FOREWORD
Paul Atkinson : A T rue Eclectic Romantic
I have had the pleasure of knowing Paul for over forty years, and throughout that time, we have been fortunate to share many truly wonderful times and experiences.
My first real memory of ‘Acko’ was when he visited us at Gledhow Hall in Yorkshire, in the early 1980s, where he bought many great objects, including antique furniture, sculptures, Asian works of art and paintings.
Before I’d actually met Paul in the flesh, I was already in awe of him. The reason being that he had been offered a dresser which we had recently purchased, and due to circumstances, none of my family were able to be there when he visited Gledhow to see the aforementioned dresser. To describe this Carolean dresser as magnificent would be a gross understatement. The colour of the oak, as we say in the trade, was ‘to die for’. It was the deepest plum colour that I have ever seen on any piece of 17th-century furniture, with a glass-like patina to match, and to say it was heavy would be another understatement, since my uncle and I struggled to lift it between us. We returned late that night to find a cheque for its purchase on the desk, whence my mother proceeded to explain that Paul had managed to get the dresser on the roof rack of his Volvo…all by himself! This brief episode epitomises Paul’s enthusiasm for the world we both lived in and, at this point, my admiration for this as-yet-unknown dealer was igniting my curiosity.
But for me, that was not the most important recollection I have of his visits. Paul was continuously interested in expanding his already varied knowledge of the art world by looking at everything we had purchased that week. He was so intrinsically interested in all periods and cultures that it became infectious, and after I set up my own business, I tried to emulate his passion for art from all periods and cultures.
After many long days driving all over Britain finding objects ranging from English antiques, Old Master paintings, to oriental sculpture of all types (including many different representations of Buddhistic sculpture), I would inevitably end up in the Derbyshire Dales late at night, to visit Paul and try to sell him my day’s purchases. I’m pleased to say that many of those objects were so cherished by him that they have remained in his and Vivien’s collection until the present day.
On a more personal note, we have travelled together on numerous occasions on joyous trips from Parma to Panjim and from Krumlov to Kerala. During all the time I’ve spent with Paul, encompassing nearly half a century, it has always been a pleasure to be in his company and his keen eye for everything has been something to admire. His straightforward approach to business over those years has been seldom matched.
I sincerely hope that Paul’s great eye will be appreciated, and acted upon, in the dissemination of his life story and passion, played out through the many wonderfully varied and intriguing objects in the auction of a truly eclectic romantic.
Dino Tomasso
March 2025
“At one of my first auctions as a 20 year old in 1970, a veteran dealer came over to me at a farm sale and said, ‘you think that you have joined a business, don’t you?
‘Well, this isn’t a business - it’s an illness from which you never recover’.
“
TIMELINE
AMSTERDAM
Six months later, two Dutch antique dealers, Wijnand Van Smeden and Anne Paul Brinkman, visited the shop. They purchased most of the stock and became lifelong friends. This meeting led to a long-term collaboration through their galleries in Groningen and Amsterdam, where both went on to achieve great success.
1975
1975
MATLOCK
In May 1975, exactly fifty years ago this month, Paul opened his first shop in Matlock, renting the space for £6 per week. He sourced stock from local farm sales and house calls, laying the foundation for his antiques business.
DETROIT
In 1976, Paul shipped his first 40-foot container to Detroit before flying over to secure the lease of a gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan. From that point, he travelled to the USA every six weeks, selling the contents of each new container through the gallery. During this time, he began exchanging English Edwardian furniture for Pre-Columbian art, Tiffany glass, and bronzes, expanding his expertise and inventory.
PARIS
A loyal client from the Matlock gallery, Roger Phillips, and his French wife, were relocating to Paris just as the British Post Office Pension Fund launched the ‘Louvre des Antiquaires’ in Place de l’Opéra. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Paul partnered with them to lease one of the development’s largest units. This marked the expansion of his operations into Paris.
He regularly drove his trusted Volvo estate - fully loaded with 17th-century English oak furniturefrom Matlock to Paris every third weekend. Each trip was an opportunity to trade and exchange English furniture for African and ethnic art. For the next four years, he operated across multiple locations, constantly moving between Paris, Detroit, Groningen and Matlock, where his trade warehouse and retail shop were based.
MALLORCA
By 2007, Paul and his wife, Vivien, had relocated to south-west Mallorca with their two young daughters, leaving much of his collection in storage in the UK. With extensive experience in the London art market and curating an important English furniture collection for a major international company, Vivien played a key role in their next venture. Together, they opened a 10,000-squarefoot gallery in Mallorca’s prime retail district.
The gallery attracted a high-profile clientele, including Peter Stringfellow, Hollywood actor Mads Mikkelsen, and Abba’s Agnetha Fältskog, among other international figures drawn to the exceptional pieces they sourced.
2007 1979
1987
SYDNOPE HALL
In 1987, Paul purchased Sydnope Hall, a 38-bedroom mansion set within 100 acres of Regency gardens and parkland. Over the course of five years, he undertook an extensive restoration project. The derelict gardens and cellars yielded a treasure trove of broken statues, abandoned fossils and metalware.
He refurnished much of the ground floor with furniture and objects from local deceased estates, complementing the original contents that remained. Many of these pieces are now offered for sale.
His two eldest children, Emma and Freddie, spent an idyllic childhood at Sydnope Hall, exploring the magnificent gardens originally designed by Joseph Paxton.
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Th e No ma di c Co ll ecto r
Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 May 2025 | 10am
ORDER OF SAL E
Tu es day 13 May
Lots 1 - 328 | Furniture, Picture s and Works of Art
L ots 329-332 | From the Collecti on of Count Eric von Rosen of Rockelstad Castle, Sweden
Wed ne sday 14 May
Lots 333-510 | Furniture, Pictures and Works of Art
Lots 511-527 | From the Collection of Julian Moulton
L ots 528-63 6 | Furniture, Pictures and Works of Art
VIEWING
Viewing will be held at our Stansted Auction Ro oms, Cambridge Road, St ansted Mountfitchet, Essex CM24 8GE, as follows:
Friday 9 May | 10am – 4pm
Sunday 11 May | 10am – 1pm M onday 12 May | 10am – 4pm
BIDDING
IN PERSON Attend the live auction in person O NLINE Bid live at www.sworder.co.uk (0% surcha rge)
CO
LLECTION AND DELIVERY
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SCAN TO BROWSE THE CATALOGUE CONTACT
T 01279 817778 E privatecollections@sworder.co.uk
James Pickup Director
Alexander Hallett Head of Fine Interiors
John Black Director
Grace Julier Sale Co-ordinator
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
STORAGE OF LOTS
Sworders and Abels Partnership
Furniture and large items, and small items if they form part of the same invoice, not collected within seven working days of the auction will be removed by Abels Moving Services Ltd (Abels), at your expense, and delivered to their depot at Potters Bar, where they will be subject to collection, administration and storage fees - see below.
Charges
Collection Fee
Collection from Sworders £25 per collection of 1 – 5 items and £50 per collection of 6-10 items listed on an invoice (plus VAT )
Items will be stored free of charge for 7 days from the Sworders collection date.
Storage Charges
Storage charges will commence on the 8th day after being collected by Abels at £4.00 per lot, per day.
Additional charges will be made for items exceeding 8 x 8ft.
A Levied Liability Charge (LLC) of £0.08p / per £1k value of goods.
Abels will charge to the client for storage, shipping and delivery. All costs associated with collection and storage are payable directly to Abels and must be paid prior to collection of the lot(s).
You will need to provide your ID at the time of collection, or prior notification, where your items are being collected by a third party.
Abels Terms & Conditions can be found at www.abels.co.uk/website-terms-and-conditions/. (All subject to VAT and 6.72% insurance on total admin charge).
Collection is by prior appointment, made directly with Abels Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm (No weekend collections)
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These charges are set by Abels; once collected, Sworders will be unable to answer questions relating to items and recommend you contact Abels directly.
See Sworders Terms and Conditions for more information.
Day One
Tuesday 13 May at 10am
Antiques And Architecture Hand in Hand Sydnope Hall, Derbyshire
The Sydnope Hall and grounds we see today were laid out during the George IV era, following the estate’s purchase by Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin (1786-1859). The site was chosen for its setting on the grounds of a historic 15th-century Tudor house, approached by a tree-lined drive with sweeping southerly views over a wooded valley and distant moorland.
A striking example of neo-Norman architecture, Sydnope Hall is regarded as one of Derbyshire’s most exceptional country houses, surrounded by meticulously landscaped gardens that offer both seclusion and peace. It lies near the picturesque village of Two Dales, just six miles from Bakewell, a vibrant market town considered the heart of the Peak District.
Sir Francis’ nephew, Charles Darwin, author of ‘On the Origin of Species’, was captivated by the Hall’s beauty and visited often. He contributed to the planting of rare trees and shrubs collected during his travels, many of which have now flourished. It is believed that the renowned landscape architect Joseph Paxton, famous for his work at Chatsworth, designed much of the estate’s grounds.
Paul purchased Sydnope Hall in 1987, undertaking a five-year restoration of the estate. The neglected gardens and cellars yielded a wealth of broken statues, fossils and metalwork. He refurnished much of the ground floor with pieces from local estates, complementing the original furnishings, many of which are now available for sale.
Lots from Sydnope Hall are denoted by a
FURNITURE, PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART
LOTS 1-328
LOT 1
A Louis XVI-style gilt wall mirror, 19th century, French, the shaped crest surmounted by a ribbon-tied garland and bow, over a subsidiary oval plate flanked by flaming urns, the rectangular plate with mirrored slip surround,
125cm wide
225cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
LOT 2 G
A pair of carved giltwood Solomonic columns, 17th century, Italian, Naples, each spiral column entwined in foliage, and raised on a stepped wooden plinth on stone bases, 34cm wide
34cm deep
124cm high (4)
£2,000 - 4,000
LOT 3 G
A pair of walnut side chairs, 18th century, Portuguese, each carved cresting rail over a tooled leather back with large brass studs, the cabriole legs united by shaped stretchers, terminating in claw and ball feet, 59cm wide
55cm deep
146cm high (2)
£2,000 - 3,000
LOT 4
A monumental plaster figure of Diana of Gabii after the antique, 20th century, by Manifattura di Signa, stamped with maker’s mark and ‘Made in Italy’, 52cm wide
52cm deep
225cm high
£4,000 - 6,000
The sculpture is widely believed to represent the goddess Artemis and is traditionally attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles. The original sculpture, which this piece is modelled after, was discovered in 1792 by Gavin Hamilton on the property of Prince Borghese at Gabii. It was promptly added to the Borghese collection and is now housed in the Louvre.
LOT 5 G
A fresco-type wall panel, probably 17th or 18th century, paper laid on to board, depicting a torchère, scrolling acanthus and doves, 210 x 71cm
£600 - 800
A wool rug, 20th century, Caucasian, the central field with three geometric motifs on a navy ground, within multiple foliate borders,
150 x 88cm
£100 - 200
LOT 7
A pair of large iron and glazed lanterns, 19th/20th century, each surmounted by a leafy coronet, above a twin-branch sconce within, and raised on ball feet, 38cm wide
20cm deep
87cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 8
A carved and polychrome-painted figure, 20th century, probably Indian, modelled standing, and raised on a carved wood plinth and stepped base, figure 14cm wide
12cm deep
63cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 6
A kilim runner, the central field with an alternating diamond design, 379 x 87cm
£150 - 250
10
A baroque carved and giltwood wall mirror, 17th/18th century, Italian, the circular plate with a deeply carved and moulded, scrolling square frame, 36cm wide
36cm high
£300 - 500
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11
A pair of carved giltwood finials, 19th century, each with a relief-carved panel depicting a spray of flowers emanating from a twin-handled urn, on a square base, 28cm wide
11cm deep
65cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 9
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A small oak chest, 16th century, Spanish, with a carved geometric front and raised on low sledge feet, 108cm wide
34cm deep
55cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 13
A large leather elephant, 20th century, in the manner of Liberty & Co., with plastic tusks, 104cm wide
35cm deep
112cm high
£300 - 500
14
A pair of patinated bronze ‘Teppanom’ angel kneeling figures, 20th century, Thai, each highlighted in gilt throughout, 14cm wide
15cm deep
44cm high (2)
£250 - 350
15
A pair of carved wooden and painted marriage figures, 20th century, Indian, each standing with arms outstretched, and decorated in polychrome, 34cm wide
25cm deep
90cm high (2)
£200 - 400
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A carved, gilt and polychrome-painted Buddha, 20th century, his right hand raised in Vitarka mudra, 32cm wide
17cm deep
55cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 17
A hollow-cast bronze figure of Bodhisattva, 19th/20th century, Nepalese, modelled with the right hand resting on her knee, the left hand touching the earth, inset with semi-precious stones and mounted on a detachable double-lotus base, 18cm wide
14cm deep
27cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 18
A group of cast-bronze models of cobras, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, Orissa, Kondh people, each modelled in a striking position, largest 14cm wide
14cm deep
27cm high (10)
£400 - 600
LOT 19
Four pichhwai paintings, 20th century, Indian, probably Rajasthan, pigment on cotton, depicting the Raas Leela and Krishna playing the flute with gopis, large landscape 88 x 147cm (4)
£400 - 600
LOT 20
Three painted miniatures, early 20th century, Indian, comprising one of four figures in a landscape, together with two hunting scenes, opaque pigments on paper, largest 23 x 14cm, framed and glazed (3) £100 - 150
LOT 21
A collection of painted miniatures, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, depicting various pursuits, comprising two courtly scenes, a hunting scene and a processional scene, each within borders of flowers, script, animals, figures and flowering foliage, opaque pigments on paper, landscape scene 21.5 x 32cm, together with a portrait of a courtly figure, 31.5 x 22cm, framed and glazed (5)
£300 - 500
LOT 22
A carved blackwood figural group, 19th century, Indonesian, depicting Vishnu riding on the shoulders of Garuda, 22cm wide
15cm deep
37cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 23
A carved teak figural group, 20th century, of Shiva and Parvati, raised on a naturalistic base, 10cm wide
6cm deep
36cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 24
A collection of four copper and brass ewers, late 19th/early 20th century, Persian, each variously decorated, largest 13cm diameter
33.5cm high (4)
£200 - 400
LOT 25
A plaster portrait bust of Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, 19th century, French, after the model by Jean-Jacques Caffieri, spuriously inscribed ‘Houdon 1775’ to the reverse, raised on a rouge marble socle,
52cm wide
28cm deep
78cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
LOT 26
A composite pedestal, of recent manufacture, in the neoclassical style, 50cm wide
50cm deep
128cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 27
A walnut and inlaid cassone, 19th century but possibly incorporating some earlier elements, Italian, the hinged lid enclosing a further lid and a storage compartment, above a segmented and arcaded façade decorated with various birds and animals, with a right-hand door enclosing drawers, above a foliate-carved base raised on paw feet, 140cm wide
52cm deep
63cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 28
A flat-weave kilim runner, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating lozenge-form and geometric motifs in polychrome colours, within a red-ground border, 165 x 108cm
£100 - 200
LOT 29 G
A pair of painted plaster torchères, 19th century, after original Roman examples, each having a fluted and leaf-moulded bowl, raised on leaf-moulded baluster supports, the lower section with a triform griffin support united by a platform base, finished in faux patinated bronze paint, 49cm wide
49cm deep
180cm high (2)
£2,000 - 3,000
Roman torchères can be found in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.
LOT 30
An carved walnut and beech armchair in the manner of Andrea Brustolon, late 19th/early 20th century, Italian, with a rectangular back and seat, the swept arms carved with reclining putti raised on carved attendant supports, upholstered in gold fabric with brass studded edging,
84cm wide
73cm deep
128cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732) was an influential Venetian furniture maker and sculptor, renowned for his intricate and artistic designs during the Baroque period. He is especially famous for his elaborately carved chairs, which often featured rich, detailed motifs such as acanthus leaves, scrolls, and figures of mythological creatures. Brustolon’s work was highly sought after by the Venetian elite, and his furniture was admired for its combination of craftsmanship and artistic flair. His pieces, particularly his chairs, are now considered masterpieces of 17th and 18th-century furniture design. Examples of his work can be found in numerous museum collections including the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, in Naples.
31
An icon of St John the Forerunner, 17th/18th century, Russian, taken from a deisis, tempera and gilt on a wood panel, with traces of an inscription to the reverse ‘IE3:11’, 108 x 44cm
£800 - 1,200
32
A large icon of Saint Nicholas, 19th century, Russian, centrally depicted with Christ and the Mother of God, surrounded by twelve scenes from his life, tempera and gold on wood, 114 x 86cm
£2,000 - 4,000
33
A group of four brass crucifixes, 19th century, Russian, each with a triple bar, largest 20.5cm wide 39cm long, together with a modern example (5)
£300 - 500
LOT 34
A pair of cast bronze candlesticks, 19th century, modelled after Renaissance pricket stands, each with a scalloped drip pan over a knopped stem set with masks, raised on a triform base, 6cm wide
6cm deep
16.5cm high (2)
£200 - 300
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“It carries the brutality and energy of a Francis Bacon portrait. One of the most difficult pieces in the sale for me to say goodbye to.”
LOT 35
Circle of Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824)
Flagellant at the base of the cross oil on canvas
94 x 78cm, in a carved giltwood frame
£6,000 - 8,000
LOT 36
A bronze figure of a lion, 19th century, the recumbent beast with its front paws placed one on another, 30cm long
12cm wide
13cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 37
A brass basin, 12th-14th century, Persian, possibly Khorasan, the centre decorated with an incised stylised figure, surrounded by vegetal scrollwork and stylised sunrays, rising to an everted twelve-sided rim, 42cm diameter
11cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 38
A walnut side table, late 17th/early 18th century, Spanish, the rectangular top above three frieze drawers with carved foliate decoration, punctuated by a pair of figural corbels, raised on ring-turned supports united by stretchers, 195cm wide
70cm deep
88cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
A neoclassical terracotta urn by Jean Garouste, late 19th century, French, with elongated scroll handles terminating in lion masks, stamped to the base ‘J Garouste Castelnaudary (Aude)’, 45cm wide
32cm deep
62cm high
£500 - 800
A walnut cabinet, 18th century, French, Breton, the top with a moulded edge above a single drawer carved with scrolling vine, over a carved and panelled cupboard, and sides enclosing a single shelf, raised on scrolling feet, 77cm wide
47cm
75cm
£200
LOT 39
LOT 40
41
A painted and parcel-gilt wall mirror, late 18th/early 19th century, Italian, the frieze centred with a winged cherub’s head amongst foliage, the aged plate flanked by pilaster columns with blind-fret carving, over a conforming base, 76cm wide
10cm deep
110cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 42
A walnut cassone, predominantly late 16th/early 17th century, North Italian, the hinged lid with a foliate-carved edge, above a pair of tapering column pilasters, raised on sledge feet
111cm wide
57cm deep
66cm high
£500 - 700
LOT 43
After Antonio Canova, 19th century, a bust of Leopoldo Cicognara, carved alabaster, raised on a circular turned socle and square base, 25cm wide
14cm deep
54cm high
£400 - 600
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LOT 44
A Mannerist bronze figure of a man, late 18th/19th century, Italian, in the 15th-century-Florentine style, modelled standing contrapposto with his left hand raised, on a tree trunk base, 15cm wide
12cm deep
50cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 45
After Barthélemy Prieur, a bronze figure of a woman pulling a thorn from her heel, 19th century, French, raised on a marble plinth base, 7cm wide
7.5cm deep
8cm high
£400 - 600
45-49
LOT 46
After Jean de Boulogne aka ‘Giambologna’, 19th century, a grand tour bronze of Mercury, raised on a turned marble socle,
7.5cm wide
7.5cm deep
28cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 47
Manner of Francesco Righetti (Italian, 1749-1819) and Luigi Righetti (Italian, 1780-1852), c.1820, Italian, a bronze ‘Laocoön Group’, depicting the Trojan priest and his sons, Antiphantes and Thymbraeus, being attacked by serpents, raised on a rectangular stepped integral base, stamped ‘A.T’ to the reverse,
29cm wide
11cm deep
41cm high
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 48
A bronze female figure, 17th/18th century, Italian, Florentine, holding an urn and wearing flowing robes, raised on a marble lead-filled base, 6cm wide
5cm deep
18cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 49
A grand tour black marble bust of a man, late 18th/early 19th century, Italian, Rome, possibly Constantine the Great, raised on a later polished limestone base, 13cm wide
9cm deep
31cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 50
After Jean de Boulogne aka ‘Giambologna’, mid-20th century, a patinated bronze figure group of ‘The Abduction of a Sabine Woman’, on a stepped marble plinth, 15cm wide
15cm deep
38.5cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 51
A grand tour bronze statue after the antique, 19th century, of Narcissus, raised on a stone base, 14cm diameter
41cm high overall
£400 - 600
LOT 52
After Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, late 19th century, Italian, a patinated bronze figure of the dancing faun with cymbals, 18cm wide
12cm deep
30.5cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 53
A grand tour bronze figure of ‘Resting Satyr’ after Praxiteles, 19th century, Italian, depicted holding a pipe and draped in a leopard skin, 17cm wide
13cm deep
39cm high
£300 - 400
LOT 54
After Sabatino de Angelis, 19th century, Italian, a bronze model of a faun pouring wine,
15cm wide
10cm deep
23cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 55
A large Renaissance-style bronze brazier, 19th century, the pierced acanthus-cast domed cover, over a dodecahedronal base with caryatid supports and mask feet, with a drop-in dished insert and ladle,
70cm wide
70cm deep
70cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 56
A bronze of ‘A Neapolitan Fisherman’, 20th century after the antique, on a naturalistically cast base, 36cm wide
39cm deep
57cm high
£300 - 500
The Roman original of this bronze was excavated at Pompeii in the Casa della Fontana Piccola in 1823.
