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Click here to subscribeA silver mounted cut glass decanter, Birmingham 1923, 27cm high, a cut glass lidded pedestal dish and cover, 25.5cm high, two shallow cut glass dishes, a pair of oval pedestal glass salts, a larger oval condiment and four spirit glasses (11)Condition report: The decanter with a crack in the body, the lidded pedestal dish with one petal missing from the border and another small border chip. The salts with small chips to the bases only.
A silver mounted antler handled hunting whip by Swaine & Adney: the leather shaft with two silver ferrules one inscribed ' K Unwin Xmas 1936' hallmarked , London 1929, together with a horse measure with brass mounted spirit bubble, calibrated to 18 hands on one side and 6ft to the other, circa 1958 (2)
JOSEPH HERMAN R.A. (BRITISH 1911-2000); three pencil signed limited edition prints, 'Dusk is My Favourite Hour', 'Strong Form', 'The Striving Spirit', each numbered 13/50, and stamped Curwen Chilford to mount, 29.5 x 21cm, each framed and glazed. (D)Additional InformationThe frames and perspex with scratches and scuffs, but the prints are in good order with strong colours.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIALMid Ming DynastyWell cast standing on a slightly flared rectangular plinth raised on shaped supports, wearing long flowing robes adorned at the front with a quatrelobed cartouche enclosing floral decoration, holding in his right hand a belt above his slightly rotund belly, his neck framed by a collar, gazing forward with his head crowned by an official's hat, traces of gilding remaining.25.6cm (10 2/16in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明中期 銅文官像Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2006, no.10展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號10Such attire represented the typical dress code for civil officials of high rank. Following the sumptuary laws of 1391, which regulated Ming dynasty dress, the classical Chinese clothing traditions of the Tang and Song dynasties were revived. Tang and Song official costumes themselves can be traced even further back, to the Han dynasty. The long robe with wide sleeves, the sash embellished with beaded jewellery, the rectangular office plaque across the chest were all part of Han dynasty court apparel. One can, therefore, find a close similarity between traditional attires of Chinese court officials over many centuries. Nowhere can this be observed as clearly as on the larger-than-life stone figures of civil officials lining the spirit roads leading to their emperors' mausoleums. See Ann Paludan, The Chinese Spirit Road, New Haven and London, 1991, pl.142 a Tang example, pls 167- 8; two Song examples, pls 202, 205, 213, 228 and 230; several Ming examples.See a similar bronze figure of a eunuch, Ming dynasty, from the collection of Wang Shixiang, illustrated in Zi zhen ji: Wang Shixiang ji, Beijing, 2017, p.63.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF GREY POTTERY GOOSE-HEAD BOTTLE VASESHan DynastyEach vase standing on a slightly spreading base, rising to a large compressed globular body and elegantly slender neck terminating in a goose head with beak and almond-shaped eyes, the top of the head forming the mouth.The taller 34.5cm (13 5/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 灰陶鵝首曲頸壺一對The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C201c90, dated 8 January 2002, is consistent with the dating of this lot. (one of pair)Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2002年1月8日，編號C201c90）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。（其一）See a single pottery goose-head vase, Han dynasty, illustrated by Lu Yaw, et al., Spirit of Han: Ceramics for the After-Life, Singapore, 1991, p.61. See another goose-head bottle vase, Han dynasty, illustrated by R.Ward and P.J.Fidler, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, Kansas city, 1993, no.286.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL BEEHIVE-SHAPED WATERPOT, TAIBO ZUNQianlong red-enamel four-character mark and of the periodThe circular domed vessel painted with a band of blue archaistic dragons encircling the mid-body, reserved on a turquoise and key-fret ground, the shoulder with a formal leaf-lappet collar.5.7cm (2.1/4in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯仿古螭龍紋水丞礬紅「乾隆年製」楷書款Provenance: Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 1 November 1952Stephen Junkunc, III (circa 1905-1978)來源：芝加哥長谷商會，1952年11月1日史蒂芬·瓊肯三世（約1905-1978）舊藏Decorated with fine archaistic designs underscoring the Qianlong emperor's fascination with the spirit of ancient times, which he sought to replicate, the present waterpot was either commissioned by the Imperial Court or presented as tribute from enamel workshops in Guangdong. Examples, such as the present lot, are rare, but an earlier related painted enamel 'beehive'-shaped waterpot, Kangxi, is illustrated in the Compendium of Collections of the Palace Museum: Enamels, 5, Beijing, 2011, no.32.