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Lot 34

An Italian bronze model of a rearing horse, probably Florentine, in the manner of Giambologna, late 17th / early 18th century, naturalistically modelled, his head turned to dexter, atop a later rectangular ebonised wood socle with bronze base The bronze horse 21cm high, 22cm long; the height overall 24cm COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Cf. W.Bode, The Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, M.A.S. de Reinis, New York, 1980, Plate CCII. Two distinctly similar models are illustrated, both of unknown whereabouts since 1912 when they were last located, in Berlin. The treatment of the heads, particularly the eyes and the mouth are strikingly similar

Lot 4

A Roman bronze model of the head of Hermes, circa 2nd century A.D., portrayed wearing his winged petasus, a small section of drapery cast around his lower neck 12.5cm high Atop a modern polished black stone plinth, the height overall 21cm PROVENANCE: Sotheby's London, Antiquities, 12th December 1988, lot 118

Lot 45

After Giovanni Bonazza, (Italian 1654 - 1736), a bronze model of the young Bacchus, portrayed as corpulent and nude but for loose drapery across his midriff, asleep and reclining against a wine barrel, his smiling face beneath tousled hair thickly interwoven with fruiting grapevines, a bunch of grapes held in his left hand behind him, a skyphos resting near his feet 25.5cm high, 48cm long CATALOGUE NOTES: This model, sculpted in white marble and attributed to Bonazza reappeared at auction in London in 2007, and has latterly been described as bearing 'joyful Rubensian carnality, the sarcastic smile, exaggerated to the extent of resembling a grotesque mask'. Cf Christie's King Street, Le Goût Steinitz, III, 6th December 2007, lot 416 The Sleeping Bacchus here has clear antecedents, but perhaps the most obviously comparable are works in oil rather than in the round. A picture by Hendrik van Balen (1575 - 1632) held at Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire (English Heritage) is strikingly similar in its depiction of the chubby god in his youth. The very pronounced fleshiness; the half-closed eyes and sated smile suggestive of inebriated unconsciousness rather than restful sleep; the use of the wine keg as a pillow; the deeply interwoven vine to the hair --in all these ways and more besides, the current bronze is highly corresponding A Sleeping Bacchus attributed to Giusto le Court (French 1627 - 1679) might also have been seen by Bonazza. Towards the end of his life le Court worked in Venice, the city of Bonazza's birth, so it is certainly not inconceivable that the young Bonazza could have seen some of le Court's output there, and his version of the Sleeping Bacchus is certainly related Bonazza's work proved highly influential itself, with analogous works appearing soon afterwards, with such greats as Clodion producing similar models in the 18th century and Jacques Jaquet (1833 - 1875) continuing the theme into the 19th century

Lot 46

A patinated bronze model of an amorino, 20th century, portrayed as nude and on one knee, a bunch of grapes held up in the raised left hand, with Pan pipes cast to the circular base below; above an integrally cast stepped square section socle 31.5cm high

Lot 47

After Jean-Antoine Houdon, (French 1741 - 1828), a bronze bust of Diana the Huntress, portrayed with head turned to dexter, a crescent moon diadem worn in her heaped hair, the drapery at her décolletage held by a strap across her right shoulder; inscribed in the maquette Houdon. Sculpt. to the reverse; the circular section fluted and spreading socle with imbricated laurel cast edging 47cm high, 29cm wide

Lot 48

After Louis-Félix de La Rue, (French 1731 - 1765), a gilt bronze Bacchic group of a putto, two infant fauns and a panther, late 18th / early 19th century, the inebriated putto riding the beast whilst a faun supports him from behind, the other faun beneath the panther, the base cast with bunches of grapes and other fruit, inscribed Delarue in the maquette; atop a shaped marble socle 35.5cm high with the marble socle but excluding the later electrical fittings, 26cm wide PROVENANCE: Private Collection, London

