JAMES R. JACKSON (1882-1975) Taylors Bay, Sydney Harbour
The Collector's Auction
17.09.2024, 2pm
Sydney VIEWING
fri 13 – sun 1 5 sep
The Bond, 36-40 Queen Street Woollahra, NSW 2025
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CONTACTS
madeleine norton
head of decorative arts & art, sydney 02 9362 9045 0405 565 644
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The Importance of Provenance
The word provenance comes up frequently in the arts, both in the museum world and the marketplace, and for good reason too. Provenance is the recorded journey of an item from its origin through one or more owners to the present day and this lineage can lend an object important context. When selling items at auction a specialist will do their best to establish this line of ownership back as far as possible. Whilst it is not always possible to determine the path that an item has taken prior to coming to auction, when we do have that information, it can often be incredibly valuable.
In The Collector’s Auction on the 17th of September, there are a number of pieces that come with exceptional provenance.
To open we have a selection of indigenous works, including bark paintings and carved sandstone heads, from The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine. Ronald and Alison were avid collectors of Australian and international art and were generous philanthropic supporters of many NSW art institutions. They donated works to the Art Gallery of NSW, the University of NSW, and the Wollongong Art Gallery where you will find a space named in their honour. At the Art Gallery of New South Wales you will find carved sandstone heads, some donated by the Fines, by the same artists we have in our auction: Matthew Gilbert (lots 18, 19, 24), Darcy Hunter (lot 20) and Djimba Kuukuu (lot 22).
Among the decorative arts on offer you will find early English porcelain from The Dacre King Collection, with many pieces including sale receipts going back to the 1950s. A NSW government solicitor by occupation, King was a passionate collector of English 18th century antique ceramics throughout his life. Highlights include a large Worcester porcelain tankard (lot 147) and a Chelsea plate from the Duke of Cambridge Service (lot 150).
Our auction concludes with a selection of antiquities from The Collection of Royall and Susan Tyler. This collection of family possessions, largely inherited through three generations, has exceptional provenance, including some of the most reputable sources for antiquities in the 20th century such as The Brummer Gallery, Kalebdjian Frères and Dikran Kelekian. Of particular note is the provenance of several pieces from The Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection of Egyptian Antiquities which were sold at auction in New York to William Royall Tyler (1910-2003) in March 1936.
The provenance for many of the pieces in this auction not only provide prospective buyers with context for the pieces but can also provide us with a snapshot into the trends of collecting over time. As these trends change and fluctuate, the importance of provenance remains ever present.
madeleine norton head of decorative arts & art, sydney
Australian and International Art
lots 1 – 62
INCLUDING WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR RONALD AND ALISON FINE
Ronald and Alison Fine were avid collectors of Australian and international art.
From the 1970s they were close friends of Clive Evatt the founder of Sydney’s famous Hogarth Gallery in Paddington and through Evatt they grew to have a great appreciation of Aboriginal art.
They were well known for their significant philanthropic gifts of artworks to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the University of New South Wales and to the Wollongong Gallery where a space is named in their honour.
1
DJAWIDA NADJONGORLE (c.1943-2008)
Namarrkanm The Lightning Spirit natural pigments on bark artist’s name and title on label verso 130 x 54cm approx.
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney $1,800-2,400
2
PHILIP GUDTHAYKUDTHAY (born 1935)
Untitled – Animal Figure
natural pigments on bark artist’s name and ref. no. inscribed verso 95 x 57cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$800-1,200
3 JOHNNY BULUN BULUN (1946-2010)
Lidji Lidji natural pigments on bark artist’s name inscribed to back of frame 103 x 23cm approx.
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$1,200-1,800
1 © Djawida Nadjongorle/Copyright Agency, 2024
4 UNKNOWN ARTIST
Two Fish natural pigments on bark
75 x 21cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$800-1,200
5 UNKNOWN ARTIST
Fish natural pigments on bark
66.5 x 20cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$800-1,200
6
DJAWIDA NADJONGORLE (c.1943-2008)
Mimi and Namorodo Spirits natural pigments on bark
artist’s name and title on label verso
104 x 53cm approx.
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$1,800-2,400
7
PETER MARALWANGA (1916-1987)
Nawilah – Stingray Dreaming natural pigments on bark
artist’s name inscribed verso
132 x 51.5cm
provenance
Gallery of Dreams, Paddington
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$3,000-5,000
6 © Djawida Nadjongorle/Copyright Agency, 2024
7 © Peter Maralwanga/Copyright Agency, 2024
8
DJAWIDA NADJONGORLE (c.1943-2008)
Mimih Figures and Lotus
natural pigments on bark
artist’s name inscribed verso
97 x 22.5cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$1,000-2,000
9 JOHN MANDJUWI (c.1935-2000)
Wurrkadi
natural pigments on bark
artist’s name and title on label verso 130 x 58.5cm approx.
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$3,000-5,000
Mimi and Namorodo Spirits natural pigments on bark
artist’s name and title on label verso 132 x 65cm approx.
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$2,500-4,500
11 UNKNOWN ARTIST
Fish, Crocodile and Birds
natural pigments on bark
80 x 52cm approx.
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$800-1,200
GEORGE MERWULUNULU DJAYGURRNA (1930-1987)
12
DON GUNDINGA (c.1941-1989)
Bandam – The Long Necked Tortoise natural pigments on bark artist’s name and title inscribed to back of frame 36 x 53cm approx.
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney $500-800
13
UNKNOWN ARTIST
Eels and Fish natural pigments on bark 87 x 21cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$1,000-1,500
14
PADDY FORDHAM WAINBURRANGA (19302006)
Mimih Figure acrylic on canvas signed lower centre: PADDYoRDAM inscribed verso: A2125 91 x 60.5cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$300-500
12 © Don Gundinga/Copyright Agency, 2024
13
14 © Paddy Fordham Wainburranga/Copyright Agency, 2024
15
UNKNOWN ARTIST (Tiwi Islands)
Untitled (Figure)
natural pigments on carved wood Height 255cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$2,000-4,000
16
SABO TIPILOURA (born 1946)
Bird Pole
natural pigments on carved wood Height 236cm
provenance
Tiwi Pima Art, Bathurst Island (label attached)
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney $800-1,200
17
UNKNOWN ARTIST (Tiwi Islands)
Three Bird Figures
natural pigments on carved wood Height: 77cm, 71cm and 59cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney $600-800
18
MATTHEW GILBERT (c.1920-)
Head
natural pigments on carved sandstone artist’s name and ref. no. inscribed to base
Height 32cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney related works
Matthew Gilbert, Head, c.1985, natural pigments on carved sandstone, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, gift of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine 1994, no.’s 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 457, 458, 463.1994
$500-800
19
MATTHEW GILBERT (c.1920-)
Head
natural pigments on carved sandstone artist’s name and ref. no. inscribed to base
Height 24cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
other notes
For related works see lot 18.
$500-800
20 DARCY HUNTER
Head natural pigments on carved sandstone artist’s name and ref. no. inscribed to base
Height 21.5cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney related works
Darcy Hunter, Head c.1985, natural pigments on carved sandstone, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, gift of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, 1994, no.’s 461 & 462.1994
$300-500
21
UNKNOWN ARTIST
Head natural pigments on carved sandstone ref. no. inscribed to base
Height 34cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$300-500
22
DJIMBA KUUKUU
Head natural pigments on carved sandstone artist’s name and ref. no. inscribed to base Height 31cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
related work
Djimba Kuukuu, Head c.1985, natural pigments on carved sandstone, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, no. 436.1994
$300-500
23
MERVYN NGAMPUKARTI
Head natural pigments on plaster artist’s name inscribed to base
Height 22.5cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$300-500
24
MATTHEW GILBERT (c.1920-)
Head natural pigments on plaster artist’s name inscribed to base
Height 24cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
other notes
For related works see lot 18.
$500-800
25
SIGFRID FLODIN (SWEDISH/AUSTRALIAN, 1846-1903)
Portrait of King Mickey Johnson (1834-1906) c.1880 hand coloured photograph signed lower right: S. Flodin KIAMA signed verso: S Flodin Kiama (not visible in current framing)
55 x 45.2cm
provenance
Lawsons Auctioneers, Sydney, The Kevin Little Collection Part II - Robertson Stained Glass Studios, 6 April 2022, lot 125
other notes
Mickey Johnson (1834-1906), Aboriginal King of Illawarra, was one of the most famous and most photographed Aboriginal inhabitants of the Shoalhaven area in the 19th century. It is thought that he was brought to the Shoalhaven area from the Clarence River District in the 1860s by Major E. H. Weston of Albion Park. After working for Weston for approximately ten years, he moved to Kangaroo Valley with his wife Rosey. In the early 1890s, they moved to Windang on the coast at the mouth of Lake Illawarra. He was proclaimed King of the Illawarra Tribe at the Illawarra Centenary celebrations in 1896 and was
presented with an inscribed brass plate. Mickey spent his final years at the aboriginal camp on the flat at Minnamurra River near the bridge. He died in 1906 at age 72, and is buried in Kiama cemetery.
related works
Edward William Searle (1887-1955), Portrait of King Mickey Johnson, La Perouse, New South Wales, c. 1875, photograph, National Library of Australia, Canberra Benjamin Edwin Minns (1864-1937), Mrokie Weston (King) / N.S.W South Coast 1920, watercolour on paper, Bonhams, Sydney, The Owston Collection - Day 1, 25 June 2010, lot 253
Unknown Artist, Mickey Johnson c.1896, photograph, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
$600-800
26
ARTHUR STREETON (1867-1943)
Bridges Over the River Thames, London watercolour on paper
signed lower right: A STREETON signed lower left in pencil: A Streeton 33 x 48cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$12,000-18,000
provenance
Australian Art Auctions, Sydney, 2 March 1981, Lot 99 (accompanied by purchase receipt)
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney $4,000-6,000
JOHN WILLIAM (WILL) ASHTON (1881-1963)
Pont Neuf, Paris oil on canvas
signed lower right: WILL. ASHTON. titled on stretcher verso 44.5 x 59.5cm
JAMES R. JACKSON (1882-1975) Middle Harbour oil on board signed lower left: JAMES R. JACKSON
JOHN WILLIAM (WILL) ASHTON (1881-1963) Coastal Landscape oil on board
signed lower left: WILL ASHTON
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
30
JAMES R. JACKSON (1882-1975)
Norah Head Lighthouse oil on board
signed lower right: James R Jackson
46 x 76cm
$6,000-8,000
31
ERNEST BUCKMASTER (1897-1968)
Silvan Dam oil on canvas
signed lower left: E Buckmaster
53.5 x 71.5cm
$4,000-6,000
32
JOHN WILLIAM (WILL) ASHTON (1881-1963)
Berry’s Bay oil on board
signed lower left: WILL ASHTON.
