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Lot 348
A Mann & Son, of Norwich bracket clock - 25cm high CONDITION REPORT Includes shelf bracketOur team of trusted experts are on hand to help and always endeavour to provide an accurate judgement. The ultimate responsibility lies with the buyer however, and we recommend that you make every effort to inspect the lot yourself.To that end, we have provided a number of additional images for your attention to showcase the lot in more detail.
Lot 24
IMPORTANT ET TRÈS RARE CABINET EN LAQUE NOIR PEINT À L'OR, GUIMarque et époque Longqing (1567-1572), les portes possiblement du XVIIe siècleAN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE GOLD-PAINTED BLACK-GROUND LACQUER CABINET, GUIEight-character Longqing mark and of the period (1567-1572), the doors possibly of 17th century dateOf square shape and with square corners, fitted with two doors with surface-mounted large shaped bronze hinges and backplates cast with dragons amongst ruyi-shaped clouds, opening to an interior with a single shelf and lacquered red, the doors finely painted in delicate shades of gold and red on a black ground with a couple and their attendants on a fenced terrace bordered by plantain trees and ornamental rocks before an open pavilion, the other door similarly decorated with ladies gathered around a table inside a pavilion surrounded by plantains and ornate rocks bordered on all four sides by a band of confronted dragons contesting the flaming pearl painted in gold and red on a black ground, the sides each with a rectangular panel finely painted in subtle shades of gold and red with a sinuous, writhing five-clawed dragon ascending below a similar writhing five-clawed dragon descending amid lush and dense lotus scrolls with large blooms bordered by bands of dragons striding through lotus vines, the top boldly painted with a shaped medallion enclosing a pair of mynah birds resting on the branch of a flowering camelia and rockwork, framed by lush scrolling lotus blooms, the back similarly painted with a tall gnarled flowering prunus tree flanked at the base by a small cluster of pine and bamboo hidden behind an ornate rock and small sprays of lingzhi, all finely outlined in gold and in subtle washes of gold and red against a mirror-black ground and above a horzontal eight-character Longqing mark painted in gold along the centre lower section. 104 x 96 x 45 cm (41 x 37 3/4 x 17 3/4 in)Footnotes:PROPERTY FROM A BELGIAN NOBLE COLLECTION比利時貴族收藏明隆慶 黑漆描金方角櫃 「大明龍慶御用監製」款 （櫃門或爲十七世紀）Provenance:Formerly in the collection of Raymond Pelgrims de Bigard, Comte de Bigard (1875-1955), Chateau de Grand Bigard, Dilbeek, Belgium.Thence in the family by descent to the present owner.來源Raymond Pelgrims de Bigard（1875-1955）伯爵舊藏，大拜哈爾登城堡，迪爾貝克，比利時後經家族流傳至今This beautiful lacquer cabinet is one of the earliest dated examples of lacquer-painted furniture made. The mark on the lower back of the cabinet records that it was made during the Longqing period (1567-1572) of the Ming dynasty. The inscription further states that this cabinet was made by the imperial workshops yuyongjian suggesting that it was intended to be placed in the private quarters of the emperor's residence or in an official space in one of the numerous halls of the imperial palace. The five-clawed dragons painted on the sides and around the frame further support this claim as the use of this particular type of dragon was restricted to Imperial wares. Similarly rendered on contemporaneous porcelain and textile, these five-clawed creatures are typical of the ferocious designs of the late Ming period and leave no doubt as to the imperial origins of the piece.Lacquer wares inscribed with Longqing marks are very rare compared with the abundancy of surviving marked lacquer pieces made during the preceding Jiajing (1522-1566) and subsequent Wanli (1573-1620) periods. We can assume that the highly skilled artisans employed for manufacture of pieces made for the Imperial court of the Jiajing emperor are likely to have continued working under the Longqing and Wanli emperors thereby continuing to apply their technical expertise, skills and decorative repertoire to the works they created. Not surprisingly, the closest related examples of gold-painted lacquer furniture are cabinets dated to the Wanli period. One of these, a large Wanli-marked cabinet painted in the same technique with red and gold dragons amongst scrolling lotus on a black ground is in the collection of the Guimet Museum, Paris, illustrated in Sir Harry Garner, Chinese Lacquer, London, 1979, pl. 144 (Fig. 1). Another example inscribed with a Wanli mark and similarly decorated in shads of gold with striding five-clawed dragon is a pair of chests published in Valrae Reynolds and Yen Fen Pei, Chinese Art from The Newark Museum, New York, 1980, cat.no. 25, pp. 46-47.The technique of decorating a black or brown lacquer surface with designs in subtle shades of gold and red is just one of several lacquer-working techniques listed by Huang Cheng in his treatise on lacquer, Xiushi lu 髹飾錄 (On Lacquer Decoration) believed to have been compiled first during the Longqing period of the Ming dynasty. Other techniques include carved lacquer, filled lacquer, smooth lacquer, colorful-painted lacquer, painted gold paint, gold lacquer, piled lacquer and inlayed lacquer. However, in the Jiaqing, Longqing and Wanli period, pieces with gold-painted lacquer or painted lacquer decoration are extremely rare and only a handful of examples are known. The majority of known pieces include smaller items such as two small cabinets similarly