STATUE DE LOKESHVARA PADMAPANI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉDENSATIL, TIBET CENTRAL, XIVE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 4836 26.1 cm (10 1/4 in.) high Footnotes:A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF LOKESHVARA PADMAPANI DENSATIL, CENTRAL TIBET, 14TH CENTURY 丹薩替 藏中 十四世紀 銅鎏金蓮華手觀音像 Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1975 Depicting the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara holding a lotus, this sculpture's refined modelling, thick gilding, and meticulous inset jewelry exemplifies work executed for wealthy Tibetan monasteries by Newari master craftsmen. While several stylistic features relate to contemporaneous figures produced for worship in Nepal, such as the bodhisattva's broad Malla-style forehead, the near-pristine preservation of the sculpture indicates it was venerated in Tibet. In fact, the specific treatment of the base, with its flat back, beaded rims, and tall plump lotus petals is a quintessential feature of sculptures produced by Newari artisans for Densatil and neighboring monuments during the last quarter of the 14th century. From the late-13th to 15th century, the early Kagyu order known as the Phagmo Drupa established Densatil as their monastic seat of power and commissioned eight lavishly decorated monumental stupas, known as tashi gomang ('many doors of auspiciousness') in the monastery's main hall. These multi-tiered structures represented one of Tibet's great artistic wonders and were covered in gilt bronze sculptures and relief panels.The present sculpture's subject and scale, along with the finishing of its back, suggest it was initially created for the fourth tier of one such tashi gomang stupa, where it would have been paired with a seated attendant figure of Hayagriva (Estournel, www.asianart.com/articles/densatil/, figs. 27 & 28). The sculpture would have almost certainly flanked a Buddha image, but it is also possible that it stood by a Buddha image on an altar, either at Densatil or at neighboring Neudong or Tsetang. Helping to locate the sculpture to the 14th century, stylistic traits such as the long tresses, upswept armbands, and jewelry with uniformly circular inset stones are shared by a group of sculptures produced by Newari artists for the Yuan imperial court in the late 13th to 14th centuries, as well as a 14th-century Nepalese Vajradhara in the Museum Rietberg, Zurich (Bigler, Before Yongle, 2015, pp. 74-91, nos. 17-20; Uhlig, On the Path to Enlightenment, 1995, pp. 60-1, no. 21, respectively). On the whole, Densatil sculpture of the 14th century is more refined than that of the 15th. Other closely related Densatil sculptures attributed to the 14th century are published in Czaja and Proser (eds.), Golden Visions of Densatil, 2014, pp. 116-7, 136, & 167, nos. 21-2, 31, & 42. Three related Lokeshvara Padmapani sculptures are preserved in the Potala Palace, Lhasa (von Schroeder, Buddhist Bronzes in Tibet, 2002, pp. 970-71, nos. 235B-E).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Breitling. A stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with date and left handed crown, Navitimer Chrono-matic, Ref. DDE.BR. 11525/67-1806, circa 1970. Movement: cal. 12, automatic, 17 jewels. Dial: black, Arabic and baton indexes, silvered engine-turned subsidiary dials for 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for date, MPH and KM scales. Case: stainless steel, screw-down back, bi-directional rotating bezel, inner slide rule scale, no. 1318118. Signed: case, dial and movement. Dimensions: diameter 48mm. £1,500-£2,000 --- The Breitling Navitimer is the iconic watch for pilots. Its slide rule bezel feature is used to calculate crucial flight information such as climbing speeds, fuel consumption and flight times.
A. Lange & Söhne. A white gold chronograph wristwatch with pulsometer scale, 1815 Flyback Chronograph, circa 2005. Movement: cal. L951.5 manual winding, 34 jewels, no. 121369. Dial: back, Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30-minute register, outer track calibrated for pulsations. Case: 18ct white gold, sapphire display back secured by six screws, 18ct white gold buckle. Signed: case, dial, movement and buckle. Dimensions: diameter 39.5mm. £12,000-£18,000 --- Established in Glashütte, Saxony by Ferdinand Adolph Lange in 1845, A. Lange & Söhne produced some of the most sought-after watches in the world. The company was forced into a 40 year hiatus when their workshops were destroyed by a bomb at the end of the Second World War. In 1990, Walter Lange, the great grandson of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, revived the brand. Lange watches are still created in-house to the traditional high standards of the earlier generations of pocket watches. Today, as throughout their history, A. Lange & Söhne produce high quality precision timepieces.
