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Lot 148
Henri Vian (French, 1860-1905), a gilt bronze twin light wall applique in Louis XVI style, circa 1900, loosely in the manner of designs by Jean Charles Delafosse, the strigilated and foliate cast sconces above scrolled conforming arms, issuing from a pilaster backplate cast with a flambeau finial and bellflower borders, signed h. Vian to the reverse, 48cm high, 35cm wide, 13cm protuberance Descended from a family of bronziers, Parisian founder and designer Vian was renowned for producing high quality bronze lighting in the eighteenth-century taste.
Lot 153
A gilt bronze and marble mounted model of a Roman kantharos drinking cup, after a 1st century A.D. silver original from the Boscoreale Hoard, late 19th century, of ovoid form and cast in relief overall with berried foliage, beneath twin loop and spur handles, with circular base, mounted onto a waisted marmo rouge griotte plinth, 22.5cm high overall, together with a silvered metal model of a Roman kantharos cup, the Pompeiian silver centaur cup, late 19th century, twin handles and cast to each side with figures in high relief, 17cm high, 17cm wide, and a pair of gilt and patinated metal twin handled tazzas, late 19th century, 14cm high, 19cm wide The Boscoreale Treasure is a large collection of luxury Roman objects discovered in the ruins of an ancient villa at Boscoreale, near Pompeii in Italy in 1895. Consisting of over a hundred pieces of silverware, as well as gold coins and jewellery, it is now held mostly at the Louvre Museum in Paris, with other parts of the hoard held at the British Museum The centaur kantharos along with 13 other Roman silver vessels was discovered in 1835 in the Casa dei Vasi d'Argento in Pompeii. It was much reproduced and offered as a Grand Tour souvenir
Lot 154
A pair of Neapolitan gilt bronze candlesticks, late 19th century, by Chiurazzi & Fils, the sockets with adorsed rams' heads, on vine cast stems each rising from three feet cast as lions, their tails entwined around the stems, 23cm high; a pair of Victorian brass candleholders cast as wyverns, late 19th century, 13cm high; and a pair of Verona marble mounted bronze candlesticks, 20th century, 18.5cm high The lion candlesticks are illustrated in the Chiurazzi & Fils Castings Catalogue of 1900, being N. 460, Candelabre
Lot 156
A Continental patinated bronze tripod stand in the manner of Pompeiian antiquities, almost certainly Neapolitan, and very probably by Chiurazzi, circa 1900, the circular top with stylised foliate cast outer edge, on three sinuous monopodia with pronounced musculature to paw feet, each raised on a waisted circular socle, 41cm high, 40cm diameter Corresponding with model no. 458 from the Chiurazzi Workshop Catalogue. Please see Christie's New York, Living With Art, 26 - 27 July 2016, lot 215 for a very similar example.
Lot 174
A Japanese Bronze Box and Cover of circular form, the body formed of woven strips, the base being a circular plate decorated with flowering peony bush in kebori, katakiribori, gilt and silver wash' the cover with a hitotsu-yanagi in flight over a fruiting gourd vine, in relief and gilding, diameter 7.5cm high, 18.8cm diameter, Meiji-Taisho Era
Lot 175
A Japanese Bronze Overlaid Box of rectangular form raised on four bun feet and with hinged cover, each side decorate in cast and pierced metal with a mass of chrysanthemums, all within a weave border, the cover with a reticulated scene of The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove with silver and gilt details, within a similar simulated weave border, the whole constructed on a wood form, 9cm high, 23cm wide, 15cm deep
Lot 179
A Pair of Bronze or Brass Models of Kylin, each creature seated on its haunches with its head turned to one side, eyes inlaid in glass (), height 15.5cms, 19th Century; And A Pair of Japanese Bronze Models of a Bear, each animal seated with one hind paw extended, eyes inlaid in glass or crystal, impressed each to the base Mitsumoto saku, height 18.4cms, Meiji-Taisho era
Lot 201
An Italian patinated bronze model of the Capitoline Antinous, third quarter 19th century, cast after the Hadrianic original, portrayed standing and heroically nude, his head declined to dexter, atop a circular variegated black marble socle, 35cm high overall Please note: the material of the present lot is probably spelter or another metal on a bronze base, and not as stated in the printed catalogue.
