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Figures/Groups — Sculpture/Statuary - Bonhams
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| Bonhams | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 85 |
| Lots with images: | 85 |
| Prices available: | 85 |
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Figures/Groups
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1888-1950): 'The Squall', a gilt bronze and carved ivory figure, circa 1925, modelled as a young woman wearing a cloche hat, fur-trimmed coat and muff, leaning over as a gust of wind catches her, on an onyx base, signed D. H.… | *** |  |
| *** | Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1888-1950): 'The little Sad one', a gilt bronze and carved ivory figure, circa 1925, modelled as a young woman wearing a nightgown and pulling up the hem to wipe her eyes, on a sloping square yellow variegated black marble base… | *** |  |
| *** | Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1888-1950): 'Fancy dress' a silvered and patinated bronze group of Pierrot and Columbine, circa 1925, modelled as a dancing couple, each balancing on one foot while looking into each other's eyes, on a stepped marble base,… | *** |  |
| *** | Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), 'Torch Dancer', circa 1925, a cold-painted bronze and ivory figure modelled balancing on one leg, her back arched, holding up two torches, wearing only a pair of culottes, on a green onyx base, signed F. Preiss 38.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1888-1950): 'Dancer of Olynthus', a cold painted gilt bronze and carved ivory figure of a dancer, circa 1925, modelled as a topless dancer wearing a filigree drape around her hips, standing on demi pointe with one leg extended… | *** |  |
| *** | Ferdinand Preiss (German, 1882-1943): 'Bather with parasol' a gilt bronze and carved ivory figure, circa 1925, modelled as a young lady in a bathing suit and laced slippers, holding a parasol to one side, on a circular onyx base, signed F. Preiss in the… | *** |  |
| *** | Ferdinand Preiss (German, 1882-1943): 'Judith' a patinated bronze and carved ivory figure of a warrior maiden, circa 1920, modelled wearing a draped and pleated gown and a filet in her corkscrew curls, holding a long sword by her side, on a waisted… | *** |  |
| *** | A marble torso in the manner of a Roman god or athlete, 18th century, depicting a male, the muscular figure originally standing with left arm lowered, the right raised and projecting forwards, with evidence of attachment strut to left leg, mounted on a… | *** |  |
| *** | Ferdinand Preiss (German, 1882-1943): 'Phryne', a gilt bronze and carved ivory figure, circa 1925, modelled as a nude wearing a gown partly draped over her left side, raising her arms to reach behind her head, on a circular green marble base, signed F.… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine pair of Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze candelabra, formed from classical female figures, one semi draped, supporting flaming censers on their heads from which issue three cornucopia candleholders cast with anthemions, acanthus and green man… | *** |  |
| *** | Armand Godard (French): 'Danceuse Au Cerceau', a silvered and cold painted bronze and carved ivory dancer, circa 1925, modelled as a dancer in a short draped costume, stepping high through a hoop, on a stepped rectangular black variegated marble base,… | *** |  |
| *** | Ferdinand Preiss (German, 1882-1943): 'Pomona', a gilt bronze and carved ivory figure, circa 1925, the semi-nude maiden holding out a tazza with an arrangement of fruit, on a circular pink, grey and white marble base, signed F. Preiss in the bronze and… | *** |  |
| *** | Demetre Chiparus (1888-1850), 'The Golfer', a cold painted bronze and ivory figure, circa 1928, cast as a woman in green-patinated golfing attire, posed post-swing with her arms raised clasping a club, on marble base with canted corners, signed to the… | *** |  |
| *** | After Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1888-1950): 'Dancer with scarab halter', a gilt bronze and carved ivory figure, the figure standing on demi pointe, wearing a tight fitting headress, bandeau centered by a scarab and fringed skirt, on a tapering onyx… | *** |  |
| *** | Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet (1880-1950), a French Nouveau bronze and ivory figure, 'A Dancer', circa 1925 the female figure with ivory head, arms, stomach and feet, wearing tinted bangles and hair ribbon, turquoise and red tint bodice and flowing harem… | *** |  |
| *** | Auguste Cain (1822-1894), A bronze figure group of a lioness bringing game to her cubs signed A. Cain and foundry mark for Susse Freres, Edtn Paris 100 cm wide, 32 cm deep, 60 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An 18th century Italian painted and gilt decorated blackamoor figure, standing on a rocky surface holding and four light foliate torchere, wearing a leaf skirt and matching Crown, 102 cm high. Provenance: private Collection of a lady and thence by direct… | *** |  |
