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Sculpture/Statuary — Philips Auctions Australia
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Sculpture/Statuary
- Animals & Birds (253)
- Busts/Heads (57)
- Equestrian (12)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Art Deco spelter figure of a young girl sitting atop a rouge marble plinth, her arms extended to a seated cat, both on a rectangular marble base | *** |  |
| *** | A large Art Deco bronze Eagles group signed Badini, circa 1930s depicting a combat between the two eagles at the top of a mountain, each with spread wings and open beaks, impressed 'Bronze' and signed 'Badini' to the side, raised on a thick veined black… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted spelter figural group by G. Gori, Georges Gori (1900-1944), circa 1930 depicting a modish semi-reclining woman in a gold and black draping dress, with ivorine features, accompanied by a recumbent deer, raised on a black marble… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted bronze figure by Jean de Roncourt, Jean de Roncourt (France), active 1920s-1930s the powerful study of a huntsman in striking triangular pose, pointing with one arm, raised on a rectangular black polished marble base incised 'J.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Zimbabwean Shona stone sculpture, 'Twins', late 20th century, a stylised figural group of entwined twins in contrasting smooth polished and rough hewn stone, signed C Jaendas 42, height 80 cm, width 60 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze allegorical harvest figurine, 19th century, the well cast model of a female nude bearing fruits of the grape harvest, a bunch of grapes in her hand and a cascade of vines to the other arm and similar adornments to her hair; raised upon a… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter panther, French circa 1930's, the large stylised walking panther in lustrous gold and chocolate colours, upon on a long rectangular two tone veined white and brown marble base, the face trimmed with contrasting cream, green and black… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Art Deco spelter figural group, circa 1930, France, the energetic spelter group featuring a semi clad Diana running, flanked by two jumping deers, in cold painted green colour and raised on a long grey and pink striated marble base, with unknown… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted spelter Seagull by H. Lechesne, circa 1920s, a seagull in gold colours in full flight touching the crest of a green and gold coloured wave and raised on a portoro marble base; inscribed mark of H. Lechesne to lower image, height… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed Art Deco bronze figure of a girl with a hoop, circa 1920s-30s, the model of a young girl in pantaloons playing with her hoop, incised mark of F. Paris to base, with foundry mark and design number a 7685, raised on a portoro marble plinth, height… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco painted spelter figure group of a young woman and a hound', Ugo Cipriani (under pseudonym 'Menneville') and Irenee Rochard, 1930s, the woman modelled standing in flowing, windswept dress, the hound' standing looking up to her, mounted on its… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze model by Leon Pilet (1836-1916), the figure of a man in Renaissance attire wearing an apron and gazing at a platter of seafood in his hands, beside a bricked stove with a broken dish, signed L. Pilet to the base, and raised on a marble stand,… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine German Art Nouveau bronze female figurine, early 20th century, the Grecian clad woman in flowing attire posed within a hoop, upon a bronze and stepped marble base. Height 23.5 cm. Width 16.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a stag by Irenee Rochard (1906-1984), circa 1930s, a silvered bronze figure of a stag raised on a stepped portoro marble base with canted edges; incised I. Rochard lower right, height 35 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Menneville (first half 20th century), a woman posing with a pheasant, cold-painted spelter and ivorine, the woman modelled in a long dress resting on her elbows and hip, the pheasant standing alongside, her head and hands in ivorine, her dress part… | *** |  |
| *** | Colinet, Claire-Jeanne-Roberte (after), 1910-1940, French, a later 20th century bronze casting of Colinet's eastern dancer featuring an exotically clad woman with a rope girdle with her arms outstretched and clasped over her head, inscribed Colinet to… | *** |  |
| *** | Guarino, A, 1905, 'Mala Tempora Currunt' translating as 'Bad times are upon us', featuring a naturalistically posed figure of an impoverished guitarist and upon a marble plinth; inscribed signature to base of figure and also Naples and 1905; title to… | *** |  |
