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Sale date:

Spring Seasonal Sale on Tuesday 4th & Wednesday 5th March 2008

Lot numbers:

366-395 of 503

Lot

Description & Estimate

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366

A mid 18th century needlework sampler with upper and lower case alphabet, numerals, verse, house, figures, birds, animals, potted flowers and shrubs, worked in various coloured silks of greens, blues, red, browns and cream by Elizabeth Bowes in the year of 1754, 43.5 x 20cm., in a later glazed frame. £200-300

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480
367 A Regency oval silkwork picture depicting a shepherd discovering a dead lamb, worked in coloured silks of browns, greens, reds, the trees and foreground worked in wools and chenille's, 29 x 23cm. £150-250

Nil

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368 A William IV period needlework sampler, with central verse 'Friendship', flowering shrubs, animals, birds, house with garden, enclosed by a floral meander border, worked in coloured silks by Caroline Skinner, aged 11 years, dated 1832, 43 x 33cm. £300-500

Nil

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369 A late George III needlework sampler, with verse and basket of flowering plants, enclosed within a floral meander border, worked in coloured silks by S M Evans and dated 1810, 33 x 28cm. £100-150

Nil

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160
370 An early Victorian needlework sampler with central verse, animals, birds, crowns, and flowering shrubs enclosed by a floral meander border, worked in coloured solks of greens, browns, creams and ivory £200-300

Nil

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250
371 A George IV period needlework sampler with central vase 'Humanity' with urns of flowering shrubs, birds, butterflies and trailing foliage, enclosed in a floral meander border, worked in coloured silks of greens, reds, blues and creams by Harriot Sharp, aged 8 and dated 1820, 45 x 34cm. contained in a coromandel and brass inlaid frame. £400-500

Nil

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580
372 A George II period needlework sampler of religious verse contained in two arched panels including The Lord's Prayer, The Ten Commandments and The Creed, worked in ivory coloured silks by Lucy Butler, aged 12 and dated 1744, 29 x 35cm. £200-300

Nil

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180
373 A 19th century silkwork picture depicting Abraham about to sacrifice his son Isaac, worked in coloured silks of blues, greens, browns, creams and reds, 48 x 40cm., together with a silkwork sampler the central verse relating the story of Abraham offering up his son contained in a floral meander border, worked by Hannah Skidmore, dated 1821, 52 x 50cm. £400-500

Nil

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480
374 A 19th century silkwork picture probably depicting the selling of Joseph to the Ishmaelites by his brothers, worked in silks of greens, browns, reds, and yellows, and highlighted with gold wire, 40 x 40cm. £200-300

Nil

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375 A Victorian woolwork sampler with all over traditional designs of Adam and Eve, flowering shrubs, birds, animals, angels and a palace enclosed by a floral meander border, unnamed, dated 1848, 58 x 56cm. £300-500

Nil

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376 A 19th century silkwork picture depicting Abraham about to sacrifice his son Isaac, worked in coloured silks of blues, greens, browns, creams and with coloured chenille to the trees, enclosed by a bullion woven border, 39 x 45cm. £200-300

Nil

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180
377 A pair of Chinese bronze and champleve enamel vases, circa 1900, of ribbed cylindrical form, crudely decorated with various stylized motifs amidst foliage on a blue ground, raised seal marks to the base, 35cm high. £200-300

Nil

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180
378 A Chinese painted silk hanging in the style of Zhao Mengfu, 19th Century. £400-600

Nil

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400
379 After Utamaro. a print depicting two young geisha girls one of whom is holding a paint brush and dish, 43 x 26cm. £300-400

Nil

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480
380 After Tang Yin, two peasant figures holding a bowl, late 18th/early 19th century Chinese School, pen and ink study, unsigned, 42 x 25cm. * Provenance Dartington Hall Trust £600-800

Nil

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600
381 A West African Gabon carved wood Puma mask, with narrow eyes and mouth, stylised eyebrows and pointed chin, 26cm. high. * Provenance: Dartington Hall Trust £2000-3000

Nil

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3900
382 A Chinese stone stele of rectangular form carved on three sides with panels of figures, Tang Dynesty, 14cm. high. * Provenance Dartington Hall Trust £800-1200

Nil

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950
383 A 19th century Indo-Persian painting depicting The Kings court, the central figure kneeling on a throne with courtiers, dignitaries and mythical beasts in attendance, 33 x 45cm. £300-400

Nil

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980
384 A Maori nephrite pendant of Hei-Tiki of stylised form, with cut-out feet and arms, hands on hips, heart-shaped mouth, circular eye rims and pierced at the top for a suspension, 10cm. high. £600-700

Nil

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500
385 New Hebrides: a tribal axe with steel blade, on a hardwood shaft with geometric flowerhead decorated pommel, 78cm. long. £400-600

Nil

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386 Gabon (West Africa): a Northern Fang Byeri carved wooden guardian figure of a seated woman her arms folded across her stomach, 57cm. high mounted on a polished stand. £250-350

Nil

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300
387 Liberia/ Ivory Coast, West Africa: a Kran dance mask, carved as a stylised animal with prominent forehead, sunken triangular eyes, large ears and long pointed mouth with carved and white painted teeth, having brass studs to the top of the mouth, 40cm. long. £200-300

Nil

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388 A Tongan hardwood club of traditional design, both sides decorated with all over geometric and zig-zag decoration, some damage, 130cm. long. £350-450

Nil

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389 A South African beadwork apron, the panel set with coloured glass beads of blue, reds and greens in geometric designs to a white beadwork background, 61cm. high. £200-300

Nil

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390 A Late 19th century Masai warriors shield, of oval form, the stitched hide cover painted with polychrome geometric patterns, with shaped wooden carrying handle, 97cm. high. £350-450

Nil

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391 A pair of large Chinese carved stone temple dogs with attendants in the Tang style, one with it's front paw on a ball the other with it's front paw on a smaller dog, raised on square bases with indistinct character marks to one base, 110cm. high. £3000-5000

Nil

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3100
392 A pair of Chinese cloisonne vases of Gu form, decorated with scrolling flowers and foliage reserved on a turquoise ground, the interiors similarly decorated on an aubergine ground, each with a central gilt bronze band incised with a six-character mark, Qianlong, 27cm. high (minor repairs to interior fixing bolt). £2000-3000

Nil

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7400
393 A Group of four Chinese plaster and polychrome decorated peasant figures with movable heads each mounted on square painted wooden bases, each figure approx 34.5cm. high, some damage, late Qianlong/Jaiqing period. Each figure bears a paper label to the base 'From the collection of The Late The Rt. Hon. Morton Gray Stuart. 17th Earl of Moray. Kinfauns Castle. £1500-2500

Nil

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4100
394 A late 18th century pokerwork and incised portrait on panel of Ben Johnson, 54 x 35cm. bears paper label to reverse inscribed 'This poker-drawing portrait of Ben Johnson was done by Dr Griffith 1798, Master of University College, Oxford, who also drew a well known view of High Street, Oxford, and a poker-drawing for the chapel of his college - This was given to his friend my uncle Dr Shepherd. George J. Hilton 1864'. £250-350

Nil

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395

A late 15th century carved oak ceiling boss, of circular form decorated with grotesque dragons figures and bird, 25cm. diameter. £300-400

Nil

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520

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