LOT 57
A large grand tour-type green marble figure of Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar, 19th century, Italian, the boar hoisted upon Hercules’ shoulder, raised on a rectangular base with ebonised wooden plinth, 37cm wide
28cm deep
85cm high
£1,200 - 1,800
LOT 58
A pair of large gilt-bronze, bronze, and porphyry candelabra after Jean-Louis Prieur, 19th century, French, each modelled as a pair of cherubs holding a wicker basket, issuing a festooned torch with foliate stems, raised on a circular porphyry pedestal with ormolu laurel-leaf-moulded banding, and a square plinth base, 47cm wide
48cm deep
110cm high (2)
£6,000 - 8,000
Jean-Louis Prieur (c.1732-1795) was a distinguished French sculptor and bronzier, recognised for his mastery in creating gilt-bronze objects during the latter part of the 18th century. Active during the reign of Louis XVI, Prieur is considered one of the key figures bridging rococo and neoclassical styles. He specialised in designing decorative bronze pieces such as candelabra, clock cases and garnitures, often collaborating with renowned Parisian cabinetmakers.
Prieur’s work is characterised by its refinement, combining the elegance of the rococo with the emerging clarity and symmetry of neoclassicism. His designs often feature intricate details such as acanthus leaves, floral motifs and classical figures, rendered with exceptional technical skill. His bronzework was in high demand amongst the French aristocracy, and many of his pieces were produced for royal and noble patronage.
Notably, Prieur’s candelabra - such as the pair held in the Wallace Collection (‘The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Furniture III’, London, 1996, p.1219, pl.239), on which the design for this pair is based - are regarded as some of his most significant works. These pieces exemplify his ability to blend ornamental sophistication with functional design. His innovative approach to bronze-casting and his eye for fine detail cemented his reputation as one of the leading sculptor-bronziers of his time.
Prieur’s work represents a pinnacle of French decorative art in the pre-Revolutionary period and his legacy continues to be celebrated in the collections of major museums around the world.
LOT 59
The ‘Relief of the Gods’, 20th century after the antique, a plaster panel after the 5th century BCE marble original, 103cm wide
16cm deep
85cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 60
A large Art Deco carved alabaster lamp, mid-20th century, in the form of an urn, with scrolled lug handles to either side of the lobed body, 34cm wide
24cm deep
79cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 61
A giltwood tabernacle, 20th century, the domed top with zigzag decoration, raised on column supports united by a square base, 45cm wide
45cm deep
80cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 62
A pair of horn and chrome wall lights, of recent manufacture by Arca, Italian, each fitted with a rectangular cream shade, 32cm wide
12cm deep
52cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 63
A pair of Art Deco octagonal ceiling lights, 20th century, each set with pink-bordered white panels,
40cm wide
40cm deep
15cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 64
A Goldscheider painted terracotta figure, late 19th century, Austrian, ‘Rebecca’, stamped ‘2587/866/16’, with raised maker’s plaque and incised signature to the base,
13cm wide
13cm deep
44.5cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 65
A Goldscheider pottery figure of a female water carrier
c.1880, modelled leaning down to pick up a pitcher, her other hand supporting a twin handled urn on her head, with gilt highlights, signed ‘Polter’ to the base and stamped with maker’s mark to the reverse ‘4248/52/14’,
20cm wide
35cm deep
72cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 68
A pair of art deco-style leather tub chairs, of recent manufacture, each with rib-stitched upholstery, taken from the yacht ‘Lady Moira’,
53cm wide
45cm deep
78cm high (2)
£200 - 400
A set of four Art Deco-style side tables, mid-20th century, each with a square green marble top, raised on a tubular gilt-metal base,
45cm wide
45cm deep
42cm high (4)
£400 - 600
A metalware model of a peacock, 20th century, in the manner of Anthony Redmile, inset with oval semi-precious cabochon stones and mounted with a nautilus shell, on a square metal plinth base,
40cm long
18cm wide
27cm high
£200 - 300
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LOT 66
LOT 70
An brass-mounted storage chest, 20th century, Indian or Zanzibar, the top, front and sides with pierced and engraved brass plates, studwork and gadrooned bosses,
100cm wide
43cm deep
50cm high
£300 - 500
A hardwood and brass-mounted storage chest, c.1880-1900, Zanzibar, the hinged top enclosing a side box, the front with a hinged latch, with pierced panels and studwork, over three drawers on a shaped apron stand, with iron loop handles and side carrying handles, the back plain, 104cm wide
43.5cm deep
50cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 71
Spare lot
LOT 69
LOT 72 G
A large plaster and painted bust of ‘The Augustus of Prima Porta’, late 19th/20th century after the antique, raised on a turned socle,
62cm wide
28cm deep
82cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 73
A pair of parcel-gilt pedestals, 20th century, French, each octagonal top on a spiral-fluted to faceted column, mounted with a shield, on an octagonal to square base,
37cm wide
37cm deep
130cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 74
A painted wooden cupboard, of recent manufacture, in the Chinese style, the panelled front decorated with figures within landscape scenes, 101cm wide
50cm deep
97cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 75 G
Cuzco School, 19th century
The Virgin and Child oil on canvas
50.5 x 38cm, unframed
£300 - 500
76 G
A large Mannerist plaster figure of John the Baptist, late 18th/early 19th century after a 15th-century original, modelled holding a honeycomb, 36cm wide
40cm deep
142cm high, raised on a later plaster and composite plinth,
52cm wide
53cm deep
60cm high (2)
£3,000 - 5,000
LOT 77 G
An icon of the Miracle of George about the Serpent, 19th century, Russian, probably Arkhangelsk, pigment on panel with a silver-plated oklad,
72 x 65cm
£600 - 800
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LOT 78 G
An over-life-sized carved limestone bust, 18th century, raised on a waisted socle and square base, probably later, inscribed ‘AU.CAESAR’, 72cm wide
35cm deep
101cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 79
French School, c.1870
Four cherubs watercolour en grisaille heightened with white
56 x 72cm, in a walnut frame
£300 - 500
LOT 80
A walnut and brass stick stand, 19th century, with a scrolling loop handle and four divisions, above a reeded column and a leaf-capped rectangular base, 46cm wide
28cm deep
93cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 81 G
A composite stone figure of a classical maiden, late 20th century, depicted leaning on a tree stump, 40cm wide
38cm deep
118cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 82 G
A plaster frieze, 19th century, after the antique, depicting a battle scene between a Grecian soldier and an Amazon, cast from a Roman marble sarcophagus at the Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, 82cm wide
8cm deep
52cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 83 G
A Louis XV-style carved giltwood console table, late 18th century, the shaped Breccia Violetta top raised on a carved scrolling base, centred with a coat of arms with fleur-de-lys detail, 131cm wide
65cm deep
84cm high
£300 - 500
84 G
A large pair of ebony and lacquered elephants, probably 18th century, Indian, each modelled standing with a curled trunk and inset eyes,
34cm long
24cm wide
39cm high (2)
£1,200 - 1,800
85 G
A large Shiva Lingam stone, 19th/20th century, Indian, of typical ovoid form, with a polished finish, having soft brown and red inclusions, 17cm long
£200 - 400
86 G
A bronze figural group, 19th century, Indian, depicting Shiva and Parvati seated on Nandi, with octagonal stand, 15.5cm wide
17cm deep
32cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 87 G
A large gilt-iron Buddhist lion, in Tang-dynasty style, one front foot raised on a ball, 35cm wide
22cm deep
25cm high
£300 - 500
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88 G
A carved horn brush washer, 20th century, Chinese, carved in relief with lotus and animal motifs, 9cm wide
7.5cm deep
3.5cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 89 G
A pair of carved, gilt and lacquered headboards, each with shaped and scrolled blind fretwork with birds, on red-lacquered panels, 179cm wide
164cm high (2)
£300 - 500
90 G
A hardwood carved stand, 19th century, Chinese, with a carved rock crystal sphere, 29cm wide
18cm deep
16cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 91
A small painted pine chest, 19th century, Tibetan, with all-over floral and foliate decoration and metal mounts, 80cm wide
27cm deep
35cm high
£300 - 500
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LOT 92 G
A group of eight ceremonial Daoist scrolls, late Ming dynasty, Chinese, including the pantheon of deities and various other examples, pigment on paper, 117 x 5cm (8)
£300 - 500
LOT 93 G
A group of eight ceremonial Daoist scrolls, late Ming dynasty, Chinese, including Tai Wei, the High Officer, and other deities in imperial robes, pigment on paper, 117 x 45cm (8)
£300 - 500
LOT 94 G
A group of four Daoist ceremonial scrolls, late Ming Dynasty, Chinese, pigment on paper, 41 x 20cm (4)
£150 - 250
LOT 95 G
A group of three Daoist scrolls, late Ming Dynasty, Chinese, one example of the pantheon of deities, pigment on paper, 133 x 49.5cm (3)
£100 - 150
LOT 96 G
A series of five Daoist scrolls, late Ming Dynasty, Chinese, of rectangular form depicting various deities, including Lingbao Tianzun, pigment on paper, 123 x 53cm (5)
£200 - 400
LOT 97 G
A group of seven ceremonial Daoist scrolls, late Ming Dynasty, Chinese, including Tsiep Tin Ling Hang, The Ten God Tribunals of Purgatory, pigment on paper, 119 x 48.5cm (7)
£300 - 500
LOT 98 G
A group of eight ceremonial Daoist scrolls, late Ming Dynasty, Chinese, including three with bearded deities seated wearing richly decorated robes, Heng Fei, the pantheon of Taoist gods, and others, pigment on paper, approximately 121 x 48cm (8)
£300 - 500
LOT 99 G
A group of six ceremonial Daoist scrolls, late Ming Dynasty, Chinese, five depicting various deities, the sixth of a marshal, 115 x 48cm (6)
£300 - 500
99 part lot
98 part lot
97 part lot
96 part lot
LOT 100 G
A Florentine carved giltwood mirror, early 19th century, Italian, the rectangular plate within a pierced foliate frame inset with scrolls, 106cm wide
78cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 101 G
After Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger, ‘Taurea Romain’, 1858, inscribed to the base, with foundry mark of ‘F Barbedienne Fondeur’, 22cm wide
19cm deep
21cm high
£500 - 800
102
A carved hardwood mask, probably 20th century, Côte d’Ivoire, Dan people, a carved wood mask with perforated eyes and mouth, woven matting and hair coiffure, mounted with seven bells, with further woven matting and hair, on an iron stand, 18cm wide 28cm deep
26.5cm high
£300 - 500
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LOT 103 G
A bronze tripod jardinière, 19th century, Italian, after the Pompeian antique, the circular bowl with a pierced gallery and raised on three classical male figures, damage, 14cm diameter
24cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 104 G
After Benvenuto Cellini, c.1900, Italian, a bronze figural group of Perseus beheading Medusa, raised on a Siena marble socle, 13cm diameter
46cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 105 G
A walnut side table, 19th century, Spanish or Portuguese, the rectangular top inlaid with tricolour metal wire in scrolling and foliate designs, over a single frieze drawer, raised on turned legs united by a shaped stretcher, 75cm wide
52cm deep
77cm high
£400 - 600
A pair of baroque-style carved and painted sconces, 19th century, Spanish, each centred with a winged cherub’s head beneath a shell, flanked by foliate scrolls, 32cm wide
16cm deep
55cm high (2)
£600 - 800
A carved and gilt torchère, 19th century in the 18th-century-Spanish style, the baluster column support with carved leaf and beaded moulding, raised on a scrolling triform base and lion’s paw feet,
47cm wide
47cm deep
158cm high
£300 - 500
A neoclassical painted pine pier mirror, c.1800, Italian, with a Greek key-decorated border above a pair of column pilasters, flanking a mercury glass plate, 118cm wide
173cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 106
LOT 107
LOT 108
LOT 109 G
A silver-gilt-mounted triton (Charonia tritonis) shell, by Cal Howard, London, 1977, with electroform lattice mounts, marked to the mount, 19cm wide
15cm deep
14cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 110 G
A large lignum vitae pestle and mortar, 17th/18th century, the mortar of waisted form with banded decoration, 21cm diameter
22.5cm high, the double-ended pestle with a central knop (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 111 G
A giltwood and gesso console table, c.1840, Italian, with a serpentine-fronted scagliola top, set with a central chevron and lozenge armorial with lances and ribbons, the stand with elaborate rococo scrolls, 104cm wide
41cm deep
86cm high
£300 - 500
Dag Hol (Norwegian, b.1951)
A mountainous view with cottages and a waterfall oil on canvas
120 x 150cm
£300 - 500
After Arnolfo di Cambio, a bronze figure of St Peter, 19th century or earlier, modelled in a seated position, holding a key in his left hand and giving a blessing with his right,
36cm wide
49cm deep
90cm high
£400 - 600
A large laminated pine capital, 19th century, the Corinthian capital above a fluted column, 52cm wide
52cm deep
78cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 114 G
LOT 113 G
LOT 112 ▲G
A large rosewood centre table, late 17th/early 18th century, Portuguese, Dutch colonial, having ripple-moulded drawers and dummy drawers to either side, raised on turned legs united by barley twist stretchers, set all-round with pierced metal mounts,
128cm wide
86cm deep
80cm high
£1,500 - 2,500
A teak and brass-mounted pedestal desk by Starbay, of recent manufacture, the leather inset top fitted with a hinged compartment, over an arrangement of drawers, concealed drawers and cupboards beneath, all with recessed brass handles, with a further cupboard to the reverse, inset with maker’s label,
160cm wide
85cm deep
78.5cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 115 G
LOT 116 G
A group of nine Daoist ceremonial scrolls, late 19th/early 20th century, Chinese, one example depicting the ten god tribunals of purgatory, another Hoi Fan, the sea banner or minor altar, and Yang Kin and Sui Fo, approximately 122 x 47cm (9)
£300 - 500
A group of three large Daoist ceremonial scrolls, late Ming dynasty, Chinese, depicting Tai Wei the high constable, Heng Fei, the pantheon of Taoist Gods, and Hoi Fan, the sea banner or minor altar, pigment on paper, each 112 x 48cm (3)
£200 - 300
A series of eight Daoist scrolls, late 19th/early 20th century, Chinese, comprising four with bearded immortals seated wearing richly decorated robes, two depicting the Ten God Tribunals of Purgatory and the thunder god, and two other scrolls of various immortals, pigment on paper, approximately 152 x 53cm (8)
£300 - 500
LOT 117
LOT 118 G
LOT 119 G
119 part lot
118 part lot
120 G
A collection of scrolls and fragments, late Ming dynasty, Chinese, depicting various immortals, largest 52 x 26cm (15)
£100 - 200
121 G
A group of three horizontal Daoist scrolls, late Ming Dynasty, Chinese, each depicting a procession, pigment on paper, largest 25 x 309cm (3) £200 - 300
122 G
A large Tibetan scroll, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), decorated with ten mandalas, each centred with a deity between rolling hills and sky, depicting further deities above and below, 400cm long approximately £1,000 - 1,500
Indian School, 20th century, gouache and watercolour on silk, depicting Ali al-Akbar upon horseback and an elephant within a landscape, 86 x 55cm £300 - 500
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LOT 124 G
A gilt-copper bodhisattva, 16th century, Nepalese, wearing an elaborate headdress with beaded jewellery and an ankle-length dhoti engraved with scrolls, seated cross-legged on a double-lotus pedestal in front of a flame-shaped mandorla, a pair of his hands in front of his chest forming the Anjali mudra, another pair raised on each side holding a lotus flower or a rosary, 12cm wide
6.5cm deep
18cm high
£2,000 - 2,500
LOT 125 G
A gilt-bronze bodhisattva, 17th century, Tibetan, seated on a double-lotus pedestal with his right foot resting on an extended lotus blossom, wearing an elaborate headdress mounted with turquoise and an ankle-length dhoti, his hands in Vitarka mudra, 12cm wide
9cm deep
21cm high
£1,500 - 2,000
LOT 126
Two wood figures, late Qing dynasty, one carved as a warrior wearing full armour, seated on horseback with an attendant, with silver inlaid decoration, 27cm wide
11cm deep
63cm high, the other with an immortal seated on a Buddhist lion, holding a flag, similarly decorated, 62cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 127 G
A gilt-copper repoussé temple plaque, 19th century, Indian, of square form, depicting a dancing female deity with a bird’s legs possibly Kinnari, highlighted in polychrome and raised on a later stand, 40cm wide
12cm deep
43cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 128 G
A bronze figure of the Buddha, probably 17th century, Thai, Sukhothai-style, modelled with a downcast gaze, his tightly curled hair below a flaming ushnisha, 39cm wide
20cm deep
65.5cm high
£2,000 - 3,000
LOT 129 G
A reverse glass painting of a female figure, 20th century, Rajasthan, depicted wearing pearls and jewels, holding an ewer, 41 x 17cm, framed and glazed
£300 - 500
LOT 130
A pair of hardwood panels, 19th century, Burmese, of oval form, each integral frame with deeply carved foliate decoration, enclosing a monk stood beneath an arch, 61cm wide 11cm deep
93cm high (2)
£100 - 150
LOT 131 G
A bronze signal cannon, 18th century, Dutch, the ring-turned barrel cast with dolphin lug mounts and a coat of arms, raised on a later display stand, 86cm wide 17cm deep
27cm high
internal barrel diameter 3.5cm
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 132
Spare lot
133
A large carved sandstone figure of a bishop, probably 18th century, French, wearing a mitre crown and with a long flowing beard, 50cm wide
38cm deep
155cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
134
A limestone ammonite fossil, Cretaceous Period, 145 to 66 million years ago,
27cm wide
8cm deep
22cm high
£150 - 250
135
A large ammonite fossil, Cretaceous period, 145 to 66 million years ago,
37cm wide
8cm deep
33cm high
£200 - 400
136
A fossilised woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) tooth, 23cm wide
10cm deep
16.9cm high including stand (2)
£400 - 600
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LOT 137
A large green-glazed pottery vase, possibly 17th century, Southeast Asian, of baluster form and moulded with lobed and textured decoration, with old iron repair, 40cm diameter
50cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 138
Three silver scroll holders, 19th century, Tibetan, two of tapering cylindrical form with engraved bodies and elaborate panels, each with domed covers inset with turquoise, the other of square sarcophagus form, the largest 5cm diameter
23.5cm long, 16ozt (3)
£150 - 250
139
A polychrome-painted and parcel-gilt bodhisattva, 20th century, Japanese or Korean, modelled standing holding a bowl and cover on a lotus base, with a halo behind, 29cm wide
14cm deep
62cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 140
Three carved wooden and lacquered disciple monks, 20th century, Burmese, each with polychrome decoration, modelled holding a bowl, and raised on a lotus base and later plinth, largest 22cm wide 16cm deep
61cm high (3)
£400 - 600
LOT
141
A carved teak panel, 20th century, Balinese, depicting two figures dancing amongst foliage, 38 x 72.5cm
£100 - 150
142
An alabaster carved figure of Durga, 20th century, Indian, the goddess seated on a lion, 29cm wide
12cm deep
39cm high
£200 - 300
A carved wooden bodhisattva, 19th/20th century, Burmese, modelled standing with eyes downcast, traces of painted decoration, raised on a later display stand, 26cm wide
26cm deep
115cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 143
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A group of Miao embroidered baby carriers, mid to late 20th-century, Chinese, Guizhou, each T-shape carrier with straps, worked in silks with a variety of stitches including French knots, chain and couched, with indigo-dyed backs, 60cm wide without straps 98cm long, together with a further blue embroidered example, 133cm wide 79cm long (6) £300 - 500
See Gina Corrigan, ‘Miao Textiles from China’, University of Washington Press, July 2001, p.74.
