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Lot 527
A GREY SCHIST FRIEZE DEPICTING THE BIRTH OF THE BUDDHA GANDHĀRA2ND/3RD CENTURY 15cm high, 24cm wide, the base 29cm wide Provenance: The Simon Neal Collection By repute from the Mohenjo Daro Temple, Pakistan, gifted to the previous vendor's father by the late Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfigkr Ali Bhutto in the 1970s. Relief sculpture in schist stone flourished in the Gandhāra region (which is now part of northern Pakistan) during the 2nd and 3rd centuries, when it was ruled by the Kushan emperors. The art form was mostly used to adorn the Buddhist reliquary mounds, known as stupas. Interestingly, the art of the Roman Empire was familiar to the sculptors of the region, because a large amount of trade between Europe and Asia was channelled through its mountain passes. Therefore, similarities with Roman art can be observed in the stance of the figures, the proportions employed, the style of drapery and the idealised facial features.
Lot 532
A SIMULATED GRANITE FRAGMENTARY HEAD OF AN EGYPTIAN FIGURE POSSIBLY FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY Ceramic with painted simulated stone body and detailing30cm high Provenance: The Simon Neal Collection Condition Report: Margins rubbed throughout and with some abrasions to main body- notable to nose from contact- in each case revealing underlying body beneath decorative surfaceSurface is slightly dirty from atmosphere and handling,Please see additional images which form part of this condition reportCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 542
AN ITALIAN LIDDED URN IN GREEN GRECIAN PORPHYRY (LAPIS SPARTANUS/LAPIS LACEDAEMONIUS) EARLY 19TH CENTURY 45cm high, base 12.5cm wideProvenance: The Simon Neal Collection This lidded urn is carved from the rare marble known as Lapis Spartanus. With yellow and white snowflake crystals of Feldspar, it belongs to the family of Green Porphyry marbles that originated from ancient Greece, commonly called Serpentine (Porfidi volgarmente detti Serpentini or Marmor Lacedaemon). Found mostly around Mount Taygetus, near the ancient Greek city of Sparta, in the region of Laconia, the marble is so rare that it is invariably only seen in small pieces. For this reason, the Italian Lawyer & eminent collector of ancient decorative stones, Avvocato Faustino Corsi (1771-1846) wrote that: "Indeed in Rome there is not to be seen either a column, or a bath, or an urn of serpentine". Therefore, the ancients mostly used it for flooring, for example, at the Nymphaeum known as Egeria's Grotto. Described by the Romans, Papinius Statius stated that the hard rocks of Sparta were green, and Pliny likened it to emerald (smeraldo) and described it as "more beautiful and vivid than any other". Pausanius believed its pieces were carried by rivers, which may explain why pieces of serpentine are often found disseminated and Lampridius recounted that Elagabalus laid Lacodemonian porphyritic marble for the public squares on the Palatine in Rome. Although sometimes known as Green Porphyry, Corsi explains that it "differs from porphyry by the singular shape of the markings, otherwise crystals, which are rather long and angular, are arranged in the shape of a star, and more commonly in the form of the cross of St. Andrew".Condition Report: There have been various discussions and suggestions with relation to the precise nature of this unusual stone. General agreement is that it would seem to be a porphyritic stone with 'flower' form phenocrysts in white and olive yellow. However Corsi's illustrated text for Lapis Spartanus indicates larger, more rectangular shaped phenocrysts- of an ivory white colour. Interestingly though the Museum of Natural History in Siena illustrates a section of "Krokaetis Lithos, Lapis Lacedaemonius, Green Porphyry of Greece or Serpentine - Inv. No. 7031" in its archive that shows similar colour variance and 'florescence'.Lapis Lacedaemonius is known also as "Krokean stone"- from its primary source the small town of Krokees south of Sparta. Hard to work nevertheless it was used to make vases in the Minoan age. Later, small sections were used in mosaics and the pavement at St. Peter's Rome. "Ancient Decorative Stones" of the Federico Pescetto and Pio De Santis Collections was originally printed in 1986 by the Geological Survey of Italy and then published online in 2013 on the ISPRA virtual museum. In the online version, chapter 4.2.2 illustrates excavated examples of diabasic porphyrites more commonly known as "Lapis Lacedaemonius", "Lapis Taygetus" "Lapis Croceus" (an alternative spelling of Krokees) and "Lapis Spartanus". The pages clearly show close similarities of style and composition with this lot with Fig.88 displaying similar colour characteristics.Corsi details the particular stone mined from this area as;"797. (198.1) Serpentino, light green, with paler crystals tending to faded yellow " and also "806. (200.10) with a grass green ground, with crystals of green that