Lot 143

GROUP OF NINE CHINESE AND JAPANESE NOVELTY ITEMS
19TH-20TH CENTURY

Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
十九至二十世紀 白銀纍絲琺瑯袖珍四面屏、銅劉海戲金蟾香插、各式核桃雕 及 ‘新安休邑方秀水’款 羅盤(共九件)
comprising: a miniature Chinese enamel and white-metal four-fold screen, the enamels applied to a wire-work ground, with scrolled bracket feet to each end; a Chinese bronze incense holder in the form of Liu Hai on his toad, the figure modelled seated on his legendary three-legged toad; six Chinese and Japanese carved nuts, comprising a netsuke, three ojime and two small carvings; and a Chinese bamboo compass, the reverse with mark ‘Xin'an Xiu Yi Fang Shuixiu’ (9)
Dimensions
largest: 16cm wide
Provenance
Probably James Stewart Lockhart's daughter Mary [Betty] Stewart Lockhart (1894-1985);
Presented by the above to George Watson’s College, Edinburgh in 1967;
Lent to the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (2003-2025).
Footnote
A comparable compass, also with Fang Xiushui mark, is in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, accession no. 3188.
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
捐助愛丁堡喬治沃森學院義賣