| *** | Demetre Chiparus (1888-1850), 'The Skater', a cold-painted bronze and ivory figure, circa 1925, modelled in motion with one leg outstretched and scarf blowing in the breez, on a speled onyx and slate plinth, signed 'D.H. Chiparus' on the onyx, 36.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A late 18th/, early 19th century carved marble torso of Aphrodite, the goddess depicted nude, originally standing with weight on right leg, mounted on a plinth, 29 wide, 79 cm high 59 cm high (the figure). Aphrodite is, the Greek goddess of love, beauty,… | *** |  |
| *** | Ferdinand Preiss (German, 1882-1943): 'Boy with apple' and 'Girl with casket', two carved ivory figures, circa 1925, each nude figure carrying an object, each on an octagonal green onyx base, boy signed F. Preiss in ivory. Height 15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'The Pharaoh's Gift' and 'The Queen's Offering' After Emile Louis Picault (French, 1833-1915) signed to base: 'Picault' bronze, accompanied by wooden pedestals heights: 73 cm, pedestal heights: 133 cm (2). Provenance: Acquired from Malmaison Antiques, New… | *** |  |
| *** | Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1888-1950): a gilt bronze and carved ivory figure of a child, circa 1925, the standing figure wearing a cloche hat and short coat, holding a satchel behind her, on a circular onyx base, signed Chiparus in the bronze, impressed… | *** |  |
| *** | After Bruno Zach (German, 1891-1935): 'The riding crop', a patinated bronze and carved ivory figure, later re-cast and carved, modelled bare-chested dressed in neglige, stockings and heels, her arms behind her back (lacking crop), on an oval onyx base,… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of Panden Lhamo, 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century carved Carrara marble figure of the Venus de Medici on a gilt titled marble column. Height 198 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of late 19th century Austrian cold painted spelter figures of south, American Indians, their costumes highlighted in silver, on circular wooden plinths, 61 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Louis Sosson (active 1905-1930), An Art Nouveau bronze and ivory figure of a dancer, circa 1920 with out-stretched ivory arms with gilt bangles, shoulderless dress with short flared skirt, raised on an onyx base, signed L Sosson 35 cm high. Provenance:… | *** |  |
| *** | Paul-Francois Berthou (French 1870-1939), a parcel gilt and patinated bronze figure of a dancing woman, inscribed Pf. Berthou and impressed with the Louchet foundry mark, circa 1900, mounted on an oval marble base, 57.5 cm high, the figure 53.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A French 18th century patinated bronze figure of a seated cherub, raised on a circular green marble column and square plinth. Width 20 cm. Depth 20 cm. Height 36 cm . | *** |  |
| *** | Ernest Henri Dubois (1863-1931 France), 'Le Pardon', a large bronze figural group depicting the return of the Prodigal Son, signed and titled top base 72 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Auguste Paris (French, 1850-1915): 'Chanson', a gilt bronze and carved ivory maiden, late 19th/early 20th century, modelled as a bare breasted country woman holding a piece of music and directing with her right hand, on a gilt bronze mounted green marble… | *** |  |
| *** | Bruno Zach (German, 1891-1935): 'Spanish shawl', a cold painted bronze figure of a dancer, circa 1925, the woman standing with her hands on her hips, wearing a long fringed shawl wrapped around one shoulder, on an oval onyx base, signed Zach and Argentor… | *** |  |
| *** | After the antique: a bronze figure of Narcissus, modelled standing, gazing down at his own reflection, foundry stamp: Modello di (illeg) and Proprieta Artistica 181 66 cm wide, 62.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A French Art Nouveau bronze figure of a maiden, signed Mme Signoret Ledieu, depicting a maiden with her hand leaning on a rock beside a stream and dropping blossoms to the water spirit almost submerged in the waves, 80 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Aristide C.L. Rous, (French, 1868-1946): a gilt bronze figure of a girl in a hooded cape, the standing figure with ruffled hood framing her face, clutching the cloak about her, signed Rous in the bronze cloak, 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of French 17th century giltwood and polychrome decorated musicians, depicted holding mandolins. Height 39 cm. (2) | *** |  |
| *** | Joseph D'Aste (Italian, active 1905-1935): a gilt bronze figural group of a mother and her children 'Fete Au village' the mother holding a book in her right hand flanked by children walking, carrying posies of flowers on naturalistic oval base signed,… | *** |  |
