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Lot 3151

A 9ct yellow gold necklace (af), approximate weight 1.9g, a Victorian yellow metal bar brooch, unmarked and a silver plated and faux crocodile skin hip flask (3). Additional InformationThe necklace is snapped, the brooch is broken, base metal back pin, wear and tarnishing to the flask. 

Lot 3155

Three pairs of vintage silver cufflinks and a cased matching set of silver and mother of pearl cufflinks and shirt studs.

Lot 506

OVAL SILVER-PLATED SERVING TRAY AND OTHER SILVER-PLATED WARE.

Lot 7

GLASS GLOBE SCENT BOTTLE WITH SILVER LID AND TWO CUT GLASS DRESSING TABLE JARS WITH SILVER LIDS.

Lot 8

SILVER SPOON WITH MOTHER OF PEARL HANDLE TOGETHER WITH A SILVER KNIFE WITH MOTHER OF PEARL HANDLE.

Lot 80

FOUR ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JUGS - LONG JOHN SILVER, OLD CHARLEY, THE TRAPPER AND BEEFEATER

Lot 11

SELECTION OF SILVER ITEMS INCLUDING SPOONS, BOOKMARKS, AND NAPKIN RINGS.

Lot 116

EBONIZED WALKING CANE WITH SILVER CAP, TOGETHER WITH ONE OTHER WALKING STICK WITH BRASS HANDLE

Lot 12

OAK DESK CALENDAR WITH SILVER-PLATED MOUNTS.

Lot 13

VICTORIAN SILVER TEA KNIFE WITH FILLED SILVER HANDLE; AND FIVE TEA KNIVES WITH SHEFFIELD SILVER FILLED HANDLES

Lot 14

NEAR PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER MUSTARD SPOONS ENGRAVED TO THE TERMINALS WITH ARM AND ANTLER, MARKS FOR LONDON, 1862 AND 1864, MAKER'S STAMP GA, (COMBINED WEIGHT 0.9 OZT)

Lot 19

SILVER EGG CUP, SILVER SPOON, FOUR WHITE METAL GERO 90 KNIFE RESTS, AND ASSORTED CUTLERY IN A SMALL WOODEN BOX

Lot 2

LONDON SILVER BALUSTER CREAM JUG WITH ENGRAVED INITIALS, 3.5 OZT

Lot 23

CASED SET OF SIX SILVER TEASPOONS (COMBINED 2.5 OZT), AND ANOTHER CASED SET OF SIX SILVER TEASPOONS (COMBINED 1.6 OZT)

Lot 24

SELECTION OF HALLMARKED SILVER, WHITE METAL AND SILVER-PLATED ITEMS INCLUDING BANGLE, MEDALLIONS, PENDANT ETC

Lot 25

925 SILVER ROPE NECKLACE (1.4 OZT), IN CASE.

Lot 26

LARGE CUT GLASS DRESSING TABLE JAR WITH SILVER LID.

Lot 3

SILVER-PLATED CIGARETTE CASE TOGETHER WITH SILVER PENCIL FOB.

Lot 420

SILVER-PLATED TEA AND COFFEE WARE, CANDLE HOLDERS, TEA STRAINER AND OTHER DINING WARE

Lot 437

A PAIR OF BRASS CANDLE STICKS , SILVER-PLATED CANDLE HOLDERS, CUTLERY AND METAL WARE.

Lot 475

OAK CANTEEN OF FISH EATERS, TOGETHER WITH ASSORTED BONE HANDLED SILVER-PLATED CUTLERY.

Lot 338

A collection of musical boxes including a Crown Devon King George VI and Queen Elizabeth 1937 coronation example (af), Italian cigarette and jewellery box examples and further novelty including decanters with an example modelled as a fire extinguisher, a pewter mug, etc, also musical box movements, and a hallmarked silver mounted dressing table clock. Additional InformationOf those that have been tested, some work and some don't. General surface wear throughout. The silver mounted clock does tick. Some will require attention to return them to working order. The piano example in this lot has a leg which has become detached but is present in the lot. Crown Devon box is crazed and a crack to the top with rubbing to the decoration. 

