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The Autumn Auction Series, Part I — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:439
Sale Title:The Autumn Auction Series, Part ILots with images:439
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:296
Date:28-May-2023
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A jade carving of lotus pods, Qing dynasty, supported on entwined stems in pierced relief, the pale stone with russet suffusions, 8 cm long
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A pale celadon jade carving of two Buddhist lions, late Qing dynasty, the recumbent animals playing with a brocade ball, wood stand, 8.5 cm long
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A pair of jadeite pendants, each of columnar form, carved in relief with a dragon among cash and lingzhi, the pale stone with bright green suffusions, fitted wood carrying box, each 8 cm long
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A green jadeite rectangular plaque, carved in deep relief with a figure seated in a mountainous landscape, 7.5 cm long
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A pair of jadeite bangles, each carved from an icy pale green stone with areas of bright green suffusions, fitted box, each 8 cm diameter
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A jadeite archer's ring, the pale green icy stone with an area of bright emerald green suffusions, wood container, the ring 3.4 cm diameter
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A white jade 'Dragon' seal, the shallow square base surmounted by a coiled dragon, carved from a predominantly white stone, the face with seal characters, 3.5 cm high x 4.6 cm x 4.8 cm
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A cased pair of jade archer's rings, one of white jade, the other of pale celadon jade with an area of russet suffusions, metal stand and covers, impressed marks to the base, each ring 3 cm high
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A jade carving of a scholar's rock, 19th/20th century, of irregular upright form with naturalistic hollows and protrusions, fitted wood stand, 12.5 cm high
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A small inscribed jade seal, of rectangular form surmounted by a figure of a Buddhist lion, an inscription to one side, the face with seal characters, 4 cm high
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Two boxed sets of archaistic jade carvings, each wood box containing two archaic animal-style pendants, the jades 6 cm to 8 cm
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A collection of twelve carved jade animals and birds, silk lined fitted box, the largest 5 cm long
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A spinach green jade washer, late Qing dynasty, the shallow rounded sides carved in relief with a pair of dragons confronted on a large flaming pearl among cloud scrolls, Qianlong mark, 17.5 cm diameter
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A carved agate scroll weight, late Qing dynasty, in the form of a peach carved in relief with two chilong pursuing a flaming pearl and a bat among cloud scrolls, 8 cm diameter
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A pair of hardwood horseshoe back armchairs and a side table, 20th century, each chair with a curved top rail terminating in outscrolled handgrips, the centre splat with a carved kylin medallion, the seat panel set within a moulded frame, the legs joined by wide beaded and cusped aprons, the table en suite, each chair 97.5 cm high, 65 cm wide, 67 cm deep, the table 70 cm high, 44.5 cm wide, 44.5 cm deep
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A rosewood hanging cabinet, with a single glazed door and an arrangement of shelves for snuff bottles or ornaments, 63 cm high, 49 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep
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A bone inlaid mahogany centre table, early 20th century, the waisted surface inlaid with figural narratives within garden and pavilion settings and enclosed by a wide border decorated with clouds, bats and shou medallions, the pedestal with three profusely carved wings above a round base and petite feet, 75 cm high, 84 cm diameter
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A set of six gilt decorated black lacquer panels, 20th century, the panels forming a continuous scene of nine dragons pursuing a flaming pearl in relief on the black lacquer ground, four character mark, each panel 96.5 x 30.5 cm
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An impressive profusely carved hardwood cabinet, possibly zitan and hardwood, the upright rectangular frame containing three large upper compartments each fronted with a pull down panel door above two drawers at the base, the three panels and two drawer fronts profusely carved in relief with pairs of dragons confronted on flaming pearls on an overall ground of dense cloud scrolls, all within borders of similarly carved dragons pursuing pearls among clouds, supported on short square section legs joined by…
