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Important Estates Auction July 17 & 18, 2010
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Front Cover (detail): An Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Rectangular Brush Pot, the interior glazed turquoise blue, height 3 1/4 in. Above: Ida Kohlmeyer (American/New Orleans, 1912-1997), “Night Landscape,” oil on canvas, signed and dated “‘58” lower right, with “Orleans Gallery, New Orleans,” “The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina,” and the artist’s labels en verso, 30 in. x 44 in. Back Cover (detail): A Fine American Renaissance Gilt-Incised and Inlaid Rosewood Parlour Cabinet, c. 1870, attributed to Herter Bros., NY, width 52 in.
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LOUISIANA SUMMER ESTATES PURCHASE AUCTION AUCTION October July 17 6 && 18,7, 2010 2007
On Our Premises 4038 Magazine Street • FEATURING: • Property from the Extensive Collection of Raymond and Babette Babin, Terrebonne Parish • Property from the Estate of S. Peter Horkowitz, New Orleans • Property Descended in the Family of Dr. George Crozat • Mardi Gras Memorabilia from the Collection of Charles C. Crawford (1884-1977) • Part II, Period Furniture and Decorative Arts from Jackson’s Camp, Ridgeland, MS • Property Descended in the Herrick-Miles Family, New Orleans and Mileston, MS • Property from the Estate of New Orleans Artist Adelle Badeaux (1939-2010) • Part II, Property from the Estate of Donald F. Schenk, New Orleans
EXHIBITION beginning Monday, July 5, 2010, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Special Saturday Preview, July 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Evening Preview Reception, Thursday July 15, 5 to 7 p.m.
AUCTION SCHEDULE Saturday, July 17, 10 a.m., 4038 Magazine Street Sunday, July 18, 11 a.m., 4038 Magazine Street
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The Asian Art Collection of Raymond A. and Babette Lewald Babin The diverse collection of Asian art from the Raymond and Babette (d. March 12, 2010) Babin Collection was initiated more than six decades ago when, in 1947, Raymond purchased a Chinese porcelain bottle vase. From that moment on, the acquisition of art and artifacts would develop into a shared passion for the couple, who soon developed/cultivated a wide and diverse interest in all categories of Asian fine and decorative arts. The Babins collected Chinese snuff bottles, porcelain ranging from the early Qing Dynasty to the Republican Period and Japanese pottery ranging from late Edo Imari and Arita to Meiji Satsuma and Sumida ware. In 1965, when the Delgado Museum of Art, now the New Orleans Museum of Art, held an auction of deaccessioned objects, the Babins were quick to identify the Asian lots and select pieces with that illustrious provenance to add to their own personal collection. In 1984, they were also active visitors to the Chinese Pavilion, acquiring contemporary Chinese crafts at the World’s Fair in New Orleans. The Babins continued to collect a wide variety of Asian art until Babette’s death in March this year.
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The Asian Art Collection of S. Peter Horkowitz Sylvester Peter Horkowitz (d. April 3, 2010) was an honored World War II veteran and a respected chemist who was twice honored in Who’s Who in Chemistry and Engineering. His position as VicePresident of Gulf Oil Far East Operations from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s enabled him to live in Japan and Singapore where his passion and understanding of Asian art began and eventually thrived. While in Japan, Peter immersed himself in the local culture, even mastering Kyudo archery and becoming the first Westerner to achieve official ranking in the highly competitive martial art – a rare distinction for a foreigner. Peter began collecting Asian art in Japan where his interest was piqued by antique Chinese jades and snuff bottles. In Singapore, Peter’s attention expanded to include porcelain and pottery. In pursuit of his collecting passion, he was known to take week-long trips into the countryside, where he would meet with local art merchants. Peter developed long-term relationships with many of these vendors, returning to them year after year to acquire their best wares. Peter and his wife returned to the United States in 1974 and settled in New Orleans, where they both lived until their deaths. Peter died in April of this year; he was preceded by his wife Olga.
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Session One Saturday, July 17, 10 am 4038 Magazine Street
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Wood Figure of Christ, late 18th/early 19th c., figure bearing scourge and crucifixion wounds, height 14 in., width 9 in., depth 5 1/2 in., on a later carved wood base.
