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Lot 1434
with rare oval 10 1/2" brass dial engraved with foliate scrolls and mounted 'sundial', signed C Clarke, brass two train movement striking to a bell, the hood with dentil cornice and fan inlay flanked by Corinthian columns above a canted corner trunk with arched door, paper label for T E Dodds Watchmakers of Newcastle on Tyne, with pendulum, two weights and winder, height 220cm. *CR Base possibly replaced in part, case French polished, fading to side, minor losses, old worm holes, surface wear to dial including scratches, movement clean and untested.
Lot 211
AN IMPORTANT BRONZE STATUE OF BUDDHA WITHIN A FLAMING AUREOLE, INDONESIA, CENTRAL JAVA, 8TH-9TH CENTURYGracefully cast, the standing Buddha holds both hands out in chin mudra, the gesture of consciousness, evoking peace and concentration. He is clad in a long diaphanous sanghati, his face with sinuously lidded downcast eyes and full lips, the hair arranged in snail-shell curls around the ushnisha. The head is backed by a circular aureole, from which twelve lambent flames emerge, the twelfth flame hidden behind Buddha's back.Provenance: Collection of Paul J. Jewell, acquired 1984 in Singapore. A copy of a provenance statement written and signed by Paul J. Jewell, dated 15 April 2023, confirming the provenance stated above, accompanies this lot. Paul J. Jewell lived and worked in South East Asia for over 20 years, serving as the executive director of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam. To this day, he continues to collect Asian art and antiquities. Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age, with ancient wear, minor signs of weathering and erosion, expected casting irregularities, small losses and nicks. The bronze encrusted with a rich, naturally grown patina of vibrant malachite-green color overall. Displaying exceptionally well.Weight: 3,050 g (incl. stand) Dimensions: Height 33.1 cm (incl. stand), 28.2 cm, (excl. stand) Mounted to a wood and metal stand. (2)Expert's note: Buddhist art produced in Indonesia during the 8th and 9th centuries under the patronage of the Shailendra dynasty displays a unique amalgam of regional artistic styles borrowed from the Indian subcontinent. The flowing contours of the body subtly delineated beneath the diaphanous garment are reminiscent of the Gupta style of northern India while the sloping shoulders and oval face with full cheeks recall the Sri Lankan Buddha images produced in Anuradhapura during the 7th and 8th centuries.In Buddhist art, the nimbus is often imagined as consisting not just of light, but also of real flames. While this type seems to first appear in Chinese bronzes of which the earliest surviving examples date from before 450, it became something of a hallmark for the most important Chola bronzes, such as Shiva Nataraja, an image which emerged around 800 AD in Southern India, at the height of the Chola Empire. In the present statue, the depiction of the twelve flames is rather formal, as they are neatly arranged in identical intervals around a ring aureole, almost like on an ancient sundial.Literature comparison:Compare a related Javanese bronze standing figure of Buddha, 19 cm high, dated 9th-10th century, in the British Museum, registration number 1859,1228.98. Compare a related Javanese bronze figure of a seated Buddha Vairocana, 19.4 cm high, dated late 9th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1987.142.23. Compare a related Indonesian bronze figure of Buddha, 26.7 cm high, dated 7th-8th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1993.64.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 20 March 2012, lot 148 Price: USD 22,500 or approx. EUR 27,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A bronze figure of Buddha, Indonesia, Srivijaya, Palambang, 8th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related facial features and pose. Note the similar size (34.3 cm) and patina. Also note the extensive weathering, losses, and other condition issues.
Lot 116
King (Jessie M.).- Little Book of Sundial Mottoes (A), reprint, 4 colour plates by Alfred Rawlings, original pictorial wrappers by Jessie M. King, lightly toned, a few light spots or marks, very short tears to spine ends, 1919 § Rossetti (Dante Gabriel) The Blessed Damozel, title and 3 colour plates by Paul Woodroffe, original limp calf with embossed design by Jessie M. King, yapp edges, a little rubbed, [1913] § Browning (Robert) Rabbi Ben Ezra, title and 3 colour plates by W. Russell Flint, original limp red calf with embossed design by Jessie M. King, yapp edges, a little toned, some chipping to head, t.e.g., [1918], some light spotting, T.N. Foulis; and others, many published by T.N. Foulis, many with illustrations or wrappers designed by Jessie M. King, 8vo & small 4to (c.60)⁂ The latter two bound in the deluxe leather alternative to the pictorial wrappers.
