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Lot 509
WW2 US Navy Admiral’s uniform peaked cap, belong to Vice Admiral Willis Augustus ‘Ching’ Lee, who as commander of Composite Task Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, died just 10 days after the official Japanese surrender. Lee was most famous for being the commander in charge of the naval fleet which repelled the Japanese naval attack on Guadalcanal in November 1942, as well as being a skilled sport shooter, winning seven medals at the 1920 Olympic Games, being the most successful athlete of the entire games.The cap features a tan waterproof body, with black woven centre band, with U.S.N. 2-piece eagle, service worn gold braid chinstrap & twin gilt buttons, with a double row of bullion oak leaves embroidered direct woven to the black felt top of the flat leather peak. The interior shows the maker details for Art Caps of New York, with clear protective cover, showing his name Lee, Willis A BB-56, mid brown leather sweatband, gilt embossed named W. A. LEE. Light wear to underside of crown, but in overall very good condition, approx. size 6 1/2.Willis Augustus ‘Ching’ Lee Jr. (May 11, 1888 – August 25, 1945) entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1904. While at the Naval academy, his Chinese-sounding last name, compounded by his fondness for the Far East earned him the nickname "Ching" Lee. Following graduation, Lee joined the academy's rifle team twice. He was assigned to the battleship Idaho from October 1908 to May 1909, before returning to the naval academy and re-joining the rifle team. In July 1913, Lee re-joined Idaho, and in April 1914 he transferred to the battleship New Hampshire to participate in the occupation of Veracruz. During World War I, Lee served on the destroyers O'Brien and Lea.Lee participated in 14 events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He won 7 medals (5 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze), all in team events. It would not be until Alexander Dityatin in the 1980 games that anyone would beat the record. Lee attended the Naval War College in the late 1920s, and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1936. During the 1930s and early 1940s, Lee was several times assigned to the Fleet Training Division, commanded the light cruiser Concord, and served on the staff of Commander, Cruisers, Battle Force. In early 1942, following his promotion to the rank of rear admiral, Lee became Assistant Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet.Lee's specialty in life was gunnery. At the age of 19 in 1907 "he became the only American to win both the US National High Power Rifle and Pistol championships in the same year." In 1914 during the Veracruz campaign in Mexico he drew the fire of three enemy snipers, thereby exposing their positions and then shot them at long range. He understood the powerful guns of a battleship as an extension of the law of ballistics and adapted his expertise to the new age of technology. When Admiral Lee engaged the Japanese Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō's battleship Kirishima on the evening of 14 November 1942 in the waters off Guadalcanal, he became naval history's first battleship commander to conduct a "gunfight" primarily by radar remote control. In August 1942, Rear Admiral Lee was sent to the Pacific to command Battleship Division Six, consisting of the battleships Washington and South Dakota. Flying his flag in Washington, Lee engaged an Imperial Japanese Navy surface fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Kondō during the second night of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of 14–15 November 1942. While riding in the battleship Washington, which served as his flagship during this sea-fight, Lee's battleship decisively gunned the battleship Kirishima into a wreck, resulting in her scuttling shortly afterwards. With 300 Imperial sailors still entombed within her hull, she slid into Ironbottom Sound, leaving Admiral Lee's flagship Washington the only American battleship during World War II to sink an enemy battleship in a "one on one" gunfight.[10]Lee, who "knew more about radar than the radar operators", used the SG radar installed aboard Washington to skilfully manoeuvre his ships during the night.Lee was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions at the battle, promoted to Vice Admiral in 1944 and placed in charge of the Pacific Fleet's fast battleships, as Commander, Battleships, Pacific Fleet. In May 1945, he was sent to the Atlantic to command a special unit researching defences against the threat of Japanese kamikaze aircraft, the Composite Task Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. While serving in that position on 25 August 1945, Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee died suddenly after suffering a heart attack, ten days after the Surrender of Japan. He collapsed and died in a motor launch that was ferrying him out to his flagship in the harbour at Portland, Maine.
