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THE OLD FORGE the ROY DAVIDS COLLECTION of DECORATIVE ARTS and BRONZES Wednesday 4 March 2015 THE OLD FORGE THE ROY DAVIDS COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE ARTS AND BRONZES Wednesday 4 March 2015 THE ROY DAVIDS COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE ARTS AND BRONZES | 1 THE OLD FORGE THE ROY DAVIDS COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE ARTS AND BRONZES Wednesday 4 March 2015 at 11.00 Knightsbridge, London VIEWING ENQUIRIES PHYSICAL CONDITION OF Sunday 1 March 11.00 - 15.00 Head of Sale LOTS IN THIS AUCTION Monday 2 March 9.00 - 16.30 Charlie Thomas Tuesday 3 March 9.00 - 16.30 +44 (0) 20 7468 8358 PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY Wednesday 4 March 9.00 - 10.00 [email protected] REFERENCE IN THIS (restricted viewing) CATALOGUE TO THE PHYSICAL Administrator CONDITION OF ANY LOT IS FOR SALE NUMBER Poppy Davey GENERAL GUIDANCE ONLY. 22802 +44 (0) 20 7468 5895 INTENDING BIDDERS MUST [email protected] SATISFY THEMSELVES AS TO CATALOGUE THE CONDITION OF ANY LOT £15.00 Press AS SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE 14 OF Danielle Demartini THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS BIDS +44 (0) 20 7468 8363 CONTAINED AT THE END OF +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 [email protected] THIS CATALOGUE. +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax To bid via the internet please All lots with an estimate As a courtesy to intending visit bonhams.com less than £2,000 to be bidders, Bonhams will provide a sold without reserve. written indication of the physical Please note that bids should be condition of lots in this sale if a submitted no later than 16.00 on CUSTOMER SERVICES request is received up to 24 the day prior to the sale. Monday to Friday 8.30 to 18.00 hours before the auction starts. New bidders must also provide +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 This written Indication is issued proof of identity when submitting subject to Clause 3 of the Notice bids. Failure to do this may result Please see page 2 for bidder to Bidders. in your bid not being processed. information including after-sale collection and shipment IMPORTANT INFORMATION Telephone bidding The United States Government Bidding by telephone will only has banned the import of ivory be accepted on lots with a low into the USA. Lots containing estimate in excess of £500. ivory are indicated by the symbol Ф printed beside the Live online bidding is available lot number in this catalogue. for this sale Please email [email protected] with ‘live bidding’ in the subject Back cover illustrated lot 227 line 48 hours before the auction to register for this service Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Lucinda Bredin, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Peter Rees, Iain Rushbrook, John Sandon, Matthew Girling Global CEO, Andrew Currie, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Tim Schofield, Veronique Scorer, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Global CEO, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Grant, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, Ralph Taylor, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Shahin Virani, David Williams, James Knight, Caroline Oliphant, Charles Lanning, Sophie Law, Fergus Lyons, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Hugh Watchorn. Gordon McFarlan, Central Middlesex Hospital SALE Park Royal INFORMATION 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 Handling and storage The following symbol is +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 after sale charges used to denote that VAT is West Acton Horn Lane +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax All sold lots will be transferred StationTransfer and storage charges due on the hammer price [email protected] to Bonhams warehouse at will commence on Wednesday and buyer’s premium www.bonhams.com Park Royal the day after the 18th March 2015 and will be sale & will be available for applicable for each working day. † VAT 20% on hammer price Payments collection from 9.30am Friday and buyer’s premium Buyers 6th March 2015. The charges levied by Bonhams +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 are as follows: * VAT on imported items at a +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Address: preferential rate of 5% on Unit 1, Sovereign Park Furniture, large paintings and hammer price and the prevailing Sellers Coronation Road other large objects. rate on buyer’s premium Payment of sale proceeds Park Royal +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 London NW10 7QP Transfer per lot £35.00 VAT refunds on exports from +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Tel: +44 (0) 87 