The Collector's Auction by Leonard Joel

THE COLLECTOR’S AUCTION AUCTION TUESDAY 22 JUNE 2021, SYDNEY

AUCTION CATALOGUE VOLUME 14 ISSUE 11 COVER Lot 199 (detail) HAMEL AND FARRELL MODULE TABLE FOR JEAN DE MERRY $4,000–6,000 INSIDE COVER Highlights from The Collector’s Auction

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THE COLLECTOR’S AUCTION Including property from the collection of Thomas Hamel

AUCTION TUESDAY 22 JUNE 2021 AT 6PM, SYDNEY

VIEWING Sydney Friday 18 – Sunday 20 June, 10am – 4pm The Bond, 36 – 40 Queen Street, Woollahra NSW 2025

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Sophisticated Eclecticism — In today’s digital world the viewer is bombarded by images of inviting living room spaces, beautiful abodes and exotic estates where the inspiration to design and re-design your own space is never-ending. Often these images are digital renderings which never existed in the first place and they’re filled with soothing silhouettes, soft curves and fanciful palettes, however they can also feel somewhat sterile. How do you create a sense of individuality and warmth that speaks to the designer and the collector alike? Traditional design has re-entered the spotlight as more people look for comfort in the familiar and this has led to contemporary collectors looking for ways to combine the old with the new. In The Collector’s Auction on 22 June in Sydney we look at eclectic collecting and ways to celebrate the unexpected by pairing the antique with the modern. Starting with a love story in China in 1956, the Estate of Professor Bill and Ngaere Geddes opens with a fascinating trove of treasures collected during their years together travelling and working throughout Asia and Australia. Lots such as the Thai bronze buddha heads (lot 1 and 4), the “bencharong” bowls (lot 7 and 8), and the Chinese blue and white charger (lot 39) look beautiful as a collection but also make for standout pieces, whether displayed in a cabinet or as a centrepiece on a sleek dining room table. Our travel through time and space continues with the other properties in the auction which provide an opportunity to find that key focal point for your collection, such as a beautifully inlaid Davenport with olivewood, ebony and mother of pearl (lot 69), a Roman marble head (lot 81 and 82), or a stunning French ormolu chariot clock (lot 121). As the catalogue transitions through to more contemporary art such as Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for a Self-Portrait (lot 179) and modern furnishings such as the sheepskin covered armchairs attributed to Flemming Lassen (lot 196), we approach the collection of the master of “new-old” himself, Thomas Hamel (lots 199–214). An American-born and internationally recognised interior designer who is at the helm of celebrated Sydney-based design firm, Thomas Hamel & Associates, Thomas’ design ethos perfectly encapsulates what the Collector’s Auction in June is all about; a cross-pollination of timeless, international styles edited with sophistication and good taste. Madeleine Norton Decorative Arts & Fine Art Specialist

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Born on 29 April 1916 in New Plymouth, New Zealand, Bill Geddes graduated from Otago University B.A (1938), M.A in Philosophy and Psychology (1939), completing his PhD in Anthropology at the LSE in 1948. Ngaere TePunga was born on 8 November 1928 in Halcombe, New Zealand. She graduated from a Teachers Training College in Wellington and held various teaching posts in New Zealand and Australia. In 1956, the President of the Chinese Cultural Association invited 5 or 6 well known social and cultural figures of New Zealand for a one-month tour of China as guests of the Association. The New Zealand delegation comprised artists (a sculptor and a painter), a farmer, a Presbyterian Minister, a Museum Director, Historian, an anthropologist and a primary school teacher. Ngaere together with her host and Bill behind her in the New Zealand delegation visiting Beijing in 1956.

The anthropologist on the delegation, Dr William R Geddes, and the primary school teacher, Ngaere Te Punga, fell in love during the Tour. Two years later in 1959, Bill was offered the position of Professor of Anthropology at Sydney University and was later joined by Ngaere. They married in 1963 in Sydney and undertook extensive travel and field work throughout the Pacific and South East Asia. They lived and worked in Thailand, Fiji, Borneo, Bali, & India from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. While visiting Peking (Beijing) in 1956, Geddes contacted Fei Hsiao-tung, a Chinese anthropologist who had written Peasant Life in China (1939), a study of a village on the Yangtze plain. Fei Hsiao-tung helped to negotiate a visit enabling Geddes to write a sequel, Peasant Life in Communist China (1963) Between 1957 and 1962 Bill & Ngaere Geddes travelled and intermittently lived and worked among the ethnic minorities of northern Thailand, highlanders at the margins of the Golden Triangle. In 1964-65 he was an adviser to the Tribal Research Centre set up in Chiang Mai by the Thai government. The result is his major monograph, Migrants of the Mountains: The Cultural Ecology of the Blue Miao (Hmong Njua) of Thailand (1976). Bill and Ngaere shared a love for the arts, material culture and ceramics. Over time they amassed an interesting collection. Many of the pieces on display were acquired in Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Borneo and Sydney. Geddes was a skilled and sensitive still photographer and taught himself the medium of 16 mm film. James Bertram’s book Return to China (1957) makes extensive use of his photographs. His first film in the late 1950s was the Miao, of which the BBC produced a thirty-minute version, The Opium People, with commentary by David Attenborough. In 1961 he filmed The Land Dayaks of Borneo (1966), and then Miao Year (1968). He attached importance to film as a record of fast-disappearing ways of life, using descriptive documentary to complement written accounts. Throughout his life whether teaching, writing or filming, Bill Geddes worked to promote cross-cultural perspectives and understanding in the social sciences and tolerance in social life. He edited and published Asian Perspectives in Social Science (1985), his last published work. Both Bill and Ngaere formed life-long associations with artists. As for devotion to their collection of ceramics two divergent anecdotes should suffice. One concerns frequent visits to admire the Ming Charger displayed in an antique dealer’s shop in Chiang Mai, acquired after it disappeared from the window with savings frugally accumulated over time. The other concerns the charger being used as an oversized ash-tray until someone alerted Ngaere to its value. Take your pick. Now to be dispersed, the collection was evidently a mutual labour of dedication and love. Nescha Teckle, May 9 2021

1 A NORTHERN THAI BRONZE FRAGMENTARY BUDDHA HEAD CIRCA 16TH CENTURY Showing a clear Khmer influence to the facial features with prominent nose and lips and with a flaming ushnisha finial, mounted on a wooden base. Height of head 29cm $800–1,200 2 A THAI BRONZE STANDING BUDDHA CIRCA 16TH CENTURY Depicted standing with one hand raised in abhaya mudra with remnants of gilding to the rear. Height 29.5cm $800–1,200 3 A GROUP OF THAI FRAGMENTARY SCULPTURES CIRCA 16TH CENTURY Comprising three bronze buddha heads and three ceramic sculptures. (6) Height of largest head 12cm $400–600

4 A LARGE THAI SUKHOTHAI STYLE BRONZE FRAGMENTARY BUDDHA HEAD CIRCA 16TH CENTURY With fine facial features and a gentle smile, the hair finely cast as tight curls, the ushnisha finial missing, together with a fitted wooden base. Height of head 27cm $1,000–2,000 5 A GROUP OF THAI SAWANKHALOK CERAMICS CIRCA 15TH CENTURY Comprising one bowl, four lidded boxes, four vases and three small sculptures. Diameter of bowl 21cm, Height 6.5cm $400–600 6 A LARGE GROUP OF THAI SAWANKHALOK VESSELS CIRCA 15TH CENTURY Of various forms, some with lug handles. (14) Height of largest 8cm $300–500 4

7 A PAIR OF THAI "BENCHARONG" CORAL-GROUND BOWLS 19TH CENTURY Decorated in famille rose enamels with shaped reserves containing mythical figures, surrounded by apsaras, the base with a floral design. Diameter 17cm, Height 9cm $1,000–1,500 8 TWO LARGE THAI BLACK-GROUND BUDDHIST "BENCHARONG" COVERED BOWLS 19TH CENTURY Decorated to the exterior with Buddhas and apsaras, surrounded by flames in famille rose enamels. Height of larger 23cm, Diameter 21.5cm $1,500–2,500

9 EIGHT THAI "BENCHARONG" FOOTED OFFERING DISHES 19TH CENTURY Comprising five dishes with enamel decoration and three in underglaze blue. $400–600 10 A SET OF FIVE THAI BLUE-GROUND BUDDHIST ˮBENCHARONG” COVERED BOWLS 19TH CENTURY Decorated with Buddhas and mythical animals to the exterior in famille rose enamels and gilding. Height 7.5cm, Diameter 11.5cm $1,000–1,500 11 A GROUP OF THAI "BENCHARONG" CERAMICS 19TH CENTURY Comprising three high covered bowls, a jar, a box, a cup and a spoon, all decorated in famille rose enamels. (7) Diameter of largest covered bowl 18.5cm, Height 23cm $400–600

12 THREE THAI "BENCHARONG" COVERED BOWLS 19TH CENTURY The largest very finely decorated with Buddhist and mythological figures in famille rose enamels against a black-ground. Diameter of largest 21cm, Height 13cm $500–700

13 FOUR THAI "BENCHARONG" BOWLS 19TH CENTURY Each decorated with Buddhist figures in famille rose enamels. Diameter of largest 18cm, Height 8.5cm $600–800