36.5 x 59.5cm
provenance
Christie’s, Sydney, Australian Paintings & Prints, 4 October 1977, lot 49
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$4,000-6,000
33
ALBERT HENRY FULLWOOD (1863-1930)
Sydney Harbour 1914 oil on card
signed and dated lower right: AF / 14 13 x 16cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$600-800
34
JAMES R. JACKSON (1882-1975)
Taylors Bay, Sydney Harbour oil on canvas
signed lower left: JAMES R JACKSON
titled and inscribed on fragmentary label verso: Taylor - ydney / Harbour / 35 -uineas / James R Jackson / Studio / -attle B - / Seaf - Manly
40.7 x 61.5cm
$5,000-7,000
35
JOHN WILLIAM (WILL) ASHTON (1881-1963)
Evening Kerosene Bay from Balls Head 1944 oil on board
signed lower right: WILL. ASHTON. titled and dated verso
27 x 37cm
provenance
Sedon Galleries, Melbourne (label verso) probably: Dr Shields (inscribed verso)
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$2,000-3,000
36
ROBERT JOHNSON (1890-1964)
Brymair Station, Capertee oil on canvasboard
signed lower right: Robert Johnson titled verso
45.5 x 55.5cm
provenance
Mrs T Miller, Sydney (inscribed verso) probably: Geoff K. Gray, Australian & European Paintings, Sydney, 11 June 1977, lot 102
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$1,000-2,000
37
RAY CROOKE (1922-2015)
Men Resting, Normanton, Queensland oil on canvas
signed lower left: R. Crooke titled on label verso
76 x 99cm
provenance
Artarmon Galleries, Sydney (label verso)
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$10,000-15,000
38 RIC ELLIOT (1933-1995)
Swagman’s Rest (Banjo Patterson Series) 1971 oil on masonite
signed and dated lower left: Ric Elliot ‘71 46 x 66cm
provenance
Geoff K. Gray, Sydney, Australian Paintings, 23 March 1976, lot 35 (accompanied by a copy of purchase receipt)
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$700-900
39 PRO HART (1928-2006) The Trapper oil on board
signed lower right: PRO / HARt 23 x 30.5cm
$1,200-1,800
40 RAY CROOKE (1922-2015)
Old Cottage oil on board
signed lower centre: Ray Crooke
tilted verso
45 x 60cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$3,500-5,500
37 © Ray Crooke/Copyright Agency, 2024
41
ALAN DOUGLAS BAKER (1914-1987)
Central Railway Square c.1945 oil on board
signed lower left: ALAN D. BAKER
29.5 x 37cm
provenance
The Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection, Sydney
exhibitions
Sydney Through the Artists’ Eye 1840s-1980s, Woomoolloo Gallery, Sydney, 1988, cat. no. 29
$300-400
42
DAVID BOYD (1924-2011)
Picnic Under the Blossom Tree oil on board
signed lower left: David Boyd
59 x 75cm
provenance
Sotheby’s, Fine Australian Paintings, Sydney, 22 November 1992, lot 135
Private collection, Sydney
$8,000-12,000
43
BLAKE TWIGDEN (born 1945)
Queen Carola’s Bird of Paradise, PNG 1980 oil on masonite
signed and dated lower right: 80 / TWIGDEN
30 x 25cm
provenance
Gowrie Galleries, Sydney (label verso)
Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, Fine Australian & International Art, 31 May 2010, lot 75
The Collection of Robyn Cosgrove, Sydney
$400-600
44
BLAKE TWIGDEN (born 1945)
Lawes Six Wired Bird of Paradise, PNG 1980 oil on masonite
signed and dated lower right: 80 / TWIGDEN titled verso
30 x 25cm
provenance
Gowrie Galleries, Sydney (label verso)
Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, Fine Australian & International Art, 31 May 2010, lot 76
The Collection of Robyn Cosgrove, Sydney
$400-600
45
DAVID MACKAY HARRISON (born 1941)
Zophia Kneeling
bronze, ed. 17/100
signed and numbered to lower leg: DMH 17.100
Height 45cm
$3,000-4,000
46
ARTHUR MURCH (1902-1989)
Eurynome - Earth Goddess c.1955 oil on board
signed lower left: MURCH titled on label verso
128 x 98.5cm
provenance
The Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection, Sydney
exhibitions
Nudes, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney, 11th July – 26th August 1990, touring Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Queensland and Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, 1991, cat. no. 45
Arthur Murch 1902-1989: A Retrospective, Art Museum Armidale, NSW, 10 July - 16 August 1992, then touring New England Regional Art Museum, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, cat. no. 34
Celebrating Paradise - The Artist and The Northern Beaches: 1896-2000, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, 1999-2000
$3,500-5,500
47
WEAVER HAWKINS (1893-1977)
Parenthood 1962 oil on masonite
signed and dated lower left: Roakin 62 titled verso
100 x 75cm
provenance
The Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection, Sydney
exhibitions
Nudes, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney, 11th July – 26th August 1990, touring Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Queensland and Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, 1991, cat. no. 25
Weaver Hawkins and William Frater, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Sydney, 1992
$6,000-8,000
46 © Arthur Murch/Copyright Agency, 2024
48 RAY CROOKE (1922-2015)
Stockman oil on board
signed lower right: R Crooke titled verso 28 x 35.5cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$1,200-1,800
49 DIANA WATSON (born 1945)
An Autumn Still Life 1999 oil on masonite signed and dated lower right: Diana Watson 99 122 x 152cm
provenance
Tudor House Art Show, Moss Vale, 2002 Private collection, Sydney
$1,500-2,500
50 JOE FELBER (Swiss, born 1951)
Abstract 1980 watercolour and pencil on paper signed and dated lower right: Joe Felber 80 73 x 106cm
$450-550
51 LOUDON SAINTHILL (1919-1969)
Costume Design watercolour and pencil on paper signed lower left: Loudon Sainthill 33 x 22.5cm
provenance
The Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection, Sydney
$800-1,200
© Diana Watson/Copyright Agency, 2024
48 © Ray Crooke/Copyright Agency, 2024
52
ROBERT JACKS (born 1943)
Spiral 1979 graphite on paper
signed and dated lower right: R Jacks 1979
63.5 x 32.5cm
provenance
The Collection of Robyn Cosgrove, Sydney
$400-500
53
RUDOLPH NÉGELY (Hungarian, 1883-1950)
Venice oil on canvas
signed lower right: Négely
40 x 50cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$1,000-1,500
54
§ JOAN MIRO (SPANISH, 1893-1983)
Untitled (L’enfance d’Ubu, pl. 3) 1975
colour lithograph, ed. 41/120 plus 20 HC
signed lower right: Miro
numbered lower left: 41/120
31 x 48.5cm
provenance
Barrington Francis Fine Art Collection (label verso)
Mr Patrick Tunchon, Sydney
The Private Collection of Margaret Hodgkinson, Sydney, c.2016, gifted from the above
literature
F. Mourlot, P. Cramer, Miró Lithographe, no. 1003
P. Cramer, Joan Miró, Les livres illustrés, no. 146
other notes
This print is from the book L’enfance d’Ubu, published in 1975.
$2,000-3,000
55
TOM WESSELMANN (American, 1931-2004)
Beautiful Bedroom Kate 1998
colour screenprint on museum board, ed. 58/90 signed and numbered lower right: Wesselmann 58/90 publisher’s blindstamp lower left
74.5 x 120.5cm (image); 88.8 x 135.7cm (sheet)
provenance
Sotheby’s, London, Modern and Contemporary Prints, 24 September 2009, lot 116 Private collection, Sydney
$8,000-12,000
55 © Tom Wesselmann/Copyright Agency, 2024
56
LEWIS MORLEY (CHINESE/AUSTRALIAN, born 1925)
Christine Keeler Contact Sheet 1963 photograph, printed 1995 signed, dated and inscribed lower left: Morley 63 / FOR JOHN. THERE / WAS ONLY ONE ROLL OF / THE DESNUDE - THE / LAST ROLL SHOT. / INCIDENTALLY THE / FINAL FRAME BECAME THE / CLASSIC POSE... Lewis .. 95 29 x 37cm
provenance
Private collection, Sydney, gift from the artist 1995
$2,500-3,500
57
NIKE SAVVAS (born 1964) House of Love 1999 acrylic on canvas 122 x 152.5cm
provenance
Jensen Gallery, Auckland, 1999
Private Collection, Auckland Webb’s Auction House, Auckland, Contemporary Art/ Design, 12 May 2009, lot 48
Private Collection, Auckland
exhibitions
Nike Savvas - New Work, Jensen Gallery, Auckland, 1999
$2,000-3,000
58
CHARLES BLACKMAN (1928-2018)
Firebird colour lithograph, ed. 6/150 signed, titled and editioned below image: 6/150
FIREBIRD CHARLES BLACKMAN 110 x 76cm
$1,000-2,000
59
TIM STORRIER (born 1949)
Midnight Embers 2002 lithograph, ed. 12/40 signed, titled, numbered and dated below image: 12/40 ‘Midnight Embers’ Storrier 02 56 x 98cm
provenance
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 19 June 2008, lot 325 Private collection, Sydney
$1,500-2,500
59 © Tim Storrier/Copyright Agency, 2024
60
ARTHUR BOYD (1920-1999)
River Bride I collagraph, ed. 50/70
signed, titled and numbered below image: 50/70 River Bride Arthur Boyd
81 x 61cm
provenance
The Bell Gallery, NSW, 1996 Private collection, NSW
$700-900
61
ARTHUR BOYD (1920-1999)
River Bride II collagraph, ed. 42/70
signed, titled and numbered below image: 42/70 River Bride II Arthur Boyd
80 x 60.5cm
provenance
The Bell Gallery, NSW, 1996 Private collection, NSW
$700-900
62
ARTHUR BOYD (1920-1999)
River Bride III collagraph, ed. 24/70
signed, titled and numbered below image: 24/70 River Bride III Arthur Boyd
80.5 x 60.5cm
provenance
The Bell Gallery, NSW, 1996 Private collection, NSW
$700-900
58 © Charles Blackman/Copyright Agency, 2024
57 Image courtesy of the artist and ARC ONE Gallery
63
TOM DIXON: A PAIR OF BEAT WIDE PENDANT LIGHTS
Hand-raised, welded and beaten in brass with matte black exterior and golden interior.
