A Middle Eastern Journey London, 30th October 2019
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The Moors & The Arabic West
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2 1 JOSE MONTENEGRO CAPELL (SPANISH 1853-1929) Royal Alcázar of Seville Signed and dated Jose Montenegro Capell/1900 (lower right) Oil on canvas, 45cm x 24cm £150-£250
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L’Orient, soit comme image, soit comme pensée, est devenu […] une sorte de preoccupation générale The Middle East, either as image or as an idea has become of overriding interest Victor Hugo, Les Orientales, Paris, 1868
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2 ADOLPHE BRAUN (1812 - 1877) COURT OF THE LIONS, Alhambra, Spain, c.1880 mammoth plate, carbon print, image size approx, 800 mm x 650 mm, number in pencil on the verso of the print, framed and glazed £2,500-£3,000 3 19th CENTURY PHOTO ALBUM OF SPAIN 120 mostly albumen prints, subjects include Andalusia, the Alhambra, Alcazar, the Mezquita, and artworks in the Prado, each c. 200x260mm, mostly Garzon Fotografia studio £100-£150
4 HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (BRITISH 1821-1906) A North African market square Signed with initials (lower right), watercolour and bodycolour over pencil, 11.2cm x 24.3cm £300-£500
If you have some months to spare, come to Barbary, you’ll see naturalness which is always disguised in our part of the world, you’ll feel the precious and rare effect of the sun which gives everything profound vitality. Correspondence générale d’Eugène Delacroix, Paris, 1936
5λ AN HISPANO-MORESQUE IVORY, BONE AND COLOURED WOODS INLAID SECRETAIRE TABLE France or Italy, late 19th - 20th century 85.5cm x 116cm x 58cm when open £1,500-£2,000
6λ AN HISPANO-MORESQUE IVORY AND COLOURED WOOD-INLAID CASKET Post-Nasrid Spain, mid to late 19th century 17.5cm x 23cm x 15.7cm £500-£700
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Travelling in the Near East 7 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH ART DECO PERIOD PATINATED SPELTER AND ALGERIAN ONYX MODEL OF A CAMEL RIDER 35cm high x 60cm wide £800-£1,200 8 J. PASCAL SEBAH (1823-1886) PORTRAIT OF A NUBIAN WOMEN WITH NOSE RING c.1875, albumen print, 270mm x 210mm, titled, signed and numbered in the negative, unmounted
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8 9 C.&G. ZANGAKI (1845 - 1890) TWO GIRLS FROM ABYSSINIA 1870s, albumen print, image size, 282mm x 218mm, mounted onto a loose card album leave, 326mm x 270mm, signed, numbered and titled in the negative £100-£150 10 A SUB SAHARAN PAINTED WOODEN BOWL WITH RIDER AND CAMEL, C.1899 Depicting a Tuareg, with a pseudo kufic stylised painted boarder and and dated 1899 50cm (19 3/4in) dia. £250-£350 6
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11 GEORGES R. RICARDCORDINGLEY (FRENCH 1873-1939) Friends on the shore, Morocco Signed R Ricard-Cordingley (lower right), oil on canvas; 77.8cm x 160cm £1,500-£2,500
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12 12 HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (BRITISH 1821-1906) Moroccan Market Signed with initials (lower right) watercolour, 13.5cm x 20cm
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£300-£500 13 PANANTI (F.), NARRATIVE OF A RESIDENCE IN ALGERIA, second edition, hand-coloured frontispiece, map, plan of the city, contemporary half calf, 4to, 1830 £200-£300 14 COLIN JONES b.1936 BALBECK, LEBANON,1961, Silver gelatin prints (2), image size, approx 380mm x 304mm, photographers blind stamp recto (1) both examples titled, dated, signed and with the photographers copyright stamp on the verso
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15 AFTER EUGENE DELACROIX (FRENCH 1898-1863) Femmes d'Alger Oil on canvas; 32.5cm x 41cm £3,000-£5,000 Delacroix’s trip to Morocco and Tangier in the company of the Comte de Mornay in 1832 marked a turning point in his life. He was one of the earliest painters to visit and record life in North Africa, and he was intoxicated by the sights, sounds and smells that he experienced. Of the two recorded versions of Delacroix’s The Women of Algiers in their apartment, after which the present work is painted, the original version painted in 1834 and exhibited in the Paris Salon of the same year is in the Musée du Louvre; the version from the late 1840s is in the Musée Fabre, Montpellier. Delacroix’s much vaunted visit to a harem in Algiers in 1832 dates from a number of years later when the story was written up in the magazine L’Art in 1883, based on the reminiscences of the Comte de Mornay and the painter Charles Cornault. Cornault recounted that Delacroix wanted ‘...to visit the interior of a house, where he could draw Moorish women... The women, who had been warned, put on their most beautiful clothes, and Delacroix used them as models for watercolour sketches which he afterwards used to paint his picture of The Women of Algiers.’ Cornault continued: ‘Among orientals the women of Algiers are considered the most beautiful on the Barbary coast. They know how to set off their beauty against rich silk cloth and velvet embroidered with gold...’ (quoted in Timothy Wilson-Smith, Delacroix, A Life, London, 1992, p. 108)
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The Land of the Pharaohs
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16 BELZONI (G. B.), PLATES ILLUSTRATED OF THE RESEARCHES AND OPERATIONS ... IN EGYPT AND NUBIA, FIRST EDITION, 44 hand coloured engraved plates (26 full page), plate 26 marginal repairs, with Six New Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations ... in Egypt and Nubia, FIRST EDITION, 6 hand coloured lithograph plates, later half morocco, new endpapers, folio, John Murray, 1821-1822 £7,000-£9,000
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17 BELZONI (G. B.), NARRATIVE OF THE OPERATIONS AND RECENT DISCOVERIES WITHIN THE PYRAMIDS, TEMPLES, TOMBS, AND EXCAVATIONS, IN EGYPT AND NUBIA, 2 vol., third edition, half-titles, 2 engraved portraits, folding map, plan and plate, contemporary half calf gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1822 ***As usual this copy lacks the associated folio atlas volume, which appears as the previous lot. £250-£350 18 BUDGE (E. A. W.), THE BOOK OF THE DEAD..., FIRST EDITION, 20 coloured plates, spotting, original half morocco gilt, worn, folio, sold at the British Museum, 1899 17
£150-£200 19 SIMPSON (WILLIAM), THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE EAST, FirstSecond Series, 2 vol. in 1, 2 chromolithograph titles, 79 plates heightened with gum Arabic, some staining, original half morocco, hinges cracked, spine head damaged, [Abbey, 237], folio, P. & D. Colnaghi, 1855. £1,000 – £1,500
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20 CARL WERNER (GERMAN 1808-1894) Courtyard of the Temple of Medint-Abou, near Thebes Watercolour, 32cm x 45.5cm Original watercolour for plate no. 14 of Le Nil, 24 aquarelles d’apres nature par Charles Werner, by A.E. Brehm and J. Dumichen, published in Paris in 1882 £1,200-£1,800
21 A LARGE PAIR OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURES OF ARAB WATER CARRIERS Both stamped ‘JMB’ to the underside and numbered 6747 and 6748, 64cm high £1,200-£1,800 22 J*** B*** (BRITISH 19TH CENTURY) The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramids beyond; A Dhow on the Nile (a pair) each signed with initials J.B. and dated 1869 (lower right), each watercolour and bodycolour, each 23.5cm x 33cm (2) £200-£300
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23 EGYPT. MERCATOR (G.) & HONDIUS (J.), BARBARIA, two insets, from 'L'Atlas ou Méditations Cosmographiques', 16131616; Ogilby (J.) Nova Ægypti Tabula, from Ogilby's edition of Dapper's 'Description of Africa', repairs, 1670; Schraembl (F.) Egypten Oder Misir, 1787; D’ Anville (J. B.) Aegyptus Antiqua, from Geographie Ancienne, 1765; Brion de la Tour (L.) Usages, Sciences, Arts et Monuments de l’Egypte, c. 1765; engravings, spotting, v.s., with 4 others (9) £300-£400