Lot 519
Ca. 2nd millennium BCE.Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana (BMAC) (Oxus Civilization), Bronze Age; A delightful cast bronze vessel for holding cosmetics, capped by a long lid with BIRDS figure atop that is perhaps attached to stick used for applying kohl. The pot has a highly decorated rounded body with a beaded equator line; Three bent legs with hoof-like feet support it. Based on ancient evidence, we believe that the Bactrian concept of feminine beauty involved cosmetically enhanced dark eyes, which this item would have been used to create. Condition: Good;Size:145mm;78g; Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1970s.
Lot 434
Donald Moss (1920 - 2010) "The Biltmore House". Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.This painting was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 18c Biltmore House stamp issued August 28, 1981. More than any other American architect of his day, Richard Morris Hunt created buildings that suited the taste of the very rich. His lavish country home, Biltmore House, epitomizes this talent. Built for George Vanderbilt amid the lofty grandeur of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is a strikingly beautiful monument to the wealth of a Gilded Age. To create a mansion of the splendor his client desired, Hunt took inspiration from the Renaissance chateaux of France. Flying buttresses, clusters of pinnacles, gables and gothic chimneys combine in this towering house to make the surrounding mountains, as architect Hunt declared, "in scale with the house." Inside, the home is just as grand. Chandeliers, bejeweled with Thomas Edison's newly devised light bulbs, hang pendant-like amid a swirling marble and bronze staircase that reaches -- from appearances -- all the way to heaven. The library is paneled in rich, Circassian walnut and reflects both the taste and the wealth of a man who could afford to travel the world learning eight languages and cultivating a taste for art and literature. Today, the lavish Biltmore House is a museum with a collection of paintings, sculpture, prints and furniture that is a marvel to the modern age. Stately and remote, the house towers over landscaped gardens and rolling lawns, a testimony to the skill and vision of architect Hunt, the pioneer of palace building in America. Image Size: 17.5 x 15 in. Overall Size: 20 x 19.75 in. Unframed. (B07092)
Lot 439
Andrew DeVries (Massachusetts, Born 1957) Bronze "Ode to Joy" on marble pedestal. Inscribed and numbered (11/12) near lower portion. DeVries is a member of the Sculpture Society of Canada, and his work is in the National Museum of Dance; the Chesterwood Museum where he was also a Sculptor-in-Residence from 1996 to 2003; Springfield Museums; and Ventfort Hall Museum of the Gilded Age. Comes with certificate of authenticity, catalog by the artist and original bill of sale. Overall Dimensions (including base): 24.5 x 12 x 5 in.
Lot 193
Ca. 1200- 800 BC. Superb Bronze Age Western Asiatic battle axe; combined in ax-adze with circular shaft hole; the transverse blade trapezoid with expanding cutting edge; the axial blade expanded with a slightly curved cutting edge, effective weapon. Superb Condition, on a custom stand; 150x240mm; 5.91x 9.456 in; 1961g; Provenance: Private Oxfordshire collection, formed since the 1980s on the UK / international art market.
Lot 194
Ca. 1200 - 800 BC. A nice Western Asiatic Bronze Age hand-forged short sword with elliptical-section leaf-shaped blade and integral hilt with tapering grip and D-shaped pommel; the grip and pommel with lateral flanges to accept organic components; attachment rivets present. Good condition; on a custom stand; From west Asia to Mainland Greece, bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, spears, and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual contexts. 295mm; 11.623 in; 225g; Provenance: From a North-West London gallery collection; formed since the 1980s on the UK / international art market.
Lot 201
Ca. 1200- 800BC. Superb Bronze Age axe. Combined in axe-adze with circular shaft hole; the transverse blade trapezoid with expanding cutting edge; the axial blade expanded with slightly curved cutting edge, effective weapon. Superb Condition, amazing baby-blue patina. 50x180mm; 1.97x 7.092 in; 1000g; Provenance: From a professional antiquities dealer based in Oxfordshire; obtained from local estate collections since the 1980s.