Lot 3511

A reproduction mahogany veneered table canteen, the top with maroon leather inset, housing a suite of silver plated cutlery by Cooper Ludlan, length 77cm, depth 48cm, height 57cm.

Lot 37

WALKER & HALL; an oak tantalus with silver plated mounts, housing three hob nail cut decanters, complete with key.Additional InformationOne decanter with chip to the rim. This item is not marked Betjeman.

Lot 379

An upright coin-in-the-slot 15 1/2" Polyphon musical box in oak and walnut case, made in Leipzig, with applied plaque to front inscribed '"Polyphon" Automatic Musical Instrument' and to both sides 'Drop a Penny in the Slot', the glazed and pierced door flanked by turned columns, raised on knopped feet, height 90.5cm, width 61.5cm, depth 37.5cm, accompanied by five 15 1/2" musical discs comprising 'Le Palais de Glace Skating' by J. Sallée-Viard, 'Floradora The Silver Star of Love' by Leslie Stuart, 'Cakewalk, The Silver Slipper' by Leslie Stuart and 'Come Back to Erin'.Provenance: The Norman Roland Collection of Mechanical Music.Additional InformationIn working order, loss to the upper right pierced panel, cornice probably a replacement. Further general scuffs, scrapes and wear commensurate with age and use throughout. Key for money box missing; door must have slightly moved as no longer locks, adjustment needed.

Lot 38

A modern mahogany effect brass bound tantalus enclosing two decanters, a pair of silver plated baskets, etc.Additional InformationThe tantalus is not marked Betjeman.

Lot 45

A group of collectors' items to include a pair of Victorian brass sovereign scales, various treen items, silver plated hip flask, etc.

Lot 492

A silver plated French horn, cased, also a cornet (2).

Lot 493

A brass French horn for restoration, a silver plated tuba, a saxhorn and a large instrument for restoration (4).Additional InformationEach lacking cases, brass horn is stamped Cidl Bruno. 

Lot 494

BOOSEY & HAWKES; an "Artist's Perfected" silver plated trombone, number 165104 and a brass 'Windsor' sackbut, both cased (2).

Lot 508

JOSEPH GUARINI (EMILE MENNESSON); a full-size French violin of good quality, with interior label for 'Joseph Guarini, Anno 1876, no. 391, Emile Mennesson...', length of one-piece back 35.5cm, retailed by William Hargreaves of Manchester, cased with two silver mounted bows, one indistinctly stamped.N.B. The French violin maker Emile Mennesson came from a family of music merchants and piano makers in Reims. He used the name Joseph Guarini as a pseudonym. It is understood that his best instruments bore both his name and his pseudonym and this is the case with this example.Additional InformationFormerly the property of an orchestral musician, this violin is generally in good overall condition with one crack to table running vertically beside the tail piece.

Lot 536

A full-size English viola with two-piece back, interior label indistinctly inscribed probably Wm Carswill, Birkenhead 1916, length of back 38cm, also a silver mounted bow.Additional InformationViola in good condition, approx weight of bow is 50g. 

Lot 597

A cased Lewington model S81 silver plated flute, B03537.

Lot 599

HENRI SELMER; a 1932 alto 'Cigar Cutter' silver plated saxophone, no.15780, with engraved decoration, cased.

Lot 600

HAWKES & SON OF DENMARK STREET PICADILLY CIRCUS LONDON; a silver plated 'C Melody' alto saxophone, stamped marks and dated 1917, length excluding mouthpiece 59cm, in Hawkes & Son case with 'Twenty-Two Unaccompanied Pieces for Saxophone' book by G. Lewin.Additional InformationThe saxophone with some dents, scratches, dirt and tarnish throughout. Not tested, no guarantee of working order. Further general heavy wear to the case.

Lot 74

A collection of assorted 19th century and later metalware to include copper kettle, silver plated mug, also assorted ceramics to include blue and white.