24 FRANZ XAViER BERGMAN (AUSTRIAN 1861-1936) A FINE COLD PAINTED BRONZE MODEL OF AN ARAB HUNTER carrying a small antelope on his shoulders, a rifle slung across his back, on a circular naturalistic base over a marble plinth, with the Bergman stamp of a B within an amphora to the underside of his robes, 32cm high £3,000-£5,000 25 FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (AUSTRIAN 1845-1897) A LARGE TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF AN ARAB the standing figure wearing traditional dress, on a naturalistic base overa shaped plinth, the reverse signed ‘Friedrich Goldscheider’ ‘REPRODUCTION RESERVEE’, numbered 327 7900, 73cm high £800-£1,200 26 GASTON LEROUX (FRENCH 1854-1942) A BRONZE FIGURE OF REBECCA in the Orientalist style, the youthful beauty in traditional dress and descending steps with an urn atop her head, on a naturalistic base, signed ‘G. L’EROUX’, mid brown patination, raised on the original rotating Rouge Griotte marble cylindrical plinth, with a plaque inscribed ‘REBECCA PAR G. LEROUX 3me MEDAILLE’, 79cm high overall
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27 EDOUARD DROUOT (FRENCH: 1859-1945) A BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED ‘RETOUR DE LA FONTAINE’ the orientalist style bronze depicting a beautiful Arab maiden water carrier with an urn on her head, stepping through a stream, mid brown patination, signed ‘Drouot’, raised on the original Rouge Griotte marble rotating base, with a brass plaquette inscribed ‘RETOUR DE LA FONTAINE Par E. Drouot (Medaille du Salon)’, 65cm high £1,500-£2,000
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29 EUROPEAN SCHOOL (LATE 19TH CENTURY) A nomad leading his camel Signed with monogramme HMH (lower right), oil on canvas,18.5cm x 24cm £100-£150 30 DAVID WOODLOCK (BRITISH 1842-1929) Thebes Signed David Woodlock (lower left), titled (lower right), watercolour and gouache on paper, 24.7cm x 17cm £250-£350 31 ABDULLAH FRERES (1858-1899) ENTREE DE S.A. LE PRINCE DE GALLES AU CAIRE, EGYPT (1862) & MOSQUEE DE SULTAN HASSAN, EGYPT (c.1873), unmounted albumen prints, 253mm x 192mm £100-£150
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32 FRANCOIS BARRY (FRENCH 1903-1905) The road to Gizeh Signed and dated Barry 1866 (lower left), oil on canvas, 24.5cm x 38cm £600-£800
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33 A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN PAINTED PLASTER FIGURE OF AN ARAB MAIDEN the young woman holding a wicker tray for cards, a large urn behind her, on a naturalistic base, 94cm high
34 EGYPT. MINIATURE MAPS. GASTALDI (G.) & RUSCELLI (G.), TABULA AFRICA III & IV Egitto Nuova Tavola; Marmarica Nuova Tavola, from Ruscelli’s edition of Ptolemy's ‘Geographia’, repairs, 1561; Du Pinet (A.) [view of the Pyramids], from 'Plantz, pourtraitz…’, 1564; Hondius (J., after) Aegyptus, from 'A Geographical Historie of Africa', by John Leo, 1600; and 4 others, engravings and woodcuts, v.s. (small qty)
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35 A MATCHED PAIR OF LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN GOLDSCHEIDER STYLE FIGURES OF ARABS one stamped '8JM 6429', the other 'JMA 6429', 59cm high £700 -£1,000
36 A PAIR OF LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH COPPER CLAD FIGURES OF ARABS both on naturalistic bases over integral circular plinths, with bronze patination, 44cm high £800 - £1,200 37 EDWIN LORD WEEKS (AMERICAN 1849-1903) Felukas on the Nile Signed with the initial (lower right) watercolour, 15.7cm x 23.5cm £200-300 38 THOMSON (J.), EGYPT AND ABYSSINIA, 2 maps from Thomson’s ‘New General Atlas’, 1817; De la Rochette (L.S.) Lower Egypt and the Adjacent Deserts..., 4 maps, some offsetting, 1802, 1842, 1843; hand-coloured engravings, soiling, with others similar (quantity) £300-£400
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David Roberts (1796-1864) 39 THE HOLY LAND, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT & NUBIA 6 vol., 250 tinted lithographed plates and 2 maps, contemporary dark blue & purple morocco, 4to, Day & Son, 1855-1856 (6) £2,000-£3,000
Roberts (d., After) & haghe (l., Lith.) Lithographs from the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Egypt & Nubia, all plates in their scarcest form as issued in the subscribers’ edition, further details available (lots 39-51) 40 MINARET OF THE PRINCIPAL MOSQUENIN SIOUT, UPPER EGYPT some vertical ripples in the printed plate, one of the tombs of the Khalifs, Cairo; Nubian women at Kortie, on the Nile; Siout - upper Egypt, [1842-1849] (4) £500-£700 41 APPROACH TO MOUNT SINAI - WABY BAIAH coloured by hand, cut to the edge of the image, and mounted on giltedged card in imitation of watercolours, some light foxing, [1842-1849] £750-£950 42 APPROACH TO THE FORTRESS OF IBRAHIM; TSUR, ANCIENT TYRE FROM THE ISTHMUS coloured by hand, cut to the edge of the image, and mounted on giltedged card in imitation of watercolours, some light foxing, [1842 -1849] (2) £1,000-£1,500 43 CAIRO LOOKING WEST coloured by hand, cut to the edge of the image, and mounted on giltedged card in imitation of watercolours, light soiling to upper edges of image some light foxing, [1842-1849] £900-£1,200 44 CAIRO: THE AQUADUCT OF THE NILE FROM THE ISLAND OF RHODA Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo; Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia; Entrance to the Caves of Beni Hasan, [1842 -1849] (4) £500-£700 45 BETHLEHEM; SIDON, LOOKING TOWARDS LEBANON coloured by hand, cut to the edge of the image, and mounted on giltedged card in imitation of watercolours, some light foxing, [1842 -1849] (2) £1,200-£1,500
46 ENTRANCE TO THE TOMBS OF THE KING’S OF THEBES; THE CONVENT OF ST. CATHERINE MOUNT SINAI LOOKING TOWARDS THE PLAIN OF THE ENCAMPMENT slightly rippled and soiled, coloured by hand, light soiling to upper edges of image some light foxing, [1842-1849] (2) £1,000-£1,500 47 LIBYAN CHAIN OF MOUNTAINS FROM THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR; MEDINT ABOU, THEBES, INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE OF THE SULTAN EL GHOREE coloured by hand, cut to the edge of the image, and mounted on giltedged card in imitation of watercolours, some light foxing, the second image with the plate slightly rippled, [1842-1849] (3) £1,800-£2,200 48 JERICHO; ASKELON coloured by hand, cut to the edge of the image, and mounted on giltedged card in imitation of watercolours, some light foxing, [1842 -1849] (2) £1,200-£1,500 49 TEMPLE OF WADY KARDASSY, NUBIA Tombs of the Memlooks; A Colossal Statue at the entrance to the Temple of Luxor; Tombs of the Mamelukes, Cairo, [1842 -49] (4) £500-£700 50 60 HALF-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ‘SKETCHES IN EGYPT & NUBIA’ FIRST EDITION, tinted lithographs, from the regular edition, with letterpress and the original parts issue wrappers (parts 5, 8 & 12), one significantly damaged, some tears, staining, sheets 620mm x 440mm, images v.s., F. G. Moon, 1842-9 (60) £600-£800 51 ARABS OF THE TRIBE OF THE BENISAID FEB 17TH 1839 tinted lithograph, with letters, trimmed, foxing, 315mm x 260mm, F. G. Moon, 1842, with Mayer (L.) The Town of Foua, on the Banks of the Nile, hand-coloured aquatint, from ‘Views in Egypt, Palestine, and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire’, plate 315mm x 380mm, R. Bowyer, 1802, with others (large quantity) £200-£300
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Probably one of the first impressions the new-comer receives is the al fresco nature of the life of the place, and the casual manner in which the numerous cafes of the Esbekiyeh quarter are permitted to overspread the footwalks with their little tables and chairs… Robert Talbot Kelly, Egypt Painted and Described, London, 1912
