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Lot 643
A UNIQUE SECOND WORLD WAR COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED LETTERS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND V-MAIL written by Private Lawrence Jacobs, 17th Battalion F.A. OBN. A.P.O. 304th U.S. Army, dated 1943 to 1945, sent to his fiancé, Miss E. Sandler, of 48 East 96th Street Brooklyn New York, the letters cover Larry’s war from his training in the States through to D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and his horrific visit to a concentration camp at the end of hostilities, this being especially poignant as Larry was of the Jewish faith, from the tough streets of Brooklyn, each letter well written and descriptive: 'June 18 [1944] Somewhere in France – Dearest, everything is OK. I guess you already know I am in France, I also see from here you are worrying yourself sick, please don’t as things are not as bad as you read in the papers. There isn’t much I can tell you except the people are friendly and are glad that we are here. They have been giving us things for nothing such as wine, eggs, cider, etc. I guess the only reason, they don’t take money is there is practically nothing to buy here as the Germans took everything away from them'; 'April 23 – 45 [1945] – Dearest, today I visited a Concentration Camp... I can’t see how human beings can treat one another in such horrible ways…'.
Lot 544
Aviation, Concorde, a selection of associated items including, pair of "Flights of Fantasy" Goodwood Concorde 15th Anniversary wine goblets on twist glass stems, Small desk model 24cm British Airways, boxed, Flight Certificate( unused)and presentation pack (white) x 2, Concorde First Flight FDC 1969 x 4, Flights of Fantasy ticket pack and stubs together with Posh Club paper knife ( boxed) and Posh Club EPNS fruit spoon. Parcel
Lot 201
A rare and large Chinese archaic bronze ritual drinking vessel, Hu, Warring States period 5th-3rd century B.C., carved in relief with three registers of ancestral figure scenes of sacrifice, worship and hunting, taotie mask ring handles, brown patina with areas of malachite and cuprite encrustation, approx. 50cm high, repairsLiterature:see Jessica Rawson, Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual, British Museum Press, 1987, Fig. 28e with an illustration of a smaller bronze Hu vessel in the Palace Museum Beijing decorated with similar figure scenes.A bronze fanghu (square wine vessel) decorated in the same style but with an inlay technique around the decoration is in the Rietberg Museum, accession no. RCH9A and is illustrated in the Museum Rietberg Zurich Museum Guide, Zurich, 2000, p. 75, fig. 59.A fanghu of this type and style with pictorial decoration in flat relief restricted to three horizontal registers, now without any of the background inlay material remaining, in the National Palace Museum, is illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Shang and Chou Dynasty Bronze Wine Vessels, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1989, p. 217, plate 77. A third, smaller fanghu decorated in the same technique with silhouetted figures and animals in flat relief shown in various hunting scenes, also now lacking the inlay material which filled the background, in the Freer Gallery of Art, is illustrated by Lawton in Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Change and Continuity 480-222 B.C., Washington D.C., 1982, p. 33, no. 5The decoration is similar to scenes carved on to later Eastern Han dynasty stone tomb reliefs such as The Wu Family Ancestral Shrine found on the north of Wuzhai Mountain in Zhifang Township, Jiaxiang County of Shandong Province, China.Provenance: the estate of the late Jean-Claude Jean-Claude (1926-2016).Jean-Claude Lepileur was a man of great learning. Born in Lisieux in France, he became a buyer and seller of antiques and formed a partnership with Mrs Senta Christian in a joint antiques venture, travelling to and from England from their early base in Deauville in Normandy. Mr Lepileur was a self-taught historian, chemist and restorer, with a particular love of all things Asian, especially pieces of art from China. And more specifically ancient Chinese bronze artefacts, which he collected avidly all his life.Mr Lepileur and Mrs Christian moved their business to Finchley in London in the 1950s and they continued to operate as a partnership until 1996, when Mrs Christian passed away. Jean-Claude had a very discerning eye for art and at one point even managed to identify two original Rembrandt sketches for sale on a stall on Portobello Market and was able to purchase them for a few pounds. They were later fully authenticated by the Victoria and Albert Museum. Mr Lepileur was also a frequent visitor to the British Museum in those days as he was always keen to compare his latest Chinese bronze acquisitions with those in the collection of the museum. During his life he amassed a collection of some eighty bronzes and a number of ceramics, pictures and scrolls. He also collected over 60 reference books, many of them very detailed, which he used to assist him with his research. Mr Lepileur was still buying and selling up until his death in December last year, aged 90. The collection is presented complete, with no omissions and is a great tribute to his skill in identifying, researching and collecting some wonderful pieces of Chinese art.
