Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns Including the Max Gau Collection (Part I) Montpelier Street, London I 29 November 2018 Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns Including the Max Gau Collection (Part I) Montpelier Street, London | Thursday 29 November 2018, at 10.30am and 2pm Antique Arms & Armour: Lots 335 - 536 at 10.30am Modern Sporting Guns: Lots 540 - 806 at 2pm BONHAMS ENQUIRIES SALE NUMBERS IMPORTANT INFORMATION Montpelier Street Antique Arms & Armour 24660 Please note that lots of Iranian Knightsbridge, Director and Persian origin are subject London SW7 1HH David Williams CATALOGUE www.bonhams.com to US trade restrictions which +44 (0) 20 7393 3807 £20 currently prohibit their import +44 (0) 776 882 3711 mobile into the United States, with no VIEWING [email protected] Please see page 2 for bidder exemptions. Sunday 25 November information including after-sale 11am – 3pm Modern Sporting Guns collection and shipment Similar restrictions may apply Monday 26 November Head of Department to other lots. 9am – 7pm Patrick Hawes Please see back of catalogue Tuesday 27 November +44 (0) 20 7393 3815 for important notice to bidders It is the buyers responsibility 9am – 4.30pm +44 (0) 781 868 4869 mobile to satisfy themselves that the Wednesday 28 November [email protected] ILLUSTRATIONS lot being purchased may be 9am – 4.30pm Front cover: Lots 806, 792 & 779 imported into the country of Administrator Back cover: Lots 511 & 573 destination. Modern Sporting Guns Only Helen Abraham Inside front cover: Lot 522 Thursday 29 November +44 (0) 20 7393 3947 Inside back cover: Lot 799 The United States Government 9am – 12pm [email protected] has banned the import of ivory REGISTRATION into the USA. Lots containing BIDS Junior Cataloguer IMPORTANT NOTICE ivory are indicated by the +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 William Threlfall Please note that all customers, symbol Ф printed beside the +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7393 3816 irrespective of any previous activity lot number in this catalogue. To bid via the internet [email protected] with Bonhams, are required to please visit www.bonhams.com complete the Bidder Registration Please contact the Arms Departmental fax Form in advance of the sale. The & Armour Department for TELEPHONE BIDDING (not for faxed bids) form can be found at the back of further information. Bidding by telephone will only +44 (0) 20 7393 3932 every catalogue and on our be accepted on lots with a lower website at www.bonhams.com estimate of £500 or above. 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[email protected] LIVE ONLINE BIDDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS SALE Please email [email protected] CUSTOMER SERVICES with “Live bidding” in the subject Monday to Friday line 48 hours before the auction 8.30am – 6pm to register for this service. +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Harvey Cammell Deputy Chairman, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Matthew Girling CEO, Emily Barber, Antony Bennett, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, India Phillips, Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Matthew Bradbury, Lucinda Bredin, Peter Rees, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Asaph Hyman, Caroline Oliphant, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, Veronique Scorer, Robert Smith, James Stratton, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Edward Wilkinson, Geoffrey Davies, James Knight, Charles Graham-Campbell, Matthew Haley, Ralph Taylor, Charlie Thomas, David Williams, Jon Baddeley, Jonathan Fairhurst, Leslie Wright, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. 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Sold lots not hammer price and the prevailing collected by this time will be Sellers on domestic and international rate on buyer’s premium subject to storage charges as Payment of sale proceeds shipping as well as export below. Y These lots are subject to +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 licenses please contact: CITES regulations, please read +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Antique Arms & Armour STORAGE the information in the back of Small objects: the catalogue. VALUATIONS, TAXATION Helen Abraham & HERITAGE +44 (0) 20 7393 3947 £2.85 per day + VAT [email protected] Payment at time of collection +44 (0) 20 7468 8340 Large objects: by: +44 (0) 20 7468 5860 fax Modern Sporting Guns cash, cheque with banker’s card, [email protected] £5.70 per day + VAT William Threlfall credit, or debit card. +44 (0) 20 7393 3816 (Note: Charges apply every day [email protected] including weekends and Public Holidays) Please note that Bonhams will be closed 5.30pm Friday 21 December 2018 and will re-open 9am Wednesday 2 January 2019 JAPANESE ARMS VARIOUS PROPERTIES 335 A 32-BORE MATCHLOCK MUSKET UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD With octagonal barrel inlaid towards the breech with a dragon and waves in brass, silver and copper, block-shaped back-sight, brass back-action lock with brass serpentine, cherry wood full stock inscribed in ink along the inside in Japanese characters (some fading), brass trigger-guard and button trigger, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod 100 cm. barrel £600 - 800 US$770 - 1,000 €680 - 900 The inscriptions read in translation ‘Decorated by Jin Youxi, made by Liu...’ and ‘Coming from Zhiyingting [possibly an arsenal], total 30 pieces, presented by Yue(jie?) 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. ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR | 3 336 A TANTO UNSIGNED, SHINTO The unokubi-zukuri blade with two mekugi-ana, midare hamon, itame hada, fully bound tsuka with stippled brass fuchi-kashira inlaid with bamboo in silver, soft metal horse menuki, and stippled brass tsuba, in its brown speckled lacquer saya with koiguchi, uragawara, kurikata kojiri and kodzuka and kogai all en suite with the tsuka 32.2 cm. blade £500 - 700 US$640 - 900 €560 - 790 337 A WAKIZASHI UNSIGNED, SHINTO The blade with one mekugi-ana, gonome hamon, itame hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with gold mon, shakudo and gold dragon menuki, and iron tsuba decorated with silver fish in waves, in its polished samé saya with gilt kodzuka decorated with a dragon amidst waves 37.7 cm. blade £700 - 900 US$900 - 1,200 €790 - 1,000 338 A WAKIZASHI SIGNED GOSHU JU IYEHIRO, SHINTO The blade with two mekugi-ana, choji-midare hamon with tobiyaki, itame hada, and fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi- kashira decorated with gilt dragons, gilt dragon menuki, and iron sukashi tsuba pierced and chiselled with dragons and waves, in its ribbed speckled red lacquered saya with shakudo-nanako kodzuka decorated with a gold dragon and ken and a modern kogai, the blade in shira-saya and koshirae with tsunagi 45.8 cm. blade £800 - 1,200 US$1,000 - 1,500 €900 - 1,400 Accompanied by an NTHK Certificate issued at the 2003 Shinsa For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 4 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 339 A KATANA INDISTINCTLY SIGNED, SHINTO The blade with one mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, fully bound tsuka with brass fuchi-kashira embossed with leaves, brass floral menuki, and plain iron tsuba, in its black lacquer saya 67.3 cm. blade £400 - 600 US$510 - 770 €450 - 680 340 A KATANA SIGNED NAMINOHIRA YUKIYASU, SHIN-SHINTO The blade with one mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, in full military pattern mounts 72.1 cm. blade £700 - 1,000 US$900 - 1,300 €790 - 1,100 341 A KATANA UNSIGNED, SHINTO The blade with two mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, itame hada, fully bound tsuka with shibuichi fuchi-kashira decorated with figures in a landscape, soft metal details, soft metal kabuto menuki, and circular iron Soten tsuba with school signature chiselled and pierced with fighting samurai in a landscape with soft metal details, in its black lacquered saya 60.2 cm.