Catalog (558)

A beautiful bronze standard finial of the "Master of Animals" type. A tube in anthropomorphic form, worked on both sides identically, showing a human with a long nose and jutting ears, grasping the necks of two animals. Western Iran, Luristan culture, c. 9th-7th century B.C. Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland. Condition: fine, with nice patina. Dimension: height: 15.2 cm.

A Thai cast bronze figure of the crowned Buddha Shakyamuni, with serene facial features, holding his hands in dhyana mudra. Condition: no base, later added core material. Dimension: 16.4 cm high x 9.6 cm wide x 4.1 cm deep.

A finely executed painting in gouache and ink, on embossed paper by the British manufacturer Henry Dobbs. Showing a girl with lotus feet, embroidering a silk yardage. Mounted in a blue passe-partout. Dimension: painting: 23.5 cm x 17.3 cm, paper: 38.8 cm x 30.5 cm. Condition: fine, only one tiny stain. Please see also SK 988.

A finely executed painting in gouache and ink, with few raised details in white, on embossed paper by the British manufacturer Henry Dobbs. Showing a Manchurian lady, playing a small drum. Mounted in a blue passe-partout. Dimension: painting: 23.5 cm x 17.3 cm, paper: 38.8 cm x 30.5 cm. Condition: fine, one tiny stain. Please see also SK 989.

Ten vintage albumen photographs, six prints showing Granada (Andalusia) with the Alhambra, two with street scenes in Elche (Alicante), one with the cathedral of Burgos (Castile) and one showing a river scene in Orihuela (Murcia). Made by the French photographer Jean Laurent (1816-1886) in the 1870/80's, mounted on coeval cardboard. Condition: little faded, one photo with a small loss to the corner, cardboard with few stockflecks. Dimension: photo: 33.7 cm x 24.7 cm, cardboard: 48 cm x 38.7 cm. ...

A blue and celadon glazed porcelain group with remains of original cold painting. Depicting the two Taoist immortals He and He, one holding a lotus. Condition: chipped hand, back with a hairline, some firing defects and cracks. Dimension: 12.8 cm high.

A pair of sometsuke porcelain vases in archaic "gu"-shape, beautifully painted with flower roundels among prunus and cracked ice ground in underglaze blue. Base signed: "Dai Nihon Seto, Kato Zenji". Condition: one vase has a rim chip, some warping. Dimension: 20.5 cm.

Cast bronze figure of the Bodhisattva Weituo,the guardian of Buddhist teaching. Dressed as a warrior, he stands on a kidney shaped base and holds his hands in anjalimudra. Some lacquer residue. Condition: the figure was once completely covered by gilt lacquer. Back with a casting flaw. Dimension: 26.3 cm high. Weight: 1775 g.

A repousse copper sheet handwarmer of oval shape with pierced cover, decorated with bats and flower scrolls. Maybe originally with double overhead carrying handle. Condition: attachements for handle lost, cover with a bump, and body with few dents. Dimension: body: length: c. 17 cm, c. 11.5 cm high.

A repousse copper sheet handwarmer of lobed shape with pierced cover, decorated with butterflies and flowers. Only one overhead carrying handle. Condition: one handle lost, one rivet replaced, cover with some dents and bumps. Dimension: body: diameter: c. 17 cm, c. 12 cm high.

Two Chinese porcelain bowls, originally decorated with floral anhua bands between narrow borders and a blossom in underglaze blue. With Dutch over-decoration of flower baskets and buildings. Condition: one bowl with hairline, a firing flaw (photo no. 8) and a tiny rim chip. Dimension: diameter: 14.5 cm, 6.5 cm high.

Oval portrait of a young Indian woman, painted on paper in watercolor with white highlights. With velvet covered passe-partout and mounted behind glass in a later European frame. Signed "S.B. Rawoot" and dated 1/7/16 in red. Dimension: painting: c. 27.5 cm x 18.5 cm, frame 41.6 cm x 34.7 cm. Condition: slightly faded, frame with few traces of usage.

A wooden spoon for sherbet, soup or rice made in two parts. Carved from light wood, the handle with inscriptions in ink under a varnish. Condition: few traces of usage. Dimension: 27.6 cm long.

Composed of different cotton fabrics, made into a rectangular shaped woman’s prayer cloth indicating qibla, the direction of prayer. The basic fabrics are geometrically worked tapestry weaves, crocheted together. All sides with fringes, backed with a plain weaves. Condition: traces of usage, few thin areas, lining little stained. Dimension with fringes: 113 cm x 55 cm.

A rectangular French woolen shawl made on a Jacquard's loom, dating to the mid 1800's. Woven with a small black center surrounded by large botehs and volutes, the short sides with Harlequin borders and fringes. One long side with a later fabric tape. Condition: few old mends, thin areas, splits, some small holes (mostly backed with white fabric), some fringes lost. Dimension: 330 cm x 160 cm (without fringes).

A heavy cast, pear-shaped bronze or brass ewer standing on four feet. With straight spout and curved handle. The drop shaped, slightly raised medallions with incised floral spray. Condition: lower end of the handle lost, the lid seems to be a later replacement. Dimension: 29.3 cm high, from handle to spout: 29.5 cm.

A small collection of three brass vessels, decorated with interlacing pattern and Islamic script, inlaid in copper and silver. The vase and the cachepot are finely chased, the lidded box of a bit a lower quality. Condition: few traces of usage, base of box with few tiny dents. Dimension: vase: 24.2 cm, jar and box: 8.8 cm high.

A rectangular and exceptionally designed top horse saddle rug or seating mat made of wool in knotted pile. Centrally two flying birds, between them quite invisible Chinese characters, bordered by swastika pattern. Lined and edged with different blue fabrics. Condition: faded, few small areas with missing pile (moth damage). Dimension total: 77.5 cm x 62.5 cm.