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The Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale
Featuring a private collection of fine Oriental works of art
Tuesday 25th September 2012, 6pm
Sale preview
Chiswick, W4
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Located on the Chiswick High Road we are a premier destination for antique & vintage items. We hold auctions every Tuesday at 6pm with viewing from Saturday —Tuesday 10am-6pm. We value & sell single items to full house clearances. Anything antique, vintage, collectable or decorative is suitable.
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Chiswick, W4
Viewing Dates:
Saturday 22nd September 10am-6pm
Sunday 23rd September 1oam-6pm
Monday 24th September 10am-6pm
Tuesday 25th September 10am-6pm
The full catalogue will be available to view on our
website from Saturday 22nd September.
The Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale
Featuring a private collection of fine Oriental works of art
Tuesday 25th September 2012, 6pm
Introduction…
We begin this Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale on a buoyant note. A few weeks
ago High Road Auctions achieved a new house record after selling two Indian
miniature paintings for £23,000. We are therefore eager to jump into our next
selected sale .
The sale features a private collection of fine Oriental works of art. Highlights
include a 19th century Japanese silver wire cloisonné multi floral vase in the style
of Hayashi Kodenji (Lot 80, est £300 – 500), an early 17th/18th century grey
and black jade bowl (Lot 84, est £800 – 1,000) and a Han Period green lead
glazed pottery granary (Lot 130, £400 – 600).
The sale also includes:
a varied selection of fine art featuring Peter de Wint, Theophilus Clark,
Alan Davie and James Rannie Swinton
a collection of furniture from a private collection in Cheyne Walk including
a mid 19th century walnut tall boy with mirrored front (est £1,500 -2,000)
and a set of eight Chippendale style George III mahogany dining chairs (est
£1,000 – 2,000)
fine art from private member’s club, Home House, Portman Square
a fine collection of silver
a bronze bust by British sculptor Gilbert Bayes
a beautiful collection of jewellery including emerald and pearl examples
a selection of medals and militaria
plus many other unique antiques and home furnishings as showcased in
our regular sales
This sale preview will give you an early look at some of the standout items and a
chance to learn more about key pieces. There is something to suit all tastes and
pockets with prices from £30 upwards.
We hope you enjoy the sale and thank you for your continued support.
Kind regards,
The High Road Team
Peter de Wint (British, 1784—1849)
St Mary’s Church, Beverley, Yorkshire
Watercolour
45 x 62cm
Estimate: £2,000—2,500
Provenance:
Thos Agnew and Sons Ltd
43 Old Bond Street, London, W1
Willett House, Somerset
Sir Tatton Sykes, the nineteenth century church restorer, who was no mean judge of architectural beauty, once exclaimed while contemplating the west front of the Church, “Lovely St Mary’s, unequalled in England, and almost without rival on the continent of Europe!” Founded in 1120, the Church of St Mary in Beverley is said to owe its origin to Thurstan, Archbishop of York, 1114—1143, who had been Provost of Beverley Minister
Alan Davie (Scottish, 1920—)
A contemporary framed and glazed artist proof print
Signed in pencil bottom right
86cm x 66cm
Estimate: £200—300
Fine Art from
the Home House
Collection
Left: A charcoal and watercolour sketch of a female nude
Signed bottom right, ‘Fowlus’
In an ornate gilt frame
Estimate: £200—4-00
Right: Angelo Colagrossi ( Italian, Contemporary)
A modern abstract oil on canvas of two figures
Signed bottom left
In a plain moulded wooden frame
Estimate: £300—500
Left: An abstract portrait of Oscar Wilde with street scenes of London at the turn of the century
Signed bottom right
Oil on canvas in a moulded oak frame
Estimate: £600—800
Right: A pencil sketch of a female
nude In a wooden 17th century Dutch
style frame
Estimate: £200—400
Guy Lester (British, Contemporary)
‘Volterra’
Signed bottom left
Oil on board in a moulded wooden frame
42cm x 51cm
Estimate: £300—500
Guy Lester (British, Contemporary)
‘Wapley Hill, Hereford’
Signed bottom right
Oil on canvas
Estimate: £300—500
An oil on canvas of a stormy sea with a ruin above a rocky outcrop
Signed ‘S Royle, 94’ bottom right
In a gilt wood and ebonised frame
Estimate: £300—500
A scene of a lake with a ruin at dusk
Signed ‘S Royle, 94’ bottom left
Oil on canvas within a gilt ebonised frame
Estimate: £300—500
Theophilus Clark (British, 1776—1832)
A half length portrait of a gentleman wearing a white stock, possibly
a self portrait
Oil on canvas in ornate gilt frame
Estimate £300—500
James Rannie Swinton (Scottish, 1816—1888)
A half length portrait of a seated lady
Oil on canvas in ornate gilt frame
Estimate: £400—600
A Japanese cloisonné multi floral vase
19th century
Having silver wire cloisonné with a silver base and top, in the
style of Hayashi Kodenki
14cm high
Estimate: £300—500
A small selection of the private collection of fine Oriental works of art
Right: A Chinese celadon jade peach shaped disk
18th/19th century
Decorated with a flying bat at the top left corner and foliage at the base having ten lines of engraved characters, set into a fitted hardwood stand
28cm wide, 26.5cm high
Estimate: £500—800
Left: A Chinese pale green jade plaque of two opposing dragons
18th/19th century
Engraved with two characters on one side and a mythical beast on the other, on a hardwood stand
20.5cm overall height
Estimate: £600—800
Right: A Chinese white jade rectangu-lar panel on a hardwood stand
With pierced decoration to both the front and back having a central dragon with a character on both the top and left hand corners
Jade is 10cm x 5.7cm
Estimate: £600—900
Left: An early Chinese striped grey and black jade bowl
18th century
Having multiple varying black stripes throughout the body
6.5cm high, 12cm wide
Estimate: £800—1,000
Jades to make you
green with envy...
Above: A Chinese porcelain combination brush pot and brush stand
19th century
Having dragon decoration to the body with charac-ter to the base
Estimate: £70—120
Above: A Northern Sung brown glazed bowl
Brown glaze with a lighter brown over glaze
13.5cm wide, 6cm high
Estimate: £400—800
Right: A Chinese blanc de chine figure of the Monkey King
18th/19th century
18cm high
Estimate: £120 –180
Above: A Chinese famille vert porcelain vase
18th/19th century
Showing bird on a peony tree with butterflies, hav-ing two character signature to the main body
25cm high
Estimate: £500—700
Porcelain pieces & funery items to
die for...
A Chinese green lead glazed pottery
granary on three animal feet
200 AD, Han Period
31cm high
Estimate: £400—600
An earthenware Chinese funery vase with
dragon handles
7th—9th century, Tang dynasty
52cm high
Estimate: £200—400
The sale also includes over 400 lots of exceptional
furniture, ceramics, jewellery, clocks, fine art & silver.
We are still accepting items for this sale until Thursday
20th September so contact us for a free valuation if you
are interested in consigning items.
We look forward to seeing you for viewing and hope you
enjoy the auction!