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A Chinese pillar rug, early 20th century, woven with a blue dragon among clouds between a band of rocks and waves and a lion mask, all against a saffron yellow ground, 216 x 90 cm
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A set of four Chinese hardstone inlaid black ground panels, 20th century, each decorated with a scene of a maiden and attendant in a pavilion garden, each 92 cm x 30.5 cm
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A Japanese lacquered gentleman's desk set, early 20th century, together with a later lacquered cosmetics box, the lidded desk compendium with gilded decoration showcasing developments in Japanese naval and transport industry post World War II, the desk set 16.5 cm high, 29 cm wide, 16.5 cm deep
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A Korean brass bound elm scholar's cabinet, 20th century, 118.5 cm high, 90 cm wide, 38.5 cm deep
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A Korean brass bound elm cabinet, 20th century, 108 cm high, 93 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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An unusual Annamese blue and white 'Qilin' dish, 15th/16th century, painted with a central medallion depicting a qilin leaping among clouds within a freize of further clouds encircling the cavetto, 22.4 cm diameter. Provenance: Kensoon Asiatic Art Pte Ltd, Singapore, November 2015
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A Ming style blue and white 'Dice' bowl, stoutly potted, the rounded sides painted on the exterior with two dragons among scattered clouds, between a band of waves and upright lappets, Xuande mark, 26.5 cm diameter.
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A 'Bat and cloud' vase, 20th century, decorated with iron-red and gilt bats in flight among underglaze blue cloud scrolls between formal borders, Guangxu mark, 33 cm high
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A large Ming style blue and white baluster jar (Guan), the sides painted with a continuous flowering lotus scroll between upright and pendant bands of petals, the short wide mouth encircled with a foliate meander, Xuande mark, 40 cm diameter
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A blue and white 'Dragon' bowl, 20th century, with deep rounded sides painted on the exterior with two dragons among cloud scrolls, above a band of crested waves, Xuande mark, fitted box, 20 cm diameter
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A blue and white 'Lanca' stem cup, 19th/20th century, painted with a frieze of lanca characters interspersed with lotus flower-heads on scrolled stems above a band of radiating lappets and interlinked tassels, Qianlong seal mark, 11 cm diameter
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A large Ming style blue and white vase, 20th century, of baluster form surmounted by a tall waisted neck set with double loop handles, painted in bright blue with simulated 'Heaping and piling' with a band of the eight Buddhist emblems above a continuous lotus scroll, the neck decorated with a band of upright plantain leaves and ruyi-head border between bands of waves, the high flared foot encircled with a lingzhi fungus scroll, 63 cm high
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Y, an ivory carving of a Japanese fisherman, Meiji period, standing with jovial expression, clasping a bamboo rod in one hand and a fish and basket in the other, wood stand, 23 cm high
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Y, an ivory carving of a Bijin, Meiji period, standing reading a book held in her left hand, the right clasping a basket of books, 25 cm high
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Two Japanese okimono, Meiji period, each depicting a man seated barefoot on a bundle of logs, one with a hatchet the other with a basket of fish, each 10 cm high
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Y, two Japanese okimono, Meiji period, of men with children, each standing on a rocky base, one with two small boys, one carrying a basket of fruit, the other with a small boy standing at his side, each 28 cm high
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Y, three ivory okimono, early 20th century, each depicting a man standing barefoot and holding various objects in their hands, including a broom, flower spray, hatchet and scythe, marks to the bases, 17.5 cm, 18 cm and 13.5 cm
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Y, two small ivory carvings, Meiji period, one of a mother reclining with her child at her side, wood stand; the other of a maiden standing holding a fan, a metal stand pinned to the reverse, the largest 10.5 cm long
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A Japanese cloisonne vase, Meiji period, decorated with birds in flight and perched on a branch of a blossoming tree between formal borders around the base, neck and galleried mouth rim, wood stand, 18.3 cm high
