dating: 17th/18th Century provenance: Ottoman Empire, A set consisting of a quiver containing three short javelins. The javelins have wooden shafts and are provided with a long iron cusp of square section and with hollow sides, the handles covered with silver with rings at the ends. Wooden scabbard covered with leather sewn with wire and with iron mounts. Two suspension rings, one band with restorations. A rare hunting and war arm used throughout the East for centuries, mainly for hunting. These little javelins were perfectly balanced and could be hurled with great precision. See 'A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armour' by George Cameron Stone, p. 319-320. Another very similar ensemble illustrated in 'Spendeur des Armes Orientales'by Richetts / Missillier, 1988, illustration n. 59 and text on page 165. length 89.5 cm.
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dating: 1903-1914 provenance: State of the Vatican City, Beautiful, black cloth and velvet jacket, with white lace collar and cuffs. Complete with black velvet hat, decorated with black ostrich feathers and a pale blue, glass, cabochon stone, a pair of cuffs and a rosette decorated en suite, and belt. He wears the papal chamberlain's collar (complete with the case with Pope Pius X's gold coat of arms, inside, 'TANFANI & BERTARELLI ROMA' stamp with the Pope's coat of arms). A papal chamberlain's sword with round-tipped, edge-less blade, complete with scabbard. length sword 93 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Tibet, Straight, single-edged blade with curved tip made of fine welded steel. Iron hilt with rectangular quillon decorated with vertical grooves, pommel and ferrule richly pierced at the front, the pommel decorated with a red cabochon stone, wooden handle with silver frame and central stave. Leather-covered wooden scabbard with richly pierced and gilt iron mounts, the cap decorated with a turquoise stone, the base with a red cabochon stone. Smooth iron back with leather-lined opening. See a sword with similar decorations in 'Warriors of the Himalayas,' by Donald J. La Rocca, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006, p. 159, no. 63, for the blade no. 62, p. 158. length 61.5 cm.
Erotica - Curiosa - - Gottfried (Pseud.: Archibald Smith) Sieben. Balkangreuel. Mit einer Einleitung von H. Stone. Mit 12 Tafeln in Licht- u. Kupferdruck nach Originalen von Archibald Smith. Wien, Privatdruck der Ges. österr. Bibliophilen, 1909. 7 Seiten, 12 Tafeln. Gr.-4°. Halbleder d. Zt. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel (beschabt). Eins von 550 nummerierten Exemplaren. - Hayn-G. VII, 721 - Sieben war Schüler der Wiener Akademie. - Bilder-Lex. II, 808: Während einer Russland-, Balkan- und Kaukasusreise entstanden diese "hocherotischen, ziemlich sadistischen, aber ganz unpersönlichen Zeichnungen" - drastische Darstellungen von Gewaltakten durch türkische Soldaten. - Vorgebunden ist ein achtseitiges Typoskript (französische Übersetzung des Vorworts). - Teils leicht gebräunt bzw. etwas fingerfleckig, Seidenhemdchen (mit Tafelbezeichnung) teils etwas knitterig, gelegentlich mit kl. Randläsuren oder lose, Titelbl. mit kleinem Randeinriß, insgesamt aber gutes Exemplar der seltenen Ausgabe. One of 550 numbered copies. - Hayn-G. VII, 721 - Sieben was a pupil of the Vienna Academy. - Bilder-Lex. II, 808: During a trip to Russia, the Balkans and the Caucasus, he created these "highly erotic, rather sadistic, but quite impersonal drawings" - drastic depictions of acts of violence by Turkish soldiers.