Lot 104

A VERY RARE BROWN LACQUER 'PLUM BLOSSOM' BOWLNorthern Song DynastyThe elegant vessel of conical shape, delicately shaped as a five-lobed flower, supported on a tall straight foot around a recessed base, covered overall with an opaque olive-brown glaze, fitted box. 13.5cm (5 3/8in) wide. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價北宋 褐黑漆梅花形盌Provenance: Baoyizhai CollectionSotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2014, lot 30. Published and Illustrated: Layered Beauty: The Baoyizhai Collection of Chinese Lacquer, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2010, no.10.來源:抱一齋舊藏香港蘇富比,2014年4月8日,拍品編號30展覽著錄:《疊彩:抱一齋藏中國漆器》,香港中文大學文物館,香港,2010年,編號10The present lot stands out for its elegant and deep conical floral shape and for its feather-light weight. The lobed mouth and the high foot, according to Peter Lam in Layered Beauty, Hong Kong, 2010, p.10, are inherited from Tang dynasty gold and silver wares which are commonly copied in Song ceramics, especially Qingbai, Yue and Yaozhou wares. See a number of contemporaneous silver bowls of related lobed form, included in the exhibition So Gen no bi: The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China, Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004, nos.6-8.A very similar red lacquer bowl was also included in the same exhibition, ibid., no.1, together with four smaller flower-shaped winecups made in red lacquer. A pair of black lacquer prunus bowls was also in the same exhibition, but of more rounded shape, with the bowl standing on a wider foot. Compare with a further bowl illustrated in Toyo no urushi kogei, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1977, no.419, but with a slightly heavier foot and possibly of a more substantial weight than the current example; and another bowl of this type, in the Nihon Tenrikankokan, published in Hai-wai Yi-chen: Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Lacquerware, Taipei, 1987, pl.19.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 115

A PAIR OF SILVER-ALLOY 'DOUBLE DRAGONS' BANGLES17th century Each bangle formed as two confronted stylised dragon-head terminals, with large bulbous eyes and ruyi-shaped noses.7.7cm (3 1/8in) wide. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銀合金龍紋鐲成對For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 133

A RARE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID 'SEVEN SAGES OF THE BAMBOO GROVE' WRITING BOX AND COVERMing Dynasty, with later Japanese inkstone and waterpotThe rectangular slightly-bevelled cover finely inlaid with iridescent mother-of-pearl depicting seven scholars engaged in various leisurely pursuits, playing guqin, weiqi and in conversation, all within a bamboo grove beside a thatched retreat, accompanied by three attendants, the box decorated on the exterior on each side with a quatrelobed cartouche enclosing sages and attendants, reserved on a basket-weave diaper ground, all edges with rope-twist silver-wire inlay, the underside of the cover inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a twenty-eight-character poem, the base containing two loose rectangular lacquer trays divided by a later Japanese rectangular inkstone and bronze waterpot.25cm (9 7/8in) x 24cm (9 1/4in). (6).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 黑漆嵌螺鈿竹林七賢圖硯箱 配較晚日本硯石及水丞The motif on the cover is that of the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', a group of scholars, artists and musicians from the 3rd century who escaped the corruption and turbulence of court to devote themselves to the arts, usually under the strong influence of wine. The poem inlaid in mother-of-pearl to the underside of the cover reads:初日暉暉​​照翠苔庭前昨夜碧桃開一簾香霧微風動知是仙人騎鶴來Which may be translated as:Morning sun, clear and bright, shines on the emerald moss.Last night, in the courtyard, the flowering peach bloomed.As soon as the screen opens, a fragrance wafts on the gentle breeze.From this can be known an Immortal had to come, riding on his crane.The poem is by Zhang Yuchu (?-1410) zi Xinfu, Zixuan, hao Zhengyi, Wu Weizi, from Jiangxi Province. This poem also appears in a slightly different version on either side of the archway to the Liushan Academy in Wuning, Jiangxi Province. See a related example, Yuan dynasty, in Mother-of-Pearl Inlay in Chinese Lacquer Art, Tokyo, 1979, pl.15.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 227