A beaded ceremonial tunic, 20th century, Nigeria, Yoruba, with glass beads and cowrie shells on a linen ground, decorated throughout with masks and stylised animals, 231 x 78cm £300 - 500
LOT 146
A large patchwork and embroidered wall hanging, mid-20th century, Pakistan, decorated with foliate designs within square panels and banded boarders, and set with mirrored tiles, 220 x 180cm, together with a further similar, smaller, panel centred with a star, 170 x 133cm (2) £200 - 300
LOT 144
LOT 145
LOT 147
A large bronze model of Shiva Nataraja, 20th century, Indian, the dancing four-armed deity holding attributes of a drum and flame, within a large mandala, with one foot resting on Apasmara Purusha on a stepped lotus base,
51cm diameter
18cm deep
65cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 148
A carved hardwood lion, early 20th century, Indian, the recumbent beast with inset eyes and teeth, on a canted rectangular base,
84cm wide
17cm deep
27cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 149
A flat-weave kilim runner, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs in polychrome colours, 200 x 66cm
£150 - 250
LOT 150
A fossil marble mirror, of recent manufacture, with an asymmetric frame around a shaped plate, with ammonite and belemnite inclusions,
89cm wide
65cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 151
A pair of fossil marble mirrors, of recent manufacture, each with an asymmetrical frame and a shaped plate, with ammonite and belemnite inclusions,
95cm wide
66cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 152
A small ivor y-inlaid rosewood writing cabinet, late 19th/early 20th century, Anglo-Indian, the upper section with a fitted letter rack and turned finials, above two carved doors revealing a fall-front with a glass panel, over a single drawer,
37cm wide
28cm deep
48cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 153
An Art Deco moulded glass and bronze wall light, 20th century, French, of hexagonal form, by Verreries des Hanots,
39cm wide
12cm deep
39cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 154
A set of eight stained, lacquered and gilt wooden panels, 20th century, Chinese, each decorated with flowers and figures,
28cm wide
147cm high (8)
£200 - 400
LOT 155
An oak side table, early 19th century, with a single drawer over a fret-cut apron, the square legs united by stretchers,
86cm wide
52cm deep
75cm high
£200 - 300
156
A wool carpet, of recent manufacture, the red ground with a navy and cream medallion, the spandrels similarly decorated, 307 x 198cm
£200 - 300
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LOT 157
A Renaissance-style bronzed-metal plaque, 20th century, decorated in repoussé, with a cherub holding a rectangular casket aloft amongst acanthus scrolls,
50 x 27.5cm
£100 - 200
LOT 158
A silvered-bronze centrepiece, 19th century, modelled as a cherub picking grapes from a vine, the top of basket form, with an associated sphere, 15cm wide
15cm deep
35.5cm high
sphere 11cm diameter (2)
£80 - 120
LOT 159
A large green-glazed terracotta jardinière, 19th century, French, in the manner of Théodore Deck, the body moulded with Isnik-inspired foliate designs, raised on a circular spreading foot and a faceted ebonised base with castors, 49cm diameter
58cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 160
After Bertel Thorvaldsen, 20th century, a composite plaque of Cupid and Bacchus, in a distressed, painted and marbled frame, 68.5 x 83.5cm overall
£250 - 350
Chinks Vere Grylls (b.1949)
Four-fold smoke glass screen, 1979 framed in ebonised mahogany with interlocking fixed hinging each panel 155cm x 51cm
£400 - 600
Based in Somerset, Chinks Vere Grylls is a designer and maker of architectural stained and painted glass. In 1989, she was commissioned to make the glass window for The Wilson Art Gallery & Museum in Cheltenham.
A folding trestle table, of recent manufacture, the narrow red-painted top on a folding iron base, 186cm wide
45cm deep
76cm high
£200 - 300
A set of five cast-bronze door handles from the ‘Lady Moura’, 20th century, each cast with the initials ‘LM’ and with a reeded edge, four 11cm diameter
9cm deep
14.5cm overall, one 8mm diameter
6.5cm deep
10.5cm overall (5)
£200 - 300
Provenance: ‘Lady Moura’ is a private luxury yacht. She was the ninth largest private yacht when she was launched in 1990 for $200 million.
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Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (French, 1788-1856), 19th century, French, a bronze figure of Ambroise Paré, signed ‘P. J. David, F. Barbedienne Fondeur’ and dated ‘1840’, 18cm wide
18cm deep
48cm high
£500 - 800
A large carved walnut relief, 15th or 16th century, Flemish, ‘The Descent from the Cross’, probably previously from an altarpiece, 63cm wide
14cm deep
75cm high
£600 - 800
A gilt-copper panel of a lion, 17th century, Tibetan, the repoussé lion depicted with its arms raised, on a later display stand, 47cm wide
15cm deep
58cm high
£400 - 600
A walnut coffer, 18th/19th century, Spanish, the lift-up top opening to reveal a compartment, over an arcaded front set with a single cupboard, raised on turned bun feet, 136cm wide
54cm deep
69cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 167
LOT 165
LOT 166
to Hendrik
(Flemish, 1654-1
LOT 168
Attributed
Frans Verbruggen
724), a pair of large, baroque, carved oak, herald angels, each modelled contrapposto with wings spread, blowing a giltwood trumpet, approximately 99cm wide
70cm deep
140cm high (2)
£3,000 - 5,000
169
A pair of composition pedestals, of recent manufacture after the antique, each of stepped rectangular form, bearing a Greek funerary inscription to the back and front, 52cm wide
45cm deep
70cm high (2)
£400 - 600
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LOT 170
A ‘Chi Wara’ antelope headdress, 20th century, Mali, Bambara, with an applied metal neck brace, 98cm long
17cm wide
41cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 171
A carved wooden polychrome-painted post finial, 20th century, Central Africa, set with metal plates, 13cm wide
10.5cm deep
50cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 172
A carved male figure, 20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hemba people, the squared shoulders leading to arms bent at the elbows and with hands resting on the slightly enlarged stomach, and the beard framing the face with large almond-shaped eyes, on a later stand,
11cm wide
8cm deep
30.5cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 173
A carved equestrian figure, 17th-20th century, Mali, Dogon, the horseman with a raised arm and prominent jaw, 44cm wide
33cm deep
117cm high
£600 - 800
A carved wooden horn, 20th century, Republic of the Congo, the mouthpiece carved with masks, 12cm diameter
98cm long
£200 - 300
A collection of ten African carved wood figures, 20th century, the largest with a cowrie shell dress, largest 22cm wide 11cm deep 21cm high (10)
£400 - 600
LOT 175
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LOT 176
A painted Ngil-type mask, 20th century, Gabon, Fang people, with a peg through the nose and pouting mouth, raised on a metal stand, 20cm wide
16cm deep
50cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 177
A painted Ngil-type mask, Gabon, Fang people, with elongated nose, leading to raised, arched brows, with narrow cutout eyes below, 24cm wide
16cm deep
53cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 178
A carved mask, 20th century, Gabon, Punu people, the face decorated in ochre, white and red, 22cm wide
19cm deep
34cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 179
A large painted Ngil-type mask, 20th century, Gabon, Fang people, the large forehead inset with cowrie shells, above an elongated nose, leading to raised, arched brows, with narrow cut-out eyes below, and raised on a metal stand,
33cm wide
18cm deep
56cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 180
An Ngil-type carved mask, 20th century, Gabon, Fang people, with a white clay painted face, highlighted in black details, with woven and iron-mounted repairs, mounted on a later display stand, 23cm wide
26cm deep
56cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 181
A painted mask, 20th century, south eastern Nigeria, with zig zag decoration to the white face, with stand, 28cm wide
17cm deep
43cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 182
A painted mask
20th century, Gabon, Fang people, the elongated nose leading to raised, arched brows, with narrow cut-out eyes below, painted in white pigment, with a later stand, 25cm wide
18cm deep
60cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 183
A carved marble of a classical woman, 19th century, Italian, the figure standing beside an urn, whilst fastening a bracelet,
31cm wide
28cm deep
95cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
LOT 184
A three-fold fire screen, 20th century, the faux bamboo-framed panels, set with painted reserves, each decorated with blue and white vases, 120cm wide
109cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 185
A wool rug, of recent manufacture, the central field with a red-ground hexagonal field within a navy blue border, 146 x 67cm
£100 - 200
Six various erotic carved teak door panels, 19th century, Indian, each ornately decorated and carved in relief with scenes from the Kama Sutra within foliate borders, largest 183 x 90cm (6)
£600 - 800
A rustic olivewood bench, of recent manufacture, the rustic top raised on end supports, united by stretchers,
130cm wide
37cm deep
43cm high
£200 - 300
A painted jardinière, 20th century, in the Japanese style, of coopered form decorated with carp, with a brass handle to either side, converted for use as an occasional table, fitted with a glass top,
42cm diameter
72cm high
£200 - 400
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LOT 189
J Colquhoun (20th century)
Sloop signed and dated ‘J Colquhoun 94’ l.r., oil on canvas
42 x 52cm
£100 - 200
LOT 190
J Colquhoun (20th century)
Figures on a sailing boat
signed and dated ‘J Colquhoun 94’ l.l., oil on canvas
42 x 52cm
£100 - 200
LOT 191 ▲
Matthew Alexander (b.1953)
‘The Butt and Oyster, Pin Mill’ signed ‘M C Alexander’ l.l., oil on board
49 x 69cm
£300 - 400
LOT 192 ▲
James Hardy (b.1937)
A battle at sea
signed ‘JAMES HARDY’ l.r., oil on canvas
43.5 x 77cm
£200 - 400
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James Hardy (b.1937)
American warships off the coast signed ‘JAMES HARDY’ l.r., oil on canvas laid on board
51 x 76cm
£150 - 200
LOT 194
German Naive School, in the manner of Lars Petter Sjöström
A portrait of the 19th-century ship ‘Der Versuch’ inscribed ‘Der Versuch von Stralsund Capt. V Lachmund’, oil on board
40 x 47cm, framed and glazed
£200 - 400
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Bert Wright (b.1930) ‘Maldon’; ‘Entering Portsmouth Harbour’ a pair, both signed ‘Bert Wright’ l.r., watercolour over pencil
54 x 73cm (2)
£200 - 300
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Matthew Alexander (b.1953)
‘End of the Day, Maldon, Essex’ signed ‘M C Alexander’ l.l., oil on board
51 x 76cm
£400 - 600
LOT 197 ▲
Matthew Alexander (b.1953) ‘Barges Moored at Faversham Creek’ signed ‘M C Alexander’ l.r., oil on board
51 x 76cm
£400 - 600
LOT 198 ▲
Bryan Pearce (1929-2007)
‘The Stone Boat at Newlyn’ etching, signed and dated ‘Bryan Pearce/72’ in pencil l.r., and numbered ‘7/30’, also signed, inscribed with title and dated verso plate 11.5 x 14cm
£100 - 150
LOT 199
Brian Ballagh (20th century)
‘Lakeside Path’ signed ‘BALLAGH’ l.r., oil on canvas
70.5 x 91cm
£30 - 50
LOT 200
Two shipwreck items of glass comprising a ‘horse hoof’ onion bottle, early 18th century, and a tapered spirit bottle, 19th century, the onion bottle 10cm wide
10cm deep
26cm high (2)
£250 - 350
LOT 201
Two wooden model canoes or shields, 19th/20th century, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, each carved with a stylised figural prow head, and decorated with traces of natural pigments, largest 14cm wide
15cm deep
188cm high (2)
£300 - 400
LOT 202
A gimballed brass ship’s compass, 20th century, by Plath Geomar, Madrid and Hamburg, numbered ‘734’, in a cylindrical brass case, 28cm diameter
18.5cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 203
A large painted model of a boat, 19th/20th century, Balinese, with painted polychrome decoration, raised on a wooden stand, 107cm wide
42cm deep
95cm high (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 204
A group of carved wood boats, 20th century, Balinese, each variously styled, with remnants of green and red paint, one example with a stand,
largest 101cm long
16cm wide
16cm high (4)
£300 - 500
LOT 205
Two painted hardwood models of boats, Balinese, each with a distressed painted wooden hull, tapering mast and string rigging, largest 113cm wide
36cm deep
77cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 206
A gilt composition oval mirror, 18th century and later, Italian, with bold foliate scrolls, 90cm wide
130cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 207
A bronzed-metal teapot, 19th/20th century, Indian, decorated with stylised trailing vines and etched motifs, 24cm wide
16cm deep
27cm high
£60 - 80
LOT 208
A painted pine chest, 19th century, Tibetan, with all-over floral and foliate decoration and metal mounts, 92cm wide
38cm deep
51cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 209
An archaic-style brass lamp, 20th century, Chinese, with a pair of ring handles, and decorated with stylised scrolls and masks, mounted on an ebonised base, 24cm wide
20cm deep
59cm high
£200 - 400
An archaic Greek-style bronze, of recent manufacture, modelled as a seated female figure holding a mirror, 14cm wide
16cm deep
42cm high
£200 - 300
A large flat-weave wool runner, of recent manufacture, the central fields with alternating bands of geometric and foliate designs, 357 x 165cm
£150 - 250
212
A wool carpet, of recent manufacture, Kazak, the central field with three diamond motifs on a red ground, within multiple foliate and waved borders, 262 x 162cm
£100 - 200
A carved wooden figure of Guanyin, 20th century, Chinese, modelled standing wearing a flowing robe, holding a beaded necklace and a pearl, 26cm wide
26cm deep
112cm high
£400 - 600
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A bronze and cloisonné enamel Buddha, mid to late 20th century, Chinese, modelled seated on an integral lotus-flower stand, marked with cast seal mark beneath, 35cm wide
35cm deep
60cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 215
A gilt-lacquer wood and composition figure of seated Buddha, early 20th century, Chinese, depicted seated with hands and legs folded, 34cm wide
24cm deep
49cm high
£80 - 120
A pair of carved wooden panels, 19th century, Indonesian, each decorated in polychrome and depicting Wayang Kulit, 77cm wide
5cm deep
102cm high (2)
£200 - 400
A carved wood and inset marble eight-fold table screen, late 19th/early 20th century, Chinese, the central panels depicting figures in a landscape amongst clouds, between further panels of calligraphy, figures and precious objects, each panel 65 x 12cm (8)
£300 - 500
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LOT 218
A carved wood and painted Buddha, 19th/20th century, Chinese, modelled seated, decorated in polychrome, with gilt highlights,
49cm wide
43cm deep
73cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 219
A painted and lacquered wooden folding altar, 18th/19th century, Tibetan, the front decorated with pierced and carved panels, within a faux bamboo frame, 65cm wide
31cm deep
31cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 220
A large hardwood door, 20th century, South East Asian, the frame and door relief carved with flowers, highlighted in polychrome and gilt
102cm wide
15cm deep
212cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 221
A pair of carved teak panels, 19th/20th century, carved in deep relief with deities, one depicting Indra riding an elephant, the other with Shiva and Nandi, each within a rosewood frame, 60cm wide
10cm deep
66cm high (2)
£300 - 400
LOT 223
A gilt-bronze figure of seated Buddha, 17th/18th century, Tibetan, modelled seated in Dhyana mudra on a lotus base,
40cm wide
17cm deep
52cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
A Genoese walnut writing desk, 16th/17th century, Italian, the lift-up top opening to reveal a fitted interior, raised on shaped end supports,
138cm wide
56cm deep
82cm deep
£800 - 1,200
LOT 224
A pair of cast-bronze phurba, 20th century, Tibetan, each with a horse-head finial over three masks and two tiers of eagle heads, each on an ebonised display stand, 18cm wide
10cm deep
70cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 222
LOT 227
A pierced and carved buffalo horn ceremonial spoon, probably 20th century, Indonesia, Timor, with a pierced handle and raised on a later stand,
7cm wide
7cm deep
38cm high overall
£200 - 300
An Afshar wool rug, of recent manufacture, the central field with three diamond-form motifs on a dark navy ground, within further geometric borders, woven in pinks, blues and cream, 228 x 171cm
£200 - 400
A gilt-lacquered wood Buddha, 19th/20th century, Japanese, wearing a long robe, seated cross-legged on a double-lotus platform, all on a shaped hexagonal pedestal carved with floral panels and waves, 30cm wide
48cm high
£100 - 200
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LOT 228
Two Imari dishes, Meiji period (1868-1912), Japanese, one of shaped square form, the other of shaped circular form, both painted with a jardinière of flowers, larger 31cm diameter (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 229
An Imari porcelain hexagonal jardinière, 19th century, Japanese, with a wide rim over tapering sides, decorated with phoenixes and dragons, raised on a shaped stand, 23cm diameter
24cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 230
A collection of painted character dolls, 19th/20th century, Japanese, each variously modelled, largest 26cm wide
25cm deep
27cm high (9)
£200 - 400
LOT 231
A bronze vase, 20th century, Japanese, of globular form, cast with egrets and birds perched on a pine tree, the cylindrical neck entwined with a dragon, 13cm diameter
29.5cm high, and a bronze group, 20th century, Chinese, with Guanyin seated on the back of a Buddhist lion, with a six-character Xuande mark to the back and to the base, 22cm wide
13cm deep
28cm high (2)
£500 - 800
LOT 232
A pair of cloisonné vases, 20th century, Japanese, each enamelled with birds perched on a blossoming tree, against a blue ground, 32cm high (2)
£200 - 300
Provenance: The Collection of Lady Norah Docker.
LOT 233
A small model Samurai armour display, 20th century, Japanese, decorated in tones of red, green and gilt, raised on an ebonised wooden stand, 31cm wide
28cm deep
101cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 234
A pine and painted altar cupboard, 19th century, Tibetan, the twin-panelled front with a single door, painted throughout with scrolling foliate designs, 66cm wide
39cm deep
32cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 236
An Art Deco-style column, of recent manufacture, decorated in gilt and painted with Japonesque designs of a peacock amongst foliage, 32cm diameter
107cm high
£200 - 300
After Renato Bertelli, a continuous plaster profile of Sir Alfred Hitchcock, signed to the base ‘EFI III/IV F Barthelot’, 30cm diameter
39cm high
£200 - 400
A large hardwood mortar and pestle, 19th/20th century, possibly Burkina Faso, with a distressed finish, raised on a circular foot, mortar 34cm diameter
53cm high, pestle 155cm long (2)
£200 - 400
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A Keshan wool rug, of recent manufacture, Persian, the central field with scrolling foliage and a medallion, on an olive-green ground, 200 x 120cm
£100 - 200
LOT 239
A silk embroidered panel, 20th century, Chinese, the central rectangular field embroidered with lotus on a red ground, within a garden-setting border,
27.5 x 16cm, framed and glazed
£80 - 120
LOT 240
A provincial elm and pine cupboard, late 19th/early 20th century, Chinese, fitted with an arrangement of doors, drawers and pierced slides, 106cm wide
52cm deep
164cm high
£400 - 600
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LOT 242
A pair of soapstone figural seals, Republic period (1911-1949), Chinese, each reclining figure mounted on a rectangular base carved with lotus flowers, 7cm wide
3.5cm deep
13cm high (2)
£100 - 200
A glass bottle vase, 20th century, Italian, with pulegoso-type bubble decoration, 15cm diameter
35cm high
£100 - 150
A linoleum and metal-mounted upright trunk, the hinged top with double latches, opening to reveal two leather straps, the interior now with printed floral panels, with leather carrying handle, mounted with an enamelled plaque ‘I.F.’, labelled ‘ESPECIALIDAD EN CAJAS Y CUBETAS DE
FIBRA BAYER SA Consulado 31 Barcelona’, 72cm wide
46.5cm deep
90cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 244
A pair of gilt-lacquered wood carvings, late Qing dynasty, Chinese, of a pair of Buddhist lions, both seated on their haunches, with bulging eyes beneath bushy brows, a knobbly spine extending down the back with ruyi snout and curly hair, leading to a large bushy tail, one playing with a cub, the other with a brocade ball, 45cm wide
19cm deep
46cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 241
LOT 243
A Longquan ware plate, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chinese, the shallow, heavily potted sides, rising from a short tapering foot to a channelled rim, the centre moulded with florets enclosed by a ribbed border, 28.5cm diameter
5.5cm high
£200 - 400
A thangka of Tsongkhapa, 20th century, Tibetan, the main figure seated on an elaborate throne with a halo behind, surrounded by attendants, pigment on cloth, 96 x 66cm, framed and glazed
£200 - 300
A parcel-gilt bronze figure of a bodhisattva, 17th century or later, Tibetan, modelled seated in the Dharmachakra mudra, wearing flowing robes and a headdress, 9cm wide
8cm deep
18cm high
£300 - 500
A hollow-cast bronze figure of Jambhala, 20th century, Chinese or Tibetan, cast holding a mongoose and a lemon, 25cm wide
13cm deep
28cm high, together with a further bronze bodhisattva, 20th century, 25cm wide
15cm deep
34cm high (2)
£200 - 300
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A walnut side table, 17th century, Spanish, with two frieze drawers, geometrically carved, raised on turned supports united by stretchers, 100cm wide
62cm deep
77cm high
£500 - 800
LOT 250
A wool rug, Persian, the central cream field with a dark brown medallion, and red and yellow spandrels, within multiple foliate borders, 160 x 100cm
£100 - 150
LOT 251
A brass alloy temple horse, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, mounted with saddle and bridle, raised on pierced convex wheels, 30cm wide
15cm deep
30.5cm high, together with two further, similar wheeled animals, a horse and an elephant, elephant 17cm long
13cm wide
20cm high (3)
£300 - 500
252
A flat-weave kilim rug, of recent manufacture, the central field with alternating diamond motifs in yellows and browns, within geometrically decorated borders,
249 x 171cm
£150 - 250
LOT 253
A black and gilt-japanned chest on stand, 18th century, Indo-Dutch, with chinoiserie painted decoration depicting figures, animals, buildings, landscapes and ships, above a later stand with baluster legs united with a wavy stretcher,
96cm wide
54cm deep
130cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
Provenance: The estate of the 1st Baron & Lady Craigmyle
254
A carved alabaster group, probably 19th century, in the 15th-century Florentine style, ‘The Abduction of Europa’, after the antique, 30cm wide
10cm deep
22cm high
£400 - 600
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Stanley Nicholson Babb FRBS (1874-1957), a pottery figure of a female nude holding an oil lamp, stamped to the base ‘S.Nicholson.Babb.F.R.B.S’ and dated ‘1933’, mounted on a stepped wooden base, 18cm wide
12cm deep
38cm high including base
£100 - 150
LOT 256
A delft pot, c.1890s, Dutch, the ribbed cylindrical body polychrome-decorated with panels of flower bowls, interspersed with floral garlands, with lug handles, marked ‘H.V.’ to the underside, 26cm diameter
16.5cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 257
A pair of baroque-style giltwood and etched-glass wall mirrors, 19th century, North Italian, each frame with a mask crest over acanthus scrolls and foliate motifs, the plate decorated with a male or female figure, 44cm wide
98cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 258
A Greek-style stele, of recent manufacture, plaster and composite, inscribed front and back in Greek and raised on a plinth base, 52cm wide
30cm deep
71cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 259
An ebonised desk stand, 19th century, Anglo-Indian, with an elephant with engraved brass mounts and ivory tusks, flanked to each side by turned finials, an ivory handle to the drawer, 37cm wide
27cm deep
28.5cm high
£250 - 350
LOT 260
An occasional table in the form of a stack of books, 20th century, with a leather-clad surface, the lid lifting to reveal a papered interior, 53cm wide
41cm wide
51cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 261
A Kashan wool rug, of recent manufacture, Persian, the central blue-ground field with a medallion and scrolling foliage, within multiple cream-ground foliate borders, 200 x 116cm
£200 - 300
A pierced and carved hardwood panel, 20th century, decorated with birds amongst scrolling foliage, 48 x 78cm
£150 - 250
LOT 263
A carved wood calendar, 19th century, Indonesian, the rectangular panel with a curved pediment above, mounted on a later stand, calendar 26cm wide
12cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 264
A large library jib door, 20th century, the front fitted with faux shelves and book spines, with a panelled reverse, 75.5cm wide 205cm high
£300 - 400
LOT 265
A large group of tribal items, 20th century, including dart quivers, wind chimes, a carved wood dish, a flute and other containers, dish 28cm diameter (qty.)