7. A Pair of American Brass Carriage Lamps, eagle finial, galleried chimney, the fixture fitted with beveled glass and polished brass reflectors, with modern brackets, electrified, height 37 in., width 9 in., depth 12 1/2 in.
$150/250
$700/1000
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8. A Pair of Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze and Glass Eighteen Light Chandeliers, 20th c., scrolled supports, hung with swags and prisms, height 30 in., diameter 33 in.
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Polychromed Wood Santo Figure of St. Benedict, late 18th/early 19th c., figure with inset glass eyes and movable head, height 12 in., width 4 1/2 in., depth 3 in. Note: Losses. $250/350
$2500/3500 3. A Mexican Sterling Silver Footed Saucebowl and Tray, in the Spanish Colonial taste, the lobed bowl with rose border, the circular undertray with conforming border, bowl height 3 1/2 in., diameter 4 in.; tray diameter 8 in., weight 15.65 troy ozs.
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$300/500 W 4. An Antique French Silver Gilt
Chalice, marks rubbed, the bowl with stiff leaf decoration, knopped stem, spreading foot with stiff leaf and rosette decoration, height 9 1/4 in., weight 11.00 troy ozs. $200/300
Books], Lee Man-Fong/ Editor, Lukisan dan Patung Kolleksi President Sukarno dari Republik Indonesia/ Paintings and Statues from the Rebublic of Indonesia, printed in Tokyo, 1964, five oversized volumes, with jackets and slipcases, featuring 567 tipped-in color reproductions of President Sukarno’s collection of art and porcelain, text in Indonesian and English.
5. A Set of Twelve Silverplate Chargers, marked “Royal Castle Sheffield EP”, with narrow gadrooned rim and anchor crest, diameter 12 1/8 in.
$500/700
$800/1200
Baccarat Glass Candlesticks, 20th c., twisted and lobed shaft and base, height 9 in.
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Silver “Bells and Whistles” Rattle, marks rubbed, lacking coral teether, length 4 1/2 in., weight 2.05 troy ozs.
$150/250
$300/500
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11. A Pair of Aesthetic Gilt and Enameled Opalescent Glass BalusterForm Urns, late 19th c., each with scenes of chickens and frogs by the water’s edge, height 15 5/8 in. $800/1200 12. A Fine Pair of Bohemian AmberCut-to-Clear Glass Decanters, c. 1850, with reticulated Birks silverplate stands, the decanters with vintage and dot decoration, retaining stoppers, height 14 in., stand diameter 4 1/2 in. $300/500
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13. A French Patinated Bronze Equestrian Figure of Bartolomeo Colleoni, 19th c., after the monumental sculpture by Andrea Verrocchio (Italian, 1435-1488) in Venice, on a stepped marble plinth, height 21 in., width 12 1/2 in., depth 7 in. $1200/1800
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15. An Antique Regency-Style Carved and Gilded Bullseye Mirror, late 19th c., the circular frame with ebonized spherules, surmounted by a spreadwinged eagle, reeded rabbet, foliate carved pendant, height 35 in., width 23 in., depth 3 in. $1200/1800
14. An American Chippendale Carved Mahogany and Parcel Gilt Looking Glass, swan neck crest, egg and dart moldings, scalloped base, gilt inner border. Note: Bears retailer’s label of John R..... Gatz South Eleventh St., Philadelphia, height 16 in., width 10 in. $800/1200
16. A Regency Mahogany Library Armchair, late 18th/early 19th c., wide slightly scrolled and flared crest, horseshoe back with turned uprights, serpentine seat, turned legs, casters, upholstered in tan leather. $700/1000
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18. A George III-Style Mahogany Linen Press and Sécrétaire, stepped and molded cornice over paneled doors enclosing shelves; lower case with sécrétaire drawer over two long drawers, on “French” feet, height 90 7/8 in., width 49 1/2 in., depth 26 1/2 in. $1000/1500 19. A George III-Style Camelback Sofa, scroll arms, button-tufted caramel leather upholstery, loose cushions, square molded legs, stretchers, height 37 in., width 77 1/2 in., depth 28 in. $1200/1800 17
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17. A Fine American Classical Carved Mahogany Games Table, early 19th c., Philadelphia, the foldover top with canted corners, cove molded frieze, anthemion and acanthus carved “downward cascade” stem, oval plinth, acanthine collar, acanthus carved hipped saber legs, paw feet, casters, note: original finish, height 29 in., width 36 1/2 in., depth 18 in. $800/1200 Note: The canted corners, 20 cove molded apron, downward cascading acanthus and melon carved support, and oval plinth with modified saber legs on this table are closely related to a well-known games table from a Philadelphia maker in the collection of Donald Fennimore and illustrated in Smith. “The Furniture of Anthony Quervelle, Part II The Pedestal Tables”, Magazine Antiques. (July 1973), p. 95, fig. 10.