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52 ROBERT GEORGE TALBOT KELLY (BRITISH 1861-1934) The coffee shop, Cairo Signed and dated R. Talbot Kelly 1889/Cairo (lower right); watercolour, 33cm x 48cm £800-£1,200
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53 CHARLES ROBERTSON (BRITISH 1844–1891) Arab traders, Cairo Signed with monogramme and dated 1875 (lower left), inscribed CAIRO (lower right), watercolour, 24cm x 34cm £1,500-£2,500
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54 A WATERCOLOUR PORTRAIT OF AN EGYPTIAN KHEDIVE Possibly Egypt or Turkey, 19th century 82.5cm x 49.5cm including the frame £2,000-£3,000 55 HENRY WEISSE (GERMAN FL. LATE 19TH CENTURY): A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ARAB SOLDIER ‘L’ALERTE’ signed ‘Henry Weisse’ raised on a naturalistic base over a canted plinth with plaquette inscribed ‘L’ALERTE Par Henry Weiss (Sculpt)’, 54cm high £1,500-£2,000
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57 56 JEAN JOSEPH BENJAMIN-CONSTANT (FRENCH 1845-1902) Guarding the captive oil on canvas, 46.5cm x 91cm £8,000-£12,000 57 FRANZ BERGMAN (AUSTRIAN 1861-1936) A LATE 19TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN COLD PAINTED BRONZE OF AN ARAB the underside with the Bergman amphora with a B numbered ‘3912 GESCHUTZ’, 26cm x 11cm £1,500–£2,000
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58 EGYPT. A COLLECTION OF PRINTS, Die Achte Aegyptische Plage..., engraving, trimmed, Imperial Academy, Augsburg, c. 1750; Münster (S.) Babylon/ Memphis/ Alkair; Das Fünfft Buch, woodcuts from ‘Cosmographia’, Heinrich Petrus, Basel, after 1550; Schedel (H.) Alexandria, Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1494; with others, v.s. (11) £200-£300 19
59 Anonymous Photographer PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIAN WOMEN, c.1880s. albumen prints (2), image size 280mm x 220mm, inscriptions to verso; ‘Arab Girl, Port Said’ and ‘Cairo Lady’, one image with ink stain, window mounted within archival boards £100-£150
61 EGYPTIAN COSTUMES. GOTTA (C.), SCELTA COLLEZIONE DI COSTUMI EGIZIANI E LITOGRAFATI, 24 chromolithograph plates depicting Egyptian traditional costumes and views, quarter morocco, rubbed, oblong 8vo, Carlo Gotta & co., Alessandria, 1855 £100-£200
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60 CHARLES-THÉODORE FRÈRE (FRENCH 1814-1888) Interior, Cairo Signed and dated Th Frère / Caire 1854, pencil on paper, 31.5cm x 27cm £300-£500
62 HERMANN MAURICE COSSMANN (1821-1890) An Odalisque with a parrot Oil on panel, 44.5cm x 54cm (oval) £1,500-£2,000
63 ALBERTO ROSSI (ITALIAN 1856 -1936) Girl with the golden censer Signed and dated indistinctly A. Rossi / 1916 (lower right), pastel on board, 100cm x 70cm £2,000-£3,000 64 JAN BAPTISTE HUYSMANS (BELGIAN 1826–1906) En défaut Signed J-B Huysmans (lower left), inscribed Esquisse de mon tableau En défaut (1884) / (de souvenir d'après un tracé) and dated Paris juin 1888, oil on a double canvas, 30.5cm x 40cm £1,500-£2,500
… the general range of colour in the streets is black, white and blue, among which little glints of red, yellow, purple or green shine like jewels in the sun . . . Robert Talbot Kelly, Egypt Painted and Described, London, 1912 63
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The Holy Land & Palestine
65 SEATON (ROBERT), MAP OF PALESTINE OR THE HOLY LAND WITH PART OF EGYPT, hand coloured engraved map, dissected and laid on linen as issued, Josiah Neele, c.1836 £400-£600 66 WILSON (C. W.), PICTURESQUE PALESTINE, 4 vol., 38 engraved plates, original cloth, [c.1884]; Benor - Kaltor (J.) Jerusalem, 12 photographic views, original portfolio, 1926; Bartlett (W. H.) Syria, The Holy Land Asia Minor etc. 2 of 3 vol. bound in 1, 72 engraved plates, n.d.; Burckhardt (J. L.) Arabic Proverbs, second edition, 1875; with others similar, v.s. (large quantity) £300-£400
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67 TRISTRAM ELLIS (BRITISH 1844–1922) View of Hapta Fayal, Jordan Signed Tristram Ellis and dated Hapta Fayal 1902, watercolour, 16cm x 36cm £600-£800 66
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68 FELIX BONFILS (1831 – 1885) TOMB OF THE KINGS, THE WAILING WALL AND HISHAM'S PALACE, KHIRBET AL-MAFJAR (?), c.1870-1878 albumen prints, (3) image sizes 284mm x 222mm, mounted to loose album leaves, with titles lower margin, signed and numbered in negative, together with further albumen prints (2), BETHLEHEM, HERODS PALACE numbered in negative, total (5) £300-£500 69 RICHMOND (E. T.), THE DOME OF THE ROCK IN JERUSALEM..., FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies, 91 plates, some coloured, folding, 4to, 1924. ***Together with 2 original decorative underglazed painted pottery tiles from the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, The First Period. £1,500-£1,800
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70 PALESTINE & MIDDLE EAST. DELINEATIO....PALAESTINAE ODER DES GELOBTEN LANDES SAMMT DER KINDER ISRAEL, depicting the wandering of the Children of Israel, repairs, c. 1730; Bowen (E.l) [Middle East], after a map from Raleigh’s ‘History Of The World’, c.1730; Palestine or the Holy Land According to its Ancient Divisions & Tribes, George Philip, 1852; engravings, v.s., with others (6) £200-£300
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71 TANCREDE DUMAS (1830 - 1905) FEMME DE NAZARETH, 1889, and BETHLEMATAINE, 1889 Two albumen prints, signed, titled and numbered in the negative, 200mm x 12mm, window mounted within archival boards £100-£150 71
72 CONDER (C.R.), THE SURVEY OF WESTERN PALESTINE, Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography and Archaeology, together with Special Papers, 4 vol., 'Special Edition', illustrated throughout, 4to, 1881 £250-£350
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73 FRITH (F.), SINAI AND PALESTINE engraved second title with photographic vignette, 37 albumen plates, some foxing, original grain morocco over cloth boards, rubbed, folio, William MacKenzie, 1862
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74 MASON GOOD (FRANK) HOLY LAND album of 60 albumen prints, mounted on recto only, with letter press captions, some loose, staining and spotting, images c.170mm x 240mm, gilt-tooled morocco, spine lettered in gilt with 5 raised bands, a.e.g., large 4to, with a brass stand, W.A. Mansell, [1875] £1,500-£2,000
75 74 75 PALESTINE. COLLECTION OF MANDATE REPORTS, original printed paper wrappers, a few lacking upper cover, wear to some spines, 8vo., [c 1921 - 1946] (qty)
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*** An Interim Report on the Civil Administration of Palestine... The Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem... Nov. 1928; The Report...Palestine Enquiry Commission…, carbon letter signed by Dr. [Frieda] Wunderlich on behalf of the RevisionistOrganisation, Jerusalem, June 26th 1930, 1930; Palestine Papers, no. 2,3 & 5, The Position in Palestine - Speeches by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, A Great Historic Vow by Hon. J.C.Smut & Financial Aspects of Jewish Reconstruction in Palestine; Report..... to determine the rights and claims of Muslims and Jews in connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem.. inc. 2 maps, December, 1930; Palestine Partition Commission Report..including 12 maps, 2 loose in pocket together with a quantity of similar pamphlets and reports [sold as periodicals & not subject to return] £1,000-£1,500 76 PALESTINE. MANDATE REPORTS TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS; REPORTS ON PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN ADMINISTRATION collection of reports, map, bound as 4 vol., thick 8vo, 1920-38 [sold as a periodical & not subject to return] (4) £400-£600
