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FINE EUROPEAN CERAMICS Thursday 5 July 2018 SPECIALIST AND AUCTION ENQUIRIES EUROPEAN CERAMICS Sebastian Kuhn Nette Megens Sophie von der Goltz FINE EUROPEAN CERAMICS Thursday 5 July 2018 at 2pm New Bond Street, London VIEWING ENQUIRIES CUSTOMER SERVICES IMPORTANT INFORMATION Saturday 30 June 11am - 5pm Nette Megens Monday to Friday 8.30am The United States Government Sunday 1 July 11am - 5pm Head of Department to 6pm has banned the import of ivory Monday 2 July 9am - 4.30pm +44 (0) 20 7468 8348 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 into the USA. Lots containing Tuesday 3 July 9am - 4.30pm [email protected] ivory are indicated by the Wednesday 4 July 9am - 4.30pm Please see page 2 for bidder symbol Ф printed beside the Thursday 5 July by appointment Sebastian Kuhn information including after-sale lot number in this catalogue. Department Director collection and shipment SALE NUMBER +44 (0) 20 7468 8384 REGISTRATION 24937 [email protected] PHYSICAL CONDITION OF IMPORTANT NOTICE LOTS IN THIS AUCTION Please note that all customers, CATALOGUE Sophie von der Goltz Please note that any reference in irrespective of any previous Specialist £25.00 this catalogue to the physical activity with Bonhams, are +44 (0) 20 7468 8349 condition of any lot is for general required to complete the [email protected] BIDS guidance only. Intending bidders Bidder Registration Form in +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 must satisfy themselves as to the advance of the sale. The form +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax International Director condition of any lot as specified in can be found at the back of To bid via the internet please European Ceramics & Glass clause 14 of the notice to bidders every catalogue and on our visit bonhams.com John Sandon contained at the end of this website at www.bonhams.com +44 (0) 20 7468 8244 catalogue. and should be returned by Please note that bids should be [email protected] email or post to the specialist submitted no later than 4pm on As a courtesy to intending department or to the bids the day prior to the sale. New ILLUSTRATIONS bidders, Bonhams will provide a department at [email protected] bidders must also provide proof Front cover: Lots 36 (detail) written indication of the physical of identity when submitting bids. and 37 (detail) condition of lots in this sale if a To bid live online and / or leave Failure to do this may result in Back cover: Lot 223 request is received up to 24 hours internet bids please go to your bid not being processed. Inside front cover: Lots 186 (detail) before the auction starts. This www.bonhams.com/auctions/24937 and 161 (detail) written Indication is issued and click on the Register to bid link Telephone bidding can only Inside back cover: Lot 34 (detail) subject to Clause 3 of the Notice at the top left of the page. to Bidders. be accepted on lots with a low-estimate in excess of £1,000. Live online bidding is available for this sale Please email [email protected] with ‘live bidding’ in the subject line 48 hours before the auction to register for this service Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Harvey Cammell Deputy Chairman, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, India Phillips, Matthew Girling CEO, Lucinda Bredin, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, Peter Rees, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Jean Ghika, Charles Graham-Campbell, Veronique Scorer, Robert Smith, James Stratton, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Jon Baddeley, Rupert Banner, Geoffrey Davies, Matthew Haley, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Ralph Taylor, Charlie Thomas, David Williams, Jonathan Fairhurst, Asaph Hyman, James Knight, David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Grant MacDougall Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Caroline Oliphant, Shahin Virani, Edward Wilkinson, Leslie Wright. SALE INFORMATION BIDS SHIPPING The following symbol is used IMPORTANT NOTICE +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 For information and estimates to denote that VAT is due on Payment in Advance +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax on domestic and international the hammer price and buyer’s (Telephone to ascertain amount due) To bid via the internet please visit shipping as well as export premium by: cash, cheque with banker’s card, www.bonhams.com licenses please contact Alban credit, or debit card. Shipping on +44 (0) 1582 493 099 † VAT 20% on hammer price PAYMENTS [email protected] and buyer’s premium Payment at time of collection by: Buyers cash, cheque with banker’s card, +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Collection and Storage VAT on imported items at a credit, or debit card. +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax after sale preferential* rate of 5% on hammer All sold lots will remain in price and the prevailing rate on Sellers Bonhams New Bond Street buyer’s premium Payment of sale proceeds Collections department free +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 of charge until 5.30pm Y These lots are subject to CITES +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Thursday 19 July 2018. regulations, please read the Lots not collected by then will information in the back of VALUATIONS, TAXATION be returned to the department. the catalogue. & HERITAGE storage charges may apply +44 (0) 20 7468 8340 +44 (0) 20 7468 5860 fax [email protected] CATALOGUE SUBSCRIPTIONS To obtain