£200 - 400
LOT 262
A carved mask, 20th century, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule people, with remnants of a carved woven beard, with a later metal stand, 18cm wide
18cm deep
61cm high (2)
£300 - 500
A carved mask, Nigeria, Mumuye people, with painted polychrome decoration, on a later iron stand, 22cm wide
24cm deep
43cm high (2)
£600 - 800
A ‘korwar’ ancestor figure, New Guinea, the larger figure holding a shield pierced and carved with scrolls, the smaller figure with outspread arms at the centre, 11cm wide
9.5cm deep
14.5cm high
£250 - 350
LOT 269
A Fang reliquary figure, early 20th century, Gabon or Equatorial Guinea, 18cm wide
18cm deep
54cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 270
A Hemba male figure, late 19th/early 20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the pointed face with a cross-hatched beard and headdress, the hands placed either side of the torso, on a later metal stand, 20cm wide
15cm deep
76cm high (2)
£300 - 500
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LOT 271
A qingbai-glazed funerary jar and cover, Southern Song/Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century, Chinese, with applied scrolls above the shoulder, 16cm diameter
70cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 272
Two stoneware bowls, Yuan to Ming dynasty, Chinese, one covered with an amber glaze, the other with light blue, largest 16.8cm diameter 6.4cm high (2)
£100 - 150
LOT 273
A distressed pine table, of recent manufacture, Chinese, the six-plank top raised on end supports united by stretchers, 200cm long
99cm wide
78cm high
£600 - 800
274
A collection of four stoneware bowls, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), Chinese, covered with celadon, amber or black glaze, largest 17.7cm diameter
5.5cm high (4)
£100 - 200
275
A Longquan ware bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), Chinese, of conical form on a circular foot, decorated with petals, covered with a lustrous green glaze, 20.5cm diameter
9cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 276
A qingbai-glazed bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), Chinese, the deep rounded sides rising from a short circular foot, incised with stylised leaves, covered with a pale blue glaze, 19.7cm diameter
6cm high
£200 - 400
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A group of textiles, 20th century, South Asian, comprising three choli blouses, variously decorated with geometric designs, 57 x 58cm, together with a Suzani fragment, 20th century, Uzbekistan, 60 x 58 (4)
£100 - 200
LOT 278
A group of textiles, 20th century, South Asian, comprising two pairs of trousers and four fragments, 99 x 81cm (6)
£100 - 200
LOT 279
A Kanduri shrine cloth, late 19th century, Indian, stitched in appliqué with a procession of figures and elephants, 134 x 130.5cm
£200 - 400
LOT 280
An embroidered panel, 20th century, Indian, woven with sequins, beads and gold-coloured metal thread, depicting peacocks and scrolling foliage above the Taj Mahal, on a light blue ground, 98 x 40cm
£100 - 200
LOT 281
A group of textiles, 20th century, South Asian, comprising a Chinese tunic-style textile and a South Asian choli blouse decorated with mirrors, tunic 70 x 80cm wide, together with an embroidered cap (3)
£150 - 200
LOT 282
An elm clothes rail, 20th century, Chinese, with a pierced banded rail between two trestle ends, 161cm wide
38cm deep
142cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 285
A blue and white brush washer, late Qing dynasty, Chinese, of compressed globular form with an everted rim, inscribed with poems from the Tang dynasty, 22cm diameter
7cm high
£150 - 250
A collection of seven black-glazed jars, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, each of tapering cylindrical form, flanked by two loop handles to the waisted neck, covered with a black glaze draining from the rim and falling short of the foot, revealing the dark brown body, 9.5 to 14cm diameter
12 to 16cm high (7)
£200 - 400
A flambé-glazed jar, late Qing dynasty, Chinese, of ovoid form, covered with a red glaze, thinning to white at the rim, 11cm diameter 13cm high, and an iron-red incense burner, possibly late Ming dynasty, Chinese, of ovoid form with a waisted neck, 12.5cm diameter 14cm high (2)
£200 - 400
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A collection of five blue-glazed jugs, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, each of tapering form with four loop handles to the shoulder, covered with a blue glaze, largest 11cm diameter
14cm high (5)
£100 - 200
LOT 287
Three porcelain incense burners, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, comprising: one on three stud feet with loop handles, covered with a brown glaze, 15cm diameter
8cm high, one with Buddhist lion handles, covered with a brown glaze, 12.5cm diameter, and another with Buddhist lion handles, covered with a pale blue glaze, 14.5cm diameter (3)
£200 - 400
LOT 288
A blanc de Chine incense burner, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, with shallow sides rising to an inverted rim, supported by three mask and paw feet, 13.2cm diameter
7cm high, and another two, Republic period (1912-1949), Chinese, each compressed globular body rising from a circular foot, flanked by two Buddhist lion handles, 13.5 and 14cm diameter (3)
£200 - 300
LOT 289
An export gilt-lacquered table cabinet, late Qing dynasty, Chinese, fitted with four short drawers and three long drawers, with ivory handles, decorated to each panel with figures in a landscape,
29cm wide
19cm deep
32cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 290
An oak and ebony-inlaid linen or book press, 18th century, the upper section with foliate-carved decoration, over a single drawer, and raised on baluster-turned legs united by stretchers,
62cm wide
55cm deep
179cm high
£300 - 400
LOT 291
A Kerman rug, 20th century, Persian, the central cream ground decorated with animals, scrolls and foliage, within multiple foliate borders,
237 x 156cm
£300 - 500
LOT 292
A shellwork bust of Neptune in the manner of Anthony Redmile, mid-20th century, a shell, fossil and semi-precious, uncut, stone-mounted bust of a male figure, on an ebonised socle, 24cm wide
15cm deep
47cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 293
A large pottery and wire-caged jobbana 20th century, Morocco, Fez, the domed cover with an onion knop, over a globular body decorated throughout in polychrome and white-metal wirework, 34cm diameter
58cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 294
A pair of painted wooden Solomonic columns, 20th century, each with foliate decoration, on a stepped square base, 40cm wide
40cm deep
143cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 295 ▲
Stuart Walton (b.1933)
Street scene with washing signed and dated ‘Walton 70’ l.r., oil on canvas laid on board
54 x 76.5cm
£800 - 1,200
LOT 296 ▲
Maurice Sheppard (b.1947)
‘Yorkshire Farm’ signed ‘MAURICE SHEPPARD’ l.r., also signed with initials and inscribed ‘TO ABBEY DE LA LUCERNE FROM ‘THE HAMEAU’ on stretcher verso, oil on canvas
61 x 92cm
£150 - 250
LOT 297 ▲
Maurice Sheppard (b.1947)
‘The Wooden Bridge’ signed and dated ‘MAURICE SHEPPARD - 1976-77’ l.r., inscribed with title verso, oil on board
43 x 53cm
£100 - 200
LOT 298 ▲
Maurice Sheppard (b.1947)
Delamere Forest, Cheshire
signed ‘MAURICE SHEPPARD’ l.r., oil on board
101 x 144cm
£300 - 400
LOT 299 ▲
Frances St Clair Miller (b.1947)
A winter still life of flowers and fruit signed ‘Frances St Clair Miller’ l.r., oil on canvas
70 x 80cm
£100 - 150
LOT 300
A carved giltwood arched panel, early 20th century, in the 17th-century style, carved with flower heads, foliate swags and winged cherub heads, 117cm wide
5cm deep
33cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 301
After Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, 20th century, a metallic-glazed pottery bust of Louis XV, raised on a socle base, 60cm wide
40cm deep
65cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 302
A large gilt-framed mirror, 20th century, with moulded and pierced frame, around a rectangular plate, 95cm wide
118cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 303
A white painted demilune side cabinet, 19th century, fitted with grille doors and gilt-metal mounts, raised on turned feet, 130cm wide
37cm deep
92cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 304
A majolica pottery ewer, late 19th century, Italian, in the style of Urbino, painted with figures around sacrificial offerings, a lamb on an altar and a bull on a pyre, with castellated city walls, the handle modelled as a horse, 22cm wide
18cm deep
37.5cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 305
A bronze rhinoceros, 20th century, raised on a marble base, 31cm wide
16cm deep
24cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 306
A walnut dough bin, 19th century, Spanish, with a domed plank top, tapered front and back, over two cupboards, with wooden knobs and latches, and iron hinges, 140cm wide
67cm deep
82cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 307
A flat-weave wool rug, of recent manufacture, 159 x 109cm
£100 - 200
309
A baroque-style painted and gilt altarpiece or architectural cresting, 19th century and later, Italian, centred with an arched mirror plate, and decorated with scrolling harebells and acanthus leaves, with a newly boarded back, 250cm wide
23cm deep
112cm high
£500 - 800
LOT 309
Two brass candlesticks, 18th century/19th century, Dutch, each with a spiral support over a circular drip pan, on a circular spreading domed base, largest 20cm diameter
26cm high (2)
£150 - 250
A walnut and pine small side cabinet, 19th century, Tuscan, having a single drawer, over cupboard doors with central brass handles, raised on carved paw feet, 89cm wide
44cm deep
85cm high
£300 - 500
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“This remarkable sculpture was offered to me by a prominent Spanish architect. He told me that the sculptor had become a great friend of his when he visited him in the South of France and that he spent many hours watching him in his studio.
I was hooked and purchased it from him. I have loved it ever since.”
LOT 311
Attributed to Louis Van Lint (Belgian, 1909-1986), an abstract wall sculpture, 20th century, constructed from found objects, tin cake moulds and baking accessories, surmounted by Adam and Eve over a central portico and twin candle sconces, and set with lion masks, putti and shells, 68cm wide
38cm deep
130cm high
£400 - 600
Provenance: Acquired directly from the Estate of Louis Van Lint.
A carved African wooden tribal sculpture, 12cm wide
11cm deep
48cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 313
A carved maternity figure, early 20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yombe people, of a mother sat cross-legged on a plinth, holding a young child, 13.5cm wide
11cm deep
34.5cm high
£500 - 800
LOT 314
A pair of very large pine panelled doors, 18th/19th century, Spanish, Andalusia, each set with eight rows of asymmetric fielded panels and with metal hinges, each 120cm wide
260cm high (2)
£600 - 800
An arched panelled door, iron-bound, with a lion-shaped door knocker, 71cm wide
212cm high, together with another large panelled door, 99cm wide
125cm high (2)
£300 - 500
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A scratch-built model of the aeroplane ‘Spirit of St. Louis’, 20th century, raised on a tapering stand, plane 49cm long
39cm wide
9cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 317
Three carved African masks, 20th century, comprising two Punu examples, the other possibly Dogon, largest 17cm wide
9cm deep
40cm high (3)
£300 - 500
A group of carved tribal figures comprising a polychrome painted figure, two stools, a head and two standing figures painted figure 20cm diameter
61cm high (6)
£300 - 500
LOT 319
A pottery figure of a horse and rider, 20th century, Chinese, in the Han style, each decorated in grey and orange pigments with a stylised harness, 30cm wide
12cm deep
27cm high (2)
£200 - 300
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Two polished stone ‘ye-yao’ exchange axes, 20th century, Western New Guinea, Central Highlands, green schist, each with woven raffia adornments, larger 10cm wide
45cm long (2)
£150 - 200
A large Asmat shield, probably 20th century, West Papua, decorated in red against a white ground with black highlights and with applied raffia tassels, with a figural surmount and a carved handle, further decoration to the reverse, 36cm wide
196cm high
£300 - 500
A bisj pole, Papua New Guinea, Asmat people, with three figures, decorated in white, ochre and black pigments with raffia additions, 32cm wide
28cm deep
227cm high
£800 - 1,200
A large Bisj pole, 20th century, South-West New Guinea, Asmat, depicting two figures with clubs and coloured in white, ochre and black, 30cm wide
35cm deep
295cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 320
LOT 321
LOT 322
324
LOT 324
A carved wood Bisj pole, mid-20th century, South-West New Guinea, Asmat, 13cm wide
39cm deep
135cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 325
A Narino terracotta bowl, probably c.850-1500 CE, South American, Colombian, with a blackened interior and chip-cut edge, over a flared circular foot with geometric brush strokes, 22cm diameter
14.5cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 326
An anthropomorphic ceremonial carved wooden ‘tumi’, 19th century/20th century, South American, Central Andes, the figure depicted playing the pan pipes, raised on a Perspex stand, 11cm wide
21cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 327
A tall hardwood stand, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, of square form, with a solid top over carved and pierced aprons, with a central ‘bi’ disc amongst asymmetrical latticework, the inner frame with moulded edges, raised on shaped stretchers and carved feet, 35cm wide
35cm deep
135cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 328
A bronze ‘fang ding’ ritual food vessel, Chinese, Shang dynasty 13th-11th century, of rectangular form, set with a pair of upright ‘U’ form looped handles at the rim, supported on four tubular legs, each cast at the top with a taotie mask and a flange, the sides decorated with taotie in relief, centred and flanked with flanges, 20.5cm wide
15cm deep
25cm high
£2,000 - 3,000
FROM THE COLLECTION OF COUNT ERIC VON ROSEN OF ROCKELSTAD CASTLE, SWEDEN
LOTS 329-332
LOT 329
An antique carved marble head of an animal, depicted wearing a harness, raised on a later stand, 10.5cm wide
8cm deep
14cm high without stand (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 330
A petrified ivory tusk section, on an iron stand
13cm diameter
13.5cm high
37cm high overall
£600 - 800
LOT 331
A Nuristani white-metal footed bowl, 16th-19th century, Afghanistan, the conical body with banded decoration on a circular spreading foot, with old riveted repairs, 19.5cm diameter
18cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 332
An Egyptian limestone fragment, Eighteenth Dynasty (1550-1292 BC), depicting the lower half of a seated figure on a throne carved with heiroglyphs, 18cm wide
7cm deep
13.5cm high
£600 - 800
Day Two
Wednesday 14 May at 10am
FURNITURE, PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART
LOTS 333-510
LOT 333
A pair of giltwood wall mirrors, c.1870, French, with slight arched tops with ribbon and garland mounts, with fluted and moulded border, each with bevelled glass plates,
80cm wide
142cm high
£1,500 - 2,000
LOT 334
A carved and gilt torchère, 19th century, Italian, the circular top with a carved knop stem, raised on a triform foliate-carved base,
46cm wide
46cm deep
138cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 335
A flat-weave kilim wool rug, of recent manufacture, the central cream ground with alternating diamond medallions,
244 x 174cm
£200 - 300
LOT 336
A large painted tromp l’oeil cabinet, 18th century and later, Italian, profusely decorated on all sides with musical instruments, books, vases, caskets, dishes and a pistol, the doors opening to reveal further decoration within, bearing date ‘1781’, 105cm wide
43cm deep
212cm high
£2,000 - 4,000
LOT 337
A large delft vase and cover, early to mid-20th century, in the Isnik taste, the cover with a camel finial, the ovoid body moulded with masks and lugs, all decorated in turquoise and blue glaze, marked to the underside ‘Delft’, 36cm diameter
66cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 338
A gilt-lacquered carving, 20th century, Chinese, of a horse, standing four-square on a rectangular base, 44cm wide
14cm deep
42cm high
£50 - 80
LOT 339
A gilt-bronze figure of the Ludovisi Ares, late 19th/early 20th century, raised on a red stone base, 10cm wide
16cm deep
27cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 340
A copper and brass vase, early 20th century, Indian, with a narrow flaring neck, over a lobed globular body, decorated with bands of figures, the foot rim bearing an inscription, 18cm wide
18cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 341
A carved blackwood panel, 19th century, Indian, Bombay, with three tableau panels of deities within a banded foliate border,
29.5 x 20.5cm
£150 - 250
LOT 342
A Bretby spill vase, c.1890, modelled as bamboo with a stork, stamped marks ‘Bretby, 917 England’, 14cm wide
13cm deep
30.5cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 343
A George III oak dresser base, c.1780, having a central bank of three drawers, flanked by shaped cupboard doors and stop-fluted, rounded corners, raised on bracket feet, 163cm wide
53cm deep
80cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 344
A terracotta oil jar, 19th century, with slip glaze decoration and pulled handle, 20cm diameter
28cm high
£100 - 200
Four bamboo brush pots, 20th century, Chinese, each of cylindrical form, carved with literati at various pursuits, amongst bamboo or under a pine, largest 11cm diameter
35cm high (4)
£200 - 300
LOT 346
A printed fresco-style panel, of recent manufacture, depicting scene VIII from the ‘Sala di Grande Dipinto’ in the Villa de Misteri at Pompeii, 107 x 77cm
£100 - 200
LOT 347
A carved wood Kpan mask, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule people, the oval face bordered by a serrated edge, 21cm wide 11cm deep
46cm high, together with a carved African fly whisk, 6.5cm wide
6.5cm deep
95cm high (2)
£100 - 150
LOT 348
Three ‘Fidji’ bottle vases by Kosta Boda, 20th century, designed by Kjell Engman, in pink, yellow and blue, each with an engraved signature to the underside, all boxed, largest 13cm wide
16cm deep
45cm high (3)
£200 - 300
LOT 345
LOT 349
A red-ground wool carpet, 20th century, Kirman style, with a shaped central medallion within a sparsely decorated floral field,
318 x 197cm
£300 - 400
LOT 350
A large padouk coffer, 18th century, Dutch colonial, probably Batavian, the hinged lid opening to reveal small drawers within, the corners with brass bindings, raised on a pierced and carved zoomorphic base,
139cm wide
63cm deep
75cm high
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 351
A carved wooden fragment of Cupid, probably late 18th century, Northern European, modelled leaning on his bow, and carved with the letter ‘A’ to the reverse, 10cm wide
5cm deep
17cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 352
A large lion mask wall mount, 20th century, fibreglass with a weathered copper finish, 80cm wide
90cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 353
A blanc de Chine figure, 20th century, Chinese, of Guanyin seated cross-legged above clouds, with numerous arms stretching to form a mandorla, a carp and two dragons ascending from spuming waves, stamped ‘Dehua’ and ‘He Chaozong’ marks to the back, 22cm wide
12cm deep
45cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 354
A famille rose planter, Guangxu (1875-1908), Chinese, of octagonal form on four bracket feet, painted with birds and flowers, 22.8cm long, and another, painted with landscapes and inscriptions, 21cm wide
16cm deep
7cm high (2)
£150 - 250
LOT 355
Three stoneware items, 19th/20th century, comprising: a sancai-glazed cup, 20th century, in the Liao style, decorated with fish and leaves in amber and green against a cream ground, 10cm diameter
4.5cm high, a celadon bowl, 12.4cm diameter
5.5cm high, and a ge-type dish, decorated with a lotus, 13cm diameter
3.5cm high (3)
£100 - 200
LOT 356
Ten cased sets of opium scales, 20th century, Chinese, with carved decoration, largest 39cm long (10)
£200 - 400
357
Three Southeast Asian ceramics, 19th-20th century, comprising: a celadon vase, the pear-shaped body decorated with a continuous basket-weave pattern, covered with an olive-green glaze, 11cm diameter
21cm high, and two blue and white ewers, 11cm diameter
17cm high, and 10cm diameter
15cm high (3)
£50 - 80
LOT 358
Two Southeast Asian blue and white opium pots, 19th-20th century, one in the form of a horse, both with brass mounts, apertures and swing handle, horse 14cm wide
6.5cm deep
13cm high (2)
£50 - 80
LOT 359
Two Southeast Asian celadon bowls, 19th-20th century, both under an olive-green glaze, comprising: one crackled, 26.5cm diameter
8cm high, and the other with a continuous basket-weave pattern, 21cm diameter
9cm high (2)
£100 - 150
LOT 360
Two footed bowls, Thai, comprising a celadon-glazed bowl with incised decoration to the interior, 30cm diameter
9cm high, and an unglazed bowl decorated with a fish to the centre, together with a Sawankhalok glazed bowl and cover, 12.5cm diameter
10cm high (4)
£100 - 200
LOT
LOT 361
A stoneware flask, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chinese, the compressed body applied with looped handles to the shoulder, decorated with florets in brown against a cream ground, 23cm wide
8cm deep
27cm high, and a stoneware jar, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, of tapering form, painted with a Chinese character Fu, 19.5cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 362
A pair of gilt-lacquered wood carvings, 20th century, Chinese, each of a Buddhist lion, seated on its haunches, with bulging eyes beneath bushy brows and a large bushy tail, one with a cub, the other with a ball,
7.5cm wide
29cm deep
31cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 363
A collection of four Jian ware tea bowls, Song dynasty (960-1279), each with deep rounded sides, rising from a short straight foot to an inverted rim, three covered with a black glaze with ‘hare’s fur’ streaks, the other with an opaque glaze, all draining from the rim and falling short of the foot, revealing the biscuit body, largest 13cm diameter
5.5cm high (4)
£200 - 400
LOT 364
A collection of famille rose porcelain, 20th century, Chinese, including two bowls and covers, a teapot, four stands and a jar, jar 23cm diameter 18cm high, and a Japanese saucer, 14cm diameter (qty.)