77 77 THREE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, c. 40 pp. each, photos recto & verso, inscriptions, locations include: Tangiers, Constantinople, Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Zanzibar; subjects include: interactions with local people & costume, WW1, cossacks, sport, oblong 4to, 1903-17 (3) £200-£300 25
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78 MERCATOR (G.) & HONDIUS (J.), TURCICI IMPERII IMAGO, engraved map, hand-coloured, title cartouche with portrait of Sultan Mohumet, Latin text verso, vertical fold, minor surface dirt, [Tibbetts 62], Amsterdam, [1606 or later]
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£300-£400 79 AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE LEPRINCE (FRENCH 1734-1781) A Turkish Nobleman Signed and dated R de Pruday 1848 (lower right), oil on canvas, 47cm x 36cm £3,500-£4,500 80 EDWIN LORD WEEKS (AMERICAN 1849-1903) The Citadel Signed with initial W (lower right), watercolour, 19cm x 10cm Together with Sunset over the Bosphorus Signed with initial W (lower left), watercolour 10.5cm x 16cm (2) £200-£300
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81 A PAIR OF FRENCH PORCELAIN FIGURAL CANDLE HOLDERS each 34.5cm high. Provenance: from a diplomatic Greek private collection £600-£800 82 A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ONYX AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK MODELLED AS A MINARET surmounted by an ormolu finial over a pierced dome, the sides with baluster mounts, raised on a square pedestal with three quarter columns to the corners over a square base, with a white enamelled Arabic dial, the twin train movement stamped ‘JAPY FRERES’ with outside countwheel striking on a bell, 56 cm high £1,000-£1,500 83 FOLLOWER OF CRISTOFANO DELL’ALTISSIMO Portrait possibly of Cameria (Princess Mihrimah Sultan), Daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (1522–1578) Oil on panel, 31cm x 26cm £800-£1,200 84 MERIAN (M), TURCICUM IMPERIUM/ TÜRCKISCHE REŸCH, engraved map, hand-coloured, Frankfurt, 1635; Ptolemaeus (C.) & Girolamo (P.), Tabula Asiae VI, from ‘Geographiae Universae...’, Latin text verso, browning, Venice, 1596 (2)”
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88 88 ANONYMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER HAGIA SOPHIA (AYA SOFYA) c.1930s, silver gelatin photographs (2), image size, 400mm x 305mm, numbered in the negative (1), flush mounted to card, window mounted and framed (540mm x 445mm) £300-£500
86 85 JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88) & FELICE BEATO (1832-1909) PHOTOGRAPHIC PANORAMA OF CONSTANTINOPLE, 1854-1857, taken from the tower of the War Ministry, Beyazit, two albumenized salt prints (2), image sizes approx 310mm x 240mm, archivally window mounted, signed and titled by the photographer in each negative £1,000-£1,500 86 JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME (FRENCH 1824-1904) Santon à la porte d’une mosquée Signed J-L Gérôme and dedicated au Mme Richier (lower left), titled (upper left), pencil on paper, 36.5cm x 26.5cm £800-£1,200 87 A POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED COPPER ALLOY BRAZIER Ottoman Provinces, late 19th - 20th century 58.5cm x 70.5cm £200-£300 28
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89 CARLO BRANCACCIO (ITALIAN 1861-1920) View across the Bosphorus signed C Brancaccio lower right; inscribed Constantinople lower centre; dated 1889 (lower left) oil on canvas, 41cm x 33cm £1,200-£1,800
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90 M*** GROSDEFT (FRENCH EARLY 20TH CENTURY) Gathering at the mosque Signed Grosdeft and dated Constantinople 1920 (lower right), watercolour on paper, 34cm x 32cm £200-£300
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91 AMADEO PREZIOSI (MALTA 1816-1882) On the way to the sweet waters of Europe Signed and dated Preziosi 1854 (lower right), watercolour on paper; 25.5cm x 31cm £1,500-£2,500
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92 TEN TINTED ENGRAVINGS ON THE COSTUMES AND ETHNICITY FROM THE EAST France and England, 18th century, after Jean Baptiste Van Mour (1671-1737) Comprising ten tinted engravings after Jean Baptiste Van Mour's Recueil de Cent Estampes Representant Differentes Nations du Levant (1714), each vertical composition showcasing different costumes and fashion of the Ottoman Empire, below each depiction explanatory caption, plate number, engravers' name and legitimisation Avec Privil. du Roi, one engraved by C. N. Cochin sculp.; three by J. Haussard sculp.; and six by G. Scotin maj. sculp, mounted, glazed and framed, 58.5cm x 46.5cm each. £2,000-£3,000
92 93 A COLLECTION OF ETCHINGS ON THE COSTUMES AND FASHION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE Possibly Nuremberg, Germany, early 18th century each folio approximately 16.2cm x 11cm £300-£500
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94 ISAAC ROBERT AND GEORGE CRUIKSHANK (BRITISH 1789-1856 & 1792-1878) A theatrical scene of an Ottoman officer discovering a sleeping child in a glade, watched over by an angel Signed I R and G Cruikshank delt (lower left), pen and ink and grey wash, 9.5cm x 11cm £150-£250
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96 W.S. BYLITYPLIS (AMERICAN LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY) Trading on the steps Signed W.S. Bylityplis (lower left), watercolour and bodycolour, 73cm x 48cm
97 W.S. BYLITYPLIS (AMERICAN LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY) The market place Signed W.S. Bylityplis (lower left) watercolour and bodycolour, 68cm x 50cm
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98 ANTOINE EDMOND JOINVILLE (1801-1849) Femmes du harem aux eaux douces oil on panel, 25cm x 31cm £2,000-£3,000
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99 GERMAIN FABIUS BREST (1823-1900) Golden horn, Istanbul Signed, oil on panel, 21cm x 32.5 cm £5,000-£7,000
101 100 AN ANTIQUE FACHRALO KAZAK RUG South Caucasus, approx: 6ft.7in. x 5ft.5in. (201cm x 165cm) £2,200-£2,600 101 ALEXANDER GOLZ (AUSTRIAN 1857-1944) A Turkish lady seated with a basket Signed A.D. Golz (lower left); watercolour; 38.5cm x 30cm £200-£300
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102 102 JACQUES-PHILLIPE POTTEAU (1807-1876) FRONTAL ETHNOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF ABD ALLAH BEN ABDI, Marshal of the Logis des Spahis, 1862, albumen print, image size, 180mm x 130mm, condition VG, dry mounted, inscription to verso of mount in pencil £400-£600 103 AN 18TH.CENTURY KARAPINAR FRAGMENT, Turkey, approx: 4ft.11in. x 3ft.5in. (150cm x 104cm) £1,300-£1,800 104 TINTED SKETCHES OF ARABIC MEN Possibly England, late 19th century 44cm x 53.5cm £100-£200 105 LOUIS LOTTIER (FRENCH 1815-1892) By the Bosphorus Signed Lottier (lower left), oil on panel; 45.8 x 33.5cm Provenance: Princesse Bousin, Château de Saint-Cloud (1853) £800-£1,200
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106 LOUIS TESSON (FRENCH 1820–1870) Marsh Arabs in a covered market Signed L.Tesson (lower left), gouache, 21.3cm x 14.5cm £700-£1,000 107 AN IZNIK-STYLE SAMSON POTTERY JUG France, late 19th century 22.2cm high £400-£600 108 A CALLIGRAPHIC ARABIC REVIVAL MIRROR Possibly France, late 19th century 150cm x 98cm
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110 RUSSIAN SCHOOL (MID-19TH CENTURY) Moonlight across the Bosphorus with the Galata tower and the Valens Aquaduct in the distance oil on canvas, 34cm x 42cm, oval £700-£900
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112 115 ElZEVIR EDITIONS. TURCICI IMPERII STATUS, FIRST EDITION, Leiden, 1630; Sionita (G.) & Hesronita (J.) Arabia…, FIRST EDITION, J. Jansson, Amsterdam, 1633; with Gilles (P.) De Bosforo Thracio, first Elzevir edition, Leiden, 1632, engraved titles, all in contemporary limp vellum, soiled, 24mo (3) *** 1. A collection of works on the history of the Ottoman Empire by several writers. 2. An important collection on the Arabic civilisation. 3. An account of the antiquities of Constantinople by Gilles (14901555).