A RARE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, GUIQing wan silver-inlaid mark, 17th centuryThe rounded body rising to a flaring neck and everted rim, flanked by stylised archaistic animal-shaped handles, the neck finely inlaid with a band of alternating swastika and auspicious-emblem panels above a band of formal leaf lappets, silver-inlaid two-character mark to the base Qing wan (elegant object).19.5cm (7 5/8in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅嵌銀雙戟耳簋式爐嵌銀「清玩」篆書款Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.13展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《夏季展覽》,倫敦,2013年,編號13The present burner may have been inspired by an earlier shape produced during the Xuande reign, illustrated in the Xuande yiqi tupu. See also a related bronze incense burner, 17th century, in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc.no.29.100.547.A similar incense burner, 17th/18th century, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, lot 3304.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 231

A FINE PARCEL-GILT SILVER-WIRE-INLAID BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASE17th centuryThe bulbous pear-shaped body and tall slender flaring neck raised on a slightly-spreading foot, the body with four lotus blossoms, between bands of highly-intricate stylised foliage on a ring-punched ground, the upper part of the neck with a key-fret border of inlaid silver. 23cm (9in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 局部鎏金銅嵌銀纏枝蓮紋膽瓶 The present lot is particularly finely cast, with formal lotus scrolls, brilliantly gilt in contrast to the dark delicately-stippled ground, offset by a more subtle silver-inlaid key-fret band beneath the gilt rim. The lotus blossoms are spread elegantly across the bulbous body of the vase, giving a grounded weight to the body in contrast to the lighter slender neck. Such detailed and expert workmanship is typical of the finest craftsmanship produced at the workshops of the late Ming metal workers who sometimes signed their work, such as Hu Wenming, Zhu Chenming and Wu Daolong and this strongly suggests that the present lot should be included within the canon of their work: see the discussion of the stylistic elements of Hu Wenming's work by U.Hausmann, 'Later Chinese Bronzes, In Search of Later Bronzes', published by Sydney Moss Ltd., Documentary Chinese Works of Art: In Scholars' Taste, London, 1983, pp.230-238. It is notable, however, that the present vase is of unusually large size, compared to the typically smaller items intended for scholarly use produced at these leading Ming workshops.The present lot is related to a smaller parcel-gilt vase illustrated by G.Tsang and H.Moss, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, pp.240-241, no.230, and inscribed on the base 'Hu Wenming zuo'. Compare also a parcel-gilt box and cover with similar lotus to the present lot, signed Zhu Chenming and dated 16th/17th century, illustrated by R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, p.54, no.42. Hu Wenming (circa 1560-1620) from Yunjian (present-day Songjiang) in the vibrant cultural and economic hub known as Jiangnan, was one of the most celebrated late Ming metalworkers. The master and his workshop were particularly known for creating pieces with glittering gilt, intricate designs, and for the use of silver-wire inlay. The anonymous author of the Ming dynasty Yunjian zazhi (Yunjian Records) comments admiringly on the skill, elegance and desirability of Hu's work, and the high prices his pieces commanded; see R.Kerr, ibid., p.52.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 371

A SILVER-INLAID ZITAN 'CALLIGRAPHIC' JOSS-STICK HOLDER AND A HUANGHUALI BALUSTER VASE17th/18th centuryThe zitan joss-stick holder of lobed square section with canted edges below the waisted neck, one side inlaid with a silver eight-character inscription above a seal, the wide flat mouth with beaded edges around the rim and circular central aperture, the dark, rich wood with scattered silver speckles; the huanghuali smaller vase smoothly carved of baluster form.The zitan holder 11.1cm (4 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 紫檀嵌銀香插 及黃花梨小瓶 各一Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2005, no.109 (zitan holder)Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2006, no.130 (huanghuali vase)展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《夏季展覽》,倫敦,2005年,編號109(紫檀香插)Roger Keverne Ltd.,《夏季展覽》,倫敦,2006年,編號130(黃花梨小瓶)The silver-inlaid couplet reads: '良辰美景賞心樂事', which may be translated as 'in propitious times, with beautiful scenery, the heart takes joy'. This is from a preface by Xie Lingyun 謝靈運 (385-433 AD) on government.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 408

