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Figures/Groups — 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: | 95 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Figures/Groups
| 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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 | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of patinated bronze equestrian cavalier figures, German, 19th century, each modelled as a horseman astride a rearing horse, 27 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | A rare polychrome figure of St Florian, French, 17th century | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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) | *** |  |
| *** | A carved marble figure of Cupid & Psyche after the original by Antonio Canova 53 cm high, 61 cm wide, 28 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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 large finely cast bronze of Diana the Huntress, Italian circa 1860 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | Ola Cohn, seated female figure with owl, plaster, incised on base: Ola Cohn, 22 cm high, 12 cm wide, 12 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze female torso 75 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronzed figure of a Roman maiden 145 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze and ivory figure, early 20th century, the unsigned figure of a sixteenth century gentleman posing upon a shaped alabaster base, stamped numerals to bronze base plate, 7633, 27 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of Classical figure playing a flute, 19th century, the semi-draped male figure in a serpentine pose supported against a tree trunk and raised on an integral base and a marble plinth, 27 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure, 'Danse Paienne', after Marcel-Andre Bouraine (1886- 1948), on a marble base, 22 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Viennese enamel figure on stand, Austrian, 19th century in the Renaissance taste, the figure modelled as a court jester with a blister pearl belly raised on a bell form stand, relief decorated with masks and classical cartouches 13 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze model of a schoolgirl caught in the wind, circa 1930, signed H. Chiparus to the reverse of the coat and raised on a shaped circular marble base, the base inscribed 2627556, 18.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze nude of a woman, the Grecian style figure in a serpentine pose holding a flowing scarf, apparently unmarked, 58 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted bronze figure of a dancer by Josef Lorenzl, Austrian, circa 1930, raised on a green onyx base, signed Lorenzl, 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze mask of a woman, signed X. Alexandri, probably Austrian, circa 1925 in the Wiener Werkstatte style, raised on a square verde marble base 32 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An art deco marble and bronze figured card tray, by Max Valentin (1875 - 1931) of circular form with an applied bronze sculpture of two female nymphs, signed M Valentin to the base 29 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of spelter figures, Bonjour & Bonsoir, after Henry Etienne Dumaige (1830-1880), classical female figures in draping attire holding infants, and raised on black marble bases with titles, signed Dumaige in relief script verso, 59.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage polychromed figure of a putti, Italian, 18th century, 33 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Robert Langley (Born 1929), Seated Figure. 1988, bronze, signed, dated and editioned on base: Robert Langley / 1988 / 3/6, on marble base, 29.5 cm high, 20.5 cm wide, 28 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A figural cast iron umbrella stand depicting a child grappling a serpent, 19th century, 83 cm high, 46 cm wide, 23 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | An antique bronze figure of a cherub, late 19th/20th century, the coy winged figure wearing only his quiver attire, raised on a circular base, 72 cm high. Provenance: Ex Gary Kay collection | *** |  |
| *** | A carved classical marble figure of a maiden holding a bowl, 19th century, 44 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A composition stone figure of a cherub on a pedestal, 143 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Raymon Parmenter, male dancer, bronze, incised, dated and editioned Raymon Parmenter 1988 3/74, 66 cm high, 52 cm wide, 20 cm deep | *** | N/A |
| *** | Georges Verbanck (Belgian, 1881-1961) La Famille Plaster sculpture of a Mother, Father and Child on a painted faux green marble base Signed George Verbanck 1928 | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of Manjushri Namasangiti, Nepal, 20th century, the multi-armed deity seated wearing a diaphanous dhoti and adorned with elaborate beaded jewellery, the head surmounted by a foliate tiara and hair drawn into a high chignon, wood stand, 14.5… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze figurine of a female dancer, circa 1930, raised on a verde marble plinth, signed 'Marquix 7175' to the underside of the foot., 39 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of Paul Benjamin Phillip Krongold | *** |  |
| *** | A Berlin Olympics silvered bronze figure of an athlete, German, 1936, 33 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Michael Sutty bone china figure, 'Seaforth Highlander', (Drummer 1913), in a limited edition, 41/50, from the series Scottish Regiments, with associated certificate, wood stand, black printed and painted factory marks to base, figure 34 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco maiden and hound spelter figural group, circa 1920s, a recumbent maiden in a diaphanous tunic with her hound, raised on a portoro marble base above a contrasting marble plinth, incised signature 'L. Bruns' to base, 25 cm high, 53 cm wide, 15… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of an Anzac sniper, 13.5 cm high, 16 cm wide, 5.5 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a Roman goddess, 19th century on a carved fluted wooden pedestal the bronze 51 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Michael Sutty bone china figure, 'The Black Watch' (Royal Highland Regiment 1900), in a limited edition 42/50, from the series Scottish Regiments, with associated certificate, wood stand, black printed and painted factory marks to base, figure 34 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A French terracotta figural group by E. Baryer, early 20th century, modelled as two children eating cherries, signed to the foot and impressed to the base, Terrecotte/R.Darly/Paris, 43 cm high, 62 cm wide, 21 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A painted wood and textile processional figure, probably Italian, late 18th/19th century, later costume, 29 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne, Graham Cornall Antiques, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a German shepherd on a black marble base 28 cm high, 50 cm wide, 20 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian cast iron figural umbrella stand, 19th century, in the form of a sailor holding a rope, 69 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco style bronze figure of an exotic dancing girl, after Chiparus, raised on a waisted marble base, 38 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A finely carved wood figure of an eagle, low Countries, 19th century 46 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a boy writing, late 19th century, the model of a boy in 18th century attire posing with a quill and folio, on a raised bronze base and signed to the reverse, apparently G. Doupre, the bronze on a green and black marble base, 44 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Two Viennese cold painted bronze orientalist figures, 19th/early 20th century, featuring a Muslim man at prayer, and a barber attending to a client and mounted on a green onyx shallow dish, apparently unmarked, the onyx mounted barber figure 10.5 cm high,… | *** |  |
| *** | A cast bronze figure of an urchin boy, 'Mousse Sifleur', by Victor Szczeblewski, late 19th century, the whistling boy with legs apart, hands in pockets, engraved 'Mousse Sifleur' to the base and raised on a waisted marble plinth, 18 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze award figure, inscribed the Anz international Fellowship, dance, 1988, Carolyn M. W. Hammer, 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Two polychrome carved wood figures, 19th/20th century, one of a seated dignitary, the other of a figure riding on the back of an ox, 36 cm and 29 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of Meso-American style terracotta and stone effigies, possibly antique, comprising seven pottery pieces and one painted wood figure, the Aztec style birthing figure 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Australian bronze paper knife, cast with the head of an Aboriginal man, 23 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Lance Bressow (Born 1942), Head in Profile, relief sculpture Carrara marble, raised on a Carrara marble base, signed lower right: Bressow, 40 cm high, 36 cm wide, 15 cm deep (base). Provenance: McInnes Galleries, Brisbane, 1976, Christies, Brisbane,… | *** |  |
| *** | After Josef Lorenzl (1892-1950), A green onyx mounted bronze figure group of two lovers, signed J Lorenz after the original by Josef Lorenzl, 21 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A carved stone head of a man, possibly Egyptian, 30 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Michael Sutty bone china figure, 'Second Lt Winston S. Churchill, Fourth Hussars, 1874-1965', in a limited edition, 1/250 from the series, 'Heroes of the World', with associated certificate, black printed and painted factory marks to base, 41 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Michael Sutty bone china figure, 'Gordon Highlander' (Drummer 1913), in a limited edition, 41/50, from the series The Imperial Armies, Scottish Regiments, with associated certificate, wood stand, black printed and painted factory marks to base, figure… | *** |  |
| *** | A Michael Sutty bone china figure, 'Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders' (Princess Louise's Sergeant 1890), in a limited edition, 41/50, from the series The Imperial Armies, Scottish Regiments, with associated certificate, black printed and painted factory… | *** |  |