$600-800
64
MINOTTI: TWO ‘PRINCE’ ARMCHAIRS AND FOOTSTOOL
Upholstered in charcoal flecked wool.
Chair: 89 x 87 x 87cm; Footstool: 40 x 71 x 52cm
provenance
Dedece, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
$2,000-4,000
65
ARCHIMEDE SEGUSO FOR VETRI D’ARTE: A MURANO GLASS ‘CARNEVALE’ VASE
Italy, the tapering cylindrical form in shades of pink, red and green, inscribed to base: Archimede Seguso Murano.
Height 39.5cm
$1,200-1,800
66
VINCENT DUPONT-ROUGIER FOR DELCOURT COLLECTION: TWO ‘OUK2’ SIDE TABLES
Glazed ceramic.
Height 60cm, Diameter 60cm
provenance
Ondene, Double Bay Private collection, Sydney
$800-1,200
67
TOM DIXON: A MIRROR BALL
PENDANT LIGHT
With highly reflective copper shade.
$300-500
68
LUIGI ONESTO: A MURANO GLASS ‘ANELLY’ VASE
Italy, of thick ovoid form, in clear and blue sommerso glass with pink and yellow murrini and bubble decoration.
Height 27cm
$1,500-2,000
69
RACHEL DONATH: FOUR ‘GRACE’ DINING CHAIRS
Each solid oak with woven rush to seat and back.
Height 85.5cm, Width 45cm, Seat height 46cm
$800-1,200
70
TWO TERRACOTTA TABLE LAMPS
With shades, european plugs.
Height variable, diameter approximately 30cm
provenance
Company collection, Sydney
$400-600
71 A MODERN DOUBLE-SIDED SIDEBOARD
Custom designed by Architect Tim Allison, Sydney, with cupboard doors to each side opening to reveal fitted interiors of slides and drawers, one end with raw edge where it would abut the wall.
Height 70.5cm, Width 258cm, Depth 84.5cm
$1,000-1,500
72
VERSACE: A ‘SERGE’ FLOOR MIRROR
The rectangular smoked glass plate with applied border of black lacquer rocaille scrolls.
Height 240.5cm, Width 120cm, Depth 10cm
$6,000-8,000
73
LUIGI ONESTO FOR VETRERIA OBALL: A MURANO GLASS TEARDROP VASE
Italy, the sommerso glass in yellow, red and blue, Vetreria Artistica Oball label to body.
Height 15.5cm
$400-600
74
TOM DIXON: A PAIR OF BEAT FAT PENDANT LIGHTS
Hand-raised, welded and beaten in brass with matte black exterior and golden interior.
$600-800
75
ANTONIO CITTERIO FOR MAXALTO: DINING SUITE
Comprising: dining table (Recipio ‘14), four chairs (Caratos) and two benches (Sella), the seats upholstered in a grey cream leather.
Table: Height 73cm, Length 228cm, Width 105cm; Bench seats: Height 46cm, Length 100cm, Width 43cm
$3,000-5,000
76
LUIGI ONESTO FOR VETRERIA OBALL: A MURANO GLASS VASE
Italy, of flattened ovoid form with sommerso glass in layers of clear, pink and blue, inscribed to base: oball Murano, with Vetreria Artistica Oball label to body.
Height 21cm
$600-800
77
TOM DIXON: A BEAT TALL PENDANT LIGHT
Hand-raised, welded and beaten in brass with matte black exterior and golden interior.
$300-500
78
A CARARRA MARBLE STOUP
Circa 1880, of shell design, adapted to be used as a sink.
Height 12cm, Width 46cm, Length 56cm
provenance
Parterre, Woollahra Company collection, Sydney
$800-1,200
79
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE COPPER AND BRASS UTENSILS
Including three Victorian jelly moulds, two kettles, two ale mullers, two flagons, two scoops, two skillets, a pan and a trivet.
$600-800
80
A BRASS MOUNTED CAMPAIGN STYLE
PEDESTAL DESK
The leather lined top above three drawers and with three drawers to each pedestal on bracket feet.
Height 77cm, Width 137.5cm, Depth 69cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$1,000-1,500
81
A THREE FOLD LEATHER SCREEN
Painted with chinoiserie scenes on a red ground within a flowerhead border.
Each panel 184 x 56cm
$1,000-1,500
82 A LATE VICTORIAN GILT COMPOSITION LOOKING GLASS
In the Adam Revival style, the oval bevelled plate in a velvet lined frame surmounted by and an urn and suspended from berried leaf swags.
Height 94cm, Width 44cm
$500-800
83 A VICTORIAN SEVRES PATTERN PORCELAIN AND AMBOYNA OCCASIONAL TABLE
The oval top inset with a porcelain dish painted with an 18th century scene in giltmetal mounts, having oval plaques to each corner, on cabriole legs.
Height 67cm, Width 67cm, Depth 49cm
$1,200-1,800
84
A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT LONG CASE CLOCK
Circa 1710, the eight day movement by John Hill, King Street Covent Garden, with silvered chapter ring, roman hours and arabic minutes, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, the spandrels with putti holding a crown; the hood with cornice above a plain frieze, the door with engaged columns, the moulded trunk door with matched veneers and lenticle glass, the sides with feather banded panels on a base with moulded foot.
Height 217cm, Width 53cm, Depth 28cm
other notes
John Hill was born in 1678 and apprenticed in July 1672 being freed of his apprenticeship in April 1703.
$5,000-8,000
85
JOHN STODDART
The Beggar’s Opera: Mr & Mrs Peachum two watercolours on paper each signed and titled: ‘THE BEGGAR’S OPERA’ / MRS. PEACHUM / John Stoddart
John Stoddart ‘THE BEGGAR’S OPERA’ / MR PEACHUM
Mrs. Peachum: 47 x 33cm; Mr Peachum: 46 x 29cm
provenance
The Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection, Sydney $500-800
86
A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN CAST IRON GARDEN BENCHES
In the “Twig and Serpent” design, each back and seat composed of tied oak branches with leaves and acorns, the ends with entwined snakes.
Height 85cm, Width 126cm, Depth 60cm
other notes
The popular pattern was designed by McDowell, Stevenson & Co of Glasgow, circa 1840 and was later copied by other foundries in the UK as well as the USA and an example is held in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution.
$3,000-5,000
87
A VICTORIAN BRASS BOUND TEAK CAMPAIGN CHEST
In two parts, having two short about three long graduated drawers with typical recessed handles, on turned feet.
Height 103cm, Width 101cm, Depth 48cm
$800-1,200
88
AN ANTIQUE NORTH WEST PERSIAN RUG
The navy blue field with all over flower head and tendril design within triple border of geometric and cruciform motifs.
180 x 90cm
provenance
Hong Yi Carpets, Beijing
Private collection, Sydney
$2,500-3,500
89 A MATCHED PAIR OF ELM AND ASH WINDSOR CHAIRS
East Anglia, circa 1800, of typical form with a pierced splat above the solid seat, on turned legs.
Height 90cm
$2,000-4,000
90 A GEORGE I EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK
Circa 1700, by Joseph Windmills, London, the eight day movement with passing half hour strike and repeater by Joseph Windmills, London, with silvered chapter ring, roman hours and arabic minutes, date aperture, the spandrels with cherubim; the domed case with giltmetal handle, the plain frieze with pierced fretwork panel, on bun feet.
Height 42cm, Width 27cm, Depth 17cm
other notes
Joseph Windmills was made a Free Brother in the Clockmakers Company in September 1671 and became master of the Company in 1702 and attended until at least 1720, he was regarded as a prolific and highly skilled maker.
$4,000-6,000
91 A REGENCY MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE*
The oval twin-flap top on plain frieze and ring turned tapering legs with brass castors.
Height 70cm, Width 123cm, Depth 92cm
$400-600
92
A MAHOGANY AND INLAID VITRINE*
First quarter 20th century, retailed by Prouds, Sydney, the shaped cornice inlaid with amboyna and ebony, the central door enclosing glass shelves, above a drawer, on turned tapering legs united by an undertier.
Height 182cm, Width 107cm, Depth 42cm
$800-1,200
93 A SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONG CASE CLOCK*
The movement signed Will Donnie, Edinburgh, having a brass face with roman hours and arabic minutes, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar date aperture, the hood with swan-neck pediment above the arched glazed door flanked by brass mounted columns, the shaped trunk door flanked by fluted quarter columns on a moulded base.
Height 216cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$1,500-2,500
94 A FRENCH GILT COMPOSITION WALL MIRROR
Late 19th century, the mottled plate in a moulded frame with winged cartouche cresting flanked by recumbent cherubs.
155 x 84cm
$1,200-1,600
95
A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD CONSOLE TABLE*
The mirrored back with pierced brass gallery on turned supports above a marble top, the plain frieze on gilt scrolled supports, with mirror on concave plinth base.
Height 125cm, Width 122cm, Depth 42cm
$3,000-5,000
96
A LOUIS XIV FAUTEUIL
The carved arms with scroll terminals, on bobbin turned legs united by a moulded x-stretcher, the padded back and seat upholstered in tapestry featuring birds, flowers and griffins.
Height 118cm, Width 66cm, Depth 60cm
provenance
Company collection, Sydney
$1,000-1,500
97 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN TULIPWOOD CENTRE TABLE
The circular marble top on gilt and bronze lion monopodiae supports.
Height 84.5cm, Diameter 106cm
provenance
The Collection of Robyn Cosgrove, Sydney
$1,400-2,000
98
DAVID ROBERTS (SCOTTISH, 1796-1864)
Greek Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem hand coloured lithograph signed and titled in the stone
32 x 48cm
$300-500
99
DAVID ROBERTS (SCOTTISH, 1796-1864)
Church of the Convent of Saint Catherine’s on Mount Sinai hand coloured lithograph signed and titled in the stone
33.5 x 49cm
$300-500
100
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE*
The twin-flap top above real and false end drawers with boxwood lines, on square tapering legs with castors.
Height 71.5cm, Width 100cm, Depth 77.5cm
$400-600
101 AN ANTIQUE CHINESE NINGXIA RUNNER
Composed of six panels centred with a lion mask with scrolled fretwork spandrels in shades of blue and yellow.
450 x 78cm
$2,000-3,000
102
A COLONIAL CEDAR AND BLACKWOOD CHEST OF DRAWERS*
Mid 19th century, having three small drawers above three long drawers with original knob handles, flanked by turned blackwood columns, on turned feet.