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112 ALBERTO ROSATI (ITALIAN 1893–1971) The Chief Signed Alberto Rosati (lower right), watercolour, 37cm x 54cm £1,200-£1,800 113 EUROPEAN SCHOOL (LATE 19TH CENTURY) On the steps of the Mausoleum Initialled A. G. (lower right) oil on canvas, 25cm x 32cm £200-300 114 A GILT WHITE METAL DRESSING TABLE ORNAMENT WITH TURKISH PORCELAIN FIGURINES (TURQUERIE) Possibly Dresden, Germany, late 19th century 29.5cm high £1,500-£2,000 115
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116 GAGNIER (J.), LA VIE DE MAHOMET..., 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, frontispieces by Philipp van Gunst, folding view of the Kaaba of Mecca, some spotting, contemporary Dutch speckled sheep, some worming, 12mo, Wetsteins & Smith, Amsterdam, 1732 (2) £400-£600 117 A COLLECTION OF SIX POSTCARDS AND ONE PHOTOGRAPH OF MECCA AND KA’BA Saudi Arabia, mid-20th century the largest 15.2cm x 20.3cm £240–£260 116
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118 ARABIA. VANDERMAELEN (P.), PARTIE DE L’ARABIE, from ‘Atlas Universel...’, Brussels, 1826; Pelly (L.) Map of Part of Arabia, from ‘The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London’, 1865; Turner (W. J.) Map of Northern & Central Arabia, E. Stanford, 1880; Mallet (A. M.) Arabie Moderne, from ‘Description de l’Univers’, 1683; mostly chromolithographs, v.s., and 4 others (7) £400-£600
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119 FOUR LITHOGRAPHED HAJJ CERTIFICATES Ottoman Provinces and Mecca, 20th century the largest approximately 48.9cm x 65.5cm (4) £300-£500
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120 PTOLEMAEUS (C.) & FRIES (L.), TABULA V ASIAE, double page woodcut map depicting Mesopotamia, Armenia and the Gulf, to the Caspian and Carmania (Iran), from Fries' edition of Ptolemy's ‘Geographia’, trimmed, repairs to centre fold, Lyon, 1522-1535 £300-£400 121 PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH COLLECTION OSCAR BRAUN (GERMAN 1909) Arab from Tunisia Signed lower left, oil on board, 32.5cm x 24.5cm
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£400-£600 122 FIVE REFERENCE BOOKS ON MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA AND KA’BA Please view the catalogue online for the full titles reference. £150-250 123 A QUANTITY OF AUCTION HOUSE CATALOGUES OF 19TH-CENTURY ORIENTALIST AND ISLAMIC ART SALES £200-£300
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The Lure of Arabia 124 BURTON (R. F., transl.), THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT; SUPPLEMENT NIGHTS, 17 vol., illustrated Benares edition, ltd ed., half red calf , 8vo, [c.1903]" £600-£800 125 IRWIN (E.), A SERIES OF ADVENTURES IN THE COURSE OF A VOYAGE UP THE RED SEA…, third edition, 4 plates and 5 maps, folding map of Mesopotamia, 1787; Storrs (R.) Orientations, FIRST EDITION, fourth reprint, with an Als, 1937; Porter (J.L.) ‘Through Samaria’..., FIRST EDITION, 1889 (5) £250-£350 126 A LATE 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN ALABASTER BUST OF A YOUNG ARAB GIRL wearing a shawl tied around her shoulders and a decorative necklace, looking to dexter, raised on a spreading cylindrical socle, 40cm high £600-800 127 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN PATINATED PLASTER FIGURE OF A NUDE the young slave girl wearing a turban, her wrists with shackles, reclining on a plinth, 26cm high
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£1,500-£2,500 129 JEAN JULES SALMSON (FRENCH, 1823-1902) A PAIR OF COLD PAINTED BRONZE FIGURES OF ARABS, ‘LA PORTEUSE’ AND ‘LE GUERRIER ARABE’ both in long flowing robes and raised on naturalistic bases, signed ‘SALMSON’, raised on circular black marble bases, 44cm high LITERATURE: H. Berman, ‘Bronzes Sculptors & Founders’, Abage Encyclopedia, Chicago, 1980, Vol. IV, page 951 and page 1035. P. Kjellberg, ‘Les Bronzes du XIXe Siecle’, Les Editions de L’Amateur, Paris, pages 609 and 610. £1,200-£1,800 130 PIERRE JULES MENE (FRENCH 1810-1871) A RARE PATINATED AND COLD PAINTED BRONZE EQUESTRIAN GROUP 'ARABE A CHEVAL' on a naturalistically cast base, signed 'P.J. MENE', 46cm x 41cm £3,000-£5,000 131
131 A LARGE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN TERRACOTTA URN DECORATED WITH AN ARAB HUNTING SCENE IN THE MANNER OF GOLDSCHEIDER the gilt urn of baluster form and mounted with two figures of Arab hunters, one pointing a rifle at a panther, the other holding its cubs, unmarked, 91cm high £3,000-£5,000 132 FREYA STARK (1893-1993) HADRAMANT YEMEN 1938, Silver gelatin photograph, printed later, image size, 390mm x 280mm, mounted, framed and glazed (525mm x 425mm)
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133 133 A PAIR OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURES OF ARAB WATER CARRIERS the male and female figures each carrying an urn with anthemion decoration to the body, raised on naturalistic bases modelled with a tree stump, 68cm and 70cm high (2)
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£800-1,200 134 FRENCH SCHOOL (MID 19TH CENTURY) Portrait miniature of an Arab man, wearing a red embroidered turban and a green shawl with embroidered edge over a black cloak and cream embroidered robe watercolour on vellum heightened with gum arabic, 14.5cm x 11cm £400-£600 135 AN ANTIQUE USHAK CARPET Turkey approx: 15ft.10in. x 8ft.10in.(482cm x 268cm) £4,500-£5,500 136 AN ANTIQUE HERIZ CARPET North-West Persia approx: 10ft.11in. x 7ft.11in. (332cm x 241cm) 136 40
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138 137 A FINE TABRIZ CARPET North-West Persia, approx: 12ft.6in. x 9ft.5in. (382cm x 286cm) £1,400-1,800 138 AN IMPRESSIVE LOBMEYR ENAMELLED AND GILT CLEAR GLASS VASE Vienna, Austria, last quarter 19th century 38.2cm high £2,400-£2,600 *139 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION A PORCELAIN WATER PIPE (QALYAN) BOTTLE AND STEM CUP Possibly France and Iran, late 19th century 15.5cm high
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£500-£800 143 A PAIR OF RED AND GILT BOHEMIA CUT-GLASS BOWLS WITH SAUCERS FOR THE IRANIAN MARKET Bohemia, Czech Republic, late 19th century 18.5cm high and 15cm diam £1,000-£1,500
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144 WILLIAM JAMES WEBB (BRITISH 1817-1904) The homeward journey Signed and dated 1869 (lower left) oil on panel, 35cm x 24cm Provenance: W. Pearce, London The Mass Gallery
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£3,000-£5,000 145 A RED AND GILT BOHEMIA CUT-GLASS SPIRIT DECANTER FOR THE IRANIAN MARKET Bohemia, Czech Republic, late 19th century £1,500-£2,000 146 A RED AND GILT BOHEMIA CUT-GLASS BOWL WITH SAUCER FOR THE IRANIAN MARKET Bohemia, Czech Republic, late 19th century 19cm high and 16cm diam £500-£700 147 A FINE ANTIQUE SAROUK-FERAGHAN RUG West Persia, approx: 6ft.6in. x 4ft.7in. (198cm x 140cm) £1,800-£2,200 42
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£400-£600 151 AN ANTIQUE SERAB RUNNER North-West Persia, approx: 17ft.1in. x 2ft.11in. (520cm x 89cm) £1,000-£1,500 152 AN ANTIQUE ZIEGLER-MAHAL CARPET West Persia, approx:13ft.6in. x 10ft.3in. (412cm x 312cm) £3,800-£4,500
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153 A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Possibly Shiraz, Iran, late 19th century 22.5cm long. £800-£1,200 154 A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Iran, dated 1290 AH (1873) with Christian compositions with the Holy Family, the central roundel signed and dated the work of the least worthy Haidar Qoli 1290 AH (1873) 23.5cm long. £1,000-£1,500 *155 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE WITH CHRISTIAN SCENES (QALAMDAN) Iran, 19th century 24.5cm long £1,500-£2,000 156 AN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE TABRIZ PICTORAL RUG North-West Persia, approx: 6ft.10in. x 4ft.6in.(208cm x 137cm) £1,000-£1,500 157 A VERY FINE SILK QUM RUG Central Persia, approx: 6ft.7in. x 4ft.5in. (201cm x 135cm) 157
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158 MIDDLE EAST. OLEARIUS (A.), A MAP OF THE PROVINCE OF KILAN..., 1662; Magini (A.) Persiae Regnum..., from ‘Geografia cioè Descrittione Universale della Terra’, Galignani, c.1598; Bowen (E.) A new and Accurate Map of the Caspian Sea, from ‘A Complete System of Geography’, 1747; engravings, v.s., with 4 others (7) £250-£350 159 AN ANTIQUE MAHAL CARPET, West Persia, approx: 9ft, x 6ft.4in. (274cm x 193cm) £550-£850 160 AN ANTIQUE SILK YARKAND RUG, East Turkestan, approx: 6ft.8in. x 3ft.11in.(204cm x 119cm) £2,200-2,600
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161 161 A MONUMENTAL OPENWORK AFTABA (WATER EWER) WITH ITS BASE Possibly Iran or India, late 19th century 41cm diam. £150-£300 162 POPE (A. U.) & ACKERMANN (P.), A SURVEY OF PERSIAN ART…, 6 vol., FIRST EDITION, c.1500 plates, light foxing, blue buckram, folio, Oxford University Press, 1938-1939; with the index, 1958. *** The most celebrated and authoritative survey of Persian art. £1,000-£1,500 163 A FINE HERIZ CARPET North-West Persia approx: 12ft.1in. x 9ft.1in.(368cm x 276cm) £1,200 - £1,600 163
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164 ASIA MINOR. WEIGEL (C.), ARMENIA UTRAQUE, from 'Descriptio orbis antiqui…’Nuremberg, 1720; Monin (C.V.) Carte de l'Asie Mineure..., from 'Classique de La Geographie Ancienne', Lyon, 1838, Lapie (M.) Carte de l'Asie Mineure Ancienne, P. C. Lehuby, 1842, hand coloured engravings & lithographs, v.s., with 4 others (7) £200-£300
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165 165 CHARDIN (J., SIR), THE TRAVELS ... INTO PERSIA AND THE EASTINDIES, first English edition, engraved title, portrait, lacking the printed title, may be a cancel (ESTC), staining, map, 16 plates, modern calf, folio, Moses Pitt, 1686
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*** Describing Chardin’s travels as an agent for the purchase of jewels to Shah Solyman III. £1,000-£1,500 166 AN EXTREMELY FINE SIGNED SILK QUM CARPET, Central Persia, approx: 9ft.11in. x 6ft.6in. (302cm x 198cm) £2,500-3,000
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*167 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE WITH EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE VIEWS (QALAMDAN) Shiraz, Iran, last quarter 19th century 22.5cm long
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£800-£1,200 *168 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE WITH A EUROPEAN LADY’S PORTRAIT (QALAMDAN) Shiraz, Iran, signed and dated 1302 AH (1885) 21.8cm long £700-£900 169 A VERY FINE SILK & METAL THREAD HEREKE PRAYER RUG Turkey, approx: 4ft.2in. x 2ft.11in. (127cm x 89cm) £900-1,200 169
