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Sculpture/Statuary — Philips Auctions Australia
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| 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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| *** | A signed Art Deco spelter antelope group, Jacques Limousin, circa 1920s, the dynamic pair of antelopes jumping, in dark and copper lustre colours upon a black marble base faced with alternating onyx inserts, signed Limousin to the reverse of base, height… | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter male figure of 'Le Triomphe' by Moreau, Louis Auguste (1855-1919), the heroic male figure in a classical stance with billowing girdled drapery, his left hand holding aloft a pair of gilded laurel garlands and in his right, a laurel branch;… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed spelter figure by Auguste Moreau (1834-1917), 1906, with copyright mark for that year, Paris foundry stamp, signature, the large animated figure of a small child wrestling with an alarmed squawking duck, in cold painted colours upon a rocky base,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter lady and her dog figural group, circa 1920s, a modish semi-reclining young woman with bobbed hair clad in diaphanous Grecian attire and patting a long-haired dog; raised on two-toned marble base, height 25.5 cm, width 37 cm, depth 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter lady, circa 1920s, a modishly dressed woman in a long flowing dressed elegantly posed upon a marble plinth flanked by stepped quarter circle marble motifs in contrasting, colours and raised upon a shaped black marble base, the figure… | *** |  |
| *** | A cold painted bronze and ivory figurine by Solange Bertrand, circa 1925, featuring a young girl in a short tunic at play with a skipping rope, the figure in lustred dull gold colours with ivory bust and arms, raised on a mottled red and ochre marble… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze model of Mignon by Jean Garnier (1853-1910), the serene standing model of Goethe's character, Mignon carrying her mandolin, upon a round base, incised mark of J. Garnier, also with title plaque, height 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco figure of a spelter tiger, circa 1930s, a crouching and growling tiger amidst vegetation, in a chocolate gold lustre finish and raised on bold angular shards of red veined grey marble faced with contrasting stone and raised on a veined and… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze model of a doe in the manner of Irenee Rochard, circa 1930s, unmarked, in patinated green colours depicting a naturalistic and curious doe, raised, upon a shaped rectangular portoro marble plinth base, height 16.5 cm, width 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco Lustred spelter pheasant group on a marble base, circa 1930s, a pair of walking pheasants well coloured in muted and lustrous russet, gold and chocolate colours supported on a stepped and faceted creamy marble long base with portoro marble and… | *** |  |
| *** | A French Art Deco bronze and Granite ashtray, circa 1930s, depicting two bronze ducks, one posed as if sipping water from a pond, positioned upon a hexagonal brown granitic tray with a deep well, height 12 cm, width 15.5 cm, depth 19.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figural group, early 20th century, depicting an animated classical family group with one child playing a tambourine, the other upon the shoulders of the father, signed indistinctly, across one corner and raised on a red marble base with bead… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Nouveau spelter figurine, 'Papillons' by Tairo, late 19th century, Paris, the cold painted bronze toned figure of a sinuous woman in flowing diaphanous robes, raised on a truncated square base, with two insects at her feet; with title to cartouche… | *** |  |
| *** | Grachev, Vasili (1835-1905), after. A cast realistic bronze of a Cossack driving a single horse drawn sled at the trot, upon a shaped elongated base inscribed with the signature in Cyrillic and also with a further inscription including the city name, St… | *** |  |
| *** | Rochard, R (working 1930s), the Art Deco spelter sculpture of two impala posed naturalistically upon a green above and brown agate base; engraved signature lower right to base. Height 42.5 cm. Width 54.5 cm. Depth 15.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Moreau, Auguste (1834-1917), After, an exotic female dancer, bronze, modelled in motion, in flowing robes and holding a tambourine above her head, on an integral base with incised signature and cast foundry mark, on a moulded stone plinth. Height 56 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Jacquesson, Florence (b. 1962), a resting basset hound, bronze, on an integral oval base incised 'Jacquesson pour Mellerio' and cast with the foundry stamp. Height 9 cm. Width 12 cm. Depth 7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Chiparus, Demetre (1886-19479, after, an Eastern dancer, bronze, the female figure modelled in jewelled flowing dress and cowl, half-kneeling with arms out-stretched, on an oval black marble base, incised D.H. Chiparus signature and foundry medallion to… | *** |  |