Height 119cm, Width 126.5cm, Depth 60cm
provenance
The Collection of Dr Ronald and Alison Fine, Sydney
$1,000-1,500
103 A CHILD’S RUSTIC ‘HEDGEROW CHAIR’
Late 19th century, the stick back above a scalloped seat rail.
Height 67cm
$400-600
104 A RUSTIC THREE LEGGED STOOL
Early 19th century, with solid elm top.
Height 30.5cm
$150-250
105 AN ANTIQUE OAK AND CHESTNUT UPRIGHT SPINNING WHEEL
Maker’s name of John Kerry, Evesham (circa 1850) of typical form with turned elements and spindles.
Height 129cm
provenance
G L Auchinachie & Son Antiques, Sydney
other notes
Kerry is listed as working at Market Place Evesham from 1820.
$400-600
106
AN ANTIQUE OAK CRADLE
Late 17th century, with shaped hood, turned finials, the panelled sides with carved lozenges and rosettes.
Height 74cm, Width 95cm, Depth 44cm
provenance
G L Auchinachie & Son Antiques, Sydney
$800-1,000
107
AN ENGLISH RUSTIC OAK PANEL BACK CHAIR
18th century, the solid shaped back and seat flanked by a pair of shaped arms on facetted legs.
Height 87.5cm
$800-1,200
108
AN ANTIQUE OAK CARVED PANEL
16th/17th century and later, with St Andrew and another saint possibly John the Baptist, with strapwork and mask detail, later mounted as a door.
64 x 55cm
$500-800
109 A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY OAK SIDE CHAIRS
Each with a tall panelled back and scroll carved crest rail, above the solid seat on turned front legs with turned front stretcher.
Height 120cm
provenance
Fowler Collection, Western Australia
$800-1,200
110
A PAIR OF ARTS AND CRAFTS CAST IRON FIRE DOGS
Each with a repoussé copper boss of Celtic design.
Height 30cm
$300-500
111
AN ANTIQUE WELSH OAK HANGING WALL CUPBOARD
Late 17th century, with a moulded cornice above a door with a pierced section and two panels, opening to reveal an arcaded interior, with a shelf and four small drawers.
Height 82.5cm, Width 65.5cm, Depth 28cm
$600-800
112
THREE ANCIENT TERRACOTTA VESSELS
Comprising a Greek red figure miniature lekythos with a palmette design, a small dish and a small amphora shaped vessel.
Lekythos: Height 10.5cm
$500-800
113
AN OAK SPOON RACK/SALT BOX
Early 19th century, the tall back with two spoon rails, above the salt receptacle with hinged top.
Height 63.5cm, Width 26cm, Depth 21.5cm
$150-250
114
A KHOTAN CARPET
Having two diamond medallions within multiple geometric patterned borders in shades of brown and grey.
400 x 212cm
provenance
Hong Yi Carpets, Beijing
Private collection, Sydney
$2,000-3,000
115
A 19TH CENTURY COLONIAL SILVER MOUNTED CARVED EMU EGG ON STAND
The egg decorated with an image of a swagman, the mounting marked “STERLING SILVER”.
Height 33cm
$700-900
116
A GEORGE I BRITANNIA STANDARD SILVER JUG
Maker’s mark of Louis Cuny, London 1720, originally a mug, with repoussé scrolls, rocaille and flowers on a fish scale ground around a vacant cartouche, the leaf capped scroll handle, on moulded foot.
Height 10.3cm, 295 grams
$1,500-2,000
117
A GEORGE II SILVER MUG
Makers’ mark of Richard Gurney and Thomas Cook, London 1753, of plain baluster form with scroll capped handle and moulded foot.
Height 9.5cm, 176 grams
$500-700
118
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE LADLES
Makers’ mark of Alice and George Burrows II, London 1803, in the Old English pattern with circular bowls.
Length 18cm, 99 grams
$200-400
119
A GEORGE III SILVER MUG
Maker’s mark of James Stamp, London 1777, baluster shaped with repoussé swag and half reeded decorations, moulded strap handle, engraved with initials WAB.
Height 11.2cm, 144 grams
$500-700
120 A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE LADLES
Makers’ mark of Peter and William Bateman, London 1808, in the Old English pattern with oval bowls. Length 18.4cm, 112 grams
$200-400
121 A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED CUT GLASS SCENT BOTTLE
Maker’s mark of Gibson and Langman, London 1898, the spherical base with hobnail cutting, the hinged repoussé cover with scrolls and flowers.
Height 14.5cm
$300-500
122
A COLLECTION OF THREE GEORGE III AND WILLIAM IV BOTTLE LABELS
Comprising MADEIRA London 1808; PORT Sheffield 1835; and SHERRY Birmingham 1836. 31 grams combined
$300-500
123
A WILLIAM MOORCROFT FOR JAMES MACINTYRE & CO. TWIN HANDLED FLORIAN WARE VASE
Circa 1898-1905, of tall tapering outline with handles to the shoulders, decorated all over with stylised flowers and foliage in shades of blue: brown printed Florian Ware mark, with hand-painted green signature.
Height 25.5cm
$600-800
124
A LARGE MOORCROFT JARDINIERE
Circa 1920, decorated in the “Pansy” pattern, impressed MOORCROFT and MADE IN ENGLAND with hand painted signature.
Height 32.5cm, Width 29cm
$400-600
125
A LARGE MOORCROFT VASE
Circa 1925, of elongated bell form, decorated in the “Spanish” pattern on a mottled blue and green ground, hand painted green signature.
Height 43cm
$3,000-5,000
126
A ROYAL DOULTON STONEWARE “OLD BILL” BULLDOG FIGURE
Circa 1916, the seated canine wearing a helmet, pouch and haversack.
Height 17cm
$300-500
127
A FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE ALARM CLOCK WITH REPEATER
Late 19th century, the bevelled glass case with fluted column uprights, arabic numerals in leather case.
Height 17cm
$1,000-1,500
52 x 46.5 x 9 cm
A RUSSIAN IKON OF CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
The 17th century oil on panel, in 18th century silver gilt oklad with maker’s mark of Yakov Frolov (1766-1799) and modern kiot.
$10,000-15,000
129
A RUSSIAN SILVER, GILT AND ENAMELLED KOVSH, MAKER’S MARK OF OREST KURLYUKOV, MOSCOW CIRCA 1910
Of traditional form the boat shaped bowl having an enamelled reserve painted in colours with a boyar and his wife offering bread and salt before the walls of a town, within a cast scroll frame, the high looped handle with leaf scroll ornament and set with coloured glass cabochons and to the rim.
Height to handle 18.9cm
other notes
The son in law of famous silversmith Ivan Petrovich Khlebnikov, Orest Feodorovich Kurlyukov (1846-1916) was famous for his fine enamel painting in the Old Russian style.
$30,000-40,000
A FABERGÉ GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER DESK CLOCK AND FRAME, WORKMASTER VIKTOR AARNE, CIRCA 1900
Rectangular, with a slightly arched top and beaded borders, the oyster white guilloché enamelled field set with an enamelled clock with arabic numerals, above an oval frame surmounted by a ribbon tied laurel wreath; the back with ivorine panels and supported by a scrolled strut; in velvet lined fitted morocco case. Height of clock 13.3cm $40,000-50,000
131
A SILVER SINGING BIRD BOX ATTRIBUTED TO KARL GRIESBAUM
First quarter 20th century, richly chased in the Renaissance Revival style with strapwork scrolls, masks and birds, on four leaf scrolled feet, the bird shaped catch raising the oval domed top revealing a feathered singing bird on a pierced gilt panel, stamped 800.
Height 66cm, Width 10.5cm, Depth 7cm
$3,500-5,500
132
A DRESDEN PORCELAIN URN-SHAPED POT POURRI
Late 19th century, the pierced cover with plumed helmet finial, decorated all over with garlands of roses on a gilt enamel ground.
Height 33cm
$400-600
133
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN SHOE AND A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN CHAIR
Both late 19th century, the shoe with a pair of cupids embracing; the Louis XVI style fauteuil painted with Watteau-esque scenes.
Height of chair 24cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$600-800
134
A BOHEMIAN OVERLAY GLASS POSY VASE
Mid 19th century, the lappeted rim above alternating enamelled and cut glass panels and a knop, on a spreading foot.
Height 22cm
$150-200
133
135
A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN
DANCING FIGURES
Late 19th century, a man and lady in 18th century dress.
Height 12cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$400-600
136
A FRENCH SEVRES-STYLE PAINTED PORCELAIN PLAQUE
19th century, signed lower left: C Rochette, depicting a lady with rose corsage and a rose spray in her hair, jewelled earrings and necklace and a puce and gold corsetted gown with lace sleeves.
18 x 14.5cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$600-800
137
TWO DERBY PORCELAIN FIGURES
Late 18th/early 19th century, comprising a bocage candlestick figure of a shepherdess and sheep on a scrolled base, and a figure of a male flautist, seated on a gilt chair in a pink coat, flowered waistcoat and striped breeches, blue D and anchor mark.
Height of candlestick 24cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$600-800
138
A MINTON’S PORCELAIN OVOID EWER
Circa 1910, the leaf cast handle with satyr mask terminal, the body decorated with trailing flowers and foliage on a yellow ground, on a square foot.
Height 29cm
$300-500
139
A CHELSEA PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A GIRL AND A SITZENDORF PORCELAIN GROUP OF TWO CHILDREN WITH A BIRDCAGE
The 18th century figure in peacock patterned apron, the other group in shades of brown.
Height of tallest 16.5cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$300-500
140
A SPODE PEARLWARE PART FRUIT SERVICE
Early 19th century, transfer-decorated in the “Uva” or grape pattern in blue; comprising six plates and two rectangular platters.
Plates: Diameter 21.5cm; Platters: 30 x 22.5cm
$600-800
141
A ROYAL WORCESTER AUSTRALIAN FLOWERS COFFEE SET
Date code for 1926, painted by R. Austin with Australian native flowers; Flannel Flower, Christmas Bell, Wattle, Heath, Pink Gum and Wattle. Saucers: 10cm diameter
$1,000-1,500
142
A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN PLAQUE PAINTED BY JAMES STINTON
Date code for 1928, signed lower right: J Stinton, decorated with Highland cows in a mountainous landscape, puce mark verso.
8.5 x 10.5cm
provenance
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$1,000-1,500
143 A ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN PLAQUE PAINTED BY RAYMOND RUSHTON
Date code for 1926, signed lower left: R. Rushton, titled ‘Entrance to St Pierre Port, Guernsey’, featuring a fishing boat entering the port, puce mark and title verso.