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BAMBOO 'PRUNUS' LIBATION CUP17th/18th centuryModelled as a trunk section, carved in openwork relief with gnarled blossoming prunus branches.12.2cm (4 7/8in) wide.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 竹雕梅樁紋杯Compare with a similar carved bamboo 'prunus' libation cup, Kangxi, in the Simon Kwan Collection included in the exhibition, Ming and Qing Bamboo, Hong Kong, 2000, pp.266-267, no.60. See another example in the Shanghai Museum, published in Literati Spirit: Art of Chinese Bamboo Carving, Shanghai, 2012, no.008. See a related bamboo 'prunus tree-trunk' cup, 18th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 17-18 March 2016, lot 1339.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A HORSETang DynastyStanding four-square on a rectangular base, the head angled to the left, the body and head applied with elaborated tasselled trappings, the mane combed upright and terminating in a parted forelock, the saddle and saddle cloth decorated in red pigment.48cm (18 7/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 三彩馬Provenance: an English private collectionSotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 153Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne, Winter Exhibition, London, 2004, no.29. 來源：英國私人舊藏倫敦蘇富比，2004年6月9日，拍品編號153展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2004年，編號29The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.766g45 dated 2 May 1995, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（1995年5月2日，編號766g45）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。This powerfully modelled horse, with its well-preserved sancai glaze, captures the spirit and power of this celebrated animal and reveals the technical accomplishment and stylistic maturity of ceramic sculpture at the peak of the Tang dynasty. The best horses of the time where those from Ferghana, in Central Asia, which were introduced in Chian during the Han dynasty. These horses were praised for their speed, power and stamina, and were often referred to as 'thousand li horses', following the belief that they were able to cover a thousand li in a single day.A pottery horse of similar size, colour glaze and modelling, Tang dynasty, is illustrated by M.Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan Barlow and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl.11a. A similar sancai-glazed pottery model of a horse, Tang dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2019, lot 656.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
* CLAIRE HARKESS RSW (SCOTTISH B. 1970 - ), PASSING ISLANDS II watercolour on paper, signed 17cm x 20cm (excluding frame and mount) Mounted, framed and under glass. Multiple labels verso: including The Scottish Gallery, Claire Harkess RSW "Galapagos" (Exhibition) 4th - 28th June 2008 catalogue number 84 where sold. Other Scottish Gallery stock labels with title, medium etc and artist's label. Note: Claire Harkess was born in Ayr, Scotland, graduating from Glasgow School of Art in the early 1990s. In recent years her painting has taken her to fragile lands to study and interpret life on the edge. Antarctica, Outback Australia and St Kilda are all places where, in such extreme environments, survival is difficult and the balance of life is delicate. Harkess has also worked on the Galápagos Islands, made famous by Charles Darwin’s ‘The Origin of the Species’. This isolated volcanic outpost remained relatively untouched by man, evolving to become one of the World’s unique ecosystems. The balance present in nature is clearly communicated through Claire's paintings. Painting in watercolour or gouache offers a unique directness; the essential qualities of light and energy present in the natural world are the very essence of the medium itself. The delicacy of her palette and oriental economy of her mark-making creates a subtle tension representing a world that is ‘holding still’, giving a sense of freedom, spirit, time and place. Claire's work is exhibited at The Scottish Gallery, where her most recent highly successful solo show was in July 2020, and at other prestigious galleries around the UK.
