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Lot 276
Ca. 206 BC - AD 220.A Chinese Han dynasty gold and silver inlaid bronze crossbow trigger decorated in various parts assembled into a complex mechanism held together using two bolts, the trigger fitting with a gold inlaid zoomorphic motif towards the handle and another smaller but similar motif at the upper surface. Size: 240mm x 170mm; Weight: 2.09kgProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Robert R. Bigler, Jun 2009; Ex. American private collection, Robert H. Ellsworth. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Lot 82
Ca. 9th - 10th century AD; Ca. 9th - 10th century AD; Ca. 12th - 13th century AD; Ca. 17th century AD; Ca. 17th - 18th century AD; Ca. 18th century AD. A large group of metalwork, including an Indian brass bottle with a screw top, two Fatimid bronze sprinkler bottles of footed globular form, the neck decorated with six knobs, one with an inner base missing, a Khorassan spouted jug with copper inlay, of bottle form, with a lamp-shaped spout with a lion-faced hinged lid, complete with its handle. The jug has incised decoration with two panels engraved with animals, two rounded with birds, and three panels of calligraphy, one inlaid with copper, with a bell or mihrab-shaped lozenge surrounded by a copper inlay. Also included are two bronze candlestick tops, two shallow bronze dishes, one of which is decorated with four panels of calligraphy, four silver-inlaid crescent moons, and a central arabesque knot with six floral panels on the rim. The outer edge is adorned with six panels of calligraphy and has an old collection label marked 'R.s 21'. The second dish is engraved with a central roundel showing a winged horse against floral arabesques, surrounded by four panels of calligraphy and four roundels, with the edge separated by six panels of calligraphy and six roundels, and the side with five panels of calligraphy and five roundels. A shallow bronze dish stands on three feet, with the upper rim decorated with nine circular stamps and traces of calligraphy, now illegible, and the outer rim decorated with six panels engraved with animals, some retaining traces of inlaid silver wire. Additionally, there is an Islamic brass bottle with oxidised silver inlay, decorated with horizontal bands and vertical stripes of inlaid floral decoration. A Seljuk brass dish of scalloped form, decorated with engraved Kufic inscriptions and arabesque panels around a central geometric knot with eight lobes, is also included. This type of scalloped dish is evidence of the origin of the shapes of later Chinese celadon ware. An Islamic brass stand of octagonal form stands on eight attached feet, decorated with repoussé ovals between the feet, four with calligraphy and four with floral and geometric decoration above. The size is 30 cm in width, including feet, by 6.5 cm in height, with a diameter of 16.5 cm. Finally, an early Islamic cup, made of brass with high copper content, is circular with a lead-shaped handle engraved with a bird, and the outer rim is engraved with a rope pattern, with the base curiously ‘scratched’ with a spiralling ‘movement’ of hatching. Size: 490-560mm x 375-450mm; Weight: 9.2kg Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional, previously apart of the Henri René d’Allemagne Collection, 1979. Acquired by Ahuan U.K Ltd. from M. Roderick d’Allemagne, grandson of Henri René d’Allemagne (1836 - 1950.) This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Lot 5009
Group of silver, including pair of clothes brushes, hallmarked W J Myatt & Co, Birmingham 1920 & 1923, silver hip flask cup, hallmarked London 1897, silver retractable pencil holder, hallmarked Chester 1910, etc, together with an electroplated four piece cruet set, in velvet and silk lined fitted case, approximate weighable silver 2.8 ozt (86.9 grams), together with a famille rose teapot and two Chinese blue and white pots
Lot 608
THREE PAIRS OF CUFFLINKSincluding a pair in 14ct gold, each comprising two oval terminals with Chinese characters for luck and prosperity in relief, stamped 'KW14K', terminals c.1.8cm, (c.4.2g); together with a pair of cufflinks in gold on sterling silver, comprising oval terminals, engraved with 'GHF' in script, stamped '9CT GOLD & SILVER', terminals c.1.7cm, (c.12.3g); and a pair of novelty teddy bear cufflinks, terminals c.1.5cm, (c.11.4g) (3)
Lot 879
A small quantity of 925 hallmarked silver, white metal and costume jewellery including 925 Chinese silver lighter case, yellow metal propelling pencil, length when fully retracted 4cm, a gold plated bangle, white metal filigree bangle, floral filigree brooch, pair of white metal bangles, green hardstone earrings, one floral filigree earring, etc.