19 SIX BURMESE SILVER BOWLS CIRCA EARLY 20TH CENTURY Each with elaborate repousse decoration to exterior. Diameter of largest 21cm, Height 13.5cm $500–700

14 A THAI SI SATCHANALAI/SAWANKHALOK CELADON VASE CIRCA 15TH CENTURY Of pear shape with incised geometric decoration, covered in an even grey-green celadon glaze. Diameter 20.5cm $300–500

20 A GROUP OF BURMESE LACQUER PIECES CIRCA 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Comprising a large tray, three cylindrical boxes and four bowls decorated with red, black and yellow lacquer. Diameter of tray 46cm $400–600

15 A RARE VIETNAMESE TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTARY BUDDHA HEAD CHAMPA, CIRCA 11TH CENTURY Depicted with elongated facial features and a high ushnisha, together with a fitted wooden base. Height of head 11cm $300–500

21 A PAIR OF BURMESE BRONZE BIRD FORM FINIALS CIRCA 19TH CENTURY Modelled as standing birds on octagonal plinths, fitted to later wooden stands. Height including stand 38.5cm $500–700

16 TWO VIETNAMESE/ANNAMESE LIME POTS CIRCA 15TH CENTURY The larger decorated with scrolling lotus, the smaller in the shape of a puffer fish. Height of larger 6cm, Diameter 8cm $300–500

22 A BURMESE INLAID LACQUER SUTRA BOOK CIRCA EARLY 20TH CENTURY Decorated to the two covers with scrolling foliage and relief lacquer with inlaid coloured mirror fragments. Height 7cm, Width 40cm, Depth 17.5cm $300–500

17 A GANDHARAN GREY SCHIST FRAGMENTARY BODHISATTVA HEAD ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY Modelled with an elaborate coiffure. Height 7cm $300–500 18 AN INDONESIAN BRONZE SHIP'S SWIVEL CANNON CIRCA 17TH CENTURY Length 67cm $1,000–1,500

23 A GROUP OF SARAWAK CEREMONIAL BASKETS CIRCA MID 20TH CENTURY Each decorated with geometric and scrolling motifs. Height of largest 37cm $400–600

24 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BARBED-FOLIATE DISH HONGZHI (1487–1505) OR ZHENGDE (1505–1521) PERIOD Decorated to the centre with guardian lions chasing brocade balls and with cash motif to the rim. Diameter 21cm, Depth 3.5cm $500–700 25 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH HONGZHI (1487–1505) OR ZHENGDE (1505–1521) PERIOD Decorated with peonies and a garden rock to the centre, with fruits and butterflies to the rim. Diameter 25.5cm, Depth 5cm $800–1,200 26 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TILE QING DYNASTY (1644–1912), 19TH CENTURY Decorated with brocade balls and precious objects, the reverse with remnant strips from the firing. Width 27cm, Height 31.5cm $1,000–1,500 27 A LARGE CHINESE OCTAGONAL BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIERE QING DYNASTY (1644–1912), 19TH CENTURY Decorated to the exterior with scrolling lotus beneath a ruyi border. Diameter 47cm, Height 44cm $2,000–3,000 28 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE KANGXI PERIOD (1661–1722) Decorated with scrolling lotus to the exterior with a Xuande mark to the base within a double circle. Height 22.5cm, Diameter 9cm $800–1,200

29 A GROUP OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KITCHENWARES QING DYNASTY (1644–1912) Each decorated with underglaze blue with broadly drawn scrolling foliage. Diameter of largest 29cm, Depth 7cm $400–600 30 A CHINESE SWATOW BLUE AND WHITE BOWL MING DYNASTY (1368–1644), CIRCA EARLY 17TH CENTURY Decorated with flowers and foliage to the centre and cavetto, with kiln grit to the foot rim. Diameter 27.5cm, Depth 6cm $400–600 31 A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR PLAQUE QING DYNASTY (1644–1912), 19TH CENTURY Decorated with seven guardian lions chasing brocade balls, surrounded by flames. Diameter 47cm, Depth 1cm $1,000–1,500

32 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLAQUE QING DYNASTY (1644–1912), OR REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912–1949) Decorated with a lady riding a horse in a garden surrounded by attendants, together with wooden wall mount. Height 42cm, Width 26cm $800–1,200

33 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL MING DYNASTY (1368–1644), 15TH CENTURY Decorated to the interior with visvajra motif to the centre, to the exterior with tortoiseshell design. Diameter 15cm, Height 7cm $400–600 34 FOUR CHINESE BLEU DE HUE VESSELS QING DYNASTY (1644–1912) Comprising three dishes and a cup, the largest dish decorated with guardian lions and a four character mark to the reverse, the three dishes bound with a metal rim. Diameter of largest 16.5cm $600–800

35 A GROUP OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KITCHENWARES QING DYNASTY (1644–1912), 19TH CENTURY Comprising five large bowls, seven dishes and three smaller bowls, each decorated with various designs of flowers and foliage and abstracted arabesques. (14) $400–600

37 TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES AND A COVERED BOX MING DYNASTY (1368–1644), AND QING DYNASTY (1644–1912) Comprising a finely decorated dish with two deer (Wanli Period), a dish with scrolling flowers (Qianlong Period), and a swatow box. Diameter of largest 26.5cm $300–500

36 A GROUP OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES MING DYNASTY (1368–1644) Comprising three dishes and two fragments, one dish decorated with a barbed foliate rim and two deer to the centre (Wanli Period), another dish decorated with a phoenix (Jiajing Period), a small swatow dish, two Ming blue and white dishes with ground down rims. Diameter of the Jiajing dish 21cm, Height 4cm $800–1,200

38 ELEVEN PIECES OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CERAMICS QING DYNASTY (1644–1912), 19TH CENTURY Comprising four lidded jars, three vases, a censor, a bowl and a box base. Height of largest 24cm, Diameter 20.5cm $400–600

39 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER JIAJING PERIOD (1521–1567) Decorated with grapes and foliage against a scrolling ground to the centre and to the rim with flowers and precious emblems. Diameter 44.5cm, Depth 6.5cm $4,000–6,000

40 A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER DISH QING DYNASTY (1644–1912), CIRCA LATE 19TH CENTURY With a barbed foliate rim, decorated to the interior with figures in a landscape, the reverse with a four character Qianlong mark. Diameter 22.5cm $500–700 41 A CHINESE ENAMEL DECORATED LARGE DISH MING DYNASTY (1368–1644), ZHENGDE OR JIAJING PERIOD Decorated to the interior with fish within a lotus pond to the centre surrounded by scrolling flowers, in red, green and yellow enamels. Diameter 30cm $400–600

42 A CHINESE ENAMEL DECORATED DISH MING DYNASTY (1368–1644), ZHENGDE OR JIAJING PERIOD Decorated in red and green enamels with a fish in a lotus pond to the centre and to the rim with scrolling lotus. Diameter 15.5cm $500–700

43 A CHINESE SWATOW DISH MING DYNASTY (1368–1644), 17TH CENTURY Decorated in green and red enamel with two phoenix amongst peonies to the centre, kiln grit adhering to the foot rim. Diameter 24.5cm $400–600 44 TWO CHINESE ENAMEL CERAMICS MING DYNASTY (1368–1644) Comprising a bowl with red, green and yellow enamel decoration of guardian lions with an underglaze blue mark to the base, and a red and green enamelled box. Diameter of bowl 15cm $300–500 45 FIVE CHINESE GE-TYPE JARS QING DYNASTY (1644–1912), CIRCA 18TH CENTURY Each of globular form with a fine stained crackle and brown rims. Height of largest 7cm $300–500 46 TWO CHINESE ALBUMS INCLUDING ONE OF ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS $300–500 47 A CHINESE ALBUM OF QI BAISHI WOODBLOCK PRINTS PUBLISHED BY RONG BAO ZHAI STUDIO, BEIJING In leporello format, containing twenty two prints after flower and animal paintings by Qi Baishi (1864–1957). $500–700

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48 A CHINESE JADEITE SEAL PENDANT LATE QING DYNASTY (1644–1912) The irregular pebble with apple green inclusions carved with a spray of prunus, having an oval panel to base, silk suspension cord, in brocade box. Height 3.8cm

51 A SET OF CHINESE PORCELAIN "CLAIR DE LUNE" TABLEWARES Comprising five plates, five saucers and three footed bowls, six character Yongzheng reign mark within a double circle. Diameter of plates 24.5cm

PROVENANCE: Property from a deceased estate, Sydney $1,000–1,500

49 A PAIR OF CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEALS Each cubic matrix surmounted by a seated lion, in brocade box. Height 6.5cm

52 A CHINESE WUCAI PORCELAIN JARLET SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644–1661) Ovoid, painted in underglaze blue and enamels with two boys playing ball, in antique brass cylindrical box. Height 10.5cm

PROVENANCE: Property from a deceased estate, Sydney $300–500 50 A MINIATURE CHINESE TEA DUST GLAZED BALUSTER VASE QING DYNASTY (1644–1912) Height 10.3cm PROVENANCE: Chait Galleries New York (label to base) Property from a deceased estate, Sydney $800–1,200

