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Click here to subscribeNancy Fouts (American, 1945-2019), an abstract taxidermy composition comprised of two birds (suggested jays) mounted onto a pair of vintage/antique confectioners/chemists scales. The scale's arms; 25cm long.Footnote: Provenance: Direct from the estate of Nancy Fouts (1945-2019)See the Dawsons website article for further informationThis formerly hung in the drawing-room of the Oakley Square vicarage.
A small group of Dinky Toys and a Mamod Traction Engine,the Dinky Toys to include a boxed no. 101 Thunderbirds 2 and 4, a boxed no. 425 Bedford TK Coal Lorry, incomplete with three coal sacks and scales missing, and an unboxed red telephone box, and a boxed Mamod T.E.1A live steam traction engine, (4)largest box measures approx. 26cm in lengthCondition: All boxes are in worn condition with ragged edges, torn and missing flaps and faded colours, Thunderbirds 2 and 4 models are in overall good condition with telescopic legs unbroken, some label edges lifted and marks to the toy body, the coal lorry in overall good condition, very slightly play worn to the wheels, the telephone box shows some rubbing and losses to the paint, the steam engine in good condition with some marks and surface dirt
Hornby 0 Gauge Tin Plate Railway Station, lithographed tin printed, station scales, 3 x station staff, barrow, cases/milk churns Tinplate Goods Depot (missing base) Level Crossing, 2 x double arm signals, 2 x water tanks, both missing ladders, 2 x boxed No.1 Buffer Stops, 2 x boxed six curved half rails, boxed CA1 Acute angle crossing, Brimtoy tinplate tunnel, 3 x Peco paper scene backgrounds landscapes,all in fair to excellent condition.
A set of postal scales, with pierced shaped rectangular plate, the split register from half an ounce to eight ounces, on black japanned rectangular base, 16cm h, another with pierced circular top plate weighing half an ounce to 4 ounces, 15.5cm h and two other postal scales manufactured in Germany, lacking top plates (4) The complete scales generally good with some rusting of metal work, black japanning with signs of rust, general wear and abrasions. The German examples lacking top plates and with more extensive wear
A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A QILIN CARRYING BOOKSMing Dynasty The horned mythical beast carved with bulging eyes beneath bushy brows, its legs tucked under its body and head raised issuing ruyi vaporous clouds, supporting a bundle of books on its back, finely detailed with scales on its legs and thighs, the rear with a carefully-incised mane, the stone of a very pale green tone with beige inclusions.7.3cm (3in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 玉雕麒麟負書Provenance: a Scottish private collectionBonhams London, 17 May 2012, lot 81來源：蘇格蘭私人舊藏倫敦邦瀚斯，2012年5月17日，拍品編號81The qilin issuing a jade book from its mouth recalls the dream that Confucius' mother had, just before he was born. She dreamt that a qilin came to her door with a jade book in its mouth. The phrase lin tu yushu (qilin issuing a jade book) is used as a wish for the birth of an illustrious male child, as the qilin is believed to only appear before the birth of a sage. A carving such as this would have been given as a gift to a wealthy family on the birth of a male child.See a related white and russet jade carving of a qilin and books, Ming dynasty, 17th century, which was sold at Christie's London, 24 March 2011, lot 1484.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A 'HEAVENLY HORSE' CARRYING BOOKS, LONGMA18th century Deftly carved in recumbent position above swirling waves, carrying a bundle of books tied with a flowing ribbon on its back, the body flanked by waves issuing from the sides, the head finely detailed with a neatly combed mane and turned towards the back, the stone of pale white-greyish tone with milky-white inclusions.9.2cm (3 5/8in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 青白玉雕龍馬負書擺件Provenance: Christie's Paris, 7 December 2007, lot 216Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.88.來源：巴黎佳士得，2007年12月7日，拍品編號216展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號88The longma (龍馬), literally 'dragon horse', is an auspicious creature that according to legend emerged from the Luo River revealing itself to Fuxi, the first of the three legendary sovereigns of ancient China. The markings on the creature's back inspired Fuxi to invent the Eight Trigrams, which led to the invention of writing and calligraphy, represented by the books on the creature's back. The Han dynasty scholar Kong Anguo (156-74 BC) wrote that 'its shape consists of a horse's body, yet it has dragon scales...and walks upon the water without sinking'; see M.W.de Visser, The Dragon in China and Japan, Amsterdam, 1913, p.58.The present beast is carved to appear like a horse, and is very similar in style to the mythical creature found on a well-known group of Yongzheng mark and period doucai porcelain dishes, such as the one in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Beijing, 1999, p.238, no.218.For a similar pale green jade example of a longma carrying books across waves, 18th century, see R.Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl.193, which was later sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1507. A related jade carving of a mythical horse carrying books on its back while crossing the sea, mid Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p.110, no.90.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SEVEN BOXES AND LOOSE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, including textiles, balance scales with imperial weights (some brass Avery), horn candle holders, table lamps, circa 1960's pineapple shaped ice bucket, miscellaneous shells, pictures, prints, picture frames, wall mounted liqueur cabinet with bottle and two tumblers, aluminium bread bin, vegetable racks, records etc
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