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Click here to subscribeMilton (Mini-Auto Cars) Commer Military "Ambulance" - dark green, white & red cross label to roof, red tinted rear & side mirrors, black plastic wheels & Commer Pick-Up - metallic red, silver trim & side flashes - conditions are generally Good Plus to Excellent (Corgi Toy copies) in Poor to Fair boxes. (2)
Matchbox Regular Wheels 34a Volkswagen "Matchbox International Express" Van - blue, silver trim, metal wheels with crimped axles - Excellent Plus (slight rusting to axles) in a Good (slightly grubby) type B Moko box & 47a Trojan "Brooke Bond Tea" Van - red, silver trim to headlights only, metal wheels with crimped axles - Good Plus to Excellent (some small paint flaws on side & slight rusting to axles) in a Good type B Moko box. (2)
Dinky 199 Austin Seven Mini Countryman - fluorescent (dayglo) orange, red interior, silver trim, chrome spun hubs with black treaded tyres - Near Mint a beautiful example in a Good Plus yellow and red carded picture box with "Beatties" label attached to non-picture side - see photo.
Corgi GS4 Gift Set to include Bristol Bloodhound Guided Missile - finished in pale yellow, white (rubber is missing from percussion head); Launching Ramp - finished in green with silver and cream base; Trolley - finished in green, flat spun hubs and "RAF" Land Rover - finished in greyish-blue, flat spun hubs, metal tow hook - conditions are generally Good to Good Plus (unless stated) still bright examples, inner carded tray is Good, box base is Fair, blue and yellow lift off lid is Poor, also comes with 2 x instruction leaflets - see photo.
Corgi 101 Platform Trailer - silver, metallic blue, flat spun hubs, bare metal drawbar - Good Plus in a Fair (complete) blue carded picture box and 454 Commer (5-ton) Platform Lorry - metallic blue cab and chassis, silver back with metal tow hook, flat spun hubs - Near Mint a nice bright example in a Good (slightly grubby) blue and yellow carded picture box. (2)
Dinky 111 Triumph TR2 Sports Car - turquoise body, red interior and ridged hubs with smooth tyres, silver trim, figure driver, racing number 25 on sides and bonnet - Good Plus to Excellent (some loss of paint to drivers arm) in a generally Good (slightly grubby) yellow and red carded picture box with correct colour spot.
Dinky 512 Guy (type 1) Flat Truck - blue cab & chassis, red back, mid-blue Supertoy hubs with smooth tyres, silver trim, with tow hook - Fair including blue lift off lid box with paper label & 902 Foden (type 2) Flat Truck - orange cab & chassis, mid-green back & Supertoy hubs with treaded tyres, silver trim, with tow hook - Fair in a generally Fair to Good blue & white striped lift off lid box with harder to find 502/902 end. (2)
Corgi Group to include; 1128 Priestman Luffing Shovel - orange, yellow base with chrome rollers & black rubber tracks, grey jib & shovel, figure driver; GS14 Gift Set to include Hydraulic Tower Wagon - red, silver jib with yellow plastic basket, flat spun hubs & GS13 Gift Set to include Fordson Power Major Tractor with Four Furrow Plough - blue, orange plastic hubs - conditions are generally Fair to Good in Poor to Good blue & yellow boxes (including polystyrene base). (3)
Corgi "Chipperfields Circus" 1130 Bedford TK Horse Transporter - finished in red, blue plastic trailer top, lemon interior, silver trim, spun hubs, comes with 6 x grey plastic horses - red rear label - overall condition is generally Excellent (apart from usual small chips on opening edges of side doors) inner carded tray is Good to Good Plus with correct packing piece, outer blue & yellow carded picture box is Fair & GS12 Gift Set to include; Scammell 6-Wheeled Crane Truck - red, blue, yellow ballast, silver jib with hook & animal cage trailer - red, yellow, blue plastic slides, flat spun hubs - conditions are generally Fair to Good in a Fair blue & yellow lift off lid box. (2)
Corgi 438 Land Rover (109WB) - green body, grey plastic canopy, lemon interior, silver trim, metal tow hook, grey base with spun hubs - Excellent Plus a lovely bright example in a generally Good to Good Plus (couple of small marks on edges) blue and yellow carded picture box.
Corgi 261 "James Bond" Aston Martin DB5 taken from the film "Goldfinger" - finished in gold, red interior, with "James Bond & Bandit" figures, silver trim, wire wheels - overall condition is generally Good Plus to Excellent (couple of small marks on roof panel), inner pictorial stand is Good Plus to Excellent, outer blue & yellow carded picture box is Good Plus (couple of very minor scuffs on edges), comes with S679 Envelope containing 2 x extra bandit figures & lapel badge - also comes accompanied with instruction leaflet & "Model Car Makers to James Bond" colour folded leaflet - see photo.
