Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online

A Japanese katana-tsutsu [sword case], Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

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Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online

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The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online Stuart Cary Welch (1928–2008) was a gifted scholar and hugely influential figure in the study of Indian and Middle Eastern arts. He shared this journey with his wife Edith, with whom he built the most extraordinary collection of artworks. After two record-breaking sales of Cary's Islamic and Indian art in 2011, Sotheby's is honoured to offer the Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection, boasting an impressive array of Indian paintings and objects, alongside a wide range of artworks including European silver, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese art. For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact Bids.london@sothebys.com (+44) 207 293 5283 (bids general line) For sale enquiries please contact: Edward Gibbs Chairman Middle East and India +44 20 7293 5332 EDWARD.GIBBS@SOTHEBYS.COM Benedict Carter Senior Director Head of Department Islamic & Indian Art +44 20 7293 5113 BENEDICT.CARTER@SOTHEBYS.COM Shiona Fourie Senior Project Manager Private European Collections & Single Owner Sales +44 20 7293 5470 SHIONA.FOURIE@SOTHEBYS.COM Rukmani Rathore Specialist Islamic & Indian Art RUKMANI.RATHORE@SOTHEBYS.COM Louise Lebrun Project Coordinator Researcher & Department Assistant Islamic and Indian Art +44 20 7293 5755 LOUISE.LEBRUN@SOTHEBYS.COM Frankie Keyworth Associate Specialist Islamic & Indian Art +44 20 7293 5294 FRANKIE.KEYWORTH@SOTHEBYS.COM Miles Harrison Specialist Silver +44 (0)20 7293 5304 MILES.HARRISON@SOTHEBYS.COM Julian King Senior Vice President International Specialist & Head of Sale Chinese and Himalayan Art +1 212 606 7332 JULIAN.KING@SOTHEBYS.COM Gordon Lo Deputy Director Chinese Works of Art +44 20 7293 5371 GORDON.LO@SOTHEBYS.COM Connie Chau Cataloguer Chinese Works of Art +44 20 7293 5721 CONNIE.CHAU@SOTHEBYS.COM Mark Hinton Director Head of Japanese Works of Art +44 20 7293 6537 MARK.HINTON@SOTHEBYS.COM

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Style of Sakai Hoitsu, Birds among autumn grasses, Edo period, 19th century: Style of Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1829) Birds among autumn grasses Edo period, 19th century a two-panel folding screen: ink and colour on a gold, silver and brown ground, with signature Hoitsu

0297: Style of Sakai Hoitsu, Birds among autumn grasses, Edo period, 19th centuryEst. £1,500-£2,000Lot Closed

A Japanese lacquer natsume [tea caddy], Taisho period, early 20th century: A Japanese lacquer natsume [tea caddy] Taisho period, early 20th century the circular natsume with flush-fitting cover, decorated overall in black lacquer, with scattered tomoe-mon

0298: A Japanese lacquer natsume [tea caddy], Taisho period, early 20th centuryEst. £1,200-£1,500Lot Closed

A bronze vase, signed Yasumi Nakajima (Nakajima Mitsuo, 1906-1988), Showa period, 20th century: A bronze vase Signed Yasumi Nakajima (Nakajima Mitsuo, 1906-1988) Showa period, 20th century oviform with canted shoulder and ring neck, the lower part with circumferential bands, with a rich

0299: A bronze vase, signed Yasumi Nakajima (Nakajima Mitsuo, 1906-1988), Showa period, 20th centuryEst. £3,000-£4,000Lot Closed

Kota Knife, Gabon: height: 57cm. ( 22.4in.)

0300: Kota Knife, GabonEst. £700-£900Lot Closed

Hungaan, Mbuun, Yanzi, or Ngul Knife, Democratic Republic of the Congo: height: 27.6cm.(10.8in.)

0301: Hungaan, Mbuun, Yanzi, or Ngul Knife, Democratic Republic of the CongoEst. £1,500-£2,500Lot Closed

Maori Orator’s Staff, New Zealand: height: 85.3cm. (33.5in.)

0302: Maori Orator’s Staff, New ZealandEst. £2,500-£3,500Lot Closed

Maya Incised Grayware Vessel: Late Classic, circa 550-950 A.D. height: 12.3cm. (4.8in.) Provenance Dr. Fuzier Charles Ratton, Paris Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1937 Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York, No. 38:10,

0303: Maya Incised Grayware VesselEst. £1,500-£2,500Lot Closed

The Trinity: The Trinity The Trinity, in a historiated initial on a half-leaf from a noted Ferial Psalter, illuminated manuscript on vellum. [Germany, late 13th century] c. 145 × 215 mm, the upper

0304: The TrinityEst. £250-£350Lot Closed

The Annunciation: The Annunciation The Annunciation, in a historiated initial on a cutting from a choirbook, illuminated manuscript on vellum. [Italy (Lombardy, Milan?), 15th century (2nd quarter)] c. 185 × 180

0305: The AnnunciationEst. £2,000-£3,000Lot Closed

Master of the Vote Imperatorum: The Massacre of the Innocents The Massacre of the Innocents in a historiated initial S cut from an Antiphonary in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. [Italy, Lombardy (Milan), 15th