Lot 409
A large quantity of assorted collector's items, including an early 20th century mechanical music box with painted top, playing 11.5" discs, case measures 21.5 x 15cm, a pair of Foster & Son boot trees, barley twist candlestick, silver plated candlestick, four Chinese rice bowls, six Chinese plastic teacups and saucers, with four plastic spoons, pot lid, Oxo tin containing buttons, two indentures, etc.
Lot 187
A silver spoon in the 17th century style by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd London 1901, three small silver photograph frames, a Chinese export matchbox cover with dragon decoration stamped TAI HUA, two white metal dishes both set with coins, a silver drum mustard, and a silver plated condiment set
Lot 26
nice 'antique' Chinese Zeewo signed lidded pot (incense burner) in marked silver with a dragons' decor - with its wooden base ZEEWO (werkzaam te Shangaï van circa 1900 tot 1940) mooie 'antieke' Chinese gedekselde pot in gemerkt massief zilver met drakendecor - ca 1900/10 - hoogte : 34 cm - gewicht : 1928 gram - met houten sokkel getekend prov : uit een oude Belgische collectie
Lot 230
TWO CHINESE QING DYNASTY GILT-METAL HAIR PINS AND A COLLECTION OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK. One hair pin with insects, butterflies and flowers, applied with red and green stones, in gilt-metal, the other in silver-coloured metal with dense leaves and flowers on a semi-circular mount, applied with coral and green stones, together with eleven ribbon-tied lucky Chinese coins, a pair of black embroidered silk heart-shaped ear muffs, an embroidered leather pouch, two lengths of cream coloured silk ribbon embroidered with yellow and pink butterflies and flowers, a blue silk hat embroidered with pink and green peony and insects (9) The hair pins with some losses to stones and to metalwork, some misshaping. The textiles and coin ornament with minor wear.
Lot 231
A GROUP OF FOUR CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK PURSES, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY. Comprising: an example in pale blue and indigo, suspending blue tassels, finely embroidered with a bat and butterflies, three embroidered with phoenix and birds amongst flowers in coloured and gold and silver thread, on cream ground with embroidered black borders Overall in good order. Some typical and relatively minor wear overall, majority of embroidery in good order, some very minor discolouration to cream silk.
Lot 63
A GROUP OF CHINESE JADE JADEITE JEWELLERY ITEMS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY. To include a graduated bead necklace with silver clasp, stamped 935 with safety chain; A 14ct yellow gold and jadeite pendant in the form of an insect, stamped 585; A pair of gilt metal and pear shaped jade drop earrings; A carved and pierced pendant with fruit and leafy scrolls. Necklace 50cm length. Pendant 5.5cm x 3.5cm. (4) In good overall condition.
Lot 246
A CHINESE MANDARIN CIVIL RANK BADGE, 19/20TH CENTURY. Depicting a silver pheasant for the fifth rank above waves with pine trees and sun, detailed in gold and silver thread. Mounted in a silk embroidered frame with green ground backing. Total size 35cm x 34cm. Overall good condition with only very minor loose threads in places.
Lot 278
TWO 20TH CENTURY CHINESE FRAMED SILK EMBROIDERIES. The first depicting a pheasant amongst flowering prunus, titled in black characters, on a cream silk ground, 60cm x 40cm, another mounted with assorted cut-out embroideries in coloured silk, gold and silver thread, depicting a dragon, a flaming pearl, a pheasant, bats and clouds, 25cm x 34 cm (2) Overall in good order. The second example with the cut out embroideries which is mounted on what appears to be a card backing has some discolouration to the edge of the backing. Otherwise there is some very minor wear overall.
