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Lot 266
Vinyl - 7 Stone Roses Pack include test pressing, promos and promo CD, featuring 12" test pressing of One Love in archive unplayed condition, promo 12" of One Love, promo 12" of Fools Gold, promo 7" of She Bangs The Drum, all unplayed condition, promo 7" of Fools Gold, promo 7" of One Love and a promo CD of One Love
Lot 66
CELADON JADE CIRCULAR BOX QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY supported on a short straight foot, both the domed box and cover carved in low relief with a band of Han-style raised dots, the centre of the cover decorated with a lotus flower in medallion, the rims of the cover and the box incised with triangular pattern, the stone of greyish celadon colour with brownish inclusions (Dimensions: 13cm diameter) (Qty: 1)(13cm diameter)Qty: (1)
Lot 69
GREY AND RUSSET JADE 'CHI DRAGON' CUP MING DYNASTY carved in high relief with three chi dragons clinging on the exterior with front paws and chins resting on the mouth rim of the cup, their bodies swinging to one side with curvy tails, the rounded cup supported on a short foot ring, the stone of celadon colour with extensive variegated brown and black colour (Dimensions: 7cm wide) (Qty: 1)(7cm wide)Qty: (1)
Lot 71
JADE 'YUE' AXE NEOLITHIC PERIOD of typical yue form, the tapering body with subtly everted ends, central top perforated, sides thinning to sharp edges, the stone of various hue of greens intermittent with creamy textured patterns and lines, brownish inclusions scattered overall (Dimensions: 19cm x 15cm) (Qty: 1)(19cm x 15cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private English collection, Brighton, acquired from Yuen Bo Hin, Hong Kong （源寶軒）on 12th May, 1999, with an original receipt stated the piece dated to the Stone Age
Lot 72
CELADON JADE SWORD SLIDE MING DYNASTY of rectangular form with curved ends, carved with raised scrolling bosses on the top, rectangular loop to the reverse, the dark green stone with brown and grey inclusions to both sides (Dimensions: 5.8cm long) (Qty: 1)(5.8cm long)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: formerly in a private French collection; the reverse side inscribed 'Z.1741' in red paint
Lot 73
'CHICKEN BONE' JADE CARVING OF A GOAT MING DYNASTY in recumbent position with two limbs meeting in front, its head turned right looking backwards in alerted expression with bulging eyes, its beard minutely carved, tail coiling on its right rear hind, the stone of creamy colour with variegated russet and brown inclusion, a patch of black to the back (Dimensions: 9cm long) (Qty: 1)(9cm long)Qty: (1)
Lot 74
SPINACH CELADON JADE EAR CUP QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY of oval shape, supported on a short straight foot, the sides flanked by a pair of handles decorated with lotus flowers in low relief, the exterior of the body carved in relief with Buddhist Emblems, the stone of even dark green colour with dark spot inclusions (Dimensions: 13.5cm wide) (Qty: 1)(13.5cm wide)Qty: (1)
Lot 75
PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A SQUATTED BOY QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY carved in round as a boy in squatting position, his left arm resting on his left knee, right palm pressing downwards, face minutely carved with joyful expression, the stone of even pale celadon colour (Dimensions: 5cm high) (Qty: 1)(5cm high)Qty: (1)
Lot 76
WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' BELT HOOK QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY intricately carved with a horned dragon's head forming the hook, confronting a sinuous chi dragon biting a lingzhi fungus on top of the gently arched shaft, reverse of the shaft with a round knob, the stone with a pale celadon tinge with a touch of brownish skin at the end (Dimensions: 9.5cm wide) (Qty: 1)(9.5cm wide)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private Spanish collection, acquired between 1998 and 2002; the family has been collecting Asian antiques and art pieces for more than 30 years, with family business in Asia
Lot 82
PALE CELADON JADE 'SAMPAN' INCENSE STICK HOLDER carved in openwork, depicting a young attendant poling the boat with a recumbent dog kneeling in his front, a large jar in the middle of the boat as an incense stick holder, an elder seated on the other side of the boat, the stone of an uneven yellowish tone (Dimensions: 12cm wide) (Qty: 1)(12cm wide)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private Spanish collection, acquired between 1998 and 2002; the family has been collecting Asian antiques and art pieces for more than 30 years, with family business in Asia