14.5 x 10cm
provenance
The Mutual Store, Melbourne (label verso)
The Estate of Carol Lynette Crooks, Sydney
$800-1,200
The Dacre King Collection
lots 144 – 162
Born in 1926 in Sussex, England, Dacre King developed a passion for fine English 18th century ceramics from an early age. He continued collecting after eventually settling in Clifton Gardens in the 1960’s, where he became a well-known Sydney identity with auction houses and antique dealers. A New South Wales government solicitor by occupation, Dacre was also an actor and appeared in small roles in various television series as well as a few movies such as the 1987 adaptation of the novel Oscar and Lucinda. Leonard Joel is pleased to offer a special selection of works from his estate which brought him a lifetime of joy.
144
A WORCESTER (DR WALL) PORCELAIN FLUTED CUP AND SAUCER
Circa 1765, painted in colours with exotic bird, butterflies, insects and foliage, within gilt scalloped borders, blue underglaze fret mark, paper labels to base.
Diameter of saucer: 14cm
provenance
James R. Lawson Pty Ltd, Sydney, 9th-11th April 1963, lot 63 (£52, 10 s.)
literature
Paper label to base reads: 5.10.17, Teapoy cup & s illust. pl70 and 92 Hobsons Worcester.
$1,500-1,800
145 A WORCESTER PORCELAIN SPARROW BEAK CREAM JUG
Circa 1775, painted in the famille rose manner with flowers, fruit and insects.
Height 8.2cm
provenance
James R. Lawson Pty Ltd, Sydney, The Swanson Collection, 17th & 18th March 1964, lot 197 (19 guineas)
$400-600
146 A WORCESTER PORCELAIN CYLINDRICAL MUG
Circa 1780, plain strap handle, painted in blue and gilt enamel with stylised flowerheads and foliage, underglaze blue crescent mark.
Height 12.3cm
provenance
Law, Foulsham & Cole, South Molton Street, London (fragmentary label)
James R. Lawson Pty Ltd, Sydney, 18th November 1958, (17 guineas.)
$800-1,200
147
A LARGE WORCESTER PORCELAIN TANKARD
Circa 1820, with gilt rim and moulded foot, finely painted with a continuous still life scene of various flowers, a pineapple and two birds, grapes, other fruit and roses
Height 13cm
provenance
D.M. & P. Manheim, London (paper label) Acquired from the above, 1960 (£60)
$800-1,200
148
A WORCESTER (DR WALL) PORCELAIN BLUE
SCALE CREAM JUG
Circa 1765, having gilt cartouches on the blue scale ground painted with exotic birds and foliage, insects and flowers, underglaze blue fret mark.
Height 11.5cm
provenance
James R. Lawson Pty Ltd, Sydney, The Swanson Collection, 17th & 18th March 1964, lot 177 (31 guineas.)
$500-800
149
TWO BARR WORCESTER MUGS
Late 18th century, each cylindrical with a moulded scroll handle, decorated in gilt to the rim and with the initials SB and MP, the smaller with inscription to underside “Sarah Born Oct, 9th, 1794” the larger “Mary Pearson Born August 10th, 1774” with incised B mark.
Height 12cm; 8.5cm
$400-600
150
A CHELSEA PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE SERVICE
Circa 1760, moulded with scalloped edges and cartouches to the rim, painted in colours possibly by James Giles, with fruit, butterflies and insects, gold anchor mark.
Diameter 23cm
other notes
This shape of plate is probably based on a silver prototype its scalloped rim interspersed by shaped reserves, painted with fruits and insects. The shape was first used by Chelsea for the so-called Duke of Cumberland service in the Royal Collection and this plate is from a service thought to have been created for William, Duke of Gloucester, brother of George III (1742-1805) and later bequeathed to Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) and then was passed down to Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) on whose death it was sold at Christie's, 8 June 1904 and dispersed.
There are further examples in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
$800-1,200
151
A CHELSEA PORCELAIN PLATE
Circa 1760, moulded to the rims with gilt rocaille and painted in colours with fruit and butterflies, gold anchor mark.
Diameter 22cm
provenance
Law, Foulsham & Cole, South Molton Street, London (label verso)
James R. Lawson Pty Ltd, Sydney, The Swanson Collection, 17 & 18 March 1964, lot 108 (115 guineas)
$750-1,000
152
A CHELSEA DERBY PORCELAIN FIGURE OF ANDROMACHE
Last quarter 18th century, modelled by Pierre Stephan, the mourning figure leaning on the urn with Hector’s ashes, in a gilt and flower patterned tunic and pink robe, black sandals, impressed marks to base.
Height 23.5cm
other notes
A popular figure that can be found in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; The Fitzwilliam, Cambridge; the Hermitage, St Petersburg and important collections.
$800-1,200
153
A PAIR OF CHELSEA DERBY PORCELAIN TEACUPS AND SAUCERS
Last quarter 18th century, each with a gilt scalloped rim, painted in colours with swags of flowers.
Diameter of saucer: 13cm
provenance
Geoff K. Gray Pty Ltd, Sydney, 3rd & 4th July 1963, lot 468 (£21)
$300-500
154
A LARGE DERBY PORCELAIN TANKARD
First quarter 19th century, cylindrical with moulded ribs and squared handle, having gilt scroll decoration to the rim, and a reserve painted in colours with a still life of spring flowers in a basket on a ledge, iron red crowned D mark.
Height 13cm
provenance
D.M. & P. Manheim, London (paper label) Acquired from the above, 1960. (£60)
$1,000-1,500
155
TWO NEW HALL TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS
Late 18th century, both transfer decorated with exotic birds and flowers in colours, the saucers with New Hall mark within double circle.
Diameter of saucers 14.2cm
provenance
One: Law, Foulsham & Cole, South Molton Street, London (label)
James R. Lawson Pty Ltd, Sydney, The Carver Collection, 28 & 29 July 1959, lot 78 (6 guineas.)
The other: Janet Niven Antiques, Sydney
$200-400
156 A VICTORIAN PORCELAIN TEAPOT
Probably Coalport, moulded and with bird mask spout, decorated in dark blue with gilt enamel scrolls, tendrils and flowers having cartouche shaped reserves with landscape scenes in colour.
Height 21cm
provenance
Knight, Frank & Rutley, Auctioneers, The Contents of 17 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 29 June 1960 (£8)
$600-800
157 A SPODE PORCELAIN CREAM JUG AND A TEA CUP
Both first quarter 19th century, the moulded jug painted with sprays of flowers and gilt scallops and rims, the cup with a pheasant and foliage in green and puce, with two sprays of flowers on a pink band to the interior, gilt.
Height of creamer jug: 8.5cm
provenance
The Creamer: James R. Lawson Pty Ltd, Sydney, 9-11 April 1963, lot 132 (15 guineas)
$150-250
158 A LOWESTOFT BLUE & WHITE TANKARD
Last quarter 18th century, cylindrical, painted in underglaze blue with flowers, a butterfly and insects.
Height 14.5cm
provenance
D.M. & P. Manheim, London (paper label)
$600-800
159
A LEEDS CREAMWARE POTTERY JUG “LOYAL VOLUNTEERS”
First quarter 19th century, moulded with firing, and ‘at attention’ soldiers, stiff leaves and the motto LL VOL TEERS” (sic) with colours, impressed mark ‘LEEDS POTTERY’ to base.
Height 14.5cm
$300-500
160 A PRATT WARE MOULDED JUG “THE SAILOR’S RETURN”
First quarter 19th century, with the happy mariner and his lass in arched reserves with borders of stiff leaf decoration picked out in typical Pratt colours.
Height 13cm
$300-500
161 A COLLECTION OF THREE PORCELAIN CREAM JUGS
All circa 1790, comprising two sparrow beak jugs painted with flower sprays, and a New Hall moulded helmet shaped jug with pink bands and a circular cartouche with flowers.
Height of the tallest 10cm
provenance
The New Hall jug: James R. Lawson Pty Ltd, Sydney, The Carver Collection, 28 & 29 July 1959, lot 85 (7 guineas.)
$300-500
162
A PAIR OF BACCARAT GLASS STORM CANDLESTICKS
Each with a tall etched shade on a spirally moulded base, acid etched mark.
Height 40cm
$400-600
163
THREE PIECES OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN
Last quarter 18th century, comprising a famille rose punch bowl with a scene of a man playing a qin, a smaller bowl similar, and a baluster tankard enamelled in the Imari style and repaired with rivets.
Punchbowl: 26cm diameter
$300-500
164
A CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUE
ATTRIBUTED TO LIU YUCEN (1904-1969)
Decorated in coloured enamels with a rooster amongst sprays of bamboo and chrysanthemums, inscription and red seals to upper right edge.
36.5 x 25cm
$500-800
165
A LARGE CHINESE PORCELAIN “PEACH” VASE (TIANQIPING)
Enamelled with branches of peach blossoms and fruit with bats, bears six character reign mark to base.
Height 60cm
$400-600
166
A CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUE
ATTRIBUTED TO WANG YETING (1884-1942)
Decorated in coloured enamels with a scenic view of a lake with mountains in the distance, a small fishing village in the foreground with villagers and fishing boats along the shore, inscription and red seals to upper right corner.
36 x 25cm
$800-1,200
167
A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT
FAMILLE ROSE ROULEAU VASES
Mid 19th century, each enamelled with a court scene to one side and a battle scene to the verso, the shoulders with moulded chilong and lion handles, on a ground of flowers and foliage.
Height 61.5cm
$1,500-2,000
168
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF THE THOUSAND ARMED GUANYIN
Height 61cm
$400-600
169
A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA
Depicted seated holding a vajra atop a plinth.
Height 23cm
$500-800
170 A DECORATIVE GILT LACQUER HEAD OF BUDDHA
With tightly curled hair and serene countenance.
Height 54cm
$400-600
171 AN ANGLO CHINESE SILVER EPERGNE
Late 19th/early 20th century in the form of a bowl with repoussé panels of flowers alternating with houses, on three scrolled supports with three pendant baskets, the domed base with repoussé cartouches and flowers on lapetted feet.
Height 33.4cm, 1394 grams
$1,000-1,200
172
A PAIR OF CHINESE SILVER VASES
Each of inverted baluster outline, the lobate body with relief decoration of peonies, chrysanthemums and other flowers, on carved hardwood bases.
Height 19.5cm, 431 grams
$500-800
173
A CHINESE BRASS INCENSE BURNER
On wooden stand.