Lot 49

An Italian patinated bronze model of the Capitoline Dying Gaul, late 18th / early 19th century, cast after the Antique, quite possibly by Giacomo & Giovanni Zoffoli 33cm high, 64cm long CATALOGUE NOTES: The Dying Gaul is an ancient Roman marble copy of a lost Hellenistic statue which was possibly originally executed in bronze and commissioned some time between 230 BC and 220 BC by King Attalos I of Pergamon to commemorate his victory over the Celtic Galatians in Anatolia. The identity of the original sculptor is unknown, but it has been suggested that Epigonus, a court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon, is a probable candidate The Dying Gaul is thought to have been rediscovered in the early 17th century during excavations for the foundations of the Villa Ludovisi, Rome, (first being recorded in a 1623 inventory of the collections of the powerful Ludovisi family). By 1633 it was in the Ludovisi Palazzo Grande on the Pincian Hill, after which it was acquired by Pope Clement XII for the Capitoline collections. Its theft by Napoleon Bonapart, followed by its subsequent return 1816 only added to its fame, and the Dying Gaul became a firm favourite with wealthy aesthetes engaged on their Grand Tours Giacomo Zoffoli's workshop was a leading Roman foundry during the 18th century, famous for producing reductions of the very highest quality in bronze after antique marbles. Francesco Righetti's productions were also similarly highly regarded, and it is probable that the first-rate bronze offered here, with its sharp detailing and very rich patina was cast by one of these masters

Lot 5

A Roman bronze bust of a woman, circa mid 2nd century A.D., cast with centrally parted hair 14.5cm high Atop a modern metal base, the height overall 19cm PROVENANCE: Purchased from Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London, 19th June 2003 COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: C.C. Vermeule, Greek and Roman Sculpture in America, London 1981, p.336, no. 289, and colour plate 26, 'Bust of a Lady, perhaps Lucilla or Crispa'

Lot 51

Isaak Duchemin, (French, fl. mid 19th century) and after the Antique, a patinated bronze model of the Faun with Clappers, late 19th century, cast after the Antique, the figure portrayed in dance, a cymbal held in each hand, his right foot atop a scabellum, the oval base inscribed Duchemin in the maquette, atop a convent Siena marble socle with beaded band 61cm high overall CATALOGUE NOTES: The marble original of the Faun with Clappers resides in the Uffizi Galleries, Florence, and indeed was first recorded in that city by Albert Rubens (son of the Dutch master) in 1665, having seen the piece in the collection of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. It had been moved to the Tribuna of the Uffizi by 1688. The model was always a popular one, being light hearted and playful, and was therefore much reproduced from the Renaissance onwards. A full-scale bronze version was made by Soldani for Prince Liechtenstein in 1695 and again for the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace, and small versions were produced by Zoffoli and Righetti, -and indeed by many others ever since

Lot 52

A Continental patinated bronze model of Mercury Resting, late 19th century, cast after the Antique, nude but for his winged sandals and seated on a rock outcrop 33.5cm high, 28cm long

Lot 54

An Italian Grand Tour gilt bronze grotesque inkwell, last quarter 19th century, modelled as a grinning anthropophagus, the satyr's head resting on two hooved legs, the hinged cover opening to a removable lead liner, mounted on a lacquered slate base 12cm high, 15.5cm wide overall

Lot 55

A pair of Italian patinated bronze models of Mercury and Flora, late 19th century, the former cast after Giambologna, portrayed as nude and held aloft on a Nimbus; the latter similarly posed, atop stepped, circular Siena marble bases 47cm high

