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International Decorative Arts, Day 1 — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:171
Sale Title:International Decorative Arts, Day 1Lots with images:171
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:89
Date:6-Nov-2016
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A rare fine Chinese jadeite washer, probably late Qing Dynasty, late 19th- 20th century, the semi-translucent pale green stone with darker inclusions, covered with good polish, 4.5 x 12.1 cm, fitted wood stand. Provenance: A New Zealand private collection, Christie’s label attached
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A Chinese Longquan celadon tripod censer, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century, supported on three zoomorphic feet, covered in a crackled green glaze, the exterior with eight trigrams (Ba Gua) the base and the centre of the interior unglazed and burnt brick red in the firing, 9 cm high, 31 cm diameter. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis 31/1/1998
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A pair of Chinese blue and white plates, Shunzhi period (1638-1661), each one finely painted on the interior with a horned 'Qiling' sitting on rocks besides a banana tree, four-character 'Yu Tang Jia Qi' mark within a double-ring mark to the base, 38 cm diameter (variable). Provenance: Solveig and Anita Gray, London (label). Private Melbourne collection
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A Chinese blue and white cylindrical brush pot, Shunzhi period (1644-1661), decorated with 'Qiling', banana tree and grasses, iron brown rim and flat base, 15.2 cm high' 10.4 cm diameter
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A rare blue and white saucer dish, probably imperial, Jiajing period (1522-1556), finely painted in vibrant blue with three immortals in a garden, the cavetto with four of cranes and clouds alternately on each side of the cavetto, a rare seal mark on the base ', 13.5 cm. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, Sydney, 1990's (no.:1365)
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A Chinese egg-shell porcelain bowl ('Liu Shaoqi' ware), PRC, dated 1957, finely enamelled, with pair of birds amongst flowers and trunks, insribed on the base 'Made in Jingdezhen Art Porcelain Factory, Research Institue', signed 'Xiong Mengting, 19.5 cm diameter, 8.5 cm high, fitted box
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A Chinese Jianyao hare's fur temmoku tea bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), the heavily potted conical bowl covered inside and out with a thick lustrous black-brown glaze, finely streaked with russet 'hare's fur' marking below the slightly everted russet-brown rim with trace of silver mount, and falling in an irregular line to the angle above the foot exposing the ware fired to a purplish-brown colour, 11.7 cm diameter, fitted box. Provenance: ex Collection of Ronald W Longsdorf, collection no. 1340, Private…
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An armorial plate, early Qianlong, circa 1740, with the arms of the Dutch family, van Herzeele in gilt and iron-red, an elaborate border en grisaille around the cavetto, 22.8 cm diameter. Provenance: R & V. Tregaskis (2702), Mitchel Stirling Collection, Sothebys New York, 26/5/2000, lot 76, The Steinberg Collection, M191969, label 'Charles Perry Export Porcelain, Atlanta, Georgia'
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A Chinese cinnabar lacquer dish, Qianlong mark, and possibly of the period, Qing dynasty, with floral rim, deeply carved with a five claw dragon chasing a flaming pearl on the waves in the centre, six bats flying amongst Ruyi head clouds decorated inside out of the cavetto, four Buddhist symbols carved on a 'Jingdi' background, six-character 'Qianlong' mark squared by a band of keyfret pattern to the centre of the base, mouth and base mounted with a metal rims. 23.5 cm diameter, wood stand. Provenance:…
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An unusual gold splashed bronze 'Qilin', Qing dynasty (1644-1911), holding a large 'Ruyi' branch in its mouth, and supported on a wasted, tiered base with eight short feet, 15 cm high and 13.5 cm
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An unusual pair of Chinese silver hooks, late Qing Dynasty, 19th century, each one with an articulated repousse design of two boys standing on lotus, one side marked 'Taiping Xinji' the other sided marked 'Huang' and 'Tiande', attached to a phoenix headed circular hook, 29.6 cm high and 30 cm high
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A Middle Eastern dagger, 19th century, with a crescent shaped blade, housed in a finely worked silver scabbard, rhinoceros horn and silver shaped handle, 41.2 cm long
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A large Chinese repousse silver presentation bowl, late Qing dynasty, 19th-early 20th century, very finely worked with a continuous scene of Daoist immortals and attendants in a landscape, with relief dragon handles, with 'WUANG HING', '90' and 'Wen Weiji' stamps marks on the foot rim. 12.3 x 22.9 cm, *The raise shield with an inscription 'presented to caption AAJ. Broun 3rd D,C,O Middlesex, Regiment...'