Corgi 472 Land Rover Public Address Vehicle "Vote For Corgi" - green body, yellow plastic back and speakers, red interior, silver trim, spun hubs, with correct 2 x figures - overall condition is generally Excellent Plus a lovely bright example in a Good Plus to Excellent (couple of small marks on edges) blue and yellow carded picture box.
Corgi 216 Aston Martin DB4 - yellow body, red interior, grey base, silver trim, criss-cross cast hubs - Excellent (couple of small marks on bumpers) still a nice bright example in a generally Good Plus to Excellent (couple of small marks on edges) blue & yellow carded picture box - see photo.
Dinky 175 Hillman Minx Saloon - two-tone green, beige, silver trim, light beige ridged hubs with treaded tyres - Good Plus (some small chips around hubs) in a generally Good Plus to Excellent a nice bright example yellow & red carded picture box with correct colour spot.
Corgi 241 Ghia L.6.4 - green body, cream interior with dog figure, chrome trim & spun hubs - Good Plus still a nice bright example of a harder colour variation to find in a Good Plus blue & yellow carded picture box with Collectors Club folded leaflet & 253 Mercedes 220SE Coupe - blue body, off-white interior, silver trim, spun hubs - Good still a nice bright example in a Good Plus to Excellent blue & yellow carded picture box. (2)
Dinky 104 Aston Martin DB3S - light blue, dark blue interior with figure driver, silver trim, mid-blue ridged hubs with smooth tyres - Excellent (does have some small chips to hubs) still a bright example in a Fair to Good (complete) yellow and red carded picture box with correct colour spot.
Corgi GS27 Gift Set to include Bedford TK Machinery Carrier - blue cab with lemon interior, silver trim, spun hubs, black plastic mirrors, silver Trailer with yellow ballast, black detachable axle with spun hubs complete with Priestman Cub Shovel - finished in orange, yellow, metal rollers with black rubber tracks, grey jib and shovel - overall condition is generally Good to Good Plus, polystyrene tray is Fair with a generally Good blue and yellow carded lift off lid with detailed picture - see photo.
Corgi 202 Morris Cowley Saloon - mid-blue body, silver trim, flat spun hubs - Good Plus (does have marks on side protruding edges) in a Fair (replacement end flap) blue carded picture box & 205 Riley Pathfinder Saloon - red body, silver trim, flat spun hubs (model has superdetailing) otherwise Good Plus in a generally Good blue carded picture box. (2)
Dinky 111 Triumph TR2 Sports Car - peach body, mid-blue interior and ridged hubs with smooth tyres, figure driver, silver trim, racing number 29 on bonnet and sides - Good Plus still a lovely bright example in a generally Good to Good Plus yellow and red carded picture box with correct colour spot - see photo.
Corgi 261 "James Bond" Aston Martin DB5 taken from the film "Goldfinger" - gold body, red interior with "James Bond and Bandit" figures, silver trim, wire wheels - Good (could be better if slight time spent in cleaning), inner pictorial stand is generally Excellent, outer blue and yellow carded picture box is Good Plus (couple of small marks on sides), comes with Fair Secret Instruction envelope containing folded leaflet, lapel badge and Bandit figure - also comes accompanied with "Model Car Makers to James Bond" colour folded leaflet - see photo.
Dinky 27d / 340 Land Rover - green including ridged hubs with grey treaded tyres, light tan interior and figure driver, silver trim, black metal windscreen and tow hook with matching 27m / 341 Trailer; 27a / 300 Massey Harris Tractor - red, yellow metal wheels, light tan figure driver, black steering wheel, seat and tow hook with 27c / 321 Spreader - red, yellow metal wheels and another 27a / 300 Tractor with 27b / 322 Disc Harrow - conditions are generally Fair to Good Plus - see photo.
Dinky 27n (301) Field Marshall Tractor - burnt orange, silver trim, light tan figure driver, silver metal wheels, with tow hook - Good Plus still a lovely bright example that displays well in a generally Fair (complete) yellow and red carded picture box with harder to find (dual numbered end flaps) - also comes with correct inner packing piece.