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Harunobu Suzuki, a boxed folio of twenty three of the twenty-four masterpieces, Shuei-Sha edition, series 3, Tokyo, December 1963, Index of the works and introduction in English and Japanese
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After Toyokuni II, Ichimura Hazaemon, two woodblock prints, published by Iwatoya Gempachi & Izumiya Ichibei, each 35 x 24 cm
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Two wood block prints by Hiroshide Ando, framed, each 22 cm x 35 cm overall 39 cm x 52 cm
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Y, a group of Japanese ivory carvings, 19th/20th century, comprising three netsuke and a small okimono of a bearded man holding a bowl, the figure 8 cm high
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A pair of Japanese inlaid bronze archaic-style vases, Meiji period, 19th century, each of tall tapering form set on the shoulders with upright loop handles springing from archaistic animal heads, the sides decorated in gold, silver and copper with song birds above flowering magnolia on one side, and a phoenix perched on the branch of a blossoming tree on the other, 45 cm high
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A Japanese bronze urn, late Meiji period, set with twin dragon handles and decorated with applied birds and floral motifs, the waisted foot with archaistic designs, internal liner, 37 cm high
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A Japanese Imari charger, late 19th century, decorated with a central medallion of dragons and phoenix, wood stand, 46 cm diameter
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A collection of eighteen Sotheby's international auction catalogues, of Chinese ceramics and works of Art
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A collection of twenty-one Sotheby's international auction catalogues, of Chinese and Asian ceramics, works of Art and furniture including, Ming Luminous Dawn of Empire, New York, 20 March 2018; the Hung collection, a selection of important Chinese furniture, Hong Kong, 8 April 2014; and the Eric young collection of snuff bottles, parts I, II and III
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A collection of twenty-one Sotheby's international auction catalogues, of Chinese and Asian ceramics and works of Art, including Curiosity V, Hong Kong, 2 April 2019; Qianlong scholar and Calligrapher, Hong Kong, 3 October 2018; and important snuff bottles from the collection of Bob C. Stevens, parts I, II and III
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A collection of eighteen Sotheby's international auction catalogues, of Chinese and Asian ceramics, works of Art, carpets and textiles, including jades from the Zidongtang collection, Hong Kong, 1 June 2015; Supreme number one: a superb Imperial Matchlock musket, London, 9 November 2016; Qianlong Poet and Collector, Hong Kong, 7 April 2015; together with three hard back Wang & Co snuff bottle exhibition catalogues, one Man's Choice vol II, III and IV
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A collection of eight hard back Sotheby's international auction catalogues, including Masterpieces of Chinese precious metalwork, early gold and silver, London, 14 May 2008; by Heavenly Mandate, important historical works of the Qianlong Reign, Hong Kong, 8 April 2007; a collection of exceptional Imperial porcelain, Hong Kong, 2 May 2005; an important private collection of Qing historical works of Art, Hong Kong, 7 October 2010; six Treasures, Hong Kong, 3 April, 2019; two song Treasures, Hong Kong 11…
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A collection of four Sotheby's international auction catalogues of Chinese paintings, including the Ullens collection, the Nascence of Avant-Garde china, Hong Kong, 3 April 2011; and Experimentation and Evolution, Hong Kong, 2 October 2011; the Robert Hatfield Ellsworth collection of modern Chinese paintings, New York, 16 June 1993; and forty views of West lake, lot 1110, Hong Kong, 29 April 1993
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A collection of eighteen Sotheby's international auction catalogues, of Chinese and Asian ceramics and works of Art including tao, the Jiansongge collection, Hong Kong, 11 April 2008
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A collection of seventeen international auction catalogues, including four hard back and two paper back china guardian Hong Kong auction catalogues; two hard back Christie's New York catalogues of the Irving collection parts I and II, 20 and 21 March 2019; and three hard back Bonham's London catalogues of the Misumi collection, part I, 5 November 2014, part II, 8 November, 2015 and part III, 8 November 2017
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DTwo reference books on Chinese ceramics, Margaret Medley, Tang Pottery and porcelain; and Basil gray, Sung porcelain and stoneware
