A VOLCANIC STONE STELE OF DURGA SLAYING THE BUFFALO DEMON, 11TH-13TH CENTURYIndonesia, East Java. Standing bare-breasted on a buffalo, the eight-armed goddess grasps the demon by his hair and holds various attributes such as sword, conch and dharmachkra. Her torso is contoured and adorned with a heavy necklace, the face with a benign expression and crowned by a diadem and elaborate headdress. She is clad in a batik sarong fastened with several beaded belts, two rosette clasps and pendant festoons, her hair tied in a high chignon with tresses flowing to the sides, backed by a halo and with the stele forming a torana around her.Provenance: From the personal collection of the grandfather of the present owner, acquired c. 1960 in Italy, and thence by descent in the same family.Condition: Excellent condition with extensive weathering and wear, areas of erosion, some structural cracks and losses, minor dents and nicks here and there, all commensurate with the age of this statue. Good natural patina.Weight: 123 kgDimensions: Height 90.5 cmRepresentations of the goddess Durga killing the buffalo demon are celebrated throughout India. Transmitted to Southeast Asia, the theme appears in Indonesian and especially Javanese art as well as in the early sculptures of Thailand and Cambodia. When the gods were defeated by the lord of the demons, Mahisha, they pleaded with Durga, the incarnation of female energy, to defend the universe. Having been given a weapon by each of the gods and thus possessing all of their powers, she defeated first the demon's armies and then Mahisha himself, who had taken the form of a buffalo. In this sculpture, Durga stands on the corpse of the vanquished beast. The demon, having already left it, stands next to her and tries to defend himself in a last, desperate and - as we know - futile move.Expert's note: Especially due to its superb state of preservation, this unusually large sculpture remains one of the most imposing images of this theme.Literature comparison: Compare with an earlier version of the same subject, 9th century, also carved from volcanic stone, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 1988.160.
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A STONE HEAD OF BHAIRAVANorthern India, Rajasthan, 11th to 12th century. The head adorned with a headdress, his impassive face defined by bulging eyes and mouth exposing fangs, flanked by elongated earlobes with jeweled earrings. Mounted on a wood base.Condition: Extensive wear, losses, nicks, few areas with various residues, commensurate with age. Provenance: Dutch private collection, according to the current owner acquired from an Italian private collection.Weight: 8.5 kg (total) Dimensions: Height 27 cm (excl. base) and 38 cm (incl. base)
A TURQUOISE MINIATURE PENDANT OF A CICADAChina, presumably Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The stone of a beautiful blueish hue and some darker inclusions, finely carved and incised to represent a cicada of an oblong shape and bulbous eyes. Central drilling showing ancient toolmarks. The cicada is a very important symbol of rebirth in Chinese culture. Amulets shaped as cicadas were used in burial rituals, as they symbolize hope for rebirth and immortality.Publication: This lot will be catalogued in the book about the turquoise collection of Dr. Zelnik which is expected to be published in 2022. Condition: Good condition with some minor, age-related wear. Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Weight: 6.7 g Dimensions: Height 0.8 cm, Length 2.8 cm
A MOTTLED PAIR OF JADE BOWLSChina, late Qing to Republic period (1880-1950). The thin rounded sides rising from a straight ring foot to a slightly everted rim. The translucent and mottled stone is brilliantly polished and shows attractive natural inclusions.Condition: Very good condition. One bowl with a tiny chip to the rim. Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 131.3 g in total Dimensions: Diameter 10 cm each
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLEChina, 19th century. The porcelain snuff bottle of cylindrical shape with a very short and wide neck, painted in underglaze blue with a dignitary passing through a wintery landscape. The depiction of rocks and the city looming in the distance nicely rendered. Associated with a hard stone stopper of celadon green color and a bone spoon.Condition: Good condition with some firing faults, and a small chip to the upper and to the foot rim.Provenance: Hungarian private collection, according to the current owner acquired from a Swiss private collection.Weight: 65 g Dimensions: Height 9 cm incl. stopper
A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO DEPICTING BAMBOOJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912). The rectangular suzuribako (writing box) with a brown-lacquered exterior, the cover finely lacquered in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e depicting bamboo stalks. The inside of the cover shows a beautiful reddish nashiji ground. The interior with further nashiji, a tray and a compartment containing the original suzuri (ink stone), and a copper suiteki (water dropper).Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, surface scratches and minor notches and nicks here and there, the cover with a small crack. Provenance: Hungarian private collection.Weight: c. 750 g Dimensions: 21 x 23 x 4 cm