Dinky group to include; 22 Series Chrysler Saloon - cream, black smooth hubs; 39 Series Chrysler Saloon - green, black ridged hubs; 38 Series Sunbeam Talbot - red including seats, maroon tonneau, black ridged hubs; 36 Series Bentley - blue, black including smooth hubs; 35 Series Open Tourer - mid-blue, silver, black wheels, another but Saloon Car - mid-blue, black wheels & 37 Series Civilian Motorcyclist - black, grey - conditions are generally Fair to Good still some bright examples. (7)
Corgi 405m Bedford Utilecon "Fire Dept" Tender - red body, silver trim, black metal clip and ladders, flat spun hubs, mechanical motor - Excellent (couple of small marks to bumpers and slight rusting to inner motor) - still a bright example that displays well in a Fair blue carded picture box (replacement end flap).
PETIT CABINET EN BOIS LAQUÉ ET INCRUSTATIONS EN PIERRES DURESXIXe siècle A SMALL EMBELLISHED LACQUER AND WOOD CABINET 19th CenturyOf rectangular form, the two hinged doors centered on a removable stile, set with lacquer panels inlaid with jade, semi-precious hardstones and wood depicting colourful birds perched on leafy and flowering branches, including prunus, with narcissus and peonies issuing from craggy rockwork, all on a pale orange lacquer ground, between silver-inlaid diaper borders and keyfret and ruyi-shaped bands with green-stained lotus ornaments, the sides similarly decorated the back with gilt floral sprays on a black lacquer ground. 44cm (17 3/8in) wide x 22cm (8 5/8in) deep x 44cm (17 3/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PORTUGUESE COLLECTION 葡萄牙顯赫收藏十九世紀 硬木嵌百寶花鳥紋櫃Provenance:Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in Hong Kong, 6 July 1967, and thence by descent來源:葡萄牙私人收藏，現任藏家祖父於1967年7月6日於香港獲得，並由後人保存迄今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
AN IMPORTANT AND RARE LARGE WOOD FIGURE OF A DAOIST DEITYSong (960-1279)Seated facing forward, with her head slightly leaning to the left side, her feet firmly on the ground, hands clasped but hidden in the long sleeves of her robe, wearing a tunic with a stiff inner collar under a feather-bordered short cape, her layered robe falling in ample folds over her arms and cascading over her legs and feet, revealing the tips of her pointed shoes, tied around the chest with a belt and around her upper arms with wide bejewelled armbands, a necklace around her neck, the full oval face with a small cusped mouth and nose, with small slanted eyes below arched brows, framed by large pendulous earlobes, her hair neatly braided and drawn up into a tall chignon framed by an elaborate diadem/headdress consisting of rows of overlapping feathers or leaves, the back of the figure with a large rectangular opening, extensive traces of red, green, white and gold pigments, wood stand.111cm (43 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes 宋 木雕彩繪道教神仙坐像Provenance:Property of a distinguished German private collector, acquired in Berlin in the 1950s, thence in the family by descentThe result of Ciram Radiocarbon Dating test no. 0423-OA-416R (P1 and P2) (4 May 2023) is consistent with the dating of this lot.來源:德國私人收藏，1950年代於柏林獲得，並由後人保存迄今法國Ciram實驗室碳-14結果，測試編號0423-OA-416R(樣本P1和P2，2023年5月4日）顯示本拍品年份斷代相符This charming figure is as intriguing as it is rare. It was acquired in Berlin in the 1950s and was reputedly dated to the Liao dynasty (901-1125). The results of a recent carbon-14 test have secured a more firm dating to the 11th/early 12th century. Conforming with the high-fashion style popular during the Liao and Song dynasties, the lady is dressed wearing the sumptuous trappings of a gentle woman. Her robe is ample and colourful, the many layers of her dress, tunic and shawl generously draped across her shoulders, arms, and legs, enveloping the body, and gathering around her feet. The outer garment shows traces of painted flower sprays, her tunic and collar a vibrant red colour, the robe over her legs a muted green.Representations of similarly clad elegant ladies feature prominently in murals adorning the walls of important tombs and temples of the Five Dynasties (907-960), Liao (907-1125) and Song (960-1125) periods. Compare, for example, the groups of ladies wearing the same style of collared tunic over long robes tied with colourful sashes on the sides, discovered on the walls of a Liao tomb in Baoshan, Inner Mongolia, illustrated in Wu Hong and Lin Qingquan, Baoshan Liao mu: cailiao yu keshi, Beijing, 2013, p.196, figs.59-61. Similarly, the largest tomb of the Zhang family compound unearthed in Baisha, Henan, illustrates the ladies of the house engaged in various activities, dressed in colourful robes that resemble that of the current seated figure, see Su Bai, Baisha Song mu, Beijing, 1957, col.pl.17.One feature that sets this figure apart from the elegant ladies immortalized in murals of the Liao and Song period, is the precious jewellery she displays. It comprises a large necklace suspending circular beads and earrings which