Lot 75
THREE SILVER COINS. To include a Chinese silver dollar, 1934 Republic Period, featuring Sun Yat Sen, weight 26.8g; A George V 1935 silver jubilee crown, featuring St. George slaying dragon, weight 28.4g; Netherlands 2 1/2 Gulden 1930 Wilhelmina, weight 25 grams. Together with a metal ring mount which encased the Chinese coin. (4)
Lot 228
A GROUP OF CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK AND GAUZE CHILDREN'S ROBES, EARLY-LATE 20TH CENTURY. Comprising: an early 20th century orange silk robe with embroidered ivory silk collar, a cream silk gauze summer robe embroidered in blue tones with flowerheads, leaves and interlocking hexagons, a late 20th century pale green robe embroidered with large flower-sprays, within purple flower trim, a pink silk robe with bold flowers in silver and coloured threads, a red example with flowers in silver and gold thread, a dark blue silk robe with machine woven flower-sprays and a black silk robe embroidered with roundels of cranes below waves, with red and silver thread tassels (7) Orange robe with some areas of wear around collar, lining and sleeves, including a loose striped ribbon at one cuff.Gauze robe - with some minor staining and discolouration overall, both sleeves with small tear at fabric join, typical wear.Black example - some minor staining to pink lining, damage and pulling to black toggles, some wear overall. Red example - red silk tie at side is threadbare, thread at shoulder has pulled loose and with further smaller areas of loose and pulled metallic thread, slight tear to underarm.Overall there is some typical wear and small areas of pulled/loose threads.
Lot 222
A GROUP OF CHINESE ITEMS, 19/29TH CENTURY. To include a brass lock and key, late 19th century, with original purchase invoice from Contes D'Orient Hong Kong 1997; An amber model of a pig; Two silver figures carrying baskets, stamped 925; Together with a knife and chopstick set. Amber weight 88.3 grams. Chopstick set length 25cm . (5)
Lot 227
TWO 20TH CENTURY CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK SKIRTS AND A JACKET. The first skirt in black silk embroidered with pheasants perched on rockwork above waves and flowers, with pink cotton waistband, a red skirt embroidered in silver thread with birds and flowers, with silvered tassels at hem, the black silk jacket embroidered in silver thread with birds perched on flowering branches, edged in scrollwork, with red silk toggles and pink lining (3) The black jacket with some tearing to pink lining and small area of tearing to red seam at back of hem, some small area of pulled threads, with a more noticeable patch of losses and pulling to one shoulder. The red skirt with wear, holes and tearing to white waistband and further holes, probably moth damage to red silk, including several tears, some separating at the seam.The black skirt with pink waistband with some minor loose threads, minor wear.
Lot 404
The most important India General Service medal awarded to Ensign Henry Haversham Austen (later Lieutenant-Colonel Godwin-Austen, F.R.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S.), who was gazetted to the 24th Foot in 1851 and served as A.D.C. to General Godwin in the 2nd Burmese War, and later on special duty with the Bhootan Field Force; as a young British army surveyor he ‘undertook one of the most remarkable expeditions in British mountaineering history; not only did he open the way to the mountain now called K2 but, beyond the village of Skardu, gateway to the Karakoram, he became the first Westerner to explore the world’s most extensive and awesome glacier system; explorations in Ladakh, Tibet, Bhutan and Burma soon followed’ India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Pegu, Bhootan (Ensign H. H. Austen. 24th Foot. A.D.C.) second clasp loose on ribbon as issued, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, toned good very fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Henry Haversham Austen was born at Teignmouth, Devon, on 6 July 1834, son of Robert A. C. Austen, F.R.S., a distinguished geologist, and Maria, daughter of General Godwin, a marriage that produced no fewer than 17 siblings to Haversham between 1834 and 1856, one of whom, Frederick, was killed at Isandhlwana. Haversham, by which name he was always known, was educated at R.M.C. Sandhurst which establishment he entered at the age of 13. Gentleman Cadet H. H. Austen was appointed as Ensign in the 24th Foot on 26 December 1851, and in June 1852 set out for Burma, as aide-de-camp to his grandfather General Godwin, the commander-in-chief of the British forces in the second Anglo-Burmese war. Following the death of General Godwin in 1854 his name was changed to Godwin-Austen by personal decree of Queen Victoria. He was appointed a Topographical Assistant to the Trigonometrical Survey of India and joined the Kashmir Survey party in 1857, with whom he surveyed a very large