painted with gold dragons and lotus on a black lacquer ground, published in Hu Desheng (ed.), Collections of the Palace Museum: Painted Furniture, Beijing, 2009, nos.89 and 99, but also large, representative compound cabinets and smaller cabinets such as the present example. In Sir Harry Garner noted that no other painted lacquerware known belonging to the sixteenth or early seventeenth century was as important as these pieces of Imperial furniture. The technique employed in this type of decoration was also complex and according to Garner required several steps and required great skills as the brushstrokes had to be precise. On this cabinet, the quality of the dragons and lotus scroll differs on each side suggesting different artisans were involved. The lacquer surface on all sides of this cabinet displays a consistent craquelure underlining the quality and purity of the original lacquer used. Unusually, the top and the back of this cabinet are also lavishly decorated, featuring a flowering prunus tree and a flowering camelia, both skilfully rendered in shades of red and gold. This rare feature only appears on a pair of Wanli-marked gold-painted black lacquer cabinets decorated with Buddhist lions amidst lotus scrolls, the back also painted with a large flowering prunus tree, rocks and magpies below a Wanli mark in a horizontal cartouche, sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 April 2008, lot 1628, the second in Sotheby's London, 4th May 1984, lot 106. The designs on the sides, top and back of this wonderful cabinet perfectly match designs found on other marked Ming lacquer pieces of furniture and place this cabinet in a rare group of Imperial wares. However, the finely decorated doors of this cabinet depicting ladies and their attendants engaged in leisurely pursuits are a unique feature and do not appear on any other marked piece of Ming painted lacquer furniture. It appears that the quality of the painting and the wonderfully subtle shades and washes of gold and red employed to bring to life the two domestic scenes ... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: WW Lot is located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 1200
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BAROMETER, fitted with a thermometer, above a 9 inch dial, signed Negretti and Zambra, height 95cm, condition report: brass presentation plaque to the case, small split, general signs of usage, along with a selection of occasional furniture, to include a coffee table, a small table with a hinged compartment, a tall circular table, a stool, a magazine rack, and a small table with a hinged swing out shelf (condition report: all with imperfections, such as marks, scuffs, stains, discolouration, coffee table with veneer loss, other wear and usage) (7)
Lot 2023
Proust, Marcel: In Search Of Lost Time, six volumes housed in two slip-cases to include Swann's Way, Within A Budding Grove, The Guermantes Way, Sodom And Gomorrah, The Captive and The Fugitive Time Regained, London Folio Society second printing 2001. (2)slip-cases with spotting and light shelf wear, books in good order.
Lot 2018
Austen, Jane: The Works Of, seven volumes to include Sense And Sensibility, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Shorter Works, Pride And Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma, London Folio Society 1975, housed in a single slip case, together with Northanger Abbey, London Folio Society 1960 and Shorter Works, London Folio Society 1963, each in individual slip-case. (3)The Works Of in good condition with light shelf wear to slip-case, two earlier volumes very faded to spines of books, small tea to back cover of shorter works, slip-caes very worn and with some tears.
Lot 426
A teak sideboard by H. McIntosh & Co of Kirkcaldy, Scotland - c.1973, date stamped 'Apr 1973' to underside of drawers, metal maker's plaque inside top drawer, with three graduated drawers (the top drawer red baize lined and fitted) flanking a pair of cupboard doors with a shaped full-width shelf, raised on rounded, tapered supports. (LWH 154 x 45.5 x 74.75 cm)
Lot 467
A mid-19th century mahogany side cabinet - the moulded top over two frieze drawers with turned handles, over two panelled sliding doors enclosing an interior with a full width open shelf over a divided lower shelf, the right side with a later removable shelf, on a plinth base. (LWH 126.5 x 46 x 91cm)
Lot 414
A 1920s mahogany triple wardrobe in the Georgian style - by Robson & Sons Ltd of Newcastle Upon Tyne (maker's label inside centre door), the moulded, egg and dart carved cornice over a fluted and rosette ornamented frieze, above three triple-panel cross banded doors, the central door with a bevelled mirror to the inside, the interior with a double width hanging compartment to the left hand side, with a shelf above, the right hand side with two open shelves, over three drawers with rebated brass handles, on bracket feet united by a serpentine apron. (LWH 191 x 55.5 x 211cm)
Lot 536
An Edwardian rosewood and marquetry bonheur-du-jour - the top and front panels inlaid with an oval patera, musical trophy and lamp pendant within interlaced leafy scrolls, the shallow top with three-quarter brass gallery, over a split convex and sloped front, the convex panel sliding when the frieze drawer beneath is opened, to reveal a fitted interior with two drawers, a central open shelf and pen and stationary compartments above, the sloped front beneath unfolding to form a leather-lined writing surface (worn), raised on strung, square tapered legs with spade feet (LWH 76 x 50 x 93 cm).