| *** | Vitaleh, Aldo, after, 20th century, the sinuous female figure of a nature goddess, her robes and hair entwined with vines and flowers upon a circular shaped marble base with foundry lozenge and inscribed signature to base of bronze. Height 41 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze allegorical figure of a maiden, Antoine Gaudez (1845-1902) 'Paix Et Abondance', c1890 the dynamic figure of a young maiden walking in dark brown patinated bronze, with a garland of fruit in the folds of her flowing dress and a flower in… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ron Lee 'Washing the Giraffe' figural group, circa 1990, depicting 'Hobo Clown' on a ladder washing a giraffe, polychrome painted and gilded, on a green onyx base, signed 'Ron' and dated 90. Height 27 cm, length 17 cm, depth 17 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Art Deco spelter figural group, circa 1930 featuring a woman attired in a flowing cold painted green dress and black patterned jacket with ivorine arms and painted face, patting two deer standing on either side in bronze colours, raised on a long… | *** |  |
| *** | A Russian bronze model 'Wolf in a Trap' after Nikolai Lieberich, Nikolai Iwanowitsch Lieberich (1828-1883), cast by Woerffel foundry, St Petersburg, late 19th century. The figure of a wolf with the left paw caught in a trap, on an oval naturalistic base,… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figural group of William Tell after Kissling, Richard Kissling (Swiss, 1848-1919), 20th century modelled in standing pose with his crossbow slung over his right shoulder, wearing a hooded tunic and sandals, his left arm around his Son Walter, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze model of the Marly horse, after Guillaume Coustou (1677-1746) Circa 1900, the impressive rearing horse with lion skin saddle beside a semi-draped attendant holding the bridle, on a naturalistically moulded base, with cast 'Coustou'… | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze figural group by a. Dubucand, Alfred Dubucand (French, 1828-1894), c1870s the fine bronze by sculpteur animalier Dubucand, realistically modelled as a Maghrebi boy standing by his mule, his left arm resting on the saddle, upon a… | *** |  |
| *** | An Orientalist spelter bust on an ebonised pedestal, after Louis Hottot (French 1829-1905), early 20th century, the polychromed spelter bust of an exotically clad ottoman gentleman, unmarked, mounted on an ebonised cylindrical pedestal. Height 170 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique marble bust, later 19th century, the white marble bust of a young woman with a serene expression dressed in a ribboned bonnet, upon a pedestal base, height 52.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A marble boy and a dog figural group by Max Valentin (1875-1931), a gentle study of a sleeping nude child cradling his dog, carved in high relief against a pillow like cloud of marble, raised on a black marble base, incised signature of M. Valentin verso,… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze and Ivorine Art Deco style figurine, the leopard lady figure in a tunic with a stiff leaf skirt and hose affecting a eurythmic pose with a long scarf, on a black lacquered plinth faced with a relief plaque depicting leopards . Height 27 cm. Width… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter dancing figure, circa 1930, signed Fayral (Max Le Verrier), modelled as a young woman in a short Greco Roman tunic dancing with cymbals, in a deep olive patinated finish and raised on a portoro marble plinth, signed to lower image,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze dancing figure after Pierre laurel, the cold painted figure of the rose dancer in patinated green colours raised on a tiered brown onyx demi-lune base, unsigned but numbered 45, height 26.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco terracotta portrait bust, circa 1920s-30s, the hand modelled terracotta bust of a young woman with 'Garcon' style hair, and supported on a timber block base, unmarked, height 37 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter lion by Thomas Francois Cartier (1879-1943), a brightly gilded growling and stalking male lion upon a cold painted green black base, inscribed mark of T. Cartier to base, height 29 cm, width 57 cm, depth 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter figural group, circa 1930s, inscribed signature of S. Melani to base. the cold painted figure of a kneeling woman with ivorine hands and face, modish curled hair and in a flowing medieval inspired gown, her arms outstretched and… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze and ivory figure of a Dutch girl by Joseph D'Aste (Italian, active 1905-1935) circa 1910, a delightful informal study of a girl dressed in clogs and a bonnet with her hands in her apron pockets, with carved ivory arms and gentle face, raised… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter huntress figure, circa 1920s, depicting the animated figure of a running huntress wearing a short Grecian, tunic, having just shot her bow and accompanied by three synchronised hunting, hounds, raised on a double marble base, height 44… | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter figural group of two hunting dogs by Thomas F Cartier (1879-1943), 1909. the bronzed figures of two animated keen hounds on the scent upon a craggy base, inscribed signature of T. Cartier to base, copyright mark of D.J.R and made in France… | *** |  |