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The Meiyintang collection part III, a Sotheby's hard back catalogue, an important selection of Imperial Chinese porcelains, Hong Kong, 4 April, 2012
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A Japanese lantern clock, circa 1860, together with a copy of 'Japanese Clocks' by N.H.N Moody, a 30 hour bell strike clock with a fancy engraved brass and silvered dial with Japanese numerals upon a brass plate and housed in a wood case, double foliate escapement for day and night, weight driven, 50 cm high
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A large oak dining table with matching ladder back dining chairs, the eight chairs with relief carving to the crest and including two carvers, with floral upholstered seats, the table 76 cm high, 244 cm wide, 105 cm deep
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A fine pair of Aesthetic movement enamelled vases in gilt bronze mounts, later 19th century, exquisitely decorated with coloured birds with gilt enrichments amidst rushes and assorted flowers against a teal ground, housed in oriental style mounts with pierced pendent drops, unmarked, 19.5 cm high
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A Biedermeier flame birch sofa, Swedish, circa 1860, upholstered in a champagne toned geometric satin chenille, the scroll top with tapering arms, standing on lions paw feet each resting on a platform base, length of back 177 cm
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A Rene Lalique 'Coquilles' box, designed circa 1920, pre 1945 mark, the petite domed box featuring segmented shell motifs, with blue coloration, marked R. Lalique France to base, with design number 71, 7 cm diameter
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A fine mahogany 'Globe Wernicke' barrister's bookcase, the Wernicke Co. Michigan, USA, late 19th/20th century, the Wernicke system 'Elastic' bookcase comprising five stackable tiers with a drawer to the base, various maker's stencil stamps including Australian patent stamp, V.46.F.4725, also marked C. 9½ 598 503, 167.5 cm high, 87.5 cm wide, 28.5 cm deep
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Y, Carl Theodore Piloty (German, 1826-1886), Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, gouache on ivory, signed lower right: Piloty, housed in original pen worked ivory frame, 14.5 x 31 cm
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A French cherrywood white linen upholstered three seat sofa, ex-Country Trader Sydney, length of back 220 cm
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A Louis XVI style three piece gilt bronze and marble clock garniture, circa 1830, the eight day bell strike clock depicting cupid to strike with his arrow, the dial with Arabic numerals set within a column and raised on a decorated marble base, with figural candelabra side pieces of conforming form, with pendulum but no key, the clock 34 cm high
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A brass and mercury gimble and stick marine barometer, Portuguese 19th century made by R.N Desterro, Lisbon, 90.5 cm high
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An oak console table in the 17th century manner, by Drexel design, with a distressed patina, the extended surface above three floral decorated frieze drawers and raised on substantial square section legs, 80 cm high, 240 cm wide, 49.5 cm deep
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A George III style mahogany bow front sideboard, circa 1820, the kneehole style sideboard with a central cockbeaded drawer flanked by two cupboards with inlaid fan shaped spandrels, and raised on ring turned legs with ball feet, 90 cm high, 142 cm wide, 62 cm deep
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A Louis XVI style marquetry inlaid cabinet on stand, 19th century, with a brass gallery and a gilt bronze relief plaque to the pediment, the bevel glazed cabinet with a mirrored back raised on slender legs to a galleried undertier, with key, 148 cm high, 63 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A Louis XVI style marble top marquetry inlaid vitrine, early 20th century, with Vitruvian scroll decoration to the pediment, twin glass doors and shaped side panels, the lower register with floral inlay and raised on slender cabriole legs, the interior with two glass shelves, 171 cm high, 104 cm wide, 37 cm deep
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A French Empire style mahogany vitrine, late 19th century, triple fronted, with Egyptian style gilt bronze mask head mounts and formal pierced trims, raised on small square section legs with capped feet, 201 cm high, 200 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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A transitional style oriental inspired marble top commode, 19th/20th century, with black lacquered coromandel style floral decoration in muted tones to the two drawers, and gilt bronze mounts, 85 cm high, 95 cm wide, 47 cm deep