PROVENANCE: Property from a deceased estate, Sydney $500–700 53 A MINIATURE CHINESE APPLE GREEN MONOCHROME GLAZED BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY (1644–1912) With all over craquelure. Height 12cm

54 A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON BRUSHWASHER NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960–1127) Of flared conical outline, on wooden stand. Height 4cm, Diameter 12.5cm PROVENANCE: Property from a deceased estate, Sydney $2,000–3,000 55 A CHINESE JUNYAO CELADON PETALLED BOWL NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960–1127) Having six carved petals, even blue white glaze and moulded footrim, in Japanese brocade box. Height 5.2cm, Diameter 8.8cm PROVENANCE: Gump's San Francisco #11476–1, undated typed description letter Property from a deceased estate, Sydney $1,500–2,000

PROVENANCE: Chait Galleries New York (label to base) Property from a deceased estate, Sydney $500–700

56 A CHINESE BOXWOOD CARVING Of a fisherman holding his catch and a gourd, on a rockwork vase. Height 19cm $300–500 57 A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED CLAIRE DE LUNE VASES QING DYNASTY (1644–1912) OR REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912–1949), CIRCA 19TH/20TH CENTURY With carved low-relief decoration of flowers and ruyi heads, covered in a fine claire de lune glaze, the bases with underglaze blue Qianlong marks. Height 25cm $1,000–1,500

58 A CHINESE ELM AND BRASS-MOUNTED MEDITATION CHAIR With geometric back rail and armrests above the rattan seat, on rounded legs with shaped aprons and joined by stretchers. Height 87cm, Width 75cm, Depth 75cm $1,500–1,800 59 A CHINESE SILK BROCADE SURCOAT The cream silk with patterns of crane roundels and gourds, with blue embroidered sleeve endings and a border of purple, green and black, pale blue silk lining. PROVENANCE: Judith Rutherford Antique Chinese Textiles, Sydney acquired from the above 2013 $1,500–2,000

60 AN ANTIQUE CHINESE LOW TABLE WITH PIERCED FRIEZE The panelled top above a waisted frieze carved in relief with prunus blossom and fretwork above an open fretwork frieze on square sectioned legs with scroll toes. Height 50cm, Width 97cm, Depth 97cm $700–900 61 A SET OF FOUR 18TH CENTURY CANTON ENAMELLED AND SILVER SPOONS TOGETHER WITH A BRASS HAND WARMER The spoons with rooster finial, decorated with European scenes, the hand warmer with pierced cover and decorated with Chinese scenes. (5) $800–1,000 62 A PAIR OF KOREAN ELM LOW CHESTS Early 20th century, each with white metal mounts, a central cupboard standing on scroll feet. Height 62cm, Width 81cm, Depth 43cm $400–600

63 A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI 20TH CENTURY Seated in padmasana on a double lotus throne, the two hands in dharmacakra mudra, from which emanate lotus blossoms holding a sword and a book. Height 24cm $1,000–1,500 64 A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA 20TH CENTURY Seated on a lion resting on a single lotus base, weathering a five-pointed crown and holding a mongoose in the left hand. Height 22cm $1,000–1,500

65 A TIBETAN INSCRIBED GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF LOKAPALA DRITARASHTRA CIRCA 18TH CENTURY Seated in rajalalitasana on a rectangular base, playing a lute, the base inscribed to the reverse in Tibetan sanskrit. Height 10.5cm $1,000–1,500 66 AN INDIAN COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF DEVI CIRCA 12TH CENTURY The four-armed devi seated on a recumbent animal vehicle, holding attributes including a vajra, raised on an integral waisted rectangular plinth. The eyes of both Devi and the vehicle inlaid with copper. Height 9cm $1,000–1,500

67 AN ANGLO-INDIAN EBONISED OCCASIONAL TABLE The circular top centred with a relief of an elephant within a border of flowerheads and scrolls, on four elephant head legs united by an X-stretcher with central dish tier. Height 63cm, Diameter 69cm PROVENANCE: Martyn Cook Antiques, Woollahra $1,500–2,500 68 AN ANTIQUE IRON BOUND TRUNK European, early 19th century, the slightly domed rising top revealing a velvet lined interior, the exterior decorated with panels of iron lattice work with gold floral and geometric decoration. Height 49cm, Width 87cm, Depth 50cm $500–800

69 A SYRIAN OLIVEWOOD, EBONY AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID DAVENPORT Late 19th century, the rising slope front opening to reveal two drawers, secret compartment to right hand side, the base with turned uprights and conforming inlaid panels, one side revealing four drawers, on bun feet. Height 88cm, Width 65.5cm, Depth 69.5cm $1,500–2,000 70 TWO PERSIAN QAJAR ARCHITECTURAL TILES Late 19th century, each moulded and painted with a shaped cartouche painted with an ancient king of Persia within scroll decorated spandrels 50 × 34cm $800–1,000 71 A PERSIAN QAJAR TILED PANEL MOUNTED AS A TABLE Comprising fourteen border tiles surrounding six square tiles painted with a peacock and bird in a flowering tree. Height 45cm, Width 62cm, Depth 47.5cm $800–1,200

72 AN ISFAHAN RUG The mustard ground with central urn and medallion of dragons and phoenix surrounded by flowering trees, ibex, birds and rabbits, within an ivory ground mihrab niche, within multiple borders of Shah Abbas flowers interspersed with birds and animals. 245 × 155cm $2,000–3,000 73 AN ISFAHAN RUG Having an ivory lobate medallion on a brick red ground with scrolling 'Tree of Life' motif within a triple ivory ground border with birds and Shah Abbas flowers. 212 × 138cm $1,500–1,800 74 A BELOUCH RUNNER With ten quartered medallions within a multiple geometric border on red ground. 390 × 96cm $400–600

75 A NEAR PAIR OF FINE SILK HEREKE RUGS With a blue ground and all over field of flowers and foliage within a triple border of flower heads and scrolls, the larger signed HEREKE in one corner. 198 × 122cm; 184 × 118cm $2,000–4,000 76 AN ALABASTER PEDESTAL COLUMN Late 19th century, on turned socle. Height 106cm $500–800 77 A PAIR OF PLASTER IONIC CAPITALS Each with egg and dart and anthemion moulded detail. Height 32cm, Width 56cm, Depth 10cm $1,500–2,000

78 GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720–1778) Two engraved plates from "Della Magnificenza d'Architettura de'Romani" 1765 one of Ionic capitals, the other of architectural details (2) 45 × 63cm $1,500–2,500 79 TWO ETCHINGS FROM THE 'COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES FROM THE CABINET OF THE HON. WM. HAMILTON' published by P.F.H. d'Hancvarville, Naples 1766–7, handcoloured, one depicting five naked youths disporting themselves to Aphrodite, the other of a woman and a youth. The largest 28 × 52cm $800–1,200

80 TWO ETCHINGS FROM THE 'COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES FROM THE CABINET OF THE HON. WM. HAMILTON' published by P.F.H. d'Hancvarville, Naples 1766–7, handcoloured, one depicting four men and a cup boy at a symposium, the other a scene with an Amazon, Athena's owl, two men and a hound. The largest 27 × 35cm $800–1,200 81 A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A MAN With short wavy hair on turned serpentine socle. Height 37cm (including base) PROVENANCE: Newman's Antiques, Sydney acquired from the above circa 1970s $3,000–5,000 81

82 A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUTH Modelled with slightly open mouth and curled hair, on black granite base. Height 15cm PROVENANCE: Newman's Antiques, Sydney acquired from the above 22 May 1969 $1,000–1,500 83 A WHITE AND COLOURED MARBLE BUST 'PURITAS' BY PROFESSOR ARISTIDE PETRILLI (1868–1930) Carved as a maiden wearing a coif with lilies in her hair, her incised bodice centred with a lily and inscribed 'Puritas', on square socle, incised to verso 'Gal' Prof A Petrilli Firenze'. Height 35cm $1,800–2,200

84 AN ANTIQUE CAST METAL CROWN ORNAMENT The circlet cast with ovals and lozenges, supporting a foliate corona. Height 20cm, Width 46cm, Depth 18cm PROVENANCE: Ros Palmer Antiques, Woollahra acquired from the above $1,500–1,800 85 A PAIR OF SPANISH STYLE WROUGHT IRON CURULE CHAIRS With cast brass finials and baluster terminals, tooled leather back and seats, one seat split. Height 83cm, Width 61cm, Depth 50cm $1,000–1,500 86 circle of SIR GODFREY KNELLER (1646–1723) Portrait of a Lady in a Blue Silk Wrap Leaning on an Urn oil on canvas 123 × 97cm $3,000–5,000

87 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS The moulded top above two short and three long graduated drawers on bracket feet, original brass bail handles. Height 92cm, Width 103cm, Depth 54.5cm $2,000–3,000 88 AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK BY GEORGE BAKER OF BIRMINGHAM The painted dial with Roman numerals, the spandrels with painted representations of the four continents, surmounted by a moon phase dial; the hood with swan neck pediment supported by turned and carved uprights flanking the glazed door, the trunk with inset turned uprights, rosewood crossbanding throughout. Height 238cm, Width 62cm, Depth 23cm $2,000–3,000