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£500-£700 172 HUGO VILFRED PEDERSON (DANISH 1870-1959) Woman of the Kling tribe Signed Hugo V P (lower right) oil on canvas, 37cm x 26cm £400-£600 173 TEN PAINTINGS OF INDIAN VILLAGERS AND ARTISANS Possibly Calcutta (Kolkata), Eastern India, 20th century 35 cm x 26 cm each £500-£700 48
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174 FRANZ XAVER BERGMAN (AUSTRIAN, 1861-1936) A FINE COLD PAINTED BRONZE INKWELL MODELLED AS AN ELEPHANT AND RIDER the elephant climbing up a step, his trunk lifting the domed cover to the inkwell, and his head hinged at the neck, the base signed 'Namgreb' and with the Bergman stamp of a B inside an amphora,17cm high £1,500-£2,000
175 A LITHOGRAPH ZINC PLATE WITH A MAHARAJA ON AN ELEPHANT Possibly England, late 19th - early 20th century 22.5cm x 14cm £100-£150
176 A PENCIL DRAWING OF A FLYING GANDHARVA WITH AN APSARA India, early 20th century 23.5cm x 26.6cm £100-£150 49
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179 177 ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS DANIELL (BRITISH 1749-1840) Sackar Titled Sackar (lower left) Pen and black ink wash, later inscribed on the mount done in India between 1786-1794, 17cm x 9cm £300-£500 178 WARWICK GOBLE (BRITISH 1862–1943) 'At the door of which stood a lady of exquisite beauty' Signed Warwick Goble (lower right) Pen and ink and watercolour over pencil 34 x 24cm £800-£1,200 178
179 A PORTRAIT OF AN INDIAN NOBLEMAN Northern India, late 19th - early 20th century 37cm x 30.5cm £200-£300
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Mary Fedden, R.A. (1915-2012) Two brushes £3,000-5,000 To be offered in Modern & Post-War British Art, 3rd December Enquiries krassi.kuneva@chiswickauctions.co.uk 55
Terms and Conditions for Buyers at Chiswick Auctions 1. BEFORE THE SALE 1.1 Agent for the seller Unless otherwise agreed, Chiswick Auctions Ltd, hereafter referred to as CA LTD acts as agent for the seller. The contract for sale of the property is therefore made between the Seller and the Buyer. 1.2 Definitions For the purposes of the current Terms and Conditions, the Seller shall be defined as the owner of the Goods. It is implied that the Seller is the legitimate owner and is authorised to sell the Lot. The Bidder is any registered person participating in the auction, and the Buyer is the successful Bidder for a particular Lot. The Lot means the item(s) put up for sale by CA Ltd and to which the present Terms and Conditions apply. 1.3 Catalogue descriptions Any representation in any catalogue or otherwise as to the origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness or estimated selling price of any lot is a statement of opinion only. Such statements do not constitute a representation warranty or assumption of liability by CA Ltd in relation to the Lot. Any prospective Buyer should satisfy themselves prior to the sale as to the reliability of the catalogue description. The absence of mention related to prior restorations in the Catalogue descriptions does not imply that the good is exempt thereof. Photographs of any Lot provided by CA Ltd are for indicative purposes only and are not deemed to be a precise representation of the said Lot. The Buyer is advised to seek independent expert advice in order to be assured of the authenticity and true state of the good. 1.4 Inspection Prior to auction, prospective purchasers are strongly advised to personally examine personally any property in which they are interested to satisfy themselves in relation to matters which may concern them. 1.5 Condition report CA Ltd may issue a Condition Report on request prior to the sale. This Condition Report is for identification purposes only and cannot be considered as giving a precise account of the Lot’s true state. Thus, some imperfections and faults may not be accounted for in the Condition Report. As aforementioned, and in the absence of any contractual value of the Condition report, it is the Buyer’s sole duty to inspect in person the Lot in order be assured of its true condition and CA Ltd shall not be responsible for assertions within the Condition Report hereto. 1.6 Electricals All electrical items are sold as seen and CA Ltd offers no guarantee as to the working condition of such items or their safety. It is the Buyer’s duty to take necessary steps to be assured that the Lot is safe for normal use. 1.7 Estimates Estimates are based on various factors inherent to the situation of the market at the time of the sale, as well as considerations such as the condition, rarity, or quality of the item etc. Estimates are only indicative and represent the opinion of CA Ltd. Estimates provided by CA Ltd cannot constitute a guarantee as to the value of the good. Subsequently, goods may sell at prices lower or higher than the provided estimates. 1.8 Reserves Many Lots are offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum sale price. The reserve will never exceed the low estimate printed in the catalogue. CA Ltd may open the bidding on any Lot below the reserve by placing a bid on behalf of the seller, and may in their discretion continue to bid up to the reserve price. This can be achieved by bidding in response to other bidders or alternatively by placing consecutive bids. 1.9 Registration to the sale New bidders will need to register prior to the sale. It is strongly advised
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bidders register at least 24 hours before the sale. Registration thereafter shall be at the auctioneer’s entire discretion. International bidders may be required to register 48 hours before the sale and to submit bank details. A deposit may be requested prior to each sale. Failure to register shall result in the impossibility for the bidder to purchase a Lot. 1.10 Proof of identity Bidders not previously known to CA Ltd will be required to provide: • Official proof of identity in the form of a passport or photocard driving licence. No other forms of ID are acceptable. • Proof of address of main residence. Only official documents showing name and address will be accepted. • Both landline and mobile telephone numbers • A bank reference for foreign bidders may be requested • Corporate clients will have to provide a certificate of incorporation prior to the auction, along with the representative’s ID in accordance with the above-mentioned requirements for proof of identity. Any Bidder that does not match the provided identity for registration may not purchase during the sale. 2. DURING THE SALE 2.1 Attendance at auction Attending the auction in person is recommended. CA Ltd has the right in their absolute discretion to refuse participation in any auction, to reject any bid, and to refuse admission to the premises. Bidders are not obliged to be present in person at the auction. Absentee bidders shall be required to make necessary arrangements with CA Ltd prior to the sale. 2.2 Personal bidding Bidders attending the auction in person shall be required to collect a number plate prior to the sale. 2.3 Commission bids CA Ltd will use reasonable efforts to carry out Commission bids received by them prior to the sale for the convenience of clients who are not present at the auction in person. Execution of Commission bids is a free service provided to help clients and CA Ltd does not accept liability for any failure to execute a Commission bid or for errors and omissions in connection with it. Commission bids shall be executed at the lowest possible price, subject to competing bids and reserves. Although CA Ltd will endeavour to inform Buyers, it is the Buyer’s responsibility to check if they have been successful in purchasing a Lot. In the event of multiple commissions at the same price, the commission set at the older date shall be taken into account. 2.4 Telephone bids If a bidder is not able to attend in person an auction, CA Ltd will use reasonable efforts to contact prospective Buyers who make arrangements prior to commencement of the sale to bid by telephone. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible in the event of issues affecting connectivity, resulting in the loss of a chance of purchasing the Lot for the Bidder. 2.5 Internet bids Some sales may be available to internet bidding, as well as personal attendance. In this event, CA Ltd shall not be held responsible for issues affecting connection. 2.6 Bidding on behalf of someone A Buyer may bid by proxy. In this event, proof of identity of both the Buyer and the proxy must be communicated to CA Ltd prior to the sale. A copy of the mandate shall also be required. 2.7 Bidding on an item
Bid incrementing is at the auctioneer’s entire discretion. 2.8 Video transmission For the purpose of the sale, Lots may be displayed on video during the auction. In the event of transmission issues, CA Ltd shall not be held responsible for any subsequent outcome. 2.9 Online-only auctions Some auctions may be available to bidders only through an online platform. In this event, Buyers have a 14 day period at reception of the Lot to withdraw from the sale, in accordance with EU Consumer Law. 2.10 Dispute resolution during the auction Any dispute shall be settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion. Under no circumstances will a sale be cancelled after the fall of the hammer, except at the auctioneer’s entire discretion. 3. CONTRACT FORMATION AND EFFECTS 3.1 Contract of sale The contract of sale is between the Buyer and the Seller. The Buyer shall be the bidder at the highest price at the fall of the hammer. The sale is deemed complete once the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer and the contract shall be binding thereafter between the Buyer and the Seller and CA Ltd. When a Buyer purchases multiple Lots, each Lot is the subject of a separate contract of sale. 3.2 Transfer of property Property of the goods shall pass to the Buyer only once CA Ltd has received full payment for the goods, this includes the price at the fall of the hammer as well as Buyer’s premium, relevant taxes, and costs in relation to shipping. 3.3 Transfer of risks Purchased Lots shall be at the Buyer’s risk in all respects from the fall of the hammer, and neither CA Ltd nor their agents shall be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind, whether caused by negligence or otherwise. 3.4 Cancellation of the sale At the fall of the hammer, the contract is formed between the Buyer and CA Ltd and is binding thereafter. Under no circumstances can the Buyer cancel the sale. CA Ltd may at its entire discretion, during or after the auction, cancel the sale of the Lot or re-offer and resell the Lot if it becomes aware of any error or dispute of any nature, whether or not title has passed to the Buyer, and up to a period of 6 months after the said sale. Grounds for cancellation under the present section shall include but not be limited to any dispute relating to the attribution or provenance of the Lot, ownership and title, fraud or deceit, lack of relevant licences or certificates, any subsequent changes in domestic or international legislations restricting the sale of export of goods etc. In the event of internet-only auctions, the Buyer shall have a 14 day right to retract, after reception of the Lot, under EU Consumer Law. Public auctions are not covered by this right to retract. 4. AFTER THE SALE 4.1 Payment All purchased lots must be paid for on the day of the auction. Commission bids must be paid for no later than the day after the auction. Payment must be in cash, debit, credit card or bank transfer. Cheques are not accepted. Cash payments shall not be receivable for amounts over €10,000, regardless of the payment being for one or multiple Lots. Payments made by someone other than the registered Buyer shall not be accepted. Title will not pass to the Buyer until CA Ltd has received all amounts due to them in cleared funds even if the Lot has been released to the Buyer. 4.2 Buyer’s Premium The Buyer will pay CA Ltd a premium of 25% on the hammer price plus VAT on that commission on the first £500,000 and 12% plus VAT on the balance thereafter. A Buyer’s Premium of 19.5% plus VAT is charged on Wine & Spirits Lots. The VAT payable varies by symbol as below: No Symbol: The standard rate of VAT is charged on the premium under the Auctioneers Margin Scheme in accordance with Art. 333 of 2006/112/ EC. Standard UK VAT will be charged on the buyers’ premium and invoiced