Lot 56

An Italian patinated bronze model of the Pompeiian Dancing Faun, late 19th century, after the Roman original excavated in 1830, portrayed in ecstatic dance, with hands raised, with an oak and acorn wreath around his horned head, his tail issuing behind him, on a rectangular base 31cm high overall CATALOGUE NOTES: The Roman version unearthed in 1830 is almost certainly a copy of an earlier Greek bronze. The Pompeiian example acquired instant fame, largely because of its completeness, small size, and the rarity of surviving bronzes. Indeed, the excavated house in which it was discovered was named after it - the House of the Faun The Dancing Faun soon became a favourite subject for reproduction, aimed at the modest gardens and interiors of aspiring aesthetes. Another feature attractive to the refined tastes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was the fact that the faun seemed to be joyous rather than drunk

Lot 59

A pair of painted faux porphyry and parcel gilt metal models of obelisks, 20th century, each with stylised pineapple finial to a tapered square section shaft, the plinths each with a relief cast laurel wreath to the front 39cm high And an alabaster column, early 20th century, adapted from a table lamp and later mounted with a bronze model of the Diana of Gabii 43cm high overall

Lot 62

A pair of gilt and patinated bronze and Italian green serpentine marble mounted models of ewers, late 19th century, in Neoclassical style, each with foliate cast handle rising from a scalloped spout and descending to a Bacchic mask, the ovoid bodies with imbricated laurel bands, on fluted stems; the square section marble plinths on foliate cast bases 45cm high

Lot 63

A pair of patinated bronze models of the Medici Vase, cast after the Antique, each of Campana form with egg-and-dart cast everted rim, the bodies with figural scenes in relief and each with twin reeded handles, the knopped and fluted stems son square section bases 31cm high, 20cm wide CATALOGUE NOTES: The Medici Vase is a monumental marble bell-shaped krater sculpted in Athens in the second half of the 1st century AD as a garden ornament for the Roman market. It is now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence Standing 1.52 metres (approximately 5 feet) tall, it has a deep frieze carved with a mythological bas-relief that successfully defies secure identification: a half-draped female figure Iphigenia seated below a statue of a goddess on a high plinth, restored as Diana, with heroic warriors, perhaps Agamemnon and either Achilles or Odysseus standing to either side The vase reappeared in the 1598 inventory of the Villa Medici, Rome, but its origin is unknown

Lot 64

A patinated bronze Grand Tour souvenir model of the Capitoline Dying Gaul, last quarter 19th century, cast after the Antique, on an oval base, 9.5cm high, 19cm long See lot 49 above for notes relating to this bronze

Lot 65

A Neapolitan patinated bronze model of Narcissus, cast after the Antique almost certainly by Chiurazzi & Sons, late 19th century, portrayed standing and nude but for sandals, an animal skin slung over his left shoulder, on a circular waisted socle with stylised foliate cast edging 28.5cm high CATALOGUE NOTES: The Narcissus, held at the Museo Nazionale, Naples was discovered as recently as 1862 but was very quickly acclaimed as a masterpiece. Haskell and Penny stated that 'It was the last antique statue to be discovered in Italy which enjoyed enormous fame...'. (Taste and the Antique, Yale University Press, 1981). Indeed the secretary of the Naples Museum maintained that it was the most beautiful bronze ever to have been discovered at Pompeii. By the turn of the century, revised opinion suggested that the bronze represented Dionysus, but it is still generally known as the Narcissus

Lot 66

A bronze bust of a Roman, possibly Augustus, late 17th/ early 18th century, portrayed with tousled hair, later mounted onto a stepped black marble pedestal The bronze 14cm high, the height overall 24cm A painted spelter bust of Lucius Verus, early 20th century, cast after the Antique, with integral waisted square section socle 24cm high And a spelter model of a Roman, early 20th century, probably Julius Caesar, portrayed standing and togate 56cm high

Lot 68

A patinated bronze model of the Faun with Clappers, late 19th century, cast after the Antique, the figure portrayed in dance, a cymbal held in each hand, his right foot atop a scabellum, the oval base spuriously inscribed CLODYON in the maquette 54cm high See lot 51 above for notes relating to this bronze