89 A GEORGIAN MAHOGANY D-END DINING TABLE Having central drop-leaf section flanked by semi-circular ends, later carved frieze with swags and paterae on square tapering legs. Height 72.5cm, Width 109cm, Length (extended) 281cm $1,500–2,500 90 A PAIR OF GEORGE III ELM SIDE CHAIRS Each having a pierced splat above upholstered drop-in seat on square sectioned legs with H-stretcher. Height 95cm $300–500 91 follower of ANTOINE PESNE (18th century) Portrait of William IV Prince of Orange-Nassau (1711–1751) Half-Length in a Blue Sash, Cuirass and Ermine Lined Cloak oil on canvas 56 × 48cm Another version of this portrait is held by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. $2,000–3,000

92 A VICTORIAN ELM COUNTRY ELBOW CHAIR AND AN ELM LADDER-BACK CHAIR WITH RUSH SEAT (2) PROVENANCE: From the contents of Swanton (built 1827), Sutton Forest, NSW $500–700 93 A SET OF VICTORIAN STYLE MAHOGANY AND BRASS MOUNTED LIBRARY STEPS With leather lined treads. Height 220cm, Width 60cm $800–1,200 94 After DANIEL MYTENS Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17 oil on canvas modern 200 × 123cm The original painting from 1923 is held by Tate Britain, London $800–1,200 95 A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE The moulded twin flap top above one concealed end drawer on a turned pedestal and four swept legs with brass castors. Height 73cm, Width (extended)109cm, Depth 100cm $800–1,000

96 A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY LADDERBACK DINING CHAIRS AND ANOTHER SINGLE CHAIR SIMILAR The pair with shaped and pierced crossbars and incised cross rail, the padded drop-in seats on square chamfered legs with H-stretchers; the single chair having a top rail centred with anthemion, the dished seat with stuff-over upholstery on fluted and square sectioned legs. Height of pair 95cm, Height of single chair 92cm

99 THOMAS MORRIS ASH (British, 1851–1935) On the Llugury Bettws-y-Coed North Wales oil on canvas signed and titled verso 40 × 60cm $300–500

PROVENANCE: From the contents of Swanton (built 1827), Sutton Forest, NSW $300–500

100 A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TEA TABLE The foldover top above a shaped frieze and baluster turned pedestal on quatreform base with turned feet. Height 76cm, Width 96cm, Depth 94.5cm (extended) $500–800

97 D. BARBER (English School, 19th century) A Pair of Hunting Scenes, Full Cry and Finding the Scent 1821 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left: D. BARBER 1821 30 × 42cm each $1,000–2,000

101 A VICTORIAN WALNUT AND INLAID OVERMANTEL MIRROR The arched plate in partially moulded surround with scroll and flowerhead cresting, flanked by inlaid uprights on a moulded base. 157 × 112cm $600–800

98 A LATE GEORGE III BOW FRONT MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS Having reeded edge above four long graduated drawers with original bronze sea god mask handles on swept bracket feet. Height 87.5cm, Width 100cm, Depth 52cm $1,200–1,500

102 UNKNOWN ARTIST (Continental School, 19th century) Lucretia oil on canvas laid on board 72 × 56cm oval $600–800

103 A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD CENTRE TABLE The circular tilt top on a column pedestal carved with stiff leaves and lappets, the triform base with octagonal bun feet concealing castors. Height 70.5cm, Diameter 127cm $1,200–1,800 104 E. PARTRIDGE (Late 19th century) A Villa on the Italian Lakes oil on canvas 52 × 76cm $400–600

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105 A VICTORIAN WALNUT AND INLAID WRITING TABLE The rectangular moulded top inlaid to the border with a band of floral decoration within rosewood and ebonised crossbanding on turned end supports with a turned stretcher, standing on swept legs with scroll toes. Height 72cm, Width 91.5cm, Depth 45.5cm $1,200–1,500 106 A LATE VICTORIAN EBONISED AND AMBOYNA BANDED AESTHETIC MOVEMENT MUSIC SECRETAIRE CABINET With three quarter brass gallery above fall front and glazed cabinet with shelf having inlaid and incised decoration, on a plinth base. Height 120.5cm, Width 54cm, Depth 38.5cm $500–800

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107 A VICTORIAN EBONISED, GILT AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID OCCASIONAL TABLE The shaped tilt top decorated to the centre with a spray of roses and other flowers, on a baluster pedestal and three shaped legs. Height 73cm, oval top 69 × 58cm $800–1,200 108 UNKNOWN ARTIST (English School, 19th century) Sandy Cove, Dublin watercolour 31.5 × 21.5cm $700–900 109 A DUTCH OAK WALL CLOCK Late 18th century, the painted dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minutes below a moon phase aperture and decorated with flowers and oak leaves and acorns, the arched hood surmounted by carved figures of Atlas and two maidens, the shaped case with pierced gilt lead aperture. Height 146cm, Width 41cm, Depth 20cm $1,200–1,800

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110 In the manner of JAN VAN HUYSUM Still Life with Peaches, Grapes and Flowers by a Bronze Urn oil on canvas 91 × 60cm $500–800

111 A CONTINENTAL TRIPLE CHAIR BACK SETTEE Mid-18th century, having three relief and flower carved splats above the curved arms flanking the drop-in seat on cabriole legs, decorated blue. Height 110cm, Width 138.5cm, Depth 52cm PROVENANCE: Original furnishing from the Castle of the Teutonic Order, Mainau, Germany (Lake Constance), original inventory label to underside Private Collection, France Private Collection, Southern Highlands $2,000–4,000 112 after JACOB RUISDAEL Storm off a Sea Coast oil on canvas stamp to verso: Prepared by Edward Dechaux / New York 86 × 115cm $2,000–3,000 The original painting is held in the Louvre, Paris. Edward Dechaux was a New York City business active in the 1830s, he was known as a "colour man" who prepared canvases for artists through a time-consuming process of sizing, adding layers of a solid colour ground, and then drying thoroughly, a process that saved painters much time and effort.

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113 A VICTORIAN SILVER PLATED TWIN HANDLED TRAY Oval with rocaille cast handles and pie crust border and engraved field. Width across handles 74cm PROVENANCE: From the contents of Swanton (built 1827), Sutton Forest, NSW $200–400 114 A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVERPLATE DECANTER COASTERS AND ANOTHER TWO BOTTLE COASTERS The pair with scroll and flower cast rim with turned wood bases. (4) $300–500 115 A QUANTITY OF SILVER SALT CELLARS AND MUSTARDS, PEPPERETTES, A CREAM BOWL AND TWO CASED SETS OF TEASPOONS 20th century, various makers and dates. $300–500

116 A HARLEQUIN SET OF SIX ROYAL CROWN DERBY COFFEE CUPS AND SAUCERS AND SIX TEACUPS AND SAUCERS 1927 and 1929 PROVENANCE: Geoffrey Archbutt of Leicester, UK $400–600 Geoffrey Archbutt of Leicester, UK married Berenice Garrick whom he had met in Australia and subsequently they lived for many years in Hong Kong until the onset of WWII when they returned to Sydney. The Crown Derby collection formed part of Berenice's dowery. 'The Home' journal from October 1st 1927 in the Personal and Social column mentions the departure of Mrs Geoffrey Archbutt to Hong Kong to join her husband and later leave for England on a visit. 117 A SET OF NINE ROYAL CROWN DERBY DEMI TASSE CUPS AND SAUCERS 1952–1975 PROVENANCE: Geoffrey Archbutt of Leicester, UK $200–400

118 A COLLECTION OF EIGHT ROYAL CROWN DERBY SERVING PIECES 1921–1964, comprising two square and one round covered butter dishes, a cream jug, a sugar basin, a covered honey pot and two sweet dishes. PROVENANCE: Geoffrey Archbutt of Leicester, UK $300–500 119 A ROYAL WORCESTER VASE Date mark for 1919, of cylindrical form with a flared rim with bands of checkered decoration and centred with an oval reserve with a stylised vase of flowers in gilt on a black and white striped ground. Height 22.5cm $500–800 120 UNKNOWN ARTIST (Continental School, 19th century) Portrait of a Young Woman with Her Hound oil on board 48 × 38cm oval $400–600

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121 A FRENCH ORMOLU CHARIOT CLOCK Mid-19th century, movement by Vincenti & Cie, stamped 'Medaille d'Argent 1855', 8 day striking on a bell, in the form of Cupid carrying a torch being drawn in a chariot with enamelled dial in the wheel with Roman numerals, on a red and green marble base with ormolu mounts and scroll feet. Height 44cm, Width 46cm, Depth 14cm $6,000–8,000 122 after FRANCOIS-HUBERT DROUAIS Portrait of le Comte de Vaudreuil Aged 18 oil on canvas modern 180 × 120cm The original painting from 1758 is housed at Versailles, France. $1,000–1,500 123 A PAIR OF ROCOCO REVIVAL PIER MIRRORS Each with bevelled plate in moulded surround with relief profile of a young maiden and rocaille cresting, one gilt and one decorated off white. Each 176 × 55cm $1,000–1,500

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124 AN EBONISED AND GILT CENTRE TABLE The circular black marble top in a moulded frame on three scrolled and leaf carved volute supports and lion paw feet. Height 87cm, Diameter 98cm $800–1,200

