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Discovery Sale Online

20 – 29 January 2025

Discovery is an online cross-category auction featuring unique items at attractive estimates. In this special sale, we are re-offering an eclectic selection of lots from past sales across multiple categories, so it's still not too late to bid on items you may have missed at auction! For more information or condition report request, please contact [email protected].

Lots 1-10 are located at our New Bond Street Saleroom.
Lots 11-22 are located at our Knightsbridge Saleroom.
Lots 23 - 25 are located at our New Bond Street Saleroom.
Lots 26-29 are located at our Knightsbridge Saleroom.
Lot 30 is located at our New Bond Street Saleroom.
Lots 31-37 are located at our Knightsbridge Saleroom.
Lot 38 is located at our New Bond Street Saleroom.
Lots 39 -74 are located at our Knightsbridge Saleroom.
Lot 75 is located at our New Bond Street Saleroom.
Lots 76 is located at our Knightsbridge Saleroom.
Lots 77 - 79 are located at our New Bond Street Saleroom.
Lots 80 - 89 are located at our Knightsbridge Saleroom.
Lot 90 is located at our New Bond Street Saleroom.
Lots 91 - 104 are located at our Knightsbridge Saleroom.
Lot 105 is located at our New Bond Street Saleroom.
Lots 106 - 112 are located at our Knightsbridge Saleroom.

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Discovery Sale Online

Auction highlights

Lot gallery

1 — A Roman pale blue glass pinched globular jar

2 — A Hellenistic terracotta spindle-shaped unguentarium and a Cypriot black on red ware jug 2

3 — Three Roman glass unguentaria 3

4 — Two Roman glass double balsamaria

5 — Three Roman glass double balsamaria 3

6 — A group of four Roman green glass vessels 4

7* — Four Egyptian faience shabtis and an Egyptian terracotta shabti 5

8* — An Egyptian polychrome painted limestone shabti for the Draughtsman Scribe, Hotep

9 — A gilt copper alloy figure of Shakyamuni Tibet, 16th/17th century

10* — A PAIR OF CARVED LACQUER-IMITATION AND METAL 'LANDSCAPE' RESIN DISHES Qianlong seal marks, modern

11 — A Canton enamel supper set 18th/19th century

12 — TWO CARVED JADEITE PENDANTS 20th century

13 — A small collection of hardstones 19th century and later

14 — A pale green jade archaistic bi disc and two sword fittings

15 — A large mottled green jade carving of a dog 20th century

16 — A duan-style inkstone

17 — A Japanese patinated bronze 'trumpet' vase Hidemitsu mark, Meiji Period

18 — A collection of Stone Age flints,

19 — A gilt-bronze figure of Yama 19th or 20th century

20 — An early 18th century bronze mortar with associated pestleinscribed Johan Michael Kell and dated 1706

21 — A pair of late 19th Century French patinated bronze figures of a boy street vendor and his female companion

22* — A porcelain Easter egg, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg

23* — Two porcelain Easter eggsImperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg

24* — A group of four Easter eggsImperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg

25* — A group of seven porcelain Easter eggs Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg

26 — A French porcelain slop bowl painted at Brampton in Torksey or Mansfield, circa 1799-1808

27 — A Reproduction English Civil War Period Pikeman's Armour In Mid-17th Century Style

28 — An Officer's Waist-Belt Clasp Of The 51st King's Own Light InfantryCirca 1830-55

29 — Albert von Keller(Swiss, 1844-1920)Midnight dance

30 — Follower of Nicolaes Berchem(Haarlem 1620-1683 Amsterdam)A shepherdess with her flock in an Italianate landscape framed: 67 x 83cm

31 — Rupert Arthur Dent(British, 1853-1910)A Tibetan Terrier

32 — Joseph Wolf(German, 1820-1899)A group of three bird studies including: 18 x 26cm (7 1/16 x 10 1/4in) and smaller. (3)

33 — Constance Rea(British, fl. 1891-1935)The croquet player

34 — Walter Langley, RI(British, 1852-1922)Portrait of a fisherman

35 — William John Wainwright, RWS, RBA(British, 1855-1931)Portrait of a maid

36† — William John Wainwright, RWS, RBA(British, 1855-1931)An old sailmaker

37 — Edward Radford(British, 1831-1920)Self-portrait of the artist as a young man

