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The du Boulay Collection

Auction date Wednesday 8 March 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

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Wednesday 8th March at 10.30am


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Head of Sale: Guy Schwinge


We are honoured to have been instructed to sell the private collection of the late Anthony and Judith du Boulay. Anthony was a leading authority on Chinese porcelain, but he had the “eye” of a true connoisseur and a passion for pieces that he found to be beautiful - from an early St. Cloud vase to an Old Master of the Madonna.

Our auction on the 8th March presents an opportunity to acquire a treasured possession from the du Boulay’s home in Dorset.

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 261

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
193 A MAKIE LACQUER COVERED DOCUMENT BOX
Edo,18th century, the domed cover and sides decorated with flower heads and scrolling foliage on a gold speckled ground, 36.2cm wide
£300 - £500 £600 View
194 A JAPANESE LACQUER TABLE CABINET (KODANSU)
Edo period, late 17th/early 18th century, decorated in shades of gilt with sprays of flowers on a black ground, with engraved gilt copper mounts and an escutcheon plate to the pair of doors, 17cm wide
£300 - £600 £3,800 View
195 A BURMESE SILVER-INLAID COPPER BALUSTER VASE
late 19th/early 20th century, the rounded body decorated in relief with a deity band between ornate foliate borders, 13.3cm high
£50 - £100 £90 View
196 AN INDIAN CHASED AND REPOUSSE-DECORATED PARCEL-GILT SILVER EWER
19th century, the body with ogee-shaped panels showing elephants beside trees, reserved on a dense foliate-scroll ground, the branch-form handle with a monkey at the top, inscribed ‘Titgoun Cup, Won…
£1,500 - £2,500 - View
197 AFTER CARLE VAN LOO (1705-1765)
Four portrait engravings, including:
“Jacobus Favier du Boulay”,
“Libellorum Supplicum In Regia Magister”,
four engravings by Schmidt and others,
circa 31cm x 25cm and various (4)

Provenance: Bt.…
£300 - £600 £260 View
198 AFTER FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI (1725-1815)
Gray’s Elegy,
coloured engraving,
in a verre eglomisé mount and a contemporary giltwood frame,
38.5cm x 46.5cm

Provenance: By inheritance and valued in 1928 at 300 guineas.
£30 - £60 £90 View
199 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18th century
A view of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich,
published by West,
coloured engraving,
24.5cm x 40.5cm
£30 - £50 £60 View
200 EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19th century
Four hand-coloured engravings depicting scenes in China, including: "Pekkinsa", and "Tongsiou",
each 10cm x 15.8cm (plate), framed as one;
and a matching set of four including: "Fungching" and …
£300 - £600 £350 View
201 AUGUSTIN HECHEL OF AUGSBURG (1690-1770)
Cascades at Schaffhausen, mounted travellers in the foreground,
signed with monogram,
watercolour with pen and ink,
22.5cm x 35.5cm

Provenance: Bt. Bill Drummond at the Antique Dealers Fair 1988.
£300 - £600 - View
202 AMELIA LONG, LADY FARNBOROUGH (1762-1837)
Ludlow Castle dated 1809,
and the companion,
pencil on blue paper,
each 25cm x 34.5cm (2)

Provenance: The Collection of Lord Brownlow
Bt. Christie's auction on the premises at Belton House on 1st…
£50 - £100 £220 View
203 AMELIA LONG, LADY FARNBOROUGH (1762-1837)
Chepstow Castle,
pencil on blue paper,
40.5cm x 31cm
£50 - £100 £60 View
204 ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1845
A portrait of a lady of the Yorke family,
half-length, seated, wearing a black dress,
oval,
watercolour,
21.5cm x 28cm
£30 - £50 £60 View
205 ENGLISH SCHOOL late 19th century
Two fishermen boarding a boat and the companion of three bathing machines on a beach,
two watercolours framed as one,
each 8cm x 11cm (2)
£30 - £60 £50 View
206 JOOS VAN CLEVE AND STUDIO (fl. 1511-c.1541)
The Madonna of the Cherries,
oil on panel,
78cm x 55cm

Provenance: According to Anthony du Boulay's notes Charles Scarisbrick, Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire,
£15,000 - £25,000 £14,000 View
207 ATTRIBUTED TO GONZALES COQUES (1614-1684)
A scientist holding a phial, standing in a street,
oil on canvas,
42.5cm x 37.5cm
£500 - £1,000 £1,000 View
208 ASCRIBED TO JOHN BOYDELL (1719-1804)
A man o’war off a shipyard at Woolwich,
tondo,
oil on paper laid down on panel,
42cm diameter
£300 - £600 £600 View
209 FRANCIS HOLMAN (1729-1770)
A Russian warship and other shipping off the Isle of Wight,
mounted as an oval,
oil on canvas,
31.5cm x 43cm

This is a rare depiction of the Russian Fleet in British waters. It was painted circa…
£300 - £600 £950 View
210 JAN KAREL DONATUS VAN BEECQ (1638-1722)
Dutch Men o’ War at anchor off a jetty in a calm sea,
signed and dated 1678,
oil on canvas,
58.5cm x 91.5cm

Provenance: Bt. Christie's New York on 5th June 1980, lot 11, for $8,250.

According to…
£3,000 - £5,000 £3,600 View
211 CIRCLE OF PETER MONAMY (1689-1749)
The Evening Gun,
oil on canvas,
apparently retaining the original carved giltwood frame,
68.5cm x 99cm

Provenance: By inheritance from Joan Cooper, 1999.
£3,000 - £5,000 £2,800 View
212 ROBERT DODD (1748-1816)
A sailing ship, a man o’war and other craft offshore,
oil on canvas,
81cm x 142cm

Provenance: By repute, bt. by Colonel du Boulay circa 1900 for £1.
£4,000 - £6,000 £7,000 View
213 ASCRIBED TO VINCENZO CHILONE (1758-1839)
The Piazza St. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice,
with a Pope and a Doge appearing to the people on a balcony, and the companion painting of the Gateway to the Arsenal, oils on canvas,
60cm x 78.5cm (2)

The…
£30,000 - £50,000 £35,000 View
214 JOHN WARD (1917-2003)
Anthony du Boulay in the auctioneers box at Christie‘s,
oil sketch,
17.7cm x 28cm

Provenance: J.S. Maas for £45 in March 1973.
£100 - £200 - View
215 A NEAPOLITAN TORTOISESHELL PIQUÉ INK STAND
18th century, the shaped oval base with mother of pearl inlay of figures, strapwork and scrolls, incorporating two lobed and compressed circular lidded wells, 24cm wide
£500 - £1,000 £8,500 View
216 TWO BRAZILIAN HARDSTONE MACAWS
executed in serpentine, amethyst and calcite, with onyx beak and eyes, the claws plated in 18ct gold, the tallest 20cm high (2)
£150 - £250 - View

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