Including selected contents from Westvale, Nailwell, Bath - The former home of Baron and Lady Craigmyle
Please contact our Head of Sale, William Batt with any enquiries
Auction:
Thursday 15th December at 10.30am
Viewing:
Saturday 10th December 9.30am - 12pm
Monday 12th - Wednesday 14th December, 9.30am - 5pm
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Head of Sale:
| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192a |
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATE
19th century, decorated with soldiers in horse back storming a fort, with a floral border and lobed rim, the base with a four character mark in underglaze blue and double ring surround, 24cm diameter
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£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 193 |
TWO SIMILAR 18TH CENTURY CHINESE BLUE & WHITE DISHES
decorated with floral designs with trellis borders, each approx. 4cm high x 16.5cm diameter
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 193a |
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATE
18th century, decorated with flowers in a planter to the centre and panels of prunus, 25cm diameter, together with another smaller Chinese blue and white plate, 18th century, 16.5cm diameter (2)
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 194 |
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE SILK PICTURES
together with a collection of botanical prints (a lot, all unframed)
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 195 |
A CHINESE "LAPIS LAZULI" MOUNTAIN
carved with trees and pavilions in a rocky landscape, 22cm high.
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£300 - £400 | - | View |
| 196 |
A SINO-TIBETAN BRONZE BUDDHA
seated wearing elaborate robes and a key-pattern sash, with extensive traces of red lacquer and gilt surface decoration, 25cm high
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£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 197 |
A CHINESE "LAPIS LAZULI" MYTHICAL LION
the blue and grey stone with a soft polish, 2.75cm long; and three other pieces of "lapis lazuli" (4)
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£200 - £300 | - | View |
| 198 |
AN ASIAN SOAPSTONE CARVING
of nymphs making music in the shade of trees and flying overhead amongst the gnarled branches, the amber-coloured stone with a soft polish and celadon highlights cleverly used in the rendering of the…
|
£200 - £300 | - | View |
| 199 |
A MINIATURE CHINESE BRONZE VESSEL
decorated with lions masks alternating with coiled dragons, 5cm diameter; a terracotta "idol" figure, 10.5cm high; and an Islamic style seal, 3cm (3)
|
£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 200 |
A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER
modelled as a recumbent mythical lion with a well-defined mane and tail, the snarling beast with a lid in the back and traces of gilt and red lacquer surface decoration, 16cm high x 26cm long
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£300 - £500 | £300 | View |
| 201 |
AFTER 'EMPEROR XUANZONG'S FLIGHT TO SHU' MID TWELTH CENTURY
20th century print, the original hanging scroll currently in The Met, accession Number 41.138, 73cm high x 101cm wide
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£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 202 |
A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW GROUND DISH
20th century; together with a similar teabowl and stand, with iron-red Guangxu marks, the largest 10cm high (3)
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£100 - £200 | £440 | View |
| 203 |
A CHINESE "LONGQUAN" VASE
with a wide flange below the tapering neck, covered in a kinuta-type glaze, 31cm x 12cm x 12cm.
Provenance: An old Japanese collection and retaining the original Japanese wooden box |
£300 - £500 | £1,100 | View |
| 204 |
A CHINESE 19TH CENTURY KOSSU TAPESTRY
depicting figures amongst a mountainous landscape, 185cm x 82cm
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£300 - £500 | £460 | View |
| 205 |
A CHINESE CONTEMPORARY INK WORK BY JIAG SONGGU
a mountainous landscape scene, signed, 74cm high x 45cm wide
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£200 - £300 | - | View |
| 206 |
A CONTEMPORARY CHINESE INK WORK STILL LIFE
depicting a kingfisher and flowers, signed, 92cm high x 34cm wide
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£200 - £300 | - | View |
| 207 |
A CHINESE HARDSTONE SEAL
19th century, with brown mottled colour, of rectangular form, 11cm high
|
£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 208 |
A CHINESE HARDWOOD AND BRASS BOUND DRESSING BOX
late 19th/early 20th century, the hinged top opening to a mirror and small drawers, closed the box measures 23cm high x 28cm wide x 40cm deep
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£30 - £50 | £300 | View |
| 209 |
A PAIR OF PORCELAIN AND GILT METAL MOUNTED CANDLESTICKS
20th century, in the form of parrots holding branches, with Wong Lee marks to the base, 37cm high (2)
|
£80 - £150 | £190 | View |
| 210 |
A CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD FIGURE OF SHOULAO, QING DYNASTY
early 20th Century, 39cm high
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£80 - £120 | - | View |
| 211 |
A PAIR 20TH CENTURY CLOISONNÉ VASES
decorated with flowers on a white scale ground, within lappet borders, each 64cm high
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£80 - £150 | £240 | View |
| 212 |
A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES
of hexagonal section, the panels alternately decorated with figural scenes, 25cm high, on wooden stands (2)
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£50 - £100 | £90 | View |
| 213 |
A JAPANESE IMARI BOTTLE VASE
Meiji period, decorated in the Imari pattern, the bulbous body with a long tall neck 32cm high, together with a Japanese bowl, Meiji period, decorated with panels of prunus, and a key border to the…
|
£100 - £200 | £150 | View |
| 213a |
A 19TH CENTURY IMARI DECORATED PORCELAIN TEABOWL AND SAUCER