Lot 202
After Jean de Boulogne, known as Giambologna, (1529 - 1608), a patinated bronze model of Mercury Alighting, late 19th century, portrayed nude and supported aloft on the breath of a Nimbus, with winged petasus helm, caduceus wand in his left hand and winged ankles, on a domed and waisted marmo rouge griotte base, 76cm high
Lot 212
λSylvain Norga, (Belgian 1892 - 1968), a bi-colour patinated bronze bust of an airman, possibly portraying Charles Lindbergh, wearing a flying hat and goggles across his forehead, looking upwards, the rectangular section truncation inscribed S norga in the maquette to the front, 33cm high λ indicates that this lot may be subject to Droit de Suite royalty charges. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
Lot 225
A Chinese gilt-bronze seated figure of Buddhistava, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the bodhisattva is seated in rajalilasana, the posture of royal ease, with his right hand resting on his raised knee, his hair is swept back beneath the crown, and long plaits cascade down the shoulders, the face has downcast eyes and a serene expression, 24.5cm high
Lot 229
A pair of Louis XVI patinated and gilt bronze figural lustre candlesticks, late 18th century, the reeded urn sockets above outscrolled acanthus leaves hung with faceted glass lustres (some missing), the stems cast as standing and classically draped maidens; atop waisted white marble pedestals and square dove grey marble bases, 26cm high
Lot 233
A pair of gilt bronze figural chenets in late Louis XV style, 19th century, one mounted with a partially draped maiden, the other with a bearded man, possibly personifying summer and winter, each with a rocaille and rockwork base and wrought iron billet bar to the reverse, 37cm high, 39cm wide Provenance: Property from a Private Collection.
Lot 256
A parcel gilt and patinated bronze twin light wall applique after Pierre Gouthière (French, 1732-1813), circa 1900, the beaded sconces above writhen and foliate arms with birds suspending a swag, rising to ram's head finials, the tubular stem cast with further foliage, a maiden's mask and a fircone finial, 64cm high, 32cm wide, 20cm protuberance To a design dating from the mid-1780s, attributed to Pierre Gouthière. See H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, Vol. I, p.241 Please note: only one wall applique is included in this lot, and not two as the image in the printed catalogue would indicate.
Lot 261
A pair of gilt metal and patinated bronze mounted figural chenets in late Louis XV taste, last quarter 19th century, each modelled with an amorino standing beside a fluted column mounted with a flaming urn, on shaped bases cast with Vitruvian scrolls and flowers, billet bars to rear, 40cm high, 26cm wide, 15cm protuberance
Lot 279
After Jean-Antoine Houdon, (French 1741 - 1828), Le Baiser Donné and Le Baiser Rendu, a pair of patinated bronze bust groups of kissing couples; one a maiden and a young man, the other a nymph and a satyr; each atop a tapering square section and flower festooned plinth, 21 and 20cm high respectively A similar pair of bronzes is held at the Wallace Collection in London, and in their Catalogue of Sculpture JG Mann discusses the attribution to Houdon. Certainly an example in terracotta was sold in the sale of Houdon's property in 1795, and much later a pair in marble inscribed Houdon fecit 1778 and 1780 were sold at the Muhlbacher sale in 1889, but Houdon's signature was apparently easily and regularly faked. Other seemingly autograph works by the great sculptor have appeared from time to time, including an example in marble that was offered to and rejected by the Louvre in 1843; and another in marble that went unsold at Christie's London in 1922 Provenance: The Property of a Lady Another pair of bronze reductions of these models is held at the Royal Palace, Stockhom Cf, JG Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues, Sculpture, Spottiswoode Ballantyne Ltd, London, 1981, catalogue numbers S217 and S218, pp 79 and 80
Lot 296
After Jean Jacques Pradier (French, 1790 - 1852), a pair of patinated bronze figural candlesticks in Neoclassical taste, third quarter 19th century, the foliate cast sconces held aloft by draped maidens, probably Bacchantes, standing on circular socles inscribed for 'Pradier' in the maquette, and 'Susse Fres' for the foundry, mounted on square marmo nero Belgio bases, each 42cm high overall See Christie's London, 'The Sir Ralph and Lady Halpern Collection', 24 February 2005, lot 6 for a highly comparable pair, where the figures support full candelabra
Lot 299