A LARGE ARCHAISTIC GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID VASEQing DynastyThe body flanked with stylised dragon-head loop handles, crisply cast in relief to each side with a large taotie mask above a band of four smaller taotie masks and stylised dragons to the spreading foot, all on leiwen grounds, the shoulder with three ribbed bands rising to an everted rim. 29cm (11 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清 銅錯金銀饕餮紋雙耳瓶See a related example, 17th century, illustrated by M.Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D. 1100–1900, London, 1989, no.84; and also D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods: Transformations of Archaistic Bronzes in China and Japan, Genoa, 2017, p.234, no.9.5.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 41

A RARE GOLD-SHEET-MOUNTED BRONZE EMBOSSED 'DRAGON' FITTINGWarring States Period or Han DynastyFormed as a thin gold sheet attractively embossed with a rounded square design of a densely-coiled dragon, set into a bronze mount with a clip on the underside.4.5cm (1 3/4in) square. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國/漢 貼金銅蟠龍紋飾Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.4展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《夏季展覽》,倫敦,2007年,編號4A very similar example is illustrated in The Art of China's Warring States Period, Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Izumi, p.148, no.247. For related fittings, Western Han dynasty, see B.Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain: The Kempe Collection, New York, 1971, pp.72-73, fig.11.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 44

A RARE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'DRAGON' SPEAR ORNAMENT, DUNWarring States PeriodThe hollow ferrule of tapering oval section relief cast with a dragon head forming the closed end, with a pair of curling horns above stylised eyes, the exterior inlaid throughout in darkened silver sheet with geometrical designs. 9cm (3 1/2in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 銅錯銀龍形鐏Provenance: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New York, (inventory number v3612)來源:紐約亞瑟·M.賽克勒博士(1913-1987)舊藏,器身內部收藏編號v3612See a similar ferrule, Eastern Zhou dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, London, 1990, no.86; and also one example in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Yu Kuo-Ching, Rituals Cast in Brilliance: Chinese Bronzes Through the Ages, Taipei, 2014, p.125. See another example in Bronze Ritual Vessels and Musical Instruments: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2007, no.184.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 45

A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CHARIOT FITTINGWarring States PeriodThe hollow cylindrical shape inlaid in gold and silver with overlaid interlocking geometric designs of stylised phoenix, separated by a raised horizontal border above two small apertures to secure a pin, wood stand.11cm (4 3/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 錯金銀鳳鳥紋車飾Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London, by reputeA European private collection來源:據傳購自倫敦古董商John Sparks Ltd.歐洲私人舊藏See a related example illustrated by R.J.Poor, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Ceramics and Jade, Honolulu, 1979, no.46; another example is illustrated by B.Karlgren, A Catalogue of the Chinese Bronzes in the Alfred F. Pillsbury Collection, Minneapolis, 1952, no.98, pl.112, and no.101, pl.113.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 52

A FINE AND RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID RETICULATED BRONZE BELT HOOKWarring States PeriodElaborately inlaid with shallow gold and silver sheet on the upper face, the design cast as two deeply-entwined back-to-back mythical birds with curling plumage principally highlighted in silver sheet, the crested heads turning away from each other to the sides at the upper end of the plaque, beneath the hook formed as an animal head inlaid with two gold eyes, the underside with a large stud, fitted box.10.5cm (4in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 錯金銀鳥紋帶鉤See a related example illustrated by B.Karlgren and J.Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes: The Natanael Wessén Collection, Stockholm, 1969, pl.62, no.50e.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 54

FOUR BRONZE BELT-HOOKSWarring States to Han DynastyComprising a long belt hook with geometric patterns inlaid in gold, terminating with a beast head, 20.5cm (8in) long; a gilt-bronze belt hook with bold mythical beast design, 9cm (3 1/2in) long; a bronze cylindrical belt-hook with traces of silver-wire inlay, 12.7cm (5in) long; and a small elephant-shaped belt buckle inlaid with gold, 4cm (1 1/2in) long.(4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國至漢 銅帶鉤 一組四件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2001, no.7 (long buckle)展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《夏季展覽》,倫敦,2001年,編號7(最長者)See a very similar gold-inlaid bronze belt hook, Warring States period, in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated by T.Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 BC, Washington, 1982, p.96, no.45.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 63

