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Lot 94
6 Russian produced 1:43 scale vehicles. A ZIL style Limousine. A UAZ-469 4x4 cross-country vehicle. A Volga 4-door Station Wagon. A GAZ-A Vintage 4-door Tourer. A Moskvitch 4-door Police Car with blue light on roof and a Lada 4-door Saloon. All boxed, minor/some wear. Contents VGC-Mint. £70-90
Lot 607
A BOXED UNBUILT AIRFIX H.M.S. VICTORY PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION KIT, No.A50049, 1:180 scale, box opened but all pieces still sealed in original polythene, complete with sails, decals, instructions, paint and glue, some damage to outer box, with a quantity of constructed plastic military aircraft, warships, vehicle and figure plastic kits, all constructed and painted to a good standard but have some minor damage/missing items
Lot 573
A QUANTITY OF UNBOXED AND ASSORTED OO AND HO GAUGE MODEL RAILWAY ITEMS, to include Hornby Dublo class 28 Co-Bo locamotive No. D5702, BR Green livery (2233), Tri-ang Transcontinental B60 double ended diesel locomotive, No. 5007, Tri-ang Railways, blue and yellow livery with red TR Shield (R159), has slight damage, constructed Wills OO gauge white metal kit class 1804 saddle tank No. 1853, G.W.R. green livery (F121) incomplete/damaged, quantity of assorted rolling stock, Lima OO and HO, Tri-ang (including one TT tanker, Hornby Tri-ang Transcontinental Shell Oil Tanker etc, assorted Hornby and Lima track and accessories, etc, with a boxed Anker plastic battery operated Panzer T62 tank, No 116DD8, 1:25 scale appear complete and in fairly good condition except spotlight from turret is damaged (present in box), with instructions, box damaged and a boxed Pedigree plastic battery operated child's sewing machine, appears complete and in fairly good condition, with instructions, box damaged (4 boxes)
Lot 540
* RICHARD "TURNERAMON" TURNER A.R.C.A (BRITISH 1940 - 2013), THE DAUGHTERS OF BABYLON oil on canvas, signed 102cm x 152cm Framed Note: Richard Turner was noted post modernist artist born in Derby England and was educated at Bemrose Grammar School. In 1960, he enrolled at the Derby College of Art where he won the J. Andrew Lloyd scholarship for Landscape, enabling him to study at the Royal College of Art in London, from 1963. There, he was tutored by Carol Weight and Sir Peter Blake. He graduated in 1966 with an Associate of the Royal College of Art Degree, as well as prizes in Life Drawing, Life Painting, and Landscape Painting. His work was much admired by his contemporaries and his tutors. For the next two years, Turner was a lecturer at the Guildford School of Art; working on environmental installation projects with Australian artist Tony Underhill. He was introduced to etching by Peter Olley and Norman Ackroyd. In 1968, he was employed as an epigraphic artist and photographer by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. For five years, he was based at Chicago House in Luxor, Egypt making facsimile drawings of the reliefs on the walls of the Temple of Khonsu, Karnak and Medenet Habu, adjacent to the Valley of the Queens. In 1973, Turner returned to England, lecturing at Salisbury College of Art for three years, before being re-employed in Egypt by the University of Chicago, for a further four years. During this time he made full scale tracings of all columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Luxor Temple. In 1980 he moved to the USA; built a split-level chalet style house in Big Bear, California, and ran his own gallery, named Minnelusa Gallery, on the shores of Big Bear Lake. He also worked as a graphic designer with Treasure Chest Advertising, based in Los Angeles. Four years later, Turner returned to the United Kingdom, and briefly lived in Edinburgh before moving south for five years. He returned to Scotland in 1989, and ran a successful "art holiday" home business from Park House in Kirkcudbright, as well as lecturing part-time in various colleges and schools. In 1993, Turner met HM The Queen and Prince Philip, at the opening of Tolbooth Art Centre in Kirkcudbright. Prince Philip commented on Turner's work saying it looked "refreshingly different". Turner exhibited widely throughout his career including multiple solo shows in London, Manchester, San Francisco, Palm Springs, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Paris, Cairo, Luxor, Kirkcudbright and around the UK.