0306: Master of the Vote ImperatorumEst. £6,000-£8,000Lot Closed

Two illuminated leaves from a Spanish Book of Hours: Two illuminated leaves from a Spanish Book of Hours Two leaves from a Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. [Spain, late 15th or early 16th century]

0307: Two illuminated leaves from a Spanish Book of HoursEst. £250-£350Lot Closed

Decorated initial U: Decorated initial U Very large decorated initial ‘U’ on a cutting from a choirbook, decorated manuscript on vellum. [Southern(?) Spain, mid 16th century] c. 280 × 290 mm, a

0308: Decorated initial UEst. £300-£500Lot Closed

After a model by Guglielmo della Porta: After a model by Guglielmo della Porta (1500 - 1577) probably Italian, 19th century Relief with the Pieta gilt bronze 18.5 by 13cm., 7¼ by 5⅛in.

0309: After a model by Guglielmo della PortaEst. £250-£350Lot Closed

North Netherlandish School, early 17th century: North Netherlandish School, early 17th century Death portrait of a nobleman oil on panel unframed: 23.5 x 29.4 cm.; 9¼ x 11⅝ in. framed: 52 x 56.3 cm.; 20½ x 22⅛ in.

0310: North Netherlandish School, early 17th centuryEst. £2,000-£3,000Lot Closed

Attributed to Frans Snyders: Attributed to Frans Snyders Antwerp 1579 - 1657 Study of a seated greyhound Black chalk 138 by 130 mm Provenance Victor Winthrop Newman (L.2540)

0311: Attributed to Frans SnydersEst. £2,500-£3,500Lot Closed

Attributed to Jan van Huysum: Attributed to Jan van Huysum Amsterdam 1682 - 1749 Horse Chestnut, Apple Leaves and Blossom Gouache and watercolour over black chalk, on prepared paper 183 by 220 mm Provenance With Eyre &

0312: Attributed to Jan van HuysumEst. £1,500-£2,500Lot Closed

An allegorical needlework panel, European, 18th century in 17th century style, signed K.F.: An allegorical needlework panel, European, 18th century in 17th century style, signed K.F. Worked finely in polychrome silks in tent stitch, on linen canvas, with minor areas of

0313: An allegorical needlework panel, European, 18th century in 17th century style, signed K.F.Est. £2,500-£3,500Lot Closed

Attributed to George Smith: Attributed to George Smith 1714 - 1776 A sketching party in an Italianate river landscape Gouache 658 by 706mm.

0314: Attributed to George SmithEst. £600-£800Lot Closed

Samuel Palmer, R.W.S: Samuel Palmer, R.W.S Newington 1805 - 1881 Redhill The Potato Shed Pencil on watermarked laid paper; inscribed verso: Potatoe [sic] Shed, Tottenham Marches - S. Palmer. 112 by 182 mm

0315: Samuel Palmer, R.W.SEst. £3,000-£5,000Lot Closed

Heinrich Aldegrever: Heinrich Aldegrever 1502 - 1565 Ornamental Design with Tendrils, A Couple of Tritons and Two Children (New Hollstein, Hollstein 260) engraving, 1537, a good impression of New Hollstein's only

0316: Heinrich AldegreverEst. £400-£600Lot Closed

Antonio Fantuzzi: Antonio Fantuzzi 1500 - 1590 Part of a plate with two designs for object in metalwork: Design for a Ewer, after Rosso Fiorentino (Zerner AD. 54a: Bartsch 143 (under anonymous); Jenkins AF.

0317: Antonio FantuzziEst. £2,000-£3,000Lot Closed

Jacques Callot: Jacques Callot 1592 - 1635 Les Caprices: Three Plates (Lieure 430, 448, 452) etchings, circa 1621, good impressions from the second Nancy series each sheet: approx. 62 by 87 mm.

0318: Jacques CallotEst. £800-£1,200Lot Closed

Michiel Mosijn: Michiel Mosijn 1630 - 1680 A Cartouche in Auricular Style, with an Inverted Heart Shape as the Lowest Element, from Verscheyde Gonstige Vindingem om in Gout, Silver, Hout en Steen te Wercken,

0319: Michiel MosijnEst. £500-£700Lot Closed

Wenceslaus Hollar: Wenceslaus Hollar 1607 - 1677 Hunting Equipment and Game: Three Plates (Pennington 2060-2062; New Hollstein 894-896) etchings, after 1645, good impressions of Pennington's only

0320: Wenceslaus HollarEst. £800-£1,200Lot Closed

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Stuart Cary Welch (1928â€“2008) was a gifted scholar and hugely influential figure in the study of Indian and Middle Eastern arts. He shared this journey with his wife Edith, with whom he built the most extraordinary collection of artworks. After two record-breaking sales of Cary's Islamic and Indian art in 2011, Sotheby's is honoured to offer the Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection, boasting an impressive array of Indian paintings and objects, alongside a wide range of artworks including European silver, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese art.

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