Null λ KEITH VAUGHAN (BRITISH 1912-1977), BUILDINGS AND TREE
λ KEITH VAUGHAN (BR…

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λ KEITH VAUGHAN (BRITISH 1912-1977), BUILDINGS AND TREE λ KEITH VAUGHAN (BRITISH 1912-1977)BUILDINGS AND TREE Pencil With studio stamp (verso)9 x 15cm (3½ x 5¾ in.)Provenance:The Artist's EstateThomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London

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λ KEITH VAUGHAN (BRITISH 1912-1977), BUILDINGS AND TREE λ KEITH VAUGHAN (BRITISH 1912-1977)BUILDINGS AND TREE Pencil With studio stamp (verso)9 x 15cm (3½ x 5¾ in.)Provenance:The Artist's EstateThomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London

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Walther Witting, Waldinneres knotty, partly sunlit tree with dense foliage, slightly impasto painting with skilful treatment of the light, oil on canvas and mounted on cardboard, dated lower right "21. IX. (19)01" and monogrammed "W. W.", some early colour fading, minor retouches, unframed, dimensions approx. 45.5 x 61 cm. Artist information: also Walter, actually Walther Günther Julian Witting, German painter, graphic artist, author and Painter, graphic artist, author and applied artist (1864 Dresden - 1940 Dresden), pupil of the Dresden Kreuzschule, studied 1883-87 at the Dresden Academy under Leon Pohle and Friedrich Preller the Younger, 1887 discontinued his studies due to illness, 1888-90 under Max Thedy in Weimar, attended the 1890 exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London (honoured with a large silver medal), subsequently moved to the Rhine and worked in Wiesbaden, 1891 in Paris and study trip through France, Belgium and Holland, 1894 stay in Italy and return to Dresden-Blasewitz, 1912 appointed Court Councillor, created numerous works for representative public buildings, including the Reichstag building in Dresden-Blasewitz. including the Reichstag building in Berlin, member of the Allgemeine deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft, the Reichsverband Bildender Künstler Deutschlands and the Dresdner Kunstgenossenschaft, active in Dresden, source: Thieme-Becker, Dressler and Internet.

Estim. 600 - 1 200 GBP

A KOMAI-STYLE GILT-DAMASCENED IRON HEXAGONAL BOX AND COVER, WITH FUKU MARK A KOMAI-STYLE GILT-DAMASCENED IRON HEXAGONAL BOX AND COVER, WITH FUKU MARK Marked Fuku Japan, Kyoto, Meiji period (1868-1912) Finely decorated in predominantly gold nunome-zogan in the manner of the Komai company, the top of the hinged cover with a central medallion enclosing a landscape with a shrine and other buildings between towering trees, all below Mount Fuji in the background, surrounded by a dense design of maple leaves borne on twisting vines repeated on the sides below a band of flowerheads, the base finely engraved in katakiri-bori with three plovers perched on a flowering prunus branch, above a small fan-shaped reserve incised with a two-character mark reading Fuku (‘luck’), the interior of the box similarly decorated with a duck on a rocky outcrop amid grasses and a chrysanthemum above another duck in the water below birds flying in the distance. WEIGHT 69.2 g SIZE 1.9 x 4 x 4.6 cm Condition: Good condition with minor wear, small nicks and tiny dents to edges, light scratches to base and interior. Provenance: From a private collection in southern England. Museum comparison: Compare a related hexagonal box signed by Komai of Kyoto in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number M.254:1-1928. Auction comparison: Compare a related small iron box, by the Komai company, at Christie’s, Japanese Art: Meiji Period Magnificence, 24 June 2014, New York, lot 18 ( sold for USD 3,500).

Estim. 700 - 1 400 GBP

TWO TWO-CASE AND THREE-CASE INRO OF WOOD AND LACQUER TWO TWO-CASE AND THREE-CASE INRO OF WOOD AND LACQUER Unsigned Japan, 18 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The first, a two-case inro with a fine roiro ground and lacquered in reddish-brown with a continuous frame of a coastline spotted with small ships and trees with Mount Fuji towering in the background. The cord with a pink-glass ojime. The second three-case inro of wood carved in high relief with scholars beneath pine trees on a wave ground, one reading a book and the other holding coral and a fan with his attendant. The top and bottom carved with kiku blossoms. HEIGHT 7.1 cm (the first) and 8.9 cm (the second), LENGTH 6.2 cm and 5.3 cm Condition: The first in good condition with wear, manufacturing irregularities, thin cracks, minor nicks, and small losses. The second with extensive wear, age cracks, chips, losses, and associated repairs. Provenance: Galerie Vanderstraaten, Brussels, 4 December 1943. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above. Old label to the interior, ‘L, 518’ and ‘L, 611.’ Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France’s post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Japanese and Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven’s museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privébezit (‘Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven’), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen (‘Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections’).

Estim. 500 - 1 000 GBP

A FINE FOUR-CASE INRO WITH A SCHOLAR UNDER A PINE TREE A FINE FOUR-CASE INRO WITH A SCHOLAR UNDER A PINE TREE Unsigned Japan, 18 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of oval form with tapering sides, the inro decorated with a finely articulated diaper patterned ground. Each side with a quadrilobed frame depicting a scholar beneath a pine tree holding a pot and the reverse with bird swooping towards a pine tree. The interior with a fine nashiji ground and gold fundame edges. HEIGHT 8 cm, LENGTH 4.9 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, the lacquer rubbed smooth in some areas, and a greyish-white deposit to one area that can be rubbed off. Provenance: Hôtel des ventes Giroux, Brussels, 4 October 1947. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above. Old label to the interior, ‘N, 614.’ Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France’s post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Japanese and Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven’s museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privébezit (‘Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven’), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen (‘Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections’).

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