127 UNKNOWN ARTIST (Dutch School, 19th century) Coastal Seascape with Fishermen Resting oil on canvas laid on board 42 × 64cm $1,000–1,500

125 A BRASS DESK STAND IN THE ROCOCO STYLE Late 19th century, having a triple stationery rack above a central shell shaped well flanked by inkwells with hinged covers. Height 16cm, Width 43cm, Depth 25.5cm $500–700

128 A BRONZED SPELTER MYSTERY CLOCK AFTER AUGUSTE MOREAU Late 19th century, the flower wreathed personi fication of Spring holding a pendulum and sphere with dial of Roman numerals, standing on a red marble plinth titled "Fleurs de Printemps". Height 81cm $1,500–2,000

126 AN ITALIAN LOUIS XV STOOL The zebra patterned velvet upholstered seat on cabriole legs with scroll toes, decorated in distressed yellow paint. Height 52cm, Width 57cm, Depth 40cm $500–800

129 A REGENCY STYLE ELBOW CHAIR Modern by Paul Kenny, decorated in black and gilt, the tablet back painted with red figures above the shaped arms with baluster supports, the caned seat with upholstered squab, the seat rail with Greek key design, on turned swept legs. Height 82cm, Width 62cm, Depth 58cm $600–800

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130 A PAIR OF MODERN BLACK LACQUERED OCCASIONAL TABLES In the Dutch 18th century style, each with a shaped serpentine top above conforming frieze on cabriole legs decorated all over in gilt flowers. Height 77cm, Length 96cm, Depth 70cm $3,000–5,000 131 A PAIR OF EBONISED AND GILT ELBOW CHAIRS Modern in the Regency style, each having a pierced back rail flanked by scrolled arms above a caned seat on ring turned and swept front legs. Height 84cm, Width 53cm, Depth 54cm $1,200–1,500

132 A FRENCH BRONZE AND ORMOLU ELEPHANT CLOCK 19th century, the enamelled dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, signed 'Costain A Paris / Galerie de la Madeleine', eight-day movement striking on a bell, surmounted by a young girl holding a bunch of grapes on the bronzed elephant's back, the base composed of rocaille scrolls and flower heads. Height 51cm $5,000–8,000

133 A NAPOLEON III GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION OVERMANTEL MIRROR The rectangular moulded frame with rounded upper corners centred by a scrolled and rocaille cresting with flower swags. 184 × 114cm $2,000–3,000

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134 A NAPOLEON III MALACHITE AND ORMOLU PORTICO CLOCK Third quarter 19th century, the circular dial enamelled with Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands, surmounted by a flowering urn supported on four columns terminating in flowering urns with gilt swags on a plinth base and toupie feet. Height 45cm, Width 25.5cm, Depth 12cm $3,000–4,000 135 A NAPOLEON III WALNUT BEDSIDE CABINET With rouge griotte marble top above a fluted frieze drawer and a moulded cupboard, on turned and fluted supports and undertier. Height 89cm, Width 33cm, Depth 40cm $300–500

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136 A NAPOLEON III MEUBLE D'APPUI Veneered in tulip wood, ebony and other exotic woods, the shaped white marble top above an inlaid frieze and pair of doors with designs of musical trophies flanked by gilt metal corner mounts, the sides with pendant ormolu mounts, all on a conforming base and turned circular feet. Height 105cm, Width 102.5cm, Depth 40.5cm $2,000–4,000

138 A FRENCH GILT LYRE CLOCK Last quarter 19th century, the eight-day movement striking the half hour and hour on a bell by A. D. Mougin, the circular dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes in a lyre shaped support on oval base with gilt metal mounts, painted all over with flowers on a gilt ground. Height 58cm $2,000–3,000

137 A NAPOLEON III AUBUSSON TAPESTRY PANEL With a central foliate medallion and four cartouches within a rocaille border and overall designs of naturalistic flowers. 190 × 190cm $2,000–3,000

AD Mougin was a gold medal awarded clockmaker working in the mid to late nineteenth century, he made clocks in the clock making region of Montbeliard and is also listed as having premises on the Rue de Turenne in Paris.

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139 A FRENCH MAHOGANY AND VERNIS MARTIN VITRINE Of serpentine outline with rocaille brass mounts throughout, the shaped top above central door enclosing shelves with panels of vernis martin scenes after Francois Boucher, on cabriole legs. Height 168cm, Width 86cm, Depth 37cm $1,000–2,000 140 A FRENCH WHITE ALABASTER AND ORMOLU STRIKING MYSTERY CLOCK Last quarter 19th century, the eight-day twin barrel movement striking on a bell by Japy with Brevete stamp, surmounted by a classically draped female figure holding the pendulum with steel and brass rod and black enamelled bob with stars, the white enamelled dial with Roman numerals and gilt hands. Height 58cm $1,500–2,000

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141 A FRENCH TULIPWOOD BOMBE COMMODE In Louis XV style, the shaped marble top above two drawers with rocaille cast handles and corner mounts on cabriole legs. Height 83cm, Width 98cm, Depth 45cm $1,500–1,800

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142 In the manner of JEAN BAPTISTE GREUZE (19th century) Market Woman Roasting Chestnuts oil on canvas 42 × 34cm $300–500 143 A KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD BONHEUR DE DAME Having a galleried superstructure above four drawers flanking a central pigeon hole above three frieze drawers with brass mounts and shaped stretchers with central urn. Height 103cm, Width 54cm, Depth 39cm $800–1,200 144 A FRENCH GILT DECORATED STONEWARE VASE Late 19th century, of elongated bottle form, glazed deep blue with gilt enamel crowned cipher of Napoleon and stylised dandelions. Height 59.5cm $200–400

145 UNKNOWN ARTIST (European School, 19th century) Interior of a Gothic Audience Chamber with Figures oil on canvas 53 × 74cm $600–800 146 A 19TH CENTURY DANISH ELM CHEST OF DRAWERS The moulded top above four graduated long drawers with rocaille cast handles on bun feet. Height 94cm, Width 94cm, Depth 49cm PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Denmark Private Collection, Southern Highlands $1,200–1,500 147 A SWEDISH GILTWOOD CARTEL CLOCK 19th century, in the Gustavian style, the movement with cream painted dial, Roman hours and Arabic minutes, signed 'Rob. Engstrom / Stockholm', the case surmounted by a wreathed urn above an ionic capital flanked by laurel swags, stamp to reverse 'P. O. LJUNGBERG / BILHUGGARE / STOCKHOLM'. 92 × 46cm $2,500–3,500

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148 A PAIR OF MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU MOUNTED COMMODES À VANTAUX IN THE RUSSIAN STYLE Early 19th century, remounted after 1993 in the manner of Heinrich Gambs, each having a stepped, crossbanded top with canted angles, above an ormolu dentil frieze and pair of panelled doors centred with a sunburst patera and reeds on a shaped star and fluted ground, within a beaded frame, the keyholes with bearded mask escutcheons, enclosing drawers to one commode and shelves to the other; the canted corner angles with triglyphs and panels of fluting above a flowerhead, the tapering conforming legs with cast sabots.

Each with firebrand marks TT below a crown, one with inventory mark in pencil ST.E 15549, for Schloss St Emmeram, Regensburg the other with L170 for Schloss Leitomeisehl, Bohemia. PROVENANCE: Sotheby's, Sammlung Thurn & Taxis sale, 12–15 October 1993, Regensburg, lot 33 John Hobbs, 107A Pimlico Road, London, 2006 Bonhams, The Owston Collection, Day 2, 26 June 2010, lot 1226 acquired from the above $35,000–40,000

Originally part of the contents of Schloss St Emmeram in Regensburg, Germany, (an opulent palace that was one of the seats of the Princely Thurn und Taxis family), these commodes were sold in the massive Sotheby’s auction of the collection in 1993. Between the sale date and their re-appearance on the market in London in the early 2000s they underwent an “ extreme makeover” that transformed them from a polite pair of Viennese cabinets to a knockout pair of “Russian” commodes a vantaux, that is with doors hiding the three long drawers within. Richly mounted with ormolu stars and mouldings in the manner of the celebrated maker Heinrich Gambs they were sold to a noted Australian collector for

a purported six figure pounds sterling amount. Resurfacing in the Owston Collection auction in Sydney in 2010 where they were acquired by the current vendor, the Thurn und Taxis collection stamp was discovered and the mystery was unravelled.

