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Lot 639
A silver ring set large oval colour changing stone; a gold toned silver ring with small diamonds in flowerhead setting; a silver hexagonal ring set band of small diamonds; another set small sapphires and central small diamonds (3 small diamonds missing from outer band); a gold tone silver ring, the pierced shank set diamond chips, 14gm
Lot 675
A green jade coloured carved pendant set 4 diamonds, stamped '585 fine', on yellow metal chain stamped '585' No condition issues noted. Size of jade stone 4cm length, maximum width 2cm. Chain 2.2gm.WE TAKE GREAT CARE in the accuracy of our condition reports and may record damage and restoration if obvious. The information is provided in good faith along with detailed photographs where requested and is for guidance only. However, this does not imply that there may not be further condition issues associated with the lot and we DO NOT provide any guarantee to the buyer.WE STRONGLY ADVISE BIDDERS TO EXAMINE PERSONALLY ANY LOT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN BEFORE THE AUCTION.
Lot 445
A Chinese hard stone carving of a double gourde fruit and another item. In good condition.WE TAKE GREAT CARE in the accuracy of our condition reports and may record damage and restoration if obvious. The information is provided in good faith along with detailed photographs where requested and is for guidance only. However, this does not imply that there may not be further condition issues associated with the lot and we DO NOT provide any guarantee to the buyer.WE STRONGLY ADVISE BIDDERS TO EXAMINE PERSONALLY ANY LOT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN BEFORE THE AUCTION.
Lot 3168
Classic Rock and Pop LPs to include Rolling Stones, No Stone Unturned (SKL.5173) - Good Plus in Good Plus to Very Good sleeve; Rolling Stones, Rolled Gold (ROST 2) - double album with gatefold sleeve - generally Very Good in Good Plus to Very Good sleeve; The Rolling Stones, Goats Head Soup (COC 59101) - German pressing with insert - Very Good Plus in Fair to Good sleeve (splits to spine); The Who, My Generation (V 2179) - UK re-issue - Very Good Plus including sleeve plus others which are all generally Very Good Plus in Very Good to Very Good Plus sleeves (some sleeves may need gluing). (20)
Lot 51
Ecclesiastical Interest: An Important and Impressive 18th/19th Century Fob Seal with Gold Scrolled Mount Housing Well Worked Carved Carnelian Citrine Stone Bearing Catholic Irish Crest Having on the Left Arms of Bishopric of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, On the Right Cross Between Twelve Trefoils Surmounted by Key, Believed to be for Bishop George Chinnery of Killaloe or Robert Fowler Archbishop of Dublin the Fob Having 18ct Gold Chain, (Mount unmarked but but believed to be 18ct)
Lot 103
MUGHAL-STYLE PALE CELADON JADE SHELL-FORMED DISH QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 痕都斯坦青白玉雕蚌式盤 elegantly and thinly carved in the form of a delicate, symmetrical lobed shell, extending to a single curling foliate handle and raised on a low eight-petalled floral foot, the stone of even and translucent pale celadon colourDimensions:14.3cm wideProvenance:Provenance: Private French collectionNote: Note: Mughal style jade vessels were greatly admired by the Qing Court and the Qianlong Emperor in particular. One of Qianlong Emperor's great passions was jade, and particularly treasured those he termed 'Hindustan' (Hengdusitan or Wendusitan) jades. Such was his fascination with these foreign jades that in 1768 he wrote a scholarly text on the geography of Hindustan and the derivation of its name, identifying an area in what is now northern India centring on the city of Agra. In the eighteenth century, this area was part of the Mughal Empire and thus the jades are today often referred to as 'Mughal' jades. Jade carving had reached new heights under the rule of the great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (1627-58), and it was this style that appears to have particularly appealed to the Qianlong Emperor, although he also collected jades from other parts of the Muslim world.This particular shell form is comparably rare and further demonstrated in the Imperial collections in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum no. Gu Yu 故玉 1060. Another highly important Mughal jade shell-formed cup, dated to the 17th century and inscribed with a Qianlong imperial poem dated to 1744, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1527.