A Worcester style blue scale Tea Caddy, decorated with birds and flowers, 5 1/2" (14cms); another attractive floral two handled Vase, a small attractive Worcester Vase decorated by W. Powell on four legs, 6 1/2" (17cms), a German blanc-di-chine barrel shaped Ink Stand, with Chinese boy, 5" (12cms); a pair of Samson Paris Figures, seated man and woman; and a Berlin porcelain double figural Salt Stand, 5 1/" (14cms), decorated with figures. (7)
A George III mahogany eight-day repeating bracket clock, by Ellicott and Taylor, Royal Exchange, London, the 7¾in (19cm) enamel dial with Roman numerals and inscribed below a 'concealed' brass seconds dial and N-S lever, the twin fusee repeating movement striking the hours on a bell, the backplate engraved 'Ellicott & Taylor, London' within an engraved border, the case with an arched top, brass pierced fish scale panels, carrying handles and brass ball feet,31cm wide19cm deep45cm highEdward Ellicott was of the third generation of a distinguished line of London clockmakers. His grandfather, the eminent John Ellicott FRS (1706-1772), was succeeded by Edward Snr and Jnr. The partnership with John Taylor was formed in 1811. He was free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1795 and later Master. He died in 1835. Condition ReportIt appears the clock was restored in 2013, thus it seems in good order. The working order of the movement is not guaranteed. Complete with winding two door keys.
Unboxed Exley 0 Gauge GWR Suburban Coaches, all in GWR brown/cream livery, an early 3rd-class compartment coach no. 2727, with hand-applied numbers and GWR roundels, primitive bogies with coarse-scale wheels, P-F, ends and roof appear repainted, small dent to one side, windows very grubby, coupler missing at one end, together with two type K5 brake/3rds nos 3352 and 6555, both G, 3352 in slightly lighter brown, with Tri-ang/B-L plastic wheels, 6555 with standard B-L wheels, a few small chips and paint loss to running boards, (3)
A kit-built 0 Scale (narrow-gauge - to run on 16.5mm track) Finescale WW1 'Baldwin' 4-6-0 Tank Locomotive, as supplied by Baldwin to the War Department (ROD) in the first world war, well-made from an unidentified whitemetal kit with brass chassis, and finished in plain black, fitted with 5-pole motor and worm drive, G-VG, front bogie presently detached
Kit- or Scratch-built 0 Gauge LMS Passenger Van Stock, all in LMS/LMR crimson, a LMS short bogie van of metal construction, painted as No. 33714, presently fitted with fine-scale wheels, F-G, 6-wheeled clerestory full-brake No. M5511, F, of wooden construction, 6-wheeled outside-framed van No. 3762, possibly commercial (Milbro or similar?) but neatly repainted and lined, G-VG, and a LWB 2-axle full brake no 678, F-G (4)
An unboxed Gauge 1 Finescale German (DR) class Br 98 'Glaskasten' 0-4-0 Tank Shunting Locomotive, finely made in brass by undetermined maker, with very fine scale wheels, this being the type with central crank/"jack" shaft and finished in DR black and red as No. 98 307 (this engine was modelled by Aster but we believe this example has much finer wheels and other details), VG-E, one window glazing strip detached inside cab
A pair of unboxed Gauge 1 German (DB) 0-4-0 Diesel Shunting Locomotive, comprising class VT20 036, possibly from a kit, in black and red with silver cab roof, with jack-shaft drive and semi-coarse scale wheels, G-VG, a little dusty, front lamp, right-side air tank and left-side cab steps detached, together with low-cab type 323 678-3 in red with silver roof, internal chain coupling between axles, also possibly from kit or scratch-built, VG (2)
Two Gauge 1 Continental Freight Wagons by Twerenbold (Switzerland) and unidentified, the Twerenbold SBB-CFF bogie hopper wagon in metal, finished in brown with white flash and 'Weiacher Kies' lettering as No. 065 9 223-6, VG, a little dusty with slight surface rusting to axles, together with an ÖBB wood-bodied van No 135 3 176-7 by unknown maker, in ÖBB dark brown and with very fine-scale wheels, VG, slight corrosion to wheels and spring units, both in non-original boxes (2)