China - - Oskar Freiherr von Seckendorff. Privatdruck Album "Deutscher Posten Langfang. Deutscher Fleiß, Deutsche Arbeit, Deutsche Kraft gebeiten der Welt Achtung. Erbaut 1901-1902 vom II. Batl. 3. ostas. Inft. Regts. Major Auwärter und 7. Kompagnie 2. ostasiat. Inft. Regts. Hauptmann Beyer, beiden gewidmet Freiherr von Seckendorff, Lt. Langfang 1902." Mit farbigem lithographierten Titel, 1 farbigen lithographierten Plan des Lagers und 46 Tafeln mit Abbildungen nach photographischen Aufnahmen, diese tls. handkoloriert. Gera, Gerth und Oppenrieder, 1902. 47 unnummerierte Bll. Quer 4°. OLwd mit farbig gepr. Deckelillustration (leicht berieben u. bestoßen, die Bindung etw. gelockert). Im Vorsatz mit hs. Widmung: "Meinem verehrten Hauptmann und damaligen Kompagnie-Chef Herrn Beyer gewidmet in alter Anhänglichkeit Freiherr von Seckendorf, Leutnant im 7. Thüringischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96, Kommandiert zur Dienstleistung beim großen Generalstab, Wenigenlupnitz bei Eisenach 1905." - Die tls. betitelten Abbildungen dekorativ umrahmt von Wiedergaben traditioneller chinesischer Holzschnitte. Gezeigt wird: Bahnhof "Langfang" mit chinesischer Bahnhofswache - Denkmal für den bei Langfang gefallenen Matrosen Batz - Platte im Denkmal (gefallen den 18. Juni 1900) - Ansicht vom Lager - Das Kaiser-Tor - Das Kommandeurs-Haus nach Fertigstellung - Denkstein (zur Erbauung des Lagers) - Küchengebäude links Wasserküche - Küche, davor Chinesen-Kantine - Stabs-Gebäude, links Wache mit Arrest-Haus - Stabsgebäude - Wache-Post / Geläut für die Lager-Uhr - Mannschafts-Baracke mit Sonnendach - Mannschafts-Baracke im Winter - Ponnie-Reiter der Komp. / Kompagnie-Park-Wagen / Wagen-Remise / Wirtschafts-Gebäude / Kompagnie-Wagen - Larazett-Baracke - Theater / Offizier-Kasino / Revierstube - Offiziere der Kompagnie - Gesellschaftsraum im Offizier-Kasino - Speisezimmer - Besuch italienischer Offiziere vom Nachbar-Posten - Chinesische Kavallerie (2 x) / "Frühstückspause" / Chinesische Mädchen / mit Italienern und Engländern / Ein chinesischer Junge - Ein Fest in Langfang - Chinesische Reiter / Chinesischer General Go-Tu-Chai / Chinesische Reiter / Rittmeister / Chinesische Unteroffiziere / Chinesische Offiziere / Hauptmann Beyer auf einer Parade chinesischer Truppen - Die Besatzung einer Paradeaufstellung - Die Kompagnie im Schützenfeuer - Bau von Sonnen-Dächern - Mannschaftspferde in der Koppel - Wirtschaftshof - Vieh-Hof - Ein Zug rückt zu einer Erkundung aus (im Hintergrund das ehemalige Dorf Langfang) / Die von uns erbaute Villa "Weidmanns-Lust" / Meine erste Wohnung in Langfang - Die Villa mit Sonnendach / Die Villa im Bau - Wohnhaus der chinesischen Angestellten / Telegraphenhaus / Telephonhaus - Auf dem Schießstand - Unteroffiziere beim Tennis - Korporalschaften (3 Bilder) - Italienische Unteroffiziere beim Besuch - Brücke bei Langfang - Eingefallene Pagode bei Langfang - Kot-Sammler / Barbier / Droschke / Der kleine Kuli / Arbeits-Wagen / aus der Revier-Stube - eingefallene Brücke / der Augenarzt behandelt Augen-Kranke / chinesiches Denkmal / Chinesische Kinder - der Affe des Leutnant v. Seckendorff. - Die Seidenhemdchen zart gebräunt u. tls mit kl. Einrissen. Insgesamt ein äußerst spannendes Zeitdokument in wohlerhaltenem Zustand. Privately printed album. With coloured lithographed title, 1 coloured lithographed plan of the camp and 46 plates with illustrations after photographs, these partly hand-coloured. Original red cloth with coloured cover illustration (slightly rubbed and bumped, the binding somewhat loose). - With a handwritten dedication. - The partly titled illustrations decoratively framed by reproductions of traditional Chinese woodcuts. Depicted is: Station "Langfang" with Chinese station guard - Monument to sailor Batz killed at Langfang - Plate in monument (killed 18 June 1900) - View of camp - The Emperor's Gate - The Commander's House after completion - Monument stone (to the construction of the camp) - Kitchen building - Kitchen, in front Chinese people - canteen - Staff building. Left guardhouse with detention