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149 A TAXIDERMY PEACOCK MOUNTED ON A BRANCH Height 80cm, Width 38cm, Length 140cm (approximate) $1,000–2,000 150 A FRENCH ART DECO STEEL AND MARBLE CABINET The breche violette marble top above three convex doors with cylindrical uprights and nickel plated tubular handles and details, enclosing adjustable shelves. Height 111cm, Width 139cm, Depth 80cm PROVENANCE: The Country Trader, Paddington acquired from the above 2001 $3,000–5,000

151 A GRAND TOUR BRONZE HEAD OF A BOXER OR SATYR Late 19th century, after the original attributed to Silanion held in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Height 39cm (including base) PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Sweden Private Collection, Southern Highlands $800–1,200 152 G. SCHOUTEN Rooster and Hens oil on canvas signed lower right: G. Schouten 44 × 59cm $300–500 153 LOUIS WAIN (British, 1860–1939) Two Cats gouache Signed lower right: Louis Wain 20.5 × 27.8 cm $1,000–2,500

154 A SET OF TEN FRENCH RUSTIC DINING CHAIRS Mid-20th century, each with a triple bar back and rush seat on turned supports united by stretchers. Height 92cm, Width 40cm, Depth 38cm PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Southern Highlands $1,500–2,500 155 A RUSTIC PINE FOLDING DINING TABLE Baltic, 18th century, the twin flap plank top on gateleg supports. Height 75cm, Width 102cm, Length 170cm (extended) PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Southern Highlands $500–800

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156 JAMES ALFRED TURNER (1850–1908) Logger, Wagon and Bullock Team oil on canvas signed and dated indistinctly lower left: J. A. Turner 34 × 44cm PROVENANCE: The Estate of the late Sylvia Carruthers, Point Piper Goodmans Auctioneers, Australian & European Pictures, Sydney, 5 December 2000, lot 354 Savill Galleries, Sydney acquired from the above 2006 $10,000–15,000

James Alfred Turner (1850–1908) was an Englishborn artist who devoted his career to depicting rural life in Australia in painstaking detail. Often featuring the mountain ranges to the north and east of Melbourne where he resided, his paintings tell stories of pioneers battling the rugged Australian bush and their daily pursuits. Logger, Wagon and Bullock Team is expertly proportioned with a single rising mountain and partially cloudy sky centring the background which lends the painting an atmospheric quality akin to a crisp, fresh autumn morning in the Dandenong Ranges. The settlement in the middleground of the painting shows vivid signs of life with two horses out to graze and a small figure to the far right possibly out the back of their house chopping wood. The wagon and bullock team feature in the very centre of the composition following a winding road which leads the viewers eye to the foreground where we find our logger walking along a bridge, axe slung over his shoulder.

This painting is a beautiful rendering of daily life in 19th century Australia, one which is typical of Turner's great skill, eye and style. His obituary in The Argus Melbourne on 16 April 1908 read in part "Victoria loses an artist who not only understood and appreciated the beauty of the bush, but could depict faithfully its life and character."

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157 ELIZABETH PARSONS (British, 1831–1897) The Farmhouse 1875 watercolour 20 × 31cm PROVENANCE: Masterpiece @ IXL, Hobart acquired from the above 2005 $800–1,000

158 HENRICUS (HENRY) LEONARDUS VAN DEN HOUTEN (Dutch, 1801–1879) Pioneers Cottage, Bridge and Stream 1861 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left: H L v.d. Houten / 1861 51 × 69cm PROVENANCE: Deutscher-Menzies, Malvern, 14 June 2006, Lot 230 Mossgreen Auctions, Armadale, 30 May 2017, Lot 545 acquired from the above 2017 $4,000–6,000

159 PAUL JOSTRA (20th century) The Arrival of the Lord of the Manor oil on canvas 49 × 70cm $500–800 160 NORMAN LLOYD (1897–1985) The Golden Wheatfield oil on board signed lower left: NORMAN LLOYD 29.5 × 37cm PROVENANCE: Joseph Brown Gallery, South Yarra acquired from the above 1998 $800–1,000

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161 HANS HEYSEN (1877–1968) Storm Clouds Over the Flinders c. 1930 charcoal and chalk on paper signed lower right: HANS HEYSEN 38.5 × 54cm PROVENANCE: Deutscher-Menzies, 8 September 2004, lot 194 (label verso) EXHIBITIONS: "Hans Heysen Retrospective Exhibition 1901–1965", The Adelaide Festival of Arts, 1966, catalogue no. 110 (label verso) LITERATURE: David Driden, The Art of Hans Heysen, 1966, plate 72 $7,000–10,000

One of Australia’s most celebrated artists, Sir Hans Heysen is best known for his depictions of towering gum trees and grandly romanticised portrayals of the Australian landscape. His works resonate so deeply with the Australian public that they won him the Wynne Prize for landscape painting a record nine times and have made him a household name nationwide. The present work is a fine example of Heysen’s masterful draughtsmanship and his sensitivity to nature’s sublime form. Without the use of the full colour palette, Heysen is ever more sensitive to the subtle gradations of light and shadow at the moment a storm looms on the horizon of a sweeping mountain range. The deftness of his hand is apparent, as if he were attempting to capture as much likeness of the landscape as possible before retreating from the impending downpour.

From 1926 to 1933 Heysen’s typical serene and majestic gumtree scenes with the odd drover and cow transitioned into depictions of the rugged landscape of the Flinders Ranges. The series of artworks that he produced during his 11 trips there from his colonial home, The Cedars, just outside Hahndorf SA, comprise a distinct group within his entire body of work. The present lot demonstrates his preoccupation with this newfound landscape. Other charcoal works from this period featuring the Flinders Ranges are owned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Victoria and the National Gallery of Australia.

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162 JOHN (JACK) SALVANA (1873–1956) Life on the Farm 1910 oil on linen 26 × 41cm PROVENANCE: Colville Gallery Auction, Hobart acquired from the above 2017 $300–500 163 BRUCE FLETCHER (born 1937) Still Life with Pears and Cherries oil on board signed lower right: Fletcher 39 × 49.5cm $300–500

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164 TOM GARRETT (1879–1952) On the Lake watercolour on paper signed lower right: TOM GARRETT 18.5 × 28cm PROVENANCE: Leonard Joel, 28 April 1992 acquired from the above $500–900 165 FRANCIS LYMBURNER (1916–1972) A Mother and her Joey pencil on paper signed lower right: Lymburner 33 × 47cm $200–400 166 SEYMOUR WELLS (b. 1937) Nude 1974 pencil, chalk on paper signed and dated lower right: SW 73 36 × 25cm $300–500

167 PETER HICKEY (born 1943) Nasturtiums 1991 aquatint etching S/P of an edition of 30 signed and dated in pencil lower right: Hickey '91 inscribed lower left: S/P 'Nasturtiums' plate 29 × 21.5cm PROVENANCE: The Bell Gallery, Berrima acquired from the above 2007 $200–400 168 JOHN MCQUALTER (born 1949) Summer Portsea 1980 oil on board signed lower right: McQUALTER 15 × 22.5cm $700–1,000

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169 JUDY CASSAB (1920–2015) The Tower 2002 gouache on Arches paper signed lower right: Cassab 02 102 × 76cm PROVENANCE: Solander Gallery, Yarralumla acquired from the above 2005 EXHIBITIONS: Solander Gallery, "Judy Cassab: Rainbow Valley and Divertissements", 27 April – 29 May 2005, number 5 $800–1,200 170 A GLAZED STONEWARE TOTEM POSSIBLY BY ROBIN WELCH (1936–2019) In three sections, with bands of geometric pierced decoration and wheel turned cylindrical projections. Height 163cm $2,000–3,000

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171 JOHN COBURN (1925–2006) Carnival of Birds acrylic on card signed lower left: Coburn 49.5 × 72cm $10,000–15,000 John Coburn (1925–2006) was a renowned Australian artist, teacher, tapestry designer and printmaker. Intentionally drawing inspiration from international artists such as Matisse, Miro, Mondrian, Picasso and Rothko, Coburn developed his distinctive style early in his career and remained dedicated to it throughout. In 1969 he described it as "a flat-patterned style of painting, using brilliant colour combinations based on natural or organic images".1

Carnival of Birds is a quintessential Coburn composition featuring immediately recognisable shapes in bright, rich colours. The abstracted birds feature a single eye as though viewed in profile flying through the hot Australian summer sky. The title is celebratory and fantastical, one could almost be forgiven for believing the collective noun of these magical birds to be a carnival. Coburn is one of Australia's foremost abstract artists and his works are housed in state and regional galleries across Australia as well as at Rome's Vatican Museum and Vienna's Graphische Sammlung Albertina. – 1. 'Having his say – on canvas', Canberra Times, 22 January 1969, p. 13.

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172 DAVID BOYD (1924–2011) Young Matadors II oil on board Signed lower left: David Boyd 65 25.7 × 39.3 cm $3,000–5,000

174 JUDY CASSAB (1920–2015) Rocky Mountain Passage 1959 oil on canvas on board signed and dated lower right: Cassab 1959 39 × 64cm $1,500–2,500

173 ARCH CUTHBERTSON (1924–2000) Untitled Landscape mixed media on paper signed lower right: Cuthbertson 56.5 × 76.3cm $900–1,200

175 A PAIR OF LATE GUSTAVIAN PEDESTAL CABINETS Sweden, late 18th century, each with a circular plinth above the moulded cornice and panelled door with a fluted lozenge, enclosing shelves, on a plinth base, decorated in mustard yellow and grey, with an urn-shaped escutcheon. Height 138cm, Width 50cm, Depth 47cm PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Sweden Private Collection, Southern Highlands $4,000–6,000

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176 A SWEDISH RUSTIC PINE SIDE TABLE Early 19th century, having a canted plank top above two frieze drawers, on square tapering legs. Height 75cm, Length 196cm, Width 77cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Stockholm Uppsala Auktionskammare, Sweden Private Collection, Southern Highlands $1,000–1,500 177 A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI STYLE TABLE LAMPS Painted with all over flowers and birds on giltwood bases. Height 50cm $800–1,200

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178 BRUNO MATHSSON LOUNGE CHAIR FOR KARL MATHSSON Signed and dated 1938 (label to underside), Model 36 (designed 1933–1936), the woven webbing seat with canvas and leather headrest on shaped plywood supports united by stretchers. Height 75cm, Width 52cm, Depth 100cm PROVENANCE: Karl Mathsson, Värnamo 1938 Private Collection, Sweden Bukowskis Auction House, Sweden Private Collection, Southern Highlands $1,500–2,500 Bruno Mathsson (1907–1988) was a Swedish designer and architect who was self-taught, his designs experimented with curves and height and were often driven by function. He developed his own technique for bending wood which became a feature in many of his most notable designs. Model 36 was the first chair he designed purely for relaxation and was first advertised in 1937.