Lot 520
* HUW WILLIAMS (AKA THE HORSE PAINTER) (b. 1968 - ), PELETON III oil on canvas, signed 168cm x 168cm Unframed, as intended Note: Huw Williams (The Horse Painter) is a fine artist whose work is dominated by the horse, specifically stunning, striking stallions showing their power and movement. From his Perthshire studio Huw produces works on a large scale, ranging from 5ft to 12ft, always in oil on canvas. Typically any individual piece can take from four to eight weeks to complete. His work hangs in the homes of many well-known private clients and prestigious corporate collections Worldwide. These include those of : Beverly Hills Luxury Interiors for His Majesty Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (King of Bahrain), Roger Myers, Cafe Rouge; Exponent, London; Mr Teo Khing, TAK Design architect to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.; Mr Kenneth Bordewick (Designer BHLI Los Angeles); Mr. Robert Friedland – Ivanhoe Mines (corporate); Darren Clark (Golf); Squire De Lisle (corporate); Sir Stephen Hastings; Mr. Philip Gerrard Esq (corporate) Gerrards; Mr. Raymond Andersen Green Esq (racehorses/corporate); Lloyds TSB Bank (corporate); Prudential Bank corporate); Form (Los Angeles); Mrs. Fiona Martin; Mr Clive Wells Skadden, London; The China Horse Club; The Meydan, Dubai; Lady Fiona Savory; Ms Whitney Kroenke (Walmart); Ms Chitrangda Singh (Bollywood); The Audeh Group; Le Gray, Amman; Michela Auert Design; Kathryn Levitt Design and Ms Jenny Wang (Chairman AEC). Huw Williams paintings rarely appear at auction but one of similar dimensions to the one offered sold at Mander Auctions (Suffolk) lot 260 19th August 2017 for £4800.
Lot 667
* FANNY LAM CHRISTIE (B 1952 - ), TREE ROOTS, Bronze scuplture (LUMSDEN FOUNDRY ABERDEENSHIRE 2009) very approx 80cm tall and 160cm wide Note: Fanny is a BA (Hons) graduate of Edinburgh College of Art in sculpture in 2004, and previously studied painting under Professor Chen Shou Soo and Angela Lattanzi in Hong Kong. She set up her art practice in Perthshire in 2005. Her earlier work explored the adverse climate scenarios. Her large scale bronze `Storm` received the N. S. MacFarlane Charitable Trust Award in the Royal Scottish Academy exhibition in 2006, which became a feature in her solo exhibition `Nature Unbound` in Eskmills, Musselburgh. The work is now in Stanford University, U.S.A. In 2010, Fanny was awarded one of the four Grassroots Public Art commissions in West Lothian to regenerate a community green space with sculpture. In 2012, she was awarded the Blairgowrie Community Campus public art award. In 2014 she received the Place Partnership Award from the Perth Museum and Art Gallery. In 2015, she received a Creative Scotland Open Project Award for her `Aquacultural Encounters` exhibition at University of Stirling. The exhibition was inspired by her year-long artist-in-residence at University of Stirling. She exhibits regularly at national open exhibitions and sculpture events. Her work is in both private and public collections.
Lot 776
* PETER HOWSON OBE (SCOTTISH b 1958), SELF PORTRAIT oil on canvas, signed 61cm x 53cm Framed. Note: a powerful and intimate self-portrait, dated from 2001, relates closely to the central figures in two of Howson's epic large-scale pieces - The First Step and The Third Step – from around the same period: a series which chronicles the artist's struggles with addiction through a hedonistic lifestyle, prior to converting to Christianity and his subsequent recovery. The artist depicts himself cautiously glancing at the observer, vulnerable and exposed.