Lot 83
PALE CELADON JADE BEAR carved in seated pose with front paws supporting upper body, left front limb charged forward with body and face slightly turned left, alerted bulging eyes, pricked ears, strong jaw incised with details, the stone of even pale celadon colour with russet patches and lines, the underside incised with a two-character mark 'Yu Shu' in Chinese (Dimensions: 6.5cm long) (Qty: 1)(6.5cm long)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private Spanish collection, acquired between 1998 and 2002; the family has been collecting Asian antiques and art pieces for more than 30 years, with family business in Asia
Lot 85
PALE CELADON JADE GOAT DEITY QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY depicting one of the Chinese zodiac animals, the upright-seated bearded goat with human-form body in incised robe, holding a scroll with his left hand against the chest, horns curved backwards, the stone of even translucent pale celadon colour (Dimensions: 5cm high) (Qty: 1)(5cm high)Qty: (1)
Lot 86
WHITE JADE CARVING OF TWO LUDUANS QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY finely carved with two unicorned mythical beasts, one slightly larger than the other, each standing on four paws, the larger looked to the left, the smaller looking straight with alerted eyes, the stone of even translucent white colour (Dimensions: 4.5cm long) (Qty: 1)(4.5cm long)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: formerly in a private UK collection; with a circular 'BADA' label on the base
Lot 88
CELADON JADE BRUSH WASHER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY carved in high relief with gnarled prunus tree across the top of the oval container, magpies perched on the branches, flowering prunus further decorated the body, the stone of pale celadon tone with brownish inclusions especially on the branches and flowers (Dimensions: 13.2cm long) (Qty: １)(13.2cm long)Qty: (１)Footnote: Provenance: formerly in a private UK collection; with a circular 'BADA' label on the base
Lot 89
PALE CELADON JADE 'DOUBLE BATS' BRUSH WASHER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY of conjoined compressed globular form, a pair of confronting bats flanked the sides as handles, the lower part carved in openwork as looped rings, neat bosses decorated the mouth rim, the stone of even translucent pale celadon colour (Dimensions: 14cm long) (Qty: 1)(14cm long)Qty: (1)
Lot 90
PALE CELADON JADE PLAQUE carved in one side with a bridge-crossing scholar riding his horse underneath a pine tree, a scenery in the painting by Tang Yin (1470-1524), the reverse inscribed with an associated poem, signed 'Zi Gang' on the lower left, the stone of even pale celadon colour (Dimensions: 6.5cm high) (Qty: 1)(6.5cm high)Qty: (1)
Lot 93
PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL ANIMAL MING DYNASTY carved seated with rear hind legs tucked beneath body, slightly raised with back arched supported on front limbs turned to its right in alerted expression, body finely incised with detailed flowing tresses of fur and flame-like patterns near thighs, the stone of creamy celadon colour with variegated brownish skin (Dimensions: 8cm long) (Qty: 1)(8cm long)Qty: (1)
Lot 94
PALE CELADON JADE PENDANT PLAQUE of rectangular form carved on one side with courting scene of Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying accompanied by servant Hong Niang from Romance of the Western Chamber underneath a circle with 'Ji Xiang' (auspicious), reverse in a square panel with a corresponded poem, topped by taotie mask, the stone of translucent even pale celadon colour (Dimensions: 6cm high) (Qty: 1)(6cm high)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private Spanish collection, acquired between 1998 and 2002; the family has been collecting Asian antiques and art pieces for more than 30 years, with family business in Asia
Lot 96
PALE CELADON JADE PLAQUE one side carved with Daoist deity Liu Haichan holding a string of coins above a mythical three-legged toad, the reverse with a corresponding four-character inscription 'Liu Hai Xi Chan', underneath an intertwined sinuous chi dragons in openwork, the stone of even pale celadon colour (Dimensions: 6.3cm high) (Qty: 1)(6.3cm high)Qty: (1)
Lot 97
