Null λ GEOFFREY DASHWOOD (BRITISH B. 1947), TAWNY OWL
λ GEOFFREY DASHWOOD (BRITI…

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λ GEOFFREY DASHWOOD (BRITISH B. 1947), TAWNY OWL λ GEOFFREY DASHWOOD (BRITISH B. 1947)TAWNY OWLBronze with a green/black patinaSigned and numbered 8/1237 x 37cm (14½ x 14½ in.)

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λ GEOFFREY DASHWOOD (BRITISH B. 1947), TAWNY OWL λ GEOFFREY DASHWOOD (BRITISH B. 1947)TAWNY OWLBronze with a green/black patinaSigned and numbered 8/1237 x 37cm (14½ x 14½ in.)

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Mountaineering - GOS (Albert & Charles). Set of three volumes in modern hardback, each bearing a handsome E.A.S. from Charles Gos to the famous British mountaineer Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1876-1958): - GOS (Albert), Souvenirs d'un peintre de montagne. Genève, Jeheber, sd. In-12, first cover preserved. Some foxing. - GOS (Charles), Alpinisme anecdotique. Neuchâtel et Paris, Victor Attinger, 1934. In-12, cover preserved. - GOS (Charles), Près des Névés et des Glaciers. Alpine Impressions. Illustrated with thirteen pen-and-ink drawings by Albert Gos. Paris, Fischbacher, sd. 4th edition. In-8, first cover preserved. Off-text illustrations. Brown stains on a few pages.

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1 PORTO VINTAGE "SELECCAO M.A & F" bottle Year : 1985 Denomination : Real Cia Velha ------------------ 1 Bottle PORTO Year : 1980 Appellation : Messias Remarks : (1997 vintage) ------------------ 1 Bottle PORTO TAWNY 40 ANS Year : NM Appellation : Taylor Remarks : (2012 bottling; back label dirty) ------------------ 1 Bottle of 50 cl TOKAJI ASZU 5 PUTTONYOS Year: 1990 Appellation : Tokaji Kereskedohaz Remarks : (back label with snag) ------------------ 1 Bottle BANYULS GRAND CRU Year : 1947 Appellation : G.I.C.B ------------------ 1/2 Bottle FRONHOLZ GEWURZTRAMINER S.G.N Year : 1989 Appellation : Ostertag

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A JADE ‘SILKWORM’ PENDANT, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTY A JADE ‘SILKWORM’ PENDANT, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTY China, c. 1300 BC or earlier. The pendant pierced vertically and carved in the form of a silkworm, incised at one end with its head, detailed with large rounded eyes and slightly open mouth, the body with stylized ‘comma-scrolls’. The translucent stone is of a pale celadon tone with few dark inclusions and patches of opaque creamy-white calcification. Provenance: Collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) and thence by descent to his widow Irene Beasley. Collection of Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964), acquired from the above c. 1939 and thence by descent in the same family. Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) was a British anthropologist and museum curator who developed an important ethnographic collection during the early 20th century that is now held in various British museums. With his wife Irene, Beasley set up the Cranmore Ethnographical Museum which eventually held more than 6,000 objects of ethnographical interest. The Beasleys collected objects from across Europe, buying from auction houses and local museums to expand the collection, which contained material from the Pacific, Asia, Africa, and Northwestern America. Beasley wrote numerous articles for anthropological journals and was considered an expert in his field. He died in 1939 and his collection was stored with the British Museum collections during the war, which was fortunate, as the Cranmore Museum was destroyed by bombing. After the war, substantial portions of the collection were passed to the British Museum, the Royal Museum in Edinburgh, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the University of Cambridge, the Pitt Rivers Museum, and the Merseyside County Museum. Other pieces, such as the present lot, were sold by his widow and, after her death in 1974, by their daughters. Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964) was a contributor to the Cranmore Museum and became good friends with Harry Beasley. Shortly after Harry Beasley’s death, he acquired a number of objects from Irene Beasley, including the present lot. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, minor nibbling, small chips, some of which have smoothened over time, signs of weathering and erosion. The stone with natural fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks over time. Weight: 5.4 g Dimensions: Length 4.5 cm

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A JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY A JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY China, 11 th-8 th century BC. The thick flattened plaque finely carved in the form of a recumbent bird in profile, detailed with incised feathers, sharp beak with pierced aperture for suspension, and round eyes. Opaque stone of a mottled greenish-brown tone with russet veins. Provenance: Collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) and thence by descent to his widow Irene Beasley. Collection of Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964), acquired from the above c. 1939 and thence by descent in the same family. Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) was a British anthropologist and museum curator who developed an important ethnographic collection during the early 20th century that is now held in various British museums. With his wife Irene, Beasley set up the Cranmore Ethnographical Museum which eventually held more than 6,000 objects of ethnographical interest. The Beasleys collected objects from across Europe, buying from auction houses and local museums to expand the collection, which contained material from the Pacific, Asia, Africa, and Northwestern America. Beasley wrote numerous articles for anthropological journals and was considered an expert in his field. He died in 1939 and his collection was stored with the British Museum collections during the war, which was fortunate, as the Cranmore Museum was destroyed by bombing. After the war, substantial portions of the collection were passed to the British Museum, the Royal Museum in Edinburgh, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the University of Cambridge, the Pitt Rivers Museum, and the Merseyside County Museum. Other pieces, such as the present lot, were sold by his widow and, after her death in 1974, by their daughters. Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964) was a contributor to the Cranmore Museum and became good friends with Harry Beasley. Shortly after Harry Beasley’s death, he acquired a number of objects from Irene Beasley, including the present lot. Condition: Good condition with expected old wear, minuscule nibbling, small losses, tiny nicks, minor signs of weathering and erosion. Weight: 8.6 g Dimensions: Length 4.6 cm Literature comparison: Compare a related jade bird, dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, 5.1 cm long, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 50.46.247. Compare a related jade bird pendant, dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, 4.3 cm long, in the British Museum, registration number 2022,3034.111. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 April 2019, lot 3446 Price: HKD 75,000 or approx. EUR 9,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A celadon jade ‘bird’ plaque, Shang dynasty Expert remark: Compare the related form and incision work. Note the smaller size (4.7 cm).

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