£100 - 150
LOT 365
A qianjiang-enamelled vase, 20th century, Chinese, of ovoid form with a flared mouth, flanked by twin handles, painted with ladies in a garden, the reverse inscribed, 43.3cm high, and a pair of qianjiang-enamelled vases, each of ovoid form, painted with ladies and boys in a garden, 21cm diameter
27.5cm high (3)
£100 - 200
A blanc de Chine figure, 20th century, Chinese, of Shakyamuni Buddha, seated cross-legged on a lotus flower supported by lotus stems and leaves, associated wood stand, 19cm wide
19cm deep
41cm high including stand (2)
£100 - 150
LOT 367
A collection of eight cloisonné enamel pieces, 20th century, Chinese, comprising: a vase, the compressed globular body, resting on a tall spreading foot, to a garlic mouth, enamelled with prunus, chrysanthemum and lotus surrounded by key frets against a blue ground, 17.5cm diameter 34cm high, together with a pair of vases, two boxes and three bowls (8)
£200 - 300
LOT 368
A blue and white vase, Daoguang (1821-1850), of rouleau form, painted with precious objects, 16.5cm diameter
36cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 366
LOT 369
Three Changsha stoneware ewers, Tang dynasty (618-907), Chinese, each ovoid body rising to a waisted neck with a flared rim, flanked by looped handles, covered with a transparent greenish glaze with brown splashes, inscriptions, or birds and flowers, largest 14cm diameter
22cm high (3)
£400 - 600
LOT 370
A celadon brush washer, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chinese, the rounded sides rising from a circular foot to an everted flat rim, the centre moulded with a floret, 12.4cm diameter
9cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 371
A stoneware vase, Song dynasty (960-1279), Chinese, the ovoid body rising from a tall stepped foot, decorated with concentric bands, flanked by mask and ring handles, 13cm diameter
23cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 372
A set of four painted panels, late 19th/early 20th century, Chinese, each depicting luohan at various pursuits in a rocky landscape, ink and pigment on silk, one bearing signature of Zhao Danian and with a red seal mark, each panel 218 x 60.5cm, framed and glazed (4)
£4,000 - 6,000
I purchased this set of four Buddhist paintings many years ago from an English family who had lived in Shanghai since the 1950s.
It was yet another occasion when I walked into a conventional apartment, full of ordinary furnishings, only to be stunned by a family treasure handed down through generations.
Not that it was an easy purchase, as negotiations went on for weeks!
Sometimes the price doesn’t matter. I never regretted it.
LOT 373
A Regency cast bronze three-branch candelabra, early 19th century, centred with a stork standing on a tortoise, and holding a serpent with its claw, raised on a triform base,
16cm wide
16cm deep
49cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 374
A pair of silver and lapis lazuli-mounted candlesticks, 20th century, each drip pan with a gadrooned rim, over a tapering column support and on a circular spreading base, unmarked, 13cm diameter
27cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 375
A marble and gilt console table, late19th/early 20th century, the carved and giltwood stand centred with a mask and with an ivy leaf frieze, all raised on tall vase-shaped supports with garland mounts, united by a shaped stretcher surmounted with an urn and birds, 104.5cm wide
38.5cm deep
85.5cm high
£500 - 800
LOT 376
A brass table lamp, 20th century, with an adjustable support and fitted with a dome shade, raised on a dished circular base, 20cm wide
59cm deep
69cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 377
A carved table lamp, c.1900, Anglo-Indian, modelled as an elephant with its trunk curled around the column, fitted with a white glass spherical shade,
15cm wide
24cm deep
56cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 378
A Gothic-style oak refectory table, late 19th/early 20th century but possibly incorporating some earlier elements, the plank top with cleated ends, raised on two cruciform chamfered block plinths,
259cm wide
87cm deep
76cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
377 376
A white-metal and enamel-mounted mirror, 19th century, Persian, Qajar, the mirror plate surrounded by lobed calligraphic cartouches and painted portraits, 51cm wide
66cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 380
A bronze incense burner or oil lamp in the form of an elephant with a vessel on its back, 15cm wide
6cm deep
15cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 381
A white-metal and brass dish, late 19th century, Indian, centred with four deities around a tree with winged angels, with two bands of dancers and musicians, 40cm diameter
£200 - 300
LOT 382
A set of five Bristol green glass goblets, early 19th century, each with raspberry bosses to the stem, 7.5cm diameter
11.5cm high, together with five coordinating finger bowls, 12cm diameter 8.5cm high (10)
£100 - 200
380 379
LOT 379
LOT 383
A pair of hardwood jardinière stands, 20th century, Chinese, each circular top raised on slender supports, 39cm wide
103cm high (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 384
A wool rug, or recent manufacture, central Persian, the cream field with a central medallion and spandrels, within multiple foliate borders,
170 x 105cm £100 - 200
LOT 385
A carved and lacquered standing Buddha, Mandalay period (1853-1948), Burmese (Myanmar), his right hand in Shunya mudra, the robes inset with glass jewels, raised on a wooden base, 62cm wide
28cm deep
143cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 386
A pair of carved and polychrome-painted corbels, 20th century, Balinese, larger 40cm wide 15cm deep
68cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 387
A group of carved wood figures, 20th century, Balinese, modelled at various pursuits, largest 12cm wide 9cm deep 46cm high (6)
£200 - 300
LOT 388
A carved panel, 20th century, Balinese, carved in relief with figures and cattle, 40cm wide 4cm deep 24cm high, together with a carved figural group and two seated figures (4)
£150 - 250
LOT 389
A brass hanging light in the manner of WAS Benson, c.1880, the pierced mount embossed with cherries, supporting a large vaseline glass shade with an undulating rim, in the manner of James Powell & Sons, stamped ‘Rg. 489713’, 36cm diameter
21cm high
£300 - 500
A large gilt wall mirror, of recent manufacture, composite, the pierced scrolling crest surmounted by a shell over a cherub mask, the scrolling acanthus frame, with gadrooned moulding, around a rectangular bevelled plate, 120cm wide
200cm high
£300 - 500
A near pair of painted commode chests, early 19th century, Italian, each with a simulated marble top over a serpentine front, with brass foliate handles, and raised on bun feet, 97cm wide
46cm deep
76cm high, and 102cm wide
51cm deep
77cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
An Isfahan rug, 20th century, the central cream-ground field with scrolling foliage and a medallion, within multiple foliate borders, 213 x 143cm £150 - 250
392 390
391
LOT 390
LOT 391
LOT 392
LOT 393
A carved Hasapi lute body 19th/20th century, Batak, Sumatran, with an anthropomorphic carved terminal, and ring turned decoration to the handle
9.5cm wide
7cm deep
38cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 394
A bronze cauldron, possibly 16th/17th century, with two lug handles, a ribbed central band to the body, resting on triangular supports, 28cm diameter
26cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 395
A pair of elm and wicker-inset stools, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, each of rectangular form, with an inset woven seat, on square legs united by single and double stretchers, 47cm wide
39cm deep
30cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 396
A pierced and carved giltwood panel or furniture element, 20th century, Chinese, with figures processing in a landscape, carved with a character mark to one end, 20 x 150cm
£150 - 250
394
393
LOT 397
A rootwood figure, 20th century, possibly Chinese, on a boulder plinth, 13cm wide
11cm deep
29cm high
£150 - 200
LOT 398
Two carved giltwood figures, 20th century, Chinese, mounted on a green backing, 68 x 34cm
£200 - 300
LOT 399
An archaic-style carved jade erotic panel. 20th century, Chinese, carved in sections and decorated in relief with a copulating couple, 48 x 32cm
£300 - 500
Provenance: Pierre Bergé & Associés, ‘The Collection of J M Truyols Rovira’, 3 July 2016, lot 22.
LOT 400
An ebonised three-fold screen, late 19th/early 20th century, later mounted with double-sided tapa cloth panels, with a gilt moulded edging and gilt-brass handles, each panel 60cm deep
145.5cm high
180cm wide
149cm high
£200 - 400
399
398
397
LOT 401
Two portable shrines, 19th/20th century, Chinese, each with plain hinged doors, opening up to reveal Guanyin, seated in the middle on a lotus pedestal with an attendant to each side, gilt interior, larger 19cm wide
6cm deep
22.5cm high open (2)
£100 - 200
LOT 402
A flat-weave wool rug, of recent manufacture, 124 x 87cm
£200 - 300
LOT 403
A sancai-glazed figure, possibly Ming dynasty, Chinese, of a Buddhist lion standing on a rectangular plinth, modelled with bulging eyes beneath bushy brows, carrying a lotus stand on its back,
30cm wide
16cm deep
40cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 404
A brass hanging gas light, mid-19th century, French, fitted with four green and clear moulded glass shades, the light with pressed brass appliqué mounts with arrow motifs, 40cm diameter
90cm overall
£150 - 250
LOT 405
A studio pottery figure of a bull, of recent manufacture, inset with glass eyes, 50cm wide
25cm deep
30cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 406
A pair of toleware and composite branch wall lights, of recent manufacture, each in the form of a pineapple, 40cm wide
20cm deep
50cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 407
A carved portrait bust, 20th century, Balinese, depicted wearing a traditional headdress and hoop earrings, 25cm wide
17cm deep
34cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 408
A carved hardwood lion, late 19th/early 20th century, possibly Indonesian, naively modelled in a prowling stance, the facial features inset with ivory, 70cm wide 16cm deep
23cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 409
A collection of five polished stone ‘Ye-yao’ exchange axes, 20th century, Western New Guinea, Central Highlands, green schist, each with woven and shell-mounted female adornments, largest 10cm wide
48cm high (5)
£400 - 600
410
A polychrome-painted and carved model of an ox-drawn carriage, late 19th century, Indian, with a domed top and decorated with scrolling foliage, 40cm wide
23cm deep
43cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 411
A hardwood console table, c.1860-70, Anglo-Indian, with a pierced scrolling and foliate back, centred with a roundel with a bird issuing a flower, with a serpentine front raised on lion-mask-mounted and carved scrolled supports, united with a scrolled ‘X’ stretcher centred with an urn, on carved plain pear-shaped supports,
151cm wide
51cm deep
108.5cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 412
A pair of Anglo-Indian hardwood armchairs, c.1860-1870, his and hers, each with a pierced and profusely carved hoop back, with leaf and berry panels, the larger with oak leaves and acorns, the arms with lion masks issuing flowers, each with shaped fronts with Vitruvian or scrolling edges, on carved supports, with red velveteen-upholstered seat cushions, his 78cm wide
85cm deep
96cm high, hers 77cm wide
80cm deep
93cm high (2)
£1,000 - 2,000
LOT 413
A carved teak footstool, c.1860, Indian, with a drop-in upholstered seat and a profusely carved and pierced stand, with shaped aprons, on scrolled leaf and fruit supports,
49cm wide
41.5cm deep
23.5cm high
£200 - 400
LOT
A large bronze or brass coffee pot, 19th century, Persian, with a flattened circular body, engraved all over with repeating designs and a tree of life motif, 35cm wide
17cm deep
54cm high, and a silver-plated ewer, of recent manufacture, Indian, with a lobed body and anthropomorphic handle, 25cm wide
16cm deep
50cm high (2)
£250 - 350
A carved rosewood occasional table, c.1860, Indian, the revolving circular top profusely carved with a wide border, over a pierced apron with a shaped border, raised on six foliate-carved cabriole supports united by stretchers, terminating in dragon feet, 65cm diameter
51cm high
£600 - 800
A hardwood centre table, 19th century, Anglo-Indian, of low circular form, the top carved with a wide band of repeating leaves, scrolling and fruiting foliage, centred with a roundel depicting figures seated on a coiled serpent, over a narrow apron, and raised on four elephant head supports, the trunks holding jackfruit, and united by a carved ‘X’ stretcher, 68.5cm diameter
62.5cm high
£500 - 800
A carved wooden and hide ‘dhodro banam’ lute, early 20th century, Indian, Odisha, Santal people, the upper section carved and pierced with four figures, profusely decorated with stylised geometric and floral motifs, mounted on a later iron stand, 16cm wide
13cm deep
80cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 414
LOT 415
LOT 416
LOT 417
LOT 419
A silver-inlaid bidri bottle vase, 18th/19th century, Indian, decorated with floral and foliate sprays, 10cm diameter
20cm high
£150 - 250
A pair of rosewood console tables, mid-19th century, Anglo-Indian, each with a rectangular top with a low raised gallery and foliate-carved moulding, above a foliate-carved frieze, raised on scrolling front supports and with pierced anthemion sides and back, above a concaved base terminating in acanthus-capped lion’s paw feet, 124cm wide
58cm deep
85cm high
£2,000 - 4,000
LOT 418
LOT 420
A carved wooden corbel, 20th century, South Asian, modelled as an elephant with eagle feathers, 26cm wide
15cm deep
66cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 421
A carved ebony casket, c.1890, Anglo-Indian, decorated all over with flower heads and geometric designs, 35cm wide
27cm deep
15cm high
£200 - 400
LOT
422
A bronze figure of Tara, 20th century, Tibetan, modelled standing on a lotus plinth, 18cm wide 11cm deep
42cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 423
A matched set of four walnut ‘Dante’ chairs, 19th century, in the 17th-century style, each with a leather slung seat and base, a carved ‘X’ framed base, on scaled supports with claw feet, 60cm wide
46cm deep
79cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 424
A carved blackwood cup and cover, 19th century, Indian, Bombay, the cover with pierced and carved foliate decoration and an artichoke finial, the body with a rolled rim, flanked on either side by pierced and carved handles in the form of birds, terminating on a circular base entwined with dragons, 27cm diameter
51cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 425
A rosewood centre table, c.1860-1870, Anglo-Indian, the top with a blind carved border decorated with animals, over a pierced and carved apron, raised on carved zoomorphic supports and united by a stretcher surmounted by peacocks, 68cm wide
68cm deep
75cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 426
Three gilt-iron pen cases, early 19th century, Tibetan, each pierced with foliage, two with intertwining dragons, each joined in the centre with two lugs, the terminals with lotus bud finials with woven tassel loops, 29, 32 and 37.5cm long (3)
£300 - 400
LOT 427
A blue-ground Nain rug, 20th century, Persian, the central field with a navy ground, within multiple foliage borders, 203 x 115cm
£150 - 250
LOT 428
A cast bronze brazier stand, possibly 10-12th century, Persian, possibly Khorastan, of domed form with pierced pads, on shaped, hoofed feet,
30cm diameter
19.5cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 429
An ebony and specimen wood centre table, mid-19th century, Galle, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the octagonal top inlaid with twenty-four segment starburst panels, over a pierced and carved apron, all raised on an intricately pierced triform stand carved with water lilies and hanging bellflowers, united by a triform stand with carved elephant feet, each fitted with carved wooden tusks, 87cm diameter
70cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
LOT 430
A group of metalwares, 12th-15th century, Persian, comprising a circular, footed, white-metal bowl, inscribed with calligraphic script, 19cm diameter 6cm high, a compressed globular jug, and a waisted vase decorated with stylised roundels, together with a bronze bowl, 10th-13th century, Cambodian, Khmer Empire, 16cm diameter
23cm high (4)
£600 - 800
A coromandel and ebony settee, 19th century, Batavian, profusely carved in low relief with panels of urns issuing flowers and leaves, with a double-caned seat, raised on carved cabriole legs and lion paw feet,
185cm wide
70.5cm deep
99cm high
£3,000 - 5,000
432
A hardwood, copper and brass-inlaid occasional table, late 19th century/early 20th century, Indian, Benares, the octagonal top decorated with bicolour inlaid foliage with geometric borders, the folding base with pierced geometric flower head and foliate panels and further conforming inlay, with a label to the underside ‘Made in British India’, 51cm diameter
51cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 433
A wool rug, 20th century, central Persia, the central navy field decorated with scrolling foliage, birds and deer, 335 x 125cm
£300 - 400
LOT 434
A carved teak and rosewood jardinière stand, c.1860, Anglo-Indian, with an elaborately carved and pierced bowl, above an urn-form column flanked by seated lions, raised on a tripod base terminating in scroll feet and castors, 68cm diameter
85cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 435
Two Jain painted and lacquered wooden manuscript covers, 19th century, Indian, Gujarat, each depicting the fourteen auspicious symbols or ‘dreams’ of Jainism, 29cm wide 14.5cm high, and two further lacquered and painted manuscript covers, 25cm wide
13cm high (4)
£300 - 500
For a similar example, see Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number IS.50-1983.
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A carved wood figure of Buddha, 20th century, Chinese, seated in robes, one hand holding a cup, his other hand in Karana mudra, seated on an integral gilt stand, the supports with grotesque masks, 21cm wide
22cm deep
40cm high
£100 - 200
A carved teak and rosewood occasional table, c.1860, Indian, the circular tilt top with a carved wide band of foliage, two shuttered windows, animals and snakes, the pierced apron with a shaped edge, the stand profusely carved with two tiers of monkeys, flanked with grotesque feathered beasts, the plinth carved with lion masks and claws,
70cm diameter
73cm high
£500 - 700
LOT 438
A carved rosewood longcase clock, late 19th century, Anglo-Indian, with a four-pillar single fusee movement, the ornately carved case with a pierced and carved crest, decorated profusely with floral and foliate designs, the case and hood mounted with carved fist handles, the white-painted dial signed ‘Burlton’, London Bridge’, 50cm wide
26cm deep
211cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 439
A flat-weave wool rug, of recent manufacture, 130 x 79cm
£100 - 200
439
437
LOT 436
LOT 437
LOT 440
A white-metal container and cover, late 19th/early 20th century, Burmese, cast in relief with figures, deer and foliage in shaped cartouches, 12cm diameter
12cm high, 15.5ozt (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 441
A white-metal jewellery casket, c.1890, Indian, the mounted panels with embossed, engraved and chased decoration, the cover surmounted with a figure of Ganesh, the interior velvet-lined and with various compartments, the base wooden, 22cm wide
15.5cm deep
16cm high
£800 - 1,200
Provenance: Saltmarshe Hall, East Yorkshire.
LOT 442
A white-metal three-piece tea set, c.1890, Indian, each piece densely decorated with forest and animal bands, the teapot with a handle modelled as a cobra and an elephant finial, teapot 20cm wide 11cm deep
13cm high, 17ozt (3)
£500 - 700
LOT 443
A white-metal tea caddy, late 19th century, Anglo-Indian, of square form with embossed and chased panels, the cover with a bodhisattva finial, on claw and ball feet, 8.5cm wide
5.7cm deep
11.5cm high, 5.8ozt
£250 - 450
A silver-plated comport, late 19th century, cast with an elephant on a naturalistic plinth centred with a palm tree, mounted with a cut and etched bowl, on an ebonised plinth, 19.5cm diameter
34cm high
£200 - 300
A bronze centrepiece late 19th century, modelled as a double palm tree, on a naturalistic plinth, with partial inscription to the base and dated 1881
35cm wide
35cm deep
56cm high
£150 - 250
A large three piece silver plated, centrepiece, c.19th, by Mappin Brothers 20cm wide
57cm high (3)
£800 - 1,200
A silver-plated cast figure of Atlas, 19th century, holding an urn, part of a candelabra stand, with a circular stepped base on scrolling foliate feet, 22.5cm diameter
32cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 444
LOT 445
LOT 446
LOT 447
LOT 448
An Ottoman gold-damascened steel kilij sword, 19th century, Black Sea Coast, the curved single-edged blade with an Arabic inscription, the scabbard and hilt set with simulated coral and turquoise cabochons, the reverse copper, decorated in repoussé with scrolling foliate designs, 92cm long overall
“The garden of a large run-down finca in the middle of Mallorca was the last place I expected to meet a founding member of Sixties rock group ‘The Grateful Dead’ holding an Ottoman antique sword.
Another working day on this eclectic island which has been the home of the rich, famous and eccentric for centuries.
He explained that his late wife’s family had been European aristocracy who were related by marriage to the Medici family of Florence.
Rock ‘n’ Roll meets the Medici.
£4,000 - 6,000 LOT NUMBER & DESCRIPTION
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When the music legend had finished wielding the Turkish sword, he ushered me inside the crumbling house, and I was amazed to find a rare Bolognese 16th-century cabinet, c.1560.
He explained that, in the early 20th century, it was given to one of his ancestors from Liverpool. His grandfather Francis Douglas Gardner took it to America, courtesy of Admiral Gardner, another family member, as a wedding gift.
The impressive cabinet returned to Europe after the war and eventually landed in a little Mallorcan village where it has spent the last forty years.