| *** | A patinated bronze lion, after Louis Vidal (1831-1892), 19th to early 20th century, the well patinated figure of a snarling male lion in golden green bronze tones, upon an integral base with inscribed signature of Vidal, height 26 cm, width 47 cm, depth… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze Dutch girl figurine on a marble font, circa 1930s, depicting a naturalistically cast girl in traditional attire carrying two pails and accompanied by duck standing on the side of a black 'Leopard Spot' marble circular font with a shallow bowl.… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter model of a dog, circa 1920s, an appealing model of a seated dog with head bent and one paw raised, upon a veined black marble base, height 25 cm, length 26.5 cm, width 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Top, Claudine (French/Australian school), The Gate, cast bronze, signed C.Top to base,. Provenance: Purchased Dempster's Gallery, Canterbury 1996. Claudine top has exhibited at the Mornington Peninsula Art, gallery, Linden Gallery, Galerie Hautefeuille,… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze model of a hunting dog by Jules Moigniez (1835-1895), the model of a hound' holding a dead game bird, on a rocky base with an integral bronze base, incised signature J Moigniez, with old repair, height 31 cm, length 48 cm, width 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cold painted spelter Art Deco female dancer, signed Derenne, circa 1930s, the aqua green female nude artistically balancing on one foot one leg outstretched, her arm behind her, and striking a pose holding two large disks, incised signature to base;… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chalkware female blackamoor floor lantern, circa 1930-1940s, the exotic figure dressed in a flouncy leafy skirt, a puff sleeved blouse and a turban, her right arm raised and holding an Art Deco amber and tan glass ball shade; upon an integral base and… | *** |  |
| *** | Laurel, P (after), a later 20th century bronze casting of P. Laurel's 1920s gypsy or harem dancer featuring an exotically costumed woman poised on one foot, the other leg raised and arms outstretched, on a stepped and domed marble base; with inscribed… | *** |  |
| *** | A Continental polychrome plaster figure, 19th century, in muted colours, the figure of an exotically attired and adorned Arabic man carrying a wicker basket, impressed mark 'Uriela' to the reverse within a cartouche with a removed mark below (possibly… | *** |  |
| *** | Colinet, Claire-Jeanne-Roberte (after), 1910-1940, French, a later 20th century bronze casting of Colinet's acrobat featuring a female nude in an artistic dancer's pose manipulating three interlocking rings; marked Cl Jr Colinet to base of bronze and… | *** |  |
| *** | A bust of a woman, 19th century, white marble, modelled in the late Georgian manner, looking straight ahead with roses in her hair and at her lightly-draped decolletage, on a separate waisted socle. Height 70 cm. (overall) | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a Guitar player, a singing and hatted figure of a guitar player, signed possibly C Matters to base of sculpture and raised upon a brown marble plinth. Height 26 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) (after), 'The Three Graces', in bonded marble, featuring the three graces, Eurphrosyne, Thalia, and Algaia, representing festivity, abundance and splendour, beside a column with floral garlands. Height 68 cm. Width 42 cm. Depth… | *** |  |
| *** | Montgomery, C.H. (working late 20th/early 21st century), 'beach girl', patinated bronze, signed, dated 1992, and editioned 4/50 in the bronze base, mounted on a veined marble low plinth. Height 76 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A French Art Deco bronze figure, after Pierre Le Faguays (1892-1962) featuring a young dancer poised on one foot with a flower garland between her hands, raised on a square bronze base mounted on a black marble stepped plinth, the base signed 'Pierre le… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze Art Deco figural group after Chiparus, Demetre H. Chiparus (1886-1947), 20th century the figural group 'Les Amis de Toujours' (friends Forever) modelled as a lady standing with her two faithful borzois at either hand, wearing a long pleated skirt… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed marble bust of a woman, O. Guerrieri (active 1890-1920), c1900, the serene white marble portrait bust of a young woman with downcast eyes, a scarf tied around her head and hair, wearing a purple veined marble dress with incised decorative details… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed Moreau spelter figure, after Louis Auguste Moreau (1855-1919) c1890, large bronzed spelter figure of young male representing 'La Patrie' in a classical heroic stance with billowing girdled drapery, holding his sword high in the air and a shield… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a poacher boy, 19th century, with signature of a. Moreau (Auguste Moreau 1834-1917), the naturalistic study of a lad in a hat with a long shoulder bag, dead game attached to his belt and holding a dead hare; signature to rocky base,… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt allegorical statuette. The gilt spelter female allegorical figure in Grecian attire with a cupid at her side raised upon a richly figured grey and white marble plinth with canted corners. Height 61 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter dancing girl with goat group by H. Fuguy, circa 1920s, in jewelled gold and silver cold painted colours depicting an exotic dancing, girl in a twirling skirt poised on one foot shaking her tambourine, the small, goat dancing on its… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze of a small girl, mid 20th century, the small girl holding a basket and a duck standing on a square base with marble plinth, signed A. Schmidt Felling to the rear. Height 18.