CELADON JADE CARVING OF AN ELEPHANT realistically carved marching on four feet, head straight with trunk sinuously curved leftward, ears and tusks tightly tucked against body, tail short, the stone of hues of celadon colour with variegated brownish skin on the back (Dimensions: 7.3cm wide) (Qty: 1)(7.3cm wide)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private Spanish collection, acquired between 1998 and 2002; the family has been collecting Asian antiques and art pieces for more than 30 years, with family business in Asia
Lot 102
PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF GUANYIN TABLE SCREEN QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY the screen tablet carved in high relief with White-Robed Avalokitesvara standing on lotus petal on ferocious waves, her right hand holding a vase pouring out water, left with a willow twig, the reverse incised and gilded with associated sutra, the stone of translucent pale celadon colour with russet inclusion, fitted on a bespoke carved spinach-green jade stand, in a fitted wooden box (Dimensions: 20cm high x 11cm wide) (Qty: 1)(20cm high x 11cm wide)Qty: (1)
Lot 104
FAMILLE ROSE SNUFF BOTTLE GUANGXU PERIOD the slightly bulging cylindrical body painted with two mythical beasts and blossoming peonies, topped with a green stone stopper (Dimensions: 7.5cm high) (Qty: 1)(7.5cm high)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private English collection, Brighton, acquired from Yung Kee Curios & Arts, Hong Kong （潤記古玩行）on 19th June, 1992, with an original receipt stated the piece dated to the Qing dynasty, Guangxu period, 1875-1908. With a Certificate of Identity issued by The Curios Furniture & Miscellaneous Utensils & Hardware Merchants & Employees Association Ltd.（古玩傢俬雜架工商總會有限公司）on 27th June,1992, stated the piece is over one hundred years old
Lot 16
GROUP OF FOUR INK STONES HAN TO QING DYNASTIES comprising: a Han dynasty oval shape ink stone incised with a flower decoration on one edge; a Song dynasty rectangular ink stone incised with a Chinese character 'Hung' on the underside, possibly the original owner's name; a Ming dynasty rectangular piece incised with a vase shape; together with a Qing dynasty irregular shape ink stone carved with floral and spider decoration, with a fitted wooden stand (Dimensions: largest: 14.6cm long) (Qty: 4)(largest: 14.6cm long)Qty: (4)Footnote: Provenance: Private English collection, Brighton, all acquired from Hong Kong in 1990s and with original receipts: the Tang piece acquired from Wing Kei Curios & Porcelain, Hong Kong （永基古玩瓷器）on 23rd January, 1996, the receipt stated the piece dated to the Han dynasty; the Song piece acquired form the same place on 30th August 1995; the Ming piece acquired from Wan Tung Trading Co., Hong Kong on 1st June 1996, stated the piece dated to Wangli period; the Qing piece acquired from Nostalgic House, Hong Kong on 1st April 1997
Lot 147
NO RESERVE English country houses.- Lloyd (Nathaniel) A History of the English House, title in red & black, 1931 § Dawber (Guy) and W. Galsworthy Davie, Old Cottages and Farmhouses in Kent and Sussex, 1900; Old Cottages, Farm Houses and other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold District, 1904 § Mawe (Thomas) Every Man His own Gardener, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, 1805, first three first editions, plates and illustrations, first three original decorative cloth, brightly gilt, light rubbing to extremities; and c.155 others, English country houses, country living etc., v.s. (c.155)
Lot 98
NO RESERVE Lake District.- Green of Ambleside (William, 1760-1823) Study of The Bowder Stone, Lake District, watercolour on thick laid paper without watermark, inscribed along the upper edge in pencil 'Study by Wm. Green of Ambleside', sheet 265 x 330 mm (10 1/2 x 13 in), some spotting and browning, surface dirt and minor damp-stains, unframed, [19th century].
Lot 59
SELECTION OF SIX BOTTLES OF NEW WORLD RED WINE comprising: one MCWILLIAM'S INHERITANCE 1983 Cabernet-Shiraz (75cl/ 12% abv) level mid-neck; one MCWILLIAM'S HANWOOD 1982 Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl/ 12% abv) level mid-neck; one STONE CREEK CELLARS 1978 Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl/ 13% abv) level bottom neck; one HARDYS STAMP OF AUSTRALIA 1999 Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl/ 12.5% abv) level low neck; one COOKS HAWKES BAY 1985 Cabernet Sauvignon (750ml/ 12.5% abv) level low neck; and one COUSINO-MACUL ANTIGUAS RESERVAS 1993 Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl/ 12% abv) level low neck. 6 bottles.
