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Click here to subscribeMixtec Culture Fan handle fragment w/ head of serpent (Quetzalcoatl). CE 900-1400. Found at Mitla ruinas, 1894. Green Jade (ritually burned, now brown with green flecks). Length: 2.3 in. In good condition; ancient ritual discoloration (fire) of once green jadeite material; pitting and losses on one side; deposits overall.
Black and turquoise hat; green and white robe with fan handle.Mikado is the ancient title for the emperor of Japan. The back of this miniature jug is inscribed with "The Mikado". Royal Doulton backstamp. Artist: Max HenkIssued: 1960-1969Dimensions: 2.5"HManufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: England Condition: Good
"I was expecting a bench behind a pillar...", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. Kilmarth Par Cornwall, 21st November 1972, 'Bing', two pages, to Maureen Baker-Munton, ('Dearest Maureen') a good long letter wishing Maureen a happy birthday with accompanying signed card and detailing an invitation to Westminster Abbey. 'I couldn't help it, but this birthday card of the two penguins so caught my eye, I had to get it for you. Friends of Teddy's! Many happy returns of the 23rd, and I hope I've got the date right this year. Rather a shilling anti-climax, but I am sending you under a seperate post a Rule Britannia, to add to your (crumb) collection of D.du M's. I also hope you have a happy weekend, the poor Martyr not prostrating himself too much, and the Kristen, if home for half-term, doing his stuff in the garden but not making Mum break her back also'. Daphne continues; 'well, my news of any import i that I had an invite for the Westminster Abbey do yesterday. My heart sank, and then I remembered how Moper would say "Good God, duck, of course you must go." So literally for his sake I caught the train Sunday (very slow, men working on the line!) spent Sunday night with Tess and Co... Them a hired car to the Abbey (me in cast-off brown frock of Tess's, and me Derry & Tom fur coat, plus fur hat, Moper's brooch at neck, so looked O.K.) and off to Westminster. To my amazement I was shown a front seat on the nave - I was expecting a bench behind a pillar - and thanked God I had on shoes and not travelling booties! Opposite was old Edward Ford, and I think Dick Colville, and Hanriette, so obviously it was front seats in naves for ex members of Household, and I was deeply touched to think I represented Moper. On either side of me two buffers I didn't know, but I bet Moper would have said "Dont be silly, duck, its old Tootie Westmorcombe and Giles Fiddlearse", but honestly, I am no good at remembering faces... Well I expect you saw the whole thing on telly, so I need'nt describe it. She looked terrific, and the whole procession the same. I was so glad I went. And the thing that "sends" me is that fan-fare of trumpets'. 'Moper' was Daphne's pet name for her late husband Sir Frederick Browning. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Late C19th Rosewood Marquetry Inlaid Lancet Shaped 2-Train Bracket Clock with silver chapter ring, Roman numerals, granulated centre, shell & scroll spandrels, fast/slow adjustment, blued hands, striking on gong, half hour strike, axe carrying handles, inlaid with boxwood stringing, satin fan oval patera & bellflowers, glass door, small brass ogee bracket supports, with key & pendulum, approx. 14" H x 9 1/2" across feet x 7" D
A beautiful antique early-mid 19th century Japanese Imperial character doll. Late Edo period, the doll, a young woman, dressed in period multi coloured striped silk layered kimono, with gold thread embroidery, holding a collapsible wooden fan. Painted features, with carved wooden hands. Elaborate brass / metal crown with bead adornments. Some fading and minor signs of wear. Measures approx; 28cm tall (with crown). A beautiful example.
A Chinese blue and white vase, Kangxi (1662-1722) four-character mark to base, of rounded ovoid form rising to a flared rim, decorated in rich cobalt with fan shaped panels, filled with flowers and rockwork, before ruyi and Buddhistic emblem borders, four-character mark to base, height 22cm.
