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Sculpture/Statuary — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
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| Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Sculpture/Statuary
- Animals & Birds (45)
- Busts/Heads (28)
- Equestrian (18)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Claire-Jeanne Roberte Colinet (1880-1950) Theban dancer, circa 1920 gilt bronze and ivory on marble base inscribed to marble base: Cl Jr Colinet and stamped to base of figure: 60 J 26 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep. Provenance: acquired by the… | *** |  |
| *** | Faun and Nymph, An Art Deco silvered bronze figural group by Pierre le Faguays (1892-1962), on a mottled bronze and marble base, signed 'Le Faugays' to base with foundry mark 'La Stele', 52 cm high, 71 cm wide, 9 cm deep, NOTE, refer Victor Arwas, Art… | *** |  |
| *** | Marius Jean Antonin Mercie (French 1845 - 1916), Gloria Victis, circa 1889, conceived circa 1874, the gilded and patinated bronze with a circular plinth base signed 'A. Mercie', titled 'Gloria Victis', with foundry inscription 'F. Barbedienne, Fondeur'… | *** |  |
| *** | Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943) German, the Torch dancer c.1925, a cold painted bronze mounted ivory figure of a dancer suspended on one leg, raised on a substantial green onyx base, signed 'F.Preiss' to the rear of the base, 29.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of Mercury, after Giovanni da Bologna, with a later marble plinth, modelled with winged helmet and winged feet, poised on the breath of the North wind and holding a caduceus, 305 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | John Kendrick Blogg (1851-1936) 'Old Cronies' panel carved in high relief with gum nuts and gum leaves inscribed 'Old Cronies' upper right signed John K. Blogg and dated 1929 lower right 56.5 x 29 cm. Provenance: by descent from the family of John K. Blogg | *** |  |
| *** | A carved kerosene shale portrait bust by John Baird, Sydney, circa 1885, reputedly an image of John Baird's Son, Lignite, 48 cm high. Provenance: J.B. Hawkins Antiques. Other Notes: John Baird (1834-1894) was an amateur sculptor who was a postman in… | *** |  |
| *** | Pietro Bazzanti (1825-1895), boy with parrot, a finely carved Carrara marble statue of a boy with a bird on his hand raised on an integral base, and presented on a verde antico pedestal, signed P Bazzanti, Florence to rear of statue, figure, 110 cm high,… | *** |  |
| *** | Jules Felix Coutan (1848-1939), La Paix, the cast bronze winged figure of peace holding a sword, signed Coutan to the domed base, 198 cm high, 55 cm diameter to base | *** |  |
| *** | A remnant marble statue of Bacchus holding a bunch of grapes, after the antique, late 19th/early 20th century, raised on a marble stand, the statue 36 cm high, 20 cm at widest point, with stand 52.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of modern cast brass cylindrical sculptures, relief cast sculptural items, signed to bases and both editioned 105/150, 23.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | John Kendrick Blogg (1851-1936) picture frame carved in high relief with a leafy gum branch with gum nuts together with an image of John K. Blogg, inscribed 'About1890' 28.5 x 30 cm. Provenance: by descent from the family of John K. Blogg | *** |  |
| *** | Two bronze dogs, contemporary, life size and naturalistically modelled dogs, the largest hound' 96 cm high, 146 cm long from snout to tail | *** |  |
| *** | Albert Moritz Wolff (1854-1923), A German cold painted bronze figure of a cameleer at prayer, a large scale and finely modelled caparisoned camel beside a cameleer kneeling upon a prayer mat, raised on a marble circular base, inscribed, A.M Wolff to the… | *** |  |
| *** | A marble statue, 'Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss', after Antonio Canova, 19th century, the Carrara marble sculpture featuring the languishing Psyche and her rescuer upon a bow shaped alabaster base, after the 1787 original, 32 cm high, 60 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Gustav Gurschner (1873 - 1971) a bronze figural centrepiece signed Gurschner and numbered 500B/101 69 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | William Wallace Anderson (1888-1975), Simpson's Donkey, a heavy gauge cast bronze head, inscribed Anderson to the neck, 28 cm long. Other Notes: Anderson's sculpture, Man with the Donkey, depicting Simpson and his donkey at Gallipoli is located in the… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of French bronze wall plaques by Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810 - 1892), inscribed mark to base: F Barbedienne and foundry mark to each: Reduction Mecanique / A. Cuttas / Bretete, 91 x 25 cm each | *** |  |
| *** | Charles H. Korschann (1872 - 1943), An Art Nouveau bronze figural vase, Allegory of Sleep, the trance like figure surrounded by oriental poppies, incised Ch.Korshann, Paris, verso, 45 cm high. Other Notes: cited in Fiona Gallagher, Art Nouveau (Christies)… | *** |  |