| *** | After Adriano Cecioni (Italian, 1838-1886): a bronze model of a child holding a rooster 'L'enfant Au Coq', a toy cannon at the child's feet, signed and raised on a circular base with titled and signed cartouche, 35.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Italian group marble, early 20th century depicting a mother and child in embrace, engraved 'Di Messina' 74 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Joe Descomps (1869-1950), An ivory figure 'Regal', circa 1936 carved as a Middle Eastern princess standing proud with one hand on her hip wearing long beaded necklace across her chest and split pleated skirt, raised on a stepped onyx plinth carved… | *** |  |
| *** | A French Art Deco bronze study of a couple in Embrace, by Ghanu Gantcheff (active 1920s) green patinated, the couple on integral rock form base, signed in the cast 67 cm wide, 21 cm deep, 43 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A 20th century white marble figure of Aphrodite, standing in a traditional pose, with her head to one side, with and apple in her left hand and with her right leg slightly bent at the knee, standing on a rectangular plinth base. Width 52 cm x. Depth 33 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco marble and alabaster figure of a girl with a goat, circa 1920, with a head scarf and gray veined dress with tambourine in one hand leading a goat, raised on a plinth base, signed to base Pugis 56 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | After Pierre Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879): a bronze group of two hunting dogs 'Chasse a La Perdix', raised on an oval base applied with leaves and bushes. Width 55 cm. Height 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century French bronze figure of a classical maiden, the green patinated figure in flowing robes admiring a butterfly on her finger, a harp and music score by her feet, on a circular socle base, 66 cm, 25.5' high. | *** |  |
| *** | After the antique, a Continental patinated bronze 'Dancing Faun (Pan)', late 19th, early 20th century in typical pose after the original, circa 125 - 100 B.C., housed in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples 81 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of Thor, French, 19th century, standing with an ax in his right hand with his chest exposed, brown patination, signed E.Diouot and stamped Etling, Paris, bronze, 82 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A French 19th century terracotta group, depicting a naked young lady seated on a seesaw with a faun, four cherubs by her side, on a naturalistic oval base. Width 57 cm. Depth 21 cm. Height 52 cm . | *** |  |
| *** | A French late 18th/ early 19th century patinated bronze group of fighting cherubs, after the model by Falconeton a square naturalistic cast base, light-brown patina with minor areas of rubbing. Width 23 cm x. Depth 16 cm x. Height 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Australian black painted terracotta figure of Sir Henry Parkes, the Father of Australian Federation by Nelson Illingworth, circa 1899, the standing figure with arm held aloft, on a plinth with ribbon inscribed, the crimson thread of Kinship, incised… | *** |  |
| *** | Ignatius Taschner (1871-1913), a German silvered bronze figure of a Girl with an apple and a parrot, circa 1900 the standing nude figure wearing a floral bonnet, raised on a plinth with chrysanthemum rosettes mounted on a square base, signed on plinth 43… | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Breuer (German 1856-1930), a bronze figure of a reclining figure 'Spring', seated upon a shawl and grass, a posy of flowers fallen from her left hand, signed Peter Breuer, light brown patination, with foundry inscription 'Akt: Gesellsch: Gladenback… | *** |  |
| *** | A French 18th century patinated bronze figure of a running boy, on a naturalistic cast base, unsigned. Height 27.5 cm . | *** |  |
| *** | An early 20th century Italian alabaster and marble figural table lamp, signed U. Sliaccini, in the form of two young children sitting in a grotto with a faux water light beneath, 40 cm wide, 25 cm deep, 54 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A French 19th century terracotta group after Clodion. Width 40.5 cm. Height 57 cm . | *** |  |
| *** | Michele Amodio (Italian, 19th century), a Neapolitan bronze figure of Narcissus, after the Pompeii original found in 1862, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, standing on a circular base with a leaf cast rim and foundry inscription 42.5… | *** |  |
| *** | Maurice Constant Favre (1875-1915), 'Chant De La Fileuse', a gilt bronze and ivory figure, circa 1910 of a young woman in medieval dress holding a spinning loom and sheet of music, raised on a circular base with applied title plaque inscribed M.C.Favre 26… | *** |  |
| *** | A late 19th century patinated bronze figure of Narcissus, after the antique, 25 cm in diameter. Height 61 cm . | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of early 20th century Continental cold-painted and silvered bronze and carved ivory clog dancers, modelled as a country boy and a girl wearing clogs, with their hands in their pockets and raising their right legs, each on a rectangular marble base,… | *** |  |