Lot 207
A Chinese archaic bronze tripod wine-warming vessel, Jiao Dou, Eastern Han dynasty, 1st-3rd century A.D., applied with a long dragon-headed handle, on three zoomorphic feet, grey-brown patina with a thin malachite encrustation all over, 13.5cm high, 32cm longCompare a similar bronze vessel in the Art Galley New South Wales, Australia, accession number 8.1980. Provenance: the estate of the late Jean-Claude Jean-Claude (1926-2016).Jean-Claude Lepileur was a man of great learning. Born in Lisieux in France, he became a buyer and seller of antiques and formed a partnership with Mrs Senta Christian in a joint antiques venture, travelling to and from England from their early base in Deauville in Normandy. Mr Lepileur was a self-taught historian, chemist and restorer, with a particular love of all things Asian, especially pieces of art from China. And more specifically ancient Chinese bronze artefacts, which he collected avidly all his life.Mr Lepileur and Mrs Christian moved their business to Finchley in London in the 1950s and they continued to operate as a partnership until 1996, when Mrs Christian passed away. Jean-Claude had a very discerning eye for art and at one point even managed to identify two original Rembrandt sketches for sale on a stall on Portobello Market and was able to purchase them for a few pounds. They were later fully authenticated by the Victoria and Albert Museum. Mr Lepileur was also a frequent visitor to the British Museum in those days as he was always keen to compare his latest Chinese bronze acquisitions with those in the collection of the museum. During his life he amassed a collection of some eighty bronzes and a number of ceramics, pictures and scrolls. He also collected over 60 reference books, many of them very detailed, which he used to assist him with his research. Mr Lepileur was still buying and selling up until his death in December last year, aged 90. The collection is presented complete, with no omissions and is a great tribute to his skill in identifying, researching and collecting some wonderful pieces of Chinese art.
Lot 213
A small Chinese archaic bronze ritual wine vessel, You, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th century B.C., of oval section, cast in relief with taotie masks and coiled kui dragons, the swing handle with prominent bovine mask terminals, olive-brown patina with malachite and cuprite encrustation, 13cm high, lacking coverA similar larger ritual bronze You vessel is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession Number: 49.135.7a, b. Provenance: the estate of the late Jean-Claude Jean-Claude (1926-2016).Jean-Claude Lepileur was a man of great learning. Born in Lisieux in France, he became a buyer and seller of antiques and formed a partnership with Mrs Senta Christian in a joint antiques venture, travelling to and from England from their early base in Deauville in Normandy. Mr Lepileur was a self-taught historian, chemist and restorer, with a particular love of all things Asian, especially pieces of art from China. And more specifically ancient Chinese bronze artefacts, which he collected avidly all his life.Mr Lepileur and Mrs Christian moved their business to Finchley in London in the 1950s and they continued to operate as a partnership until 1996, when Mrs Christian passed away. Jean-Claude had a very discerning eye for art and at one point even managed to identify two original Rembrandt sketches for sale on a stall on Portobello Market and was able to purchase them for a few pounds. They were later fully authenticated by the Victoria and Albert Museum. Mr Lepileur was also a frequent visitor to the British Museum in those days as he was always keen to compare his latest Chinese bronze acquisitions with those in the collection of the museum. During his life he amassed a collection of some eighty bronzes and a number of ceramics, pictures and scrolls. He also collected over 60 reference books, many of them very detailed, which he used to assist him with his research. Mr Lepileur was still buying and selling up until his death in December last year, aged 90. The collection is presented complete, with no omissions and is a great tribute to his skill in identifying, researching and collecting some wonderful pieces of Chinese art.
Lot 290
A collection of six Georgian sterling silver decanter labels, 'White-Wine', S Drinkwater, London circa 1750, 'Malmsey', Susanna Barker, London circa 1775, 'Madeira', circa 1780, 'Sherry', Taylor & Perry, Birmingham 1833, 'Madeira', Hester Bateman, London circa 1775, and 'Gin', Taylor & Perry, Birmingham 1829, 45g (1.44 t oz) gross.
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