Lot 7

A Roman bronze model of the nude Aphrodite from Syria, circa 1st/2nd century A.D., portrayed standing with her weight on her left leg, wearing a diadem in her centrally parted hair with a chignon behind, her face turned a little to dexter, an apple held in her raised right hand, her left arm also raised and held out before her 19.5 cm high Atop a modern marmo rosso Verona plinth, 28.5cm high overall PROVENANCE: Sotheby's London, Antiquities, 10th July 1989, lot 204

Lot 79

A pair of Continental, probably Italian bronze models of warriors in Grecian style, circa 1900, both portrayed as nude but for light drapery, carrying round shields, one with a shortsword and one a spear; both on rectangular marmo rouge griotte socles 29 and 44cm high respectively, 30cm long

Lot 85

A Continental sculpted white marble head of a maiden, 19th century, fragmentary and later mounted onto a cylindrical Peterhead granite plinth 34cm high overall And a marble, gilt bronze and ebonised wood mounted pedestal, 19th century and later adapted, the circular top above a marmo cipollino shaft and a marmo brocatello base, with imbricated laurel cast collar 20cm high

Lot 88

A patinated bronze model of a tripod athenienne, probably Neapolitan, late 19th century / early 20th century, the movable basin cast to the underside with acanthus leaves and further foliage and flowers in relief; the stand of four monopodial uprights with swagged aegicrania finials, on a square base 45cm high

Lot 93

Louis Julien (Jules) Franceschi, (French 1825 - 1893), a patinated bronze group of Hebe and Jupiter's Eagle, last quarter 19th century, the goddess portrayed as nude and seated across the back of the eagle, partially supported by its right wing, a tazza held in Hebe's right hand; the reverse of the eagle with foundry stamp for F. P. SANSON SUCCr. HAMBURG NEUERWALL, the domed base signed in the maquette Jules Franceschi and rotating on a waisted circular socle 67.5cm high, 42cm wide

Lot 537

Pair of good quality large bronze models of British Bulldogs in seated poses, each 50cm deep x 53cm tall

Lot 390

Small cold painted bronze of a pug dog L 7.5 cm H 6.5 cm

Lot 620

Bronze effect torchere in the shape of a classical column & a jardiniere 

Lot 501

A pair of dark brown patinated bronze griffin/wyvern candlesticks, late 19th century, on circular bases, 18cm high (2) Provenance: The Betty and Barry Power Collection.

Lot 525

A bronze model of the Albini vase, French, late 19th century, with a brass liner, 20.5cm high The Betty and Barry Power Collection.

Lot 584

A pair of gilt bronze ten-light figural candelabra, late 19th century, each modelled as two putti holding aloft the branches, 98cm high (2)

Lot 591

A pair of French bronze and gilt metal chenet, each mounted with a bacchanalian figure on a pierced scrolling base, 30cm wide 35cm high (2)

Lot 595

A pair of gilt bronze figural candelabra, late 19th century, each with six branches, the centre light fitted for electricity, signed 'Pradier', and each on marble and lapis lazuli-mounted plinths, 74cm high (2)

Lot 612

A Continental mantel clock, late 19th century, the arch-topped brass body surmounted by bronze figures of young boys flanking a celestial globe, the dial with an enamel chapter ring and Roman hour markers within a grape and vine border, over a panel decorated in relief with putti taking part in artistic endeavours, over a stylised leaf and berry frieze on cast bun feet, 52cm wide 39cm high

Lot 633

A Regency-style gilt bronze chandelier, 20th century, having five sconces in the form of griffins, around a patinated and gilt centre, 45cm diameter Provenance: The Collection of the late Brian and Josie Lister, The Old Rectory, Widdington.