Height 41cm
$500-800
The Collection of Royall and Susan Tyler
lots 174 – 224
This collection of family possessions has largely been inherited by Royall Tyler (b.1936) from his father William Royall Tyler (1910-2003) and his grandfather, Royall Tyler (1884-1953).
Royall Tyler (1884-1953) was an American historian, diplomat, economist and collector. Although born in Massachusetts, he spent most of his life in Europe particularly in France. He met his wife, Elisina Palamidessi de Castelvecchio, in 1908 and their son William Royall Tyler was born in Paris in 1910.
Royall was fluent in French, Spanish, and German and proficient in Italian, Hungarian, and Greek. He held a number of important international government and advisory roles during his professional career. However, he was also a self-taught art historian and was particularly passionate about Byzantine art. He authored books on the subject and was instrumental in organising the first international exhibition of Byzantine art in Paris in 1931. He was widely recognised as an art connoisseur and came to advise Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss in their collecting and acquisitions. Mildred and Robert founded Dumbarton Oaks, a Harvard University research institute, library, museum and garden which holds the Bliss’ collections of Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, Asian, Islamic, and European art.
Royall and Elisina’s son, William Royall Tyler, was educated in England, graduating from Balliol College at the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933. In 1934, he married Bettine Fisher-Rowe and they had two children, Royall Tyler (b.1936) and Matilda Eve Tyler (1939-2023). William studied at Harvard University in the Fogg Art Museum’s museum studies program, receiving an MFA in 1941. He spent most of his professional life as a distinguished American diplomat, and after retirement became director of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection from 1969 to 1977.
The Tyler family have had a long history of collecting and appreciation of the arts. Many of their pieces were acquired from some of the most reputable sources for antiquities in the 20th century, including the Brummer Gallery, Kalebdjian Frères, and Dikran Kelekian.
Royall, Elisina and William Royall Tyler Royall Tyler (1884-1953) William Royall Tyler (1910-2003)
174
A CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FEMALE DANCER
Tang Dynasty, her head bowed and with a hand on her hip, the other raised in a gesture, in a flowing dress, her hair dressed in a cloth wrapped topknot.
Height 23cm, Width 7.5cm
provenance
Dumetier, Paris, 21 February 1912
Joseph Brummer Curiosités, Paris, 23 February 1912
(see Met Watson Library Digital Collections record number b16669009, pg. 14)
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
The entry in Brummer records for the sale to Tyler reads:
“23 Vendu a M Tyler E157 / terre cuite chinoise / Danseuse 450-”
$1,000-2,000
175
A CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A SEATED FEMALE MUSICIAN
Tang Dynasty, seated on the ground in a flowing dress, arms raised to hold a flute, with downcast serene face and hair dressed in a cloth wrapped topknot.
Height 16.4, Width 11cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
Probably purchased by Royall Tyler on 30 January 1912 from Joseph Brummer Curiosités, Paris (see Met Watson Library Digital Collections record number b16669009, p. 82):
“13 Vendu a Mr Thyler / une statuette chinoise 700-” Elisina Tyler (wife of Royall Tyler) mentions in a letter to Mildred Bliss two “little Chinese ladies” as being in their new flat on 1 December 1913.
$600-800
176
A CHINESE SANCAI GLAZED JARLET
Tang Dynasty (618-907), spherical with everted rim and applied medallion.
Height 5.5cm, Diameter 6.7cm
provenance
Probably acquired by Royall Tyler (1884–1953) c. 1910s
Thence by descent
$2,000-3,000
177
A CHINESE YAOZHOU WARE POTTERY BOWL
Sung Dynasty (960-1279), finely potted of conical outline carved to the centre with foliate designs, the exterior with half fluted decoration, even grey/green celadon glaze, with footed rim.
Height 7.9cm, Diameter 20cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
Possibly purchased by Royall Tyler on 30 January 1912 from Joseph Brummer Curiosités, Paris (see Met Watson Library Digital Collections record number b16669009, p. 8):
“30 Vendu a M Thiller / B114 (Bol Yen, bleu) / B115 (Bol Sung, gris)/ 1100-”
$1,500-2,500
178
A CHINESE JUN WARE POTTERY BOWL
Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), the lavender blue ground thinning to a pale greyish glaze at rim to the exterior and interior, with fine crackling, unglazed foot.
Height 7.1cm, Diameter 17.7cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
Possibly purchased by Royall Tyler on 30 January 1912 from Joseph Brummer Curiosités, Paris (see Met Watson Library Digital Collections record number b16669009, p. 8):
“30 Vendu a M Thiller / B114 (Bol Yen, bleu) / B115 (Bol Sung, gris)/ 1100-”
$2,000-3,000
179
A CHINESE PURPLE-SPLASHED JUN WARE
POTTERY BOWL
Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), the pale blue interior with purple splashes and crackling, unglazed base.
Height 7.5cm, Diameter 19.8cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
Possibly purchased by Royall Tyler on 30 January 1912 from Joseph Brummer Curiosités, Paris (see Met Watson Library Digital Collections record number b16669009, p. 8):
“30 Vendu a M Thiller / B114 (Bol Yen, bleu) / B115 (Bol Sung, gris)/ 1100-”
$2,500-3,500
180 A CHINESE GREEN GLAZED POTTERY JAR (HU)
Han Dynasty, baluster shaped and moulded in relief to the shoulder with a continuous band of chilong and scrolls, with a taotie mask and ring handle to either side.
Height 34.3cm, Diameter 28cm
provenance
Joseph Brummer Curiosités, Paris
Royall Tyler (1884-1953), 17 February 1912, entrusted by Maison L. Wannieck (see Met Watson Library
Digital Collections record number b16669009, pg. 12)
Thence by descent
other notes
The entry in Brummer’s records for the sale to Tyler reads:
“17 Vendu à M Thyler x p 1 / (Vase Han) 1000- / Confie par M Wannieck 600-”
$400-600
181 A CHINESE JADE BLADE (GUI)
The grey, green and russet mottled stone with a triangular and a flat side, incised with a diagram of the Big Dipper constellation.
Height 34.1cm, Width 6.5cm, Depth 0.4cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$5,000-7,000
182 A LIMOGES CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL AND GILT-COPPER PYX
France, 13th century, cylindrical with hinged conical cover, set with three shaped cartouches (lacking cabochons), engraved with scrolling foliate designs on a blue enamel ground.
Height 7.5cm, Diameter 4.8cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
A comparative example can be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, (M.43-1923) and another in the Musée de Cluny, Paris, (Cl. 964c)
A pyx was a special box designed to hold and transport communion wafers consecrated during the Mass.
$5,000-8,000
183
A GOLD BELT BUCKLE
Possibly Byzantine, 7th Century C.E, the plate composed of foliate scrolls and beads, the tongue with a square mount for a gemstone now lacking.
20ct gold
Height 3.3cm, Width 5.4cm, Depth 1cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
A comparative item can be found in the British Museum, London, item 1974, 0910.1 a Byzantine buckle; another similar example can be found in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 17.190.1678, an Avar buckle.
$5,000-8,000
184
A PAIR OF ANCIENT GOLD EARRINGS
Probably Chersonese, 1st-3rd century B.C.E, each with a spiral twisted loop suspending three filigree balls set with pearls and coloured gems.
20ct gold
Height 4.2cm, Width 3.1cm, Depth 1cm
provenance
William R. Tyler (1910-2003), purchased in London c. 1930s
Thence by descent
$3,000-5,000
185
A BYZANTINE ROCK CRYSTAL AND GILT BRONZE BELT BUCKLE
Probably 5th century C.E, the facetted semicircular crystal belt loop with a simple gilt bronze hook.
Height 1.2cm, Width 3.7cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
A similar example sold at Christie’s, London, The Heidi Vollmoeller Collection, 29 October 2003, lot 385
$3,000-5,000
186
A MEDIEVAL SILK TEXTILE FRAGMENT
Probably 14th century, French, the blue silk embroidered in gold wrapped silk floss with a design of eagles.
Height 7.6cm, Width 13cm
provenance
George Wingfield-Digby
William Royall Tyler (1910-2003), gifted from the above in 1934
Thence by descent
other notes
Wingfield-Digby (1911-1989) became Keeper of Textiles at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. A similar fragment can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, identified as 14th c. Italian, formerly collection of Friedrich Fischbach (Accession Number 09.50.994).
$300-500
187
A GROUP OF THREE CARVED BONE ORNAMENTAL PLAQUES*
Probably Northern Egypt, 7th century and earlier, comprising a carving of Venus modestly shielding her breasts after the Capitoline Venus; a plaque of a putto attacking a wolf with a rock; and a carving of a stylised horse.
Woman 16 x 5.8 x 2cm; Hunting scene 13.8 x 4 x 1cm; Horse 8.8 x 3.5 x 2cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$2,000-3,000
188
A BRONZE OF A PIGEON
Probably 8th or 9th century C.E., naturalistically cast with engraved feathers to wing and neck, on red marble base.
Height 12.6cm, Width 10cm, Depth 5.5cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
For a comparable example see The Brummer Gallery Records in The Met: Watson Library Digital Collections, P 13070. Whilst the Brummer records describe this comparable bird as Late Achaemenid Period (c.4th century B.C.E.), Arthur Upham Pope suggests a later date in his publication Masterpieces of Persian Art, Dryden Press, 1945, New York, p. 53., and he is unable to specify a location of origin, writing: “No one knows where this sculpture was executed, nor just when. Perhaps the craftsman was not Iranian but west Asiatic, a last practitioner of the Syrian metal-art which had developed in a Gnostic milieu perpetuating themes ultimately Phoenician. But the bird could also be Persian, from the heroic age of the eigth to tenth centuries which produced the vigorous early lustrepainted pottery.”
$3,000-5,000
189 AN ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO WARE CHALICE
Italy, 625-550 B.C.E, Rasmussen Type 2D, with flaring conical foot rising to a bowl with toothing at the base of the sides, three grooves and impressed semi-circular motifs.
Height 15.7cm, Diameter 16.7cm
provenance
Purchased by Royall Tyler (b.1936), Rome, c. 1955
other notes
A similar example can be found in the British Museum, London (Museum number 1922,0413.5).
$2,000-3,000
190
A LURISTAN BRONZE STANDARD FINIAL 1,200-900 B.C.E, in the form of two confronting felines with gaping jaws and exposed fangs, each with a slender elongated body, a long arching neck.