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20. An American Colonial Style Walnut Desk on Frame, late 19th c., the fall front opening to serpentine drawers, prospect door and compartments; long drawer, molded base with serpentine apron, cabriole legs ending in drake feet, height 44 in., width 39 1/2 in., depth 23 in. $800/1200
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c., divided compartments, turned uprights, base with drawer, turned legs, height 18 in., width 18 1/8 in., depth 14 in. $300/500
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21. A Good George III Elm and Oak Welsh Dresser, late 18th c., superstructure with three shelves and four drawers; lower case with three drawers and two doors with shaped panels, bracket feet, height 81 3/4 in., width 73 5/8 in., depth 21 in. $2500/3500 22. A Fine Edwardian Chinese Chippendale-Style Carved Mahogany Cabinet, late 19th/early 20th c., probably London, with pagoda superstructure over glazed doors with shaped mullions, flanking galleried shelves, icicle and rocaille carved apron, square tapering legs, distinctive feet, height 79 in., width 54 1/2 in., depth 14 in.
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24. A Pair of Charles X-Style Stenciled Maple Guéridons, brassbanded circular top, conforming skirt, baluster-turned supports, incurvate plinth, arched legs, brass paw feet, foliate stenciling throughout, height 28 1/8 in., diameter 25 5/8 in.
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$600/800
$3000/5000 Note: The historicised form and fine cabinetry seen in this lot are indicative of a high end English firm, and incorporate many elements seen in sources from the 18th c. including feet from a “China Case” design in Thomas Chippendale’s 1753 The Gentleman’s & Cabinetmaker’s Director, pl. CXXXV and a number of Chinese “pagoda” cabinets installed in great houses, including a padouk and giltwood cabinet installed in Kenure Park, Ireland.
25. A Biedermeier Mahogany Hanging Corner Cabinet, early 19th c., broken arch crest terminating in bosses, banded mahogany doors, painted shelf interior, shaped base, height 37 1/2 in., width 27 in., depth 17 1/2 in. $500/700
Reference: Synge and Mallet. Great English Furniture, p. 119.
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Derby “Lombardy” Porcelain Partial Dinner Service, comprising 2 vegetable dishes (one lidded), 8 dinner plates, 11 salad plates, 10 butter plates, 11 teacups and 10 saucers, and 6 bouillon cups with 6 underplates, (64 pcs.) $500/700
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29. An Antique Georgian-Style Carved Mahogany Two Pedestal Dining Table, 19th c., the top opening to receive two leaves, vasiform pedestals, outswept reeded legs, brass cuffs, casters, height 28 in., closed length 70 1/2 in., width 50 1/2 in. $1200/1800 30. A Fine Antique American Federal-Style Carved Mahogany Sofa, after an example by Duncan Phyfe, crest with swagged ribbons and sheaves of wheat, carved reeded arms, reeded foliate-carved uprights, paterae, reeded seat rail, tapered reeded legs, height 35 7/8 in., width 72 3/8 in., depth 21 3/4 in. 32
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Commemorative Stoneware, 20th c., comprising 10 cups and 3 saucers, images including Queen Elizabeth, King Edward VII, King Edward VIII, King George VI and Charles & Diana (13 pcs). $500/700
$1200/1800 31. An English Inlaid Mahogany Chest of Drawers, early 19th c., banded top above a pair of short drawers over three graduated drawers with diamond escutcheons, banding and stringing, molded base, shaped bracket feet, height 40 in., width 41 3/4 in., depth 19 5/8 in. $800/1200
Porcelain Dinner Plates, 20th c., with scalloped and gilt rim, diameter 10 1/2 in.
