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Lot 205
ARTHUR FLEISCHMANN (1896-1990) BUST OF KATHLEEN FERRIER, CIRCA 1954 Terracotta, signed A. FLEISCHMANN 42cm high Provenance: April 22nd 2012 is the centenary of the birth of the internationally renowned English contralto Kathleen Mary Ferrier (1912-1953). In 1946 Ferrier made her stage debut, in the Glyndebourne Festival premiere of Benjamin Britten`s opera The Rape of Lucretia. A year later she made her first appearance as Orfeo in Gluck`s Orfeo ed Euridice, a work with which she became particularly associated. By her own choice, these were her only two operatic roles. As her reputation grew, Ferrier formed close working relationships with major musical figures, including Britten, Sir John Barbirolli and Bruno Walter. She became known internationally through her three tours to the United States between 1948 and 1950 and her many visits to continental Europe. Tragically Ferrier died of cancer at the height of her fame in October 1953 at the age of 41. Arthur John Fleischmann (1896-1990) trained in Prague, Budapest and Vienna and worked in France and Italy before travelling to Australia. He spent six months working in Bali in 1938 and arrived in Australia the following year. He was hailed as a modernist sculptor and exhibited in Sydney and Melbourne with Lyndon Dadswell and Daphne Mayo. Fleischmann left Australia in 1948 and settled in London where he became a Fellow of the RBS and exhibited widely. This bust of Ferrier was sculpted to commemorate her life and the bronze version was unveiled at a memorial concert at King George`s Hall in her home town of Blackburn, Lancashire on October 8th 1954, a year after her death. It is now held at Blackburn Museum.
Lot 607
A Chinese cast bronze wine vessel (zun), in Shang dynasty style, cast with an archaic Tao Tie pattern and applied verdi gris patina, stamped to base `9/50`, 23.5cm diameter, 22.5cm high WE DO NOT STATE CONDTION IN THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION – Before bidding please ensure you are satisfied with the condition of this lot – For details of condition please contact the auctioneer.
Lot 616
A pair of gilt bronze two handled vases, late 19th/early 20th century, in Chinese archaic style, each of square section cast with an all over floral design below a scroll border, elephant trunk handles, the bases cast with a dragon and raised seal, 30cm high WE DO NOT STATE CONDTION IN THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION – Before bidding please ensure you are satisfied with the condition of this lot – For details of condition please contact the auctioneer.
Lot 629
A pair of Japanese hollow cast bronze Nio guardians, Agyo and Ungyo, 19th century, each shown bare chested and wearing traditional dress, standing posed, Agyo with open mouth and Ungyo with closed mouth, on rocky plinths, (at fault) 45cm high (2) In Japan, these figures were also called Shitsukongo-shin or Shukongo-shin and represent Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, birth and death. In legend they were used to protect entrance gates to temples. The most famous Nio guardian in Japan can be found at the entranced gate of Todaiji temple in Nara. WE DO NOT STATE CONDTION IN THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION – Before bidding please ensure you are satisfied with the condition of this lot – For details of condition please contact the auctioneer.
Lot 694
An Egyptian bronze Situla with relief panels, Late Period 712-30 BC, raised on a square marble base, height of Situla 12cm. The situla was a ritual vessel for offering holy Nile water, the top register displays two pairs of monkeys between two solar boats, the middle register displays the dedicant making an offering before Hhyphallic Amen-Re-C, Isis, Osiris and other gods.
Lot 876
A collection of British and foreign coins, including a George III half crown 1817, two Victoria Young Head shillings, comprising 1865 and 1875, a Victoria Jubilee Head shilling 1887, a silver medallion commemorating the Coronation 1902, a bronze medallion commemorating Jutland 1916, three Brazil five hundred reis, comprising 1857, 1860 and 1863, and a Brazil two hundred reis 1857.
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