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S' 6 ' y-' ^6^ ; ?(s>, U^UtSch-Vi lxJ-&lsUZc/~ . /2 z. / 5 /. /OS'. / 4 '-t- 13. 30.32. -3 /■ I (J^r L/-5~‘ 6~o , Sq, &3 - b 7 (oO. 7. 6~^ (j 3 . o ^ 'f ' y ■^7'- - ‘P’ 0 £ 2efc£fc&&4 ^ Sfi^CCU ?C , /^CsUScJsi-t^i , jVvr /of. //o . / 2a - /22. /33 , /t/-o. /y-f*. /Stf- /5 j /3 d. /£5 ■ £c. c>2, /Of- / /'feltUcSotus} //O ■ //£. Z2. 4 ^ /3? /t+b. /i+ CATALOGUE HA OF A COLLECTION OF LoCIa PORCELAIN AND (Qlijrcta nf Art, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, COMPRISING OLD CHINESE ENAMELLED, OLD NANKIN AND I MARI, WORCESTER and other* PORCELAIN, JAPANESE CARVINGS IN IVORY AND WOOD, &c.; ALSO MINIATURES, PORCELAIN, OLD FRENCH FURNITURE, DECORATIVE OBJECTS and EMBROIDERIES PROM NUMEROUS SOURCES: WHICH Mill to toj Aurtton Urg Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, At vhbx& asEAir 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1897, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. May be viewed the Saturday and Monday preceding, and Catalogues had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, S. JK CONDITIONS OF SALE. - o - I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. II. No person to advance less than Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; and so on in proportion. III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. IY. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required; in default of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale; Messrs. Christie, M anson and Woods not being responsible for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot, and making no warranty whatever. VI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. VIT. Upon failure of complying w T ith the above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots uncleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the defaulter at this Sale. CATALOGUE. ■O*- On TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1897, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. The following are the Property of A GENTLEMAN. ENAMELLED CHINESE PORCELAIN. 1 A milk-jug and cover, round disk, six tea-cups and saucers, and four coffee-cups, enamelled with pheasants and flowers in colours, and with variously coloured fluted bands q 2 A small tea-pot and cover, enamelled with poultry and flowers in medallions on pink trellis ground; and three egg-shell cups and saucers, with poultry and flowers in star-shaped medal¬ lions on gilt ground O 3 Nine egg-shell cups and saucers, enamelled with flowers in white, radiating panels on rare black ground ■ ^ 4 Three cups and four saucers, nearly similar; and a pair ot cups and saucers, with peacocks and flowers on white ground 5 Six egg-shell cups and seven saucers, enamelled with figures, flowers and birds in leaf medallions on pink trellis ground 6 Seven ditto cups and ten saucers, with nearly similar decoiation on gilt ground 2 B ~~v OCMl. — 4 'f 7 A small lotos-pattern tea-pot and cover, enamelled with flowering plants in two leaf medallions, on ground with scroll foliage and flowers —famille rose ; a milk-jug, with persimmon fruit and flowers ; and three egg-shell cups and three saucers, with birds and flowers 8 Three egg-shell cups and saucers, enamelled with poultry and flowers in medallions on pale blue and pink trellis ground ; * and a pair of ditto, with poultry and flowers in lotos medalU/^ lions on pale green trellis ground and pink borders X. 9 A pair of small tea-pots and covers, enamelled with flowers and borders of lambrequin ornament, with flowers on pink ground/^/^ ^>10 Three egg-shell cups and five saucers, enamelled with poultry 6 and flowers in brilliant colours on white ground; and ony ditto, with pheasants and flowers y 12 A pair of ditto, nearly similar, with medallions of utensils enamelled in colours and painted inside with lanterns in blue JrLi —Kien Lung -A. 0 13 One ditto, nearly similar, enamelled in colours inside; and one, with medallions of figures on engraved blue ground, and