A Chinese blue and white fan-shaped ko-sometsuke dish and a kraak porcelain plate, Wanli/Tianqi ----- Dia.: 20,5 cm (the plate)L.: 24 cm (the fan-shaped ko-sometsuke dish for the Japanese tea ceremony) ----- Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Late Edo Japanese painting depicting a fan dance. Verso also has a Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection tag, #1225. Dimensions: Sheet; height: 17 3/4 in x 23 1/4 in. Framed; height: 41 in x width: 26 1/4 in.Condition: Matting trimmed, image shows foxing.SKU: 00998Follow us on Instagram: @revereauctions
Group of three 18th century Japanese woodblock prints by Suzuki Harunobu. One depicts two ladies in the snow by a gate; another depicts two women in the snow under an umbrella, c. 1766-1767; the final print is "The Clear Day Mountain Wind of the Fan," c. 1766. Excellent examples of Haronobu's popularization of Nishiki-e, or full-colored brocade prints. Dimensions: Snow with gate; height: 14 1/8 in x width: 9 3/4 in. Women with umbrella; height: 8 1/2 in x width: 5 7/8 in. Clear Day; height: 11 in x width: 8 3/8 in.Condition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email lia@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.SKU: 01171Follow us on Instagram: @revereauctions
A group of Chinese lacquer, enamel, and stone carving, along withJapanese cloisonne. Includes two 19th century Chinese export wooden hand fan cases, one Chinese 19th c. Peking enamel inkwell, one very fine Japanese Meiji period inkwell (lid detached), pair of European lacquer plates, one Chinese carved rock crystal figure of a man, one 20th century jade bi, and one carved wood and gilt figure of a Chinese man. Dimensions: Lacquer boxes: height: 1 3/4 in x width: 9 1/2 in x depth: 1 3/4 in. Wooden statuette; height: 6 in x width: 2 i x depth: 1 1/2 in. Inkwell; height: 2 in x width: 9 1 /2 in x depth: 6 3 /4 in. Jade; diameter: 2 1/4 in.Jade: 46.4 gCondition: Ink well hinge is detached from base. SKU: 01002Follow us on Instagram: @revereauctions
A pair of turn of the century folk-art vernacular American fan-backed Windsor-type chairs, stained in black and with faint remains of decorative detail to the shaped rail including bugle and flowers, believed to be New England, Rhode Island or East Connecticut provincial type Condition reports provided on request by email for this auction otherwise items purchased `as seen`There is some general wear, scuffs and scraps, otherwise they look good. There is no major damage and both chairs are structurally solid.
ENGINEERING ARCHIE 210 Page Book "Engineering Archie " written by Simon Inglis in 2005 about Archibald Leitch , the renowned football ground designer. A fascinating book about Archie a lifelong Rangers fan who designed stands at Ibrox and many other grounds including Chelsea , Liverpool , Blackburn Rovers , Manchester United , Millwall , Everton , Southampton , West Ham , Arsenal and many others. Good
[JAMES B. A. ‘JIMMY]’: (1915-2008) British Squadron Leader with the Royal Air Force. A Prisoner of War from 1940-45, James made numerous efforts to escape from various POW and Concentration Camps, most famously from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 as part of the ‘Great Escape’. A very large archive of letters, some documents, greetings cards, a few photographs, printed copies of emails etc., being correspondence written to Jimmy James (and in some cases his wife, Madge, too) by a very wide and extensive range of individuals including family, friends, colleagues, World War II enthusiasts, autograph collectors, school children and other members of the public etc., from all over Europe and the rest of the world including Canada, America and Australia, mainly dating from the 1990s – 2000s although also including some earlier correspondence from the late 1940s onwards, a quantity of the letters annotated by James with a brief note as to the nature and date of his reply, many of the letters making reference to the Great Escape and James’s other World War II activities and comrades, a few extracts including ‘Now I met the man [Patrick Leigh Fermor, a prominent member of the Cretan resistance during World War II] seven years ago in Greece. I wrote to him beforehand….and he invited us both to visit and we had an interesting hour or two there…..It was a pleasant reunion. I lent him my copy of your book “Moonless” [Night] and he said he was very impressed by your account…..’, ‘I wanted to ask if you would be willing to do an interview…..My own personal favourite film of all time is The Great Escape and, of course, this is probably Steve McQueen’s most famous film. I thought it would be really interesting to interview you about the differences between the film and the “real thing” – although as you said to me – most of them are obvious! Ideally I would like to watch the film with you and record your comments…’, ‘I am a big fan of the movie, Great Escape. Steve McQueen has always been one of my favorite actors. I think the movie does a great job of displaying the will and determination of the men who wanted to escape and return to fight again. The consequences in real life for many of the escapees was death. The Nazis were never very sympathetic. It is too bad that more of you could not have made it. The effort though was inspiring’, ‘I was wondering what is your opinion of the 1963 “The Great Escape” film? How accurate do you feel the film was and did you have a great deal of input with the actors and directors during the filming of the movie?’, ‘When I was twelve my father introduced me to the Great Escape. The first time I read Paul Brickhill’s book I was old enough to understand that what you and your fellow prisoners did was extraordinary, but as time went by and I read the book over and over again, I came to understand that what you did was not only extraordinary, but was a miracle buried under thirty feet of sand. The story of the Great Escape has taught me a sort of courage that is growing more and more rare every day. It was the sort of bravery that allowed you to finish digging your tunnel in Sachsenhausen even though you knew of the deaths of the fifty. I wanted to tell you that I am thankful…..I just thought you should know that sixty years later a teenage girl knows that the twenty-fourth of March is not just her birthday; it is a day when seventy-six men crawled out of a hole in the ground in triumph over their captors and showed the whole world what wonders men can work with bed boards, tin cans, and human ingenuity’, ‘Do you recall much about the relationship between Wings Day and Roger Bushell? They obviously worked closely together on escape activities, but did they spend much time socializing with one another? I get the impression that they really would not have chosen to be friends if circumstances had not thrown them together…..’ , ‘….the first half of the book [Moonless Night] was like reading about one big adventure……I couldn’t help laughing when I read about the early escapes…..and all the clever methods you invented to fool the guards…..The second half of the book however made very clear that war is sheer hell and nothing else…..Your description of life in Sachsenhausen and Flossenburg, the merciless, sadistic Gestapo and SS guards and the terrible deathmarches during the last chaotic months of the war really hit me. I admire you and the other allied POW’s for your courage, your will to survive and your ability to make the best of every situation’, ‘I am fortunate to have a substantial number [of photographs and autographs] from the war years, one of which I am particularly proud of is Roger Bushell which originated from his family…..I have a signed menu in my collection with Bushell, Day, Dodge, Long, Casey, Byrne and about 20 other equally well known personalities, signed just before the Dulag Whitsun Escape of ’41…..’, ‘Thank you so much for the signed copy of Moonless Night…..It must have been terrible being a prisoner of war for so long. With little food and bad conditions…..It is very hard to believe that this all really happened to people, especially how fifty people were killed including thousands of others by one mans madness’, ‘My husband’s great uncle was Leslie ‘Johnny’ Ball who escaped but unfortunately was shot. We have pictures of him but as you can imagine stories differ down through the family’, ‘I was going to write to you several weeks ago after we had watched with great interest both parts of “The War behind the Wire” on TV. Our friends….who run the Caterpillar Club phoned us to be sure we knew of the programme…..a friend saved us the article in the Radio Times – how well I remember the photo of you in RAF uniform – the same that Granny Kelly had in her sitting room…..We do admire the way you keep going on the lecture circuit & the educational visits with children to Sachsenhausen though it sounds as if it might be very draining for you both physically & emotionally…..’, ‘I have just bought the Radio Times today and have read the article in there about Bertram! Fantastic! We shall of course be watching The War Behind the Wire over the next two weeks’, ‘Dear Jimmy, I admire you, not only for what you did in the past, but also for today’s good work. With all your publishing and writing and reading you can reach so many of the younger generations who have no idea of what happened sixty years ago, of the heroism of British serving men and population, nor of the crimes of Nazism, of the victims and of those who fought the fascists. Congratulations for so much appreciation and well-deserved tribute!’, ‘Sarah, our daughter, is going to Nepal at Easter to stay with one of my former platoon commanders…….& is a former commanding officer [who] has been on television recently as he is the Private Secretary to Prince Philip and been giving evidence at the Princess Diana inquest…..’, ‘It was so nice to meet up again at Duxford and lovely to have a chat with you…..I quite understood that you were very tied up with book signing. I should imagine that the queues were longer than Tom, Dick and Harry all put together!’, ‘Thank you for sending the interesting document – you & your association are doing a good & necessary work - & extremely difficult too – I imagine to establish relations between USSR & England. I think they should teach Russian in all the schools. It is this language barrier which is such an obstacle. Who would have thought when you started to learn Russian as a POW that it wd. lead to such a good......OWING TO LIMITATIONS SET BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CANNOT BE PUBLISHED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
LENNON & ONO: LENNON JOHN: (1940-1980) English Musician, a member of The Beatles & ONO YOKO (1933- ) Japanese-American Artist & Singer, wife of John Lennon 1969-80. A rare printed 8vo copy of Beatles Biografie issued by The Beatles fan club in the Netherlands, October 1968, the text in Dutch and featuring brief biographies of each of the Fab Four and a timeline of events relating to the band from 1956-68 and also featuring a few illustrations and images, signed to the verso by both John Lennon and Yoko Ono individually, each with their names alone in blue inks to a clear area. Some light foxing, a very slight vertical fold to the centre and minor age wear, G According to information provided by the vendor, the signatures of John Lennon and Yoko Ono on the present brochure were obtained in person during the couple’s famous Amsterdam Bed-in. With the knowledge that their marriage in 1969 would be a well-covered press event, Lennon and Ono took the opportunity to promote world peace, spending their honeymoon in the presidential suite of the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam from 25th – 31st March. The couple invited the world's press into their hotel room every day to talk about peace with signs over their bed reading "Hair Peace" and "Bed Peace".
AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF JAPANESE EDO / MEIJI PERIOD CELADON BLUE & WHITE IMARI / ARITA PLATES, one plate in the form of a leaf with blue & white decoration of butterflies and native flora, the base with a stylized mark, 32.5cm x 28cm, the other plate of fan / scallop form with blue & white decoration of a bird sat upon a tree surrounded by native flora, also with a blue stylized mark to the base, 30cm high x 28.3cm.
A JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD SATSUMA PORCELIAN SCALLOPED DISH, the interior finely decorated with scenes of a takarabune entering the harbour surrounded by smaller boats and figures, with scenes of mount fuji in the distance with a 3/4 border of floral decoration, the exterior of the bowl with multiple panels of figures within landscapes, the base with a family mark and a black fan shaped seal signature mark. 12cm diameter x 5.1cm high.
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CLOISONNE LIDDED KORO, the green ground body covered with fan shaped panels each depicting a different scene, ikebana arrangements, flying cranes, birds, native flora and one with a gold dust ground, the feet of very unusual geometric form, the lid also with fan shaped panels and a cloisonne formed chrysanthemum head finial, 8.6cm high x 7.5cm wide.
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