| *** | A replica bronze Roman torso of 'Artemis', imported for Geraldine Cooper Interiors, the bronze in a serpentine pose with the robes accentuating and flowing with the natural form of the female body, with a fine verdigris finish and mounted on a stand upon… | *** |  |
| *** | French or Belgian school, a rearing horse in the late, 19th century, manner, on a naturalistic base cast bronze, apparently unmarked. Height 26 cm. Width 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco style bronze figure of a dancer, 20th century, after Poertzel, the standing lady with raised arms and draping cape titled 'Bat Dancer' above a black marble base. Signed Prof. Otto Poertzel. Height 45 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cast bronze sculpture of bears, a mother seated on a rock with her two cubs, naturalistically modelled. Height 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco figure of a spelter tiger, circa 1930s the crouching and growling tiger amidst vegetation, in cold painted green, deep bronze and gold finish, raised on bold angular shards of mottled grey marble and raised on variegated dark marble plinth.… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figurine of a dancer, after Mirval, the exotic scantily attired figure of the Ishtar dancer of Palmyra, standing on one foot and with outstretched arms, raised on a circular stepped marble base; inscribed signature of M Mirval. Height 41.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique signed bronze Lionness figure, early 20th century, with signature apparently of Le Dureau, a posed and snarling lioness with in golden chocolate colours upon a cast rocky ground, mounted on an ellipse mottled red marble base, inscribed… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted bronze pheasant, circa 1930, stamped bronze, the stylised pheasant with delineated tail feathers in black, iron red and gold colours, raised on a black marble base with a silver plated panel, height 28 cm, length 48 cm, width 9.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze and ivory figure of Pierrot, early 20th century, in the manner of George Omerth (1895-1925), the cold painted bronze figure of Pierrot as a child, wearing his frilled collaret and hat, depicted standing and holding a bunch of flowers behind his… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine classical bronze figure, circa 1930s the patinated bronze figure of a seated and wistful young woman in classical robes and with braided hair, upon a square variegated marble plinth, unmarked. l Height 21 cm, length 18 cm, width 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large bronze Casting of the head and shoulders of a stag after Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875), a naturalistic model supported on a black marble base, inscribed signature Barye to the shoulder, height 48 cm, width 31 cm, depth 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter figure of a hunting hound' by Clovis Edmund Masson (1838-1913), naturalistically modelled as a spaniel following a scent, in golden bronze colours upon a darker rustic base, incised signature of C. Masson to base with incised mark of salon des… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Art Deco spelter pheasant, circa 1920s, the well plumed and proud walking pheasant in rich luster colours with tints of gold and green upon a rectangular veined black marble base, height 24.5 cm, length 47.5 cm, width 12 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold-painted bronze figure of a dancing girl, signed 'Limousin', 1930s, her dress painted in black and gold, cast signature to the reverse, mounted on a spreading square variegated marble plinth. Height 38 cm. (overall) | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figural group after Mccartan, after Edward McCartan (American, 1879-1947), 20th century modelled in the classical style depicting a nude Diana standing and her hound', signed 'E McCartan' to the integral base, raised upon a black marble plinth.… | *** |  |
| *** | A French marble bust of a woman, circa 1900, the serene contemplative figure of a medieval inspired woman in a diaphanous headscarf, her gown with incised floral decoration to the simple square neckline and sleeves, raised on a waisted base with canted… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figurine of a dragon lady, after Mirval, depicting a young seated maiden, her arms draped across the head of a snarling dragon, with vines and flowers encircling, upon a circular stepped marble base; inscribed signature of Mirval. Height 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Victorian alabaster bust of a mother and child, circa 1900. An Art Nouveau bust of a medieval attired woman, her head covered with a flowing scarf and her small Son tucked close to her cheek, raised upon a stepped timber base. Height 31 cm. Width… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze sculptural figure. The voluptuous female torso in a serpentine pose, upon a marble cube. Height 43.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze model of a Truffle Sow by Jules Moigniez (1835-1894), the naturalistic model of a sow in rich mottled tones upon an earthy and floral ground, above a stepped rectangular base with rounded short ends in light gold colours; incised signature to… | *** |  |
| *** | Clodion, Claude Michael (1738-1814), after, circa 1880, a terracotta figure of 'Faun with Bacchante', with incised mark of Clodion verso, height 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Carvin, Louis Albert (1875-1951), circa 1925, two Alsatians, naturally posed spelter dogs, one standing and alert, the other reclining, and upon a pink and black layered marble base of stepped form; incised signature to dog collars and inscribed 'L… | *** |  |
| *** | Debut, possibly after Jean Didier Debut (1824-1893), the dramatic cast spelter figure of a semi nude man about to slaughter a table fowl, with the etched signature, Debut, to base, upon a shaped black and green marble base. Height 64 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter and ivory Rhythmic Gymnast figure, circa 1930s. The athletic young woman in a short tunic in a kneeling and stretching pose balancing two ivory balls upon her legs, in silver and bronze colours and raised on a white and black marble… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted figure with dogs group, circa 1920s-30s featuring a woman in a green and gold flowing gown holding a bird and flanked by a pair of seated Alsatians, raised on a black marble base further decorated with geometric shapes in black… | *** |  |
| *** | A cold painted spelter figure of a pheasant by Irenee Rochard, circa 1930, the figure of a proud pheasant, the handsome plumage picked out in gold, raised upon a navette shaped black marble support above a long black marble base with rounded ends, etched… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter deer family group, circa 1930, a stag, doe and a fawn in lustrous bronze colours upon a buff marble base faced with contrasting marble tiles, height 31 cm, length 61 cm, width 15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter panther, circa 1920s-30s, the green patinated figure of a prowling panther upon a veined cream marble plinth faced with alternate rouge and cream crackle marble, height 19 cm width 55 cm depth 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Colinet, Jean-Claire-Roberte (1910-1940) after, 20th century, a free spirited bare foot dancer, clad in flowing girdled robes, with an outstretched arm and lightly posing on one foot, mounted on a graduated circular black marble base; foundry lozenge and… | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter model of a pheasant, circa 1920s-30s, signature of R.Varnier and foundry stamp, the naturalistically modelled fowl posed upon a rocky outcrop and cold painted in muted ochre and bronze colours, above a green veined black marble base, height 41.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter Belle Epoque lady by Louis Moreau (1855-1919), late 19th century, the smiling figure of a young lady in a modish dress with puff sleeves and a buttoned bodice, in bronze and gold colours, inscribed mark of L. Moreau to side, height 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter figural group, circa 1920s-30s, the figure of a young woman in a semi kneeling pose with a fanned cape and flanked by a pair of stalking panthers walking through foliage, in lustrous, colours upon a veined dark grey marble base, height… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter model of a Sunbathing woman, circa 1920s-30s, a modish cold painted figure of a seated woman in her swimsuit, holding a rose decorated parasol and accompanied by two dogs, raised on a veined black, marble base, height 23 cm, length 65… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a dancer after Chiparus, 20th century, the Art Deco style dynamic figure of a standing dancer with a raised leg and extended left arm, wearing flowing robes and cloche, signed 'D.H. Chiparus' to the integral circular foot and raised… | *** |  |
| *** | A French neo-classical bronze tazza, late 19th century decorated with a classical style profile portrait of a female in relief to a central reserve within a beaded border, flanked by anthemion handles, the underside with satyr masks, raised on a short… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter flying ducks group, circa 1930, two ducks rising in flight and skimming across aquatic plants, in bronze and rainbow lustre colours, raised upon a two tone marble base, height 26 cm, length 54 cm, width 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze figure of the Venus de Milo, mid 20th century, the standing patinated bronze figure of the iconic 'Venus de Milo', after the ancient Greek marble 150-125 BC now at the Musee de Louvre, on a square base incised 'Musee du Louvre' and with… | *** |  |