are now lost. Her elaborate headdress which bears extensive traces of gold resembles a crown and is supported on a wide band set with prominent foliate-shaped ornaments repeated on the armbands that fasten her sleeves. It is the very distinctive jewellery of this figure that allows us to attribute it more firmly to the Northern Song dynasty. Foliate-shaped ornaments made in silver very much like those on her headdress and armbands were found in a silver hoard in Yongjia, Zhejiang province, published in Yang Zhishui, Shehua zhise: Song Yuan Ming jin yin yanjiu, vol. 1 Song Yuan jin yin shoushi, Beijing, 2011, pp.39-40, fig.1-10. A similar motif also appears on a band-shaped hairpin from the same hoard, ibid., p.51, figs.1-15:1 and 2. Moreover, the large cloud-shaped plaque around her neck closely resembles a silver ornamental plaque of the same shape discovered in another Northern Song silver hoard unearthed in Xingzi Xian, Jiangxi, ibid., pp.180-183, fig.1-55:1.The inspiration behind her very special jewellery may lie in Buddhist sculptures and paintings of the same period. Like this figure of a gentle lady, Bodhisattvas were similarly adorned with bejewelled necklaces, armbands and crowns, reflecting their elevated status and noble origins. Compare, for example, the manifold representations of bodhisattvas featured on the walls of the Daxiongbaodian Hall in Kaihua Monastery, built between 1076 and 1096, near Taiyuan, Shanxi, each dressed in a dazzling array of jewellery, see Kaihua si Song dai bihua, Beijing, 1983, col.pls.2 and 3.Tombs and temples of the Liao and Song provide us with more visual clues as to who this seated figure might be. Among the myriad of female figures that appear on the walls of important tombs and temples of the tenth to 13th centuries, a small group of female figures stands out. Painted on the wall of an interior chamber in the Liao tomb in Baoshan, Inner Mongolia, is a small figure of a lady descending on a cloud, see Wu Hung and Lin Qingquan, op.cit., p.179, figs.31 and 32. Wearing a similar style of dress in vibrant red with blue borders and adorned with jewellery highlighted in gold, she is wearing a short feathered cape and feather-like sleeves or scarves. Holding a peach in her right hand she is identified as Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West in an inscribed cartouche above her. Like the present wood figure of a seated lady, the Queen Mother of the West is depicted as an aristocratic lady in a manner standardised from the Tang dynasty onward, see Suzanne Cahill, Transcendence and Divine Passion. The Queen Mother of the West in Medieval China, Stanford, 1983, pp.82 and 83.During the Liao and Song, Daoism flourished alongside Buddhism. Numerous Daoist temples and shrines were built where worshippers could congregate and worship. It is a Daoist temple in Northern China that may resolve the puzzle that this figure poses. Located in the centre of the Jinci Temple near Taiyuan in Shanxi province is a large building known as the Sage Mother Hall (shengmu dian). It is dedicated to Shengmu, the Sage Mother, originally a water spirit which was later revered as the Sage mother and first queen of the Zhou dynasty. A large polychrome stucco figure of the seated Sage Mother occupies a central position. She is seated and faces ahead. Her robes are ample, tied high under her chest, she is wearing a bejewelled necklace and an elaborate crown. The forty-three figures of maids that are gathered around her are similarly dressed though without the jewellery. The Shengmu Hall was built between 1023 and 1032 during the Tiansheng reign and may have been sponsored by the Dowager Empress Liu. The dating corresponds loosely with the making of the present figure.The Sage Mother image further corresponds with the image of the Queen Mother of the West represented in the slightly later mural of the Heavenly Court in the Yongle Gong (Palace of Eternal Joy) in southern Shanxi, dated 1325, the most important Daoist temple built in the Jin/Yuan period. Here, in the Hall of Three Purities (Sanqing dian, the largest and most important hall of complex, the Queen Mother of the West is depicted in the same seated position as the Sage Mother, wearing an elegant robe, fluttering scarves, bejewelled necklaces and an elaborate crown.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