AN UNUSUAL AMBER-GLAZED POTTERY 'DUCK' RHYTON CUPTang DynastyThe curved horn-shaped cup tapering to a loop handle formed as a duck biting its own tail and wearing a collar issuing overlapping petals, the wings of the fowl with a fine grain pattern extending to a looser grain to the exterior covered overall in a rich amber glaze.12.8cm (5in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 褐黃釉鴨首角盃The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C107s54 dated 21 June 2007, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Oxford Authentication Ltd.公司熱釋光檢測結果(2007年6月21日,編號C107s54)顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2007, no.30展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《冬季展覽》,倫敦,2007年,編號30The shape of the present lot derives from Sasanian silver rhyton vessels or, with the addition of a tray, lamps; the grain pattern found on the exterior of Tang rhyton cups is probably simulating the punched-circle ground found on these metal originals.A similar amber-glazed rhyton is illustrated by E.Avril, Chinese Art in the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 1997, p.147, no.59. For sancai examples see Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935, no.2482, in the collection of the British Museum; see also a similar sancai-glazed rhyton cup with a duck head, Tang dynasty, illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyingtang Collection, Vol.Three (I), London, 1995, pp.295, no.317.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 65

A BRONZE POURING VESSEL, YITang DynastyThe shallow vessel standing on a short spreading foot rising to gently rounded sides and a waisted everted mouth with a shallow plain spout at one side, the surface with a dark patina and malachite encrustations.21.5cm (8 1/2in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅匜Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2006, no.13.展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《冬季展覽》,倫敦,2006年,編號13A similar silver-gilt vessel unearthed from Hejiacun, Xi'an, in 1970, and now in the collection of the Shaanxi Historical Museum, is illustrated in Treasures of Chang'an: Capital of the Silk Road, Hong Kong, 1993, pp.134-135, no.42. See also another example illustrated in Tin-Bronze of China, Izumi, 1999, no.135.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 66

A BRONZE PAIL, A VASE AND A BASINTang DynastyThe pail with a compressed globular body slightly tapering toward the rim, with large loop handle, 17cm (6 5/8in) high; the vase, zhadou, with wide flaring mouth, waisted neck compressed globular body and short foot, the surface entirely plain, 11.5cm (4 1/in) high; the basin with wide everted rim, deep cylindrical sides and short spreading foot, 20cm (7 7/8in) diam. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅提梁罐、銅唾壺、及銅盆 一組三件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2001, no.9 (the pail).展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《冬季展覽》,倫敦,2001年,編號9(銅提梁罐)The form of the pail is found in Tang ceramics. A smaller silver pail, illustrated in Wenwu, no.11, 1995, was excavated at Yaling, Yichuan County, Henan Province, from a Tang tomb dated 824. For similar bronze examples, see Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Special Exhibition: Tin-Bronze of China, Izumi, 1999, pp.44-45, nos.84-87.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 69

A RARE GILT-BRONZE LEAF-SHAPED HORSE-HARNESS PENDANTTang DynastyThe front cast in crisp high relief with an upright slender predatory animal biting the hindquarters of a running deer, within overlapping folded edges of the leaf, the top with a loop for attachment, the front with much gilding remaining.7.5cm (3in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅鎏金捕獵紋杏葉Provenance: Dr Carl Kempe, Ekolsund, Sweden (1884-1967)Exhibited and Published: Mostra d'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, no.163 (label)來源:瑞典收藏家卡爾·坎普(1884-1967)舊藏展覽著錄:《Mostra d'Arte Cinese》,威尼斯,1954年,編號163(標籤)Carl Kempe belonged to a group of Chinese art connoisseurs who began collecting in about 1930; he was also a member of the Chinese Club in Stockholm (a local branch of the Oriental Ceramic Society in London). He was an early member of the OCS and lent pieces to the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1935-1936. He apparently visited China for the first time in 1935, and began specialising in monochrome whiteware porcelain after that date. His collection fell into three principal areas: Chinese gold and silver from the Zhou to the Qing period, Chinese whitewares, and Chinese glass; but he also collected Chinese lacquer, snuff-boxes, bronzes and other metalwork, enamels, hardstones and Roman glassware.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 75