Height 14cm, Width 5.9cm
provenance
Kalebdjian Frères, Paris
Royall Tyler (1884-1953), 1932
Thence by descent
$3,000-5,000
191
A LURISTAN BRONZE “MASTER OF ANIMALS” STANDARD FINIAL
1,200-900 B.C.E, the central figure with each hand holding the neck of a wild beast, with another head on the torso flanked by ram’s heads, the two feet standing on the socket.
Height 17cm, Width 6.3cm
provenance
Kalebdjian Frères, Paris
Royall Tyler (1884-1953), 1932
Thence by descent
$1,500-2,500
192
A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEAD AND A MATTOCK HEAD
1200-900 B.C.E, the axe head with down-curved blade and ribbed head issuing four rounded butt spikes; the mattock of similar design.
Mattock: Length 17.5cm, Height 4.6cm; Axe: Length 20.1cm, Height 9.2cm
provenance
Kalebdjian Frères, Paris
Royall Tyler (1884-1953), 1932
Thence by descent
$3,000-5,000
193
TWO LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEADS
1,200-900 B.C.E, one with down-curved blade, having central relief of ribbed foliage extending into the four butt-spikes; the other with losses to the blade, the head cast with a pair of addorsed antelopes flanking the butt-spikes.
Length 18.5cm, Height 6.5cm; the other with antelopes Length 22.5, Height 6.2cm
provenance
Kalebdjian Frères, Paris
Royall Tyler (1884-1953), 1932
Thence by descent
$3,000-5,000
194
A LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD
1,200-900 B.C.E, with eared pommel above the concave cast grip.
Length 40.9cm, Width 5.5cm
provenance
Kalebdjian Frères, Paris
Royall Tyler (1884-1953), 1932
Thence by descent
$2,000-4,000
195 A LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD
1,200-900 B.C.E, with eared pommel above the concave cast grip, the top of the blade with a band of incised geometric motifs.
Length 39.5cm, Width 4.3cm
provenance
William R. Tyler (1910-2003), The Hague, c.1965-69
Thence by descent
$2,000-4,000
196
A SMALL BRONZE SAUCER
Near Eastern, with engraved decoration to the interior and the exterior with a border of engraved animals and centred with a horse and rider and bird.
Diameter 10cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$400-600
197 A PERSIAN POTTERY DISH
Possibly 17th century, painted in underglaze blue with a central flowerhead encircled by scrolling tendrils and smaller flowerheads within a double circle.
Height 4.4cm, Diameter 19.9cm
provenance
Dikran Kelekian (1867-1951)
Gifted to William R. Tyler (1910-2003), c.1920
Thence by descent
$300-500
198 A KASHAN FRITWARE, LUSTRE-DECORATED BOWL
Possibly 12th century or later, painted to the centre with a seated figure within bands of stylised script and scrolls with roundels, the exterior with petals.
Height 15.3cm, Diameter 5.1cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$300-500
199
AN ANCIENT BRONZE MIRROR
Possibly Near East, one side polished, the other side cast with concentric rings around a loop and four foliate motifs.
Diameter 6.4cm, Depth 2cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
A similar example can be found in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Accession Number: 40.170.265
“The back of this small mirror is decorated with an allover pattern of six-petal rosettes with a small knob in the center, a feature thought to have been copied from Chinese mirrors. Mirrors made of bronze, which could be polished into a highly reflective surface, were common throughout the medieval world, until they were replaced with silver-coated glass examples.”
$300-500
200
A NEAR EASTERN FRITWARE BOWL
12th century or later, thinly potted of conical outline decorated with an underglaze blue ‘X’ to interior, on footed rim.
Height 6.5cm, Diameter 15.4cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$300-500
201
AN EARLY BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE OR ONAGER
Possibly Near Eastern, the rearing beast with short mane on ebonised plinth.
Height 10cm, Width 8cm, Depth 3.5cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
$400-600
202
AN EARLY ISLAMIC BRONZE OF A BIRD
With hooked beak, decorated all over with incised feathers, standing on a stylised integral stand, on an ebonised wooden plinth.
Height 8.2cm, Width 3.5cm, Depth 2.4cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
$800-1,200
203
AN EGYPTIAN STONE SPHERICAL MACE
HEAD
Probably Predynastic period, 3800-3100 B.C.E.
Height 4.3cm, Diameter 4.8cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
$600-800
204
AN EGYPTIAN DIORITE MACE HEAD OR TOOL
Probably Predynastic, ca. 3800-3100 B.C.E, of torus form carved with a circular pit to edge, the interior roughly carved with chisel marks.
Diameter 14cm, Height 4.1cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
$800-1,200
205
AN EGYPTIAN DIORITE BOWL
Probably Early dynastic Period circa 3150-2686 B.C.E, of conical outline.
Height 8.8cm, Diameter 11.5cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
$5,000-8,000
206
AN EGYPTIAN STONE TOOL HEAD
Probably Predynastic period, 3800-3100 B.C.E, of elongated flattened ovoid outline with perforation.
Height 4cm, Width 11.5cm, Depth 4.8cm
provenance
William Royall Tyler (1910-2003), purchased in London in 1930s
Thence by descent
$800-1,200
207
AN EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY MACE HEAD
Probably Predynastic period, 3800-3100 B.C.E, of flattened disc form with tapering base.
Diameter 6.8cm, Height 3.5cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
$800-1,200
208
A LARGE EGYPTIAN BASALT JAR
Probably Early Predynastic Period, 4,000-3,800
B.C.E, cylindrical with slightly curved sides and sharply everted rim, flat base.
Height 19cm, Diameter 11.7cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$6,000-8,000
209
A SMALL EGYPTIAN STONE COSMETIC CONTAINER
Of squat spherical outline with a pair of small lug handles and a carved rim, possibly a kohl pot, natural faults in stone.
Height 4.2, Diameter 5.5cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$600-1,000
210
AN EGYPTIAN BRECCIA JAR
Possibly Predynastic period, the ovoid body with carved rim and twin lug handles tapering to a flat base.
Height 7.8cm, Diameter 6cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$2,000-4,000
211
AN EGYPTIAN ANHYDRITE KOHL POT
Probably Middle Kingdom, circa 1800-1550 B.C.E, of squat ovoid form with a separate deep rim.
Height 3.3cm, Diameter 4.9cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
A similar kohl pot with separate rim, excavated by Professor John Garstang in 1906 from tomb 24 A’06 in Abydos, is now in the Collection of the National Museums Liverpool, United Kingdom (1977.109.84).
$3,000-5,000
212
AN EGYPTIAN BROWN AND RED JASPER
TORPEDO VASE
Possibly Third Intermediate Period (9-8th Century B.C.E), the long body with slightly curving sides tapering to the pointed base, the nearly horizontal shoulders with twin lug handles and a short cylindrical neck, the body with a filled hole with incised lines.
Height 9.5cm, Diameter 4.8cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$1,000-2,000
213
AN EGYPTIAN ANHYDRITE KOHL POT AND A CARNELIAN COVER
Probably Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty (1991-1778 B.C.E) of squat ovoid outline with two lug handles and slightly moulded rim and foot, the associated cover of rounded disc form, modern leather fitted box.
Height 3.3cm, Diameter 3.2cm
provenance
Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection
American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, The Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, New York, 6 March 1936, lot 69 Brummer Gallery, 21 March 1936, N3810
William Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
literature
American Art Association/Anderson Galleries Inc, The Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, William Bradford Press, New York, 1936, pg. 16
$5,000-7,000
214
AN EGYPTIAN MARBLE JAR
Possibly Predynastic period, shaped ovoid, with a carved rim and with waved, pierced handles to each side on a flat base.
Height 10.8cm, Diameter 4.3cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$600-800
215 AN EGYPTIAN SLATE PALETTE WITH BIRD HEADS
Probably Predynastic period, 3800-3100 B.C.E, of flattened ovoid outline the upper edge carved with addorsed waterbirds flanking a suspension hole. Height 14.9cm, Width 9.7cm, Depth 1.3cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
A similar palette with the heads of two storks can be found in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, University College London Museums and Collections, London, UC6156
Another similar siltstone oval palette with “pair of bird’s heads (ducks?)” at the top can be found in the Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid, inv. no. E18 (cat. 20)
$2,500-4,500
216
THREE CHERT BURNISHERS
Probably Old Kingdom, c. 2575- c. 2130 B.C.E, the elongated forms with rounded ends and highly polished surfaces.
1. Height 14.4cm, Width 3cm, Depth 2cm; 2. Height 13.8cm, Width 4.4cm, Depth 2cm; 3. Height 14cm, Width 2.8cm, Depth 1.8cm
provenance
3: Luxor, 1902
1 & 3: The Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection
1 & 3: American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, The Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, New York, 6 March 1936, lot 62
Brummer Gallery, 21 March 1936
William Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
literature
3: Pier, Garrett Chatfield, Egyptian Antiquities in the Pier Collection, Part 1, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1906, pg. 11, plate IX, no.5
American Art Association/Anderson Galleries Inc, The Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, William Bradford Press, New York, 1936, pg. 14
$1,500-2,500
217
AN EGYPTIAN STONE PALETTE WITH ORYX HEADS
Possibly Old Kingdom, circa 2649–2130 B.C.E, the stone likely to be greywacke, of elongated triangular form having bifurcated top carved with oryx heads.
Height 28.4cm, Width 9cm, 2.3cm
provenance
Luxor, 1903
Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection
American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, The Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, New York, 6 March 1936, lot 41
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
literature
Possibly: Pier, G. C., Egyptian Antiquities in the Pier Collection, Part 1, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1906, pg. 10 & plate IX (illus.), no. 1
American Art Association/Anderson Galleries
Inc, The Garrett Chatfield Pier Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, William Bradford Press, New York, 1936, pg. 12
$5,000-8,000
218
TWO SPHERICAL GLASS COSMETIC CONTAINERS
Egyptian, Fatimid, probably 10th century, both with wheel incised circular decoration.
Height 2.7cm, Diameter 3.1cm; Height 2.4cm, Diameter 2.6cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
$2,000-4,000
219
AN EGYPTIAN STONE CONICAL VESSEL AND A CONICAL CARNELIAN STONE
The vessel with a carved rim; the carnelian possibly a gaming piece.
Height 4.6cm, Diameter 3.5cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
$600-800
220
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FRAGMENT
New Kingdom, 22nd Dynasty, (1550-731 B.C.E) impressed with a design of alternating lotus petals and papyrus below a geometric border.
Height 4cm, Width 6.9cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
This fragment is comparable to a complete lotus form chalice (E11349) in the collections of The Louvre, Paris.
$1,000-2,000
221
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET OF URAEUS
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.E, the sacred cobra rearing, with a suspension ring.