George Nakashima Drop Leaf Dining Table 269George NakashimaWiddicombDesign about 1959Großer Esstisch Modell 269 mit abklappbarer Platte. Entwurf um 1959. Amerikanische Wallnuss, 73 x 187 x 96,5/163 cm. Mit ' Widdicomb' Aufkleber und Stempel bezeichnet.Literatur: Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit, New York 2003, Abb. S. 163. George Nakashima Drop Leaf Dining Table 269George NakashimaWiddicombDesign about 1959Large dining table model 269 with foldable top. Designed around 1959. American walnut, 73 x 187 x 96.5 / 163 cm. Marked with 'Widdicomb' sticker and stamp.Literature: Mira Nakashima, Nature Form & Spirit, New York 2003, Abb. S. 163.
Jewellery.- Kunz (G.F.) & Charles Hugh Stevenson. The Book of the Pearl, first edition, signed and inscribed by Kunz to Ethel Stokes Hoyt on front free endpaper, title with decorative border in turquoise, plates, some colour, tissue guards, front endpapers a little browned but a good copy in the original decorated cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed and soiled, a couple of small stains to upper cover, 4to, New York, 1908.⁂ George Frederick Kunz was a self-taught mineralogist who, helped by his encyclopaedic knowledge of gemmology, rose to be Vice-President of Tiffany's. Ethel Stokes Hoyt was active in a controversial movement linking medicine and religion, and author of Spirit, 1934.
A French emaille enamel decorated twin handled urn, late 19th century, attributed to E. Paris & Cie, Paris, of ovoid form with knopped rim, each handle above a lion's mask, 49cm high, 54cm wideBidders from the UK and outside of the European Union should be aware that additional import charges may applyThe highly renowned firm of Charles-Emile Paris specialised in the manufacture of crystal glass, enamelled and mosaic embellished products. The crystal making and enamelling firm was founded in 1827 or1829 at rue de Bercy by his father, Jean-Alexandre Paris, who was the jeweller goldsmith of the Palais Royal. In 1867 Charles-Emile Paris left the Parisian site due to the new law forbidding the emission of industrial smoke in the capital, and founded a new factory at Le Bourget (Seine) at the site of a Louis XV hunting lodge. The new plant was destroyed during the war of 1870 and ruined Charles-Emile Paris; he had to sell the land in order to rebuild the factory on the leased site. The business was successful and the number of employees grew steadily and subsequently a retail shop was opened at rue de Paradis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris in 1876It was a dynamic and innovative firm, which ensured its success. Among the most notable and prestigious of its achievements was the supply of enamels (1847) for the tomb of Napoleon at the Invalides, decorative mosaic enamels at the Casino de Monte-Carlo (1879), and winning a number of highly prestigious awards at the Paris International Exhibitions in 1867, 1878 and 1889 in various categories. Charles-Emile Paris also specialised in making elegant enamelled cast iron urns and jardinieres for the display of plants in conservatories. A near pair of these were sold at Dreweatts, The Spirit of the Country House, 4th November 2020, lot 304 for £9,500
An Edwardian silver spirit flask by G. & J. W. Hawksley, Sheffield 1908, 12cm high; and another by Hubert Hall, Chester 1921, 7.5cm high, 129g (4.15 oz) gross Condition Report: G. & J. W. Hawksley - Marks partially obscured, hinge good, cover closes well, no engraving, small patch of solder Hubert Hall - Marks clear, cover screws down well, no engraving, minor dent to one corner Light scratches and wear commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
A collection of silver items, to include: a Regency slightly tapered silver mug, marker's mark ...B, London 1820, with a scroll handle and reeded bands, 6cm (2 1/3in) tall; a tapered silver spirit measure, maker's mark FH, Sheffield 1996, 6.5cm (2.1/2in); a small silver tray by Carrs, London 2003, with gadrooned border, 9cm (3 1/2in) long; together with a lobed silver bowl by Fenton Brothers, Sheffield 1896, with scrolled foliate embossed decoration, 10cm (4in) wide; three silver trays; a silver mounted white glass letter stand; and a silver mounted compact, with internal mirror, 322g (10.3 oz) gross weighable Condition Report: No condition report available is on this lot and is sold as found Condition Report Disclaimer
SIX SILVER SPIRIT LABELS comprising a pair of leaf design Brandy & Whisky Birmingham Hallmark for 1838, a pair of openwork Whisky Labels Birmingham 1912 and a single Whisky and a single Sherry, together with a plated Brandy (7) Condition Report : good wear and tear only Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
9 x Folk / Country Rock LPs. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River ( LBS 83273 ).John Denver (2) - Spirit. The Best Of John Denver. ( APL1 1694 ). Kris & Rita - Breakaway ( MNT 80547 ). Don McLean (4) American pie, laminated sleeve. American Pie, textured sleeve. Playin' Favourites. Tapestry. James Taylor - James Taylor LP ( SAPCOR 3 ), first pressing.