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A George II oak kneehole lowboy, circa 1750, of pegged construction with a framed surface above three drawers, an undulating skirt and supported on long knopped legs, 73 cm high, 101 cm wide, 58 cm deep
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A large pair of Austrian cold painted bronze cockatoos by Franz Bergman (1861-1936), the finely detailed naturalistic models standing on gnarled wooden perches, painted in white and yellow colours, stamped underneath to the tail feathers, Geschutzt, 'B' in an urn for Bergman, and numbered 33/053., 31 cm high
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An ebonised dining suite after a design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, made by Cassina, originally designed in 1934, the table with a central rotating piece operated by a winder, six dining chairs, and two highback 'Ingram' chairs, each piece marked and editioned to underside, the table editioned '205', the table 74 cm high, 190 cm diameter
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A pair of low back chairs by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller Inc., second half 20th century, design introduced 1956, the EA306 chairs in black leather and cast aluminium with Herman Miller patent stamps in relief to the metal frame underside
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A bronze and glass dragonfly lamp, the shade by Tiffany Studios New York, number 1462, the conical shade featuring a frieze of dragonflies with raised, pierced wings and green glass eyes, the bodies inset with coloured glass against mottled green, yellow and blue glass colours, the later bulbous base on a mosaic ground in conforming colours, impressed Tiffany Studios mark to the inner edge of the shade, 37.5 cm high. Provenance: Christie's Melbourne, sale 84, 16th August 1994, lot 510
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A French automaton clock, circa 1900, a working model featuring a husband and wife monkey shoemaker pair polishing and repairing shoes, on an ebonised wood base under a glass dome, with key, the mechanism 44 cm high, the dome 72 cm high
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A Chinoiserie mantel clock, French, the eight day strike clock with a silvered engine turned dial with Arabic numerals and housed in an arched red lacquer case, impressed 'P F' to mechanism, 20.5 cm high, 17.5 cm wide, 11.5 cm deep
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An impressive pair of white metal five light figural candelabra, of Empire inspiration, each featuring a maiden in antique attire holding a slender stem issuing scrolls and bud like sconces, raised on socles and squared bases with ram's head motifs and hoof feet, 105 cm high, the base 25 x 25 cm
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An impressive Victorian carved mahogany serving table, circa 1860, of serpentine profile with an undulating skirt and standing on four cabriole legs richly embellished with foliage, cabochons and pendent pomegranates in high relief, terminating with lion's paw feet, 92 cm high, 187 cm wide, 75 cm deep
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Maurice Guiraud-Riviere (1881-1947), head of a woman, in bronze and depicting a young woman with a floral wreath to her hair, and raised on a green marble plinth, 59.5 cm high. Provenance: Ex Christie's
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A pair of Art Deco style solid brass floor lamps, French, 20th century, of striking design with upturned shades supported on tapering tubular stems to square bases, with contemporary electric fittings, 182 cm high, 61 cm diameter of shade
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A vintage chrome floor lamp, Italian, 1970s, three globular shades of differing heights and dimensions each with adjustable slatted shades raised on cylindrical stems to a triangular undertier and black block feet, 166 cm high
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A group of three porcelain figures, Samson of Paris, Meissen and other, 19th/early 20th century, depicting a young man in a blue floral frock coat and breeches by Samson and bearing a faux Derby gold anchor mark; a shepherdess holding a flower, German underglaze mark to the reverse, and; a Meissen figure of a barefoot boy in a yellow jacket holding a posy and his hat, crossed sword and inscribed marks underside
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Dan Ostermiller (b. 1956), Shore lunch, grizzly with salmon, 1998, bronze no.12/20, the base inscribed Dan Ostermiller, 98, 12/20, 19 x 45 x 20 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne, Sotheby's, Melbourne, the Connoisseurs collection, 15 May 2012, lot 216, Spanierman gallery, Llc, New York, Exhibited, Spanierman gallery, Llc, New York, Dan Ostermiller: animal Scuptor, January 7-30, 1999.