Lot 362
Original vintage sports poster for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (Olympische Spiele Munchen) featuring a great design by artist Allan D'Arcangelo. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. The sporting nature of the event was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week, in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at Olympic village were killed by Black September terrorists. The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under the Nazi regime. The West German Government had been eager to have the Munich Olympics present a democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by the Games' official motto, "Die Heiteren Spiele", or "the cheerful Games". The logo of the Games was a blue solar logo (the "Bright Sun") by Otl Aicher, the designer and director of the visual conception commission. The Olympic mascot, the dachshund "Waldi", was the first officially named Olympic mascot. The Olympic Fanfare was composed by Herbert Rehbein. The Olympic Park (Olympiapark) is based on Frei Otto's plans and after the Games became a Munich landmark. The competition sites, designed by architect Günther Behnisch, included the Olympic swimming hall, the Olympics Hall (Olympiahalle, a multipurpose facility) and the Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion), and an Olympic village very close to the park. The design of the stadium was considered revolutionary, with sweeping canopies of acrylic glass stabilized by metal ropes, used on such a large scale for the first time. Very good condition, light bumps on margins. Country of issue: Germany, designer: Allan D'Arcangelo, size (cm): 101x64, year of printing: 1971
Lot 368
Original vintage sports poster for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (Olympische Spiele Munchen) designed by Hans Hartung. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. The sporting nature of the event was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week, in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at Olympic village were killed by Black September terrorists. The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under the Nazi regime. The West German Government had been eager to have the Munich Olympics present a democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by the Games' official motto, "Die Heiteren Spiele", or "the cheerful Games". The logo of the Games was a blue solar logo (the "Bright Sun") by Otl Aicher, the designer and director of the visual conception commission. The Olympic mascot, the dachshund "Waldi", was the first officially named Olympic mascot. The Olympic Fanfare was composed by Herbert Rehbein. The Olympic Park (Olympiapark) is based on Frei Otto's plans and after the Games became a Munich landmark. The competition sites, designed by architect Günther Behnisch, included the Olympic swimming hall, the Olympics Hall (Olympiahalle, a multipurpose facility) and the Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion), and an Olympic village very close to the park. The design of the stadium was considered revolutionary, with sweeping canopies of acrylic glass stabilized by metal ropes, used on such a large scale for the first time. Good condition, stain on right margin. Country of issue: Germany, designer: Hans Hartung, size (cm): 101x64, year of printing: 1972
Lot 369
Original vintage sports poster for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (Olympische Spiele Munchen) designed by Paul Wunderlich. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. The sporting nature of the event was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week, in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at Olympic village were killed by Black September terrorists. The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under the Nazi regime. The West German Government had been eager to have the Munich Olympics present a democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by the Games' official motto, "Die Heiteren Spiele", or "the cheerful Games". The logo of the Games was a blue solar logo (the "Bright Sun") by Otl Aicher, the designer and director of the visual conception commission. The Olympic mascot, the dachshund "Waldi", was the first officially named Olympic mascot. The Olympic Fanfare was composed by Herbert Rehbein. The Olympic Park (Olympiapark) is based on Frei Otto's plans and after the Games became a Munich landmark. The competition sites, designed by architect Günther Behnisch, included the Olympic swimming hall, the Olympics Hall (Olympiahalle, a multipurpose facility) and the Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion), and an Olympic village very close to the park. The design of the stadium was considered revolutionary, with sweeping canopies of acrylic glass stabilized by metal ropes, used on such a large scale for the first time. Excellent condition. Country of issue: Germany, designer: Paul Wunderlich, size (cm): 101x64, year of printing: 1972
Lot 435
Original vintage movie poster for a Polish release of the Italian crime drama Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate under a title Nieuchwytny Morderca. Cool image of the back of a man in a coat and bowler hat with two arms as bony claws with the background of graph paper with a white border for creating technical scale drawings, plans and designs. The Bloodstained Butterfly (Italian: Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate) is a 1971 giallo film directed by Duccio Tessari. It was distributed in West Germany as Das Geheimnis der Schwarzen Rose (Secret of the Black Rose) which was the name of the Edgar Wallace story on which the film was based. It starred Helmut Berger and Ida Galli. Excellent condition. Country of issue: Poland, designer: Franciszek Starowieyski, size (cm): 83x57, year of printing: 1974
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Lot 90