Lot 650A

A large French bronze, gilt bronze and marble clock, late 19th century, the case surmounted by a bronze of a hunter on horseback, the ormolu-mounted case decorated with further hunting motifs, the white dial with Roman numerals, the movement striking on a bell, 62cm wide 24cm deep 75cm high

Lot 656

A gilt bronze two-light table lamp, 19th century, of scrolling foliate form with a rise/fall shade, 54cm high

Lot 743

A pair of Regency bronze stable lanterns, each of faceted form, with cast anthemion decoration, 44cm wide 21cm deep 46cm high (2)

Lot 783

A pair of gilt bronze and white marble five-branch candelabra, late 19th century, the fluted urns decorated with fruitting swags and on stepped bases, 69cm high (2)

Lot 826

A French kingwood and gilt bronze-mounted vitrine, the raised centre with glazed panels, over vernis Martin panels, the cabinet surmounted with marble tops, the interior with a mirror back and three glass shelves, 168cm wide 50cm deep 193cm high

Lot 852

A pair of Louis XV-style gilt bronze three-branch wall lights, each of scrolling foliate form, 60cm high (2)

Lot 1160

A wooden ships wheel with brass/possibly bronze inset ring and hub, stamped MacTaggart Scott & Co Ltd, Edinburgh, approx 3ft diameter

Lot 1194

Railway interest - A Bronze cab-side number plate 9466, probably associated to the GWR 060 PT Pannier Tank Engine number 9466 of rectangular form with rounded corners, 65 cm x 30 cm together with a smaller oval cast iron plaque numbered 85B

Lot 374

1898 silver crown, 1887 Jubilee head half crown, 1890 florin, together with later bronze coinage

Lot 416

Mid 20th century polished aluminium doctors box, the hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior with various doctors instruments and tools, together with two bronze inscribed plaques for 'G.G. Hartill, Physician and Surgeon' and one other with the opening hours for Chipping Sodbury, Yate and Badminton Surgeries (3)

Lot 441

Laura Lian (born 1952) - Three well cast bronze busts children to include two boys and a girl, all signed, one dated 2001, the largest 33cm high (3)

Lot 443

Chinese twin handled cast bronze baluster vase converted to a table lamp, with various relief detail and ring handles upon a naturalistic wooden stand, the vase and stand 35cm high

Lot 479

Chinese bronze figure of a standing scholar, 20cm high upon a turned wooden stand

Lot 489

Art deco onyx ashtray mounted with a bronze scottie dog, together with a further vintage wooden boxed torch and canteen of bone handled fish cutlery

Lot 520

A mixed collection of interesting items to include two metal deed boxes, a brass twin handled jardiniere and stand, a tondo gilt wood wall mirror, a bronze death token and two prints

Lot 526

Pair of Italian bronze figures of standing cherubs upon red marble bases, 14cm high; together with a further rosewood box, and a collection of Chinese and continental porcelain

Lot 146

August Moreau (1834-1917), L'Aurore, (The Dawn), an Art Nouveau bronze of a girl holding a crescent moon, signed to the base, 80cm high

Lot 179

An Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris, late period, standing in mummiform pose, his clasped hands holding a flail, mounted on a modern wooden base, 18.2cm high Provenance: Christie's, 7 December 1994, lot 35.

Lot 195

A gilt bronze figure holding a dove, 19th century, representative of peace, unsigned, 24cm high

Lot 221

Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (French 1710-1795), a patinated bronze figure, 'Venus au Bain', Barbedienne foundry stamp to the reverse, 68cm high

Lot 224

Antiquities, to include: a Roman bronze foot, mirror, jug, three mace heads, and a dagger, etc. (qty.)

Lot 225

Antiquities, bronze artefacts, crotal bells, spoons, birds' heads, etc. (qty.)

Lot 228

Antiquities, comprising: two boxes of metal artefacts, brooches, fibulae, crotal bells, metal detector finds, bronze implements, etc. (qty.)

Lot 229

Antiquities, a bronze bowl with small brooches, buckles, ushabti and other artefacts (qty.)

Lot 230

Antiquities, three bronze Luristan daggers, a spear head and a medieval iron axe head, largest 36cm long (5)

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