32. A Continental Walnut and Mahogany Inlaid Breakfast Table in the Louis XVI Taste, 20th c., bears stamp of “J.J. Kirschenbach”, circular top with banding and segmented veneers, conforming skirt, blocked, fluted tapered legs, brass ferrules, casters, height 29 in., width 57 1/2 in., depth 57 1/2 in.
$500/700
$600/900
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33. A Pair of Chinese Ming-Style Blue and White Porcelain Vases, the bulbous baluster bodies decorated with continuous scenes of ducks swimming amid lotus, the bases, shoulders and rims with decorative banding, height 17 in. and 17 1/2 in. $800/1200 33 34. A Japanese Imari Porcelain Barbed Rim Square Platter, late Edo/early Meiji Period, 19th c., the square well decorated with a potted peony, the cavetto with shaped panels variously enclosing dragons, flowers and birds, raised on a short circular foot, height 3 in., width 15 3/4 in., depth 16 in.
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$1000/1500 35. A Large Chinese Porcelain “Hundred Deer” Vase, Hu, 20th c., globular pear shaped body with deer-head handles decorated allover with deer in a landscape, base with apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, height 20 in., presented on a carved wood stand. $700/900
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37. A True Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain “Dayazhai” Vases, late 19th/early 20th c., each cylindrical body enameled in mirror image with a magpie perched on a branch entwined with vining wisteria with colorful peony blossoms below, each side inscribed with the iron red three character Dayazhai mark associated with the Empress Dowager Cixi, each height 10 7/8 in., diameter 4 3/4 in. $1000/1500
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36. A Monumental Chinese Porcelain Polychrome Enamel Fish Bowl, the exterior decorated with figures boating, the interior with carp amid water reeds and foliage, with apocryphal Kangxi mark, height 19 3/8 in., diameter 23 1/8 in., presented on a hardwood sstand.
38. An English Gilt Bronze and Opaline Glass Lamp, 19th c., most probably Palmer’s or McCary’s patent, the original and rare cut and etched bell shaped glass shade above a bulbous white glass standard, the triangular pedestal on pad feet, electrified, height 31 in., diameter 9 in. $1000/1500
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41. A Pair of English Cut Glass PrismHung Photophores, mid-19th c., tapered shades with scalloped rims and cut with fans, bases with paneled standards, height 23 3/4 in., diameter 5 7/8 in. $500/700 42. American School, 20th c., “Still Life with Succulents”, oil on canvas, signed “Voll” lower left, 24 in. x 26 in., in an attractive giltwood frame.
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43. George Sanders Bickerstaff (American/ California, 18931954), “Raging Surf”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, signed, titled, dated “Aug. 111949” and inscribed “to Harry, my Pal” en verso, 25 in. x 30 in., in a period frame.
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Supper Service, the oblong warming stand fitted with two circular covered entree dishes with crested lids, gadrooned borders throughout, turned bone finials and handles, height 7 in., length 24 in., width 11 1/2 in.
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$600/900
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44. Elmer Joseph Read (American/New York, b. 1862), “New York Harbor, Possibly Battery Park”, watercolor on paper, pencilsigned, dated “1898” and inscribed “NY” lower left, 10 3/4 in. x 15 1/4 in., unframed.
W 45. Ventieri (Italian, 20th c.), “Ponte Vecchio, Florence”, watercolor, signed and
Giltwood Looking Glass, early 19th c., the églomisé panel of the Constitution and the Guernica, stepped plinth with spherules, ropetwist stiles, old mirror plate, retains old backboards, height 30 in., width 17 in.
dated “’58” lower right, sight 11 in. x 15 1/2 in., framed.
$500/750
46. G. J. Broome (English, active 1867-1873), “Still Life with Pear and Purple Grapes”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “68” lower left, 9 1/4 in. x 13 1/4 in., in a gessoed and giltwood frame.
$400/600 Provenance: Gift of Ellis Wilson to the Collection of James Ligon, New York City.