Lot 1281
Two Victorian lead garden putto figures, one as a sundial, the other a birdbath, in need of restoration, larger height 69cm***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Lot 4
A rare Coadestone figure of Father Time18th century seated on a rock, holding an hour glass, stamped Coade, London 1792 with bronze sundial engraved I. Coggs, London fecit 149cm overallEleanor Coade (d.1821) opened her Lambeth Manufactory for ceramic artificial stone in 1769, and appointed the sculptor John Bacon as its manager two years later. She was employed by all the leading late 18th Century architects. From about 1777 she began her engraved designs, which were published in 1784 in a catalogue of over 700 items entitled A Descriptive Catalogue of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory. Then in 1799, the year she entered into partnership with her cousin John Sealy, she issued a handbook of her Pedlar's Lane exhibition Gallery. The firm became Coade and Sealey from this date and following Sealey's death in 1813, it reverted to Coade and in 1821 with the death of the younger Eleanor Coade, control of the firm passed to William Croggan, who died in 1835, following bankruptcy. Coade's manufactures resembling a fine-grained natural stone, have always been famed for their durability.Literature: Mrs Coade's Stone, by Alison Kelly,SPA, 1990, pages 127,134,206 and 263 Garden ornament
Lot 99
A collection of fifteen Royal Doulton 'Bunnykins' figures, including 'Mystic', 'Sundial', 'Stop Watch', 'Flamenco', 'Tyrolean Dancer', 'Morris Dancer', 'Mrs Bunnykins (at the Easter parade)', 'Shopper', 'Bedtime', 'Ankhesenamun', 'Polly', 'Mother', 'Mother's Day', 'Bathtime' and 'Father', (no certificates of authenticity or boxes), (15).
Lot 407
Schatz, Germany, brass maritime bulkhead clock and combination thermometer-barometer, the clock with a circular white enamelled dial and black Roman numerals, enclosing an 8 day chiming movement, mounted on a sapele plinth, W.42.5cm; pocket compass and sundial in a mahogany case, Dia.5.5cm; Pair of WWI stirrups, dated 1914, one stamped "Adams", and the other "Carson"; Pair of spurs, leather belt, and a pair of copper ship's speaking funnels. (9)
Lot 234
A large Meredith Hughes bronze horizontal sundial, English, 1778Signed Meredith Hughes Fecit 1778, the circular dial of light brown patina and well-engraved with compass rose, calendar scale and hour and minutes scale, the shaped and scroll-pierced gnomon for latitude 50 degrees 0 minutes37.5cm (14.75in) radius
Lot 481
A CASED NAUTICALIA REPRODUCTION BRASS SEXTANT, A CASED REPRODUCTION OF A DESKTOP SUNDIAL AND THREE SMALL CHROME PLATED MINERS STYLE LAMPS, the sextant and sundial with information sheets, the lamp heights comprise 17cm and two at 13cm, the taller lamp comes with a wooden plinth (5) (Condition Report: the sextant in tarnished condition)
Lot 64
TWO SMALL BRASS GARDEN SUNDIALSBOTH UNSIGNED, THE FIRST PROBABLY MID 17th CENTURY, THE SECOND A LITTLE LATERThe first heavily oxidised to a chocolate brown colour with 4.25 inch octagonal plate fitted with scroll-pierced cast angled gnomon set at approximately 53 degrees and engraved with circles and radial lines to centre, the narrow outer track with Roman numeral chapters IIII-XII-VIII divided into quarter-hours, the second similar with 4.125 inch square plate cut at the angles, and scroll-pierced gnomon also set at around 53 degrees, (2).10.8cm (4.25ins) wide, 5.6cm (2.25ins) high and 10.5cm (4.25ins) wide, 6.4cm (2.5ins) high respectively. The octagonal shape, centre engraving and narrow chapter ring of the first sundial in current lot is similar to that of two related sundials (albeit with solid gnomons) by William Bowyer and Richard Hinton illustrated and discussed in White, George NOT A BAD TIMEKEEPER: THE ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCK IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ('Antiquarian Horology' Vol. 31 Sept. 2009 pages 624-8). As White suggests that these examples were made by clockmakers to be supplied alongside lantern clocks then it would perhaps be reasonable to suggest that the present dials were also possibly made by a clockmaker for the same purpose. Condition Report: Dial with dark patination - The gnomon is original and undisturbed. The plate has a split approx. 3cm long to the lower edge following the line of the concentric engraving to the outer edge of the plate. There are also some surface hammer bruising marks to the left of the split; otherwise dial is in sound original condition with minor age related blemishes.Dial with lighter patination - The gnomon is old and probably original but has been carefully re-mounted using flanged brackets soldered to the underside. The engraving shows noticeable wear to the radial lines at the centre; otherwise dial is in sound original condition with minor age related blemishes. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 378
THREE BOXES OF MID-CENTURY CERAMICS, to include a Szeiler money box in the form of a carriage, a Mr. Fix-it money box, a Beswick 'Sundial' cheese dish 537, Prinknash pewter glaze vase, a brown Dartmouth Pottery gurgle vase, a collection of Torquay ware, a Carlton Ware 'Blue Royale' dish, etc. (3 boxes + loose)
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