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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 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 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 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 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 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 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)
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