| *** | A 20th century carved marble figure of Diana after the bath, standing with her hair up holding a robe and revealing her breasts, 85 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A early 19th century Italian blackamoor stand, the kneeling figure holding a shell on top of a faux marble plinth. Height 115 cm | *** |  |
| *** | After Bruno Zach (German, 1891-1935): a patinated bronze model of 'The riding crop', later re-cast, on a circular base, 81 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a World War I aviator and a gold plate Australian flying badge, the standing figure dressed as a military aviator with flying cap and goggles, leaning on a propeller to his left and holding aloft a gold plate badge inscribed '1934… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Italian carved stained pine figure of a youthful courtier, depicted in 16th century costume, mounted on an octagonal pedestal 181 cm high, 71 high) | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of carved wood figures of an Aboriginal man and woman with a child on her back, on square bases, 32 and. Height 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Regency bronze and ormolu mounted figure of a classical maiden, later adapted as a lamp base, holding a laurel wreath in each hand, raised on a cylindrical verte marble plinth above a gilt base with stiff leaf decoration. Height 46 cm, excluding… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of Southeast Asian masks, including two Balinese polychrome masks, a Jorai mask, and five various helmet masks | *** |  |
| *** | After Claude Michel Clodion (French, 1738-1814), a late 19th century gilt bronze group depicting bacchanalian putto festooned with vines atop a goat raised on an oval marble base 31 cm wide, 37.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze figure of batgirl, circa 1930, indistinct signature, green brown patination, 17 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A German Art Deco bronze figure of a naked lady, cast from the model by Hans Rieder the figure with her hands behind her head, inscribed Rieder on a stepped marble base, 34 cm high. Provenance: Haberfield Antiques, 4 Aug 1998 | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze of a girl playing the pipe, signed Matto Paris green patination, stamped with foundry mark and signed Susse Fes Edts Paris, 43 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of the 'Apollo Belvedere', after the antique, Florentine, late 19th century on painted faux marble plinth, with painted verdigris patina, 49.5 high | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian Parian porcelain figure of a seated semi-clad maiden, emblematic of the Arts, holding a scroll and a lyre, with a mask at her feet, 34 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | After Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (French, 1714-1785), a late 19th century gilt bronze figure, the seated draped female figure holding a scallop shell, on stepped oval base 50 cm wide, 19 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze mounted flyer's aviation trophy box, the timber two coloured box in the form of a tail wing, surmounted by a bronze figure in flying uniform holding a tail wing, 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Australian cast silver figure of an indigenous hunter by William Drummond & Co, Melbourne, late 19th century Marked 'Pure Australian Silver/Drummond/Melbourne', by William Drummond & Co, Melbourne, late 19th century Marked 'Pure Australian… | *** |  |
| *** | A patinated bronze and glass figure of a woman, of recent manufacture modelled with a woman by a pump leaning over to pick up her bucket as the pump handle pulls up her skirt, supporting a large glass and metal disk, signed indistinctly in the bronze, 46… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved alabaster figure, possibly Italian 19th/20th century of a Hellenistic young male, seated and holding a wheat sheaf, on integral oval base 46 wide, 36 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze figure of batgirl, by Le Vernier, circa 1930, green patination, mounted on a green marble plinth, signed to base 16 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a man in a loincloth throwing a rock, green marble base 27 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An early 20th century bronze figure of a cavalier, unsigned, 28 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A carved marble figure of Paolina Borghese, after the original sculpture by Antonio Canova, the semi-clad figure reclining on a couch, 34 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A French 19th century gilt bronze figure of an angel, in a dynamic pose, with classical robes and outstretched arms, on marble plinth, 53 cm high (including base) | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze tribal figure, of a masked shaman with medallion and serpent about his chest, and wearing a winged headdress, 29 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An early 19th century bronze figure of a female, mounted on an associated gilt bronze stand 30 cm high | *** |  |