Lot 207
Ca.800 BC. Bronze Age / Greek Archaic Period short sword with tapering lentoid-section two-edged blade, crescentic lower guard, Ibex shaped handle designed to have an inlaid bone or ivory panel. Superb Condition; on a custom stand; From west Asia to Mainland Greece, bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, spears, and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual contexts. 400mm; 15.76 in; 366g; Provenance: Private Oxfordshire collection, formed since the 1980s on the UK / international art market.
Lot 214
Ca.800 BC. Greek Archaic period (bronze Age) bronze short sword with tapering lentoid-section two-edged blade, crescentic lower guard, Ibex shaped handle designed to have an inlaid bone or ivory panel. Superb Condition; on a custom stand; From west Asia to Mainland Greece, bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, spears, and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual contexts 293mm; 11.5442 in; 171g; Provenance: From a North-West London gallery collection; formed since the 1980s on the UK / international art market.
Lot 218
Ca.1200 BC. A fine example of Bronze Age weaponry (Luristan), beautiful cast mold mace head composed by numerous spikes; The base is flared. Fine green patina. Good Condition; on a custom stand ; 190mm; 7.486 in; 530g; Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK and European art market.
Lot 230
Ca. 1200- 800 BC. Superb Bronze Age Lurstan battle axe; combined in ax-adze with circular shaft hole; the transverse blade trapezoid with expanding cutting edge; the axial blade expanded with a slightly curved cutting edge, effective weapon. Superb Condition, on a custom stand; 140x240mm; 5.516x 9.456 in; 1806g; Provenance: From a professional antiquities dealer based in Oxfordshire; obtained from local estate collections since the 1980s.
Lot 235
Ca. 1200- 800 BC. Superb Bronze Age axe combined in ax-adze with circular shaft hole; the transverse blade trapezoid with expanding cutting edge; the axial blade expanded with a slightly curved cutting edge, effective weapon. Good condition - magnificent patina; on a custom stand: 95x195mm; 3.743x 7.683 in; 1122g; Provenance: Private Oxfordshire collection, formed since the 1980s on the UK / international art market.
Lot 237
Ca.1200-800 BC. A cast Bronze Age / Greek Archaic period sword with a narrow triangular blade, thick rounded midrib, rounded tip, scooped shoulders with lateral flanges, lozenge guard above; the grip columnar, stone pommel. Good condition, rare example, on a custom stand; 620mm; 24.40 in; 915g; Provenance: Private Oxfordshire collection, formed since the 1980s on the UK / international art market.
Lot 244
Ca. 1800 - 1300 BC. A fine example of Bronze Age Western Asiatic weaponry; beautiful cast mold mace head composed by an upper end covered with groups of projecting nodes separated and encircled by finely incised bands, mimicking a rope design. The base is flared. Fine green patina. Good Condition; on a custom stand ; 250mm; 9.85 in; 580g; Provenance: Private Oxfordshire collection, formed since the 1980s on the UK / international art market.
Lot 249
Ca. 1200- 800 BC. Superb Bronze Age axe with face pattern at the socket; Combined in axe-adze with circular shaft hole; the transverse blade trapezoid with expanding cutting edge; the axial blade expanded with slightly curved cutting edge, effective weapon; conical shaft with a face; Superb Condition, on custom made stand; 150x200mm; 5.91x 7.88 in; 487g; Provenance: From a North-West London gallery collection; formed since the 1980s on the UK / international art market..
Lot 261
Ca. 1250-650 BC. Interesting Bronze Age Luritsan mace head formed of a cast tube with an everted rim at the lower end; narrow ribbed collars at both ends, expanding to a thick ridged bulb. Super condition, smooth patina. 200mm; 7.88 in; 410g; Provenance: Private Oxfordshire collection, formed since the 1980s on the UK / international art market.