A SMALL WHITE JADE CONG, QIJIAJade. China, Qijia Culture, c. 2200-1600 BCThe geometric simplicity of this miniature cong renders it extremely contemporary in form. Unlike the Liangzhu culture cong which were decorated with masks motifs, this small plain Qijia cong totally lacks surface decoration. Carved to almost pure perfection with only some slight variation in surface width on the collars, the jade exhibits all the essential features of Qijia jades: purity of form and exploitation of the natural inherent qualities of the stone.The cong, in a white variety of jade found in deposits in Qinghai province, presents some white speckles and striations as well as a couple of areas where the jade is dark brown, mostly located on one of the collars. The stone is polished and fairly smooth, but not shiny, and the core is rougher with the usual central ridge. There are also some deposits of calcification in the nicks on the top edge of one of the collars.Compare a related Qijia culture cong of a similar jade at Christie's New York in Dongxi Studio- Important Chinese Jade and Hardstone Carvings from a Distinguished Private Collection on 17 March 2016, lot 909, sold for USD 27,500, and another at Christie's Hong Kong in Chinese Archaic Jades from The Yangdetang Collection on 29 November 2017, lot 2713, sold for HKD 937,500. See also another but smaller cong from the collection of Robert H. Ellsworth at Christie's Hong Kong in The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 5 April 2016, lot 1, sold for HKD 93,750. Furthermore, a cong carved from a very similar jade is published in F. Salviati, 4000 Years of Chinese Archaic Jades, Edition Zacke, Vienna 2017, no. 103.HEIGHT 7.7 cm, WIDTH 5 cmProvenance: Collection of Prof. Filippo Salviati, acquired in a Nanjing antique shop in the late 1990s.
A RARE ANDESITE STATUE OF BUDDHA, CENTRAL JAVA, 9TH CENTURYStanding on a rectangular base, backed by a large, towering aureole and halo. His right hand is raised toward the chest and the left is lowered and holding the hem of his long flowing robe. The serene face with full lips and heavy-lidded downcast eyes below gently arched eyebrows centered by an urna, flanked by long pendulous earlobes. The hair arranged in tight curls with an ushnisha.Provenance: La Balaustra, Archeologia Classica Orientale e Precolombiana, Bologna, 1980. An important Italian private collection, acquired from the above.Condition: Superb condition, commensurate with age. Expected losses, erosion, wear and extensive weathering.Weight: 73.3 kg Dimensions: Height 80.5 cmA Buddha image of ineffable quiet and stillness has been carved from rough volcanic rock. The profile and dome of the head are broad, allowing for a round tapering of the forehead, cheeks, and chin that, once finished with a polish, produce an overall impression of smoothness, belying the porous nature of the stone, which has resisted over a millennium of weather exposure with a stunning ease. The sculptors working on the great stone monuments of 9th century Central Java produced some of the most beautifully proportioned Buddhist sculptures of any period or medium.The present statue is almost certainly from Borobudur or a related temple site, such as Sewu or Ngawen in Central Java. Built by the Shailendra dynasty around 825 CE, Borobudur is one of the greatest Buddhist monuments of all time, having one of the largest and most complete ensembles of Buddhist narrative relief panels in the world. Structured as a mandala of stacked platforms representing the three planes of existence in Mahayana cosmology (the world of desire, the world of forms, and the world of formlessness), Borobodur invites pilgrims circumambulating its didactic panels and sculpture to shuck the trappings of their perceived reality and realize their true inherent formlessness.Literature comparison: Three examples in the British Museum collected by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in the early 19th century demonstrate that not all Borobudur heads were created equal (1859,1228.175; 1859,1228.176; & 1859,1228.177). Some have softer, more delicate brows while others show harder features and more pronounced monobrows. Some have spire-like ushnishas, while others are broader and more pleasing. Of the three British Museum heads, it is the most celebrated and widely exhibited one (1859,1228.176) that bears the closest resemblance to the present lot, illuminating its quality.Auction result comparison: Compare a related andesite statue of Buddha, from Borobudur, dated to the 9th century, and of similar size, sold in these rooms, in Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism, on 25 April 2020, lot 461, for EUR 30,000.