Height 4.5cm, Width 3.9cm, Depth 0.8cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
This amulet is comparable to an almost identical example in the Champollion Collection (AF6947) in The Louvre, Paris.
$3,000-5,000
222
AN INLAID STONE AMULET
Probably Egypt, Predynastic period, 3800-3100
B.C.E, of humanoid form with inset eyes and circular pendant around neck, loop to back.
Height 3cm, Width 2.2cm, Depth 1cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884–1953)
Thence by descent
$1,500-2,500
223
AN EGYPTIAN STONE STATUETTE FRAGMENT OF A WOMAN
Ptolemaic period, looking forward and wearing a necklace and an elaborate coiffure with central uraeus.
Height 4.7cm, Width 2.8cm, Depth 2.2cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
other notes
This statuette is comparable to a larger statue identified as Cleopatra VII in the Royal Ontario Museum (910.75), Toronto, Canada.
$800-1,200
224
A MINIATURE FRAGMENTARY LIMESTONE
HEAD OF AN EGYPTIAN PHARAOH
With the remains of the atef crown centred with the uraeus on his forehead, having almond eyes and the ceremonial beard, traces of gilt.
Height 8.5cm, Width 2.8cm, Depth 7.5cm
provenance
Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent
$5,000-8,000
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provenance
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$30,000-40,000
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special conditions of sale – jewellery
Jewellery and watches offered by Leonard Joel are sometimes accompanied by an Independent valuation as stated in the catalogue. These valuations are conducted by registered valuers and are offered purely as independent opinions. Variation may be found as to the colour, clarity and size of stones described in these reports, consequently Leonard Joel does not guarantee these Independent Valuations. Where stones can be weighed accurately, weights will be provided. Weights of set stones are estimates only and are provided to the best of our technical ability. Gram weight on gold and other precious metals are also given as an approximation. Wristwatches and pocket watches are offered in there current condition and Leonard Joel does not guarantee that they are in working order. Items may be thoroughly inspected during the viewing period or by prior arrangement.
authenticity certificates
As various manufacturers may not issue certificates of authenticity, Leonard Joel has no obligation to furnish a buyer with a certificate of authenticity from the manufacturer, except where specifically noted in the catalogue. Unless Leonard Joel is satisfied that it should cancel the sale in accordance with the Limited Warranty provided in the General Conditions of Business, the failure of a manufacturer to issue a certificate will not constitute grounds for cancellation of the sale.
gst
In the event that the vendor is registered for Goods & Services Tax (GST), the invoice to the buyer will provide a separate entry for the GST which is included in the purchase price. All Leonard Joel charges for services referred to in this catalogue are exclusive of GST. Overseas buyers may be entitled to a rebate for GST charged.
For further information contact: Marie McCarthy accounts@leonardjoel.com.au
admission
Leonard Joel has the right at its sole discretion without assigning any reason therefore to refuse admission to the premises or attendance at any of its sales of any person.
commission (absentee) bids
Leonard Joel will execute absentee bids when instructed. Lots will be bought as cheaply as allowed by other bids and/or reserves.
telephone bidding
Buyers interested in bidding by telephone should contact Leonard Joel as soon as possible. Please note that telephone bidding facilities are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
bidder registration
To recognise bidders during the sale all intending buyers are required to complete a Bidder Registration Form providing full photo identification and appropriate references if required before the Sale which will enable them to bid by way of a numbered paddle allocated to them.
buyer’s premium
There will be a buyer’s premium added to all purchases.The buyer’s premium will be calculated at the rate of 25% of the hammer price on each lot. This is inclusive of GST. The buyer’s premium is reflected by a reduction in the Seller’s Commission and is a common practice throughout Australia and overseas.
property subject to the artist resale royalty
Lots with the § sign will be subject to payment of the Artist Resale Royalty in the event that the lot is sold for a hammer price of $1,000 or more. The Australian Resale Royalty is a flat rate of 5 percent (5%) levy on the hammer price (including GST). The Australian Resale Royalty is payable by the buyer in addition to the buyer’s premium plus applicable GST.
damage
Any viewer who damages a Lot will be held liable for all damage caused and shall reimburse Leonard Joel for all costs and expenses relating to rectification of such damage.
title
Leonard Joel guarantees good title to all lots.
warranties and condition reports
Condition reports will be available for any lot upon request, subject to conditions.
estimates
Estimates are a reflection of Leonard Joel’s opinion of the current market values, based on historic and current market realisations of similar lots. Estimates are inclusive of any GST, which may be applicable. Actual prices at this sale may fall short or exceed the estimates.
payment
In any event accounts must be settled with Leonard Joel no later than 4pm two days after the auction. Attention is specifically drawn to condition 21 of the Buyer’s Conditions of Sale.
Payment may be made by way of cheque, most credit cards, eftpos or telegraphic transfer.
Please note: payments made by cheque are subject to a 5 day clearance before goods can be collected.
Credit card fees may apply.
Bank telegraph transfers should be directed to:
account name: Leonard Joel Pty Ltd
address: Westpac Banking Corporation
150 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia
bsb: 033–364
account no: 942956
collection of lots
Purchased lots must be collected no later than two days after the auction; otherwise lots shall be moved to storage at the Buyer’s expense (see below). Lots are at the Buyer’s risk from the fall of the hammer. It is strongly advised that overseas and interstate purchasers and absentee bidders make their arrangements with Leonard Joel in advance of the Sale. Charges are outlined below and are quoted in Australian dollars.
removal and storage
Any lots not collected within two days after the auction, may be stored or resold at the Buyer’s expense.
removal charges
Each lot: $55
storage charges
Each lot: $33 per day
protection of movable cultural heritage act 1986 (pmch act)
Buyers should be aware of the PMCH Act which protects Australia’s heritage of movable cultural objects and supports foreign countries’ right to protect their heritage of movable cultural objects. The PMCH Act regulates the export of nationally significant heritage objects, it is not intended to restrict normal and legitimate trade in cultural property, and does not affect an individual’s right to own or sell objects, within Australia. The PMCH Act was enacted in response to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. It is the responsibility of the Buyer to ensure that the export of any lots purchased are not subject to, or in breach of, this Act.
Information about the PMCH Act, the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations 1987 and the 1970 UNESCO Convention, can be found on the Department of the Environ-
ment, Water, Heritage and the Arts website at: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/movable/index
exporting significant australian cultural heritage
The export of Australia’s significant cultural heritage is regulated under the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 (PMCH Act.) It is not intended to restrict normal and legitimate trade in cultural property and does not affect an individual’s right to own or sell within Australia. The PMCH Act implements a system of export permits for certain heritage objects defined as ‘Australian protected objects’. More information is available on the Department of the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts’ website: www.arts.gov.au/movable_heritage Enquiries can be made to the Cultural Property Section at the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, T: 02 6274 1810 E: movable.heritage@environment.gov.au
cites regulations
It is the buyer’s sole responsibility to comply with all export and import regulations relating to your purchases and also to obtain any relevant export and/or import licences. The refusal of any import or export licences, any delay in obtaining such licences or any limitation on your ability to export a lot shall not permit the cancellation of the sale. Please note that all lots marked with the symbol * are subject to CITES regulations when exporting these items outside of Australia. Information about these regulations may be found at www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/tradeuse/cites/index.html or may be requested from:
The Director International Wildlife Trade Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
leonard home delivery
Purchases can be delivered to your door via Leonard Home Delivery. Please note this service is available in Melbourne (Select suburbs) only and is not available for Sydney auction purchases. For any enquiries about this service please contact delivery@ leonardjoel.com.au
recommended carriers
For recommended carriers please refer to our website.
Our Specialists
m anaging d irector & head
of important collections
John Albrecht, BA LLB MBA
general manager
Wendy Carter
fine art
Wiebke Brix, Head of Art
Amanda North, Specialist
Hannah Ryan, Specialist
Charlotte Barrett, Administrator and Registrar
decorative arts
Chiara Curcio BA, Head of Department
David Parsons, Head of Private Estates and Valuations, Decorative Arts Specialist
Natasha Berlizova, Administrator
asian art
Luke Guan, Head of Department
sydney
Ronan Sulich, Senior Adviser
Madeleine Norton BFA, BComm, MLitt, Head of Decorative Arts & Art
Ella Nail, Office Manager & Administrator
important jewels
Hamish Sharma, Head of Department, Sydney
Christel Reid, Administrator
fine jewels & timepieces
Rebecca Sheahan, Head of Department, Melbourne
Patricia Kontos F.G.A.A., Senior Jewellery Specialist
Lauren Boustridge BSc, AJP, GG (GIA),
Senior Specialist
Yuan Li, Jewellery Assistant
Echo Liu, Administrator
Bethany McGougan, Consultant & Senior Auctioneer
Henrietta Maiyah, Consultant
modern design
Rebecca Stormont, Specialist
luxury
Indigo Keane, Specialist
prints
Hannah Ryan, Art Specialist
furniture
April Chandler, Manager
Angus McGougan, Assistant
Alex Sargeant, Assistant
Sam Tonga, Assistant
Shawn Mitchell , Interiors Consultant
jewellery
Leila Bakhache, Manager
Yuan Li, Assistant
art salon
Emily Walker, Manager
Millie Lewis, Assistant
objects & collectables
Dominic Kavanagh MFA, Manager
Kieran Grogan Carpenter, Assistant
valuations
David Parsons, Head of Private Estates and Valuations, Decorative Arts Specialist
Troy McKenzie, Queensland Representative Specialist
Anthony Hurl, South Australia Representative Specialist
John Brans, Western Australia Representative Specialist
accounts
David Brady, Finance Manager
Michelle Draper, Account Manager
Karishma Sareen, Accounts Assistant
client services
Kim Clarke, Client Services Manager
Amelia Lewis, Client Services Liaison
Richard Grieve, Client Services Liaison
operations & logistics
Shawn Mitchell, Acting Manager
David Price, Logistics Assistant
marketing & communications
Blanka Nemeth, Senior Marketing, Media, & Communications Manager
Lucy Lewis, Database & Marketing Coordinator
photography
Paolo Cappelli, Senior Photographer & Videographer
Adam Obradovic, Photographer & Videographer
Studio Mondo, Sydney
graphic design
Maria Rossi
melbourne
2 Oxley Road, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 (03) 9826 4333
sydney
The Bond, 36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025 (02) 9362 9045
brisbane 54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe, QLD 4005 0412 997 080
adelaide 429 Pulteney Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 0419 838 841
perth 0412 385 555
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