Lot 279
Ca.1200-1000 BC. A cast Bronze Age Western Asiatic sword with a narrow triangular blade, thick rounded midrib, rounded tip, scooped shoulders with lateral flanges, lozenge guard above; the grip columnar, lunar shaped pommel. Good condition, rare example, on a custom stand; restored handle; 440x70mm; 17.336x 2.758 in; 530g; Provenance: From a professional antiquities dealer based in Oxfordshire; obtained from local estate collections since the 1980s.
Lot 281
Ca.2000 BC. A fine example of Bronze Age weaponry; beautiful cast axe head; broad blade; two birds head terminals; including a custom made stand; Fine green patina; 105x260mm; 4.137x 10.244 in; 1514g; Provenance: From a professional antiquities dealer based in Oxfordshire; obtained from local estate collections since the 1980s.
Lot 204
SMF, SOLINGENAN EARLY TYPE ONE DRESS DAGGER FOR THE GERMAN LUFTWAFFE,circa 1936, with 12in. double-edged blade etched with the maker's trademark at the forte and stamped with a 'waffenampt' style inspector's mark, solid nickel drooping cross-guard, wire-bound dark blue leather hilt, wheel pommel with bronze 'sunwheel' swastika inlay also repeated on the centre of the cross-guard, dark blue pebbled leather covered scabbard, nickel mounts and complete with its correct chain hanger. This bladed product is not for sale to people under the age of 18. By bidding on this item you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.Please be aware that we are unable to send edged weapons or bladed products by postal courier to a UK residential address (Offensive Weapons Act 2019)
Lot 1306
Siot-Decauville Fondeurs of Paris - a large 19th century bronze model of the Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace, the winged figure raised on shaped pedestal with foundry stamp and impressed 'J715' verso, h.56cm.Some modest age / handling wear.Otherwise no apparent faults.Due to the weight, UK postage would be approx. £30 for this lot.
Lot 22
NO RESERVE Clocks.- Niehüser (Elke) French Bronze Clocks, 1700-1830: A Study of the Figural Images, Atglen, Pa., 1999 § Kjellberg (P.) Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris, 1997 § Augarde (J.-D.) Les Ouvrages du Temps: La Pendule à Paris de Louis XIV à Napoléon Ier. Ornamental Clocks and Clockmakers in Eighteenth Century Paris, Geneva, 1996 § Colon de Carvajal (J.Ramon) Catalogo de Relojes del Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, 1987 § Haspels (J.J.L.) & others. Koninklijke Klokken Uurwerken in Paleis Het Loo; Royal Clocks in Paleis Het Loo, a Catalogue, Zwolle, 2003, illustrations, many colour, original cloth with dust-jackets, the third a little rubbed; and 8 others on continental clocks, 4to & 8vo (13)Provenance: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library
Lot 5119
WW1 Royal Flying Corps and early RAF interest. An outstanding group to 13412 Lt Stuart Leslie consisting of Army Book 425 Pilots Flying Log Book, first entry 29/11/17, final entry 24/10/18, posted to No 4 Squadron on 3/5/18 and saw active service until 24th October 1918 with over 260 hours total flying time both as a Pilot and Observer. The log entries are detailed and include such items as crash landings, number of rounds fired from the Lewis gun, number of bombs dropped, actions with enemy aircraft, anti aircraft fire, photos taken, etc. Also included are his Soldiers Small book dated with enlistment date of 30/10/15 at the age of 22 years. Next of Kin listed as Father, Henry Cliftonville Leslie: RFC Training Transfer