[MOTU] CHRISTIAN STEYRL (AUSTRIAN B. 1973)Untitled 8, from Serie Gebiete, 2020 signed, dated, titled and inscribed Tulbing on versooil and acrylic on canvas200 x 160 cm (78 3/4 x 63 in.)LOT NOTES Motu Christian Steyrl, (born May 20, 1973, Steyr, Austria) - Austrian painter, draughtsman and sculptor whose work reflects a consideration of the expressive possibilities of mark making, using different media and techniques.Motu's work has been exhibited in shows in Austria, Italy and Switzerland. In addition, his work is in private and corporate collections including the "Collection Sanziany", one of the biggest private museums in Austria.Following some early experiments in figurative realism, the artist began to experiment with abstract and achromatic paintings on canvas and paper. Motu then started to work figurative and abstract, both fields influencing each other. His paintings are predominantly large-scale, often showing irritations or other naive elements and patterns with oil paint, acrylic paint, pencil, crayon and charcoal.A long term project is "Motu is Digging Your World" - where the artist is digging holes in different places around the world. Among others he dug holes on the famous "Monte Verità" in Ascona/Italy and on the Popocatepetl in Mexico - at the height of 10.488 feet above sea level.In his project "Motuland" the artist works with land - so far he has purchased two properties, grassland and forest. The goal of the artist here is to work with the properties and to transform the land itself into art.The artist states everything he does is painting, it does not matter, whether painting with a brush, or building an object, or digging a hole.CONDITIONN.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
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Lot 91
[MOTU] CHRISTIAN STEYRL (AUSTRIAN B. 1973)Untitled 9, from Serie Gebiete, 2020signed, dated, titled and inscribed Tulbing on verso acrylic and color pencil on canvas 200 x 160 cm (78 3/4 x 63 in.)LOT NOTESMotu Christian Steyrl, (born May 20, 1973, Steyr, Austria) - Austrian painter, draughtsman and sculptor whose work reflects a consideration of the expressive possibilities of mark making, using different media and techniques.Motu's work has been exhibited in shows in Austria, Italy and Switzerland. In addition, his work is in private and corporate collections including the "Collection Sanziany", one of the biggest private museums in Austria.Following some early experiments in figurative realism, the artist began to experiment with abstract and achromatic paintings on canvas and paper. Motu then started to work figurative and abstract, both fields influencing each other. His paintings are predominantly large-scale, often showing irritations or other naive elements and patterns with oil paint, acrylic paint, pencil, crayon and charcoal.A long term project is "Motu is Digging Your World" - where the artist is digging holes in different places around the world. Among others he dug holes on the famous "Monte Verità" in Ascona/Italy and on the Popocatepetl in Mexico - at the height of 10.488 feet above sea level.In his project "Motuland" the artist works with land - so far he has purchased two properties, grassland and forest. The goal of the artist here is to work with the properties and to transform the land itself into art.The artist states everything he does is painting, it does not matter, whether painting with a brush, or building an object, or digging a hole.CONDITIONN.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Lot 657
AN ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH 14K GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTER CASE KEYLESS LEVER POCKET WATCH AND CHAIN, MOVEMENT NO. 3'575'000, CASE NO. 2'049'317, 1890size 18 damascened full plate nickel-finished 15-jewel lever movement, gold cuvette, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, sunken subsidiary seconds, blued steel spade hands, the case with vermicelli band, finely chased, centered on the front with tri-color banner with florets, on the back with three-toned octagon with diamond-set flower, both covers marked with crown and scale case maker's mark for Keystone Watch Case Co. and numbered 2049317, the cuvette also numbered, the dial signed with Elgin Nat'l. Watch Co. maker's mark, the movement marked with maker's mark Elgin Nat'l. Watch Co. / Eglin Ill., serial number 3575000, inscribed ADJUSTED, SAFETY PINION, with mixed metal link bar chain with meander motifs; diameter: 55 mm, length of chain: 30 cm, weight of watch only: 144.4 g (5.09 oz), chain: 18 g (0.63 oz), gross weight: 162.4 g (5.73 oz)CONDITIONThe watch is in working and overall very good condition. Minor age-appropriate wear to case. Otherwise, no significant issues apparent to the naked eye. N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Lot 1101
1986 Honda TLR 250R, 244 cc. Registration number, not registered. Frame number MD18-1001567. Engine MD18E-1001675. Having established itself as a credible producer of off-road motorcycles with the XL250 trail bike, Honda moved into the more demanding realm of competitive trials with the TL125. Looking like a reduced-scale XL250, the TL125 was constructed along similar lines, housing its all-alloy, overhead-cam, four-valve motor in a robust cradle-type frame. As all the Japanese manufacturers would learn, there is a world of difference between a trail bike and a competitive trials bike, so Honda turned to off-road supremo Sammy Miller for assistance. Miller's first brief was to develop the TL125, which he did by retaining the basic engine while subjecting the chassis and suspension to considerable detail revision. The TL/TLR200/250 versions that followed were fundamentally similar apart from their larger engines and altered gearing. Offered with an air cooled 4 stroke OHC single cylinder engine with a six speed gearbox and pro-link rear suspension. This, Japanese market only, model comes with a 2004 dating certificate and is unregistered with DVLA. It has been used off road with the headlamp/speedo (28,515 KM) and rear light detached. Unused for many years, it has been lightly recommissioned and is in running order but Spicers would advise potential purchasers to undertake forth recommissioning before taking to the circuits again.