IMPORTANT ET RARE VASE COUVERT EN JADE BLANCXIXe siècleA SUPERB AND RARE WHITE JADE VASE AND COVER WITH AN ARABIC INSCRIPTION 19th centuryOf baluster form raised on a short splayed foot and tapering to a cylindrical neck set with a pair of stylised archaistic dragon handles, finely carved around the exterior with a large taotie mask on each side, above a band of lotus lappets around the base and below a band of stylised archaistic dragons around the shoulder, the sides set with a pair of animal mask handles suspending loose rings, the straight neck carved with a wide band featuring an Arabic inscription reading سلام which may be translated as 'for peace', flanked by a pair of stylised archaistic dragon handles, the domed cover with a finial in the form of lion, the translucent stone of even white tone, silver-inlaid wood stand. 12.5cm (4 7/8in) high. (3).Footnotes:THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN FAMILY 歐洲顯赫家族藏品十九世紀 白玉刻阿拉伯文雕饕餮紋象耳活環獅鈕蓋瓶Provenance:Acquired by the parents of the present owners, and thence by descent來源:現任藏家父母獲得，並由後人保存迄今The body of this superb vase is carved from a single piece of white jade, the cover made of a stone of the same fine quality. The brilliant white colour, flawless stone and exceptional translucency all represent qualities that were highly sought after at the Qing court.The vase is highly unusual in its shape and also in its decoration. The bulbous body has sloping shoulders with rounded edges and is surmounted by a cylindrical neck wider at the top than at the bottom. The neck is carved with an Islamic inscription which alludes to the Islamic influence of this vase, as demonstrated by a 15th century jade ewer with an arabic inscription around the neck, from the collection of the Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Oeiras, Portugal, published in J.P.Palmer, Jade, London, 1967, pl.38. The very particular form immediately brings to mind the shape of Islamic glass and metal vessels. Compare, for instance, a 12th century Syrian yellowish green glass bottle, published in Stefano Carboni and David Whitehouse, Glass of the Sultans, New York, 2001, p.97,cat.no.23, or a 9th century Egyptian transparent glass and green overlay bottle, op.cit. p. 183, cat.no.89.Glass, metal ware and jades arrived in China from Western Asia and beyond as early as the Sui and Tang periods. It was under the Qianlong emperor that the Islamic and Mughal jades became highly collectible. The magnificent Shah Jehan jade cup in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (accession number IS.12-1962) is an example of a Western Asian jade object that was directly copied by the artists working in the imperial jade workshops under the Qianlong emperor, as an example in the National Palace Museum collection in Taipei illustrates, see Teng Shu-p'ing, Exquisite Beauty: Islamic Jades, Taipei, 2007, cat.no.266. This particular vessel demonstrates how the artists working in the Palace Museum workshops were skilled at adopting foreign shapes and design and adapting and interpreting them to suit contemporary taste. While there seems to be no direct Chinese prototype for the shape of this vase, the carved design around the main body is purely Chinese, and inspired by the classical decoration found on archaic bronzes. The Qianlong emperor was fascinated by antiquity and archaic bronzes. An avid collector, he published his extensive collection of 1500 ancient bronze vessels and utensils in an illustrated catalogue under the titel Catalogue of Xiqing Antiquities (Xiqing gujian. Many jade vessels made for the Qianlong emperor in the workshops within the Zaobanshu, the Imperial Palace Workshop, drew inspiration from the archaic bronzes, their shapes and designs, illustrated in the Xiqing gujian, including the present white jade vase. The quality of the execution of the taotie masks on this vase is sublime and reflects the high technical standards of these workshops which produced jade wares for imperial court, compare a white jade altar set, similarly decorated with taotie masks in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 136 and 137, cat.no.113. Hence this wonderful small vase and cover shows the impressive skills and imagination of the Qing craftsmen who used a flawless white jade and merged a rare shape with an archaistic design to create a visually compelling and possibly unique work of art with jewel-like qualities.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A set of eleven each Queens pattern fish knives and forks with loaded silver handles, to/w various other kings pattern silver-handled knives, a set of somewhat similar Italian table knives and cheese knives, the handles stamped '800', a cased set of tea knives with loaded silver handles, Sheffield 1922 and a set of eleven each Albany pattern dessert knives and forks with electroplated handles (box)
A signed photograph of HRH Edward Prince of Wales (future Edward VIII), 10" x 5.25", signed and dated 1923 in pen on card mount, in original silver easel frame surmounted by Prince Edward's cypher, Henry Hodson Plante, London 1921, 39 x 26 cm o/a; provenance: a gift from Prince Edward to Sir George Dixon Grahame (1873 - 1940), British Ambassador at Brussels, by descent to the vendor
A silver mesh evening bag, London import 1913, to/w a Portuguese .833 standard example; lot also includes a Garrards-cased silver handbag pencil, Birmingham 1990, an engine-turned powder compact Birmingham 1941 (apparently unused) and a thimble, James Fenton, Birmingham, 1898 (5)
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