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A Vietnamese stone carving, Chan period, 10th-11th century, with two attendants riding on an elephant, mounted on a metal base, 60 cm high, 37 cm wide, weight 35kg. Provenance: Private Adelaide Collection
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A Khmer stone carving of a female Hindu deity, circa 12th century, wearing a pleated sampot and an elaborate crown, mounted on a metal base, 64.5 cm high, 15kg. Provenance: Private Adelaide Collection
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A Nepalese Polychrome wood standing figure of Padmapani, 13th-14th century, gilt and polychrome, standing elegantly on a shaped platform, draped in necklaces, holding a lotus branch in the left hand, 63 cm high
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A pair of famille rose porcelain 'landscape' painting panels by Wang Yeting (1884-1942), one panel decorated with a fisherman on a boat under an overhanging cliff, the other panel with three people standing on an arched bridge, and a thatched pavilion under williow trees perched atop a cliff, both inscribed and signed, wood frame. Wang Yeting was one of the well known members of the Jingdezhen porcelain painting group known as the 'Eight Friends of Zhushan'. See also a plaque signed by Wang Yeting from…
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A Chinese export oil painting, Qing dynasty, circa 1820, colour on canvas, very well decorated with an interior scene of a Chinese Mandarin wearing semi-formal winter attire, including a badge of rank, seated at a table, taking tea with his wife, 47 x 61 cm. Provenance: The estate of a former Royal New Zealand Navy officer living in Auckland, 1820
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A superb Chinese headdress, early 20th century, decorated with numerous floral designs and shaped panels, with kingfisher feathers, tiny pearl, coral and semi-precious stones and gilt borders, each one applied to a velvet backing over meshed fabric, with pendant strings of pearls and hard stones, 15.5 cm high, 24.5 cm wide, with a hat box.
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A Chinese hanging scroll, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), finely painted with ancestors, ink and colour on paper, 256 x 151 cm (Overall) 199 x 133 cm
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A Chinese scroll, attributed to Ren Bonian(1840-1896), ink and colour on paper, inscribe, signed and two seals of the artist, 95 x 43 cm
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A large Chinese blue and white dish, Kangxi period, late 17th century, broadly painted with eight scrolling lotus heads, an auspicious mark to the base, supported on a grooved foot rim, 39 cm diameter
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A Chinese bronze mirror, Han Dynasty (206BCE-220CE), the outer raised edge decorated with three registers of saw teeth bands, the inner area with seven nipples, two confronting 'dragons' and lengthy inscriptions. 19 cm diameter, fitted box
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A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze mirror, possibly Eastern Han Dynasty (206BCE-220CE), the outer section decorated with two pictorial bands, a narrow saw-tooth band around a band of alternate four character inscriptions within twelve squares and twelve circular motifs, the centre with divinities and wild beasts, 16 cm diameter. Reference: Donald H. Graham, 'Bronze Mirrors from Ancient China', 1994, cat no 55. Provenance: Nagel Auction, German
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A Chinese archaic bronze halberd, Han dynasty(206BCE - 220CE), with bevelled blade and three rectangular apertures, covered with an uneven malachite patina, 23.2 cm long
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A rare Chinese polychrome horn 'ink stone', 18th century, of simple circular form with rounded sides, coloured in green pigment, box, 6.7 cm diameter
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An unusual oriental wood four-case container, 19th century, in four sections, the cover painted with a scene depicting western military and officials taking tea, 22.4 x 2.5 x 5.2 cm
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A large Chinese wooden head of Guandi, Yuan-Ming Dynasty (1271-1644), wearing a hat of office, traces of polychrome, the original lacquered surface back to the textile base, the back of the head hollowed out for consecration material, 56 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 1984
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A Chinese polychrome carved wood bust, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), of a Bodhisattva, the face well carved, the lips and hair with polychrome lacquer, 40 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 1984
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An Indian mottled pink sandstone head of a Yakshi, Kushan style, Mathuran district, well carved in the round with smiling face, the hair combed back and secured with a decorative hair band, 17.5 cm high. Provenance: Arts of Asia Gallery, Melbourne