extent of country in Kashmir and Baltistan. In the latter country the enormous glaciers at the head of the Shigar river and Hunza Nagar frontier, which included the Baltoro glacier, which he was the first to discover, coming down in part from the second highest mountain in the Himalayas and named after him [since renamed as ‘K2’]. In 1862 he surveyed the lofty country of Rupshu and Zaskar in Ladakh, and in July and August of that year he made 13 different ascents of a mean height of 17,900 feet, the highest peak, Mata, being 20,607 feet. The following year he took up the Changchenmo and carried the topography to the eastern end of the Pang Kong lake, close up to Rudok in Chinese territory, where he was met and stopped by the Lhassan Governor. During the winter of 1863-64 he was on special duty with the last mission to Bhutan, and mapped the country between Darjeeling and Punakha, the capital. In 1864-65, having accompanied the political mission of Sir Ashley Eden to the Rajas of Bhutan, he served on special duty with the left column of the Bhutan field force as Surveyor, and was present at the storm and capture of of the fort of Dalimkot and the stockade of Chamoorchi in December 1864. In 1866, and for the following ten years, he was in charge of Survey Operations in the Garo, Khasi, Jaintia, North Cachar and Naga Hills, and Manipur, including in 1874 the expedition against the Dafia tribe at the base of the Eastern Himalayas, when a large area of new country was mapped and many distant peaks fixed. He was President of Section E (Geography) of the British Association, 1883; President of the Maalacological Society, 1897-99; President of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1908-09; awarded the Founders’ medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1910 for his exploration work. He was author of On the Land and Fresh-water Mollusca of India, 1882-1920; (jointly with Dr W. T. Blandford) of The Fauna of British India, vol. Mollusca, 1908; together with some 130 papers in the Journals of various Scientific Societies on Geology and Physical Features, Ethnology and Natural History. Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen died at his house near Godalming in the Surrey hills on 2 December 1923. Sold with a copy of Catherine Moorehead’s outstanding 2013 biography of this important but long-forgotten explorer, The K2 Man (and his molluscs) The extraordinary life of Haversham Godwin-Austen, the dust jacket of which carries an excellent précis of the story to be discovered therein: ‘Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), from an ancient and interesting Surrey aristocratic family with royal connections, not only found the first way to the savage mountain, K2, but went on to be the first serious explorer of the Karakoram, Ladakh, Western Tibet, Bhutan, Northern Burma and Assam. He broke the Asiatic high-altitude summiting record three times, using a ‘garden hatchet’ as an ice-axe, saw his assistant killed by headhunters and socialised with everyone from his ‘coolies' to the Maharajah of Kashmir. Back in England, he became one of the UK's greatest Natural Historians, a Darwinist collector among collectors of geological and ornithological specimens. His collection of freshwater molluscs forms the basis of all modern science in the subject. And he became one of the UK's greatest surveyors, covering over 22,000 square miles of new territory, including 23 new glaciers and at least two dozen first ascents of peaks over 5000m. Remarkably, he also found time to paint a vast portfolio of watercolours, including the first close sighting of K2, described by the British Library as a 'national treasure’. (Several of these watercolours are illustrated in this book.) His personal life was equally interesting: three marriages - to an Afghan landowner's daughter, an English socialite, then a civil servant's daughter 23 years younger than himself - were complicated by religious conversions from Anglicanism to Islam then to Buddhism. His strong character as a scholar at great London institutions such as the Natural History Museum is still the stuff of legend, while his bankruptcy in later life required the selling of the 'family pile’, the magnificent, royally-furnished Shalford Park. And thanks to a youthful indiscretion in Kashmir, he harboured a dark secret which came back to haunt him near the end of his long and colourful life. This is the first and authorised biography of an outstanding man. Godwin-Austen's private papers are being made public for the first time. They prove that he was one of the UK's greatest explorers, on a par with Sir Richard Burton, while surpassing the explorations of David Livingstone, Captain Cook or Captain Scott. For mountaineers, scientists, students of biography and historians of the Raj and the Great Game, this biography offers new and original material - a 'must' for the explorer's bookshelf.’