A Gauge 1 Kit-built 2-rail electric ex-MR 'Johnson 1F' 0-6-0 'open-cab' Tank Locomotive, from an unidentified etched brass kit, with fine-scale wheels, can motor and gearbox, reasonably well-made, painted in semi-gloss plain black with LMS 'builders' plates to bunker sides (left side fitted upside-down), F-G, with coal to bunker, well-detailed back-head, Salter safety-valves and other fine added detailing, paintwork a little 'runny' in places, wheels unpainted, left-side wheels appear to have been cut at spokes and re-attached (presumably for insulation purposes)
A Gauge 1 Kit-built 2-rail electric Beyer-Peacock 2-4-0 Tank Locomotive, similar to those used by the Isle of Wight Railway (e.g. 'Ryde'), made up from an unidentified etched brass kit, with fine-scale wheels, can motor and gearbox, made to an amateur standard and painted in gloss crimson, F-G, front axle mis-aligned and some other parts appear incorrectly positioned, several blemishes and two or three chips to paintwork, with well-detailed back-head, Salter safety-valves, and other features
A G Scale Narrow Gauge (with wheels for 32mm track) BMS or similar Pickering Brake Van, finely detailed and finished in grey with white roof, representing a Welshpool & Llanfair van, fitted with 'O' gauge wheels but convertible to G1 - G1 wheels NOT present, van VG-E, in polystyrene packing but lacking outer box
A RailKing/MTH G Scale 2-part American F3 Diesel Unit, two 'A' units in Western Pacific silver/orange livery as No. 802/803, with all-wheel drive and sound speaker to unit 802, both VG, in non-original quality plastic boxes and complete with original Operator's Manual, indicating fitment with 'Protosound' digital system (2 + paperwork)
A LGB G Scale American style 'stubby' 2-4-0 'Santa Claus' Locomotive and bogie Tender, LGB ref 20231.5, finished in 'Santa Claus' crimson with black and silver trim, G-VG, traction tyre missing, pickups show moderate wear, loco drawbar appears to have been extended, labelled as fitted with 'Direct Decoder' (2)
Large collection of LGB and other makers G Scale Accessories, including plastic, resin and metal Station Staff and workers (13 including Guard with working lamp and Gardener), Platform items, Seats, Trolley, Telephone Box, Hoardings, clock, Milk Churns, Scales, Fire Buckets, Oil Cans, Garden beds, Wheelbarrow, other items, Stationary white metal steam Engines, Ground Colour light signal, Fencing , Gates, Tables and chairs, Dingy, Track Cleaners, street lamps, Water Crane, Petrol Pump, Fork Lift Trucks and Trailer (Chinese), Hut with switch added to side and small hutch with switches, Rigi 900 Cable Car (boxed), various Britains Deetail Horses and Knights and other items, generally G (qty)
Large collection of G Scale Hand made and Kit built wood, resin and plastic Railway and Village Buildings, including Station, Canopies, Goods Shed, Depot, Signal Boxes, Water Tower, Carriage Siding platforms, Church, large Inn, Bungalow, House, Lamps and other items, P-G, some require renovation (large qty)
A 2-doll Round-post GWR-style ½-scale 'Scaleway' Bracket Signal, to the original Nemeth Engineering design, two dolls of apx. 78" and 84" height, both with operating lower quadrant 'Home' arms, the taller with a fixed distant below, with twin gantry mounting brackets and lamp-man's ladder, 3 arms to fit, VG-E, largely assembled but unused, lacks double ground-fixing upright posts and some connecting clamps (6)
Hornby China and Gauge Master Digital and Electrical Layout Components, all packaged mostly factory sealed, some opened and resealed, comprises, Hornby R169 Junction Home Signal (2) both opened, R394 Hydraulic Buffer Stop (2), R8249 Digital 4 Function Loco Decoder (6) two opened, R8243 Surface Mounted Point Motor, (2), Coupling Assembly packs, R8268, R8267, R8099 (2 packs), R8219, Link Wires R8201, Point Clip packs R8232 (5 packs), Isolating Fish Plates R920 (4 Packs), R602 power clip (3), R8087 track rubber and Gauge Master BPDCC-27 OMNI 21 pin + 8 pin loco decoders x5, GM52 Multi Scale Track Tester and GM10 2mm insulated wire 10m each green/black/red, G-E, packaging F-E, (30+)
