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fine european ceramics Wednesday 18 June 2014 FINE EUROPEAN CERAMICS Wednesday 18 June 2014 at 10.30 101 New Bond Street, London Viewing enquiries customer serVices physical condition of Sunday 15 June 11.00 to 15.00 Sebastian Kuhn Monday to Friday 8.30 to 18.00 lots in this auction Monday 16 June 9.00 to 16.30 +44 (0) 20 7468 8384 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Tuesday 17 June 9.00 to 16.30 [email protected] PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY Please see page 2 for bidder REFERENCE IN THIS information including after-sale CATALOGUE TO THE PHYSICAL sale number Nette Megens 21853 collection and shipment CONDITION OF ANY LOT IS +44 (0) 20 7468 8348 FOR GENERAL GUIDANCE [email protected] catalogue ONLY. INTENDING BIDDERS MUST SATISFY THEMSELVES £25.00 Sophie von der Goltz AS TO THE CONDITION OF +44 (0) 20 7468 8349 ANY LOT AS SPECIFIED IN bids sophie.vondergoltz@bonhams. CLAUSE 14 OF THE NOTICE TO +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 BIDDERS CONTAINED AT THE +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax com END OF THIS CATALOGUE. To bid via the internet please visit bonhams.com John Sandon +44 (0) 20 7468 8244 As a courtesy to intending bidders, Bonhams will provide a Please note that bids should be [email protected] written indication of the physical submitted no later than 4pm on condition of lots in this sale if a the day prior to the sale. New Department Administration request is received up to 24 bidders must also provide proof Vanessa Howson hours before the auction starts. of identity when submitting bids. +44 (0) 20 7468 8243 This written Indication is issued Failure to do this may result in [email protected] subject to Clause 3 of the Notice your bid not being processed. to Bidders. Live online bidding is available for this sale important information Please email [email protected] The United States Government with ‘live bidding’ in the subject has banned the import of ivory line 48 hours before the auction into the USA. 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Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Malcolm Barber Group Managing Director, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, Peter Rees, Julian Roup, Iain Rushbrook, Matthew Girling CEO UK and Europe, David Dallas, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, Veronique Scorer, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Grant, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, Ralph Taylor +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax James Knight, Patrick Meade, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Charles Lanning, Shahin Virani, David Williams, Caroline Oliphant, Hugh Watchorn. Sophie Law, Camilla Lombardi, Fergus Lyons, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Paul Maudsley, Gordon McFarlan, Central Middlesex sale Hospital information Park Royal Coronation Road W Bonhams, e d s P t Park Royal a e a rn r o A k R v e R e s A4 o 0 a y Park a h l C Royal Western Ave A40 R o 0 Station a 0 d Acton 0 4 Cemetery North A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V Bids Collection and Storage The United Kingdom VAT refunds on exports from +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 after sale Government has imposed an the EU West Acton Horn Lane +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax All sold lots will remain in Stationalmost complete prohibition To submit a claim for refund of [email protected] Bonhams New Bond Street on granting a license to permit VAT HMRC require lots to be www.bonhams.com Collections department free of the export of worked antique exported from the EU within charge until Tuesday 1 July 2014. rhinoceros horn from the UK strict deadlines. 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Please read the sale information page for more details. 1 a deruta lustre-decorated maiolica dish, mid 16th century Painted in ochre, blue, green and red with the initial ‘B’ enclosed by foliage in the centre, the rim with a border of pointed arches and flowers and foliage, 26.6cm diam. (restored) £800 - 1,200 €970 - 1,500 Provenance: Lionel Harris (d. 1943); Thomas Harris (1908-64), The Spanish Art Gallery, Conduit Street, London; Thence by descent 2 a maiolica istoriato dish, urbino or possibly lyon, late 16th century Painted with a scene depicting three turban- wearing figures on horseback hunting a lion, 26.1cm diam. (restuck and repainted along repairs) £1,500 - 2,500 €1,800 - 3,000 Provenance: Lionel Harris (d. 1943); Thomas Harris (1908-64), The Spanish Art Gallery, Conduit Street, London; Thence by descent 4 | BonhAmS 3 a deruta maiolica wet drug jar, circa 1530 Painted with a yellow label inscribed ‘SYo D LVPVLI’ within a fruiting wreath edged with blue scrollwork, enclosing a blue ground with trophies and reserved with a pharmacy badge, strap handle, 20.5cm high (some scattered flaking and chips to rims) £2,000 - 3,000 €2,400 - 3,600 The drug label probably refers to a syrup of hops (Humulus lupulus). 4 a castel durante maiolica apothecary jar, circa 1580 Painted with an oval medallion depicting ‘Fortuna’ riding a dolphin against a blue ground decorated with trophies, the label below inscribed ‘S.DE. CEDRO’, grotesque mask handles to the sides, 21cm high (restuck) £2,000 - 3,000 €2,400 - 3,600 Provenance: Lionel Harris (d. 1943); Thomas Harris (1908-64), The Spanish Art Gallery, Conduit Street, London; Thence by descent The label refers to citrus syrup. Fine European Ceramics | 5 5 an urbino small maiolica istoriato dish, mid 16th century Painted with a scene depicting a classical lady seated holding a book in front of elaborate rockwork, 16.7cm diam. (restored) £800 - 1,200 €970 - 1,500 Provenance: Lionel Harris (d. 1943); Thomas Harris (1908-64), The Spanish Art Gallery, Conduit Street, London; Thence by descent 6 a castelli syrup jar, third quarter 18th century Attributed to Saverio Grue, the spout unusually moulded with a satyr mask, painted with the crest of a double-headed eagle within a cartouche surrounded by very elaborate rococo scrollwork and coloured flowers, the inscription OL: HYPERIC: COMPOSIT: underneath, 20cm high (small haircrack with flat chip to foot) £1,300 - 1,600 €1,600 - 1,900 This jar contained a compound of St. John’s Wort. A two-handled jar from the same series with similar rococo scrollwork and eagle crest is in the Matricardi Collection, exhibited in ‘Masterworks of Castelli Majolica’ in Teramo, 2012. Related decoration attributed to Saverio Grue can be seen on pharmacy jars in the Museo delle caramiche di Castelli, illustrated in I Maestri della Maiolica nel Museo di Castelli (2004), p.114, no.120, and p.129, fig.142.