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The Entire Stock in Trade of John Dunn Antiques, Melbourne — Artvisory

Auction House:ArtvisoryNumber of lots recorded:337
Sale Title:The Entire Stock in Trade of John Dunn Antiques, MelbourneLots with images:336
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:286
Date:28-Aug-2022
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A richly patinated walnut centre table, Spanish circa 1660, 128 cm wide, 72 cm deep 82 cm high
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A large Majolica portrait albarello (Drug jar) Caltagirone Italian circa 1650, 29 cm high
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A large Majolica landscape albarello (Drug jar) Caltagirone Italian circa 1650, 31 cm high
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A beautifully painted Caltagironi majolica charger, Italian early 19th century, 42 cm diameter
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A highly decorative and finely carved Sienna and Cararra marble urn in two sections, Italian 18th century, 86 cm high approx 60 cm wide
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A Faux-bois decorated straight-front chest of drawers, central European 19th century, 101 cm high, 125 cm wide, 58 cm deep
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Three celadon glazed bowls, 15/16th century, together with a brown glazed Tang style vessel, 20 cm, 12 cm and 11 cm diameter, the vessel 10 cm diameter
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A rare bronze portrait plaque of St Peter, Italian workshops, 17/18th century, 14 cm high 12 cm wide
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A collection of four Negoro lacquer untensils, Japanese, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising a covered rectangular box and cover two circular bowls and a covered circular food bowl., box 25 cm long, bowls 12 and 13 cm diameter
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A pair of hand-blown clear glass ribbed ewers, French circa 1800, 21 and 22 cm high
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A figured walnut veneered prie-dieu, Italian circa 1700, 84 cm high, 54 cm wide, 44 cm deep
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A marquetry and walnut prie dieu, Northern Italy circa 1680, 81 cm high, 56 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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A giltwood and gesso Louis XV wall mirror, French first half of the 18th century, 123 cm high 60 cm wide
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A fine small Aubusson tapestry of a stately country house estate with noble figures and hounds, French circa 1680, 230 cm x 120 cm
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A fabulous pair of painted dummy boards in the form of Italian knights in armour, Italian 18th century, 206 cm high 65 cm wide and 210 cm high and 65 cm wide
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A fine pair of Regency red lacquer and copper rimmed circular wine bottle coasters, English circa 1810, 14 cm diameter 5 cm high
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A pair of carved wood and painted candlesticks, Italian circa 1780, 30 cm high
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A very rare iron bound walnut casket, French 17th century, 31 cm wide 19 cm deep, 18 cm high
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A very appealing small carved walnut chest, French or German, early 17th century carved with two panels ., 100 cm wide, 50 cm high 39 cm deep
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A Louis XIV walnut and tapestry armchair, Flemish circa 1680, 110 cm high, 63 cm wide, 47 cm deep
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A gilt-gesso and carved wood arched panel of the Assumption of the Virgin, Italian circa 1680, 56 cm high, 35 cm wide
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A rare pair of solid carved fruitwood torcheres, Italian circa 1700, with traces of original gilding, 60 cm high
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A large olive-wood veneered serpentine fronted commode, Italian circa 1760, 133 cm wide, 81 cm high, 66 cm deep
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A powerfully rendered painted gesso and wood carving of a mythical beast, Italian 17th century, approx 45 cm high, 60 cm long
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A very rare pair of polychrome painted and gilt-gesso candlestick figures, Italian circa 1740, 40 cm high, 21 cm wide
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A beautifully carved walnut cassone, Italian circa 1680, 60 cm high, 165 cm wide, 54 cm deep
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A very rare and fabulous barley-twist centre table of exceptional form, Bologna Region, Italian circa 1750, 125 cm long 95 cm wide 81 cm high
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A large Kamakura Bori Negoro lacquer bowl, circa 1920, 46 cm diameter
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A fine large whitish celadon glazed Tokkuri, Japanese circa 1900, 43 cm high, diameter 24 cm
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A Chinese Swatow type Binh Thuan cargo porcelain dish, Ming dynasty 17th century, bears Binh Thuan cargo label no 20891, 41 cm diameter
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A large and impressive Louis XV period carved beech and tapestry canape, French circa 1780, 202 cm wide, 109 cm high, 72 cm deep
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A carved wood crocodile, Bozo tribe, Mali, West Africa late 19th century/ early 20th century, 157 cm long