Lot 43
A selection of three original British film posters for the multi Academy-Award® winning romantic musical "La La Land" (2016) comprising two UK Quads and a British One-Sheet. All three feature imagery of the two stars Ryan Gosling (Sebastian) and Emma Stone (Mia) dancing against the twinkling nighttime lights of downtown Los Angeles. 30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm); 27" x 40" (69 x 102 cm)Condition: ExcellentUnrestored, rolled (as issued). Minimal of handling wear from rolling.Artist: Unknown Artist£100 - 200VAT Status: M
Lot 158
"Let The Magic Begin". A US One-Sheet for the first Harry Potter film which was retitled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001) for American distribution. Artist Drew Struzan best known for his "Back to the Future" and numerous "Star Wars" illustrations, produced a memorable movie poster featuring Harry, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Ron and Hermione with the school of wizardry, Hogwarts as a backdrop. 27" x 40" (69 x 102 cm) Condition: ExcellentUnrestored, rolled (as issued)Artist: Drew Struzan£100 - 200VAT Status: M
Lot 348
From the first re-release in Australia, this 1960s Australian One-Sheet has a typical stone lithograph finish (a style of printing synonymous with Australia) and uses a simple minimalistic design, based upon the original Joseph Caroff and Mitchell Hooks artwork. Bold red, yellow and blue block colours are used to good effect set against a white background to attract attention.27" x 39.5" (69 x 100.5 cm)Condition: GoodUnrestored, folded (as issued) with "A" rating snipe in the upper right of the poster. Areas of ink transfer throughout the poster from being folded too quickly after printing, tattering in the top edge as well as slightly diagonal creases along some of the fold lines from the poster being folded somewhat off-centre. Minor creases, smudges and scuffs throughout the poster.Artist: Joseph Caroff, Mitchell Hooks£100 - 200VAT Status: M
Lot 349
Linen backed with light restoration and foldlines flattened out this original Australian One-Sheet for "Dr. No" (1962) is typical of Australian designs and finished in the characteristic stone lithograph style that makes them so unique. Australian cinema releases didn't have a defined certification age restriction and carries the rather ambiguous warning as 'Not Suitable For Children'. A rare Bond poster.27" x 40" (68.5 x 102 cm)Additional Information: Robert Burton PTY.LTD. SYDNEYCondition: Linen-Backed. Very Good.Restored and linen-backed. Originally folded with original foldlines virtually undetectable. The bold block colours remain bright and it displays to excellent effect.Artist: Joseph Caroff and Mitchell Hooks£300 - 500VAT Status: M
Lot 350
A group of two Australian Daybill posters for James Bond's first cinematic mission as Agent 007 tackled "Dr. No" (1962). From the 1970s is a typical stone lithograph design (a style of printing synonymous with Australia) using a simple minimalistic design and bold colours; red, white and black to attract attention. The 1980s Daybill has more detailed character artwork using a semi-photographic effect and the tagline "The double "0" means he has a licence to kill, when he chooses...where he chooses...whom he chooses!" 29.5" x 13" (75 x 33 cm)Condition: Very Good to ExcellentUnrestored, tri-folded (as issued). Overall excellent with minimal handling, age and fold line issues.Artist: Unknown Artist£100 - 200VAT Status: M
Lot 376
This Argentinean One-Sheet for "Goldfinger" (1964) transforms the photographic imagery used by Robert Brownjohn for the British campaign into a piece of painted artwork creating a more cutting-edge design. The subject matter features a rather low-key Bond and focuses more on one key scene from the film; a dominant gold painted Shirley Eaton to attract the audience. The stone lithograph finish perfectly enhances the poster with the gold inks literally popping from the paper. A scarce South American format much desired by Bond collectors.27.5" x 38.25" (70 x 99 cm)Condition: Fair to GoodUnrestored, folded (as issued). Some noticeable handling and age wear with scattered pin holes around the border areas with paper loss and splits to some edges. The 007 logo in the titles has had the gun barrel partially scribbled over.Artist: Unknown Artist£200 - 300VAT Status: M
Lot 377
This Australian Daybill from the 1970's re-release of "Goldfinger" (1964) eschews the more traditional stone-litho print design of Australian posters and instead opts for a more American photo montage layout style combining pixelated black-and-white photographs with bold, block coloured lettering. 29.5" x 13" (75 x 33 cm)Condition: ExcellentTri-Folded (as issued) with minimal handling and age wear. Artist: Unknown Artist£100 - 200VAT Status: M
Lot 394
A distinctive Australian stone lithograph for the sixth James Bond adventure "You Only Live Twice" (1967). The original Frank McCarthy and Robert McGinnis designs have been adapted to suit this typical Australian look which features the gyrocopter 'Little Nellie' and Bond in a bathtub being bathed by a group of Geisha girls. Rarely seen on the market in this style or format, it is presented (likely unused) in excellent original condition.40" x 78.25" (102 x 199 cm)Additional Information: ROBERT BURTON PTY.LTD. SYDNEYCondition: Very Good to ExcellentUnrestored, originally folded condition - presented in four sections as originally issued to cinemas. Likely unused with very minimal handling and age wear.Artist: Unknown Artist£300 - 500VAT Status: M
Lot 166
A black-lacquer small suzuribako (box for writing utensils)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th centuryThe lustrous black-lacquer inrobuta (flush-fitting lid) decorated in predominantly gold and red takamaki-e with three karako (Chinese boys) kneeling around a captured bird in a cage, one boy releasing a second bird by tying a string tied to its legs, the interior fitted with a removable tray for the brushes and a baseboard holding the suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and suiteki (water-dropper), the inside of the lid and of the box of rich nashiji; unsigned. 2.6cm x 12.7cm x 13.8cm (1in x 5in x 5½in). (6).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 295
ANONYMOUSEdo period (1615-1868), late 17th/early 18th centuryRice harvest; the left-hand half of a pair of six-panel folding screens depicting rice farming in the four seasons; ink on gold leaf over paper, with gold kirikane flakes, in silk mounts, depicting from right to left two herdboys on oxen; peasants under an awning working a foot-operated irrigation device; ripening rice; a group of travellers crossing a stone bridge; peasants harvesting rice; others threshing rice; a group indoors stripping the husks from the kernels using a mortar; at far right women pouring the processed rice into wide baskets to dry, with two unidentified seals at left; unsigned. Overall: 167.5cm x 379cm (66in x 149 3/16in); image: 149cm x 358cm (58 5/8in x 140 7/8in)Footnotes:For another example of this well-loved composition whose origins can be traced to a lost work by the thirteenth-century Chinese court painter Liang Kai, compare a pair of screens attributed to Kano Motonobu in the collection of John C. Weber; see Melanie Trede ed., Arts of Japan: The John C. Weber Collection (exhibition catalogue, 14 October 2006–7 January 2007, Berlin, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, 2006, cat.no.16.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 57
A black-lacquer small four-case inroBy Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryDecorated with chidori (dotterels or plovers) flying over tumultuous waters and jakago (stone-filled baskets), the waves rendered in seigaiha on a seidonuri ground, with discrete details lacquered in gold and red takamaki-e, the interior of plain roiro lacquer, signed on the bottom case in an oval reserve Zeshin; with nunobukuro (brocade silk storage bag) and double wood storage boxes. 5.6cm (2in) high. (5).Footnotes:Provenance: Purchased from these rooms, 10 November 2011, lot 242.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 151
An unusual, inlaid, and lacquered-wood circular suzuribako (box for writing utensils)By a member of the Nomura family, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th centuryThe inrobuta (flush-fitting lid) embellished in gold and iro-e hiramaki-e with an old map of the world, annotated in katakana and Chinese characters, the inside of the lid lacquered in gold hiramaki-e and applied with two ceramic clams from one of which issues forth Chinese figures in intricate and exotic landscape scenes representing the Shinkiro ('Clam's Dream'), the inside of the box with a fitted round board, black-lacquered with a wave-patterned ground containing a removable oval suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and a silver suiteki (water-dropper) in the form of a crescent moon, the side of the box applied with the junishi (12 animals of the East Asian zodiac) carved in relief in pale-olive and white pottery, each within a rectangular reserve on a lacquered ground of turbulent waters; signed on the underside of the box Nomura Kigo/Sonoato sei. 3.3cm x 23.1cm (1¼in x 9 1/16in). (4).Footnotes:The large red land mass located at the bottom of the world map on the lid is identified as the hypothetical continent of Terra Australis ('South Land' in Latin), sometimes also called Australia or Magellanica (the 'Land of Magellan'), among other names. While not yet discovered, it was presumed to exist as it was believed there should be a land mass in the southern hemisphere to balance that in the northern hemisphere. It was depicted in maps between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries.The label of the continent on the lid is from a Chinese transliteration of Magellanica.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 154