Bachmann OO Gauge Royal Mail Coaches Car Transporter and Others, a boxed group, 39-430/39-435 post Office Sorting Vans, both in Royal Mail Letters Red livery, 38-250 twin pack, IPA Twin Double Deck Car Transporters, 44-533 pack of eight OO scale cars, 33-900E bogie well wagon and 33-928 bogie bolster wagon, G-E packaging G-E, (6)
OO Gauge Car Transporters, Hornby Margate R126 Car Transporter (2) each with three cars (rails appear glued in place) both boxed, Lima 9053 W, two boxed each with five cars (one car damaged) and unboxed examples (4), one minus a Motorail sign, with fourteen cars and seven Minix 1:87 scale HO cars, F-G, (Qty)
Unboxed 00 Gauge Dublo Dinky Toys and Matchbox Vehicles for Hornby-Dublo and larger scale Street Furniture, Dublo Dinky, Shell BP AEC Mercury Tanker, Taxi, Lansing Bagnall Tractor and Trailer, Morris Pick-Up, Royal Mail Van (2, VG with BTW and F with GTW), Singer Roadster (lacks majority of paint), Matchbox, Thames Estate Car, Morris Minor and Vauxhall Cresta, generally G-VG, one Mail Van F and Singer P, together with Dinky 0 Gauge street Furniture, Telephone Booth, Traffic Lights and Roundabout Sign, Master Models Sand Box and a Keep Left sign, all F, (16)
A George III mahogany exposed tube stick or cistern barometer, J Croce, facet, raised and silvered scale with sliding register and alcohol thermometer, finely figured, feathered case with swept pediment and bone finial, oval cistern cover, 99cm h In apparently good and entirely original condition, much dirt and of pleasing dry 'crusty' appearance
Atlas Editions 1:43 scale model cars, from the Classic Sports Cars range, comprising 4 656 107 Toyota 2000GT, boxed; 4 656 129 Borgward Isabella, boxed; 4 656 122 Peugeot 403 cabriolet, boxed; 4 656 127 Lancia Stratos, boxed; 4 656 104 Fiat 1500, boxed; 4 656 111 Fiat Dino, boxed; 4 656 131 Citroen DS Dandy, boxed; 4 656 117 Lancia Flaminia Supersport Zagato, boxed; 4 656 116 Lotus 7 series 3, boxed; 4 656 120 Porsche 911, boxed; 4 656 124 Simca 8 Sport, boxed; 4 656 105 Austin Healey 3000 MkIII, boxed; 4 656 102 Jaguar E-type, boxed; 4 656 108 Triumph TR6, boxed; 4 656 112 Triumph Stag, boxed; 4 656 130 Mini Cooper Mk3, boxed; 4 656 103 BMW 507, boxed; others, each boxed (31)
Anbrico OO Gauge Sheffield "Roberts" tramcar white metal model kit, boxed; Anbrico Dennis 2 ton platform lorry white metal model kit, boxed; W&T 4mm scale kit No.B2 road vehicle kit, boxed; Eames 4mm scale 1923/1927 Leyland platform body, boxed; Eames "C" type 6-ton three way tipper, boxed; Wills Finecast 1:43 scale white metal model kit 1935 Riley 'Imp', boxed and Grand Prix Models 109 Daimler SP250 "Dart" kit, boxed (7)
Subbuteo 1:100 scale table soccer football teams and accessories, comprising Ref.3 Huddersfield, boxed with original inner cardboard display piece; Ref.50 Brazil, boxed with original inner cardboard display piece; Ref.74 Aston Villa, second version with white shorts, boxed with original inner cardboard display piece; Ref.77 Wolverhampton Wanderers, boxed with original inner cardboard display piece; Ref.100 Manchester United, boxed with original inner cardboard display piece; Ref.153 blank team with painted detail, boxed with original inner cardboard display piece; other teams, accessories and literature including C.134 six ball boys, boxed and C.119 Jules Rimet World Cup trophy, boxed etc (quantity)
Corgi Premium Public Transport 1:50 scale models, comprising 33101 "Dennis Lancet" coach Smiths of Reading, boxed and 34802 "Leyland Leopard/Weymann" Sheffield Corporation Transport, boxed; Corgi Classics, comprising C949/1 Bedford type OB coach, window boxed and D949/17 Bedford type OB coach, window boxed; Corgi 33803 British Rail Bedford OB coach, boxed; Corgi 97181 Timpsons AEC Regal coach, boxed; Corgi 97180 grey green AEC Regal coach, boxed; Corgi 97190 AEC Regal coach, boxed; 97189 AEC Regal coach, boxed; Corgi D35/1 50th Anniversary Battle of Britain set, boxed; Corgi CC25802 Weymann bus - King Alfred Motor Services, window boxed; Corgi Classics 97022 Chipperfields Circus AEC Regal living quarters, boxed; Corgi Island Transport 97101 Scilly Isles Vic Tours Bedford OB coach, boxed; Corgi 97172 Burlingham Seagull Stratford Blue, boxed; Corgi Classic Vehicles 97698 Metropolitan Police Bedford OB coach and Morris Minor set, boxed; Corgi Limited Edition sets 97107 and 97185, each boxed; The Dinky Collection DY-S 10 1950 Mercedes-Benz diesel Omnibus type 0-3500, boxed; Coca-Cola Company Double Decker bus, window boxed and two Solido Londonien Double Decker buses, each window boxed (21)