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco crackleware animalier figure of a polar bear, circa 1930, the elongated bear walking on a stylistic iceberg. Height 22 cm. Length 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter figure by Jean de Roncourt, Jean de Roncourt (active 1920s - 1930s) 'L'athlete' - circa 1930, the neoclassical study of an athletic male, crouched down, shading his eyes from the sun and poised ready for action, with brown bronze… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure by J. Peny, 19th century, the seated figure of a woman with a jewelled diadem and classical attire, holding a small casket, upon an integral waisted and shaped base, signature, of J. Peny to short end, height 33.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter group of Alsatians by Drouot, Edouard Drouot (French, 1859-1945), circa 1900 depicting two Alsatians chained together in animated pose, in bronze and pewter ones, raised upon on a rectangular black portoto marble base, the base incised 'Drouot'.… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a young girl signed Preiss, late 20th century modelled as a standing little girl holding the sems of her dress, upon an integral octagonal base signed 'Preiss' atop a mottled green marble columnar pedestal. Height: 31.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of bronze figural coffee table bases, in muted gold and black colours depicting kneeling and crouching figures with arms at right angles to support a table top, height 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter stag group by Irenee Rochard (1906-1984), circa 1920s, realistically modelled as two fighting stags, one in a commanding position with head down, the other fallen, raised on a long mottled marble base, mark of I. Rochard to base of statue,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco Bathing beauty light, circa 1930s, the cold painted spelter figurine of a seated female bather posing in a modish belted swimming tunic, wearing ballet slippers and holding a parasol, with a gold decorated pink globe shade and supported on a… | *** |  |
| *** | A small antique bronze model of a saddled donkey, 19th to early 20th century, the well patinated model standing upon a gravel textured waisted base and a verde antico marble plinth, height 19 cm, length 20.5 cm, width 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Ducks in flight, an Art Deco spelter group by Georges van de Voorde, circa 1930s, Belgian/French, a dramatic duo of ducks sweeping above waves, inscribed signature verso, and raised on a mottled brown onyx base with white onyx steps and geometric forms,… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Napoleon III cast bronze allegorical figure, mid 19th century, the female figure in a serpentine pose, with coiffed hair, deeply folded draping attire and holding a cape over her right shoulder, upon a square base, unmarked, height 37.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze horse on a marble stand, a racehorse on a black marble stand, an indistinct inscribed signature to, base of bronze, height 35 cm, width 45.5 cm, depth 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter figure of an archer, circa 1920s, in a green painted verdigris finish depicting a muscular and tense male archer on one knee holding an ivoreen bow and poised ready to shoot, raised on a Belgian black marble rectangular base with… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique neoclassical bronze Roman charioteer, 19th century, France, the realistically modelled charioteer with whip raised encouraging his pair, of galloping and rearing horses, upon a red marble and bronze base with, lion's paw feet, unsigned, height… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter deer group, circa 1920s, a naturalistically modelled stag and hind in lustrous bronze colours raised on a shaped and geometrically stepped marble base faced with black and cream tiles, height 41 cm, length 55 cm, width 15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An alabaster bust of a woman by Bessier, early 20th century, a pensive young woman in a head scarf gazing upwards to her left, wearing a gown in contrasting mottled amber colours with a drawstring bodice, incised Bessier, verso, height 24 cm, width 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter panther, circa 1930s, a prowling panther in dull olive colours raised upon a white flecked grey black marble base, height 18 cm, length 46.5 cm, width 12.