shade into faded yellow".Frustratingly though- his own polished section of this stone, held in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, displays some of the 'floral' characteristics of this vase- but lacks the colour variances seen in this turned vase and lid. The vase itself has old repair to the lid- which comes off to reveal threaded screw running through the body and base- with canted large bolts. Body with various fissure/hairlines running throughout- mostly from the base but also across the body. There is indication of infill suggestive of either stabilization- or more significant repair work. Additionally, signs of old glue residue at base of body where it meets stem- suggesting either repair or that it has been fixed to be sturdier. 1 corner to base with clear historic repair. Underside unpolished. Surface is slightly dirty from atmosphere and handling,Please see additional images which form part of this condition reportCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 566
AN ITALIAN STONE HERALDIC LION WITH SHIELD 16TH CENTURY 94cm high, 80cm deep, 31cm wideProvenance: The Simon Neal Collection, formerly at Kirtlington Park, OxfordshireThis vibrant rampant lion would have likely guarded the entrance of a grand, English residence in the 16th century and would have no doubt borne the heraldic arms of its owners. More recently, it was purchased from Kirtlington Park in Oxfordshire, the Grade I listed, 18th century Palladian mansion, built for Sir James Dashwood (1715 - 1779), with its parkland designed by the great Capability Brown. There is portrait of Sir James Dashwood in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by Enoch Seeman the Younger, that has Kirtlington Park visible in the background. Dashwood himself went on the Grand Tour from 1732 and 1736 and devoted his fortune to the building and furnishing of Kirtlington Park. He became high sheriff for Oxfordshire in 1738 and was high steward at the University of Oxford from 1759 until his death in 1779.Condition Report: As main images show- weathered and with losses from age, handling. Repairs and restorations to all limbs- more modern abrasion to left flank, surface is quite powdery in areas but generally fairly clean- presumably from when it had restoration made.Please see additional images which form part of this condition reportCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 571
A BLUE JOHN URN CIRCA 1800 AND LATER 29cm highProvenance: The Simon Neal Collection Condition Report: Lid- internal banding is dark blue/black- clearly a different colour/stone cut than the main body and socle base. Lid has historic damage and repair but still with loss- notably to finial. Masks may well be later- but with large dirt build up behind them making inspection of how they are mounted to main body impossible, Stem with paler band- and historic damage and probable repairs. Please see additional images which form part of this condition reportCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 610
ATTRIBUTED TO COADE, A GEORGE III ARTIFICIAL STONE ROUNDEL OF 'THE DEATH OF CATO' CIRCA 1800Unmarked33.5cm diameterProvenance: The property of a set designer For a very similar but oval example please see No. 322 in Coade's 1784 'Descriptive Catalogue of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory'.
Lot 611
A GEORGE III COADE STONE KEYSTONEBY COADE AND SEALEY LAMBETH, 1813Stamped 'Coade and Sealy 1813'35.5cm high, 31cm wideProvenance: The property of a set designerThe Lambeth firm of Eleanor Coade introduced this form of arch keystone in their 'Rustic Frontispieces for Doorways', in the early 1770s. More pertinently Coade's 1784 'Descriptive Catalogue of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory', chapter XVI Key Stones details two 'Comic Masks' Nos. 458 &459, of which this may be one. Condition Report: Restorations including but not limited to nose, margins of front- notable corners. Clean surfacePlease see additional images which form part of this condition reportCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 615
A GEORGE III COADE STONE ROSETTECIRCA 1800Unmarked52cm in width and 42cm in heightProvenance: The property of a set designerDescribed as a 'Patera', item No. 370 in Coade's 1784 'Descriptive Catalogue of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory'.Condition Report: Front is in fairly good crisp condition. Reverse with losses- and what look to be firing patches, discolouration and irregularities. Moulded side similarColour is a slightly peachy/sand tone Approx. 15kg in weightPlease see additional images which form part of this condition reportCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 631