EDWARD KIKOAK (INUKTITUT), INUKSHUK SPIRIT TALOYOAK, NUNAVUT carved serpentine, the inukshuk topped by a spirit face inlaid with marine ivory eyes, a bird soars above, attached by an ivory stand(27cm high)Footnote: Provenance: The Late Dr Helen E C Cargill Thompson Note: Inukshuk are man-made stone cairns built for use by the peoples of the Arctic for navigation and as a point of reference; marking out travel routes, fishing places, camps, hunting grounds and places of veneration. Varying in shape and size, the inuksuit have ancient roots in Inuit culture and they remain an important Inuit cultural symbol to this day. Indeed, an inuksuk lies at the centre of the flag of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, and the flag of Nunatsiavut.
HENRY MUNYARADZI (SHONA B.1931 - D.1998), DREAMER, C. 1996 ZIMBABWE carved and polished serpentine, standing on a flat base, wrapped in a blanket, signed "HENRY" to base(41cm tall)Footnote: Provenance: The Reece Galleries, New York The Johnstone Collection, United Kingdom Note: Henry Munyaradzi, also known as Henry Mzengerere or simply Henry, was born in a rural northern Zimbabwe, the son of a spirit medium. He joined the sculpting community at Tengenenge in 1967 before moving to Chitungwiza with his family following the War of Liberation in 1980, from where he continued to sculpt. His work received worldwide acclaim, entering many of the world's top museums and collections.
NICHOLAS MUKOMBERANWA (SHONA B.1940 - D.2002) SPIRIT MEDIUM, 1987 ZIMBABWE carved and polished brown serpentine, the elliptical face parted by a sharp central ridge, subtly incised ring eyes and short mouth(77cm tall)Footnote: Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London The Johnstone Collection, United Kingdom
A William IV Irish silver travelling communion cup by Henry Flavelle, Dublin 1836, the cup unscrewing to a stopper, 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high; and a late Victorian silver spirit measure by William Comyns & Sons, London 1900, engraved C to J 1900, 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high, 176g (5.65 oz) grossProvenance: Berwick House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A Victorian silver mounted tapering spirit flask by Drew & Sons, London 1893, the cap and cup engraved W.W.C.P, 29cm (9in) high; and a silver mounted spirit flask, the cover by Charles Henry Dumenil, London 1897 and the cup by Drew & Sons, London 1897, both engraved with a crest, motto and W.W.C.P., 15cm (6in) highProvenance: Berwick House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
An Edwardian silver oval spirit flask by Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd., London 1902, with a pull off cup, 16cm (6 1/4in) high; a late Victorian silver mounted and glass oval spirit flask by William Hutton & Sons Ltd., London 1898, with a pull off cup, 15.5cm (6in) high; and a silver mounted, glass and leather spirit flask, maker's mark J.M. & S., Sheffield 1935, with a pull off cup, 353g (11.35 oz) gross weighable Condition Report: Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd. - Marks lightly rubbed, no engraving, slight play to the hingeWilliam Hutton & Sons - Marks lightly rubbed, cup sits with slight gap, no engraving, play to the hingeJ. M. S. - Marks lightly rubbed, no engraving, hinge good, leather peeling from glassAll with light scratches and wear commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
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