CATALOGUE Pt>- ' Objects op Art, OLD FRENCH AND ENGLISH DECORATIVE FURNITURE, PORCELAIN & OBJECTS OF YERTU, INCLUDING SEVERAL SMALL COLLECTIONS OF CHINESE & JAPANESE PORCELAIN, CARVINGS IN IVORY & JADE, PROM PRIVATE SOURCES: WHICH Mill bt Svltr bn Judiair bo Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, AT THRIR GREAT ROOMS, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1898, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. May be viewed Saturday and Monday preceding, and Catalogues had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Wood’s Offices, 8 King Strce , St. James’s Square , S. W. slS/l/ CONDITIONS OF SALE. - 0 - « I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall bo 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. IV. 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, Manson 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 delivery. VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be mado good by the Defaulter at this Sale. CATALOGUE, On TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1898, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. ORIENTAL OBJECTS OF ART. OLD NANKIN PORCELAIN. ? l 2 & 3 / ' 4 A small square-shaped tea-pot, with autumn flowers in panels ; and one, nearly similar, larger 2 A small jug and cover, with figures of ladies, and flowers; a small beaker, with petal-shaped panels of flowers ; and an oviform jar and cover, with Lange Lysen and flowers 3 A pair of fluted bottles, with panels of Lange Lysen and flowers ; and a pair, nearly similar 4 A pair of small cylindrical vases, with baskets of chrysanthemums A small cup and saucer, with figures on marbled ground ; a fluted cup and saucer, with ladies and vases of flowers; a cup and saucer, with ladies and willows; an octagonal saucer; and eight miniature cups and saucers A pear-shaped bottle, with long neck, painted with plants and prunus; and a bell-shaped funnel, with brown nozzle Two small pear-shaped bottles, with flowers; a taller ditto, with lotos plant; and a gourd-shaped bottle, with prunus blossom B 2 4 ^ v /J~~, <2 8 A pear-shaped bottle, with Lange Lysen, mounted with silver top < 341 */-. nn'Ut KnTl-k Tior>Vfl • n.nrl fi\m smaller bottles ^ two ditto, with bulb necks; and five smaller bottles £ . c* A pear-shaped ewer and cover, painted with branches of flowers and foliage—8 in. high * s; 10 A Tankard and Cover, spirally fluted, and painted with branches ^ ' 1 ' ° of foliage, flowers, and fruit, with old English silver-gilt moun^f y the billet chased as a terminal helmeted bust—Gj in. higl&^C/fi ^ A. 4. a 11 A pair of gourd-shaped sprinklers, with cobalt-blue bodies and brown necks— in. high ; and a small white ewer and cover, with hawthorn branches in relief <£/ , £ . O 12 A pair of Satsuma bowls, covered with chrysanthemums in colours a and gold 13 Another, with panels of figures and river scenes on lacquered and gilt ground; and a larger bowl, with panels of figures, birds, ^2 flowers, &c. monkey and nut 4 ptc / ( 15 A Musume mask; tortoises— signed; a No dancer; a tengu 4 /* y 16 Seven No masks 7 ^ fil A sleeping Shojo; Shoki; rat and rice cleaner ; a priest with - ✓ a c? \ 6andal ~ ' (18A Chinese boy with mask; a Shojo dancing; an Oni with per- ^ simmon fruit; a No dancer 4 /IS Twins; Daruma, yawning; a No dancer; an Oni hiding from y r ( 1 qJ beans; a chestnut with maggot 5 (20 A No mask ; two washermen; Oni carrying tengu; and a tengu mask 5 CARVED IVORY NETSUKES. ^ <^21 Daruma: the apparition horse ; Shojo dancing ; Oni dressed as a priest; a husbandman ; and toys 6 • O 22 Button with Shoki j button, |red Gouri lac ; button, inlaid with pearl, &c.— signed; ditto, with Oni ; and ditto, with J?'/ / crab jn , ^ 23 The pack-horse ; pomegranates ; treasure ship ; and quails and _ millet 4 , O 24 Pack-ox; Musume, painted ; mask carver ; children playing; / Shoki; and a button, copper, with diapers 6 ^ 4 , o 'S JAPANESE CARVINGS AND OBJECTS OF ART. 25 A carved ivory group, of two pet dogs at play, with marmoset’s mask —signed 26 An ivory sword-guard, richly inlaid with figures, implementC flowering trees and pheasant in white and coloured pearl, &c., and silver mounted 27 A dagger handle, of variegated jade, carved with foliage and flowers in low relief 28 A circular silver box, the sides and lid inlaid with insects in coloured enamel, and a bunch of foliage and flowers in relief — signed; and an oval silver box, with a group of birds on a floating tree stem in high relief 29 A black and gold lac despatch-box, with fans and tassels, silver mounted ; and one, with a branch of foliage, &c. 10 A pair of small oviform enamel bottles, with Ho-Ho birds in white and colours on nashiji