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter panther group on a marble and onyx base, circa 1930s, the pair of walking panthers, one growling, in chocolate and gold lustre colours upon a long rectangular pink veined marble trimmed with cream onyx and black marble, height 20 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A figurative bronze, circa 1950, the female figure depicts 'The handkerchief dancer' mounted upon a turned marble plinth. Signed to base C. L. J. R. Colinet. Height 36 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A fine animalier bronze of a Prancing horse, circa 1930, the horse with clipped main tail wearing a beaded collar and standing a bronze plinth. Height 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Cipriani, Adolpho (active late 19th-early 20th century) bust of a maiden in a lace bonnet white marble, incised signature to the back, on a separate circular base (base damaged). Height 47 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Nouveau bronze figural serving tray, circa 1900, probably Austrian or German made, in modulating deep bronze, gold and silver colours, with a shaped double dish with stylised floral motifs and sinuous handles and whorl terminals, centred with a… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique marble bust of a woman, circa 1900, the serene figure of a young woman with downcast eyes, dressed in a frilled and pierced bonnet, her dress with pleated cap sleeves, unmarked, height 25.5 cm, width 23.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter animal group by Thomas Cartier (1879-1943), early 20th century, a naturalistic model of two animated and alert hounds, in bronze and gold colours, signed T. Cartier to the rocky base, also 1909 copyright mark and foundry medallion, height 23 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter pheasant, circa 1930, the bird with fine plumage in lustrous colours upon a two toned marble base, with contrasting striped trims, height 26 cm, length 55 cm, width 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze greyhound after Pierre-Jules Mene, 20th century the naturalistically modelled greyhound in an alert position, with a textured body and dark chocolate patina raised on a domed base, signed 'P.J Mene' to the base height 23 cm, width 33.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Mirval, C (working 1920s) (after), in bronze, an exotically clad young woman in a short Grecian tunic her outstretched arms draped with a scarf; upon a circular base with inscribed signature and foundry lozenge and raised on a shaped circular marble socle… | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze figure of a Bacchanalian putto, 19th century, a reposing putto in polished golden brown tones draped in a darker toned fur wrap, a garland of fruiting vine leaves about his head and holding a goblet, upon a rustic ground upon an oval… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze 'Leapfrog' figural group signed Milo, Miguel Fernando Lopez (Milo), 20th century modelled as two young girls playing leapfrog on a domed rectangular base signed 'Milo', raised upon a veined anthracite marble plinth. Height 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze group of Pointers signed L. Noel, circa 1940s realistically modelled as two pointers finding game, in matte bronze colours, on a naturalistic base and raised on a portoro marble plinth, signed 'L. Noel' and 'Statua' to base and titled 'Sur… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine bronze bust of Diana after Jean-Antoine Houdon C1900, modelled after the late 18th century model by Jean-Antoine Houdon, and depicting the contemplative huntress with eyes averted, a crescent moon sickle in her hair and classical drapery to her… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a maiden, circa 1900, modelled as a maiden standing and holding the hem of her skirt, apparently unsigned, on an integral rectangular base raised on a grey marble stepped pedestal, the pedestal chipped to the base, in otherwise good… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed cold painted bronze nude by Louis Noel, Louis Noel (Belgium 1938-2014) the nude young woman figure, modelled seated on a stepped portoro marble plinth, and holding a dove in her right hand, signed 'L Noel' to the back, height 24.5 cm, width 24.5… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted bronze figure of a dancer, circa 1920s in the manner of Lorenzl, modelled as a dynamic dancer with extended arms and holding the hems of her dress, finely painted with irises, on a integral base atop a green onyx double base,… | *** |  |
| *** | A marble bust, after Antonio Canova (1757-1822), 19th century, the serene bust of a young woman with plaited hair and raised upon a separate waisted base, inscribed mark of Canova verso, height 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A terracotta 'Lion En Furie' by Thomas F Cartier (1879-1943) on a shaped marble base, early 20th century. the prowling lion in bronze colours bearing a 'Medaille D'or Au Salon' plaque with title to front of sculpture, inscribed signature of T Cartier to… | *** |  |
| *** | A large scale Art Deco spelter Alsatian dog figure, circa 1930, the recumbent alert dog in gold bronze colours upon a monumental two tone, marble base, height 34 cm, length 65 cm, width 20 cm | *** |  |