TWO 'MYTHICAL BEAST' MARBLE PANELS, FRAGMENTS OF A FUNERARY STRUCTURE, TANG TO JIN DYNASTYChina, 618-1234. Each rectangular fragment chiseled in relief with mythical beasts striding among plants, including a chilong, two bixie, and another hybrid creature with hooves, scales, and a phoenix head, all above a gently curving, stylized leafy vine forming an outline reminiscent of a mountain range. (2)Provenance: From an English private collection in Buckinghamshire, acquired in the 1980s and thence by descent.Condition: Condition commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, signs of weathering and erosion, nicks, scratches, and encrustations.Weight: 13.5 kg and 15.2 kgDimensions: Size 81.7 x 25.5 cm and 88 x 25 cmBoth with massive cast iron fittings for wall suspension, probably dating to the earlier 20th century.The present two stone fragments were likely once segments of a funerary structure, possibly decorative panels of the walls or door to a sarcophagus. The walls of the sarcophagus of Li Shou, Prince Jing of Huai'an, now housed in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum and illustrated in Angela Falco Howard, et. al, Chinese Sculpture, 2006, Beijing, fig. 2.39, feature relief carvings of beasts and stylized clouds related to the present example on its walls and around the tomb door. The tomb of Li Shou, a cousin of Tang emperor Gaozu, was erected in 631 within the emperor's Xianling necropolis.It is also worth considering a funerary stele erected for Xiao Hongtian, illustrated in Yao Qian and Gu Bing, Nan chao ling mu shi ke, [Tomb Carvings of the Southern Dynasties], Beijing, 1981, pls. 55 and 56. Xiao was conferred as ruler of the Linchuan region in the year 502, and perished in 526. The main face of the stele comprises eight square panels with relief-carved striding mythical beasts among cloud wisps, within foliate borders.Literature comparison: Compare a related but larger marble relief, dated to the Jin dynasty, and carved with figures, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number A.59-1937.Auction result comparison: Compare a related but more elaborate marble panel (Size 40.6 x 50.2 cm) dated to the early Tang dynasty, carved with a mythical beast striding on clouds, at Sotheby's New York in Junkunc: Chinese Buddhist Sculpture on 12 September 2018, lot 4, sold for USD 300,000 (for a single panel).