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A Gandhara style polychrome clay head, possibly 3th-4th century, depicting a bearded male figure, 20 cm high, fitted stand
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A Thai bronze Buddha head, Sukhothai style, 20th century, heavily cast, the hair in curls the eyes downcast, with polish bronze surface, 39 cm high, metal stand
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A Tibetan gilt-copper repousse group, 17th-18th century, depicting vajrasattva standing on two supine figures in yubyum with his consort. The pair entwined together are visual representations of the two most important forces in the universe, which are wisdom and compassion, 27.5 cm high. Provenance: Soo Tze Orientique
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A gilt-copper repousse head of Makara, Tibet, 16th century, 21 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Hong Kong, since 1990 Acquired in Hong Kong, 2002. Reference, For another example see V. Reynolds, From the Sacred Realm, Treasures of Tibetan Art from the Newark Museum, 1999, p. 164, pl. 91. Literature: The makara is an ancient symbol formed of a number of animals, with the lower jaw of a crocodile, the trunk of an elephant, the upper tusk and ears of a wild boar, the wide staring eyes of a monkey and…
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A Tibetan gilt-bronze butter lamp, 18th century or earlier, the cup and stem decorated with a band of lotus petals, 13.1 cm high, 7.9 cm diameter
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A Chinese bamboo root figure of a sage, early Qing dynasty, 17th century, seated in a voluminous robe with hands clasped around his knee, 18 cm high
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A Tibetan gilt-bronze standing figure of a monk, 17th century, the edges of the robes finely chaised, 15.5 cm high
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A Khmer bronze standing female figure of a Goddess, 12th-13th century, holding an attribute in each hand, 13.7 cm high
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A Khmer bronze standing figure of Prajnaparamita, 12th-13th century, 12.5 cm high
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A Kinkozan satsuma beaker vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912), decorated with ladies and children in the landscape, impressed seal to base, together with a small ovoid satsuma vase with genre scene, gilt seal mark, 30 cm high
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A fine Japanese wooden pipe case, early 20th century, decorated in black and gold lacquer with an aubergine, two character inscription in low relief, either 'Tessai' or 'Taishin, 20.8 cm long
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A Japanese inlaid hardwood panel, Meiji period (1868-1912), decorated with three figures around a large sake barrel, each stained wooden figure wearing a long robe inlaid in ivory and mother of pearl and richly decorated in gold lacquer, 58.5 cm long and 47.8 cm wide
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A Nepalese/Tibetan gilt bronze Kapala (skullcup), 19th century, heavily cast, with five syllables on the cup, representing the five nectars being consumed or visualized by tantric practitioners. The base of the cup with five Sanskrit syllables in Rañjan script, also known as Lantsha. The syllables are, reading clockwise from the top, with the narrow end of the skullcup pointed upwards, HU, TRI VR, JI, *The five syllables on the skullcup represent the five nectars (Tibetan: bdud rtzi, lnga, Sanskrit: pañ…
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A Nepalese wood figure group, Kathmandu Valley, 15th century, depicting Indra and Indrani seated beside Ganesh, within a columned decorative arch with Garuda above, 45 cm x 323 cm
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A Chinese gold and black lacquer eight panel screen, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th-early 20th century, the front painted with officials and court ladies in the palace, the back decorated with rocks and trees, each panel 244 x 55.5 cm. Provenance: Melbourne private collection
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A very rare, intricately carved bone model of a Cantonese Flower Boat, Chinese/ Australian, mid 19th century, in cedar and glass case, Other Notes: It is very rare to find a mid 19th century Australian made case for a Chinese work-of-art that clearly must have been brought to Australia around the time of the Gold-rush
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A fine Japanese six panelled folding screen, Taisho period, (1912–26), decorated with abundant blue and white irises on metallic ground, signed lower left, 350 cm wide, 167 cm high
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A large Louis XV style carved giltwood over mantel mirror, 19th century, 156 x 87 cm
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A large Sevres pattern Royal blue ground and gilt two handled volute krater form vase, late 19th century painted with panels of exotic birds, pierced collar and faux marble base and neck, unmarked, 68 cm high
