A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE  BLACK-GROUND BOTTLE VASE
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE BLACK-GROUND BOTTLE VASE
Late 19th century
moulded and enamelled to one side with an official seated at a table with three attendants, the reverse painted with figures, beneath a border of iron-red dragons amongst cloud…
Condition Report.Some wear to the gilding around the rim. Area around the shoulder where the black enamel ground has retracted, approx. 3cm by 2cm. Minor wear to the enamels.Definition of retracted;…
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
KINOSHITA ITSUUN ( 1799-1866) A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING
KINOSHITA ITSUUN ( 1799-1866) A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING
Mountainous landscape, ink on silk, 123cm by 42cm, mounted on brocade
Footnotes: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No. B6C9RRFV   Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have…
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
A LARGE CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT ON PAPER
A LARGE CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT ON PAPER
Late 19th century
Painted with a seated official and two wives, two diminutive attendants in the foreground, 143cm by 82cm, framed and glazed
Some creasing to the paper where it has been rolled. Some staining and markings to the paper
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
A TALL CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE BEAKER VASE
A TALL CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE BEAKER VASE
Yongzheng
Enamelled with cockerels and quails before peonies and camellias issuing from rockwork with birds and insects above, between pink diaper borders reserved with flower panels, 47.7cm high
ProvenanceChristie's, London, 8th November, 2001, lot 466Condition reportOverall in good condition with some rubbing to the enamels and gilding and some minor black pitting to the glaze
Hammer price: £17,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASE
A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASE
Probably Kangxi
Enamelled with an official and two attendants in a landscape, the shoulders with four panels of Buddhist emblems reserved on an iron-red cell pattern ground, the neck painted with…
ProvenanceSotheby's, 06 May 1999, lot 64Condition reportA tiny amount of wear to the enamels. Overall in good conditionNo Sotheby's invoice, just the Sotheby's lot number is with it.Addendum **…
Estimate: £4,200 - £5,000
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FLARED BOWLS (2)
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FLARED BOWLS (2)
18th century
Each painted to the exterior with an official and two attendants in a landscape, the interiors painted with a four character mark beneath flower and whorl borders, 6.5cm high by 12cm…
Each with extensive fritting and chips to the rim. One also with two haircracks, approx. 4cm and 6cm length
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
Kangxi
Painted with a continuous scene with an official seated at a table with attendants, further figures gathered in a fenced garden outside, the lower register painted with figures in a boat and a…
ProvenanceSotheby's London, 12 May 1992, lot 20Condition reportThe vase is in overall good condition. There is a firing tear to the glaze on the shoulder, approx. 1.5cm length. There are two brown…
Hammer price: £28,000
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a gentleman in a dark blue coat
on ivory (ref. C7V1LQFE)
6.5cm
in a gilt-metal frame, with hair (to the reverse)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnotes: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No. C7V1LQFE Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a gentleman with white hair, wearing a blue coat
on ivory (ref. 566T5AZ5)
6.2cm
in a gilt-metal frame

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No.566T5AZ5Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing a brown coat
on ivory (ref. B9H5CPVE)
7.2cm
in a gilt-metal frame

Provenance
Believed to have come from Duffryn, home of the Bruce family, according to a…
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No. B9H5CPVEProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations…
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
FRANCOIS MEURET (FRENCH, 1800-1887) AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER
FRANCOIS MEURET (FRENCH, 1800-1887) AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER
Portrait miniature of Prince Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Nemours (1814-1896)
on ivory (ref. HEAYYAGC)
3.7cm

Provenance
The daughter of the Duc de Nemours, Marguerite d’Orléans, wife of Prince Wladyslaw…
FootnoteThe sitter in the present work was the second son of King Louis-Philippe I of France and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily.  He married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, first…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of Nathaniel Cameron
on ivory (ref. J467UEJG)
8cm
in a gilt-metal frame

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
According to a label on the back, Nathaniel Cameron was the…
Footnotes: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No.  J467UEJG Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of Sir Robert Dick
on ivory (ref. 824C3HDY)
9cm
in a gilt-metal frame

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
According to a label on the back, Sir Robert Dick was the father…
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No. 824C3HDYProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a pink dress and with a blue ribbon in her hair
on ivory (ref. SL5SEBXW)
4.3cm
in a gilt-wood Florentine frame

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No. SL5SEBXWProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
DUPRE (FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY)
DUPRE (FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY)
Portrait miniature of a lady, believed to be Madame de Talleyrand
inscribed (on a label to the back of the frame)
on ivory (ref. 2268XWVZ)
8.2cm
in an ebonised wood frame

Provenance
Private…
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No. 2268XWVZProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £80
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of Michelangelo
on ivory (ref. Z621L5Y5)
9.5 x 7.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No. Z621L5Y5Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
AFTER WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU
AFTER WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU
The Young Shepherdess
oil on canvas
112 x 86.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
The original composition on which the present work is based was held in the Appleton Museum of Art,…
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  Craquelure pattern to paint surface, stable; traces of horizontal stretcher bar; traces of a discoloured varnish; traces of fine infilling to craquelure upper right…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
SIR HERBERT JAMES GUNN (BRITISH, 1893-1964)
SIR HERBERT JAMES GUNN (BRITISH, 1893-1964)
Before the Race
signed 'HJGunn' (lower right)
oil on canvas
41 x 51cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 10th December 2014, lot 47;
Private collection
Condition reportA few very small spots and marks in places.Some dirt.Appears in generally good condition.Nothing fluorescing under uv light.
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
WILLIAM MELLOR (BRITISH, 1851-1931)
WILLIAM MELLOR (BRITISH, 1851-1931)
Moel Siabod from the Llugwy, North Wales
signed 'William Mellor' (lower left) and inscribed (verso)
oil on canvas
31 x 46cm

Provenance
Haynes Fine Art, Broadway;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe canvas is lined.A few small pale, slightly yellow spots upper right in sky.Otherwise appears generally good, presentable and ready to hang.Inspection under uv light reveals flecks…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
A*** ROLLI (19TH CENTURY)
A*** ROLLI (19TH CENTURY)
Beatrice Cenci being painted by Guido Reni
signed, inscribed and indistinctly dated 'A Rolli/ Roma 18-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
89 x 136cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteBeatrice Cenci (1577-1599) was the daughter of Count Francesco Cenci, a nobleman described as 'a man of great wealth but dissolute habits and violent temper.'  Beatrice, along with her…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
Two ladies in conversation in an interior
oil on canvas
46 x 44cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the present owner;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteArthur Croft Mitchell was born in 1872 in Birmingham. His maternal grandfather was the church architect John Croft, and his maternal uncle the successful landscape painter Arthur Croft. The…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
Two Worlds (c. 1910)
with inscribed label (to back of stretcher)
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the present owner;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteArthur Croft Mitchell was born in 1872 in Birmingham. His maternal grandfather was the church architect John Croft, and his maternal uncle the successful landscape painter Arthur Croft. The…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
The Chess Match
oil on canvas
76 x 63.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the present owner;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteArthur Croft Mitchell was born in 1872 in Birmingham. His maternal grandfather was the church architect John Croft, and his maternal uncle the successful landscape painter Arthur Croft. The…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
The Mandolin Player
with inscribed label (to back of stretcher) and inscribed 'No. 1' (verso)
oil on canvas
61 x 51cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the present owner;…
FootnoteArthur Croft Mitchell was born in 1872 in Birmingham. His maternal grandfather was the church architect John Croft, and his maternal uncle the successful landscape painter Arthur Croft. The…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST
16 October 2024 , 17:00 BST

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