| *** | Irving, Pamela (b. 1960), 'Puppy Larry', a painted sculpture based on the dog 'Larry La Trobe', best known as the bronze public sculpture piece that resided in Swanston Street until stolen and later replaced; 'Puppy Larry' was cast and painted in a… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Nouveau alabaster bust, circa 1900, the head and shoulders of a serene young woman on an integral base, height 32 cm, width 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter model of a stag, circa 1930, the naturalistic model standing four square, in lustrous brown and gold colours, raised upon a veined marble base faced with contrasting black and white onyx, height 36 cm, length 50 cm, width 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter pheasant, circa 1930s, the walking pheasant in rich lustre colours with the handsome plumage picked out in gilt, posed on a long veined brown marble base faced with black marble and onyx contrasting tiles, height 17.5 cm, length 45 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronzed spelter figure of a Renaissance Navigator Explorer, 19th century, a portrait of a 16th century explorer, carrying a map, wearing a golden Fleece pendant and supported by a plinth with rope and a compass, unsigned, height 55 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter model of a pheasant, circa 1920s-30s, the stylised pheasant in lustrous brown colours raised on a black marble base, height 25 cm, length 83 cm, width 12 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter antelope group by Limousin, circa 1930s, a pair of fleeing antelopes, one mortally wounded by an arrow, in bronze colours upon a veined black marble base faced with onyx, incised signature of Limousin to the reverse. Height 36.5 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter model of an elephant, circa 1920s-30s, a naturalistically modelled trumpeting elephant with ivorine tusks raised, upon an ellipse shaped veined marble base, height 29.5 cm, length 32 cm, width 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A French spelter Agricultural 'Prix D'Honneur' trophy, 1896, the model of a bull in bronze colours with a teasing dog upon a timber base, bearing an inscribed plaque, height 21.5 cm, length 33 cm, width 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze pheasant by Ignacio Gallo (D.1935), naturalistically cast and positioned on a near rectangular base with inscribed mark of I. Gallo, height 29.5 cm, width 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter model of a woman and a dog, circa 1920s, a seated woman upon a cream marble plinth holding a bird in her hand and attired in a gold decorated flowing gown, her head and arms in ivory enamel colours, a recumbent borzoi beside her and… | *** |  |
| *** | A large pair of terracotta dogs of Fo ornaments, glazed in deep black brown colours replicating bronze, the roaring male and female pair both balancing upon pierced balls, the female dog with a pup, beneath its front paw, height 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Nouveau alabaster bust of a woman, circa 1900. Depicting a serene young woman with a flower in her long hair, raised on a shaped base. Height 16.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Continental gilt-metal figure of a fan dancer, second quarter 20th century, the nude female figure modelled standing and holding a large opened fan, on a semi-circular alabaster base also supporting a circular mirror behind the figure. Height 17 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | An alabaster model of a lutenist, early 20th century, a female figure in medieval attire seated upon a rough hewn plinth and holding a floral engraved lute, unsigned, height 55 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter dog group, circa 1920s, elegant collared hounds one standing and one seated, with their necks affectionately crossed, raised on a portoro marble base faced with tan marble, height 22 cm, width 28.5 cm, depth 11 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze model of a Marly horse with Groomsman, after the original by Guillaume Cousteau (1677-1746), late 19th century, the model of a rearing horse held by a nude male figure upon a rustic base, filled to base, height 18 cm, width 19 cm, depth 8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted bronze figure of a dancer, circa 1920 in the manner of Lorenzl, modelled as a female dancer balanced on one leg, her arms and left leg extended behind her body, dressed in a flowing dress and halter top, raised on a waisted… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a nude woman by Aldo Vitaleh, 20th century the figure of a young woman bending over with her bare feet and right hand on a naturalistic base, signed 'Aldo Vitaleh', mounted on black onyx stand with canted corners. Height 19 cm, width 12… | *** |  |