ground; and a pair of ditto, with flying cranes on red ground 31 A bronze vase, with open lip, with birds, insects and tree branches in high relief B 3 7 - / 6 ✓ y ^ p 32 A ditto bottle, with a bird, fisb and tortoise in high relief; and a yy ' jar, similar, with birds, a frog and water lily y t y f & 33 An upright wood panel, with oval ends, inlaid with a branch of y chrysanthemums and bamboo, carved in high relief in ivory df * 6 . CARVINGS IN JADE. 34 if* , (f-rT? 36 y <±j * if , <^37 cat; charm ; and crystal figure with bag 6 Man carrying child; two Corean lions; fish; figure of woman ; animal with bird on back, on stand ; two small animals on leaf; and eagle 7 Boy and flower-pot; figure of woman; ditto, ditto, with branch ; ditto, ditto, ditto; monkey climbing bag; boy with fish; gourd ; and crystal charm 8 Sleeping cat; figure with branch; man reclining; boy with drum; boy with lotus ; priest in pulpit; leaf; and charm 8 Monkey chasing butterfly on bale ; Buddha’s fingers ; bird with branch ; two cats on palm leaf: man ; and crystal fish 6 NETSUKES (IVORY). & * & , <44 A peony—slight inlay ; a Chinese boy with mask of Musum6 ; a CJ 7 sleeping showman; and an Oni —signed 4 45 A Samouri asleep; an old woman; a frog carrying a load of toads ; and Gama and the toad 4 a 7 46 A dragon ; two Oni on a temple drum; a Musume stealing a stick 'J 7 from a blind beggar— signed; and two Oni upholding a koro 4 il- ^47 Quails and millet seed; a priest and drum; a fisherman ; a pil¬ grim resting ; and a group of vine leaves ^ 48 Diakoku and his bails; and a sandal maker 5 2 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY. 49 A circular snuff-box, the lid painted with “ Les Lunettes ” 50 An old Worcester plate, with Japanese decoration in red, green and gold ; a small Derby vase, green, white and gold; a small blue and gold jug, painted with flowers; a white and gold French cup and saucer; and a small Wedgwood box and cover < * 51 Six plates and a sauce-tureen, cover and stand, of Mason’s ironstone china; a blue and white basket; a small Wedgwood tea-pot; a basin ; a Japanese cup and saucer ; a small Etruscan ewer ; and an enamelled ware vase, of Moorish form y 52 A Nankin deep plate, with a vase and flowers; a plate, with willows; a tankard, with flowers and bamboo; two willow- pattern cups and saucers; and a pair of Chinese plates, enamelled with flowers in colours O 53 A polygonal-shaped old Imari dish, with pierced scale-pattern panels, and flowers in red, blue and gold—13 in. diam .; and a circular ditto dish, with a river scene and flowers A 54 A cii’cular Japan dish, with branches of finger citrons and other fruit in blue—14 in. diam .; a small flat dish, with flowers in red, blue and gold ; and a circular faience dish, with flowers in colours—18 in. diam. 8 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. C? 55 A Pair of Old Chinese Famille Verte Octagonal Bottles and Covers, enamelled witli ladies and garden scenes &nd^£ flowers in alternate compartments 56 A Pair of Chinese porcelain vases, enamelled with figures and buildings in trellis borders, mounted with metal-gilt s ;»£ | high <7 57 A bowl and stand, with the five-clawed dragon, flames &c., in green on yellow ground— Kien Lung—date mark beneath, circa 1735 —from the Emperor’s palace /\ 4 58 An oval gold box, enamelled with a waved panel in the centre, with a bouquet of flowers in natural colours, panels of flowers /; on the border on a pale blue ground— presented to Com. Adan^/fi B.N., by Mahmoud Pasha, of Temin , ^' £> 59 A Persian scimitar, richly mounted with gold, embossed and chased with floral ornaments, &c., tooled leather scabbard, in¬ scription on the blade in gold ' 60 A Powder Flask, of polished stag’s horn, carved in high relief with the legend of St. Hubert and the Stag, laurel ornaments round the borders, an oval cartouche on the back, with strap- worx and stag’s head, mounted with silver engraved withQ^ stag hunt on a matted ground— German, 16 th century O 61 An Ivory Statuette of Laohesis, one of the Fates : she pre¬ sided over futurity, and was represented as spinning the thread of life, or as holding the spindle 0—.T~& tr cr ~7 62 Five Sevres porcelain fan-shaped plaques, painted with amorj in gilt borders on turquoise ground Pair of Oviform Sevres Porcelain Vases, painted with allegorical draped female figures, Cupids, flowers and foliage in colours on white ground—the necks and feet decorated^! 