Lot 423
An iron bound pine box and a hanging wall shelf - the rectangular box with iron strap hinges, decorative iron lock plate and catch and iron side handles, on a moulded plinth base (LWH 55 x 24 x 28cm); the hanging shelf with shaped armched cresting over three open shelves and a two door cupboard beneath. (LWH 40.5 x 12.5 x 62.5cm). (2)
Lot 6444
George II figured walnut knee-hole desk, the rectangular quarter-matched veneer top with moulded edge, crossbanding and feathered-banding, fitted with single frieze drawer over three drawers to each side, each with the central recess fitted with a single cupboard enclosing shelf, lower moulded edge on bracket feetDimensions: Height: 74cm Length/Width: 75cm Depth/Diameter: 48cm
Lot 6457
20th century French Kingwood and gilt metal mounted side cabinet, moulded green variegated marble top over single cupboard, enclosed by marquetry inlaid single door, the oval panel depicting urn and bridge in garden landscape, surrounded by fruiting laurel wreath and enclosed by draped linen swags, decorated with trailing leafy branches and flower heads, canted corners with scroll and acanthus leaf cast mounts decorated with laurel swags, curled acanthus leaf lower mounts terminating to scrolled terminal caps, the interior fitted with single shelf Dimensions: Height: 103cm Length/Width: 86cm Depth/Diameter: 55cm
Lot 6244
Shapland & Petter; Barnstaple (1854-1999) - Art Nouveau circa. 1900s mahogany display cabinet, raised shelf over panel inlaid with heart and stylised tulips with curled leaves, flanked by balustrade, enclosed by two astragal glazed doors, the lined interior fitted with two shelves, recessed central upright fitted with single shelf, arched lower section fitted with undertier, the spandrels inlaid with further stylised flower heads and trailing branches, on style supports terminating to moulded pad feet, the locks stamped 'S&B, B', retailed by 'Denby & Spinks, Leeds' plaque versoDimensions: Height: 171cm Length/Width: 119cm Depth/Diameter: 37cm
Lot 6502
Mid-to-late 20th century mahogany and walnut side cabinet, shaped white and grey variegated marble top, single frieze drawer inlaid with scrolling leafy branches and flower heads, single internal shelf enclosed by two doors inlaid with flowers, decorated with cast gilt metal mounts, on cabriole feet Dimensions: Height: 93cm Length/Width: 141cm Depth/Diameter: 45cm
Lot 6248
Possibly Liberty & Co - Arts & Crafts light oak bureau, the three-quarter raised gallery pierced with hearts, over a fall-front enclosing fitted interior with correspondence and pigeonholes, fitted with single drawer with poppy decorated handles, single open shelf to baseDimensions: Height: 124cm Length/Width: 70cm Depth/Diameter: 32cm
Lot 6451
Pair of Neoclassical Empire design mahogany open bookcases, the rectangular top with reeded edge over a plain frieze decorated with a brass mount of the Greek god Hermes, the single shelf flanked by reeded square pilaster uprights, surmounted by a brass capital in the form of a female Egyptian bust, with human feet terminals, lower moulded edge on skirted baseDimensions: Height: 79cm Length/Width: 78cm Depth/Diameter: 27cm
Lot 6380
Victorian walnut and gilt metal mounted pier cabinet, rectangular top over acanthus leaf moulded gilt metal edging and floral inlaid frieze, single glazed door inlaid with scrolling leafage and flower heads, fitted with single internal shelf, egg and dart moulded lower edge over shaped skirt base Dimensions: Height: 112cm Length/Width: 77cm Depth/Diameter: 33cm
Lot 6388
19th century Chinese red and black lacquered hardwood cabinet fitted with four panelled doors, the frieze decorated with scrolling gilt patterns over gold bat mounts surmounting the hinges, the black panels depicting traditional figural and floral scenes, the carved parcel-gilt panels with pagoda, pastoral and war scenes, the doors fitted with metal fish and pagoda handles, enclosing a single shelf and four internal drawers, the base compartment decorated with carved precious objects, raised on moulded square supports with pierced scrolling bracketsDimensions: Height: 179cm Length/Width: 158cm Depth/Diameter: 63cm
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