Lot 528
CHINESE AND JAPANESE ART, MISCELLANY - Chinese Porcelain. The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, 2 volumes, 4to, coloured plates, original dark blue silk boards, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. With 9 other works in 12 volumes. (14)CHINESE AND JAPANESE ART, MISCELLANY - Chinese Porcelain. The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987. 2 volumes, 4to (352 x260mm). Coloured plates. Original dark blue silk boards, the upper covers with Chinese characters stamped in blind, the spines lettered in silver, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. With 9 other works of related interest in 12 volumes, namely Les Hautes Époques de l' Art Chinoir d' après les Collections du Musée Cernuschi (Paris, [n.d.], 4to, plates loose as issued in original portfolio, ties), Collection of Rare Old Chinese Porcelains Collected by Sir William Bennett, K.C.V.O., Purchased and Exhibited by Gorer (London, 1910, 8vo, coloured plates, original green cloth gilt, [?]lacks front free endpaper), Helen White's Snuff Bottles from China. The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection (London, 1990, 4to, coloured plates, original silk boards, dust-jacket, slipcase, FIRST EDITION), Wang Shixiang's Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture. Ming and Early Dynasties (Hong Kong, 1990, 2 volumes, 4to, coloured plates, original buckram, slipcase, trade edition); and including 4 volumes (only) from The Baur Collection (namely, Pierre-F. Schneeberger's Chinese Jades and Other Hardstones (Geneva, 1976), B. W. Robinson's Japanese Sword-Fittings and Associated Metalwork (1980), John Ayers' Japanese Ceramics (1982) and Pierre-F. Scheeberger's Japanese Lacquer (1984)); and the catalogue of The Duke and Duchess of Windsor (New York, Sotheby's, September 11-19, 1997, 3 volumes, coloured illustrations, original wrappers, slipcase, price-list loosely-inserted). (14)
Lot 36
A small collection of silver, comprising; a cased set of six silver spoons commemorating the coronation of George VI, London 1936, together with two cased sets of six silver coffee spoons, eleven white metal cocktail forks with teapot finials, a George III silver tablespoon, London 1793, a pair of silver wishbone sugar tongs, a silver napkin ring and a white metal cocktail fork with Chinese character finial, total weight of silver approx 8.8oz (a lot)
Lot 14
A pair of Scottish provincial silver tablespoons, John Keith, Banff, circa 1800, each engraved 'J A C', together with two shell and fiddle pattern teaspoons bearing Chinese pseudo-hallmarks probably by Cutshing, total weight approx 6.3oz (4)Condition:Some wear and thinning to the bowls of the Scottish examples, other than this just general wear overall to all.Refer to additional images
Lot 111
A collection of silver jewellery, rings including buckle and a Chinese example set with cinnabar lacquer (28g), Victorian agate bracelet, marcasite brooch, cinnabar lacquer plaque depicting a dragon, curb link bracelet (31g), Art Deco paste clip, enamelled silver 1887 crown, filigree brooch, etc
Lot 147
A group of jewellery, including: an Edwardian 15ct gold seed pearl brooch/pendant, suspended on a gilt metal curb chain; a rolled gold Waltham fob watch; a silver link bracelet; a woven hair memorial brooch with half pearl border; a gilt metal Brazilian snake chain; a curb link chain; a Chinese hinged bangle with later red plastic sections to gold mounts; etc. (a lot)
Lot 151
A group of jewellery, including: a Chinese silver panel necklace, the repoussé panels depicting bamboo, dragons, fish, turtles, figures, etc., stamped Wang Hing 90, length 43.5cm; a gold mounted carved and pierced lozenge shaped jadeite jade plaque ring; a silver gilt jadeite jade brooch; a silver jadeite jade carved and pierced panel brooch; a silver single stone coral (corallium rubrum) ring; etc. (a lot)Please note that the jadeite jade has not been tested for natural colour origin
Lot 424
Costume jewellery, including a pear cut ruby pendant 24mm in diameter stamped 925 on a chain with spring clip, a swivel fob, faux pearl necklaces, a pair of marcasite earrings with screw back fittings, green quartz Chinese pendant earrings with post and butterfly fittings, a number of glass beaded bracelets and necklaces and rings amongst other itemsCondition Report: silver gross weight 85 grams
Lot 539
Collection of British Coins including Festival of Britain commemorative set of Hallmarked Sterling Silver Ingot Stamp (20.5g) with 1951 Crown, 1981 Silver Proof Crown in Original Case with Certificate, Commemorative Crowns & £5 Coins in holders, 1998 & 2001, Chinese Coin set, Set of Royal Mint ‘World Savers Medals’ with other coins.
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