“LOT 449
A carved walnut ‘a bambocci’ cabinet, c.1560, North Italian, Bologna, the upper section, seemingly original, with a balustraded gallery over two short drawers and a further arrangement of concentric cupboards and drawers, decorated throughout with carved character masks and term figures, the lower section with two cupboards over a single long drawer with conforming decoration, the cupboard centred with armorials beneath crowns, all raised on a stepped moulded base and carved lion’s paw feet, 112cm wide
LOT NUMBER & DESCRIPTION
55cm deep
190cm high
£4,000 - 6,000
Provenance: James Gardner of San Francisco by descent from Joseph Gardner & Sons of Liverpool, and prior to that by marriage gift from the Medici family of Florence in the early 20th century.
450
A kaskara sword, 19th century, Sudanese, with a double-edged fullered blade, iron handguard and wooden grip, 102cm long
16cm wide
£100 - 150
LOT 451
A pair of naval pattern swords, 19th century, French, the blades engraved ‘Coulaux et Cie, Klingenthal’, each with a pierced brass hilt and leather scabbard, 90cm long overall (2)
£200 - 300
A collection of fourteen kris hilts, 18th century and later, Indonesian, to include wooden, horn, bone and metal examples, five carved as birds, five as figures and four animals, all on later display stands, 10 to 19cm high (14)
£300 - 500
Provenance: Each bearing old Christie’s label ‘4212’.
LOT 452
452
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LOT 453
A copper and metal basin
12th-14th century, Persian, with shaped edges, decorated with bands of Kufic script and centred with a rosette, 48.5cm diameter
10cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 454
A bronze or brass basin, 12th-14th century, Persian, of faceted round form with bands of Kufic script, with shaped edges, centred with a rosette and further bands of script, 45cm diameter
11cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 455
A copper water pitcher, 19th century, Persian, chased and engraved with a band of calligraphic inscription, above grazing animals and foliage, 17cm diameter
18cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 456
A large copper basin 12th-14th century, Persian, the everted rim with a Kufic inscription and banded decoration, 42cm diameter
11cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 457
A Neolithic-style terracotta storage jar or urn, the tapering body set with lug handles to either side, and decorated in black with swirled and banded designs, 27cm diameter
38cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 458
A carved giltwood and gesso wall mirror, c.1870, French, the gadrooned and moulded frame centred with a scroll crest to the top, similar decoration to the bottom, with a silvered plate, 141cm wide
113cm high
£500 - 800
LOT 459
A leather and chrome desk chair, of recent manufacture, with a chrome frame with leather arm pads, a reclining mechanism, and raised on a five-legged stand with plastic castors, 68cm wide
80cm deep
112cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 460
A large parquetry marble table or desk, c.1970, Italian, the rectangular top decorated with geometric designs, raised on a pair of wedge-shaped stands, mounted with iron supports, 190cm wide
90cm deep
74cm high
£1,500 - 2,000
LOT 461
A painted papier mâché, wood and plaster anatomical model of a bee’s head, 19th century, constructed in four parts, with hook clasps, on a shaped stand, 28cm wide
15cm deep
15.5cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 462
Two toleware animals, 20th century, modelled as an elephant and a sheep, paint traces, elephant 47cm wide
16cm deep
58cm high (2)
£150 - 200
LOT 463
An ironwork casket, 18th/19th century, Qajar, the stepped domed top, decorated with figures and a handle, over circular panels of hunting scenes, 20cm wide
14.5cm deep
18cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 464
A stoneware stein, 19th century, German, the body with horizontal bands, centred with a crowned monogram and ‘A B IV’ in relief, the pewter-mounted round lid centred with a ‘Frederik VII Konge af Danmark’ medallion, and with a turned thumbpiece knop, 14cm wide
13cm deep
22cm high
£80 - 120
LOT 465
A distressed green-painted pine cabinet, late 19th century, Menorcan, with a wide moulded cornice, over glazed cupboards enclosing shelves, over two drawers and a further cupboard, raised on a plinth base, distressed, 133cm wide
50cm deep
245cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 466
A Palissy pottery ewer, cover and stand, c.1890-1900, Portuguese, Caldas, by A Mafra, modelled with a lizard-shaped handle, the body applied with reptiles and insects on a green mossy ground, with a circular stand, similarly decorated,
25.5cm wide
25.5cm deep
40.5cm high (3)
£300 - 500
LOT 467
A delft blue and white dish, c.1750, Dutch, centred with a roundel enclosing a man on a boat with a net, bordered with shaped panels, 31cm diameter
£150 - 250
467
466
LOT 468
A pair of rosewood yoke-back armchairs, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, each with a shaped central splat, centred with a carved roundel, over a solid seat with woven wicker covering,
64cm wide
64cm deep
99cm high (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 469
A pair of carved wooden yoke-back armchairs, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, each splat centred with a dragon, above a panelled seat and square supports united by stretchers, 64cm wide
64cm deep
99cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 470
A flat-weave kilim patchwork wool rug, of recent manufacture, the central field with alternating coloured squares, centred with diamond motifs, 242 x 163cm
£150 - 250
469
LOT 471 ▲
Jack Millar (1921-2006)
‘Mary in the Garden’
signed with initials l.r., oil on board
60 x 50cm
£200 - 300
LOT 472 ▲
Adrian van Hees (German, 1924-2000)
A view of a port, believed to be Hamburg signed ‘vHees’ l.l., oil on canvas
60 x 81cm
£200 - 300
LOT 473 ▲
Luis Almazan Miquel (Spanish, b.1943)
‘Bike, Wall and Water Carrier’ signed l.l., also signed and inscribed in Spanish verso, oil on canvas
130 x 60cm, unframed
£250 - 350
LOT 474
Karl Schlageter (Swiss, 1894-1990)
Two female nudes on the banks of a lake signed ‘Schlageter’ l.l., oil on board
27 x 19.5cm
£150 - 250
472 471
LOT 475
A cold-painted spelter figure of a trader, late 19th/early 20th century, French, cast from the model by Louis Hottot (1829-1905), with a basket on his back, wearing a white-painted robe and headscarf, signed to the base ‘L. Hottot’, 20cm wide
23cm deep
45cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 476
A terracotta figure of a fish seller, late 19th/early 20th century, in the manner of Goldscheider, raised on a circular base and indistinctly signed to the reverse,
25cm diameter
72cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 477
After Arthur Waagen, 20th century, a cold-painted bronze figure of a street vendor, wearing robes, holding a silver chain with a jewellery casket at his feet, on a rectangular plinth cast with a rug,
26cm wide
17cm deep
51.5cm high
£250 - 350
LOT 478
A flat-weave wool runner, of recent manufacture, 180 x 66cm
£150 - 250
LOT 479
A carved divination bowl, mid-20th century, with a carved edge, raised on eight figures and a circular base, containing a quantity of glass marbles, 23cm diameter
15cm high (qty.)
£100 - 150
LOT 480
A brass-mounted boullework box, 19th century, French, the red tortoiseshell inlaid with scrolling foliage, the cover opening to reveal a quilted interior, 32cm wide
20cm deep
20cm high
£250 - 350
LOT 481
A bronze turtle fountainhead, late 19th century, with a hinged top, the belly inset with a sphere, a tube emitting from its mouth, 24cm long
14cm wide
11cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 482
A Regency, bronze, colza oil lamp reservoir cover, c.1810 attributed to Vulliamy, the frieze enriched with floral and ribbon-tied swags and bucrania, the cylinder drum with a lion mask, with a later oak base, 16cm diameter
20cm high
£400 - 600
Provenance: The Duke of Bedford; Christie’s, ‘Property from Two Ducal Collections’, Woburn Abbey, Bedford, lot 285.
This bronze oil reservoir may belong to the lamp acquired by the 6th Duke of Bedford from Vulliamy on 25 July 1810 at a cost of £18 4s 6.
LOT 483
A cast bronze carp, 20th century, Japanese, naturalistically modelled, 43cm wide
5.5cm deep
13cm high
£100 - 150
LOT 484
A bronze figural group, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, mounted with a bronze of a dog and a kneeling Sikh keeper, inscribed ‘Dobson & Sons, 32 Piccadilly, London W’ on an ebonised plinth, with an engraved plaque reading ‘Lahore 1905 Ch. Houghton Ladylove’, 11cm diameter
15cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 485
A bronze ‘kentongan’ slit gong, possibly 13th/14th century, Indonesian, Javanese, surmounted with a serpent’s head and with foliate cast decoration to the faceted body, 6cm wide
7cm deep
35cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 486
A hardwood chair, early 20th century, Tanzanian, Luguru people, with a dished back and figural surmount, 30cm wide
32cm deep
124cm high
£400 - 600
486 485
484 483
LOT 487
A wooden contract, probably 19th century, North African, inscribed front and back with Arabic script, and stamped with a red ink seal mark, 9 x 35cm
£60 - 80
LOT 488
Two carved hornbill ‘aso’ ear ornaments, early 20th century, Borneo, Sarawak, Kenyah/Kayan Dayak people, each carved and pierced with stylised masks and scrolls, each on a later stand,
5cm wide
4.5cm deep
10cm high, and a carved horn handle, mounted on a Perspex stand, 4.5cm wide
6cm deep
13cm high (5)
£100 - 200
LOT 489
A collection of four wood carvings, late Qing dynasty, Chinese, each as the head of a deity including Guan Yu and Leizhenzi, largest 16cm wide
6cm deep
30cm high (4)
£100 - 150
489
488 487
A large Arts and Crafts brass four-light electrolier in the Manner of WAS Benson, late 19th/early 20th century, the rise-and-fall action centred with a large opaline glass domed shade with a wavy edge, and surrounded by three further lights, each fitted with a conical tapering glass shade,
75cm diameter
110cm high overall
£1,000 - 1,500
An Art Nouveau brass hanging ceiling light, late 19th/early 20th century, in the manner of WAS Benson, the slender support with pierced foliate panels and gas on/ off chains, over a straw opaline shade,
12cm diameter
14.5cm high
109.5cm high to shade mount
£200 - 300
Three opaline glass ‘bellflower’ shades, late 19th/early 20th century, each with reeded decoration and a shaped rim, 12cm diameter
13.5cm high (3)
£150 - 250
LOT 490
LOT 491
LOT 492
LOT 493
A circular terracotta plaque in the manner of Alceo Dossena, early 20th century, Italian, depicting a profile portrait of Saint Catherine, inscribed ‘S CATERINA’, 52cm wide
15cm deep
56cm high
£300 - 500
Provenance: Tomasso Brothers.
LOT 494
A graduated set of Regency brass watering cans, 19th century, each with reeded banded decoration, largest 50cm long
18cm wide
41cm high (7)
£600 - 800
LOT 495
A set of six various wooden grain scoops and forks, 19th century and later, largest 176cm long (6)
£300 - 500
LOT 496
A painted pot cupboard in the manner of Duncan Grant, late 19th century and later, having a single drawer over a panelled cupboard door, decorated with a floral spray, 47cm wide 35cm deep
82cm high
£400 - 600
Provenance: Carel Weight RA, who was a personal friend of Vanessa Bell, thence by descent.
LOT 497
A large stained-glass panel in the manner of John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens, mid-20th century, depicting Christ crucified on a panelled red ground, 155 x 65cm
£800 - 1,200
496
494
LOT 498
A pair of stained-glass windowpanes, 19th century, with leaded detail, each decorated with a part of the façade of a Gothic church, in a wooden frame, 125 x 42cm (2)
£400 - 600
LOT 499
A large Victorian arched stained-glass panel, in two sections, decorated with classical motifs, set with a monogram ‘TMF’ and a coat of arms with the motto ‘Sequor Ad Mortem’ (‘I follow unto death’), and dated ‘1887’, 310.5 x 128.5cm
£500 - 700
LOT 500
A Pre-Raphaelite oval stained-glass window panel, c.1900, depicting two dancing female figures and inscribed beneath ‘Come and trip it as you go, on the light fantastic toe’, within a deep moulded wooden frame, 138 x 92cm
£400 - 600
LOT 501
An abstract stained-glass and leaded panel in the manner of John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens, mid-20th century, predominantly blue, 75 x 47cm
£300 - 500
LOT 502
A set of three stained-glass windowpanes, 19th century, each with leaded detail depicting a male saint, in a pine frame, 129 x 42cm (3)
£300 - 500
LOT
503
A pair of figural stained-glass panels 19th century, each central oval panel depicting a male or female figure in medieval dress, 39 x 27cm, and a further arched stained-glass panel, 19th century, of the Madonna and Child, 46 x 27cm (3)
£200 - 300
LOT 504 ▲
Rex Southwick (b.1997)
Villa view with palm tree signed ‘Rex Southwick’ verso and also on left edge, acrylic on canvas
152.5 x 122cm, unframed
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 505 ▲
Rex Southwick (b.1997)
Villa view of a pool
signed ‘Rex Southwick’ verso and also on left edge, acrylic on canvas
152.5 x 122cm, unframed
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 506
After Michelangelo, 20th century, a cast iron figure of a reclining male nude, emblematic of ‘Day’, raised on a scrolling stepped base, 52cm wide
25cm deep
64cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 507
A large terracotta cuerda seca vase, late 19th/early 20th century, raised on a scrolling iron stand, chips to glaze, 55cm diameter
95cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 508
A pair of plaster figures of sphinxes, 20th century, in the neoclassical style, each depicted seated on a rectangular base, 23cm wide
38cm deep
82cm high (2)
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 509
A pair of large painted garden ornaments in the form of cranes, early to mid-20th century, in the manner of H Crowther, each modelled standing on carp, set on a wooden base, 60cm wide
60cm deep
156cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 510
A reverse glass portrait of a lady, 20th century, Indian, painted wearing a red headdress and jewellery, holding a rose, on a green ground, 49 x 34cm
£200 - 400
509
508 507
THE COLLECTION OF JULIAN MOULTON A FISH TALE
The first sign that this wasn’t an ordinary house call was the sixties Mini Moke parked outside the little finca near the beach in Pollença, Mallorca. The second was the garlands of champagne corks, threaded into makeshift curtains over the doors and windows.
‘Come in, dear boy!’ was the opening greeting of many that I received from this elegant gentleman dressed in his finest silk dressing gown at midday.
There he stood, in his late seventies, a man whose past shimmered with connections to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. An aristocratic celebrity, once a fixture in the society pages of William Hickey’s Daily Express column, his presence still carried the air of a bygone era of glamour and excess.
The walls were a shrine to his past, adorned with photographs of music icons from my teenage years, alongside paintings by his adored late stepfather, the artist Josselin Bodley (1893-1974). But what truly dominated the room were three enormous taxidermy fish, proudly displayed - a trio he always referred to as ‘Bob’s fish’.
We quickly became firm friends. Over morning coffee, he would regale me with tales of the great and the good from his extraordinary life in London and New York during the sixties.
One day, curiosity got the better of me. ‘Why do you call them Bob’s fish?’ I finally asked.
He leaned back and said, ‘Because Bob Marley was on the boat with me in Montego Bay in the early seventies when I was staying with Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records. Best day’s fishing I’ve ever had! A rare collection even in those days.’
The fish - a tuna, a barracuda and a wahoo - remained in his home for years. It took countless visits and ever-increasing offers before he finally agreed to part with them. They’ve been hanging in my own kitchen ever since.
LOT 511
Three reverse glass portraits, 19th century, Indian, two examples of a seated prince, the third depicting a prince on horseback, 25 x 19cm (3)
£400 - 600
LOT 512
Two pottery jugs, 20th century, in the Minoan-style, by P Desfimotis, each decorated with dolphins and banded designs, signed and inscribed to the underside, largest 21cm wide 15cm deep
37cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 513
A monumental pair of polished copper and brass urns, 20th century, Moroccan, each of baluster form with inlaid scrolling decoration, 46cm diameter
84cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 514
A wool carpet, 20th century, Persian, the central red field with a cream medallion, within multiple foliate borders, 105 x 70cm
£100 - 150
LOT 515
A large Attic-style vase, 19th century, the flared neck set with looped handles to either side, the ovoid body decorated with black figures in dark red tunics, on a circular spreading foot, 38cm wide
30cm deep
49cm high
£600 - 800
LOT 516
A large neoclassical composition wall bracket, of recent manufacture, of scrolling form with acanthus detail,
37cm wide
37cm deep
73cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 517
An Attic-style terracotta hydria, 20th century, the squat body with upturned handles to either side, decorated in the Apulian style, with the Nine Muses in procession, 31cm wide
24cm deep
23cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 518
Two cased ship dioramas, depicting the ‘Great Eastern’ and one other, modelled on rocky waters with painted decoration,
48.5cm wide
5.5cm deep
24cm high, and a pencil on paper sketch (3)
£400 - 600
LOT 519
‘The SS Great Eastern, Designed by I. K. Brunel Esq.’, late 19th century, a hand-coloured, captioned, diagrammatic plan of the ship, published by James Reynolds, 174 Strand, 8 September 1856, 45 x 55cm, framed and glazed
£200 - 300
519
518
517
LOT 520
A taxidermy yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), mid-20th century, by repute caught by Bob Marley with Julian Moulton, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 73cm long
£500 - 700
LOT 521
A taxidermy wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), mid-20th century, by repute caught by Bob Marley with Julian Moulton, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 160cm long
£500 - 700
LOT 522
A taxidermy barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) mid-20th century, by repute caught by Bob Marley with Julian Moulton, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 86cm long
£400 - 600
LOT 523
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) and Josselin Bodley (1893-1974), an exhibition catalogue for the Josselin Bodley retrospective held in Paris, 25 June - 11 July 1975, signed, inscribed and dated by Salvador Dali, complete with a photograph of Dali at the exhibition, and an exhibition poster, photograph 24 x 22cm poster 40.5 x 32.5cm, framed (3) £1,000 - 2,000
LOT 524 ▲
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) ‘Beatrice’; ‘Hell Canto 4’ two lithographs in colours, both signed ‘Dali’ in pencil l.l., and individually numbered ‘11/100’ and ‘71/100’ image 24.5 x 18cm and 24.5 x 19cm (2) £200 - 300
523
LOT 525 ▲
Josselin Bodley (1893-1974)
Building by a lake
signed and dated ‘Josselin Bodley 1968’ l.r., also signed, inscribed and dated on stretcher verso, oil on canvas
65 x 80.5cm
£1,500 - 2,500
LOT 526 ▲
Josselin Bodley (1893-1974)
Tree study
signed ‘Josselin Bodley’ l.r., oil on canvas board
55 x 46cm
£350 - 450
LOT 527 ▲
Josselin Bodley (1893-1974)
‘Arbres d’Hiver’ - Winter Trees signed ‘Josselin Bodley’ l.l., also signed, inscribed with title and dated ‘1926’ verso, oil on canvas board
45 x 37cm
£300 - 500
527
FURNITURE, PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART
LOTS 528-636
LOT 528
A hanging brass twin-branch rise and fall ceiling light, late 19th century, French, the central ceiling boss with twin pulleys, mounted with two lights with pierced panels, centred with a double hook,
73cm wide
88cm long
£200 - 400
LOT 529
A bronze oil lamp, 19th century, the scrolling handle with an eagle terminal, raised on an oval stepped base, 16cm wide
6cm deep
13cm high
£150 - 200
LOT 530
A mahogany and ebonised breakfront bookcase cabinet in the manner of Gillows, mid-19th century, the green marble top over a central pair of glazed and brass-grille doors, flanked by cupboards, each enclosing two shelves, with carved scrolled brackets and inlaid husks, on a plinth base, 244cm wide
84cm deep
118cm high
£1,000 - 2,000
LOT 531
A large brass brazier, late 19th/early 20th century, Turkish, with a lobed body on an oval spreading base, the cover with pierced decoration, 90cm wide
70cm deep
135cm high
£200 - 400
531
LOT 532
A pair of Gothic Revival brass altar candlesticks, 19th century, each with a pierced gallery over a spiralled and cabochon-inset knopped column, 15cm diameter
47cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 533
A brass table lectern or bookstand, c.1875, with a pierced slope rest, centred with an engraved cruciform panel, on a circular brass stand, 36cm wide
25cm deep
28.5cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 534
A brass library table telescope, late 19th century, by J Hicks, Hatton Garden, raised on a turned stand with a tripod base, the tube with engraved maker’s name,
45cm wide
48cm deep
43cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 535
A bronze head of Buddha, possibly 17th/18th century, Thai, cast with his hair in tight curls with a topknot, with elongated earlobes and gently arching eyebrows, raised on a later display stand, 13cm wide
13cm deep
33cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 536
A bronze head of Buddha, 17th century/18th century, Thai, cast with a serene expression, the face framed by pointed ears and elongated earlobes, his hair tightly curled, 11cm wide
11cm deep
28cm high
£300 - 500
536
LOT 537
A bronze figure of Vajrabhairava, 13cm wide
7cm deep 19cm high, and a smaller bronze figure of a deity (2)
£100 - 300
LOT 538
A group of three bronze and copper votive plaques, 18th/19th century, Indian, each cast in relief, depicting Shiva with various attendants, raised on a later stand, largest 20 x 15cm (6)
£300 - 500
LOT 539
A group of five copper, brass and bronze votive plaques, 18th/19th century, Indian, cast in relief, each depicting Shiva surrounded by snakes and attendants, each mounted on a stand
largest 25 x 17cm (5)
£300 - 500
LOT 540
A white-metal votive plaque, 18th/19th century, Indian, cast in relief, depicting Shiva surrounded by attendants, mounted on a later stand, 17 x 12cm, and a similar bronze example, 20 x 12cm (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 541
A pair of relief carved hardwood plaques, 19th century, Mughal, each depicting lions amongst foliage, 25 x 25cm (2)
£200 - 300
§ A bamboo opium pipe, 19th century, Chinese, with ivory, bone and paktong mounts, 50cm long
£80 - 120
A papier mâché ceremonial hat, 20th century, Tibetan, decorated with roundels of dragons, the centre of stepped circular form with applied script, and the underside similarly decorated, 39cm diameter
11cm high
£100 - 200
A lacquered ceremonial hat, 20th century, Tibetan, the wide brim with a raised central section, and decorated with scrolls, dragons and foliage, 29cm diameter, and another example, 20th century, Tibetan, plainly decorated, 35cm diameter (2)
£300 - 400
LOT 545
Two woven hats, 19th/20th century, Tibetan, one example applied with cloth and gold thread, 37cm diameter, the other plain, 30cm diameter (2)
£150 - 200
LOT 542
LOT 543
LOT 544
LOT 546
A painted panel, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, depicting the emperor and courtiers beneath a cloudy sky, with further musicians and courtiers on a terrace, 136 x 56cm, within a later gilt-edged and bamboo frame
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 547
A George III japanned kneehole desk, mid-18th century, the decorated top over a leather-inset brushing slide, a single long drawer, and six further drawers arranged around a central cupboard-backed kneehole, the oak carcass profusely decorated with a green faux tortoiseshell ground, set with raised japanned panels of geese and other birds within landscapes, raised on scrolled bracket feet,
96cm wide
51.5cm deep
76.5cm high
£4,000 - 6,000
LOT 548
A pair of hardwood stools, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, each with a solid inset-panel top, moulded edges, and raised on square section legs, united by humpback stretchers and terminating in carved hoof feet,
41cm wide
30.5cm deep
51cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 549
A rosewood side table, c.1860, Anglo-Indian, profusely carved with a central square honeycomb and flower head panel, bordered by shuttered windows amongst foliage, the top supported on figural brackets, the legs united by an undertier,
49.5cm wide
50.5cm deep
62cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 550
An Aesthetic oak, ebonised and gilt standard lamp, late 19th century, surmounted with a steel and brass globular reservoir, over a turned and carved column with metal and gilt-metal mounts, on a tapering octagonal plinth with bracket feet,
46cm wide
46cm deep
149cm high
£300 - 500
548
549
LOT 551
A carved stone arch, 12th century, Indian, Rajasthan, formed in three sections, each with a central deity seated in a columnar niche and holding attributes, flanked by standing attendants in openwork niches, the arched section centred by Vishnu flanked by domed pavilions, mounted on an iron base,
54cm wide
25cm deep
90cm high
£800 - 1,200
Provenance: Sotheby’s, ‘Indian, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art’, 24 November 1986, lot 194.