63 A with gilt foliage and scrolls—3 ft. 3 in. high 9 CP 69 A (p 66 An old Dresden tea-cup and saucer, finely painted with seaports, shipping and figures in colours and lake on gold ground £ 66 A Pair of Dresden Porcelain Plates, painted with Meleager and Atalanta, after Kubens, and Venus and Adonis, by Sylvestet/ , S Le Jeune, in richly gilt openwork blue and gold borders 67 A Pair of Vienna Porcelain Vases and Covers, painted with “ The Choice of Paris,” and “ A Sacrifice to Minerva,” in two large medallions on maroon ground, with richly gilt decoration^, —on circular pedestals—25 in. high ' 68 Nine oval miniatures of ladies, in varied costumes—in gilt metal $ frames, and mounted on an ebonised wood shield bronze bust of Napoleon I.—on square-shaped giallo marbl Q/y • . pedestal with bronze chasings, and plinth—15 in. high -p~nJ 70 A Marcolini Dresden dessert service, painted with birds and insects in the centres and flowers in blue on the border^, ip gilt , edges, consisting of— jp Eight square-shaped dishes, in sizes, and p Twenty-four plates ^ 71 A pair of old Italian chairs, the backs boldly carved with masks J/P'Y\ and scrolls, and partly gilt 72 A Small Oblong-Shaped Marqueterie Table, with three * ,y drawers, the top inlaid with a basket of flowers and border of 7 ribbons P 73 A satin-wood parqueterie work table, with tray top and shelf Pyy below, mounted with border of metal-gilt ' 74 An Oblong Florentine Console Table, of inlaid specimens of C coloured marbles, jasper, Ac., on carved and gilt wood / 50 in. wide of <■ The property of W. Claris, Esq., deceased, late of Ealing The property of a Private FL ORENTINE FAM1L Y. ^74a A Pair of Bronze Altar Candlesticks, formed as figures of Pair of Bronze Altar Candlesticks, iormed as ngures oi ^ Angels bearing cornucopise in the style of Donatello 14^ in. p* high — Italian, 15 th century - 74b A Bronze Crucifix, on blackwood cross mounted with metal- 7 gilt—on marble base— 34 in. high—Flemish, 16th century, / ' &■ l of Giovanni di Bologna 10 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN. 75 77 A /S:/S~. 2> /, //, £ 78A 79 /i?> /a . cl 80 f./O.O 81 /YL, G-r* 82 //y./O.O™ 84 A [carved walnut-wood arm-chair, with stuffed seat and back- covered with stamped leather aJs J A Pair of Italian Ebony Chairs, with high carved backs witlf^ spiral columns, inlaid with masks, Cupids and arabesques of > engraved ivory / Louis XVI. Mahogany Secretaire, with rising cylinder front enclosing drawers and writing slide, and two drawers i/ t beneath, two cupboards above, the doors panelled with looking glass, white marble top, and metal-gilt mounts— 36 in. wide Louis XVI. Kidney-Shaped Mahogany Table, with movable /f. top, drawer, and shelf beneath, mounted with gallery and orna-4^j2- ments of or-molu—8 ft. 6 in. wide A Louis XV. Marqueterie Folding Card Table, with shaped border, the top of tulip, rose and other woods, inlaid with j,/?, flowers and scrolls, and mounted with chased or-molu An Upright Cabinet, of inlaid satin-wood, with glazed folding fl doors enclosing shelves above and six drawers below, mounted S' with metal-gilt—7 ft. high, 2 ft. 10 in. wide An old English walnut-wood chest of five drawers, on stand wjthx^ large drawer, eight legs and plinth— 3 ft. 7 in. wide L/fa? An old oak cabinet, with three cupboards above and folding doors enclosing shelves below, boldly carved with masks, terminal vj figures and other decorations—6 ft. wide /^vy /vl An Old English Inlaid Walnut-Wood Secretary, with folding doors above, fall-down front and drawers beneath An old Italian wood coffer, covered with embossed gilt metal and velvet—4 ft. 7 in. long 11 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN. VENETIAN AND OLD ENGLISH CUT-GLASS. * 85 Eighteen Vitro di Trino wine-glasses, on tall stems with opaque /‘/^ /'S■ white spiral lines , 86 Fifteen ditto, with spiral transparent lines (six with engraved j/ borders) " ' 87 Nine tall plain wine-glasses; one other; four cut glasses; and a -* goblet, with cut border ’ 88 Four tall wine-glasses, engraved with emblems and mottoes; a taller ditto, with flowers; and a mug, engraved with a ship in full sail and “ Mrs. Turner ” ( / 89 A large goblet, engraved with clasped hands, a tree, vines and mottoes, “ Success to the Union Society, Good Intent and Young Union ”—“ Robert Russ, 1783”—10£ in. high 90 A pair of cut-glass vases and covers, on square bases, and engraved with bands of ornament—-13 in. high Jh —• 91 A pair of bowls and stands and one cover, cut with diamond A pattern; a small vase and cover; and a diamond cut scent -‘ 1 ' ; * dv —" bottle 5 92 A pair of cut-glass water-jugs; a low celery-glass; a sugar- basin ; and an engraved glass 93 A modern Worcester dessert service, with vases, festoons, and i ? ... lilac and gold borders, consisting of four dishes and six plates I 12 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. /,/^ , ^ 94 aJ. s'. & 95 o/T J~. ° 96 y. /0,0 97 /&. /