painted with figures in blue inside 1 O 14 A tea-pot and cover, milk-jug and stand, three tea-cups, three coffee-cups and three saucers, enamelled with figures in colours and painted with landscapes in pink on gilt ground and a basin, with medallions of figures on red trellis ground 0 15 Six cups and saucers, enamelled with deer and flowers in pink and colours on blue ground in pink borders; and four powdered-blue cups and saucers, with prunus blossom in white 16 A pair of large tea-cups and saucers, enamelled with river scenes and figures in scroll medallions, and flowering hawthorn branches in green and white on ruby ground 5 17 0 0 18 0 19 A 20 , V 21 0 ^22 ( 23 ^ 24 25 , 0 A pair of cups and saucers, painted with landscapes in sepia and gold in leaf medallions on turquoise ground ; and a cup and saucer, with fishermen drawing a net, in fluted gilt and variously coloured trellis borders An egg-shell cup and saucer, enamelled with domestic scenes, butterflies and flowers in medallions in richly gilt borders ; and one, with a river scene, and figure riding a bullock in red and gold borders, with leaf-shaped medallions of flowers pair of cups and saucers, enamelled with flowers in lotus medallions on pink trellis ground, famille rose ; one, with flowers in panels on pale blue trellis ground ; and a hex- agonal-shaped ditto, with flowers in pink and colours on pale green trellis ground A pair of egg-shell cups and saucers, enamelled with flowers in colours on gold ground, with blossom in red ; a pair of ditto, with figures and flowers in colours on pink ground ; and two others, with flowers in pink A pink and gold lotus flower cup and saucer; one, enamelled with a boat, figures and willows in green and colours; one, with dogs and water fowl; and one, with foliage in Indian ink and gold Six egg-shell cups and saucers, with quails, gnats and foliage in gold and colours; three ditto, with a bullock and figure in gold; and one, with a figure and goats in red and gold Two larger egg-shell cups and saucers, with figures, sheep and utensils in colours ; one, with poultry and flowers in colours and gold; and a pair of small egg-shell plates, enamelled with flowers and fruit in pink and colours A circular egg-shell dish, and pair of basins and stands, enamelled y // with flowering branches of trees and birds in brilliant colours > - / Two barrel-shaped tea-pots and one cover, enamelled with birds, water plants and flowers in brilliant colours, famille verte ; // / aud a small flat-shaped ink-bottle, formed as toku leaves Jv J 6 0> r 26 A pair of small oviform vases and covers, enamelled with baskets and wreaths of flowers in brilliant colours in red and gold chequer borders, famille rose —54 in. high —on oblong pierced rose-wood stand / 6 » 30 /Si/S'. 0 31 /S~~' ^ ^ A Nankin tea service, with blue and white lambrequin ornament, consisting of tea-pot, milk-jug, saucer, canister, covers and two stands, thirteen tea-cups, six coffee-cups and fourteen saucers A tea-pot, cover and stand, with flowers in blue, enamelled with coats-of-arms in colours and gold; and five blue and white n cups and saucers, enamelled with panels of flowers in colour^'/' A pair of gold Imari bowls, painted with flowers in red, blue and gold, and enamelled with thistles in green ; and a ditto tea-pot and cover, with hawthorn and flowers A Cylindrical Ehodian Lustred Ware Tankard, with carna¬ tions, rosebuds, harebells and other flowers in brilliant colours^^ —9 in. high A Circular Ditto Dish, with tulips and grasses in blue, red and / green, and blue scrolls on the border—11^ in. diam. Another, with a tulip and other flowers in dark green, blue and red, and blue scrolls on the border JAPANESE CARVINGS IN IVORY AND WOOD. i J A . JL A A r ■ ■ C> C 3 & • / 0 33 An Oni and tree trunk ; and five other wood netsukes 34 A Shoki and Oni; and five other ditto ^ 35 A dragon and tiger ; and five other ivory netsukes ^ 36 Jurojin; a pack horse ; and four other ditto O 37 Hotei and boy ; a tiger and young ; and three others t O 38 A seated ivory figure of Fukurokujin ; a figure of Jurojin ; and a ft group of an itinerant showman 3 39 Shojo; boys playing go-bang; a showman; and Chinese boys and elephant 4 6 6 6 6 5 J 7 ENGLISH PORCELAIN. 