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A Victorian green ground porcelain two handled topographical titled vase, probably Rockingham, circa 1835, painted with sail boats and titled 'Burlington Quay, Yorkshire' and 'S...bro Castle, Yorkshire, 40 cm high
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A George III mahogany satinwood inlaid double pedestal sideboard, circa 1,800 with back rail inlaid with shells above two drawers flanked by further drawers and cupboards, 110 cm high, 287 cm wide, 57 cm deep
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A fine silk pictorial carpet, Iran, late 20th century, 312 x 200 cm
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A fine silk pictorial carpet, Iran, late 20th century, 307 x 209 cm
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A Regency carved giltwood and ebonised circular convex mirror, early 19th century, surmounted by a spread winged eagle above a ball surround, 110 x 78 cm
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A Louis XVI style gilt wood and gesso marble topped console table, 19th century the shaped grey marble top above rosette topped tapering fluted legs and X-stretcher, 83 cm high, 67 cm wide, 36 cm deep
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A circular Sienna marble pedestal with revolving top, late 19th century, 140 cm high, 38 cm diameter
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A pair of French Empire style gilt bronze seven light candelabra, late 19th/early 20th century, 80 cm high
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A Louis XVI style ormolu mounted kingwood bureau plat, by Edwards and Roberts, London, late 19th century, the leather top above frieze drawers raised on tapering legs with rosette terminals, stamped 'Edwards & Roberts/Wardours/London, 73 cm high, 133 cm wide, 75 cm deep, The firm of Edwards & Roberts was founded in 1845, and had premises at 21 Wardour Street, London. By 1892 they occupied more than a dozen buildings in Wardour Street, where they continued to trade until the end of the century. Known and…
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A Chinese reversed glass painting, late 19th century, Concubine of Yongzheng (ten), 81.8 x 38.8
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A silk rug, Iran, late 20th century, 209 x 138 cm
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A pair of Edwardian black lacquer and gilt Chinoiserie hanging corner cabinets, early 20th century, the doors decorated with pavilions, 92 cm high, 45 cm deep
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A framed Chinese ancestor painting, late 19th century /early 20th century, ink and colour on paper, 141 x 89.5 cm
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Charles Marsh Web Gilbert (1867-1925), Head of a Girl, bronze, signed illegibly on base, 34 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of Louise H. Dyer, Thence by decent
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An unusual long pine dining table, Australian, early 20th century, 75 cm high, 400 cm wide, 100 cm deep
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An EJ 5 leather Corona chair and ottoman, designed by Poul M. Volther (1964), manufactured by Erik Jorgensen
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Wood Owl (Chouette aux traits), ceramic vase stamped Medoura, Edition Picasso, hand signed Edition Picasso, conceived in 1951 as an edition of 300, 29 cm high
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A Marshmallow Love Seat No. 5670, designed by Irving Harper of George Nelson Associates, 52 inch version, post 1980 production
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A beech wood Pernilla chaise designed by Bruno Mathsson 1935, produced by Firma Karl Mathsson, with plaited woven webbing upholstery stamped maker's marks, paper designer's and maker's labels, 98 cm high, 175 cm wide, 64 cm deep
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A nest of three modern aluminium tables, 20th century, the largest 41 cm high, 48 cm wide, 48 cm deep
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An Arne Jacobsen Egg chair made in Denmark by Fritz Hansen, circa 1975, vinyl, cast aluminium, plastic signed with moulded manufacturer's label to underside FH Made in Denmark 1263 by Fritz Hansen, See Arne Jacobsen, Thau and Vindum, p. 471-472 Danish Chairs, Oda, pg. 60
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A Knoll 'Icon' glass top table, 20th century, designed by Wolfgang C R Mezger, stamped Waler Knoll to one end, 73 cm high, 250 cm wide, 110 cm deep
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An Egyptian revival painted and gilt over mantel mirror, English, circa 1900, 260 cm high, 154 cm wide, 8.5 cm deep
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A Chinese ivory carving, 20th century, finely carved, depicting a cricket perched on a lettuce leaf ignoring the red chilli, 20 cm long