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A rare German brass alms dish, Nuremburg circa 1540 with incised Gothic script, 45 cm diameter
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A Staffordshire pottery flat back figure of the Prince of Wales, dressed as a girl on a deer, English 19th century, 17 cm high, 14 cm wide
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An exceptional carved and gilt-varnish over silver-leaf (Mecca) surmount, Southern Italian, circa 1740, 265 cm wide, 125 cm high
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A very good carved cypress-wood cassone, Italian circa 1660, 177 cm wide, 68 cm deep 64 cm high
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A good walnut and cherrywood buffet-a-deux-corps, French circa 1640, 210 cm high, 139 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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A rare Louis XIV walnut and tapestry rectangular footstool, French circa 1700, 37 cm high, 50 cm wide, 39 cm deep
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A Louis XIV walnut and tapestry armchair, French circa 1680, 110 cm high 64 cm wide
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A pair of impressive silver-gilt armchairs, Italian circa 1720, 126 cm high, 72 cm wide, 61 cm deep
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A matching painted and carved armchair in yellow fabric, Italian 18th century, 122 cm high 74 cm wide
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A carved oak eagle German early 18th century, 57 cm high, 65 cm wide
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An early carved wood and painted decoy duck, French 19th century
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A pair of well carved walnut arched panels of religious scenes, French circa 1750, 85 cm high, 52 cm wide
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A large and impressive carved walnut high back armchair, Italian 18th century, 132 cm high, 73 cm wide, 68 cm deep
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A walnut barley-twist side table, French circa 1680, 74 cm high, 98 cm wide 56 cm deep
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Canvas stencil number to verso LV313 Follower of Jan Anthonie Garemyn, dated 1768, Dutch (1712-1799) Venetian canal scene, oil on canvas, dated above an archway, Christies London stencil to stretcher LV313, 34 cm x 44 cm
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A spectacular pair of gilt and black decorated dragons, German early 18th century possibly mounted originally on a barge, 116 cm wide 55 cm high
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Follower of Michaelangelo Caravaggio (1573-1610) the bathing of the Stigmata, oil on canvas, 83 cm x 114 cm
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Dutch school, 17th/18th century, the Triumphant army returns, with label to verso attributing the work to Lees den Bybel oil on oak panel, with labal to verso see online photos, 73c by 106 cm
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A gilt-gesso and carved rectangular wall mirror French circa 1800, 134 cm high, 98 cm wide
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A Japanese gilt framed scroll painting, Meiji period (1868-1912), 176 cm high, 61 cm wide
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A rectangular giltwood overmantle mirror, French circa 1800, 135 cm high, 96 cm wide
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A fine Japanese gold lacquer black ground suzuribako (calligraphy box) Meji period (1868-1912), with ink stone, metal rims, and silver inkwell and removable tray, 23 cm long 21 cm wide 4.5 cm high
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A pair of Louis XIV period walnut rectangular form armchairs, French circa 1700, 114 cm high, 66 cm wide, 51 cm deep
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A small walnut chest of drawers, Italian circa 1700, 78 cm high, 61 cm wide, 28 cm deep
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An exceptional Louis XV period carved walnut bread cupboard (panetiere) French provincial, circa 1760, 98 cm high, 82 cm wide, 44 cm deep
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A pair of Louis XV period carved beech fauteuils, French circa 1780, 90 cm high 68 cm wide, 54 cm deep
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A very appealing large fruitwood centre table, Tuscan circa 1770, 162c long 92 cm wide, 80 cm high
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A pair of Louis XIV walnut side chairs, French circa 1680, 116 cm high, 58 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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A finely carved and polychrome painted figure of the Baptimism of Christ, south German, 16th century dimensions: 95 cm high
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After Peter Paul Rubens, 18th century school the Virgin mark and child with Saint Elizabeth and the child John the Baptist, oil on canvas, 240 cm x 150 cm
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A very rare and beautiful olive-wood serpentine fronted commode, Italian circa 1770 with original bronze handles and key escutcheons, 119 cm wide, 81 cm high, 66 cm deep
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A pair of carved walnut portrait roundels of a Roman Senator and a general, Belgian circa 1700, 17 cm square
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A wrought iron cross, possibly Spanish 17th/18th century, 80 cm high 49 cm wide
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A rare pair of Louis XIV period walnut armchairs, French circa 1700, 119 cm high 60 cm wide, 64 cm deep