house - Staff building - Guard post / bell for camp clock - Crew barrack with sun roof - Crew barrack in winter - Ponnie riders of the Komp. / Company park wagon / Wagon remise / Economy building / Company wagon - Larazett barrack - Theatre / Officers' mess / Station room - Company officers - Social room in officers' mess - Dining room - Visiting Italian officers from neighbouring post - Chinese cavalry (2 x) / "Breakfast break" / Chinese girls / with Italians and English / A Chinese boy - A festival in Langfang - Chinese horsemen / Chinese general Go-Tu-Chai / Chinese horsemen / cavalry captains / Chinese non-commissioned officers / Chinese officers / Captain Beyer on a parade of Chinese troops - The crew of a parade formation - The company in rifle fire - Construction of sun-roofs - Crew horses in the paddock - Farmyard - Cattle yard - A platoon moves out on a reconnaissance (in the background the former village of Langfang) / The villa "Weidmanns-Lust" built by us / My first home in Langfang - The villa with sun-roof / The villa under construction - Chinese employees' home / Telegraph house / Telephone house - On the shooting range - Non-commissioned officers playing tennis - Corporals (3 pictures) - Italian non-commissioned officers visiting - Bridge at Langfang - Collapsed pagoda at Langfang - Manure collector / Barber / Droshke / The little pen / Working trolley / From the station house - Collapsed bridge / The ophthalmologist treating eye-sick people / Chinese monument / Chinese children - Lieutenant v. Seckendorff. - The silk chemises delicately browned and partly with small tears. Altogether an interesting document of the time in well-preserved condition.
STATUETTE DE VISHVARUPA EN LAITONNÉPAL, XIXE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 205061 20.5 cm (8 1/8 in.) highFootnotes:A BRASS FIGURE OF VISHVARUPA NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY 尼泊爾 十九世紀 維斯瓦鲁帕銅像This brass figure likely represents the cosmic, universal form of Vishnu as Vishvarupa, accompanied here by his female consort. During the Late Malla period, representations of Hindu and Buddhist deities with a multitude of arms and heads served as visual aids for teachers who sought to clarify the complex systems of esoteric meditational practices to their disciples. See a stone figure bearing similar attributes but without a consort, published in Grewenig and Rist, eds., Buddha - 2000 Years of Buddhist Art: 232 Masterpieces, Völklingen, 2016, pp. 346-7, no. 146, as well as a figure of Chakrasamvara as Vishvarupa Mahasamvara, published in Huntington and Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss, 2003, pp. 282-3, no. 77.Provenance:Alain Presencer, UK, 2000sFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TÊTE DE TRIDENT RITUEL EN FER ARGENTÉ ET LAITONTIBET ORIENTAL, VERS XVE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 205013 78 cm (30 3/4 in.) highFootnotes:A SILVERED IRON AND BRASS RITUAL TRIDENT HEAD EASTERN TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY 藏東 約十五世紀 鐵鎏銀飾銅三叉戟 The trident, or three-pronged spear, was one of the earliest ritual implements to be adopted into Buddhism, indicated by its depiction on the stone gateways leading up to the Great Stupa of Sanchi in Central India. Originally one of the many attributes associated with the Hindu god Shiva, the trident was reinterpreted to symbolize the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. As a tantric weapon, the three blade points represent the destruction of the three poisons consisting of passion, aggression, and ignorance. At the center of the shaft is a highly unusual element of a knot modelled with three brass heads; a skull which sits over the symbol A, a wrathful face which sits over a visvavajra, and a bodhisattva who sits over a kalasha. Showing a similar curled design at the base of the prongs is a trishula illustrated in Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet, Stuttgart, 2020, fig. 221. Published:Deborah Ashencaen and Gennady Leonov, Visions of Perfect Worlds: Buddhist Art from the Himalayas, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1999, p. 71, no. 40.Ramon Prats, et.al., Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Madrid, Fundación 'La Caixa', 2000, p. 99, no. 8.Natalie Bazin, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Vème Dalaï Lama, Paris, 2002, p. 144, no. 103.Exhibited:Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Fundación 'La Caixa', Madrid, November 2000-January 2001.Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Vème Dalaï Lama, Musée Guimet, Paris, 6 November 2002 - 24 February 2003.Provenance:Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1999For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ÉPÉE RITUELLE ET FOURREAU EN ARGENT ET OR AVEC INCRUSTATION DE PIERRESMONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE Inset with turquoise, coral and lapis lazuli; Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205018 54 cm (21 1/4 in.) highFootnotes:A SILVER GILT AND INLAID STONE RITUAL SWORD AND SCABBARD MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY 蒙古 十九世紀 金銀嵌寶法劍及鞘 Assembled from silver and a generous number of inset stones, this ornate sword reflects the tastes and fashions of wealthy Mongolian patrons between the 18th and 19th centuries. Based on its well-preserved gilding, as noted by the crisp modelling of the guard and the front-facing dragon at the scabbard's tip, this sword was most likely shown sparingly during ritual or ceremonial events. An identical sword, possible the matching pair to the present lot, is located in the Essen Collection (published in Essen and Thingo, Die Gotter des Himalaya, 1989, p. 292, no. I-194. Also see a similarly worked ceremonial sword in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.84.31.513a-b).Provenance:Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1990sFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A lot of four rings, comprised of a large oval purplish pink claw set stone mounted in white metal with yellow metal shank, 4 grams, ring size K. A large blue emerald claw set stone mounted in white metal, 7.67 grams, ring size N. A 9 carat gold and paste ring featuring an emerald cut green paste stone to the centre with an ornate foliate paste surround, 5.28 grams, ring size K 1/2. A silver and green stone ring, the green cabochon stone is set in a foliate plaque mount with carving to each shoulder depicting two female figures and a shooting star, 1.88 grams, ring size J.
NO RESERVE Knoop (Douglas) & G.P. Jones, The London Mason in the Seventeenth Century, lightly spotted, original cloth-backed boards, Manchester and London, 1935 § Collins (Peter) Concrete: The Vision of a New Architecture, 1959 § Blagrove (G.H.) Marble Decoration, 1888 § Leedy, Jr. (Walter C.) Fan Vaulting: A Study of Form, Technology, and Meaning, 1980 § Kelly (Alison) Mrs Coade's Stone, Upton-upon-Severn, 1990 § Brunskill (R.W.) Brick Building in Britain, 1990, illustrations, all but the first original cloth or boards, the last with dust-jacket, some a little rubbed; and c.15 others on building and materials, 4to & 8vo (c.20)
NO RESERVE Ceramics.- Henrywood (R.K.) Staffordshire Potters 1781-1900, 2002 § Cox (Alwyn & Angela) Rockingham 1745-1842, 2001 § Drakard (D.) and Paul Holdway. Spode Transfer Printed Ware 1784-1833, enlarged edition, 2002 § Godden (Geoffrey A.) Godden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone & Granitewares, 1999 § Griffin (John D.) The Don Pottery 1801-1893, Doncaster, 2001 § Sarni (E.P.) Italian Renaissance Maiolica, 2012, illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first four Woodbridge; and c.60 others on pottery and porcelain, mostly English, 4to & 8vo (c.65)
FREYA STARK: PERSEUS IN THE WIND: ill Reynolds Stone, London, John Murray, 1948, 1st edition, inscription and previous owners label on ffep, original cloth, d/w, (small part losses) + ELSPETH HUXLEY: THE SORCERERS APPRENTICE A JOURNEY THROUGH EAST AFRICA: London, Chattow and Windus, 1948, 1st edition, inscription on ffep, original cloth, spine dulled (2)
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