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Collect your property from: Sotheby’s date are made or intended. The current Sotheby’s shall not be bound by any Should you wish to view or inspect
Greenford Park Fine Art Storage Facility scholarship in the Þ eld of Chinese reports produced by the Buyer, and any items more closely please ask for
Opening hours: paintings does not permit unqualiÞ ed reserves the right to seek additional expert assistance from a member of Sotheby’s
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm statements as to authorship or date of advice at its own expense. In the event sta! to ensure your safety and the safety of
Sotheby’s Greenford Park, execution. Therefore, none of the Þ ne Sotheby’s decides to rescind the sale under the property on view.
13 Ockham Drive, Greenford, Middlesex, Chinese paintings in this catalogue (if this Guarantee, it may refund to the Buyer Some items on view may be labelled
UB6 0FD any) are subject to any guarantee of the reasonable costs of up to two mutually “PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH”. Should you
Tel: +44 (0)20 7293 5600 authenticity and all such property is sold approved independent expert reports. wish to view these items you must ask for
Fax: +44 (0)20 7293 5625 as is in accordance with the Conditions 4/13 NBS_GUARANTEE CHINESE assistance from a member of Sotheby’s
of Business. Any assistance given by sta! who will be pleased to assist you.
ROUTE GUIDANCE TO SOTHEBY’S Sotheby’s sta! to a buyer in selecting a Thank you for your co-operation.
GREENFORD PARK FINE ART purchase is given without prejudice to
STORAGE FACILITY IMPORTANT NOTICES ENDANGERED & OTHER
the above. Buyers are recommended to
From Bond Street head towards Regents take independent professional advice on ESTIMATES IN US & HK DOLLARS PROTECTED SPECIES
Park, take the A40 Marylebone Road to selection of purchases. Please refer to the Buying at Auction
Western Avenue. Take the exit o! the Notwithstanding the above, if Sotheby’s As a guide to potential buyers, estimates section in the printed catalogue for
A40 signposted Greenford A4127. At the sells an item which subsequently is shown for this sale are also shown in US & HK information regarding export outside
roundabout take the third exit signposted to be a “counterfeit”, subject to the terms Dollars. The estimates printed in the the EU. Your attention is also drawn to
Harrow and Sudbury, A4127 onto below Sotheby’s will set aside the sale and catalogue in Pounds Sterling have been Condition 10 of the Conditions of Business
Greenford Road. Go under the railway refund to the Buyer the total amount paid converted at the following rate, which for Buyers.
bridge and at the tra' c lights turn Þ rst left by the Buyer to Sotheby’s for the item, in was current at the time of printing. These 04/13 NBS_NOTICE CHINESE US$
into Rockware Avenue. At the T Junction the currency of the original sale. estimates may have been rounded:
turn right onto OldÞ eld Lane North and For these purposes, “counterfeit” means £1 = US$1.407 £1 = HK$11.043 GLOSSARY OF TERMS
then left into Ockham Drive. Stop at the a lot that in Sotheby’s reasonable opinion By the date of the sale this rate is
security barrier and say you are visiting is an imitation created to deceive as to likely to have changed, and buyers are The following are examples of the
Sotheby’s. Once cleared, travel 300 yards authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture recommended to check before bidding. terminology used in this catalogue. Please
down the road and Unit 13 is situated on or source, where the correct description During the sale Sotheby’s may provide note that all statements are made subject
the left hand side. of such matters is not reß ected by the a screen to show currency conversions to the provisions of the Authenticity
description in the catalogue (taking into as bidding progresses. This is intended Guarantee and the Conditions of Business
STORAGE CHARGES for guidance only and all bidding will for Buyers.
account any Glossary of Terms). No lot
Any purchased lots that have not been shall be considered a counterfeit by reason be in Pounds Sterling. Sotheby’s is not 1 When a piece is in our opinion of a
collected within 30 days from the date of only of any damage and/or restoration responsible for any error or omissions in certain period, reign or dynasty, this
the auction will be subject to handling and and/or modiÞ cation work of any kind the operation of the currency converter. attribution appears in bold type, directly
storage charges at the following rates: (including repainting or over-painting). Payment for purchases is due in Pounds below the heading of the catalogue entry
Small items (such as jewellery, watches, Please note that this Guarantee does not Sterling, however the equivalent amount in for every lot e.g. A blue and white dish in
books or ceramics): handling fee of £20 apply if either:- any other currency will be accepted at the our opinion of the Jiajing period of the Ming
per lot plus storage charges of £2 per lot (i) the catalogue description was in rate prevailing on the day that payment is dynasty is catalogued as: A BLUE AND
per day. accordance with the generally accepted received in cleared funds. WHITE DISH MING DYNASTY, JIAJING
Medium items (such as most paintings or opinion(s) of scholar(s) and expert(s) Settlement is made to vendors in the !1522 #1566"
small items of furniture): handling fee of at the date of the sale, or the catalogue currency in which the sale is conducted, or 2 No Þ rm attribution to a period is
£30 per lot plus storage charges of £4 per description indicated that there was a in another currency on request at the rate intended by any work in a description not
lot per day. conß ict of such opinions; or prevailing on the day that payment is made conÞ rmed by an attribution in bold type
Large items (items that cannot be lifted or (ii) the only method of establishing at by Sotheby’s. after the heading of the lot.