38 — Henry Pickering(active Britain, circa 1741-circa 1771)Portrait of a gentleman of the Hammond family, half-length, in a red coat, within a painted oval unframed

39 — James Collinson(British, 1825-1881)A penny short

40 — Charles Hunt(British, 1829-1900)The love letter

41 — James Charles(British, 1851-1906)Bringing in the cattle

42 — James Walsham Baldock(British, 1822-1898)Cattle and sheep on the downs

43 — Cornelis Westerbeek(Dutch, 1844-1903)Gathering firewood

44 — John Hoppner R.A.(London 1758-1810)A family home

45 — Helen Allingham, RWS(British, 1848-1926)Steps at Bearsted, Kent

46 — Attributed to Michael Vincent(Charles) Brandoin (Swiss, 1733-1807)A large gathering around a country house

47 — Peter De Wint, OWS(British, 1784-1849)Washing day

48 — John Warwick Smith(Irthington 1749-1831 London)Shepherds watching over a valley of sheep

49 — Attributed to James Baker Pyne(British, 1800-1870)The Regatta at East Cowes Castle

50 — Copley Fielding(British, 1787-1855)A man and his dog resting under a tree

51 — William James Müller(British, 1812-1845)The duck pond

52 — Attributed to Thomas Smythe(British, 1825-1906)Travellers on the road; A rest by the cornfield, a pair both 30.5 x 40.7cm (12 x 16in). (2)

53AR — Gordon Ellis(British, 1921-1979)The Claughton and other shipping off Liverpool pier head

54AR — Timothy Franklin Ross Thompson(British, b.1951)Cutters racing off the Needles

55 — Peter Scott (British, mid/late 20th Century)A three masted ship passing the Needles off the Isle of Wight

56 — Thomas Bush Hardy (British, 1842-1897) 'At the harbour's mouth'.

57 — Walter Stuart Lloyd(British, active 1875-1929)'The Fisherman's Home, Christchurch Hunts'

58 — Charles Green(British, 1840-1898)The council of war

59 — William James Müller(British, 1812-1845)Two figures at rest, Turkey

60 — Eva Hollyer(British, active 1891-1898)The meeting place

61 — Antonio Lonza(Italian, 1846-1918)The rendez-vous

62 — Continental School20th CenturyRoses, convolvulus, carnations and other flowers in a glass vase on a marble table top

63 — French School19th CenturyStill life with summer flowers in a glass vase

64 — Theodore Casimir Roussel(British, 1847-1926)Trees by a pond with building beyond

65* — Edmond Zakaryan(Armenian, 1936-2006)Street in Gyumri

66 — Lola Villarreal(20th Century)Portrait of a Balinese lady

67† — Enslin Vorster(South African, born 1932)Fouriesburg

68AR — Ewald Namatjira(Australian, 1930-1984)A Central Australian landscape

69• — DELHI DURBAR ZAHOOR UL HASSAN. [Tarikh I Durbar Delhi], Delhi, Hilali Press, 12 December 1911

70• — KENT PACKE (CHRISTOPHER) Ankographia [Greek] sive Convallium descriptio... Explanation of a New Philosophica-Chorographical Chart of East Kent, 1743; and 7 other books and maps (8)

71• — ALMANACK [SAUNDERS (RICHARD)] Rider's British Merlin: for the Year... 1742, R. Nutt for the Company of Stationers, [1741]

72• — BLYTON (ENID) The Folk of the Faraway Tree... Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1946; and another

73• — TELEVISION Television. The Official Organ of the Television Society. A Monthly Magazine, Vol.1-3, no.1-36, March 1928-February 1931

74AR — BALLET - NUREYEV SOAMES (SALLY) Rudolph Nureyev, 1978

75 — Lovis Corinth(German, 1858-1925)Der Künster und der Tod I; Apollo und die Musen

76AR — Otto Dix(German, 1891-1969)Zwei Kinder (Mit Sonnenblume) (Two children (with sunflower))