LOT 552 ▲
Winifred Strangman (1874-1955)
Flowers and butterflies of India oil on canvas
153 x 72cm
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 553 ▲
Winifred Strangman (1874-1955)
Flowers and butterflies of India oil on canvas
153 x 72cm
£250 - 350
LOT 554 ▲
Winifred Strangman (1874-1955)
Flowers and butterflies of India oil on canvas
153 x 72cm
£250 - 350
LOT 555 ▲
Winifred Strangman (1874-1955)
Flowers and butterflies of India oil on canvas
153 x 72cm
£250 - 350
LOT 556 ▲
Winifred Strangman (1874-1955)
Flowers and butterflies of India oil on canvas
153 x 72cm
£250 - 350
LOT 557 ▲
Winifred Strangman (1874-1955)
Flowers and butterflies of India oil on canvas
153 x 72cm
£250 - 350
LOT 558 ▲
Winifred Strangman (1874-1955)
Flowers and butterflies of India oil on canvas
153 x 72cm
£250 - 350
552
558
“I arrived at the security gates of a multimillion-pound villa not knowing what to expect. The armchairs looked magnificent; the lady of the house had personally purchased them from the Atelier of Versace. I bought them on the spot, knowing that I was buying the antiques of the future.”
LOT 559
A pair of Louis XVI-style giltwood fauteuils, mid-20th century, Continental, each with a pierced floral crest and open arms, raised on tapering fluted supports, upholstered in Atelier Versace ‘Barocco’ velvet fabric, 67cm wide
75cm deep
114cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 560
A six-branch toleware and lacquered candelabra, with ochre and gilt branches with a copper leaf mount, 55cm diameter
52.5cm high
£250 - 350
LOT 561
A walnut side table, 18th-century style, Spanish, with a lozenge-inlaid top, over a panelled drawer with a shaped metal escutcheon, raised on a turned tapering stand, with turned stretchers and with iron loop supports, 74.5cm wide
54.5cm deep
66cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 562
An engraved hardwood mother-of-pearl inlaid crucifix, late 19th century, Chinese, possibly Macao or Tonkin, 24.5cm wide
44.5cm high
£200 - 400
562
LOT 563
An embossed metal wall lantern, late 19th/early 20th century, surmounted with a crown over pierced side panels, with a panelled lantern with a single sconce, the backplate silvered,
46cm wide
14.5cm deep
55cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 564
A carved and burnished giltwood wall mirror, of recent manufacture, surmounted by a ribbon, with a panelled glass slip, and pierced acorn and foliate motifs,
127cm wide
98cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 565
A large pair of painted-pine and gesso simulated-marble plinths, late 19th/early 20th century, each having a scrolling foliate frieze, over a panelled
square column support and a stepped base,
54cm wide
46cm deep
154cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 566
A carved and painted giltwood console table, of recent manufacture, Italian, of demilune form, the top with ribbon borders, oak leaf and acorn motifs, the frieze similarly decorated, raised on leaf-carved, turned and fluted supports, 146.5 wide
57cm deep
88cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 567
A hardwood cabinet, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, of tapering form, with a moulded top, over two cupboard doors with loop handles and metal mounts, the interior painted and fitted with two shelves, 92cm wide
44cm deep
136.5cm high
£500 - 800
LOT 568
A rectangular rosewood side table, mid-19th century, probably Bombay, the relief-carved top on a folding base, set with pierced panels, the legs united by stretchers, 76cm wide
45cm deep
62cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 569
An archaic-style cast bronze mirror, late 19th century, Chinese, of circular form, the front panel with a studwork ground depicting a mountain, cranes, a dragon and a pagoda, cast with characters, the reverse plain, on a pierced, carved hardwood stand, 18cm wide
6cm deep
28cm high overall (2)
£200 - 300
567
569
LOT 570
A white and painted-glass oil lamp shade, 20th century, with a crimped edge and decorated with finches, 23cm diameter 17cm high, and an octagonal example, with a wide floral-decorated border, 21cm diameter 18cm high (2)
£80 - 120
LOT 571
A carved wooden and painted figure of a pelota player, 20th century, raised on a rectangular plinth base, 14cm wide 11cm deep 52cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 572
A Nain rug, 20th century, Persian, the central blue field with an ivory medallion and repeating scrolls, 200 x 100cm
£200 - 300
LOT 573
A group of four prayer printing blocks, 15th/16th century, Tibetan, each carved wood block with script, one with a crouching god surrounded by a flaming mandorla, now on a wood panel, largest 14 x 5.5cm (4)
£200 - 300
LOT 574
A collection of three printing blocks, 18th/19th century, Tibetan, each relief-carved with script, largest 42 x 21cm, and a metal-mounted wooden panel, with traces of gilded decoration (4)
£200 - 300
LOT 575
A group of eight prayer printing blocks, probably first half of the 20th century, Tibetan, various sizes, each carved in relief with script and symbols, largest 64.5cm wide
10cm deep
2cm high (8)
£300 - 500
LOT 576
A collection of six prayer printing blocks, probably 18th/19th century, Tibetan, each carved in relief, largest 61 x 22cm (6)
£300 - 500
LOT 577
A group of four wooden prayer printing blocks, 15th/16th century, Tibetan, each densely carved with script, largest 53.5 x 9cm (4)
£200 - 300
LOT 578
A group of four carved wood rice cake moulds, 19th century, Korean, carved with calligraphy and foliage, 53cm wide
6cm deep
3.5cm high (4)
£80 - 120
578
577
576
575
574
573
A marble-topped cast and wrought-iron baker’s table, 19th century, French, the stone top over a pierced scrolling foliate frieze, above a scrolling base with brass finials, 137cm wide
61cm deep
81cm high
£1,000 - 1,500
A patinated plaster male torso, 20th century, on a shaped base, 37cm wide
21cm deep
79cm high
£300 - 500
A carved rosewood occasional table, late 19th/early 20th century, Anglo-Indian, the square top over a pierced chequerboard frieze, raised on grotesque shaped supports with an undertier, 51cm wide
51.5cm deep
64cm high
£300 - 500
A bronze model of a goose, 20th century, Chinese, modelled standing, 25cm long
12cm wide
36cm high
£200 - 300
LOT 579
LOT 580
LOT 581
LOT 582
LOT 583
A plaster figure of a cow and calf, late 19th/early 20th century, Continental, polychrome painted and naturalistically modelled, on a plinth base, 29cm wide
17cm deep
21cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 584
A bronze figure of a warrior, in the Nuragic style, holding a round shield,
8cm wide
12cm deep
39cm high, and a similar modern reproduction (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 585
A hexagonal wrought-iron hanging lantern, 20th century, having scrolling supports, applied metal leaf decoration and traces of brown paint, containing five lights, 40cm diameter
86cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 586
A life-sized woven seagrass bull’s head, mid-20th century, Spanish, with holes for eyes and nostrils, 60cm wide
70cm deep
75cm high
£200 - 400
LOT 587
A matched set of four Gustavian-style wall sconces, early 20th century, Swedish, each with faceted cut-glass drops and a mirrored back, 24cm wide
15cm deep
50cm high (4)
£400 - 600
An Art Nouveau brass and opaline glass wall light, late 19th century, in the manner of WAS Benson, the pierced wall plate with an adjustable arched pole, holding a cylindrical brass lantern, with a conical pierced cover, 23cm wide
30cm deep
65cm high
£400 - 600
LOT 589
An olivewood table, of recent manufacture from aged timbers, the distressed three-plank top on square-form supports,
138cm wide
78cm deep
51cm high
£300 - 500
587
589
LOT 588
588
LOT 590
A large beech workbench, 19th century, French, by Victor Gautier & Albert Lemaître, fitted with a vice, and inset with a pewter roundel reading ‘Aux Mines de Suède, Presse Française, Paris, 5. rue Rochechouart’, 220cm wide
58cm deep
79cm high
£700 - 900
A small flat-weave kilim rug, of recent manufacture, woven with repeating geometric motifs in polychrome colours, 118 x 82cm
£100 - 200
LOT 592
A Japonesque quartetto of tables, c.1880, the tops inlaid with lacquer panels and parquetry motifs, raised on ring-turned ebonised stands with gilt details, 56cm wide
46.5cm deep
71.5cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 591
592
591
590
LOT 593
A plaster and composite column, of recent manufacture, with panelled sides, 35cm wide
35cm deep
90cm high
£250 - 450
LOT 594
A hardwood centre table, c.1860-70, Anglo-Indian, the circular top, with a wide low-relief border with shuttered windows, birds and foliage, over a pierced and shaped apron, raised on an unusual chequered carved stand, mounted with three birds, on a scrolled lion-capped tripod stand, 70.5cm diameter
79.5cm high
£800 - 1,200
LOT 595
A Qum carpet, mid-20th century, Persian, decorated with animals and foliage, within similarly decorated borders, 205 x 136cm
£300 - 500
LOT 596
‘H... Edouard (French, 20th century) after Jakob Bogdany
A parrot, gull, partridge and other birds in a landscape
signed ‘H... Edouard’ l.l., oil on canvas
91.5 x 121.5cm, unframed
£600 - 800
LOT 597
Victor Tardos Krenner (Hungarian, 1866-1927)
Nymph and satyr signed ‘Tardos Krenner
V’ l.l., oil on board
122 x 92cm
£300 - 500
LOT 598 ▲
Patrick Livingstone (b.1956)
A summer afternoon in the garden signed ‘LIVINGSTONE’ l.l., oil on canvas
76 x 101cm
£80 - 120
597
598
596
LOT 599 ▲
Patrick Livingstone (b.1956)
Lunch in the garden on a summer’s day signed ‘LIVINGSTONE’ l.l., oil on canvas
76.5 x 101.5cm
£80 - 120
LOT 600
Vincent Herrero (20th century) ‘Aldea Fornells’ signed ‘Vincent’ l.r., also signed, inscribed with title and dated ‘Mallorca 91/#97’ verso, oil on canvas
75 x 101cm
£50 - 80
LOT 601
Brian Ballagh (20th century)
A view of the countryside signed ‘BALLAGH’ l.r., oil on canvas
76 x 102cm
£100 - 150
LOT 602
A carved mahogany figural group, 20th century, Cuban, depicting a trio of musicians, the conga drum carved with the inscription ‘Los Sonoros’, 42cm wide
27cm deep
63cm high
£300 - 500
“I first saw this, many years ago, behind the bar of Countess Von Rosen’s Mallorcan mansion - the Countess explained that she and her husband had purchased it directly from the sculptor in the 1960s in Havana. It apparently left Cuba in a diplomatic bag.
LOT 603
A brass standard lamp, early 20th century, with a pine cone finial over a scrolling arm, on an adjustable column and circular spreading base, 57cm wide
32cm deep
163cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 604
A pair of carved giltwood niches, 20th century, each carved with swagged drapery and cherub mask supports, 37cm wide
23cm deep
103cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 605
A carved wooden and brass-inset panel, 19th century, Indian, the carved foliate frame centred with two embossed-brass oval portrait panels, depicting emperor Jahangir and empress Nur Jahan, inscribed in Urdu, overall 108 x 140cm
panels 61 x 39cm
£300 - 500
LOT 606
An oak bible box, 17th century and later, with a geometrically carved front,
58cm wide
40cm deep
20cm high
£200 - 300
607
A George III mahogany side table, 19th century, the moulded top inlaid with coromandel banding, the front with a frieze drawer inlaid with an oyster-veneered panel, matched to the sides, raised on carved cabriole legs, with claw and ball feet,
81.5cm wide
51.5cm deep
72.5cm high
£200 - 300
After Willy Kreitz, 20th century, ‘Fish’, a bronze fountainhead, raised on a circular base,
60cm wide
40cm deep
65cm high
£500 - 800
LOT 609
A walnut and inlaid chest, 18th century and later, Catalan, having a lift-up lid over an arcaded front, inlaid with foliate designs and lions, all raised on carved hairy paw feet, 148cm wide
60cm deep
66cm high
£600 - 800
609
608
607
606
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LOT 608
LOT 610
A Nain runner, Persian, the cream ground decorated with foliage and scrolls, within a banded border, 294 x 70cm
£100 - 200
LOT 611 ▲
Howard Carter (b.1938)
‘Cezanne Still Life III’ carved wood, signed and dated ‘1998’ to a label on the reverse
83cm wide
83cm deep
40cm high
£300 - 500
LOT 612
A pine and bamboo cabinet, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chinese, of tapering form with two cupboards, both with bamboo panelling, the lower pair with carved panels, with ring-turned handles and engraved circular escutcheons, locking with a latch, over a sliding cupboard, the sides with strip bamboo panels, 89cm wide
44cm deep
174cm high
£400 - 600
611
612
LOT 613
After Balthasar van der Ast
A still life of fruit in a vase with a parrot and shells oil on canvas
100 x 80cm
£400 - 600
LOT 614 ▲
Jean Vinay (French, 1907-1978)
‘Quai d’Orléans’
signed ‘Vinay’ l.l., also signed and inscribed with title verso, oil on canvas
49.5 x 61cm
£100 - 200
Provenance: With the Adams Gallery, London.
LOT 615 ▲
Charles Pears (1873-1958)
Santa Catalina, Palma
signed ‘CHAS. PEARS’ and inscribed l.l., oil on canvas laid on board
43 x 51cm
£600 - 800
615 614
613
LOT 616 ▲
Graham Painter (1947-2007) Country lane with ford signed ‘G. Painter’ l.r., oil on canvas
76 x 86cm
£200 - 300
LOT 617
Italian School, 17th century
A mountainous river landscape with figures and mules in the foreground and a town beyond oil on canvas
170 x 166cm, in a carved giltwood frame
£1,000 - 1,500
616 617
LOT 618 ▲
Lluis Rizzo Rey (Spanish, b.1959)
Female nude in a stripy shirt
signed ‘Rizzo Rey’ l.r., mixed media on board
123 x 83cm
£1,000 - 1,500
LOT 619
A pair of concave composite and plaster panels, late 19th/20th century, each depicting classical figures revelling, 60 x 40cm (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 620
An embossed velvet casket, 18th century, French, mounted with iron hinges and latch, the drop-front revealing six Limoges mounted, enamelled and ebonised drawers, decorated with masks and grotesques, below a long enamelled panel, damages, and iron spiral handles, 27cm wide
21cm deep
20cm high
£250 - 350
LOT 621
A group of four lacquered and ivory inlaid screen panels, late 19th century, Japanese, each depicting birds and insects among foliage, the largest, 44 x 60cm (4)
£300 - 500
LOT 622
A pair of polychrome-painted ceremonial figures, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, modelled as a male and female in traditional dress, each mounted on a rectangular stand with short turned legs, 61cm wide
61cm deep
182cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
LOT 623
A carved walnut model of an eagle, 20th century, with wings spread, fitted with glass eyes, raised on an iron stand, 69cm wide
55cm deep
97cm high
£200 - 400
623
622
621
620 619
LOT 624
A pair of brass twin-branch wall sconces, 19th century, each cast with a floral mount, with cut-glass drops and a crescent-shaped finial,
20.5cm wide
11cm deep
40.5cm high (2)
£300 - 500
LOT 625
A collection of iron-tipped arrows, 20th century, some with feather fletches, longest 90cm long, together with a hardwood stand,
61cm wide
7cm deep
14cm high (14)
£100 - 150
LOT 626
A miniature brass model of a cannon, 20th century, cast with a coat of arms, and mounted on a carriage, 34cm wide
19cm deep
14.5cm high (2)
£200 - 300
LOT 627
A painted trade sign, 20th century, inscribed ‘John Ferns & Son, Saddler’ and with applied leather straps, 85 x 59cm
£150 - 200
LOT 628
A carved wood panel, late 19th/early 20th century, Indian, deeply carved with a female deity and companions, playing musical instruments and dancing, within fruiting and scrolling foliage, 140 x 53cm
£400 - 600
LOT 629
Two cast bronze temple bells, Indian, the larger mounted with a handle modelled as the monkey god Hanuman, the other with Shiva, engraved and cast, larger 17.5cm diameter
35cm high (2)
£200 - 400
LOT 630
A set of brass double-balance scales, of recent manufacture, surmounted with a cast bull’s head, the shaped base with eight graduated weights, 5g to ¼kg,
34cm wide
14cm deep
67.5cm high
£150 - 250
LOT 631
A contemporary sculpture of a rhinoceros head, of recent manufacture, in the manner of Phillip Plein, composite in chromed metallic finish,
46cm wide
22cm deep
45cm high
£100 - 200
LOT 632
A Han-style lacquered anthropomorphic funerary vessel, Chinese, modelled as a duck, decorated with black and red plumage with an orange bill, 26.5cm wide
19cm high
£200 - 300
629
628
632
Ronald Brooks Kitaj (American, 1932-2007) ‘Marynka Smoking’ offsite lithograph in colours, signed ‘Kitaj’ l.l., numbered ‘15/100’ and further inscribed ‘from RB for ying yeung, affection’ l.r. 65x 49 image with book by Marco Livingstone ‘Kitaj’, published by Phaidon Press Limited, London, 1992.
£200 - 300
A carved wood figure of a scribe, late 18th/early 19th century, Chinese, modelled holding a lidded vessel, 15cm wide
9cm deep
45cm high
£350 - 450
A pair of painted spelter figural candlesticks, c.1880/90, modelled as a turbanned male or female, each bejewelled and wearing tunics, hose, leg pads and pointed slippers, holding a torch and fanning the sconce, on a cast circular stand, 17cm wide
12cm deep
39.5cm high (2)
£300 - 500
A silver-plated centrepiece, late 19th century, cast with three conjoined elephants holding aloft a flared and engraved stand, with a cut and etchedglass dish, raised on a circular plinth with a beadwork edge and cast dragon feet, 21cm diameter
24cm high (2)
£300 - 500
636
635
634
633
LOT 633
LOT 634
LOT 635
LOT 636
The White Room Plans For The Future
The proceeds from this sale will be directed towards the construction of ‘The White Room,’ an addiction and mental health treatment centre in Thailand. My son Fred, now 44, endured the torment of addiction for over twenty years, navigating his struggles through university and beyond. His journey took him to a remote corner of South Africa, where he spent two years in a basic rehab centre deep in the jungle near Kruger Park.
After overcoming his addiction, Fred dedicated four years to studying and training as an international counsellor in addiction and mental health treatment. Today, he works successfully at a major rehab centre in Thailand, and now, he is determined to use his own experiences to give back by opening his own healing centre in rural Thailand. This centre will not only provide treatment facilities but also serve as a sober house for individuals in recovery.
His sister, Sofia, a talented singer and songwriter (@sofiaandtheantoinettes), who is set to begin her world tour with Lola Young in September, is also supporting ‘The White Room’ project.