A FINE BRONZE AND REPOUSSÉ SILVER-ALLOY 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' MIRRORTang DynastyCrisply cast with a central crouching mythical beast knop, encircled by a band of four recumbent lions amongst fruiting grape vines, surrounded by a band with birds and further grape vine, the reverse plain and polished to a high sheen. 10.2cm (3 1/2in) diam. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅海獸葡萄紋鏡For a similar example, see J.Chou, Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Cleveland, 2000, no.55, where the author suggests dating the mirror to the late 7th Century, based upon a similar example found in the tomb of Dugu Shizhen, at Xian and dated to 698; and for another 'lion and grapevine' bronze mirror, Tang dynasty, see the Royal Academy of Arts International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935, no.669.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 92

A RARE PARCEL-GILT SILVER-ALLOY REPOUSSÉ CUPSong DynastyStanding on a short spreading foot, the cup decorated in shallow relief with a carp swimming among tumultuous waves, the details finely incised, the gently-everted rim with a hatched border, the base with an incised five-character inscription, the interior with incised central chrysanthemum below a decorative border at the rim, the borders at the rims and foot and the central medallion highlighted in gilt.8.3cm (3 2/8in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋 局部鎏金銀合金錘揲魚紋盃See a related example illustrated by Yang Zhisui and Chen Jianming, The Discovery and Research on Gold and Silver Wares Unearthed from Caches of Song and Yuan Dynasties in Hunan, Beijing, 2009, no.229.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 93

A BRONZE PRUNUS-SHAPED CUPSTANDSong DynastyThe delicate rounded side of the hollow bowl supported on a wide dish with a six-lobed rim resembling the petals of a prunus flower, naturalistically divided by ridges on the cavetto and underside, all raised on a tall hollow flared foot.14cm (5 1/2in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋 銅花形盞托Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2002, no.19.展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《冬季展覽》,倫敦,2002年,編號19This form was particularly popular during the Song dynasty in various mediums including lacquer, ceramic and silver. For a silver example, see P.Uldry, Chinesisches Gold und Silber: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1994, p.228, no.269. See another example, illustrated by N.Hiroko, The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares, 2004, Tokyo, fig.150.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 97

A FINE GOLD HAIRPINSong/Yuan DynastyThe ornament with two needle-shaped prongs, the terminal finely worked in repoussé and formed by encircling discs that join at the top to form a loop, fitted box.16cm (6 2/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋/元 金釵Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.15.展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《冬季展覽》,倫敦,2008年,編號15A similar gold hairpin, Song/Yuan dynasty, is illustrated by B.Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pp.82-83, no.28. See also a related gold hairpin, Song/Yuan dynasty, illustrated by J.So, Radiant Legacy: Ancient Chinese Gold from the Mengdiexuan Collection, vol.3, Hong Kong, 2013, fig.26.A similar gold hairpin, Song/Yuan dynasty, was sold at Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 114.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 98

A SILVER-ALLOY RETICULATED 'LOTUS' POMANDERSong DynastyEmbossed, pierced and chased from thin silver sheet on both sides with a flower-head in profile within long leafy curling tendrils, the border pierced with a single hole for suspension, traces of gilding remaining. 6cm (2 1/4in) diam. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋 銀合金蓮紋香薰Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no.4展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《冬季展覽》,倫敦,2012年,編號4See a gold teardrop-shaped perfume container with a similar floral decoration, illustrated by J.White and E.Bunker, Adornment for Eternity: Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament, Denver, 1994, p.186, no.98.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 158

Three Silver handled button hooks

Lot 159

A hallmarked Silver boxed brush set

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