moved by one person alone): handling fee the date of the sale that the item was a LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE
of £40 per lot plus storage charges of £8 counterfeit would have been by means FOR PURCHASED LOTS 3 Where attribution is given in the heading
per lot per day. of processes not then generally available for a lot and there is more than one piece
Oversized items (such as monumental or accepted, unreasonably expensive Purchasers are requested to arrange in the lot, all the pieces in the lot belong
sculptures): handling fee of £80 per lot plus or impractical to use; or likely to have clearance as soon as possible and are in our opinion to the period in bold unless
storage charges of £10 per lot per day. caused damage to the lot or likely (in reminded that Sotheby’s accepts liability speciÞ cally stated to be otherwise.
Sotheby’s reasonable opinion) to have for loss or damage to lots for a maximum
A lot’s size will be determined by period of thirty (30) calendar days 4 Where no attribution is given to a piece,
caused loss of value to the lot; or
Sotheby’s on a case by case basis (typical (iii) there has been no material loss in following the date of the auction. Please it is of doubtful period in our opinion or of
examples given above are for illustration refer to condition 7 of the Conditions of 19th or 20th century date.
value of the lot from its value had it been
purposes only). in accordance with its description. Business for Buyers.
All charges are subject to VAT, where GLOSSARY FOR CHINESE
applicable. All charges are payable to This Guarantee is provided for a period of COLLECTION OF LOTS MARKED ‘W’ WOOD
Sotheby’s at our Post Sale Service Group Þ ve (5) years after the date of the relevant All purchased lots marked in the catalogue
in New Bond Street. auction, is solely for the beneÞ t of the with a W will be transferred from the With respect to Asian hardwoods, the
Storage charges will cease for Buyer and may not be transferred to any saleroom to Sotheby’s Greenford Park Fine terms ‘Huanghuali’, ‘Huali’ ‘Hongmu’ ‘Zitan’
purchased lots which are shipped through third party. To be able to claim under this Art Storage Facility after 5 pm on the day and others appearing within single quotes
Sotheby’s Shipping Logistics from the date Guarantee, the Buyer must:- of the sale. Collection can be made from in bold or capital letters in the heading
on which we have received a signed quote (i) notify Sotheby’s in writing within three Sotheby’s Greenford Park two days after are descriptive identiÞ cations based on
acceptance from you. (3) months of receiving any information the sale, but not on the day immediately appearance, and are not intended to denote
that causes the Buyer to question the a speciÞ c species.
LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE following the sale.
authenticity or attribution of the item, Exceptions to this procedure will be Notwithstanding the above, if within Þ ve
Buyers are reminded that Sotheby’s specifying the lot number, date of the notiÞ ed by auction room notice and years of the sale of any lot, the buyer
accepts liability for loss or damage to auction at which it was purchased and announced at the time of the sale. After 30 gives written notice to Sotheby’s that
lots for a maximum period of thirty the reasons why it is thought to be days storage charges will commence. the lot sold is a forgery and if within three
(30) calendar days after the date of the counterfeit; and Please see the Buying at Auction guide months after giving such notice, the buyer
auction. Please refer to Condition 7 of the (ii) return the item to Sotheby’s in the for further information. returns the lot in the same Condition as
Conditions of Business for Buyers. same condition as at the date of sale to it was at the time of sale to the premises
the Buyer and be able to transfer good SAFETY AT SOTHEBY’S
title in the item, free from any third party Sotheby’s is concerned for your safety of Sotheby’sand demonstrates to the
satisfaction of Sotheby’s that the lot sold is
SOTHEBY’S AUTHENTICITY claims arising after the date of the sale. while you are on our premises and we a forgery,Sotheby’s is authorized to and will
GUARANTEE Sotheby’s has discretion to waive any of endeavour to display items safely so far as rescind the sale and refund the purchase
the above requirements. Sotheby’s may is reasonably practicable. Nevertheless, price received by it. For this purpose a
In respect of Þ ne Chinese paintings, the
require the Buyer to obtain at the Buyer’s should you handle any items on view at our ‘forgery’ is deÞ ned as a work created with
artists’ names recorded in this catalogue
(if any) are not to be taken as unqualiÞ ed cost the reports of two independent and premises, you do so at your own risk. intent to deceive.
recognised experts in the Þ eld, mutually Some items can be large and/or heavy
attributions to the artists named. No 04/17 NBS_GLOS _CHINESE
unqualiÞ ed attributions to any artist or acceptable to Sotheby’s and the Buyer. and can be dangerous if mishandled.
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