40 z> An Old Worcester Fluted Tea and Coffee Service, painted in Chinese taste with flowering plants and hawthorn branches in red, green and gold, and with broad radiating red and gold bands, consisting of tea-pot, sucrier, canister and covers, pair of basins, two circular dishes, six tea-cups, three coffee-cups, three larger ditto, and twelve saucers 6> 41 A ditto beaker, painted with flower sprays and foliage in dark blue and gold 42 A pair of circular blue and white ditto dishes, with escalloped borders painted with flowers, and with slightly raised white shell and scroll ornament—9J in. diam. 43 An old Worcester blue and white tea and coffee service, decorated in Chinese taste, and with bands of slightly raised white foliage and flowers, consisting of tea-pot, sucrier and covers, two basins, eleven tea-cups, nine coffee-cups and twenty-two saucers r O 44 45 A ditto coffee-cup and saucer, with raised white scale pattern and blue and white trellis borders; and a pair of Lowestoft tea¬ cups and saucers, enamelled with flowers and pink trellis in Chinese taste A Crown Derby Breakfast Service, with rich decoration in Chinese taste in colours and gold, consisting of sugar-basin and cover, milk-jug, pair of octagonal-shaped bowls, eight ditto cups and saucers, and four larger ditto 8 ANOTHER PROPERTY. /# * 0 . O 46 f, < /f ~' a 83 A pewter dish, with designs in relief by Briot Jhrk yJ / / if '0 & 84 Four old Italian bronze busts of Koman emperors L/'^ gj ' t/ , q 85 A halberd, pierced and chased with scrolls —Italian , 17 th century ORIENTAL BLUE AND WHITE AND ENAMELLED PORCELAIN. a / r & &7 of ✓ /? , ^ 86 Pair of square blue and white canister-shaped jars, with foliage A and plants ^ A blue and white pilgrim bottle, with river scenes and landscapes off, An oviform blue and white hawthorn-pattern vase, with utensils^^?*^ in compartments—14 in. high ; and another, similar . Two blue and white hawthorn-pattern ginger-jars, with utensils f /fy in panels A blue and white hawthorn-pattern ginger-jar Small blue and white hawthorn-pattern ginger-jar; a ditto, with ntensils in panels; and a blue and white ditto, with utensils Two small blue and white hawthorn-pattern ginger-jars Blue and white beaker, with figures in panels—18 in. high Ay ' 0 -, v 88 <*/ , o , o 89 /• 0 , ° 90 ^ 0 O f O 91 A ' A , O 92 Af fO ,0 93 O 94 A * . o 95 /' / 6 . t> 96 Blue and white hawthorn-pattern ginger-jar ; and a blue and y white ginger-jar, with figures in landscapes Pair of famille verte plaques, with figures and landscapes in 9 black wood frames Tail- of figures of seated dogs—18 in. high CO* FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE OBJECTS. 104 An oblong tortoiseshell casket, inlaid tulips, &c., with engraved^/^^^^^-^^ mother-o’-pearl q 105 Small Louis XYI. or-molu clock, with flags and trophies 106 Small Louis XVI. or-molu and marble clock, by Henry f 107 An Empire or-molu clock, surmounted by a reclining figure f 108 Pair of chased and fluted Louis XVI. or-molu candlesticks c 109 Louis XVI. or-molu and marble clock, with figures of draped females /T/ , . 110 French bronze statuette of Moliere—18 in. high 111 Pair of Louis XVI. chased or-molu candlesticks, with female^^^^^^ busts and terminal feet . , • ix2 Louis XVI. engraved metal skeleton clock, with enamelled dial 113 Tall upright mahogany show cabinet, fitted with shelves and glazed door, plate-glass back, and drawer beneath—5 ft. b i*^^ high by 2 ft. 3 in. wide 114 Tall ebonised and brass-bound show cabinet, fitted with shelves and glazed doors —5 ft. 8 in. high by 2 ft. 4 in. wide 12 l / L5 Small Louis XV. marqueterie writing desk, with flowers on Z? S panel on a chequered ground ZZ' /y ^ / & ^16 Small gilt bronze model of a ship, forming an ink-stand—on wood stand £ *r> 4. p in a