77*,AR — After Marc Chagall(French/Russian, 1887-1985) By Charles Sorlier (French, 1921-1990)Le Couple Devant l'Arbre (Village Suisse d'enfants en Israël "Kiriath Yearim")

1 —
A Roman pale blue glass pinched globular jar

2 —
A Hellenistic terracotta spindle-shaped unguentarium and a Cypriot black on red ware jug
2

3 —
Three Roman glass unguentaria
3

4 —
Two Roman glass double balsamaria

5 —
Three Roman glass double balsamaria
3

6 —
A group of four Roman green glass vessels
4

7^* —
Four Egyptian faience shabtis and an Egyptian terracotta shabti
5

8^* —
An Egyptian polychrome painted limestone shabti for the Draughtsman Scribe, Hotep

9 —
A gilt copper alloy figure of Shakyamuni
Tibet, 16th/17th century

10^* —
A PAIR OF CARVED LACQUER-IMITATION AND METAL 'LANDSCAPE' RESIN DISHES
Qianlong seal marks, modern

11 —
A Canton enamel supper set
18th/19th century

12 —
TWO CARVED JADEITE PENDANTS
20th century

13 —
A small collection of hardstones
19th century and later

14 —
A pale green jade archaistic bi disc and two sword fittings

15 —
A large mottled green jade carving of a dog
20th century

16 —
A duan-style inkstone

17 —
A Japanese patinated bronze 'trumpet' vase
Hidemitsu mark, Meiji Period

18 —
A collection of Stone Age flints,

19 —
A gilt-bronze figure of Yama
19th or 20th century

20 —
An early 18th century bronze mortar with associated pestle
inscribed Johan Michael Kell and dated 1706

21 —
A pair of late 19th Century French patinated bronze figures of a boy street vendor and his female companion

22^* —
A porcelain Easter egg, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg

23^* —
Two porcelain Easter eggs
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg

24^* —
A group of four Easter eggs
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg

25^* —
A group of seven porcelain Easter eggs
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg

26 —
A French porcelain slop bowl painted at Brampton in Torksey or Mansfield, circa 1799-1808

27 —
A Reproduction English Civil War Period Pikeman's Armour In Mid-17th Century Style

28 —
An Officer's Waist-Belt Clasp Of The 51st King's Own Light Infantry
Circa 1830-55

29 —
Albert von Keller
(Swiss, 1844-1920)
Midnight dance

30 —
Follower of Nicolaes Berchem
(Haarlem 1620-1683 Amsterdam)
A shepherdess with her flock in an Italianate landscape
framed: 67 x 83cm

31 —
Rupert Arthur Dent
(British, 1853-1910)
A Tibetan Terrier

32 —
Joseph Wolf
(German, 1820-1899)
A group of three bird studies including:
18 x 26cm (7 1/16 x 10 1/4in) and smaller. (3)

33 —
Constance Rea
(British, fl. 1891-1935)
The croquet player

34 —
Walter Langley, RI
(British, 1852-1922)
Portrait of a fisherman

35 —
William John Wainwright, RWS, RBA
(British, 1855-1931)
Portrait of a maid

36^† —
William John Wainwright, RWS, RBA
(British, 1855-1931)
An old sailmaker

37 —
Edward Radford
(British, 1831-1920)
Self-portrait of the artist as a young man

38 —
Henry Pickering
(active Britain, circa 1741-circa 1771)
Portrait of a gentleman of the Hammond family, half-length, in a red coat, within a painted oval unframed

39 —
James Collinson
(British, 1825-1881)
A penny short

40 —
Charles Hunt
(British, 1829-1900)
The love letter

41 —
James Charles
(British, 1851-1906)
Bringing in the cattle

42 —
James Walsham Baldock
(British, 1822-1898)
Cattle and sheep on the downs

43 —
Cornelis Westerbeek
(Dutch, 1844-1903)
Gathering firewood

44 —
John Hoppner R.A.
(London 1758-1810)
A family home

45 —
Helen Allingham, RWS
(British, 1848-1926)
Steps at Bearsted, Kent

46 —
Attributed to Michael Vincent
(Charles) Brandoin (Swiss, 1733-1807)
A large gathering around a country house