Card with posting date 17/11/17, aircraft types flown, DH6, BE2e, RE8, BE2c, BE12. Hours flown since graduation 10.5 on the RE8.: Booklet "Questions and Answers on the Practical Application of SS 131 for Pilots & Observers, RAF. 2nd Wing RAF", named in pencil to front cover: Form from Artillery & Infantry Co-Operation School, Pilots School with marks on Artillery Co-Operation etc for a 14 day course: Form from the Artillery & Inf Co-Operation school stating on transfer no Clothing statement received from No 69 TS: dated 28/4/18: Three sheets of Foolscap size Standing Orders issued at No 5 School of Military Aeronautics, RFC, Denham Bucks, Sept 1917: A card bound cover loose Lecture book containing all his notes with drawings detailing, aircraft rigging, engines, Ariel observations, Map reading, Instruments, Bombs etc: "A" Form Messages & Signals dated 31/101918 telling him and two other officers to proceed to Armentieres Station signed "Good Bye and best wishes": 9 small rolls of gun camera photographs which are dated 24/7/18 or 25/7/18 and additionally marked Lt Leslie, each showing 4 frames of images, these dates are covered in his log book where it mentions "Camera Gun" on July 24th 1918 and on July 26th 1918: A pair of screen printed aircraft pennants wrapped in brown paper, one a Union Flag measuring 22cm x 12cm complete with tie strings which shows evidence of use and a RAF "Duster" pennant 23cm x 11.5cm: RFC Bronze Sweetheart badge, solid back, pin missing, converted from a collar dog maker marked "JR Gaunt, London": 3 RFC Officers Bronze collar dogs, all unmarked: Wire Bullion Miniature Mess Dress RFC Pilots wings measuring 7.5cm: Pair of RFC Pilots Wings cut from uniform with tunic material remaining, approx 11cm across: A pair of RFC Pilots wings uniform removed, approx 11cm across: A pair of RAF Pilots wings in padded form, uniform removed with threads remaining approx 10cm across: A pair of RAF Pilots wings in padded form uniform removed approx 10cm across: Early RAF cuff rank insignia eagle and metal wound stripe, uniform cut off removed: Single cloth Wound Stripe in wire bullion, uniform cut off removed: Single rank shoulder strap shows evidence of promotion from Lt to Captain as pip differs slightly in style, uniform cut off removed, press stud to underside: Small 31mm gilt RAF eagle with twin prongs to reverse maker marked "Lambourne & Co, Birmingham": Metal Wound Stripe with backing plate: Cloth ribbon bar with War Medal & Victory Medal ribbons and another the same but pin backed: 4 heavy card map boards for use in the aircraft with maps pasted to them showing the Front Lines, Hostile Battery Positions, named to him: A single sided cardboard map board showing Light Railways in Corps area 1918: Six other folding maps showing Belgium and France. Photo of Stuart Leslie in the family home, postcards, pre war German business cards, his Father's 1915 driving licence, etc. All contained within a wooden Teachers Whisky box. Background info: Stuart Leslie was born in Finchley, North London on 19th May 1893 to Henry Leslie and his wife Madeline Nora. He had three younger sisters. In 1911 he was listed in the census as being aged 18 and an "Apprentice, Trimmings, Haberdashery". After the Great War he returned to the family home "Cliftonville", Woodhouse Road, Finchley N12 and to the business. In 1939 he was living with his Mother and two sisters still at the family home and listed as being "Manager Straw and Felt Merchant". He never married and died in 1950.