Adolphe Itasse, (French 1830 - 1893 ), a patinated bronze model of Eros Triumphant called l’Amour Vainqueur, circa 1880, the nude, winged youth portrayed balancing on his right leg and holding an arrow in his raised right hand, the left hand reaching into his quiver; the domed circular socle signed A itasse Paris to the maquette; on a further fluted circular section socle with canted square section rouge marble base, 67cm high overall, 39cm wide
Lot 300
After François Théodore Devaulx, (French 1808 - 1870), a patinated bronze model of a dancing Bacchante, late 19th century, portrayed nude but for drapery and vine leaves across her midriff, a bunch grapes held aloft in her raised left hand, the drapery billowing behind her to a tree stump, the naturalistically cast integral base inscribed DEVAULX in the maquette, 54cm high
Lot 324
A Japanese Bronze Vase, the tapering body raised on four stylised legs and mounted to the shoulder with handles in the form of mythical beasts, the body decorated in kebori, relief, gold and soft metal inlays with an eagle watching long-tailed pheasants amid rocks and chrysanthemums, the cylindrical neck with a diaper band, height 38.9cms, Meiji Period
Lot 327
A Japanese Bronze Vase of tall, slender form with splayed foot and everted mouth, decorated to one side in relief, copper, silver and gilding with tall flowering stems, height 34.5cms, Meiji-Taisho era; And A Japanese Bronze Vase of compressed, globular form with short neck and broad mouth, the whole coated in textured blue lacquer or enamel, height 21cms, signed to base Masaharu, Meiji-Taisho era
Lot 341
A French gilt bronze four light figural candelabrum in Orientalist taste, last quarter 19th century and later, the scrolling foliate arms issuing around a central raised conforming stem, held aloft by a turbaned maiden, above a spreading socle cast with shell feet, approximately 55cm high overall including electrical fitments and green shades
Lot 357
A Continental bronze mounted marmo nero Belgio desk stand, circa 1875, surmounted by a model of Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, after Michelangelo's il Pensieroso, raised on a socle engraved with the nine point coronet of a Portuguese, Spanish or French count, flanked by the initials EL, with inset bronze ink and pounce pots to each side; the shaped base with concave recess for pens, 27.5cm high, 40.5cm wide
Lot 423
A pair of Continental gilt bronze and marble mounted twin handled urns, third quarter 19th century, of Campana form, each with everted ovolo cast rim, the handles rising from satyr masks at the lobed undersides, on fluted stems and square bases; atop Italian green serpentine marble stepped pedestals, each with an applied laurel cast wreath to the front, 36cm high overall
Lot 225
Llewellyn (Harry Morton, 1911-1999). A group of 12 photographically illustrated typed diaries and journals, mostly 1930s, including 2 diaries giving much detailed information about Llewellyn’s steeplechasing, one diary for his showjumping and one untitled album with further equestrian pursuits, the remaining diaries covering Llewellyn’s trips to Canada (2 volumes, 1930), Southern Rhodesia (2 volumes, 1932), Germany, Poland, Russia & Turkey (1935), and Central Europe (3 volumes including one largely duplicated, 1936), each volume approximately 50 leaves with personal and commercially purchased photographs, many leaves loose in contemporary uniform roan binders, all but two gilt-titled to spines and upper covers, plus an original pen, ink and wash cartoon by J.C. Walker featuring a vignette of Llewellyn on his horse with other unidentified athletes, with the vignette caption, ‘Our only hope of a gold medal from Helsinki [1952 Olympics] seems to be dear old Foxhunter [Llewellyn’s horse]’, some slight browning, pasted on card, 31 x 46 cm (Qty: 13)NOTESProvenance: By direct descent from the family. Sir Harry Morton Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet, CBE, was a British Equestrian champion, the second son of Sir David Llewellyn, 1st Baronet. He achieved some success a showjumping champion during the 1930s and competed in the Grand National Steeplechase, coming second in 1936. After seeing action during World War II he concentrated on show jumping, buying Foxhunter in 1947, the duo winning a bronze medal in the team event at the 1948 Summer Olympics, and going on to win Great Britain’s only gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the team jumping equestrian event. In 1990 he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.
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