A collection of 1:1, 1:32, 1:35 and 1:72 scale model kit, comprising Airfix 06830-1 Series 6 Little Owl model kit, boxed with instructions; Nu Bee Kits No.NB 207 Patrol Flying Boat Be-6 model kit, boxed with instructions; Heller 80274 Hawker Tempest MkV model kit, boxed with instructions; Heller 820 Char Gepard model kit, boxed with instructions; Matchbox PK-602 Avro Lancaster model kit, boxed with instructions; Matchbox PK-24 Brewster Buffalo model kit, boxed; Matchbox Citroen 11 Legere model kit, boxed; Matchbox PK-1 Hawker Fury 1 model kit, boxed with cellophane wrapping; Matchbox 40001 Hawker Fury 1 model kit, boxed with instructions; Matchbox PK-36 Fairey Seafox model kit, boxed with instructions; Matchbox 40109 Junkers Ju188 model kit, boxed with instructions; Tamiya No.35018*600 Daimler MkII scout car model kit, boxed with instructions and Hasegawa Hobby Kits No.51546 P-47D Thunderbolt (2 models) model kit, boxed with instructions (13)
A collection of 1:20, 1:25 and 1:32 scale model kits, comprising Tamiya No.20044*2400 Lotus 25 Coventry Climax model kit, boxed with instructions; two Airfix 1932 Chrysler Imperial model kits, each boxed with instructions; Matchbox Jaguar SS/100 model kit, boxed with instructions; Matchbox Mercedes-Benz SSKL model kit, boxed with instructions and Matchbox PK-452 Rolls-Royce Phantom Mk.1 model kit, boxed with instructions (6)
A collection of 1:32, 1:35 and 1:48 scale model kits, comprising Airfix 06360 Series 6 Rommel's Half Track model kit, boxed with instructions; Italeri No.256 Soviet Infantry tank BMP-1 model kit, boxed with instructions; Tamiya No.3551**500 Sd.kfz 222 Leichter Panzerspähwagen 4x4 model kit, boxed with instructions; Tamiya No.35259*2200 Krupp Protze model kit, boxed with instructions; Tamiya No.MM142*500 Stuart U.S. Light tank M3 model kit, boxed with instructions; Airfix 07.62-6 Series 7 155mm Howitzer model kit, boxed with instructions; Tamiya No.32521**900 WWII Russian Infantry and Tank Crew set model kit, boxed with instructions and Tamiya No.32515*1600 Russian T34/76 tank model kit, boxed with instructions (8)
A collection of 1:72 scale Airfix model kits, comprising Airfix 06001 Series 6 Short Sunderland III model kit, boxed with instructions; Airfix 06007 Series 6 Handley Page 0/400 model kit, boxed with instructions; Airfix 9 04005 Series 4 B-25 Mitchell model kit, boxed with instructions; Airfix 06012 Series 6 Fairchild A10 Thunderbolt II model kit, boxed with instructions; Airfix 05281 Series 5 RAF Rescue Launch model kit, boxed with instructions; Airfix 05023 Series 5 MIL Mi-24 Hind A/D model kit, boxed with instructions; Airfix 06001-1 Series 6 Short Sunderland III model kit, boxed with instructions and an Airfix 07001 Series 7 Boeing B-29 Superfortress model kit, boxed with instructions (8)
Airfix 1:32 and 1:35 scale model kits, comprising 08363-2 Series 8 Dodge Personnel Carrier model kit, boxed with instructions; 08364-5 Series 8 M3 Lee American medium tank model kit, boxed with instructions and 08367-4 Series 8 15-CWT truck and six pounder gun model kit, boxed with instructions (3)
A collection of Bachmann Underground Ernie HO scale trains and accessories, comprising the Circle Electric train set, boxed; UE309 Sports Stadium station, boxed; UE301 International station, boxed; UE308 Mystery Mansion station, boxed; UE204 Jubilee electric train, window boxed; UE201 Hammersmith and City electric train, window boxed; Bakerloo electric train, window boxed; UE205 Circle electric train, window boxed; Victoria electric train, window boxed; EU207 Brooklyn electric train, window boxed etc (quantity)
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