on an inclusive basis. †: Normal VAT rules apply and the standard rate of VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium. *: These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on the invoice. In order to receive a refund of VAT amounts/Import VAT (as applicable) nonEU buyers must: (a) have registered to bid with an address outside of the EU; and (b) export the lot from the EU within 30 days of collection for * lots and 3 months of collection for all other lots and immediately afterwards provide us with satisfactory proof of export. (c) Details of the documents which you must provide to us to show satisfactory proof of export/shipping are available from our Finance team. A processing fee of £35.00 per invoice is charged to check shipping/export documents. (d) No VAT amounts or Import VAT will be refunded where the total refund (after deducting the processing fee) is under £35. 4.3 Taxes The Buyer is responsible for paying VAT on any Lot, above hammer price and Buyer’s premium. The rate applicable shall be the legal rate at the date of the sale. Goods such as books and antique books, music, maps and charts etc. are subject to zero-rated VAT. In addition, any import taxes that may be incurred shall be paid by the Buyer above hammer price, VAT and Buyer’s premium. The present paragraph applies in particular to imports within the United-States and Australia. The Buyer is advised to verify such matters prior to the sale. 4.4 Artist Resale Rights / Droit de Suite Lots marked with ‘ARR’ may be subject to a levy. Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or to the artist’s heir each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death. Royalties are calculated on a cumulative sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to Lots selling below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single Lot is the sterling equivalent of €12,500. Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows: • From 0 to €50,000 4% • From €50,000.01 to €200,000 3% • From €200,000.01 to €350,000 1% • From €350,000.01 to €500,000 0.5% • Exceeding €500,000 0.25% 4.5 Remedies for non-payment If the Buyer fails to make full payment in cleared funds within the time required as aforementioned, CA Ltd shall be entitled to exercise any one or more of the following rights or remedies additional to such other rights or remedies available: • To cancel the sale • To charge interest at 4% per annum above the base rate of Lloyds Bank Plc. • To resell the Lot on such terms by auction or otherwise entirely at CA Ltd’s discretion. The Buyer will be liable for all costs including legal fees incurred in the sale and will remain liable for any shortfall arising upon sale. • To offset against any sums which CA Ltd may owe the Buyer the outstanding sums unpaid by the said Buyer • Where the Buyer owes sums to CA Ltd in respect of different transactions, to discretionarily apply any sum paid by the Buyer for discharge of any owed sums. • To refuse entry to the Buyer at any future auction and/or reject any future bids by the Buyer and/or seek a deposit from the Buyer entirely in the discretion of CA Ltd. • To exercise a lien over the Buyer’s property in the possession of CA Ltd as collateral for any outstanding sums owed and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a person holding security over any such property, whether by way of pledge, security interest or in any other way to the extent permitted by Law. • To commence legal proceedings for the recovery of the total amount due together with interest, legal fees and costs. • To take such other action as is permissible by Law and in the discretion of CA Ltd.
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4.6 Collection Purchased Lots can be collected from the auction room after the sale has ended or between 10am and 6pm up until close of business on the Friday following the sale. Special arrangements may be made for collection on Saturday at CA Ltd’s discretion. 4.7 Storage CA Ltd offers a discretionary 14 days free storage on purchased Lots from the date of the sale. Thereafter Lots not collected shall incur storage charges of £5.00 per lot, per day or part thereof. CA Ltd shall be entitled to retain purchased Lots sold until all sums due have been paid to CA Ltd. If any purchased lot remains uncollected 21 days after the sale, storage charges shall thereafter be £10 per day and CA Ltd shall, in accordance with the Law, have the right to sell the purchased Lot to recover payment of storage charges outstanding. Any balance proceeds of sale received after payment of all sums outstanding and due to CA Ltd shall be held for the account of the Buyer. 4.8 Shipping Any shipping costs that may arise subsequently to the sale shall be at the Buyer’s expense. Such costs may include but not limited to postage, import and export permits where required and any other licence necessary for goods to be shipped outside of the European Union. CA Ltd does not offer insurance for shipping. However, CA Ltd may arrange insurance upon the Buyer’s request and at the Buyer’s expense. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible for any damages that may be incurred to goods prior to the fall of the hammer. 4.9 Loss or Damage CA Ltd does not accept liability for loss or damage occurring to Lots after the sale. CA Ltd will use reasonable efforts when handling packing and shipping of Lots purchased, but shall not be responsible for any loss or damages that may occur whilst the said Lot is in any third party’s care. 4.10 Cultural Goods import and export restrictions Cultural goods may be subject to import and export restrictions. Under EU Regulations related to the trade of cultural goods, export licences may be required for export outside of the European Union if the item’s value exceeds the EU threshold. Under UK Law, a licence may also be required for intra-EU trade. Licenses are issued by Arts Council England and it is the Buyer’s duty to obtain them. Some countries restrict the import of specific cultural goods. For example, the United States prohibits the import of pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or murals, as well as any cultural goods in provenance from some countries subject to armed conflicts. The Buyer must verify local legislation prior to the sale in order to be assured that import or export is possible. 4.11 CITES import and export restrictions Certain endangered species are listed in the CITES Convention. Listed specimens and any parts or products thereof are subject to issuance of an export permit when leaving the European Union. Appendix I species, are also subject to issuance of a prior import permit from the country in which the goods are to be imported. Such permits are necessary before applying for export permits and it is the Buyer’s duty to initiate the proceedings with the relevant authority. The Buyer must be aware that certain countries prohibit the import of some species or any parts or products derived thereof. For example, the United States prohibit all import of African elephant ivory, and any item containing parts that may merely resemble African elephant ivory must be accompanied by relevant documentation stating it is not the latter. Worked items that are dated before 1947 are exempt from import restrictions for intra-EU trade and shall not require export licences. Please be aware that all Lots marked with the symbol λ are subject to CITES regulations. 4.12 Limitation of liability regarding CITES export licenses Where licences are required for importing or exporting outside of the European Union, it is the Buyer’s duty to obtain them. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible if the Buyer’s application for an export permit is unsuccessful. Subsequently, in the event of failure thereof, CA Ltd shall not permit cancellation or rescission of the sale. 4.13 Warranties CA Ltd does not provide the Buyer with warranties relating to any Lot, unless required by Law. 4.14 Authenticity warranty In the event of a Lot being sold as authentic under the catalogue description and the Buyer provides evidence in the form of a written report by a