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A porcelain 'Schneeballen' vase and cover in the Meissen style, German late 19th century, of ogee form encrusted all over with blossom flower heads, the handles formed as entwined branches with applied birds and berries, the dome cover surmounted with an exotic parrot, blue crossed swords mark to base, 60 cm high
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A set of four large glazed terracotta classical busts, probably Italian, late 19th/20th century, the largest 115 cm high
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A rare polychrome carved figure of the Madonna and Child, Northern France, 15th century, 107 cm high
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A pair of James II style oak chairs carved throughout, English 19th century
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A large and impressive gothic revival bronze banquet hall lantern, second half of the 19th century, 228 cm high, 65 cm diameter
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ARY JEAN LEON BITTER (1883-1973) A bronze group modelled as a pair of deer and central mythical figure, French, 20th century, signed to base, together with a wooden stand, 30 cm high, 98 cm wide, 14 cm deep
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A finely carved Gothic oak cabinet, Flemish, 16th century, 148 cm high, 123 cm wide, 60 cm deep. Provenance: Formerly in the Charles Van Herck (1884-1955) Collection, Antwerp
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A French provincial cherry wood sideboard, 18th century, 102 cm high, 126 cm wide, 54 cm deep
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A Meshed carpet, Khorassan province, northeast Iran, with workshop signature, mid-20th century. Provenance: former property of the Nicholas family 389 x 284 cm
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A carved marble torso of an angel, Italian, possibly 16th century, 51 cm high
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JEAN JOSEPH MARIE ANATOLE MARQUET DE VASSELOT (French 1840-1904), A bronze figure group of a gallant and two hounds, signed, 35 cm high
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THOMAS FRANCOIS CARTIER (French 1879-1943), A partial gilt bronze roaring lion, Signed on the base 'T. CARTIER, 32 cm high
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A gilt-bronze mounted mahogany serpentine fronted marble top commode, Swedish 18th century, 93 cm high, 143 cm wide, 63 cm deep
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An ornately carved rococo revival giltwood over mantel mirror, French, late 19th century, 188 x 160 cm
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A rare Louis XV serpentine marble and carved console table, French, 18th century, 80 cm high, 94 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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An oak Welsh dresser, circa 1780, 199 cm high, 155 cm wide, 43 cm deep
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An interesting mahogany medical Wellington chest made by John Weiss & Son, 19th century, each drawer stamped John Weiss & Son, 62, Strand, London, 91 cm high, 61 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A large George I style oak draw leaf refectory dining table, late 20th century, with two leaves, 75 cm high, 486 cm wide, 124 cm deep
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A pair of polychrome painted dummy boards figures of soldiers, French 18th/19th century, 150 cm high
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A KPM Berlin porcelain panel after Eduard von Grtzner (German 1846-1925), signed lower left Knoeller, depicting an interior scene with men drinking wine, at a table, the reverse with blue printed label 'Franz Till, Dresden, Pragerstrasse 46', impressed sceptre, KPM and h, incised 12-9 3/4, the panel 32 x 25.5 cm, the carved gilt frame 55 x 49 cm
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A pair of carved and painted lime wood church angels, Austrian, 18th century, 90 cm high. Provenance: Purchased from Dorotheum, Vienna
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An English oak spear chest, late Tudor period, 17th century, 76 cm high, 190 cm wide, 41 cm deep. Provenance: Purchased in Buxton, UK from antique dealer in late 1960s
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An impressive gilt bronze and glass baguette chandelier, French 19th century, 110 cm high
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An Art Deco bronze and ivory figure group 'Seduction' by A Gilbert, signed, circa 1930 depicting Harlequin and Columbina on a gilt bronze black marble base, 56 cm high, 29 cm wide, 16 cm deep
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An Australian blackbean extension dining table by Schulim Krimper (1893-1971), 77 cm high, 259 cm wide, 91 cm deep
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A large Dutch walnut colonial coffer, late 18th/19th century, 78.5 cm high, 166.5 cm wide, 68 cm deep
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An Italian marquetry inlay cassone, late 17/18th century, 59 cm high, 109 cm wide, 53 cm deep
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