Lot 105
WHITE JADE INSCRIBED 'ORCHID IN VALLEY' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 白玉雕蘭花幽谷御製詩玉片 carved on one side with orchids issuing from the cracks on cliffs, hanging over river streams and rugged rocks, the reverse carved with a corresponding Imperial poem, the stone of even white colourDimensions:13.4cm wide x 10.6cm high x 1cm deepProvenance:Provenance: Private English collection, London
Lot 100
WHITE JADE WITH RUSSET INCLUSIONS 'LANDSCAPE' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 白玉帶沁山水人物紋玉牌 of rectangular form, one side carved in low relief with a small figure beside pavilions in a landscape setting, the other side with a large rock standing in the middle of swirling waves, the stone of white tone with russet inclusionsDimensions:4.7cm high
Lot 88
PALE CELADON JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN 'BOY' BRUSH REST QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 青白玉帶皮雕臥童筆架 the boy resting on his belly with his legs crossed and arms outstretched as if in flight, his right hand raised and holding lotus and leaf extending on his back, his head finely detailed with almond-shaped eyes and smiling face, the stone of even pale green tone with some russet inclusionsDimensions:7cm wide
Lot 104
WHITE JADE RETICULATED 'DRAGON BOAT' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 白玉透雕龍舟玉牌 both sides similarly and finely pierced carved as a large barge with a dragon-headed prow and a scroll-form stern, powered by ten oarsmen intricately detailed along the sides and a boat hand holding a long pole to steer the boat, the stern with a large banner draped over the sides of the boat, the pagoda-like construction of the hull adorned with ceremonial canopies, banners and flag, the stone of even white colour Dimensions:8.4cm wide Note: Note: An unusual and larger (16.3cm wide) dragon boat, dated to the Qing dynasty, has similar decoration and design, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 Jun 2011, lot 3748.
Lot 102
SPINACH GREEN JADE WITH AGATE INSET OPIUM PIPE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 碧玉鴉片煙管嵌瑪瑙煙嘴及銅鎏金飾 the cylindrical shaft in plain form with metal mount, inset both ends with agate mouthpiece, the stone of luscious rich green tone with variegated dark streaks Dimensions:49.5cm wideProvenance:Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018)Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996.The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain.Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents.Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an in expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army.When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax.The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at this saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022, and subsequently Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art on 13 May 2022, lot 150-159Note: Note: To create a jade baton of this length requires a substantial jade boulder. The simplicity of the pipe showcases the attractive natural colour of the stone. Compare to a Chinese jade silver-mounted opium pipe, dated to the 20th century, sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 3-4 April 2012, lot 365.
Lot 80
TWO JADE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 白玉素面 及 黑白玉雕包袱紋鼻煙壺（共兩件） one white jade snuff bottle of flattened oval form; and the other greyish white jade snuff bottle carved in low relief of a wrapped cloth sack pattern around the body, with an agate stone stopperDimensions:heights: 5cm and 6.3cm
Lot 84
WHITE JADE WITH RUSSET INCLUSION CARVING OF 'BEAR' SEAL HAN DYNASTY OR LATER 漢或以後 白玉帶沁熊鈕方章 carved with a bear on a square podium as a knob, the bear half seated with its right hand raised and head arched forwards, the seal carved with a two-character inscription, the stone of white colour in origin and with russet inclusion overallDimensions:3.7cm high
Lot 91
CELADON JADE CARVING OF A BOY ON ELEPHANT QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 青玉雕童子騎象擺件 carved as an elephant standing four-square with its head turned sideward with its trunk curled alongside its foreleg, wearing a saddle cloth carved in low relief, a boy crawling on its back, the stone of an even celadon toneDimensions:5.5cm wide
Lot 64
After Claude L Nursey, drawn on stone by J H Lynch'Encampment of the First County Battalion of Norwich Volunteers, at Gunton Park, 1864' & 'The Commissioned Officers of the City of Norwich Volunteers, on the Range at Mousehold Heath'pair of hand coloured lithographs, M & N Hanhart imp, published by C L Nursey circa 1863/6444 x 75cm (17.5" x 29.5") (2)
Lot 98
LARGE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'FIVE DRAGONS' WASHER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD 清乾隆 青玉帶皮雕五龍趕珠水波雲紋大筆洗 of compressed ovoid form, rising from a flat base to wide shoulders and an inverted rim, exquisitely carved in high relief with five dragons pursuing a flaming pearl amongst dense spiralling clouds, where parts of their body disappear into, all above rockwork and crashing waves, the base further carved with a whirlpool, the stone of beige-celadon colour variegated with russet and brownDimensions:21.5cm wideProvenance:Provenance: Private French collection; formerly in the collection of French Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882-1962) (by repute)Note: Note: Two closely comparable Qing dynasty jade washers, similar in the design of dragons chasing a flaming pearl, one of pale celadon jade and the other of spinach-green with russet skin jade, are in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum nos. Gu yu 故玉 2963 and 8817. Two further similar examples, one with highly similar colour of the jade and the size, dated to the early Qing dynasty, was from the Metropolitan Museum of Art- The Florence and Herbert Irving Gift and sold at Sotheby's New York, 10 September 2019, lot 25; the other of spinach-green jade and slightly larger in size, was sold at Christie's New York, 13 Sep 2019, lot 937.