A METAL, CAST IRON AND STONE MOUNTED ARMILLARY SPHEREINCORPORATING 19TH CENTURY ELEMENTSThe sphere held aloft by a bronzed figure of Atlas and mounted on a baluster and foliate cast plinth, raised on a further circular stone baseapproximately 163cm high overallCondition Report: Minor marks and wear commensurate with age and outdoor exposure. Minor surface oxidisation to edges of iron plinth and to the sphere/figure. Some slight weathering to circular stone base. The copper band with Arabic numerals inside the sphere is quite fresh and orange in colour and may have been later attached. Slight bending to arrow.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 634
A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL COMPOSITION STONE LIDDED VASES PROBABLY SWEDISH, MID 20TH CENTURYeach approximately 155cm high, 72cm wide, the bases 45cm wideCondition Report: Both in generally good condition- slight variances in colour and weathering. Some mild wear to raised detailing and margins. One with more noticeable chips to inside of lid edge.Please see additional images which form part of this condition reportCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 662
A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE AND VERDE ANITICO PEDESTAL STANDS IN THE NEO-CLASSICAL MANNER, 20TH CENTURYOf tapering form with draped swags above Verde Antico panels each approximately 150cm high, 60cm square For a very similar pair of pedestals please see Dreweatts, Property from The Ballyedmond Collection, Belgrave Square, 30th July 2020, Lot 4 (£3,500). For the last 10 years these pedestals have been used to display the following lot, the pair of George III Coade stone vases.Condition Report: Marks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some additional scratches and wear to the top of each pedestal where items have been placed. A small number of old closed cracks within the body of the marble (not running through the whole element) In one position to the upper carved frieze element to each pedestal there is a natural fault that incorporate holes (see images) Various chips of loss to the outer edges and more noticeably to the lower corners (see additional images) A small number of small chipped fragments are present with the pedestals. Some minor old repairs. re-glued elements. (see images) Please refer to all additional images for visual reference to condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 663
A PAIR OF GEORGE III COADE STONE VASESDATED 1791Each with cone finial above tapering bodies with lion mask mounts holding trailing bellflower, pedestal foot and square plinth base, both impressed "COADE LONDON 1791"each approximately 80cm high, 58cm diameter overallProvenance: Acquired 25 years ago as part of the purchase of a Grade II listed property in Buckinghamshire when these vases were subsequently discovered in a herbaceous border. Subsequently cleaned and restored by Thomason of Cudworth in 2010This design is illustrated as No. 88 in Coade's 1784 'Descriptive Catalogue of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory', Section II VASES- 'A Vase with Lions' Heads- Much Enriched' £2 12s 6d. This particular design is rarely seen at auction- design No. 89 is more commonly seen. The latter has the same basic body shape, finial and cover but with a plainer floral banding and more austere drapery- rather than the lion masks and ebullient pastoral bellflower swags seen here. Condition Report: Cleaned and restored in 2010 as catalogued. Both vases bear the marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions consistent with age. Some old chips, 'nibbles' and losses. Some old splits and cracks. Lids are later replacements. Both have glue residue visible to the metal pins securing the finials. One vase with ten bell flower moulding re-glued into position. The same vase with two other bell flower mouldings detached but present. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 468
12 x Boxed Playmobil playsets to include 9464 Fire Engine, 70012 Western Take Along Western City, 70632 Dino T-Rex Attack, 70038 How To Train Your Dragon Light Fury and Baby Dragon, 70187 Novelmore Battle for the Magic Stone Advent Calendar, 9264 Santa's Workshop Advent Calendar, 70362 City Action Police Station, 9060 Family Fun Aquarium, 5131 Fisherman with Boat, 9424 Family Fun Floating Paddle Boat, 6774 1.2.3. Recycling Truck and 9276 Purrfect Stay Cat Boarding, all appearing complete with instructions but unchecked, plus loose Playmobil 5428 Mountain Rescue Helicopter (1 box)
Lot 537
13 x boxed Lego sets to include 4 x Power Miners sets featuring 8708 Cave Crusher, 8960 Thunder Driller, 8958 Granite Grinder and 8956 Stone Chopper, 8473 Racers Nitro Race Team, 2 x Lego Orient Expedition sets to include 7410 Jungle River and 7420 Thunder Blazer, 70423 Hidden Side Paranormal Intercept Bus 3000, 21151 Minecraft The End Battle, 4792 Alpha Team Navigator and ROV, and 3 x Ninjago sets to include 70678 Castle of the Foresaken Emperor, 70666 The Golden Dragon and 70591 Kryptarium Prison Breakout, plus unboxed 70755 Ninjago Jungle Raider, 75887 Speed Champions Porsche 919 Hybrid, Ninjago Character Encyclopedia (with minifigure) and DC Super Heroes Encyclopedia (with minifigure), all appearing complete but unchecked (1 box)
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