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A German 'Blackforest' carved spill vase, 19th/20th century, featuring a family of deer in a rocky landscape against a fir tree, 41 cm high
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An oyster walnut inlaid chest of drawers, 18th century, with a decoratively strung top above two short and three long drawers with concentric circle and quatrefoil strung decorations, with star form back plates and ring pull handles and raised on shaped bracket feet, 91.5 cm high, 100 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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A Victorian Coalbrookdale cast iron outdoor table, mid 19th century, the pierced table with undertier and Queen Victoria portrait profile medallions, impressed 'Coalbrookdale', with registration number to the inner skirt, 72 cm high, 60 cm diameter
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A set of four William IV simulated rosewood dining chairs, circa 1830, the crests with scroll terminals, above stuffover seats in a modern pebble textured apple green velvet and raised on turned legs. Provenance: Adam Galleries, 1984
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An Austrian cold painted camel group by C. Kauba (1865-1922), depicting cameleer rug merchants displaying their wares, in fine naturalistic detail with muted coloration, signed C. Kauba to a raised cartouche to the base, 20 cm high
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A cold painted bronze figure of a pheasant, in the Austrian manner, circa 1880, in the Franz Bergman style, the standing pheasant with detailed features and muted coloration, apparently unmarked, 17 cm high
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Two Viennese cold painted bronze orientalist figures, 19th/early 20th century, featuring a Muslim man at prayer, and a barber attending to a client and mounted on a green onyx shallow dish, apparently unmarked, the onyx mounted barber figure 10.5 cm high, 11.5 cm wide, 17 cm deep
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A antique bronze figure of a cherub, late 19th/20th century, the coy winged figure wearing only his quiver attire, raised on a circular base, 72 cm high. Provenance: Ex Gary Kay collection
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An unusual antique pewter wine ewer, French, 18th/19th century, with a knopped and ringed long neck and multiple handles, the lid with a double acorn thumbpiece, unmarked, 74 cm high
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A set of six Regency brass inlaid chairs, early 19th century, rail back chairs with brass stringing and fleur-de-lis motifs, pierced and carved midrails with target motifs and raised on sabre legs, with light brown velvet drop in seats
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A fine Spanish style oak parquetry top extension dining table, the trestle based table with slide under concealed extensions, having a tile patterned surface upon substantial turned legs united by an 'X' form scrolling wrought iron stretcher, 75 cm high, 199 cm wide (318 cm extended), 110 cm deep
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Two Austrian cold painted bulldog figurines by Franz Bergman (1861-1936), naturalistically modelled, the larger model with foundry medallion marked Geschutzt, 'B' in urn for Bergman and numbered 8412, the smaller model also marked but unclear, the largest 7.5 cm high
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Two Viennese cold painted bronze animal ornaments by Franz Bergman (1861-1936) together with a bronze owl, comprising a naturalistic frog, a novelty cat pastry chef, both with Bergman trademarks, and an owl, with a cross marked cartouche to the back, the pastry chef 6.5 cm wide, the owl 7 cm high
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A large antique cushion mirror, 19th century, with decorative pierced trims to the corners and bead and vegetal borders throughout, 112 x 91 cm
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An Empire ormolu figural mantel clock, French 1820's, featuring the finely modelled figure of a Roman centurion, his shield serving as the dial marked with Roman numerals, raised on a tiered plinth with swag and a pierced and cast plinth, with silk suspension eight day count, bell strike, 64 cm high, 44 cm wide, 18 cm high
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