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179 FRANCIS BACON (British, 1909–1992) Three Studies for a Self-Portrait 1990 lithograph, hors commerce impression numbered 6/10 aside from the edition of 60 signed in pencil lower right: Francis Bacon inscribed in pencil lower left: H.C VI/X published by Librairie Séguier Image: 34 × 29cm, Paper: 52 × 94cm (unexamined out of frame) PROVENANCE: Artcurial (S.V.V), Estampes et Livres Illustres, 2 July 2003 Collins & Kent, Sydney acquired from the above 2004 or 2005 $20,000–30,000

Francis Bacon in his studio in London in 1974. Photo Michael Holtz / Alamy

Francis Bacon is one of the most significant painters of the modern age; a self-taught artist, his paintings are renowned for their raw and unsettling imagery, merging figurative portraiture with abstracted settings. Three Studies for a SelfPortrait is a three-plate lithograph printed on one sheet, after his painting of the same title from 1983 currently housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art. In this self-portrait Bacon confronts the “brutality of fact” in his own visage as it emerges, ghostlike, from the surrounding darkness.1 He proceeds to drag a cloth or dry brush through the wet paint to blur and abstract the details. These swirling distortions convey a sense of movement and emphasise the passage of time evoked by the triptych format. Bacon was first inspired by the arts after visiting an exhibition of Picasso’s drawings at the Galerie Paul Rosenberg in 1927, this led him to first try his hand at interior design before finding painting following the influence of Australian artist Roy de Maistre. De Maistre has been described as Bacon’s most significant artistic contact in the 1930s, and Bacon’s works from this period closely echo the cubist and surrealist forms, and at times also the colour palette, found in de Maistre’s work.2 Initially experiencing only brief success as an artist, Bacon’s early efforts failed to establish a unique style of his own separate to what he had already absorbed. As a result, he experienced a period of frustration and subsequent artistic hiatus between 1937 and 1943. However, in 1944 Bacon found new inspiration and began working on the paintings he came to consider as the beginning of his career, first with the triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (housed

at the Tate, London). From this point onwards he began to forge the legacy by which the world now remembers him. Bacon painted Three Studies for a Self-Portrait at the height of his global recognition and at a time when he was preoccupied with reflections on mortality and the temporality of man’s existence. Following the death of his former lover George Dyer, just prior to the opening of his retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris in 1971, Bacon became almost obsessively occupied with self-portraiture. He stated “I loathe my own face but I go on painting it only because I haven't got any other people to do.”3 By 1983, his presence on the canvas had transitioned from rage and grief to resignation and acceptance of the world’s hard truths. As a result his self-portraits from this time, the current lot included, with his face emerging from a deep abyss tightly constricted within the confines of the canvas, imbue the sitter with a deep sense of introspection. – 1. David Sylvester, The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon (London: Thames and Hudson, 1987). 2. Martin Harrison and Rebecca Daniels, "Australian Connections", pp. 33–34 in exhibition catalogue Francis Bacon: Five Decades, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 November 2012 – 24 February 2013 (London: Thames and Hudson, 2012). 3. David Sylvester, The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon (London: Thames and Hudson, 1987), p.129.

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180 OLE WANSCHER PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS FOR FRITZ HANSEN Denmark, 1940s, Model 1755, each with a serpentine ladder back flanking the shaped arms, the dished solid seat on turned legs with ball feet, with buttoned leather squab. Height 86cm, Seat Height 41cm, Width 61cm, Depth 52cm PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Denmark Thence by descent Private Collection Southern Highlands, acquired from the above 2014 $6,000–8,000 Ole Wanscher (1903–1985) was a leading Danish furniture designer who became integral to Denmark's midcentury modern movement. He studied under Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and developed a simple and refined aesthetic which referenced classic forms from the past. He was awarded many accolades including the Copenhagen Carpenters' Guild Annual Award and the gold medal at the Milan Triennale in 1960. Some of his iconic designs include PJ-149 Colonial Chair (1949), Rungstedlund Dining Chair (c. 1950), Ladies Desk (1954) and Egyptian Stool (1957).

182 © Elwyn Lynn/Copyright Agency, 2021 181 ELWYN LYNN (1917–1997) Crossed 1968 mixed media on canvas Signed and dated verso: Elwyn Lynn Jan 1968 Inscribed verso: Elwyn Lynn / Crossed 63 × 73cm PROVENANCE: Kym Bonython Brian Seidel 1969 acquired from the above 2000 $1,500–2,500 Elwyn (Jack) Lynn (1917–1997) was an Australian artist, author, art critic, curator and teacher whose artwork is held in practically every prominent public collection in Australia including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW, Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. His artwork is immediately recognisable through the use of unconventional materials to produce rough, abstracted surfaces which evoke a sense of struggle and endurance. Heavily influenced by the work of Spanish artist Antoni Tapies, Lynn maintained his interest in texture and surface throughout his career, later experimenting with assemblage elements that

echoed the work of some of the Dada artists he'd seen in Europe. In addition to his considerable achievements as a painter he was also esteemed in academic circles through his curatorship of the Power Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sydney University (1969–1983, now housed within the Museum of Contemporary Art) and his writing as art critic for The Australian, Sunday Mirror, The Weekend Australian, Art and Australia and many more. In 1975 he was awarded Membership of the Order of Australia and in 1988 he won the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW who also mounted his comprehensive retrospective in 1991 titled "Elwyn Lynn: Metaphor and Texture".

183 183 OLE WANSCHER ARMCHAIR FOR A. J. IVERSEN Denmark, 1960s, the shaped padded back with padded and curved armrest supports above the padded seat on square sectioned legs with reeded corners united by an H-stretcher, in black leather upholstery. Height 88cm, Width 63cm, Depth 59cm PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Southern Highlands Brass label to back leg which reads 'CALTEX 3154' $1,000–1,500

182 ELWYN LYNN (1917–1997) Curve 1984 mixed media on canvas 101 × 102cm PROVENANCE: Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney acquired from the above 2000 $2,000–3,000

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184 KAARE KLINT MAHOGANY DINING TABLE FOR RUD RASMUSSEN The rectangular top above shaped frieze on square sectioned supports. Height 75cm, Length 200cm, Width 90.5cm

185 ADRIAN BERG (1929–2011) Gloucester Gate Regents Park, late September 1983 oil on canvas 75 × 75cm

PROVENANCE: Rud Rasmussen, Denmark Private Collection, Denmark acquired from the above 1940s Thence by descent Private Collection, Southern Highlands, acquired from the above 2015 $3,000–5,000

PROVENANCE: The Piccadilly Gallery, London. H. G. Slater Esq., acquired from the above October 1989 Thence by descent

Kaare Klint (Denmark, 1888–1954) was an architect and furniture designer known as the father of modern Danish furniture design. He designed icons such as the Faaborg Chair (1914), the Propeller Stool (1927), the Safari Chair (1933), the Church Chair (1936) and the Circle Bed (1938).

EXHIBITIONS: The Piccadilly Gallery, London, October 1989. $2,000–3,000

Adrian Berg (1929–2011) was a highly acclaimed British landscape painter who dedicated his life's work to capturing on canvas his favourite parks, gardens and vistas in the UK and abroad, spending twenty-five years on Regent's Park alone. In 1992 he was elected as a Royal Academician and in 1994 became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art. Much like his great friend and fellow RCA alumnus David Hockney, Berg believed that representational painting still had more to achieve and explore at a time when abstraction was growing in popularity. The Serpentine Gallery held a major retrospective of his work in 1986.

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186 JACOB KJAER SIX MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS Each with square back with seven stick splats, the close-nailed cream leather seats on square sectioned legs with H-stretcher. Height 87, Seat Height 48cm, Width 49cm, Depth 46cm PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Copenhagen Thence by descent Private Collection, Southern Highlands, acquired from the above 2017 $6,000–8,000 Jacob Kjaer (Denmark, 1896–1957) was a furniture designer and cabinetmaker who exhibited internationally and furthered the reputation of the Danish furniture industry in the early 20th century. One of his most notable designs is the FN chair designed for use at the United Nations Building in New York City.

