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Figures/Groups — Sculpture/Statuary - Philips Auctions Australia
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
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Figures/Groups
| 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 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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.… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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 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 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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. | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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 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 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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 bronze sculptural figure. The voluptuous female torso in a serpentine pose, upon a marble cube. Height 43.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Clodion, Claude Michael (1738-1814), after, circa 1880, a terracotta figure of 'Faun with Bacchante', with incised mark of Clodion verso, height 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |