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Lot 1621
British WW1 1907 sword bayonet with cleaning hole in pommel, some clear stamps to ricasso and 41cm fullered blade together with a French 1866 Chassepot bayonet dated 1868 to 57cm fullered yataghan blade and scabbard. PLEASE NOTE ALL BLADED ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO OVER 18 CHECK ON COLLECTION OR DELIVERY
Lot 39
A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND YOUNG' POURING VESSEL, YIQianlongThe deep rounded sides carved with a pouring lip to one end and a chilong handle to the other clambering up the side of the vessel, with its head resting at the rim, the sides carved in high relief with sinuous, striding chilong amongst incised wispy clouds, the lustrous stone of white even tone. 14cm (5 1/2in) long.Footnotes:清乾隆 白玉雕蒼龍教子匜Provenance:Spink & Son Ltd., LondonParry Collection, London, and thence by descent來源：倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今Notable for its exceptionally lustrous white jade and highly refined high relief carving of sinuous chilong clambering its elegant body, the present pouring vessel counts amongst the finest jade carvings made during the celebrated reign of the Qianlong Emperor. The exceptional purity of the jade, particularly visible in the areas left unadorned, smoothly polished to a lustrous sheen, here combines with the archaistic style favoured by the Qianlong Emperor and the masterful ingenuity of craftsmanship and design. In form and design, the present vessel is inspired by the archaic bronze water pouring vessel, yi, which was often used in conjunction with a pan for the ritual washing of hands. It was a late Western Zhou adaptation of the gong and the he vessels, and its use continued well into the Eastern Zhou period; see a bronze pouring vessel, yi, Western Zhou dynasty, cast with clambering chilong, illustrated by J.Rawson, The Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1988, pl.31. At the same time, the depictions of sinuous chilong displaying curled and bifurcated tails is inspired by the jade carving style of the Han dynasty; see a jade scabbard chape, Han dynasty, carved with a pair of chilong illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade From the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.299, no.21:9. The Qianlong Emperor's appreciation of jade, expressed through more than eight hundred of his writings, combined with his passion for antiques, resulted in his commissioning significant numbers of archaistic jade carvings for his Court. The Emperor advocated taking inspiration from antiquity in form and design to 'restore the ancient ways', or the intrinsic values of harmony, simplicity and happy exuberance. In a poem entitled 'The Ballad on a Cup of Jade', composed during the eighth year of his reign (1743), the Emperor maintained the importance of appreciating jade as a genuinely personal path towards virtue. The Emperor instructed the Court to collect drawings of antiquities, such as the Xi Qing Gu Jian (Catalogue of Xiqing Antiquities). To fulfill the Emperor's ambitious project therefore, the artisans working at the Imperial Ateliers and in jade workshops in Suzhou were encouraged to carefully study the remarkable archaic bronzes in the Court collection or woodblocks depicting such antiques to draw inspiration for their new creations; see Chang Li-tuan, The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, Taipei, 1997, pp.49-50.The exceptional quality of the white jade stone which was used to produce this vessel would have become more available for the Jade Workshops following the Qianlong Emperor's conquest of the Dzungar Khanate between 1755 and 1759, where much of the jade was sourced. The jade carver, whilst demonstrating his skills in the form and relief carving, ensured that the magnificent quality of the stone would be exhibited through the areas left unadorned. The present vessel therefore encapsulates the Qianlong Emperor's personal taste for antiquity in form and design, combined with the superb jade material.A related white jade archaistic pouring vessel yi carved with clambering chilong, Qianlong, in the Musée National du Chateau de Fontainbleu, France, is illustrated in Jade: From Emperors to Art Deco, Paris, 2016, p.238, no.192.白玉琢制，圓身深腹，柄以攀爬於口沿之上的一尾螭龍為飾，流口位置與螭龍柄相對。雙浮雕螭龍分飾盃身兩側，穿行於縷雲之間。本例可謂乾隆年間玉雕器皿之佼佼者。其玉色光潔，精巧雕工在優雅蜿蜒的龍身上尤為突出。玉質之純淨在精心打磨過的素面之處表露無遺。除其精湛玉工外，該匜亦融合了乾隆皇帝所推崇的復古風格。該器以古代青銅匜為濫觴。後者在上古時代常與青銅盤搭配，於儀禮上供濯洗之用。盤匜搭配作為儀禮水器的使用方式興自西周，匜器也逐漸取代了之前流行的注水器如觥、盉等，並一直延續到東周時期。以螭龍紋為飾的西周青銅匜，可見於J.Rawson著，《The Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection of Ancient Chinese Bronzes》，香港，1988年，圖版31。本例玉匜上的螭龍形象則可能源於漢代，參見一例漢螭龍紋玉劍珌，收錄於J.Rawson著，《Chinese Jade From the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，頁299，編號21:9。乾隆皇帝筆下有八百多篇詠玉的詩文，足見其對這種材質之喜愛珍重。加上他對古物的追慕之情，當時宮廷內按其交辦所製之復古風格玉雕數目龐大。乾隆一生以「復古」為念，更在作於乾隆八年（1743年）的御製文《玉盃記》中以玉工所言煉玉之法比之於君子之道，並直言「執藝以諫者，古典所不廢」讚賞&#... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 169
Ø A FIVE-BALL OR BEAD PATTERN HANGER FOR THE ROYAL NAVY, CIRCA 1790 with 31in. curved steel blade etched with 'GR' cypher and swags of arms, a straight stirrup hilt, with five-guard with fouled anchor device; fluted ivory, rectangular section grip with fouled anchor and crown and brass cushion pommel -- 36½in. (92.5cm.) long overallFootnote: Ref.: May & Annis, Swords for Sea Service, 1970, vol I, pg 23.Condition report: Lacks scabbard, some old pitting and rust near tip.
Lot 246
LT WYATT RAWSON'S HUNTING KNIFE FROM THE 1875 DISCOVERY EXPEDITION the 7½in. steel blade with maker's marks for Underwood London etched WYATT RAWSON / H.M.S DISCOVERY / 1875, folding into a cross-hatched wooden sheath with closing lock and contained in leather scabbard of issue (lacking top securing spring) -- 13in. (33cm.) open; together with a copy of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson's biography by Lt Geoffrey Rawson, RIN, 1914; a vesta inscribed to J.F. Rawson RNAS 1917-1919; and a qty of research for Wyatt Rawson (a lot)Footnote: Cmdr Wyatt Rawson (1853-1882) entered the Royal Navy in 1866, later serving during the Ashanti War between 1873 and 1874, for which he was promoted lieutenant in March 1874. He was appointed third lieutenant in H.M.S. Discovery on the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876 (led by George Nares), sent by the Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole by way of Smith Sound and to explore the coasts of Greenland and adjacent lands. Following his transfer to H.M.S. Alert in August 1875, Rawson undertook a sledge journey with Sub-Lieutenant George Egerton in March 1876, during which they saved the life of Danish dog-driver Niels Petersen. In one of the exploits described in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society for 1882, it was on this sledge trip that he "attacked and killed a musk ox without a gun, and armed only with a stick and knife which he fastened to the end of it; ever on the look out to procure fresh meat for the sick".Condition report: Old wear commensurate with age, generally very good. As noted, knife's top spring is missing so will not lock in the open position.
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