A TURQUOISE PENDANT DEPICTING A HAREChina, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) or later. Very fine miniature depiction of a crouching hare, the fourth animal in Chinese zodiac, known to be the luckiest out of all the twelve. The head with large round eyes and pierced through the mouth and back for suspension.Condition: Good condition with wear, signs of weathering and erosion. Few small nicks around the piercings. The stone with natural fissures. Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above.Weight: 13.9 cm Dimensions: Length 3 cm
A HAN JADE RING ORNAMENT WITH COILED CHILONGJade. China, Han dynasty, 1st century BC - 1st century ADThe strong impact of this disc is given by the twisting and turning of the sculptural dragons carved in high relief. The top is decorated with two dragons that encircle and overlap the surface of the disc. Their tails, bodies, and heads form a series of curves that cover the entire surface in such a way that it is difficult to discern where one dragon ends and the other begins: in fact, the neck and appendages of one attach to the other's curled, wavy tail. Their turned back heads curve into the center of the disc and face their bodies that are decorated with a simple carved line that runs along the entire length. Tear-drop incisions, parallel lines and double lines define the limbs, tails, and other details of the bodies, while the two carved parallel lines that define the snout curve outwards to describe the eyes. Engraved lines create a thin border along the circumference of the disc and the internal hole, and the surface of the back is filled in with a pattern of raised carved curls.Visible transition of the alteration of the stone, from the top carved area through towards the bottom, is evident by the changes in color: about half of the bottom and all the carved decorations on the top have turned white, grayish, and opaque. The disc is heavily encrusted with black and turquoise deposits in all the grooves and carved areas which are due to contact with iron and bronze, respectively. The corrosion has given way to multiple nicks around the exterior of the disc and in a few places on the outer area of the carving. The jade retains its smooth, shiny texture and some of its translucency, mostly on the bottom part of the disc.The presence of small metal encrustations suggest that this ring was used as a sword fitting, most likely as a pommel.Compare with a round sword fitting from the Arthur M. Sackler collection at Christie's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 16 September 2010, lot 984 (part lot), sold for USD 10,625, and another, also carved with chilong, at Christie's Hong Kong in Adorning the Kings - A Private Collection of Archaic Jade Ornaments on 31 May 2017, lot 2711 (part lot), sold for HKD 8,460,000. DIAMETER 6.5 cmProvenance: Collection of Prof. Filippo Salviati, formerly from the estate of a Roman diplomat, acquired at Babuino auction house in March 2018 (copy of acquisition receipt available).
AN OLD ELEGANT AND LONG 'CHUNG DZI' DARK CHOCOLATE AGATE BEADHimalayan region, presumably Tibet or India, around 500-1000 CE or later. Long and half translucent bead of a tubular shape in a beautiful dark-chocolate color. Well-polished and with central drilling showing ancient toolmarks. 'Chung dzi' beads are believed to have been created in ancient times by bead makers from agate or chalcedony and were worn as protective amulets. The prefix chung in this instance refers to a specific type of stone material that has unique healing properties. Condition: Good condition with some notches and minor weathering commensurate with age. Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Weight: 7.4 g Dimensions: 6.6 cm
A SMALL MOSS AGATE BOWL, QINGChina, 1644-1912. The partly translucent stone is facetted and has a smooth finish, the bowl with a flat conical foot.Condition: Several cracks with old repairs.Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo- Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.Weight: 135,6 g.Dimensions: Height 3.5 cm. Diameter 10 cm.5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A ROCK CRYSTAL 'ELEPHANT' TALISMANBurma/ Myanmar, 19th century or earlier. Well-polished and translucent talisman carved in the shape of an elephant with a short and lowered trunk. Central drilling showing ancient toolmarks and allowing for suspension as a pendant. The holes are handmade, irregular, funnel shaped. Simple, geometric carvings indicate the animal's collar, legs and tusks. Stone with natural inclusions. Condition: Good condition with some minor flaws and usual traces of age and wear. Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Weight: 42.6 g Dimensions: Height 2.6 cm, Length 3.8 cm
A TRANSLUCENT AGATE BOWLChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912- 1949). The almost transparent stone is brilliantly polished and of an attractive milky gray with natural inclusions. On the underside is an incised apocryphal four-character Yongzheng reign mark. Provenance: A notable private collector in Kensington, London, United Kingdom.Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and natural inclusions.Weight: 210 gDimensions: Height 4.1 cm, Diameter 14 cm5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A MUGHAL-STYLE SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOX AND COVERChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The gently rounded sides rising from a short foot, the bowl and cover both finely carved in the form of an open chrysanthemum flower. The appealing semi-translucent stone has dark green speckling and paler swirling inclusions.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, the stone with natural flaws and microscopic fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks over time. Provenance: Hungarian private collection. According to the current owner acquired from a private collector in France. Weight: 238 g Dimensions: Diameter 9.7 cm