| *** | Emile Laporte (1858-1908), Vergincetorix with his son, bronze, impressed signature to base, Emile Laporte, 86 cm high, 40 cm wide, 38 cm deep; base 34 cm wide, 28 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | 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'… | *** |  |
| *** | A giltwood pelican figure, 'Pelican in her Piety', 18th century, the classic heraldic and ecclesiastical depiction of the vulning pelican feeding her young with blood from her own breast, 35 cm high, 32 cm wide, 24 cm deep.Provenance: Galerie Arnaud Catel… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of patinated bronze equestrian cavalier figures, German, 19th century, each modelled as a horseman astride a rearing horse, 27 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A cast bronze bust of composer Gustav Mahler, after Auguste Rodin (1840-1917, with green patination, inscribed lower right, A Rodin, 1909, and inscribed verso Alexis Rudier Foundry Paris, 35.5 x 22.8 x 24.2 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Italian silvered bronze figure, by a. Calendi, 20th century, modelled as a nude on a lion pelt, cast signature 'Calendi' to the base, 69 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Emily Valentine (New Zealand), Pug Cock 2012, mixed media and peacock feathers, signed and dated to base: Emily Valentine 2012, 44 cm high, 23 cm wide, 33 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | Jean Claude Mazel (Born 1950) & Yann Jalix (French), Pomegranate, patinated bronze sculpture, signed and editioned to base: Mazel 1/8, 39 cm high, 56 cm wide, 36 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A rare polychrome figure of St Florian, French, 17th century | *** |  |
| *** | Adolph Josef Pohl (1872 - 1930) riding Amazon (c.1925) bronze, dark patina raised on a marble base signed 67 cm high note: for a similar example see Fischer (auction), 12 June 2008, Lucerne Lu, Switzerland, lot number 4140, illustrated on page 279 of the… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a horse by Pierre Jules Mene (1810-1879), converted to an Australian agricultural trophy, circa 1900, on a rouge marble base inscribed 'Gascoyne Pastoralists Association Trophy presented to D.N. Mccleod Esq. for largest number of points… | *** |  |
| *** | Tigre a l'affut, An Art Deco gilded bronze and marble tiger by Georgij Dmitrievic Lavrov (1895-1991), raised on an angled black marble base, signed 'G.Lavroff' to the body, 21.5 cm high, 61.5 cm wide, 13.5 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A polychrome bust of Caesar, displayed on a ribbed plinth, 86 cm high, 65 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | Stephen Glassborow (born 1951), King & Queen, bronze sculpture with verdigris, signed, titled and and editioned to base: Stephen Glassborow, King & Queen, 1/17, 57 x 10 x 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Roman bronze figure of Hercules, 1st-2nd century A.D, the nude figure carrying a lionskin over his left arm, mounted on a marble base, 12.7 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's London, Catalogue of Antiquities, 13th and 14th July 1981, Lot 204 | *** |  |
| *** | David Mackay Harrison (born 1941), Lauren, cast bronze sculpture, signed and editioned to base: DMH 35/100, 31 cm high, 57 cm wide. Provenance: Wagner Art gallery, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | John Robinson (England, (1935-2007), girl with teddy bear and boy with fish 1979, two bronze sculptures, each incised on base: John 79 1/9, each stamped on base: Morris Singer Founders, London, the girl 62.5 cm high, 35.5 cm wide, 53 cm deep and the boy… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Art Nouveau marble and granite bust, 'Mora', early 20th century, an exotically dressed woman in white marble with a headband and beaded adornments, her dress and embellishments in pink granite, raised on a tapering square plinth and relief marked… | *** |  |
| *** | A Continental carved and decorated ivory tusk, 19th century, 61 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Jeanne Itasse-Broquet (1867-1941), Water Nymphs, 1906, an Art Nouveau double bowl in cast bronze, signed 'Jeanne Itasse' to reverse and marked Susse Freres Editeurs, Paris, to bowl, 23.5 cm high, 68 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Sabatino de Angelis (1838 - c1900), Narcissus, figure in bronze on a metal stand, inscribed to the base: Sabatino de Angelis & Fils Naples 1905, 55 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Jean Pierre Masier (1878 - 1957), A large French bronze figure group, inscribed Masier to the bronze plate on a green marble base, 72 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted bronze and ivory figure of a dancer by Josef Lorenzl, Austrian, circa 1930, raised on a green onyx base, signed Lorenzl, 31 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A carved marble figure, 'Demeter', by Eugenio Battiglia, Florence, circa 1900, the Classically draped figure together with a spiral carved verde antico marble pedestal, signed