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A straw-glazed pottery figure of a courtier, Tang Dynasty, 14 cm high
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A Dehua figure of guanyin, 20th century, Ex: John Kenny collection Melbourne, 31 cm high
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A fine miniature gold lacquer kodansu, Meiji period (1868-1912), 12 cm high 11 cm wide 8.5 cm deep
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A very decorative pair of gilt-gesso five light candelabra, Italian or Spanish early 18th century, 85 cm high 75 cm wide
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A large and impressive walnut stretcher table, Spanish circa 1680, 164 cm long 62 cm deep 82 cm high
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A stunning red tortoishell, ebonised and ivory inlaid mirror, Flemish circa 1700, 68 cm high by 60 cm wide
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A sumptous gold-metallic thread embroidered red velvet panel, Turkish late 17th/early 18th century woven with pomegranite and acanthus, 260 cm x 168 cm
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An impressive turned and carved walnut and parcel gilt-armchair, Italian circa 1700, 145 cm high, 72 cm wide, 65c deep
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A walnut two-drawer side table, Spanish circa 1760, 91 cm wide, 79 cm high, 60.5 cm deep
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A walnut drawer-front writing table, Spanish circa 1680, 139 cm wide, 80 cm high, 65 cm deep
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An unusual green glazed three handled terracotta pouring vessel, Italian 17th century, 42 cm high
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A large Directoire period painted eight- fold screen, French late 18th century, 175 cm high 420 cm long fully extended
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A very unusual walnut centre table, French circa 1760, 160 cm wide 72 cm deep, 83 cm high
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A pair of large gilt white glass vase lamps, English circa 1880, 102 cm high including shade. Vase 50 cm high.
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A turned walnut octagonal top stool, Italian circa 1740, 48 cm high, 45 cm wide, 33 cm deep
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A pair of large silvered and giltwood torcheres, French, circa 1800, 120 cm high
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A turned walnut rectangular writing table, French circa 1680, 98 cm wide, 77 cm high 62 cm deep
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A small painted document box, Swiss dated 1716, with original lock handle and key escutcheon, 15 cm high, 46 cm wide 26 cm deep
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A large painted iron head of an eagle, French early 19th century, 35 cm high 28 cm wide
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A large and very appealing faceted elm pedestal bowl, Japanese mid 19th century, 48 cm high, 62 cm diameter
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A handsome Tuscan richly patinated walnut cassone, Italian circa 1660, 168 cm wide, 59 cm deep, 57 cm high
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English school, 18th century portrait of Mrs Lewis and Son, oil on canvas bears label to verso: Colonel Wiseman Clarke presumably a previous owner of the picture. A reference to him can be found in an article from the Illustrated London News 20 Jan.1883 referring to the great fire in Jamaica. Indistinctly signed and dated 1731 to the right of her elbow. With impressed stamp of William Morrill, liner, who was a famous 19th century restorer to the National Gallery London., 125 cm x 100 cm
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A very rare and beautiful giltwood George II wall mirror, English circa 1750, 158 cm high 82 cm wide
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A fine pair of large giltwood and gesso cartouche shaped wall brackets, Italian circa 1700, 65 cm high 34 cm wide, 29 cm deep
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A fine and deeply carved giltwood and gesso wall mirror, Italian circa 1740, 80 cm high 74 cm wide
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A pair of Louis XIV walnut armchairs, French circa 1700, 109 cm high, 66 cm wide, 51 cmdeep
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A fine and rare George II parcel-gilt and walnut wall mirror, English circa 1760, 152 cm high 52 cm wide
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A cast iron fireback with the coat of arms of Charles II and the date 1666, 77 cm high 94 cm wide
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A Japanese Kutani porcelain Buddhistic lion, circa 1920, 37 cm high
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A pair of Chinese red and gilt lacquer circular covered food boxes, 18/19th century, 30 cm diameter
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A pair of clear glass comports, French early 19th century, 12 cm diameter, 9 cm high
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A faience portrait plate of Rouget de Lisle, French dated 1792, painters monogram to verso see online photos, 24 cm diameter
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A classic yew-wood and elm Windsor armchair, English mid 19th century, 115 cm high 66 cm wide 47 cm deep
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A very pretty painted panel and gilt wood and carved trumeau mirror, French circa 1840, 176 cm high by 93 cm wide
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