| *** | A French spelter figure of Bacchante mounted as a table lamp, the tall figure of the classical goddess with outstretched hands, one holding the torch fitted with a flame frosted glass shade, the other holding a bowl, standing with an eagle behind her,… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure after Auguste Rodin's 'Pierre de Wissant', finely cast after Rodin's 1885 monumental sculptural group, the standing figure of Pierre de Wissant, one of the six 'Burghers of Calais', in a poignant depiction of despair and heroic resignation… | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter figure of 'Cossette' by Auguste Moreau (1855-1919), circa 1900, the water carrier figure with flower adorned hair and holding flowers in her apron, raised on integral base featuring a pair of doves, embossed mark of Aug Moreau to base and title… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze exotic dancer, after Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947), a later casting of a 1920s model of a dancer in orientalist attire with a beaded girdle and a decorative cloche, raised on her toes with a patterned cape falling from her clasped hands,… | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze female figurine, in burnished bronze, depicting young seated woman in a draped dress casually brushing the ground with her right hand, raised on a grey marble base, height 20 cm, width 20 cm, depth 15.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An large Art Deco spelter stag, circa 1930s, the impressive and well modelled prancing stag in lustrous bronze colours, raised upon a long veined black marble rectangular base with a curved pink, black marble and onyx contrasting tiling to the front,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter figural group, French, c1930s, depicting a reclining lady holding an exotic bird in her hand with a sheep lying at her side in a foliate surrounding, supported on a grey and white marble plinth, with steps to one side; unmarked, height… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter animalier group, circa 1920s depicting a buck, doe and fawn upon a rocky outcrop and raised on a black and white striated marble base with platform ends; unsigned. Height 34 cm. Width 55 cm. Depth 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted spelter figure of a woman, circa 1920s, an elegantly posed and kneeling woman in a painted draping gown with girdle, her right arm stretched behind her and holding a bird in her left, raised upon an onyx base faced with black… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco white marble figural group by Huguenin Dumittan (1888-1975), a female nude figure cradling her child, faint incised signature lower right, to base, height 44 cm, length 47 cm, width 12 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze pheasant group by Ignacio Gallo, circa 1920, a realistically modelled pheasant pair in burnished gold bronze colours, mounted upon a stepped black marble base, incised mark of Gallo to base, height 35 cm, width 77 cm, depth 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cast bronze figural group, 20th century, a lost wax casting depicting a nymph cavorting with a Bacchanalian figure upon an integral rough textured base, with inscribed initials, apparently H. De W V, with a small frog motif, height 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter seagull figure by Irenee Rochard, circa 1930, the dramatic image of a seagull in full flight over cresting wave, incised, signature, and raised on an ellipse shaped black marble base, height 34 cm, length 49 cm, width 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cast bronze figure of a peasant girl by Ruth Miller, 20th century, the naturalistic model of a young girl carrying a large basket, in patinated, bronze colours, inscribed Ruth Miller to foot, height 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted pheasant, circa 1920s, in deep bronze colours with the handsome foliage picked out in gilt, the walking pheasant posed on a long white veined black marble base faced with portoro marble and cream onyx panels, height 28 cm, width… | *** |  |
| *** | A Dynamic Art Deco spelter figure of a dog, circa 1930, a leaping black dog on a triangular marble support mounted on a portoro and multi-toned black and tan marble plinth, height 27 cm, length 40 cm, width 11 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A spelter figure of a Snarling lion by Thomas-Francois Cartier (1879-1943), a stalking tense lion in golden brown colours upon a tiered rockwork style base, incised signature of T. Cartier, height 30 cm, width 58 cm, depth 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Dieppe ivory bust of a man, late 19th century, the bust, apparently of a seventeenth century cleric or artist, mounted on a three tiered base, marked 'Depose' underside, height 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique white metal teapot and tea caddy in a woven box, Republic era, 1920s, teapot made in Fukien province, caddy made in Hunan, a cusped square section teapot with twin handles and a recessed lid, engraved with figures, flowers and script signed by… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter pheasant, circa 1920s, in rich lustre colours with tints of gold and red and raised on a wedge shaped veined taupe marble base with chamfered edges, height 26 cm, width 49 cm, depth 15.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A coloured Shoushan stone Luohan figure, the smiling luohan seated amidst rockwork, decorated with a mustard coloured, vestment and a russet cape, the lower dress in teal colours, height 11 cm, width 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A parian ware figure of a Gamekeeper 19th century. The figure of a young man seated upon a rocky pile, his devoted hunting dog at his side and dead game upon a stick over his shoulder; unmarked. Height 47.5 cm | *** |  |