E. Battiglia and titled to base of figure, 80 cm high, figure, 109 cm high,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter figural group by Max Leverrier (1891-1973), bronze toned spelter on an hexagonal marble base, signed M. Leverrier, 56.5 cm high, 58.5 cm wide, 22 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of French bronze and marble mounted busts of the Apollo Belvedere and the Diana Chasseresse, circa 1880, after the antique 44 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive antique wood carving of the 'Four Seasons', Italian, 17th century | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive antique wood carving of the 'Four Seasons', Italian, 17th century | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual grand tour bronze banquet lamp modelled as Silenius and the serpent, late19th century with a frosted and etched orb form shade 61 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt metal figure of Guanyin, Fujian Province, early 20th century, the seated figure on a circular lotus base with an octagonal ebonised wood stand decorated with Greek key banding, 71 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Michael Sutty bone china group, 'Kelly of Waterloo', circa 1990, in a limited edition, 37/100, modelled as Captain Kelly of the 1st Life Guards cavalry regiment engaging the Colonel of the French Curassiers at Waterloo, 1815, from the series Heroic… | *** |  |
| *** | A kinetic metal spray sculpture by Loncraine Broxton, circa 1970, 78 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze model of a racehorse, 19th century, on an ebonised wood stand, 25.5 cm high, 29 cm wide, 13 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A rare hand carved 'Advance New South Wales' coat of arms, 19th century, carved wood with gesso and remnant paint colours featuring emu and kangaroo supporters beside a quartered shield featuring an anchor, sheep, caduceus and possibly a plough,… | *** |  |
| *** | Claire Colinet (1880-1950), the Juggler with three balls, gilt bronze on red onyx plinth, signed to the base, 19 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of polychrome painted dummy boards figures of soldiers, French, 18th/19th century 150 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An antique carved wooden figure of a bishop, probably Italian, late 17th century, in a serpentine pose, and wearing a miter and ornate cape, 65 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A signed antique carved marble figure of a sleeping female nude, late 19th century, the languid young woman sleeping against a rustic partly carved pillar and an architectural base, signed apparently H. L Vassone, 74 cm high, 42 cm x 39 cm base (irregular) | *** |  |
| *** | Carved marble bust of a Caesar a scagliola bust of a Caesar 88 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A unique Michael Sutty bone china group, 'Charge of the Light Brigade', marked 'Colour Sample', one of only two samples produced, this being the only model in these colours, with associated authentication certificate, wood stand, and black printed and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Michael Sutty bone china group, 'The Battle of Waterloo 1815', 1980s, in a limited edition, 230/250 and modelled as the Capture of the Eagle Standard of the French 45th Regiment by Sergeant Ewart R.S.G. (Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys)),… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved marble figure of Cupid & Psyche after the original by Antonio Canova 53 cm high, 61 cm wide, 28 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | Gaston D'Illiers (French 1876–1932) Deux Arabe bronze impressed to base: G. D'Illiers 26 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Bust of Michelangelo, by Daniele Ricciarelli, after the antique Bronze-effect patina gypsum plaster cast from the original mould by the Gipsoteca Nazionale di Firenze | *** |  |
| *** | Franz Bergman (1861-1936), An Austrian cold painted bronze figure of a cameleer, depicting an Arab cameleer accepting an urn by a female water carrier, Bergman mark in relief to belly, 23 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An alabaster and marble figurine of a girl holding a tambourine, late 19th century, the contemplative figure resting on a roughly hewn plinth to a rectangular base, in white marble and vigorously veined grey tone alabaster, apparently unmarked, 52 cm high… | *** |  |
| *** | A Napoleon III boulle salon cabinet, France, 19th century, the ebonised cabinet with intricate brass inlay upon a red tortoiseshell ground, with large medallions to the cupboards, gilt bronze corner demi-figures and raised on a shaped plinth base, with… | *** |  |
| *** | Bruno Zach (Austrian, 1891 - 1945), erotic figure, bronze with brown patina, signed B. Zach to the base, 16.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Five blue and white bowls late Ming dynasty, 16th century, one painted with pencilled scrolls; two painted with riders on horseback; and two decorated with a bird on a flowering tree, two wood stands, 12.2 cm to 15 cm diameter, 16. Provenance: The… | *** |  |