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Shipping of Goods
We offer a delivery service for Lots purchased, either by shipping ourselves, or use of a third party logistics company. Estimates for Shipping Costs for smaller items can be calculated pre-sale on our website under each Lot and are based on value, size and your chosen UK destination. For items purchased the actual cost can be added to your account and paid online after the sale. If you purchase multiple Lots from the same auction, we will combine packaging/deliveries to reduce the Shipping Costs. For lots for which Shipping Costs cannot be automatically calculated, such as furniture, you can obtain a bespoke Shipping Cost from our website to any destination in the world either in advance of the sale or after you have purchased.
Estimates of Shipping Costs on our website are based on the low estimate, whilst the actual cost is based on Hammer Price.
Items not collected within seven working days of the auction will be sent to Abels Moving Services Ltd, at your expense. You will be liable for all costs relating to the collection and storage of your items. See clause 8 and 9 in the terms of sale relating to the Title and Collection of purchase and associated costs.
Electrical goods
These are sold as ‘antiques’ only. If you buy electrical Goods for use you must ask a qualified electrician to check them for compliance with safety regulations before you use them.
Export of Goods
If you intend to export Goods you must find out: a. whether an export licence is needed; and b. if there is a prohibition on importing Goods of that character e.g. because the Goods contain prohibited materials such as ivory.
Bidding
Bidders are required to register with us before the auction starts. We Reserve the right to impose a deadline prior to the auction by which you must register or by which we must receive a Commission bid. If you wish to bid on high value Lots this deadline may be several days before the auction to allow us sufficient time to carry out the necessary checks. Lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. You will need to provide us with proof of your identity in a form acceptable to us and such other information as we may require. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone or online bidding. Please note that we may refuse to register you if you do not provide us with all the information and documentation that we ask for or at our discretion.
Commission bidding
You may leave Commission bids with us indicating the maximum amount to be bid against a Lot (excluding the Buyers’ Premium and/or any applicable VAT). We will execute Commission bids as cheaply as possible having regard to the Reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two Buyers submit identical Commission bids we may prefer the first bid received (where this can be reasonably ascertained). We recommend leaving Commission bids online via our Website, though please contact us about leaving bids by telephone or fax/email. All absentee bids should be received at least 30 minutes before the auction commences; we cannot guarantee to execute Commission bids received after this time.
Telephone bidding
If you are unable to come to the auction it may be possible to bid on the telephone for higher value Lots. Please note that this service is for Lots with an estimate of £500 or more. The number of lines is limited so we would urge serious telephone bidding only and ask that you be prepared to bid over the top estimate. It is advisable to leave a maximum covering bid in case we are not able to contact you by telephone. All lines must be booked and confirmed in writing before the day of the auction and preferably some time in advance. Telephone bidding involves many variables and whilst we take every care to ensure the smooth operation of this service, we cannot be held liable if your bids are missed for any reason.
Online bidding
Any Lots purchased via a live online bidding service will be subject to an additional Commission charge on the Hammer Price payable by the Bidder, in accordance with rates specified by the online service. These are charged at 0% while bidding via Sworders Website. If bidding through other online bidding platforms, you will be charged additional surcharges, which will be payable to us on top of the Hammer Price and our Buyer’s Commission at their advertised rate.
Artist Resale Rights
Lots marked with a ▴ indicate the item is subject to additional Artist Resale Right charges.
IMPORTANT NOTICES
Removal of Lots
Furniture and large items, and small items if they form part of the same invoice, will be removed from the premises after 4pm seven working days following the sale, by Abels Moving Services Ltd, the cost of which you will be liable for. See clause 8 and 9 in the Terms of Sale for Title and Collection of Purchases and Costs relating to Collection Services, for more details.
Electrical Goods
All electrical Goods offered in this sale have either been tested and certified safe or unsafe by an appropriately qualified electrician. All electrical Goods certified unsafe must be re-commissioned by an appropriately qualified electrician and we recommend those certified safe are similarly re-commissioned.
Post 1950 Upholstered Furniture
All items of furniture included in this sale are offered for sale as works of art. The items may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988 and for this reason, they should not be used in a private dwelling.
Furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia Negra)
To comply with CITES Regulations on Post-1947 furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood, all post-war rosewood furniture items must have an Article 10 certificate in place, prior to being offered for sale.
If you are purchasing rosewood furniture for commercial purposes and not solely for your own use, CITES regulations require you to obtain your own certificate. You would need to contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and, as part of the process of obtaining your document, it is a requirement that you have seen sight of the Sworders’ certificate or are aware of its reference number.
It is therefore the responsibility of commercial Buyers to ensure that they obtain a copy of the appropriate certificate, or the certificate reference number, after purchase from Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers. Items are marked with this sign §.
Ivory Lots marked contain elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding.
2. TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS
Not printed within this catalogue, but can be viewed at www.sworder.co.uk
3 TERMS OF SALE FOR BIDDERS AN D BUYERS
Please note that if you register to bid and/or bid at auction this signifies that you agree to and will comply with these Terms of Sale.
These Terms of Sale relate to auctions conducted by an Auctioneer only, where the opportunity is available to view the lots. We have separate terms for online only auctions and those where viewing is not available.
1. Definitions and interpretation
1.1 To make these Terms of Sale easier to read, we have given the following words a specific meaning:
In these Terms of Sale, the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to you as the Buyer. The words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneer. Any reference to a ‘Clause’ is to a clause of these Terms of Sale unless stated otherwise.
3. Bidding procedures and the Buyer
3.1 You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity and billing information, in a form acceptable to us. You must also satisfy any security arrangements we have in place before entering the auction room to view or bid.
3.2 We strongly recommend that you attend the auction in person. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot. If you bid on a Lot, including by telephone and online bidding, or by placing a Commission bid, we assume that you have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its condition and other characteristics.
3.3 If you instruct us, we may execute Commission bids on your behalf. We will confirm receipt of your instruction by sending you an email acknowledging your request and confirming your bid. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your Commission bid, unless our failure to do so is unreasonable. Where two or more Commission bids at the same level are recorded, we have the right to prefer the first bid made (where this can be reasonably ascertained).
‘Auctioneer’ means GES & Sons Ltd trading as Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 6858916 and whose registered office is located at Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex CM24 8GE or its authorised Auctioneer, as appropriate;
‘Bidder’ means a person who places a bid for Goods at our auction;
‘Buyer’ means the person who makes the highest bid for the Goods accepted by the Auctioneer;
‘Commission’ means the Commission that we charge you on the sale of the Goods as set out in Clause 4 below;
‘Consumer’ means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession;
‘Consumer Contracts Regulations’ means the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013;
‘Deliberate Forgery’ means: (a) an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source; (b) which is described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator without qualification; and (c) which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been as described;
‘FCA’ means the Financial Conduct Authority;
‘Goods’ means the Goods that have been consigned to us for sale at our auction;
‘Hammer Price’ means the level of the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer;
‘Premium’ means the Premium charged to the Buyer on the sale of the Goods in accordance with the Terms of Sale;
‘Price’ means the total of the Hammer Price, Premium, Shipping Costs (if applicable) and any applicable VAT;
‘Proceeds’ means the Price less the Commission, the Premium, Shipping Costs, any expenses incurred to your account and any applicable VAT;
‘Reserve’ means the minimum Price at which the Goods may be sold;
‘Seller’ means the owner of the Goods and any agent who consigns the Goods for sale on the owner’s behalf (if applicable);
‘Shipping Costs’ means the charges applied to the shipping of all Goods purchased, should the Buyer ask for Sworders shipping agent to deliver the Goods (if applicable);
‘Terms of Consignment’ means these Terms of Consignment;
‘Terms of Sale’ means the Terms of Sale for Bidders or Buyers at our auctions;
‘Trader’ means a Seller who is acting for purposes relating to that Seller’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the Trader’s name or on the Trader’s behalf (such as an agent and/or the Auctioneer);
‘VAT’ means any value added tax or equivalent sales tax; and
‘Website’ means our Website available at www.sworder.co.uk.
2. Information that we are required to give to Consumers
2.1 A description of the main characteristics of each Lot as contained in the auction catalogue.
2.2 Our name, address and contact details as set out herein, in our auction catalogues and/or on our Website.
2.3 The Price of the Goods and arrangements for payment as described in Clauses 4, 5, 7 and 8.
2.4 The arrangements for collection or delivery of the Goods as set out in Clauses 8 and 9.
2.5 Your right to return a Lot and receive a refund if the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 13.
2.6 We and Trader Sellers have a legal duty to supply any Lots to you in accordance with these Terms of Sale.
2.7 If you have any complaints, please send them to us directly at auctions@sworder.co.uk.
3.4 The Bidder placing the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer will be the Buyer at the Hammer Price. Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our discretion. We may re-offer the Lot during the auction or may settle the dispute in another way. We will act reasonably when deciding how to settle the dispute.
3.5 Bidders will be deemed to act as principals, even if the Bidder is acting as an agent for a third party.
3.6 We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bid below the Reserve.
3.7 We may refuse to accept any bid if it is reasonable for us to do so.
3.8 Bidding increments will be at our sole discretion (but will be in line with standard auction practice).
4. The purchase Price
4.1 As a Buyer, you will pay:
a. the Hammer Price;
b. a Premium of 25% plus VAT of the Hammer Price or 18% plus
VAT for our Fine Wine and Spirits Auction; c. any artist’s resale right royalty payable on the sale of a Lot d. any bidding platform fee payable on a Lot; and e. any VAT due.
5. Value Added TAX (VAT)
5.1 As the Buyer, you shall be liable for the payment of any VAT applicable on the Hammer Price, Premium and Shipping Costs (if applicable) due for a Lot, at the appropriate rate prevailing by law at the date of the auction. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue for that Lot and the ‘Information for Buyers’ in our auction catalogue for further information. Please see 5.6 for the conditions to be fulfilled before the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be cancelled or refunded upon exporting from the UK
5.2 Lots affixed with (†): VAT on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium is imposed on all items affixed with a dagger (†). This imposition of VAT maybe because the Seller is registered for VAT within the UK and is not operating under a Margin Scheme.
5.3 Lots affixed with (‡): A reduced rate of Import VAT on the Hammer Price of 5% is payable. This indicates that a Lot has been imported from outside the UK.
5.4 Lots affixed with [Ω]: Standard rate of 20% of Import VAT on the Hammer Price and premium is payable. This applies to items that have been imported from outside the UK and do not fall within the reduced rate category.
5.5 Lots affixed with [Ω] or ‡ when these lots are released to buyers in the UK, the buyer will become the importer and must pay Sworders the import VAT at the rates noted above on the hammer price. The buyer should also note that the appropriate rate will be that in force on the date of our release and not that in force at the date of auction or payment.
5.6 Export from the UK: For lots offered under the VAT Margin Scheme and lots with [Ω] or ‡ symbols attached; you may be eligible to have a VAT refund in certain circumstances if the lot is exported. Should you show us proof of export within three months of collection a VAT refund may be arranged. No VAT amounts will be refunded where the total refund is under £75. Bank/transfer charges relating to any refund will be borne by the buyer and will not be reimbursed. Please note that all customs formalities of the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer.
6. The contract between you and the Seller 6.1 The contract for the purchase of the Lot between you and the Seller will be formed when the Auctioneer records the winning Lot in the sale book accepting the highest bid for the Lot at auction, unless due diligence information required by us under the Money Laundering Regulations 2019 in accordance with our internal procedure remains outstanding, in which case the contract will be formed when that information is accepted by us as complete.
6.2 You may directly enforce any terms in the Terms of Consignment against a Seller to the extent that you suffer damages and/or loss as a result of the Seller’s breach of the Terms of Consignment.
6.3 If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may at our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim.
6.4 We normally act as an agent only and will not have any responsibility for default by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot).
7. Payment
7.1 Immediately following your successful bid on a Lot you will:
7.1.1 give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, proof of identity in a form acceptable to us (and any other information that we require in order to comply with our anti-money laundering obligations); and
7.1.2 pay to us the total amount due in any way that we agree to accept payment.
7.1.3 pay in full the Shipping Costs prior to the Goods being shipped, should you agree to Sworders shipping agent delivering the Goods.
7.2 If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay these debts.
8. Title and collection of purchases
8.1 Once you have paid us in full the total amount due for any Lot, ownership of that Lot will transfer to you. You may not claim or collect a Lot until you have paid for it.
8.2 You will (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for not later than 5pm on the Friday following the auction, or such later date as is specified in the printed catalogue or on our Website.
8.3 If you agree to using our delivery service, only when the full Shipping Costs have been paid will the Goods be dispatched. We reserve the right that some Lots will not be suitable for an automated shipping estimate and will require bespoke quotes from the shipping agent.
8.4 If you do not collect the Lot within the time period under Clause 8.2, you will be responsible for removal and storage charges in relation to that Lot – see clause 8.5 -8.7 below.
8.5 Items not collected within seven working days of the auction will be collected by Abels Moving Services Ltd for storage at their Potters Bar depot and subject to collection, storage and administration costs, for which you will be liable. See Clause 9 for Costs relating to Collection and Storage Services
8.6 Items will be stored by Abels Moving Services Ltd free of charge for seven days from the date of collection. Storage charges will commence thereafter. All costs associated with collection and storage in these cases are payable directly to Abels Moving Services Ltd and must be paid prior to collection of the lot – see clause 9 on Costs Relating to Collection and Storage Services.
8.7 All lots must be collected by prior appointment at Abels Moving Services Ltd, The Heights, East, Cranborne Road, Potters Bar, EN6 3JN.
020 4259 4315
collectionsPB@abels.co.uk
Collections Monday – Friday 08:30-16:30 only.
8.8 Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you when you (or your agents) take physical possession of the Lot or it is collected by Abels Moving Services Ltd.
8.9 If you do not collect the Lot that you have paid for within thirty days after the auction, we may sell the Lot. We will pay the Proceeds of any such sale to you, but will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling Commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot.
9. Costs Relating to Collection and Storage services
9.1 These fees relate to the collection and storage of your purchases by Abels Moving Services Ltd and are payable directly to them.
9.2 Collection from Sworders £25 per collection of 1-5 items and £50 per collection of 6-10 items listed on an invoice (plus VAT)
9.3 Free storage for one week thereafter, then:
9.3.1 £4.00 (plus VAT) per lot, per day*
*Additional charges apply for items exceeding 8 x 8ft
*A levied liability charge (LLC) of £0.08 per £1,000 value of goods is payable
*Admin fees will be payable on collection of goods from Abels Moving Services Ltd
*All charges are subject to VAT and 6.27% insurance on total charges
10. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases
10.1 Please do not bid on a Lot if you do not intend to buy it. If your bid is successful, these Terms of Sale will apply to you. This means that you will have to carry out your obligations set out in these Terms of Sale. If you do not comply with these Terms of Sale we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures:
10.1.1 take action against you for damages for breach of contract;
10.1.2 reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold by us to you;
10.1.3 resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any difference between the Price you should have paid for the Lot and the Price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clause 8.7). Please note that if we sell the Lot for a higher amount than your winning bid, the extra money will belong to the Seller;
10.1.4 remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense;
10.1.5 if you do not pay us within five business days of your successful bid, we may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due;
10.1.6 keep that Lot or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due, including Shipping Costs where applicable;
10.1.7 reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you; and/or
10.1.8 if we sell any Lots for you, use the money made on these Lots to repay any amount you owe us.
10.2 We will act reasonably when exercising our rights under Clause 9.1. We will contact you before exercising these rights and try to work with you to correct any non-compliance by you with these Terms of Sale.
11. Health and safety
Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our employees’ or our agents’ negligence.
12. Warranties
12.1 The Seller warrants to us and to you that:
12.1.1 the Seller is the true owner of the Lot for sale or is authorised by the true owner to offer and sell the Lot at auction;
12.1.2 the Seller is able to transfer good and marketable title to the Lot to you free from any third party rights or claims; and
12.1.3 as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction) are correct.
12.2 If, after you have placed a successful bid and paid for a Lot, any of the warranties above are found not to be true, please notify us in writing. Neither we nor the Seller will be liable to pay you any sums over and above the total amount due and we will not be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information provided by the Seller except as set out below.
12.3 Please note that many of the Lots that you may bid on at our auction are second-hand.
12.4 If a Lot is not second-hand and you purchase the Lot as a Consumer from a Seller that is a Trader, a number of additional terms may be implied by law in addition to the Seller’s warranties set out at Clause 12.1 (in particular under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). These Terms of Sale do not seek to exclude your rights under law as they relate to the sale of these Lots.
12.5 Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you, or us and you, or be implied or incorporated by statue, common law or otherwise are excluded.
13. Descriptions and condition
13.1 Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on: (a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and (b) our opinion (although it is likely that we will not be able to carry out a detailed inspection of each Lot).
13.2 We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (and any independent consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot. We shall not be responsible for any failure by you or your consultants to properly inspect a Lot in advance of the auction.
13.3 Representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling Price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion will be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently.
13.4 Please note that Lots (in particular second-hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition. Lots are sold ‘as is’ (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of second-hand Lots or for any condition issues affecting a Lot if such issues are included in the description of a Lot in the auction catalogue, the condition report for a lot (or in any saleroom notice) and/ or which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.
14. Deliberate Forgeries
14.1 You may return any Lot which is found to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within thirty days of the auction provided that you return the Lot to us in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written statement identifying the Lot from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects.
14.2 If we are reasonably satisfied that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery, we will refund the money paid by you for the Lot (including any Premium and applicable VAT) provided that if:
14.2.1 the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction; or
14.2.2 you personally are not able to transfer good and marketable title in the Lot to us, you will have no right to a refund under this Clause.
14.3 If you have sold the Lot to another person, we will only be liable to refund the Price that you paid for the Lot. We will not be responsible for repaying any additional money you may have made from selling the Lot.
14.4 Your right to return a Lot that is a Deliberate Forgery does not affect your legal rights and is in addition to any other right or remedy provided by law or by these Terms of Sale.
15. Our liability to you
15.1 We will not be liable for any loss of opportunity or disappointment suffered as a result of participating in our auction.
15.2 In addition to the above, neither we nor the Seller shall be responsible to you and you shall not be responsible to the Seller or us for any other loss or damage that any of us suffer that is not a foreseeable result of any of us not complying with the Terms and Conditions. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is obvious that it will happen or if at the time of the sale of the Lot, we, you and the Seller knew it might happen.
15.3 Subject to Clause 14.4, if we are found to be liable to you for any reason (including, amongst others, if we are found to be negligent, in breach of contract or to have made a misrepresentation), our liability will be limited to the total purchase price paid by you to us for any Lot.
15.4 Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for:
15.4.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence (as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977);
15.4.2 fraudulent misrepresentation; or
15.4.3 any liability which cannot be excluded by law.
16. Notices
16.1 All notices between you and us regarding these Terms of Sale must be in writing and either from your registered email address, our email address, or if in hard copy letter, signed by or on behalf of the party sending it.
16.2 Any notice referred in Clause 16.1 may be given:
16.2.1 by delivering it by hand;
16.2.2 by first class pre-paid post or recorded delivery; or 16.2.3 by email.
16.3 Notices must be sent:
16.3.1 by hand or registered post;
a. to us, at our address set out in these Terms of Sale or at our registered office address appearing on our Website; and
b. to you, at the last postal address that you have given to us as your contact address in writing; or
16.3.2 by email:
a. to us, by sending the notice to the following email address: auctions@sworder.co.uk
b. to you, by sending the notice to any email address that you have given to us as your contact email address in writing.
16.4 Notices will be deemed to have been received:
16.4.1 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery;
16.4.2 if sent by first class pre-paid post or recorded delivery, two business days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or
16.4.3 if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent after 5pm in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next business day in the place of receipt.
16.5 Any notice or communication given under these Terms of Sale will not be validly given if sent by fax, any form of messaging via social media or text message.
17. Data Protection
We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with our current privacy policy, a copy of which is available on our Website.
18. General
18.1 We may, acting reasonably, refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.
18.2 We act as an agent for our Sellers. The rights we have to claim against you for breach of these Terms of Sale may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, its employees or agents, as appropriate. Other than as set out in this Clause, these Terms of Sale are between you and us and no other person will have any rights to enforce any of these Terms of Sale.
18.3 We may use special terms in the catalogue descriptions of particular Lots. You must read these terms carefully along with any glossary provided in our auction catalogues.
18.4 Each of the clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining clauses will remain in full force and effect.
18.5 We may change these Terms of Sale from time to time, without notice to you. Please read these Terms of Sale carefully, as they may be different from the last time you read them.
18.6 Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.
18.7 These Terms of Sale and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any non-contractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
19 Sharing your information
19.1 Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. We do not share your data unless there is a business, or legal reason for us to do so.
In agreeing to these terms of sale, you agree that:
• Should you decide to use Sworders delivery service, we may share relevant personal data that we hold with the shipping agent to allow effective communication between the shipping agent and you, and to enable delivery
• Should you fail to collect your items within seven working days of the date of the auction, we may share your details with the shipping agent to allow effective communication between them and you, to arrange for the payment of storage and collection of your items from their store.
Please refer to Sworders Privacy Policy for more information on how we process your data.
These terms are based upon the recommended terms of sale by the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers
OFFICES AND CONTACTS
Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms
Cambridge Road | Stansted Mountfitchet Essex | CM24 8GE auctions@sworder.co.uk | 01279 817778
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London
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