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Lot 53
A Chinese mottled celadon jade boulder, the front well carved with one scholar crossing a bridge, the other scholar sitting in a pavilion reading a scroll, the reverse deeply carved with a boy riding on a water buffalo in a landscaped scene, 12cm high, 12cm long, on a carved wood stand青玉松山隐士图山子Condition Report: Good condition, nice quality (no damage)Please ask the department for additional imagesCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 103
Three Chinese jade carvings, comprising: one of a boy, lying on his stomach on a lotus leaf, 4.2cm wide, a pendant, of a recumbent horse with a monkey on its back, 3.5cm high, and another, of a recumbent dog, 5.3cm long (3)Condition report: Boy - natural cracks to stone, the lotus leaf with chips and cracks to base.Horse - no obvious faults.Dog - russet inclusions.
Lot 108
A Chinese jade belt hook, carved with a dragon head to one end and a monkey to the body, 12.7cm long, and other miscellaneous collectables, 4 to12cm long (qty.)Condition report: Belt hook - no obvious faults.Box - missing piece.Mythical beast and bronze plaque - verdigris.The remainder - with chips, knocks and surface scratches.
Lot 101
Four Chinese jade pendants, one carved with a blossoming prunus tree, 4.6cm high, one of a fisherman next to a river, 5.4cm high, one of a qilin, 5.2cm high, and one with inscriptions and scrolls, 4.5cm long (4)Condition report: All with minute chips to edges.Oval - russet inclusion to the side.
Lot 188
A Mughal jade-hilted steel dagger (chilanum) North India, 17th/ 18th Centurythe double-edged steel blade of curved form, the cross-guard, quillons and hilt of blue-grey jade, the hilt with raised central band and pommel of foliate form with bud finial, the knuckle-guard with carved foliate decoration, the wood scabbard clad in velvet with silver plated copper mounts 36 cm. longFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 189
A Mughal jade Hilted steel dagger (chilanum) North India, 18th Centurythe double-edged watered-steel blade of curved form, the hilt with baluster grip, hand guard and bifurcated foliate pommel, the quillons with foliate motifs, the wood scabbard clad in red velvet with gilt-copper mounts 38 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenanceScottish private collection. Acquired in India by one of the current owner's ancestors employed by the East India Company and British Army in India between 1775 and 1880. A very fine jade tulwar hilt from the same collection was sold in these rooms, Islamic and Indian Art, 30 April 2019, lot 142.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 186
An unusual Mughal jade Candlestick Northern India, 18th Centuryof mid greyish-green mottled jade, made in three sections, the ribbed cylindrical body with a rib of chevron motif above and below, on a slightly flaring foot, with sloping shoulder, the truncated neck with horizontal rib, delicately carved in low relief with acanthus leaves 18 cm. high Footnotes:The unusual form of this object in jade can be attributed to a Muslim craftsman probably working in Northern India in the 18th Century. The shape appears to be derived from Islamic metal candlesticks of the Medieval period. For a similar but smaller jade candlestick of similar form attributed to the Ming dynasty, exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1935-36, see Exhibition Catalogue International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935, pl. 251, no. 2790. Another candlestick of different form, but with similar decoration can be found in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei (Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Hindustan Jade in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1983, pp. 254-55, pl. 65).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 190
A Mughal jade hilted nilgai head steel dagger (kard) North India, 17th/ 18th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of tapering form with flattened spine, the forte decorated in koftgari with floral and vegetal motifs, the jade pommel in the form of a nilgai, the eyes inlaid with later rubies 37 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenanceFormerly in the Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection.PublishedOliver S. Pinchot, Arms of the Paladins, Rhode Island, 2014, p. 49, fig.3-101.For two similar kards with jade hilts of nilgai head form in the Furusiyya Collection see B. Mohamed, The Arts of the Muslim Knight, Milan, 2007, pp. 196-7, nos. 184 and 185.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 185
A Roman banded agate cosmetic dish mounted as a spoon bearing an inscription with the name of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (reg. 1605-27) The agate dish 1st/ 2nd Century ADan agate and silver-gilt spoon; the bowl of the spoon carved from a piece of banded agate, the elliptical shape with a low foot ring on the underside, curved at one end and irregularly ground at the other, with an engraved inscription on the outer surface; the handle of silver gilt the dish 5.5 cm. long; the whole spoon 13.9 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles, London, 17th October 1984, lot 232.Private UK collection, acquired at Spink in 1993.Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 19 April 2007, lot 436.The collection of Sheikh Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani (1966 - 2014).The inscription reads: Al-Sultan Jahangir Shah.The title 'Sultan' appears in the inscription on the black basalt throne of Prince Salim, that was made in Allahbad, but taken to Agra (see 'Jewelled Arts of Mughal India' in Society of Jewellery Historians Journal, vol. 10, 2003, p. 55)This agate bowl, now mounted as a spoon, was formerly a complete small cosmetic dish, dating from the Roman period. It has been broken and ground down, then reused to make the spoon. The inscription suggests that it was once in the collection of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. It is possible that the bowl was ground down in the Mughal period.The Mughal emperors are well known for inscribing their names and titles on objects in their possession, including manuscripts, jades, jewels, and ceramics. Jahangir noted unusual acquisitions in his journal, the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: for instance he remarks on the acquisition of a Timurid jade (Tuzuk vol 1, p. 409).Jahangir collected a variety of exotic materials, including natural phenomena such a meteorite which he had made into a knife, now in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington (Atil, Chase and Jett 1985, no. 36, pp. 220-225). It is inscribed on the blade: 'There fell in the reign of Jahangir Shah from lightning iron (a) glittering precious piece Jahangir (son of) Akbar ordered from it two swords and this knife and (a) dagger. In the year 1030 (November 1620-November 1621 AD) In the Year 16. 146.' The event is mentioned in the Tuzuk p.204-5. Another Roman period hardstone known in the Mughal period, although uninscribed, is a cameo of a horse mounted within a Mughal jade (formerly in the Falkiner Collection, London 1982 no. 378).Ming ceramics with Jahangir's name on them include a blue and white jug in the Chang Collection, Taipei, which is from the Yongle period and is inscribed with Jahangir's name within in a similar cartouche to the one found on the agate dish. Anther example is a yellow dish, Hongzhi mark and period (1488-1505), inscribed on the foot ring with name of Jahangir, dated 1021/1611-12, also the weight of 28 tola 2 masha. (V&A no. 551-1878; see London 1982 no.401).The most celebrated jewels inscribed for the Mughal emperors are a group of spinels, also known in the past as 'balas rubies'. Many of the imperial inscriptions carry the names of Jahangir and his son Shah Jahan, a noted expert on gems. The form of the inscriptions vary, and may include the name of the emperor and his lineage. A typical Jahangir period inscription may read Jahangir Shah-e Akbar Shah, sometimes (but not invariably) with a date and the regnal year. One such spinel is the Carew spinel now in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London 1982 no. 237) which has several inscriptions from various owners.Inscribed jades formerly owned by Jahangir include 15th Century dark green jug with inscriptions set in cartouches dating the year of acquisition as 1619 (British Museum no. 1945-10-17-257, published Lentz and Lowry 1989 cat. 126, p. 225).The form of the inscription on the agate bowl is unusual, reading Jahangir Shah al-Sultan. However, an emerald in the Iranian Crown Jewels reads simply Jahangir Shah 1018 (AD 1613-14) (Meen and Tushingham p. 47), while another emerald in the same collection has a full list of epithets: Abu'l-Muzaffar Nur-ud-Din Jahangir Padshah Ghazi 1016 (AD 1607-8) (ibid). There was, therefore, no rigid protocol covering all inscriptions.Bibliography:Atil, Esin., Chase, W.T., Jett, Paul, Islamic Metalwork in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington 1985Lentz, T W., Lowry, Glenn D., Timur and the Princely Vision: Persian Art and Culture in the Fifteenth Century, Los Angeles 1989Skelton. R. et al., The Indian Heritage, exhibition catalogue, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1982Meen, V.B., Tushingham, A.D., Crown Jewels of Iran, Toronto 1968.The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, or Memoirs of Jahangir, translated by Alexander Rogers, edited by Henry Beveridge. London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1914.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 187
A Mughal jade mirror in a fitted Qajar lacquer case made for Hamzah Mirza Hishmat al-Dawlah, Amir-i Jang, uncle of Nasir al'Din Shah Qajar North India and Persia, the mirror 17th/ 18th Century, the lacquer case made between AH 1295 (AD 1868-69) and AH 1297 (AD 1880)the mirror of octagonal form, the back carved in relief with a central flowerhead surrounded by foliate tendrils and other flowerheads, the border with repeating foliate motifs, the front with bevelled mirror glass, within a hatched gold band, the fitted lacquer case of octagonal form with hinged lid and silver clasp, decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral sprays, perching birds and nastaliq inscriptions to cover and reverse, the interior of the lid with a border of undulating floral vines 13.2 x 9.3 cm. Footnotes:ProvenanceHamzah Mirza Hishmat al-Dawlah, Amir-i Jang (d. 1880).Private Greek collection, acquired by the vendor's grandfather whilst ambassador to Iran in the 1960s. Inscriptions: two Persian couplets in praise of Hamzah Mirza Hishmat al-Dawlah, Amir-i Jang.Hamzah Mirza Hishmat al-Dawlah, Amir-i Jang was the 21st son of 'Abbas Mirza and the uncle of Nasir al-Din Shah. He was appointed Minister of War, and titled Hishmat al-Dawlah in AH 1285 (AD 1868-9). He held governorship of various provinces during his life. For more information see M. Bandad, Dictionary of National Biography of Iran, Vol. 1, pp.462-8 and H. Mahbubi Ardakani, chehel sal tarikh-e iran, additional notes on al-ma'athir wa al-athar, vol. 2, Teheran, 1368 sh. (1989), pp.465-6).The gold surrounding the mirror glass is directly comparable to that on a mirror dated to c. 1700 in the Victoria and Albert Museum from the collection of Colonel Charles Seton Gutherie (02587(IS).Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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