0811 3867 Daily storage per lot £3.60 the EU Hours of opening 9.30am to To submit a claim for refund of ART COLLECTIONS, 4.30pm Monday to Friday All other objects VAT HMRC require lots to be ESTATES AND VALUATIONS exported from the EU within +44 (0) 20 7468 8340 These lots will be subject to Transfer per lot £20.00 strict deadlines. +44 (0) 20 7468 5860 fax transfer and storage charges if Daily storage per lot £1.90 [email protected] they are not collected from the For lots on which Import VAT warehouse at Park Royal by All the above charges are has been charged; marked in Catalogue subscriptions close of business Tuesday 17th exclusive of VAT. the catalogue with a * or Ω, lots To obtain any Bonhams March 2015. must be exported within 30 catalogue or Payment in advance days of Bonhams’ receipt of to take out an annual Lots may be released from Tel: +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 payment and within 3 months of subscription: Bonhams warehouse on to ascertain amount due by: the sale date. For all other lots Subscriptions Department production of the Collection cash, cheque with banker’s export must take place within 3 +44 (0) 1666 502200 Order obtained from cashier’s card, credit card, bank draft months of the sale date. +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax office at Bonhams Knightsbridge or traveller’s cheque. [email protected] or New Bond Street and a form For further VAT information of photographic ID.. Payment at time of collection please contact: Shipping By credit card / debit card [email protected] For information and estimates on domestic and international Important Notice CITES REGULATIONS shipping as well as export A surcharge of 2% is applicable Please be aware that all Lots licenses please contact when using Mastercard, Visa marked with the symbol Y are Bonhams Shipping Department and overseas debit cards. subject to CITES requlations on: when exporting these items +44 (0) 20 8963 2849 outside the EU. The regulations +44 (0) 20 8963 2850 may be found at www.ukcites. +44 (0) 20 7629 9673 fax gov.uk or may be requested [email protected] from: UK CITES Management Authority Zone 117 Temple Quay House 2 The Square Temple Quay BRISTOL BS1 6EB 273 INTRODUCTION Roy Davids is the auctioneer’s ideal collector: his educated Meeting Roy around 30 years ago I was struck by the encyclopaedic eye, along with a passion for the whimsical, rare and academic depth of his knowledge, and any visitor to The Old Forge will have and a love of quality, whether it is embodied in an 18th century been overwhelmed by his superb reference libraries jostling for space manuscript, a Kangxi famille verte vase or a contemporary bronze, with a shelf of Christopher Dresser ceramics, an animalier bronze or is a heady combination. a precarious stack of Minton tiles. Over long lunches in Oxfordshire pubs and convivial dinners at the Garrick Club, his London base, Roy is a true polymath, and his astonishingly broad range of I have often had the pleasure of discussing his collection and interests has allowed us to collaborate on five fantastic auctions connoisseurship in general whilst he dissects the art world with the over the last decade, ranging from his unrivalled collection humour and hindsight that a lifetime spent as an auctioneer and later of portraits of some of the greatest writers and artists to his as a manuscript dealer has afforded him. collections of historical and poetical manuscripts which have included gems by Walter Raleigh, Isaac Newton, John Keats and As Roy has said in the past, he sees his role as that of a custodian of Charlotte Brontë. More recently, following the publication the works he has acquired over the years, and his lasting contribution of ‘Provenance’, (Roy and co-author Dominic Jellenek’s ‘magnum to their journey is lifting them from obscurity, dusting off neglect and opus’ detailing the principal European collectors of Chinese Art), highlighting their significance and interest, with their eventual sale we have held the sale of his Chinese Ceramics collection, being a ‘living part’ of his collecting process. It is his hope that much and are now delighted to be handling the subject of this auction, of what is here will go ‘to those fellow collectors for whom desire is 19th century decorative arts and bronzes. purer than necessity’. ROBIN HEREFORD Director, Art Collections, Estates & Valuations January 2015 4 | BONHAMS FOREWORD I first met Roy some 25 years ago. A visit to his home, before he decided to sell his collection, was to We struck up an immediate rapport and formed a lasting friendship, observe a visual feast of acquisitions, always something new and sharing similar views and interests about many subjects, often always previously unnoticed treasures to behold.
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