Lot 348
An early 20th century lacquered brass cased carriage clock having enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic outer scale with visible platform lever escapement and barrel going movement striking on a gong, the backplate stamped Paris, in fitted leather travel case, height 13cm (excluding handle)Condition report: Enamel intact.Inscribed Paris to backplate.Chip to one side glass.Serial number 25611.Appears to be overwound and will not run for more than a few seconds.Key present.Brass case with slight handling wear.Outer leather case well worn.
Lot 44
London.- Weller (Edward) London, large folding map on a scale of 9 1/2" to the mile, engraving with hand-colouring, 1430 x 1955 mm (56 1/4 x 77 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some surface dirt, nicks and scuffs, folding with purple endpapers, contemporary slip-case with gilt title to upper cover 'Cassell's Map of London', worn, 4to, Peter Cassell, [1863].
Lot 92
Britain.- Cary (John) Cary's New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, engraved title, hand-coloured general map and 76 sheets (numbered 1-81), mostly engraved maps hand-coloured in outline but including dedication, key and scale as part of sheets, no sheets numbered 62, 71 or 80, ?as issued, list of subscribers, occasional faint spotting and off-setting, bookplate, later half-morocco, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1794.
Lot 179
Porcelain animalier figures to include Herend twin duck group, rust red fish scale colourway, painted marks, 7cms high, Herend small rabbits group; Royal Crown Derby Robin paperweight, silver stopper, Two Royal Copenhagen groups- Mouse on a nut and Cats (5) Condition Report: Generally good- will benefit from a clean Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 197
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
Lot 198
A large gilt-lacquered bronze figure of Buddha ShakyamuniMid Ming DynastyFinely cast with eyes downcast in meditative expression seated in dhyanasana,with the right hand reaching down towards the ground in bhumisparsha mudra, the left hand held gently in the lap in dhyana mudra, dressed in pleated garments open at the chest, all supported on a double-lotus pedestal, covered overall with layered gilt lacquer and polychrome. 47.5cm (18 3/4in) high.Footnotes:明中期 銅漆金釋迦牟尼坐像Provenance: a European private collection來源：歐洲私人收藏Conveying a high degree of power and presence, this powerful and large-scale figure of Buddha Shakyamuni is notable for the crisp casting and the meticulous attention to detail which is echoed in the gentle folds of the elegant monastic robes, finely embellished with foliate scrolls and diaper patterns.The figure of Shakyamuni is one of the most widely represented subjects in Buddhist art. Modelled in the earth-touching gesture or bhumisparsha mudra, the Buddha recalls the moment of his Enlightenment, in which he called upon the earth as his witness of his battle against the temptations and attacks of Mara and his demons. The serene countenance conveyed by the gentle facial features, with the eyes depicted half closed in meditation and the long earlobes symbolising long life, follows the standard rules for the depiction of Buddha to ensure the deity was shown embodying maximum power.Compare with a related gilt-bronze figure of Buddha in the Munsterberg collection, Ming dynasty; see H.Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, New York, 1988, pls.18a and 18b.See also a related but slightly smaller gilt-lacquered bronze figure of Buddha, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 1778.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 4
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
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