A STONE PEDESTAL IN SHAPE OF A SCHOLAR ROCKChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912-1949). The stone pedestal beautifully carved in openwork as a pierced rock formation with angular surfaces and projections, the stone of a nice grey hue with darker inclusions, with a flat and roughly polished top surface for displaying beautiful objects on it.Condition: Very good condition with some age-related wear.Provenance: Dutch private collection.Weight: 4830 g Dimensions: 26 cm
A HAN-STYLE ARCHAISTIC WHITE JADE OF A CICADAChina, Han Dynasty style, but later. Finely carved as a cicada with folded veiny wings, and a taotie mask, the semi-translucent stone is of an even white tone and two small, pierced openings for suspension.Condition: Good condition with traces of wear and age. Provenance: Hungarian private collection. According to the current owner acquired from a private collector in France in 1980. Weight: 55 g Dimensions: Length 8.9 cm
A LOT OF FIFTEEN NEPHRITE 'TORTOISE' BEADSChina, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Fifteen beads, almost identical in size beads, hand carved in the shape of empty tortoise shells from opaque nephrite of greenish brown hue with some lighter inclusions. The color of the stone nicely mirrors the structure of a natural shell. The details are simplistically but neatly executed, the surface is well-polished. Central drilling showing ancient toolmarks. Condition: Excellent condition with some minor, expected wear. Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Weight: 29.2 g Dimensions: 1.4 cm - 1.6 cm
A GREEN STONE HEAD OF A FEMALE DEITYPresumably China, 1st half of the 20th century. The female deity wearing an unusual bird head dress, the stone of green color with darker green speckles.Condition: Good condition with wear and minor nicks here and there. Provenance: From the private collection of a Gentleman, by descent from his father, with a collector's label 'Guanyin Ming'.Weight: 432.4 g Dimensions: Height 8.5 cm
A CELADON JADE 'TIGER' TALLYChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912- 1949). Composed of two halves carved in mirror image as a tiger standing foursquare and facing forward, with pierced mouth, the flat interiors with two shaped bosses or recesses, one fitting into the other. The stone of a celadon tone with russet inclusions.Condition: Good condition with minor chips along the edges. Provenance: Collection of David Widdicombe QC, acquired from the above and thence by descent within the same family. David Graham Widdicombe (1924-2019) was a British Queen's Counsel and political activist. He studied at Cambridge before being called up to serve in the British Army for the remainder of World War II. While at Cambridge, he became friends with Lee Kuan Yew, the long-serving prime minister and founding father of Singapore.Weight: 81 g Dimensions: Length 6 cm
A CARVED LONGQUAN WALL VASE, MINGChina, 16th century. The olive-stone-shaped vase raised on a lotus base, carved on each face of the bulbous body with a panel containing a large flower blossom on leafy tendrils, beneath bands of flowers and coins on the waisted neck, all covered by a thick olive-green celadon glaze.Condition: One chip around the mouth exterior, some crackling, minor wear and firing irregularities.Provenance: From a Slovakian private collection.Weight: 1,249 g Dimensions: Height 25.4 cmLiterature comparison: Compare with a related pair of similarly decorated Longquan celadon vases, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Longquan Celadon of China, Zhejiang Province, 1998 pl.141.Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related wall vase offered by Bonham's London (New Bond Street) in Fine Chinese Art on 12 November 2015, lot 33, bought-in at GBP £8,000-£12.000.龍泉青釉刻花紋挂瓶，明代中國，十六世紀。橄欖石形花瓶下一蓮花基座，飾卷葉大花紋，全身覆蓋厚厚的橄欖青釉。品相：瓶口一小開口，一些小碎裂，輕微磨損與燒製瑕疵。來源：斯洛伐克私人收藏重量：1,249 克尺寸：高25.4 厘米
A ROCK CRYSTAL BHAIRAVA MASKNepal, 19th century. The face with a fierce expression and large bulging eyes, furrowed eyebrows below the third eye. The mouth open to reveal sharp teeth, all below a broad nose, flanked by long earlobes. His hair appears as an aureole of fire.Provenance: De-accession of The Dr. István Zelnik Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Condition: The mask with minor wear, few light scratches and minuscule nicks. The stone with natural fissures, of which some have developed into natural cracks over time. Some larger cracks on the front and back of the mask, with loss.Weight: 342.6 gDimensions: Height 11.9 cm, width 9.2 cmAuction result comparison: Compare a related rock crystal mask, dated to the 18th century and of slightly smaller size (7.5 cm), sold in these rooms in Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism & Hinduism on 6th March 2021, lot 446, sold for EUR 4,803.
