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Click here to subscribeEnglish School (early 19th century), a silhouette, of James Moxburgh (d.1810), bust length in profile, to sinister, oval, 8.5cm x 6.5cm, paper label inscribed in ink to verso; another, of a lady, bust length in profile, to dexter, oval, 7cm x 6cm; another, Charles, Brother of Harcourt Masters, 4th Light Dragoons, paper label to verso (3)
A carved glass intaglio Of oval form, with a male bust, possibly signed Berry F; together with a Victorian gilt metal fob seal, on a gilt metal mount. The former 2.5 cm high. (2) CONDITION REPORTS: The intaglio with some chipping/fritting, the fob seal with minor fritting, some gilt wear, general wear.
A quantity of militaria, comprising; W. Zoll: a bronze bust of Adolf Hitler, raised on a perspex base, 15cm high, a Nazi SS armband, a Nazi leather wallet bearing a gilt swastika, a German repeating firearm magazine, a German WWII can opener; WIF Focus 131 torch and aluminium water bottle, an enamelled bracelet composed of swastikas, and a 1941 war office German army identification booklet.
ANNE MARKHAM SCHULZ: THE SCULPTURE OF BERNARDO ROSSELLINO AND HIS WORKSHOP, Princeton & Guildford, Princeton University Press, 1977, orig cl d/w + THOMAS MARTIN: ALESSANDRO VITTORIA AND THE PORTRAIT BUST IN RENAISSANCE VENICE, Oxford Clarendon Press 1998 1st edn, orig cl gt d/w, BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF ITALIAN SCULPTURE AND OTHER PLASTIC ART OF THE RENAISSANCE, L, privately printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club 1913, orig cl gt, teg, fo (3)
An Italian sculpted Carrara marble figural fountain, late 19th century An Italian sculpted Carrara marble figural fountain, late 19th century, surmounted by a bust of a maiden, possibly Venus, on a pedestal with Bacchic masks, above cavorting amorini to the circular base, 150cm high, 78cm wide
Joseph Frugoni, , a sculpted marble bust of a maiden Joseph Frugoni, (Italian, fl. late 19th century), a sculpted marble bust of a maiden, executed in the Mediaeval Revival taste, her serene visage looking forwards and downwards, beneath a band holding her centrally parted hair, portrayed wearing a necklace above her flower adorned decolletage, inscribed Frugoni to the reverse, 64cm high, 46cm wide Frugoni specialised in creating sculpted works in marble after the Antique, mainly busts, intended primarily for sale to wealthy northern Europeans and more latterly north Americans engaged in their Grand Tours. This commercial necessity manifested itself in his bust length versions of the Venus de Milo and his Diana, (an example of the former having sold at Leclere - Maison de Ventes in June 2014, and an example of the latter based loosely on the Diana Chasseresse having been sold at Balclis Auctions in Spain in October 2013) However, Frugoni was clearly also interested in the Mediaevalist revival of the late 19th century, his work in this taste often showing far more sensitivity and serenity than his pieces after the Antique. This softness of touch and delicate but skillful portrayal of emotion is plain to see in a sculpted white marble bust of a young Renaissance noble sold at Christie's King Street in their sale 'the Nineteenth Century Interior' in March 2001, and is of course clearly apparent in the bust of a maiden offered in this lot
600-400 BC. A carved blue chalcedony stamp seal, octagonal in section tapering towards the top; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: Stamp Seal of Chalcedony. 20 x 14 x 27mm. This has the form of an octagonal dome, pierced lengthways, with design on the slightly convex base. It shows a design on a baseline consisting of two standing bull-men holding up with their raised hands the lunar crescent, in which is the bust of a man or god, bearded and raising the hands. Two plant symbols appear between the bullmen. This is a Late Babylonian seal, c. 600-400 B.C. It is well engraved, and in very good state of preservation. Also, the design is a rare one for the shape and period of the seal. This lot is part of a single collection of cylinder seals which were examined in the 1980s by Professor Lambert and most are accompanied by his own detailed notes; the collection has recently been reviewed by Dr. Ronald Bonewitz 12 grams, 28mm (1"). From an important North London collection formed before 1980. Extremely fine condition.
3rd-1st century BC. A foot from a couch or stool formed as a tiered foot and baluster with broad lotus-leaf collar, lion's claw with swept curves to the rear, bust of Diana (?) with acanthus leaves and lateral palmettes, biconvex rim. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. Similar examples to this foot dating to the Roman period can be seen on the complete triclinium couches now in the Museo dei Conservatori, Rome, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (accession number 17.190.2076), and The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore (accession number 54.2365). 170 grams, 20.5cm (8"). Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery in 1990. Fine condition; cracked. Very rare.
1st-4th century AD. A schist bust of the Bodhisattva Maitreya with decorated headdress and plume, long ears with rings, urna to the forehead; mounted on a custom-made stand. The decorative plume and headdress would indicate that this is a Bodhisattva, an enlightened being who has put off entering Nirvana to help all living beings. It is possibly Maitreya, the Buddha who is to come in the future. 12.7 grams, 51cm including stand (20"). Ex Sultani collection, London, UK; formed in the 1980s and 1990s. Fine condition.
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