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recognised expert or test results that the said Lot is not, CA Ltd will refund the purchase price. The Buyer shall give notice to CA Ltd within 28 days from knowledge or any event giving reasons for suspecting that the item is not authentic, and within one year of the said sale. Any claim thereafter shall not be receivable. For the purposes of the present paragraph, authenticity shall be defined as the state of a Lot that is genuine and not a forgery or a copy. 5. ANTIQUITIES AND TRIBAL ART 5.1 Import and export restrictions and regulations Archaeological goods over 100 years of age, unless covered by exemption of limited scientific interest, will require an EU Licence for export to a third country, regardless of their value. It is recommended that the Buyer contact the Export Licensing Unit at Arts Council England in order to be assured the good is or not of limited archaeological or scientific interest. Archaeological goods found on United-Kingdom soil or in UK territorial waters over 50 years of age shall require a UK Licence regardless of their value and regardless of the export destination. Other archaeological objects regardless of their origin will require an Individual Licence or OGEL depending on their value. Both European-Union and UK Licences may be required simultaneously for some items. It is the Buyer’s duty to undertake the necessary steps. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible and the sale cannot be cancelled in the event of failure to obtain the relevant licences. 6. JEWELLERY 6.1 Gemstone treatment and estimates Many gemstones on the market have been treated so as to augment their appearance, in a reversible or permanent manner.Treatments under the present section may be but not limited to: • Heat treatment to enhance sapphires and rubies’ clarity and colour • Oil and resin treatments for emeralds applied in different ways, to enhance clarity of the stone • Staining • Irradiation • Coating Estimates provided by CA Ltd are deemed to be based on the fact that the gemstone may have been subject to any type of treatment in the past. CA Ltd shall not be responsible in the absence of mention thereof. A certificate may be issued by a laboratory, providing with detailed information on the condition of the gemstone and any treatment applied thereto.The Buyer must be aware that different laboratories have different approaches as to the degree or type of treatment for a particular gemstone. If a certificate accompanies the Lot, the Buyer must be aware that it is merely a statement of the laboratory’s opinion and in no way can CA Ltd be held responsible for any mentions therein. Such certificates are deemed to be delivered with the Lot for informative purposes only. 6.2 Estimated weights If a stone’s exact weight appears within the body of the description, the stone has been un-mounted and weighed by CA Ltd. If the weight of a stone is stated to be approximate, the stone has been assessed by CA Ltd within its setting, and the defined weight is a statement of opinion only. This information is given as a guide and bidders should satisfy themselves with regard to this information as to its accuracy. 6.3 Signatures ‘A diamond ring, by X’: When the maker’s name appears in the title, in Chiswick Auctions’ opinion the piece is by that maker. ‘A diamond ring, signed X’: Has a signature that, in Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, is authentic but may contain gemstones that are not original, or the piece may have been altered. ‘A diamond ring, mounted by X’: Has been created by the jeweller, in Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, but using stones or designs supplied by the client. ‘Maker’s mark for X’: Has a maker’s mark which in Chiswick Auctions’ opinion is authentic. Some items may include parts or products derived from endangered species, such as ivory or coral. Such items may be subject to import or export restrictions. See section on CITES regulations for more details. 7. CLOCKS AND WATCHES All Lots are sold as seen. Clocks and watches are therefore not deemed to
be sold in working condition. Absence of reference thereof in the description does not imply that the Lot is in good condition and without defects, or has been subject to repair or restoration. CA Ltd makes no representation or warranty that any clock or watch is in working order. As clocks and watches often contain fine and complex mechanisms, bidders should be aware that a general service, change of battery or further repair work, for which the Buyer is solely responsible, may be necessary. Most clocks and watches are likely to have been repaired in the past, and as a result may include parts that are not original thereto. The United-States restrict the importation of watches such as Rolex, Frank Muller or Corum. Such models can only be imported personally by the Buyer and CA Ltd cannot assist with shipping thereof. Some watches may include leather straps derived from endangered species. Buyers may be required to obtain appropriate permits for import or export purposes in accordance with CITES regulations. CA Ltd acts in compliance with such legislations and shall take necessary steps where required. Subsequently, watches may be deemed sold without their straps. 8. FURNITURE 8.1 Upholstered furniture after 1950 According to The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988, furniture that was upholstered after the 1st of January 1950 is subject to restrictions in the United-Kingdom. Exempt upholstered furniture that does not meet such requirements is deemed sold for purely aesthetic purposes. CA Ltd shall not be responsible for later alterations to the furniture, making it unfit for sale. 9. GLOSSARY OF PICTURE CATALOGUING TERMS Any Statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date, age, provenance and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact. The Company reserve the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable. 1 JMW Turner: In our opinion a work by the artist. When the artist’s forename(s) is not known, a series of asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion the work is by the artist named. 2 Attributed to JMW Turner: In our opinion probably a work by the artist, but less certainly as to the authorship expressed than in the preceding category. 3 Studio of JMW Turner: In our opinion probably a work by an unknown hand in the studio of the artist, which may or may not have been executed under the artist’s direction. 4 Circle of JMW Turner: In our opinion a work by an as yet unidentified but distinct hand, closely associated with the named artist and of the period, but not necessarily his pupil. 5 Style of…; Follower of JMW Turner: In our opinion a work by a painter working in the artist’s style, but not necessarily his pupil. 6 Manner of JMW Turner: In our opinion a work in the style of the artist and of a later date. 7 After JMW Turner: In our opinion a copy (of any date) of a known work of the artist. 8 The term ‘signed’ and/or ‘dated’ and/or ‘inscribed’ means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist. 9 The term ‘with signature’ and/or ‘with date’ and/or ‘with inscription’ means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription have been added by another hand than that of the artist. 10 Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated. 10. ASIAN ARTS 10.1 Import and export restrictions When dealing with Asian Arts and more specifically with items made of exotic wood (e.g. all species of rosewood) or elephant ivory, the Buyer must be aware of import and export restrictions in accordance with CITES Regulations. As aforementioned in the Section relating to such matters, import and export permits or re-export certificates may be required. Verification letters will be required for re-export of worked rhinoceros items. 10.2 Fine Chinese Paintings Current scholarship in the field of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy does not permit unqualified statements as to the authorship or date of execution. The limited right of rescission contained in the present terms and conditions does not apply to Chinese paintings. Notwithstanding, if within 28 days of the sale of any such Lot, the original purchaser gives written notice to CA Ltd that the Lot is a forgery and within
fourteen days after giving such notice, the original purchaser returns the lot to us in the same condition as at the time of sale and demonstrates to our satisfaction that the lot is a forgery, CA Ltd will rescind the sale and refund the purchase price received. For this purpose, a ‘forgery’ is defined as a work created with the intent to deceive. 11. BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS Books and manuscripts sold as incomplete are not subject to returns. Printed books may be returned for a full refund only if they prove to be defective in text or illustration. This shall not apply to the absence of blanks, half titles or advertisements, to un-named books or to books sold under the heading of ‘binding’ or ‘bindings’. 12. WINES AND SPIRITS In accordance with agreed standards in the trade, estimates shall be deemed to have taken into account the fill level. For the purposes of the present Terms and Conditions, the ‘Fill Level’ refers to the space between the base of the cork and the liquid in the bottle. Fill levels may vary with age or depending on the condition of the wine or spirit. Lack of mention thereof in the description is not a representation of an ‘acceptable’ fill level from CA Ltd. CA Ltd offers no guarantee as to suitability for drinking of the wine or spirit. The Buyer must be aware of the risk that the taste of a wine or spirit may be altered due to factors such as age, storage conditions, oxidation, etc. 13. COPYRIGHT CA Ltd shall own the copyright on all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for CA Ltd relating to a Lot, including catalogue contents. Such copyright shall remain at all times the property of CA Ltd. Neither the Buyer nor anyone else shall use the above mentioned materials without the prior written consent of CA Ltd. Some Lots may be subject to copyright protection, CA Ltd does not guarantee said Lots are free thereof. 14. DATA PROTECTION The Buyer agrees that personal information transmitted to CA Ltd may be disclosed exclusively for the purposes of business, or as required by Law. CA Ltd shall not use personal information for any other purpose without the Buyer’s prior consent. CA Ltd never sell, lend or trade in personal data provided by any Bidder. 15. SEVERABILITY Whenever and to the extent that any provisions of these terms would or might contravene the provision of any relevant legislation, such provision is to take effect only in so far as it may do so without contravening such legislation and the legality, validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions are not in any way to be affected or impaired as a result. 16. AMENDMENTS The current Terms and Conditions may be amended, verbally or in writing, prior to the sale. 17. LAW AND JURISDICTION The rights and obligations of the parties with respect to these Conditions of Sale and the conduct of the auction and any matters related to any of the foregoing shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Law of England and Wales. For the benefit of CA Ltd all bidders and sellers agree that the Courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle all disputes arising in connection with all aspects of all matters or transactions to which these Conditions of Sale and Authorship warranty relate or apply. All parties agree that CA Ltd shall retain the right to bring proceedings in any court other than the Courts of England.
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