A small black-lacquer suzuribako (box for writing utensils)Attributed to the Igarashi School, Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/early 18th centuryThe almost square kabusebuta (overlapping lid) with rounded corners and narrow bevelled chiri-i edges, the exterior decoration predominantly in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and shell inlay with dew-laden chrysanthemums bending over a mountain stream on a sparse hirame ground, the dewdrops studded in silver, the partial characters of a poem lacquered in silver hiramaki-e characters, some camouflaged within the stalk of the chrysanthemum, the inside of the lid similarly embellished with two sprigs of chrysanthemum, the interior tray and baseboard fitted with a suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and a gilt suiteki (water dropper) in the form of a chrysanthemum blossom, with two fude (writing brushes) with sparse nashiji handles and covers, unsigned; with a wood storage box with a paper label inscribed Usunashiji kiku uta-e Doho kogata suzuribako (Usu nashiji small writing box by Doho with design of chrysanthemum and poem); accompanied by a slip recording that the box was sold for 1,650,000 yen on 19 February 2000 (lot 178) at Seibi Auction, described as Igarashi Doho kiku maki-e aogai-iri suzuribako (Writing box with design of chrysanthemums in maki-e and shell by Igarashi Doho). 3.8cm x 18cm x 20.2cm (1½in x 7in x 8in). (10).Footnotes:For a writing box in similar style by Igarashi Doho, depicting a flowering cherry tree outside and chrysanthemums on a black lacquer ground inside, see Kaga Bijutsu Seinenkai ed., Kaga yukari no maki-e ten: Kaga maki-e no genryu o saguru (Exhibition of Kaga-style Maki-e: Searching for the Origins of Maki-e), Kanazawa, 1995, p.27, no.6.The hidden characters are likely from the following waka poem by Fujiwara Shunzei (1114-1204), one the greatest poets of his day, which is also seen on a box with the same motif in the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya (see https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/18977): Yamabito no / oru sode niou / kiku no tsuyu / uchiharau ni mo / chiyo wa henu beshi (The mountain hermit's / trailing sleeves are scented with / chrysanthemum dew / to shake it all off would take / one thousand generations); Shinkokinshu anthology, book 7, poem 719.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 155
A gold-lacquer matching set of bundai (writing desk) and suzuribako (box for writing utensils)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th centuryThe bundai of standard form wtih fudegaeshi (raised sections to left and right); the ten silver fittings to the corners and sides of the top and the ends of the fudegaeshi chiselled with aoi-mon (three hollyhock leaves within a circular border), the insignia of the Tokugawa family, interwoven among karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), the legs also embellished with karakusa and outlined in silver; the suzuribako rectangular with a kabusebuta (overhanging lid), the interior of the box with two removable rectangular narrow trays and a baseboard fitted with the suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and a silver-gilt suiteki (water-dropper) in the form of a cluster of cherry blossoms, the lacquer decoration of both bundai and suzruibako executed in bright gold lacquer and gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold togidashi maki-e details, depicting aoi-mon scattered among tall stems of bamboo, all reserved on a rich nashiji ground, the interior of the lid with a pine tree and plum branches overhanging a meandering stream, mountains in the distance, the interior of the suzuribako with pine saplings and plum, the underside of both bundai and suzuribako gold nashiji lacquer, both unsigned; with an inscribed wood storage box. The suzuribako: 5cm x 24cm x 25.5cm (2in x 9 7/16in x 10in), the bundai: 11cm x 58.2cm x 33.2cm (4¼in x 13 1/16in). (8).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 70
A Victorian Derbyshire black Ashford marble and pietra dura candlestick, circa 1880, the rectangular shaft inlaid with trailing lilies and leaves, 28.5cm high; a pair of Breccia spheres, 12cm diameter, presented on perspex stands; and three various items of stone and specimen interest, including a curved fragment from a vase in Roman style (6) Condition Report: Candlestick- broken and repaired below nozzle Condition Report Disclaimer
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