probably Japanese, decorated with alternating panels of floral ornament, 13.5cm diameter
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£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 214 |
AN INDIAN "NIELLO" METAL BOWL AND COVER
with silver metal decoration of scrolling flowers and foliage, 14cm high x 15cm diameter
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£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 215 |
AN ISLAMIC BRONZE INCENSE BURNER
in the form of a lion with a removable head, a pierced body and an "S"-scroll tail forming the handle, 25.5cm high x 25cm long
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£1,500 - £2,500 | - | View |
| 216 |
AN ISLAMIC STYLE BRONZE RHYTON
the trumpet-shaped vessel incised with scrolling foliage, with two ribbed bands beneath the slightly flaring neck and a ram's head terminal, on a slightly spreading circular foot, the patinated…
|
£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 217 |
A PERSIAN LACQUER BOX
of canted rectangular form, decorated in polychrome with figures, tigers and other animals within brown borders overpainted in black with calligraphy, 20.5cm wide x 11cm high
|
£150 - £250 | - | View |
| 218 |
AN ISLAMIC BRONZE INCENSE BURNER
in the form of a bird with pierced wings and a rectangular aperture beneath the neck, the back with a hole previously covered by a lid, the surface with some verdigris and other encrustation, 18.5cm…
|
£250 - £400 | - | View |
| 219 |
AN ISLAMIC BLUE GLASS VESSEL
with moulded geometric decoration and a low circular foot, 9.75cm high x 10.25cm diameter; and an Islamic pottery bowl with geometric decoration in black, on a cream-coloured ground, 11cm diameter (2)
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£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 220 |
AN ISLAMIC STYLE STONE PANEL
carved with calligraphy within a stylised zig-zag border, the stone retaining extensive traces of red pigment, 29cm x 36cm
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£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 221 |
A LARGE KASHAN STYLE STONE PANEL
of attractive burnt orange colour carved with buddha and attendants within geometric and stylised foliate borders, one side with canted angle carved with a foliate pilaster, 60cm x 79cm
Provenance:… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | - | View |
| 222 |
A 'HISPANO MORESQUE DISH
Probably circa 1600, the tin-glazed dish of circular form, the centre decorated with a weeping tree and flanked by two further trees, above a landscape with buildings within a scrolling floral border…
|
£300 - £400 | - | View |
| 223 |
A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER
in the form of a recumbent leopard, the surface of the metal with extensive verdigris encrustation, 7.5cm high x 15cm long; and a flattened bronze metal figure of a female idol with stylised features…
|
£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 224 |
AN ATTIC STYLE CLASSICAL VASE
of amphora form, the body decorated with figures and warriors in black with twin handles on a pedestal foot, 20cm high
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£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 225 |
A TERRACOTTA VESSEL
of globular form, painted in red and black with stylised animals in geometric panels, 18.5cm high x 21cm diameter
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£250 - £400 | - | View |
| 226 |
A GANDHARAN STYLE TERRACOTTA HEAD
on a modern metal stand, 13cm high; and three other "stucco" heads of similar type (4)
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£300 - £400 | - | View |
| 227 |
A ROMAN STYLE GLASS PHILE
29cm high, mounted in a bronze tripod base, with lion's head finials, 19cm high
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£40 - £60 | £80 | View |
| 228 |
A COLLECTION OF FIVE ROMAN STYLE BRONZE RINGS
with stone intaglio decoration (5)
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£300 - £400 | - | View |
| 229 |
AN EGYPTIAN BEADWORK FRAGMENT
worked in coloured beads with a stylised face, 13.,5cm wide (maximum)
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£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 230 |
A GREEK STYLE BRONZE BREAST PLATE
with well-defined nipples and a ribbed girdle, the richly patinated surface with some traces of verdigris, 49cm high x 35.5cm wide, on a metal stand, 89cm high overall
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£1,500 - £2,500 | - | View |
| 231 |
A CHINESE BRONZE METAL HELMET
of ribbed form, with a finial for a plume, and silver metal decoration of dragons and scrollwork, with a chain-mail neck guard, 40cm high maximum, on a modern wooden stand with a circular base.
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£1,500 - £2,500 | - | View |
| 232 |
AN AFRICAN WOODEN HEADREST
carved to sides with entwined knot motifs, 18cm high and an African Dogon type carved wood figure, 26cm high
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£40 - £60 | £80 | View |
| 233 |
A FIJIAN HARDWOOD ULA OR THROWING CLUB
20th century, the knopped head on an engraved handle, signed to the top with initials 'AI', 38cm long
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£200 - £400 | £300 | View |
| 234 |
A LARGE AFRICAN HARDWOOD CLUB
carved with stylised face, 93cm
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 235 |
AN AFRICAN WOODEN CLUB WITH WIRE BOUND HANDLE
late 19th / early 20th Century, 59cm long and two other African wooden clubs (3)
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 236 |
A PAIR OF PORCELAIN OBELISKS
20th century, decorated with birds and floral sprays, 42cm high (2)
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£40 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 237 |
A PAIR OF PORCELAIN AND GILT METAL MOUNTED WALL BRACKETS
20th century, the pierced blue bodies highlighted with gilt, and figures of children amongst foliage to the bases, Wong Lee marks to the reverse, 25cm high x 30cm wide x 16cm deep
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£40 - £60 | £110 | View |