47 —
Peter De Wint, OWS
(British, 1784-1849)
Washing day

48 —
John Warwick Smith
(Irthington 1749-1831 London)
Shepherds watching over a valley of sheep

49 —
Attributed to James Baker Pyne
(British, 1800-1870)
The Regatta at East Cowes Castle

50 —
Copley Fielding
(British, 1787-1855)
A man and his dog resting under a tree

51 —
William James Müller
(British, 1812-1845)
The duck pond

52 —
Attributed to Thomas Smythe
(British, 1825-1906)
Travellers on the road; A rest by the cornfield, a pair both 30.5 x 40.7cm (12 x 16in). (2)

53^AR —
Gordon Ellis
(British, 1921-1979)
The Claughton and other shipping off Liverpool pier head

54^AR —
Timothy Franklin Ross Thompson
(British, b.1951)
Cutters racing off the Needles

55 —
Peter Scott (British, mid/late 20th Century)
A three masted ship passing the Needles off the Isle of Wight

56 —
Thomas Bush Hardy (British, 1842-1897)
'At the harbour's mouth'.

57 —
Walter Stuart Lloyd
(British, active 1875-1929)
'The Fisherman's Home, Christchurch Hunts'

58 —
Charles Green
(British, 1840-1898)
The council of war

59 —
William James Müller
(British, 1812-1845)
Two figures at rest, Turkey

60 —
Eva Hollyer
(British, active 1891-1898)
The meeting place

61 —
Antonio Lonza
(Italian, 1846-1918)
The rendez-vous

62 —
Continental School
20th Century
Roses, convolvulus, carnations and other flowers in a glass vase on a marble table top

63 —
French School
19th Century
Still life with summer flowers in a glass vase

64 —
Theodore Casimir Roussel
(British, 1847-1926)
Trees by a pond with building beyond

65^* —
Edmond Zakaryan
(Armenian, 1936-2006)
Street in Gyumri

66 —
Lola Villarreal
(20th Century)
Portrait of a Balinese lady

67^† —
Enslin Vorster
(South African, born 1932)
Fouriesburg

68^AR —
Ewald Namatjira
(Australian, 1930-1984)
A Central Australian landscape

69^• —
DELHI DURBAR
ZAHOOR UL HASSAN. [Tarikh I Durbar Delhi], Delhi, Hilali Press, 12 December 1911

70^• —
KENT
PACKE (CHRISTOPHER) Ankographia [Greek] sive Convallium descriptio... Explanation of a New Philosophica-Chorographical Chart of East Kent, 1743; and 7 other books and maps (8)

71^• —
ALMANACK
[SAUNDERS (RICHARD)] Rider's British Merlin: for the Year... 1742, R. Nutt for the Company of Stationers, [1741]

72^• —
BLYTON (ENID)
The Folk of the Faraway Tree... Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1946; and another

73^• —
TELEVISION
Television. The Official Organ of the Television Society. A Monthly Magazine, Vol.1-3, no.1-36, March 1928-February 1931

74^AR —
BALLET - NUREYEV
SOAMES (SALLY) Rudolph Nureyev, 1978

75 —
Lovis Corinth
(German, 1858-1925)
Der Künster und der Tod I; Apollo und die Musen

76^AR —
Otto Dix
(German, 1891-1969)
Zwei Kinder (Mit Sonnenblume) (Two children (with sunflower))

77^*,AR —
After Marc Chagall
(French/Russian, 1887-1985) By Charles Sorlier (French, 1921-1990)
Le Couple Devant l'Arbre (Village Suisse d'enfants en Israël "Kiriath Yearim")

78^*,AR —
After Marc Chagall
(French/Russian, 1887-1985) By Charles Sorlier (French, 1921-1990)
La Maison de Mon Village (Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture de Chelles)

79^*,AR —
After Marc Chagall
(French/Russian, 1887-1985) By Charles Sorlier (French, 1921-1990)
La Tribu de Benjamin

80^AR —
Edward Ardizzone
(British, 1900-1979)
Shelter Scene