| *** | An ivory figure of a maiden, early 20th century standing with hands clasped in front, wearing loose robes and a trailing scarf, her hair in an elaborate coiled coiffure, wood stand 31 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Michael Sutty bone china group, 'The Duke of Wellington on Diomed 1798', 1980s, in a limited edition, 3/10, set on a gilt metal embellished ebonised plinth with plaque, 'The Duke of Wellington on Diomed 1798/produced for Claude R.Hose', black printed… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved verdite figure of a lion Richard Chiwasa (Zimbabwean born 1947) | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of Dianna after the antique by Hippolyte-Francois Moreau (1832 - 1927), French late 19th century inscribed to base: hip Moreau 49 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of parian wear figures, 20th century each decorated as figures and cupid 33 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure, 'so-called Narcissus', 19th century, after the Roman antique, the contrapposto figure raised on a shaped circular base after the 1862 model found in Pompeii, 61 cm high, 26 cm diameter at base | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze of a horse and foal figure group, by Mary Pinsent, signed 'Mary Pinsent' and editioned 36/I to the base, 30 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A finely cast bronze figure of a rearing stallion, French circa 1920 signed to the base 'H.P Simon Bernkastel fec 1918' | *** |  |
| *** | A large finely cast bronze of Diana the Huntress, Italian circa 1860 | *** |  |
| *** | A Michael Sutty bone china group, 'St. George and the dragon', 1980s, in a limited edition, 7/10, from the British Heritage Series, City of London Collection, with associated certificate, black printed and painted factory marks to base, 51.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A large carved elm sculpture of a horse, late 19th century, 90 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A simulated bronze bust of Bacchus, standing on a circular black marble base, 104 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A carved marble and alabaster bust of a mother and child, Italian, late 19th century, 53 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive antique wood carving of the figure of 'Spring', French, 17th century, depicting a maiden in classical dress carrying a basket of flowers as an allegory to one of the Four Seasons, 161 cm high, 50 cm wide, 37 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive antique wood carving of the figure of 'Autumn', French, 17th century, depicting a woman in classical dress carrying grapes as an allegory to the harvest season, 161 cm high, 70 cm wide, 38 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A rare polychrome and carved wood panel of Jacob in the Wilderness, English, late 16th century, featuring the saint seated upon a rock in an exotic woodland setting, 60 cm high, 66 cm wide. Provenance: The Estate of Andree Harkness. Graham Cornall… | *** |  |
| *** | Mateusz Sikora (1971) four lost wax figures the tallest 35 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Dominique Dardek bronze sculpture of a dancer, French, mounted on a stained wood plinth, signed to underside, 74 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A painted-plaster maquette for an anamalier bronze of a French bulldog, signed C .G De-Mueller, French, circa 1900 45 cm high, 41 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | An Austrian cold painted bronze budgerigar mounted onyx dish, modelled as two budgerigars on a branch, 10 cm high, 12 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Yasutake Funakoshi (1912-2002) (Attrib.), bust of a woman, bronze, mounted on a white marble base, 45 cm high, 25 cm wide, 17.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco style gilt bronze bust, in the manner of Franz Hagenauer, 20th century, 43.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of French bronze bird figures decorated with trees and flowers on finely moulded base. Provenance: From The Burdon Craddock Collection | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of mercury, after Giovanni da Bologna, modelled with winged helmet and winged feet, poised on the breath of the north wind and holding a caduceus, 55.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze figure of a dog, French, circa 1940s, on a black marble base, signed 'Petrilly' to tail, 24 cm high, 48 cm wide, 15 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | Drago Marin Cherina (Croatia 1949) sisters 1985 bronze signed to base: Cherina 26 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A marble model of boy child crushing grapes, 58 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A polychrome and silvered carved wood putto, Italian, 19th century, the Bacchanalian figure festooned with pendent grapes and supporting a shell form basin, raised on a similar base, 99 cm high, 49 cm wide | *** |  |