Louis XV. parqueterie secretaire, with cylinder front and &y}sg, three drawers under, and or-molu mounts t \ ^ 118 Louis XIV. Boulle and or-molu commode, with two long and two short drawers, and or-molu mounts—46 in. long by 23 in. deep ^ , & 119 An inlaid tortoiseshell and ivory chess-board, mounted with / silver, containing ivory draughtsmen and dice ' /& * 0 120 A Sheraton mahogany cabinet, inlaid with satin-wood and Batter- sea enamels, with cylinder front , , 0 121 A Louis XVI. kidney-shaped marqueterie table, inlaid with^/^y^ trophies, with one drawer and shelf below THE PROPERTY OF A LADY. / ■ /■£/ . 0 0 . /tT. c 122 An old Imari bowl, painted with peonies and chrysanthemums in colours and gold 123 An octagonal Nankin dish, with stag and fir trees ; and a plate, similar /' • <-,124 An Empire clock, of architectural design, black marble, mounted with festoons and monsters of chased or-molu —glass shade and stand 13 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. 125 , ^ , O ier v- . 126 , O 127 e (■ 129 130 ?, 131 O 132 , O 133 Presentation Sword, with ivory and or-molu hilt, and curved blade damascened with gold, engraved, “ from the patriotic fund at llotd’s to mr. w. pitt bowler, midshipman, of H.M. SLOOP SWIFT, FOR HIS DETERMINED BRAVERY WHEN COMMANDING A BOAT WITH ONLY SIX MEN IN BOARDING AND CARRYING THE SPANISH SCHOONER LA CARIDAD PERFECTJE OF 12 GUNS AND 15 MEN UNDER THE BATTERIES OF TRUXILLO, ON THE 13TH AUGUST, 1805, AS RECORDED IN THE LONDON gazte. of the 14th jany. 1806 ”—contained in a leather f scabbard with or-molu mounts A Small Bronze Cannon, decorated in low relief with bands of arabesques and shield-of-arms with the rose, thistle and fleur-de-lys ; the carriage of wood, shod with iron rivets and bands —17 th century Said to have belonged to the children of James 1. An old Worcester tea-pot and cover, with dark blue and gold borders; a Bram Hall sugar-basin, cover and stand, with foliage in dark blue and gold; and a ditto tea-pot and cover and milk-jug, painted with shells A small oval table mirror, in porcelain frame encrusted with coloured flowers and figure of Cupid ^ A bronze group of Romulus and Remus nurtured by the Wolf Ft)A —5 in. high The Mercury of G. di Bologna, in bronze— 20 in. high —on / y black marble pedestal A pair of large Chinese porcelain vases, with raised vases anc flowers and utensils, enamelled in colours—36 in. high A pair of ditto, with figures and flowers in white on blue ground -341 i». high A pair of large blue and white hawthorn-pattern jars, painted with utensils in medallions— 18 in. high 14 0,° 134 Pair op Large Carved Walnut Couches, stuffed, and covered with pale terra-cotta figured satin damask, and with silk fringe—forming one couch—15 ft. long; and three large and one smaller cushion— en suite /A /?. 0 135 A Pair of Portiere Curtains, of old Portuguese embroidery, on pale blue satin with scroll foliage and flowers in coloured silks, lined and mounted with velvet, and with silk fringe— 10 ft. long by 4 ft. wide; and a silk cord holder, with^^/ V p-rv tassels 136 A Large Panel of Old Chinese Embroidery, on white satin, finely worked with flowering trees and fruit in the centre n and at each corner in coloured silks, in narrow borders of AT < 2 / * & running foliage and flowers— 9 ft. by 7 ft. 2 in. 137 A Set of Bed Hangings, embroidered with applique petit-point needlework in brilliant colours, with branches of flowers, foliage and exotic birds— English , end YJth century, con¬ sisting of two panels—8 ft. 5 in. by 7 ft. 5 in. ; two ditto— 7 ft. 7 in. by 4 ft. 2 in. ; and three valances—6 ft. 10 in. by 14 in. i/: j 139 A A / , 138 A Coverlit, with centre square and two borders of Greek thread lace, on crimson satin—9 ft. by 8 ft. 6 in. table mirror, in shaped frame of Dresden porcelain, with coloured flowers, birds and Cupids in high relief, and branches for two candles mounted with metal-gilt— 28 in. high / FINIS. London : Printed by Wm. Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross.