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Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Kangxi Baskets
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Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Kangxi Baskets
9843 Pair of Empire gilt bronze mounted Kangxi baskets, the octagonal dishes decorated with flowers and pomegranates with a pierced strap handle joined to a milled rim and standing on scroll brackets with paw feet.
English, 1810-1820
Porcelain Chinese Kangxi period 1720
Width: 6.5 ins (16.5 cm)
Height: 6.75 ins (17 cm) £1,850
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A Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Kangxi Period Ewer
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A Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Kangxi Period Ewer
9842 A gilt bronze mounted Chinese Kangxi period ewer decorated with panels of famille verte flowers, the gilt bronzed hinged cover with an M finial, the thumb piece with a musician. The handle cracked and repaired, restored chip to the spout. Probably originally with a simple foot mount.
Porcelain; Chinese, 1700
The mounts; European, Dutch? 1700-1720
Height: 22 cm (8.75 ins) £2,450
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A Large Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Vases
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A Large Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Vases
9839 A large pair of Chinese famille rose baluster vases, for the Eastern export market, the panels finely decorated with tree peony and magnolia, reserved in leaf shaped panels on a deep blue ground with traces of gilt decoration. One with a restored body crack, the other very extensive damage, old repairs. An identical vase (with cover) is in Topkapi Palace museum.
China, early Qianlong period.
1730.
Height: 49 cm (19.25 ins) £5,000
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A Chinese Carved Amethyst Quartz Water Pot
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A Chinese Carved Amethyst Quartz Water Pot
9774 A Chinese carved amethyst quartz water pot in the form of a peach fruit, the body deeply carved with a leafy branch joining at the base to form the foot.
China.
Early 20th century.
Width: 3.5 ins (9cm) £1200
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A Chinese Carved Spinach Jade Brush Washer
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A Chinese Carved Spinach Jade Brush Washer
9773 A Chinese carved spinach jade brush washer, the bowl formed as a lingzhi cup encircled with lingzhi mushrooms and leaves, joining to form the foot.
Chinese.
19th century.
Diameter: 3.75 ins (9.25 cm) £5,000
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An Italian Grand Tour Bronze Figure of the Beleverdere Cleopatra or Ariadne
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An Italian Grand Tour Bronze Figure of the Beleverdere Cleopatra or Ariadne
9768 An Italian Grand Tour bronze figure of the Beleverdere Cleopatra or Ariadne, Rome, finely chased and patinated and on a green marble base, in the style of Righetti.
Italian, Rome.
1800-1820.
W: 23 cm (9 ins)
D: 9 cm (3.5 ins)
H: 18 cm (7.25 ins) £2,800
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A Small Chinese Blue and White Kraak Porcelain Fluted Bottle Vase
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A Small Chinese Blue and White Kraak Porcelain Fluted Bottle Vase
9770 A small Chinese blue and white Kraak porcelain fluted bottle vase, the panels alternately decorated with paeony and lotus flowers, with a cloud-band collar. Dutch taste
Chinese, Ming period Dutch market
C.1620
Height: 15 cm (6 ins) SOLD
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An Italian Maiolica Rimini Crespina Shaped Dish
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An Italian Maiolica Rimini Crespina Shaped Dish
9741 An Italian Maiolica Rimini shaped dish or crespina, painted with Apollo and Daphne at the point of her transformation in a wooded mountainous landscape with the sea beyond, relief moulded body on a raised circular foot, inscribed “Apollo et daffne coversa (sic) in lauro.” Reattached rim chips, old restoration.
Italy, Rimini
1550-70
Diameter: 10.75 ins (27.5 cm) £6,000
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A Pair of Meissen Porcelain Standing Sheep Modelled by JJ Kaendler and Peter Reinicke
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A Pair of Meissen Porcelain Standing Sheep Modelled by JJ Kaendler and Peter Reinicke
9742 A pair of Meissen porcelain standing sheep modelled by JJ Kaendler (1706-1775) and Peter Reinicke (1715-1768), facing forward, leaning against a tree stump on a shaped oval base with applied flowers, one with clear, crossed swords mark.
The model, 1747.
German, Meissen factory
1747-50
Height: 5.75 ins (14.5 cm) £7,500
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A Colossal Italian Grey Marble Bust of Achilles
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A Colossal Italian Grey Marble Bust of Achilles
9578 A colossal Italian grey marble bust of Achilles, also known as The Borghese Ares, shown with a plumed helmet and looking to his right, the bust cut to show chest and shoulders, on a contemporary socle, and standing on a veined grey marble square column with a Greek inscription from the Iliad, referring to the fate of Achilles. Weathered surface.
Italian.
19th Century
Overall Height: 90 ins (228 cm)
Bust with socle Height: 42.5 ins (108 cm)
Width: 29 ins (74 cm)
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A Large Chinese Spinach Green Jade Double Brush Pot
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A Large Chinese Spinach Green Jade Double Brush Pot
9733 A large Chinese spinach green jade double brush pot carved with a bat and a deer amongst gnarled pine trees, the tree stumps forming the bodies of the pots, the tree roots combining to form the base.
Chinese.
18th century.
Height: 6.75 ins (17 cm) SOLD
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A Large Meissen Allegorical Figure of a Lady Representing Touch
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A Large Meissen Allegorical Figure of a Lady Representing Touch
9723 A large Meissen allegorical figure of a lady representing touch, her partially draped body with a striking blue cloak painted with Indian Flowers and with a parrot on her right hand, her left foot resting on a turtle on a square plinth base. Cross swords mark, faint.
German, Meissen factory.
1745
Height: 10.5 ins (26.5 cm) £2,800
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Pair of Regency or Early Victorian Wax Diorama Pictures
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Pair of Regency or Early Victorian Wax Diorama Pictures
9704 A rare pair of Regency or early Victorian wax diorama pictures, a lion and a tiger set in a naturalistic cave opening surrounded by foliage, and in original gilt gesso glazed box frames.
Collection of Lord Berners, Faringdon House.
English
1825-1835
Width: 13.5 ins (34.5 cm)
Height: 11.75 ins (30 cm)
Depth: 4.5 ins (11.5 cm)
£7,500
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Pair of Chinese Kangxi Period Tureens and Covers
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Pair of Chinese Kangxi Period Tureens and Covers
9718 Pair of Chinese Kangxi period tureens and covers, one with undertray, with slightly later European over-decoration, probably Dutch
Chinese.
1700
Overall width: 18 cm (7 ins) £800
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A French Wax Cast of L’Ecorche After the 1766 Model by J.A Houdon
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A French Wax Cast of L’Ecorche After the 1766 Model by J.A Houdon
9682 A French wax cast of L’Ecorche after the 1766 model by J.A Houdon, standing, looking to his right and with his right arm outstretched, resting on a tree stump and on a shaped rectangular base. Slight damage to the fingers, arm possibly reattached.
Probably a workshop reference model for a bronze foundry.
French.
Mid 19th century.
Overall Height: 73.5 cm (29 ins)
Base Dimensions: 23 cm (9 ins) x 24 cm (9.5 ins) £12,000
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Frederick Thomas Callcott (1854-1923) Bust of a child
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Frederick Thomas Callcott (1854-1923) Bust of a child
9150 Frederick Thomas Callcott (1854-1923)
Bust of a child,
Signed and dated 1883
Terracotta with bronzed patination
Possibly the bust exhibited Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1884, (2248, Childs Head, £6 6s).
A student of the Royal Academy Schools and gold medal winner (composition sculpture)1879 and member of Royal Society British sculptors (1911-1923). Regular exhibitor RA, Walker Art Gallery and Paris Salon (1898)
Overall Height: 18 ins (46 cm) SOLD
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