Lot 269
A small Cypriot Bronze Age black ware two handled vessel, 8cm high, with a similar terracotta spherical drinking vessel, 7cm high, both with old collection numbers to base, and a fragmentary statue or votive offering, probably 5th century BC, 7.5cm high Provenance: English private collection
Lot 280
Pair of Japanese Meiji period bronze figural pricket candlesticks, modelled as cranes standing upon turtles or Minogame, each 27cm high Condition: One of the pickets points has been replaced with a screw threaded bolt which has been glued to the drip tray, both are very slightly uneven (ie rock slightly as bases are not four square), decent patina and otherwise appear sound - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 287
Tibetan bronze deity, probably Amitabha Buddha, hands in Anjali mudra, before a snake or serpent aureole, raised upon a complex knopped pedestal as altarpiece or stupa, 40cm high overall Condition: Figure and aureole are probably 'married' to the pedestal, as the join is quite crude, otherwise general light wear commensurate age and use - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 288
Large cold-painted bronze figure of a Japanese Samurai, modelled kneeling upon one knee upon kidney-shaped base, unsigned, 38cm high Condition: General rubbing to high points of painting eg red shoulder mounts, hem of gilt robe etc, hands are clasped as if was originally holding something - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 289
Two Chinese bronze Archaistic-style table lamps, one of tapering rectangular form, the other square bulbous form on foot, each with scroll decoration, the larger 39cm high excluding fittings (2) Condition: patina has extensive but uneven verdigris finish (probably distressing), modern stands, lamps are probably of no significant age. Modern stands. Will require rewiring by a qualified electrician. **General condition consistent with age
Lot 304
19th Century 'Grand Tour' souvenir bronze figure of Mercury or Hermes, with winged helmet and heels, standing upon a mask base with variegated turned marble pedestal and cream marble plinth, 32.5cm high overall Condition: Slight wear to patina of bronze figure, bolt/pin to underside of bronze figure is loose in top of pedestal (so figure can be removed), bronze figure is missing his caduceus, minor chipping to top edge of marble pedestal, one corner of cream marble bae has been re-attached and repaired, marble ring has minor haircrack - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 310
Royal Commemoratives - Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee bronze plaque, by Francis John Williamson (1833-1920), Esher, modelled in relief with a portrait bust facing to dexter, 26.5cm diameter, together with a Coronation edition of 'The Sun', Thursday Evening, June 28th, 1838, No.14, 289 (2) Condition: Plaque has been polished and displays general wear and tarnishing to borders, superficial pitting and scratching etc. Newspaper has been folded, is discoloured, and general marks and edge wear etc, sold as seen. **General condition consistent with age
Lot 328
Peter Thursby (1930-2011) - Modernist bronze sculpture - 'Divided Creature III', 1964, unique, 24cm high, sold with facsimile receipt from Anthony Hepworth of Bath dated February 2009 Artists Resale Rights May Apply Condition: Undamaged but would benefit from a light clean to remove dust and deposits - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 330
Andor Ruff (Hungarian, 1885-1951) - Early 20th Century cast patinated bronze of a female water carrier, modelled beside a fountain with perching birds, upon stepped base, signed in the cast, traces of foundry mark, 32cm high Condition: Minor rubbing but generally good with near-original patina. **General condition consistent with age
Lot 368
Pair of 19th Century bronze candlesticks, after a design by Thomas Abbott (d.1849), modelled in the Oriental style as storks or cranes with crowns on their necks, each supporting a foliate sconce on naturalistic base, 39.5cm high Condition: One candlestick socket is bent away from perpendicular, patination to both generally rather dull/dry and with only traces of gilding around edges of feathers, otherwise sound - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 391
Bronze medallion of the Shipwrecked and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society 1839, with figure of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson to the reverse with the quote 'England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty', small sentence saying issued as a reward to the societies agents for furthering the work of the society (The Royal Museum Greenwich) Condition: Some signs of surface wear and light scratching to both sides of medallion with a few nicks - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 393
Japanese sword Wakizashi, lightly curved blade, 37cm, of robust form, possibly from a Yari, bronze habaki, small tsuba in the form of a curled dragon, ray-skin bound grip with one floral menuki, copper dimpled fuchi/kashira, in its black painted wooden sheath with five copper bands, 54cm overall Condition: Blade showing signs of light scratching, and nicks in places, slight damage to the scabbard, with some copper mounts freely moving/or have come loose, with some light and heavy scratching in places. **General condition consistent with age
Lot 383
the shaped red brèche marble top above three long drawers, the corner mounts with a dolphin flanked by two blowing figures of Triton, the sabots with lion masks, both sides with a rich central rococo foliated mount, one drawer stamped JME 86 x 167 x 66cmFootnote: Initially known as tables en bereaux , the commode was first introduced by André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) and was the earliest example of a free-standing chest-of-drawers. Referencing the characteristic swollen form, the commode en tombeau is a hybrid of the table and earlier sarcophagus-shaped coffer. Under Louis XV the en tombeau form became increasingly Rococo, and, as with the present lot, used elaborate ormolu mounts, handles and escutcheons. Veneered with exotic woods, boasting ornate gilt bronze mounts, and surmounted by an impressive, serpentine shaped, slab of brèche marble, this commode is an extraordinary example of the en tombeau form. While the lion mask sabot mounts are a typical motif in Régence and early Louis XV commodes, this piece is further elevated by the unique corner mounts, which display a rippled-water cartouche surrounding a dolphin, and bordered by cornucopia blowing tritons, their tails intertwined below. Based on the unusual mounts and escutcheons, it is likely that the ébéniste of the present lot is Louis Delaïtre, one of the most prominent and important French cabinetmakers of the 18 th century. Although contemporary accounts brand Delaïtre as a brutish and violent man, his furniture, produced up until the 1750s from his atelier at Rue-Saint Nicolas, is said to have characterised the elegance and exuberance of the Louis XV era. In July 2006, at their Contenu d'une Propriété d'Ile de France sale (lot 583) Christie’s, Paris, sold a similarly mounted, and likewise unstamped, commode for €60,000.Condition report: Two pieces of loss of veneer approx cm each (see photos ) Good condition for age . Chip to rear of marble right hand . Possible old Repair to top ,see photo .