any Bonhams catalogue or to take out an annual subscription: Subscriptions Department +44 (0) 1666 502200 +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax [email protected] 1 AN URBINO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO CRESPINA, MID 16TH CENTURY Painted with a scene depicting Moses bringing water forth from the rock, inscribed on the reverse in blue ‘Moise quado fa/ usire lacqua a/ la pietra’, the rim edged in yellow, the reverse embellished with blue stripes, 29.5cm diam. (some restoration to footrim, typical minor losses to edge of rim) £4,000 - 5,000 €4,600 - 5,700 US$5,300 - 6,600 1 2 AN URBINO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO MOULDED TAZZA, CIRCA 1550-70 Depicting Apollo and Daphne, inscribed in black on the reverse ‘Apollo e daffne coversa (sic.) in lauro’, yellow wavy rim, 27.5cm diam. (section of rim restored, minor losses) £3,000 - 5,000 €3,400 - 5,700 US$4,000 - 6,600 2 3 AN URBINO ISTORIATO DISH, MID 16TH CENTURY Painted with a scene depicting the Expulsion of Adam and Eve, the reverse with yellow bands and inscribed in blue ‘Genese 3’, 22.8cm diam. (faint hair crack to rim, minor losses and flat chips to rim) £2,000 - 3,000 €2,300 - 3,400 US$2,700 - 4,000 3 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 6 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 4 AN URBINO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO MOULDED DISH, CIRCA 1560 Depicting the burial of Abraham, inscribed in black on the reverse Genesis XXV, with a yellow wavy rim, 30cm diam. (three fine haircracks) £3,000 - 5,000 €3,400 - 5,700 US$4,000 - 6,600 4 5 A MAIOLICA ISTORIATO PLATE, URBINO OR VENICE, MID 16TH CENTURY Painted with a scene depicting Vulcan discovering Mars in bed with Venus his wife and about to trap them with a net, watched from the left by the gods from Olympus, titled ‘Venere e Marte’ in blue on the reverse, the rim edged in ochre and similar bands on the reverse, 23.7cm diam. (haircracks to glaze surface on reverse) £5,000 - 7,000 €5,700 - 8,000 US$6,600 - 9,300 Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman, sold Christie’s London, 19 May 1975, lot 150 5 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE EUROPEAN CERAMICS | 7 6 6 * AN ANGARANO MAIOLICA MOULDED DISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY Moulded and painted in dark manganese and green with four cherubs with a goat and another in the distance reclining on an upturned urn, the rim with alternating cherubs and shells surmounted by masks and flanked by cornucopiae, the reverse with dark manganese flourishes, 33.1cm across (some restoration to rim) £2,000 - 3,000 €2,300 - 3,400 US$2,700 - 4,000 Provenance: John Philip Kassebaum Collection, by 1981; Thence by descent Literature: Antiques Magazine, February 1967 (illustrated on the cover); The John Philip Kassebaum Collection (1981), no. 95 7 A FAIENCE FIGURAL JUG, POSSIBLY NORTH GERMAN, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY Modelled as a mustachioed chinoiserie figure holding a dragon or serpernt, the head forming the spout and the body the handle, wearing a yellow tunic with blue collar and blue- and manganese-edged sleeves, a green skirt and black shoes, 20.5cm high, incised v to footrim (minor restoration and chips) £1,000 - 1,500 €1,100 - 1,700 US$1,300 - 2,000 7 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 8 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 9 8 8 * A HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE-DECORATED CHARGER, VALENCIA (MANISES), CIRCA 1500-25 Decorated in pale copper lustre, the raised central boss with a rabbit, enclosed by bands of foliage and pseudo-calligraphy, the rim with spirally-moulded alternating panels, the reverse with scrolling foliage and concentric circles around a sunburst motif in the centre, pierced for hanging, 40cm diam.
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    Life and cult of Cnut the Holy The first royal saint of Denmark Edited by: Steffen Hope, Mikael Manøe Bjerregaard, Anne Hedeager Krag & Mads Runge Life and cult of Cnut the Holy The first royal saint of Denmark Life and cult of Cnut the Holy The first royal saint of Denmark Report from an interdisciplinary research seminar in Odense. November 6th to 7th 2017 Edited by: Steffen Hope, Mikael Manøe Bjerregaard, Anne Hedeager Krag & Mads Runge Kulturhistoriske studier i centralitet – Archaeological and Historical Studies in Centrality, vol. 4, 2019 Forskningscenter Centrum – Odense Bys Museer Syddansk Univeristetsforlag/University Press of Southern Denmark Report from an interdisciplinary research seminar in Odense. November 6th to 7th 2017 Published by Forskningscenter Centrum – Odense City Museums – University Press of Southern Denmark ISBN: 9788790267353 © The editors and the respective authors Editors: Steffen Hope, Mikael Manøe Bjerregaard, Anne Hedeager Krag & Mads Runge Graphic design: Bjørn Koch Klausen Frontcover: Detail from a St Oswald reliquary in the Hildesheim Cathedral Museum, c. 1185-89. © Dommuseum Hildesheim. Photo: Florian Monheim, 2016. Backcover: Reliquary containing the reamains of St Cnut in the crypt of St Cnut’s Church. Photo: Peter Helles Eriksen, 2017. Distribution: Odense City Museums Overgade 48 DK-5000 Odense C [email protected] www.museum.odense.dk University Press of Southern Denmark Campusvej 55 DK-5230 Odense M [email protected] www.universitypress.dk 4 Content Contributors ...........................................................................................................................................6