A yellow metal a multi gemset branch brooch, set with eleven round mixed cut zircons, citrine, hessonite garnet and other gemstones. Largest stone measures 7.6mm and the smallest measures 5.3 mm. All in four claw settings with a secure hinged pin with safety catch to reverse. Brooch measures 6.2 cm. Accompanied by box.
WWII, multi-signed cover commemorating The 50th Anniversary of the Yangtze Incident, 1949. Signed by Lieutenant Commander K. S Hett as the Lieutenant Seaman, Jack L. French as the Telegraphist and Robert (Bob) E. Stone as Telegraphist all onboard The HMS Amethyst in 1949. This FDC is certified copy number 6 of 250 and is post marked 20th April 1999 Isle of Man. Inside this beautiful commemorative cover you will finds information sheets and photographs relating to the Yangtze Incident, otherwise known as The Amethyst Incident. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Group of three ancient Greek Tanagra figures, central Greece, Boeotia, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. Delicate hollow cast terracotta with white slip and remnants of the original polychroming. All three depict beautiful maidens with expertly rendered drapery; one depicts a winged woman. The winged woman is heavily restored.Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, purchased ca. 1985; Private collection, Minnesota.(Winged figure) Height: 8 1/4 in x width: 3 1/2 in x depth: 4 1/4 in. (Figure on stone base) Height: 8 3/4 in x width: 4 in x depth:4 1/4 in. (Figure with clear base) Height: 10 3/4 in x width: 3 3/4 in x depth: 3 3/4 in.
A French Art Nouveau brass easel back hat-pin stand with applied female portrait and floral decoration, stamped 'DEPOSE', 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high when open; together with a silver golf club hatpin; Egyptian niello hatpin & yellow metal faceted horseshoe stick pin; and three others to include a cased yellow metal version with central white stone and applied portrait bust. (qty)
A collection of vintage and antique inkwells comprising a Guernsey crested ware inkwell, of sledge form, with crest to the front and well and drip tray to raised centre, 5¼in. (13.3cm.) long; a porphyry stone inkwell with lift-off cover; and a leather covered hexagonal travelling inkwell; a polished base metal inkwell, fashioned as a hat, the rolling top opening to reveal glass well, with removable pen stand. (4)
After George S. Renolds (British, 19th century), 'Laying the First Stone of the New Harbour, Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, on 24th August 1853', coloured lithograph, pub. George S. Reynolds, 1855, printed by Day & Son, 21¾ x 36in. (55.25 x 91.5cm.), together with the framed key of persons present at the ceremony. (2)
An 18th century silver pair cased fusee verge pocket watch, the movement and dial signed Richard (Rich) Stone, Thame, pierced engraved balance cock with silver regulating dial, four square baluster pillars, Roman enamel dial, movement marked No. 638, London 1774, cased 48mm diameter (some damage to enamel on dial, outer case missing) Location: Cab
After Emmanuel Villanis (1858-1914) - a powdered stone Scheherazade bust of a woman in the Art Nouveau style, bears incised signatures to back and base edge 26cm h A/F, along with a plaster bust of Chopin, Caithness glass paperweights, Murano millefiori paperweight, patinated bronzed metal sculpture, brass bell, and other items Location: 8.1
A quantity of mainly mid to late 20th Century costume jewellery to include faux pearl and hard-stone necklaces and a white metal Mother Theresa coin in a pendant mount on a silver coloured chain together with an Oriental costume jewellery to include a jade-coloured stone necklaceLocation: BWR
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