Lot 32
GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED SHAKYAMUNI TANG DYNASTY 唐 銅鎏金釋迦摩尼佛坐像 cast seated with peaceful appearance, left hand raised in abhaya mudra , right in bhumisparsha , his kasaya drapes naturally from the bended knees, back of the upper shoulder and hip with a knot with hole, hollow from the hip onwards to be fitted to an absent podium (Dimensions: 9.5cm high) (Qty: 1)(9.5cm high)Condition report: Well patinated, in good overall condition with rubbing of gilding, expected age wear. Weight: 174g
Lot 282
INDIAN GILT METAL STUDY OF A SACRED COW, with back cloth on rectangular base. 8cm long approx. Together with a small cast bronze study of the god 'Ganesh', 7cm high approx, a carved probably elephant tooth study of 'Ganesh' in a niche, 3.5cm high approx, a small carved soapstone figure of the Buddha, typically seated on an elevated figural base, two polychrome carved wooden Chinese figures of dieties seated upon birds (12cm high approx) and a composition Buddha head. (5) (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: The gilt bronze cow has considerable wear overall although no obvious damage. The elephant tooth Ganesh is heavily cracked and chipped with age. The bronze Ganesh is in basically good condition with some surface wear. The soapstone Buddha is chipped in places. The composition Buddha head is good. Chinese figures - one figure has general losses overall to paint, the birds bill is chipped, other chips and wear. Second figure is broken off at the leges with similar wear and minor losses.
Lot 57
Gustav Gurschner (1873-1971), a pair of Jugendstil patinated bronze figural bookends c.1905, Signed Gurschner, Vienna Cast with bare-breasted maidens each holding a document, raised on shaped and weighted bases decorated with ball finials and stylised motifs 29 cm high (2)Natural wear in keeping with age and use. There are some old marks, with some losses to colour in places on the figures and with rubbing to high points in general. Wear to underside of the bases.
Lot 59
Louis Majorelle (1859-1926), an Art Nouveau small carved walnut buffet c.1900 Panelled back with shelf, the top supported on openwork supports carved with chicory and with frieze drawer, two-tiers below, plinth base, sinuous plant form bronze handles 139 cm high, 120 cm wide, 42 cm deep Purchased: Christie's London, 21st November 2012, sale 4326 lot 556It is probable that the surfaces have been refreshed and that the piece has undergone some conservation at some point. Overall there are some old marks, wear and scratches in keeping with light use. There are a few indentations to the top that are fairly new and a group of scratches on the top shelf, left side that are also fairly recent. Some age separation to joints and some lifting of the veneer on the undershelf in keeping with age. There is a split on the under shelf. There are new screws used for the top shelf and possibly later added/or replaced struts (these are not brand new) at the back to give stability to the superstructure. Some attention given to the base. Natural wear to handles.
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