Lot 87
YELLOW JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN CARVING OF A LION DOG QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 黃玉帶皮雕祥獅擺件 carved in the round with a lion dog, its bulging eyes and bushy mane finely incised, the stone of even yellowish celadon colour with russet inclusions, with a fitted wooden baseDimensions:7cm wideProvenance:Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Adrianus Cornelis Maria Verhelst (b. 26th February 1955), The Netherlands (by repute)
Lot 35
BRONZE SEATED BUDDHA MING DYNASTY, DATED TO 1573AD 明 '萬曆元年十月內郭普軻劉妙蓮'刻款 銅胎髹漆座佛 cast seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne, hands in dhyana mudra, wears a robe with floral hems falling in naturalistic folds around the arms and legs and open at the chest, the face has a serene expression with eyes downcast, with elongated ears, the hair is dressed in curls surrounding the ushnisha, the back of the lotus throne engraved with twelve characters, meaning 'October of the first year during the Wanli reign, (donated by) Guo Puke (and) Liu Miaolian'Dimensions:21cm high; 1844gProvenance:Provenance: Private Taiwanese collectionNote: Note: Since the early stage when Buddism entered China and bronze votive figures were being produced, it was not uncommon to dedicate secular donors' names, or the makers, or at times the makers were the donors, to religious figures. This would help gain merit in return for good karma for the named individuals. Compare to a rare inscribed gilt-bronze figure of Avalokitesvara, Sui dynasty, made and donated by the 'disciple Ruen Ci', sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 November 2022, lot 41. Some figures bore combinations of inscriptions revealing the name of the donor, date, maker, location of the figure being made, and location or temple it would be presented. In the current example of a bronze Buddha, the inscriptions show two donors, seemingly one male (Guo Puke) and the other female (Liu Miaolian). The remaining inscriptions entail a date, either the date the piece was made or the date being devoted. It is in October of the first year during the Wanli reign, corresponding to 1573AD. Also compare to a very rare gilt-bronze figure of Avalokitesvara, Ming dynasty, Xuande period, dated to 1435AD, inscribed with the donor's name Huang Fu, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 07 April 2011, lot 2839. Another related example of a massive stone carving Buddha, dated by inscription to the 21st year of the Jiajing reign corresponding to 1542AD, was offered in Bonhams, 7 November 2019, lot54.
Lot 86
TWO 'CHICKEN-BONE' JADE CARVINGS MING DYNASTY 明 雞骨白玉雕雞形及魚形擺件（共兩件） one of chicken form, carved in seated position with its feet tucked underneath, its head turned right looking backwards with an alerted expression with bulging eyes, the body naturalistically carved with feathers; the other of a fish holding a lotus flower and leaf in its mouth; both stone of creamy colour with variegated russet and brown inclusionsDimensions:widths: 6.5cm and 6cm
Lot 767
A white metal compact/portable mirror, the lid inset with yellow metal band with engraved floral decoration set with stones, the thumb piece set with rubies (one absent), width 7.5cm, approx excluding mirror 4ozt/126.4g.Condition Report: The internal mirror has a chip, there is a stone missing from the thumb piece.
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