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187 ADRIAN BERG (1929–2011) Gloucester Gate Regents Park Early October 1982 October 1983 oil on canvas 81.5 × 81cm PROVENANCE: H. G. Slater Esq. Thence by descent $3,000–5,000

189 A MATCHED PAIR OF ART DECO MALACHITE GLASS VASES BY SCHEVOGT AND DESNA Each with a series of female figures in low relief frosted and polished glass with bands of geometric decoration, one with acid etched mark 'DESNA' to base. Height 25cm and 24cm $1,000–1,500

188 A MODERN DESIGN CONSOLE TABLE The black lacquered top on square sectioned macassar ebony legs. Height 81.5cm, Length 150cm, Depth 50cm PROVENANCE: MRD Shelter, Surry Hills acquired from the above $300–500

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190 ADRIAN BERG (1929–2011) Gloucester Lodge Regents Park April, May & June '77 April 1978 oil on canvas signed and dated verso 95 × 95cm PROVENANCE: Waddington Galleries, London (label verso). The Piccadilly Gallery, London (label verso). H. G. Slater Esq., by whom acquired from the above. Thence by descent from the above to the present owner. $3,000–5,000

191 A JAPANESE CLOISONNE TABLE LAMP Late 19th century, of baluster form, the neck with a design of rope tied folded brocade with tassels, the red ground with a design of flowering prunus on gilt metal base. Height 80cm $400–600

194 A PAIR OF ART DECO STYLE VELVET COVERED SLIPPER CHAIRS Each with rope twist and tassel detail to the scrolled back above a circular seat inset with needlework tapestry. Height 92cm, Width 80cm, Depth 90cm $2,000–4,000

192 LE COULTRE AN ATMOS CLOCK Number 162872, the gilt case with glass panels, the dial with batons and Arabic numerals, associated cresting and gates. Height 30cm $1,000–1,500

195 A PAIR OF MIRRORED SIDE CABINETS Modern, in the art deco style, each with a pair of lattice cut mirrored doors and glass lobate knobs. Height 81cm, Width 100cm, Depth 41.5cm $2,000–4,000

193 FRANCISCO TAMAGNO (1851–1933) "Exposition Russe" Poster circa 1895 lithograph in colours laid on canvas 144.5 × 104.5cm $800–1,200

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196 ATTRIBUTED TO FLEMMING LASSEN PAIR OF SHEEPSKIN COVERED ARMCHAIRS Each with curved back and arms on turned front legs. Height 73cm, Width 75cm, Depth 80cm PROVENANCE: Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, Denmark Private Collection, Denmark Private Collection, Southern Highlands, acquired from the above 2018 $15,000–25,000 Flemming Lassen (Denmark, 1902–1984) was a Modernist architect and designer who achieved international recognition for his unique designs and iconic architecture. He worked closely with Arne Jacobsen on significant projects such as the award-winning House of the Future and Søllerød Town Hall. He also partnered with Erik Møller to design the Nyborg Library (1940) for which he was awarded the Eckersberg Medal.

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197 WARREN MCARTHUR BILTMORE ARMCHAIR The curved aluminium frame with padded seat, backrest and rolled arms, upholstered in powder blue with rubber 'hockey puck' feet. Height 76cm, Width 63.5cm, Depth 95cm $800–1,200 Warren McArthur (1885–1961) was an American industrial and furniture designer who became renowned for his aluminium tubular furniture. In 1929 Warren and his brother Charles opened the part-owned Biltmore Hotel for which their brother Albert was the architect. Warren designed the furniture for the hotel and Frank Lloyd Wright consulted on the design and construction. Australia was the only country outside of America to be granted license to produce McArthur's designs, this license was given to Namco in the 1930s.

198 PHILIPPE STARK JUICY SALIF CITRUS SQUEEZER FOR ALESSI Limited edition, 2000, in gold plated aluminium, with original box. Height 29cm $400–600

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199 HAMEL AND FARRELL MODULE TABLE FOR JEAN DE MERRY In three interlocking geometric sections with patinated bronze finish and polished bronze internal faces. Height 46.5cm, Width 91.5cm, Depth 68.5cm $4,000–6,000

200 PACE COLLECTION EIGHT 'WATERFALL' LUCITE DINING CHAIRS Circa 1970, each with curved lucite arms flanking the blue upholstered back and seat. Height 86cm, Width 53cm, Depth 58cm PROVENANCE: Jason Mowen, Potts Point acquired from the above 2015 $5,000–7,000 The Pace Collection was a contemporary high-end furniture company operating from 1960 to 2001. It was founded by Irving and Leon Rosen of New York and located in Manhattan where it offered fine furniture and services to the contract design trade.

201 A CUSTOM STRAND MIRROR BY IRONIES CALIFORNIA The elliptical plate surrounded by a border of bleached faux coral. Height 78cm, Width 52cm, Depth 5cm PROVENANCE: Kneedler Fauchere, Los Angeles acquired from the above 2016 $1,000–1,500 202 HAMEL AND FARREL 'PYRITE' SIDE TABLE FOR JEAN DE MERRY Of interlocking cubic design in bronzed finish. Height 37cm, Width 69cm, Depth 52cm $2,500–3,500 203 A VICTORIAN EASYCHAIR Upholstered in deeply buttoned calico on turned mahogany front legs with porcelain castors. Height 91cm, Width 87cm, Depth 104cm PROVENANCE: Martyn Cook Antiques, Woollahra $1,500–2,500 204 DYLAN FARRELL 'SOLEIL' OAK SIDEBOARD FOR THE THOMAS HAMEL COLLECTION The crossbanded and radially veneered top with brass inlay above a pair of cupboards centred with a brass framed radially inlaid panel, flanked by two sets of three drawers all on short cabriole legs. Height 91cm, Width 185cm, Depth 55cm $2,500–3,500

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205 A PAIR OF DUTCH CHINOISERIE SIDE CHAIRS Early 19th century, the high arched backs with central splats above shaped seat rails, the black ground with raised painted and gilded figures and birds in oriental landscapes, on cabriole legs, upholstered in fabric from the Thomas Hamel Collection. Height 97cm, Seat Height 48cm, Width 49cm, Depth, 41cm PROVENANCE: Sylvain Levy-Alban Art, Paris Martyn Cook Antiques, Woollahra acquired from the above $2,000–3,000 206 A BELGIUM BAKER'S STAND "ETERNA" BY MAISON J. KURZ Circa 1920, the grained wooden frame maker's finish timber frame with zinc bar racks, makers labels to top tier. Height 164cm, Width 152.5cm, Depth 58cm

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PROVENANCE: Lydie Du Bray Antiques, Southern Highlands $500–700 207 A RUSTIC PINE REFECTORY TABLE The solid top on jointed trestle ends with a central stretcher. Height 81.5cm, Length 198.5cm, Depth 77.5cm $1,200–1,800 208 PAOLO BUFFA PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS Circa 1950, the beech frame with shaped stick back and lattice supports to the curved arms, calico seat upholstery. Height 78.5cm, Width 62.5cm, Depth 69cm $3,000–5,000 Paolo Buffa (1903–1970) was an Italian architect and furniture designer known for combining Neoclassical and Art Deco design motifs with modernist principles. He worked in the studio of Gio Ponti and Emilio Lancia before opening his own office with the architect Cassi Ramelli. He exhibited many times at the Milan Triennial and in 1948 he exhibited at the 34th Salon de Artistes Decorators in Paris which further enhanced his popularity in France. In the 1960s he collaborated with Cassina and before his death in 1970 had become one of the most important designers in Italy.

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209 A RUSTIC PAINTED PINE SCANDINAVIAN BLANKET BOX First half 19th century, with rising top, internal candle box and moulded base on bracket feet, decorated with panels of flowers. Height 59cm, Width 166cm, Depth 63cm $1,000–1,500

210 A PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTED ELM 'OFFICIALS HAT' ARMCHAIRS 19th century, each with a typical shaped top rail above plain splat and panelled seat, flanked by shaped arms on square sectioned legs with shaped aprons, joined by stretchers. Height 116cm, Width 60cm, Depth 54cm PROVENANCE: Mossgreen Auctions $1,000–1,500

211 A VINTAGE PINE WOODWORKING BENCH With cast iron vise and square sectioned supports. Height 80cm, Length 137cm, Depth 49cm $500–800

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212 AN ANGLO INDIAN CARVED EBONY ARMCHAIR Second quarter 19th century, the broad top rail centred by carved shells with foliate scrolls between leaf carved and reeded uprights terminating in scrolling armrest supports, above a foliate carved front rail, on turned and leaf carved front legs with porcelain castors, cane seat. Height 108cm, Width 65cm, Depth 83cm PROVENANCE: Martyn Cook Antiques, Woollahra acquired from the above 2013 $2,000–4,000

213 ROBERT KIME "WATERFORD" HANGING LIGHT In the George IV manner, having two frosted shades flanking the central reservoir above a glass dish, with giltmetal corona and boss. PROVENANCE: Robert Kime, UK $2,500–3,500

214 AN ANGLO INDIAN CARVED EBONY ARMCHAIR Early 19th century, the top rail centred by carved shells with foliate scrolls between reeded uprights with shaped and lotus carved armrests on leaf carved balusters, above a reeded and foliate carved seat rail, the turned and lotus carved front legs with brass castors, cane seat and back. Height 108cm, Width 64cm, Depth 80cm PROVENANCE: Martyn Cook Antiques, Woollahra acquired from the above 2013 $2,000–4,000

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