Taiping Army through his actions in the battle of Yuezhou and Tianjiazhen.Most of his paintings were destroyed in battle and this example is a rare survival.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN UNUSUAL BRASS-INLAID HONGMU MARBLE TOPPED TABLE19th centuryThe separate top inset with a variegated pink marble panel, within an inset brass foliate scroll border, set on a T-fret frieze above finely carved floral and foliate scroll aprons descending to the upper legs, terminating in paw feet, each side with archaistic entwined scrollwork aprons. 85.5cm (33 5/8in) high x 99cm (39in) wide x 60cm (23 5/8in) deep (2).Footnotes:It is rare to find hongmu tables of this type with inset brass decorative borders. It is pleasing to note that the design of the brass work complements the scrolling floral and foliate carving to the aprons.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP YTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots 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.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO RARE 'FOOCHOW' LACQUER TROMPE L'OEIL 'CORAL' SCROLL WEIGHTSEarly 20th Century, Shen Shao An marksThe weights formed as ruyi-shaped sprays lacquered naturalistically in coral red, mounted on rectangular bases, each marked.22.5cm (8 7/8in) long (2).Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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