$800/1200
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47. A Group of Six Antique Architectural Engravings, c. 1770, published by M. Darly, London, illustrating views of capitals and windows, sight 10 in. x 15 in., attractively matted and framed. $700/1000 48. After Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 18411919), “Femme Couchée”, etching on paper, unsigned, image 5 3/4 in. x 7 5/8 in., sheet 6 1/2 in. x 8 3/4 in., attractively matted and framed. $300/500 49. Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963), “Self Portrait”, lithograph on paper, initialed in plate lower right, signed and dated “1956” in plate left, and pencilnumbered “118/150”, sight 22 7/8 in. x 17 7/8 in., attractively matted and framed.
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$700/1000 50. Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), “Le Poire”, photolithograph on Rives, BFK paper, pencil-signed, and numbered “30/200”, sheet 29 1/2 in. x 21 3/4 in., attractively matted and framed. $700/1000
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Monnet (French, 17321808), a pair of prints of “Journée du 10 Août, 1792” and “Fédération générale des Français, Champs de Mars, 14 Juillet, 1790”, engravings, sheets 18 in. x 23 in., both unframed.
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52 [Asian Reference Books], Oriental Series, by Captain F. Brinkley, published by J.B. Millet Co., Boston & Tokyo, 1910, octavo, 24 volumes, giltdecorated full morocco, decorated endpapers, White House Edition, limited to 200 copies, of which this is Number 3, the volumes, with color illustrations, as follows; Japan (8 vols.), China (4 vols.), Korea, Manchuria, The Philippines, Siam, Burma, Afghanistan, India, Persia, Turkey, and Russia (3 vols). $700/1000 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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tique Asian Paint-Decorated Low Table, the top with gilt decoration of dragon and peony blossoms, bracketed sides, drawer, shaped base, height 11 1/2 in., width 31 1/2 in., depth 18 in. $150/250
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56. An Antique Chinese Cizhou Type Carved “Hare’s Fur” Glazed Vase, the globular body with allover carved decoration highlighted with mottled brown/ black “hare’s fur”, height 5 3/4 in. $1000/1500 57. An Antique Chinese “Oil Spot” Temmoku Glazed Stoneware Tea Bowl, the globular body with a collared rim raised on a short circular foot with rich black “oil spot” glaze pooling towards the unglazed bottom and foot, height 2 5/8 in., diameter 4 3/4 in. $1000/1500 W 58. An Antique Chinese
Peachbloom Glazed Porcelain BeeHive Form Water Pot, of domed form, raised on a circular foot, the recessed base with Kangxi (1662-1722) four-character mark, height 1 5/8 in.
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59. Two Antique Chinese CizhuoStyle Spotted Ewers, the first of double gourd form with a sinuous chilong handle and a bird-form spout, with scattered light brown spots, height 4 7/8 in.; the second of globular form with simple handles and spout, with scattered rich brown spots, height 3 1/2 in.
Provenance: Purchased deForest Antiques, Royal Street, c. 1950.
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53. A Monumental Japanese Imari Porcelain Charger, probably Meiji/Taisho, 20th c., the interior well boldly painted with Xi Wangmu, the Queen Mother of the West, holding a peach with a boy attendant, diameter 21 1/2 in. $1000/1500
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54. A Near Pair of Monumental Japanese Arita Porcelain Basins, Meiji Period (1868-1912), each interior well with finely painted female figures in a garden landscape set on a lake, height 3 1/2 in. and 3 3/4 in., diameter 20 1/4 in. and 19 3/4 in., (2 pcs.)
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Slip Decorated Celadon Bottle Vase and Small Dish, each with geometric banding, the footed dish with avian decoration, vase height 6 in., dish height 1 1/8 in., diameter 5 1/4 in. (note restoration); together with a similarly decorated small ink pot, height 1 1/2 in., diameter 3 in., (3 pcs.) $600/800 62 W 61. Two Antique
Chinese Porcelain FruitForm Brush Washers and a Fruit-Form Water Dropper, the first brushwasher of pear form raised on square intrinsic base, height 2 in.; the second of gourd form raised on oval footed base, height 1 7/8 in., width 3 1/4 in.; the water dropper of double peach form, height 1 1/2 in., width 3 1/8 in.
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$600/800 W 69. A Joey Bonhage Painted Metal
Daffodil and Wildflower Group, on a wooden stand, signed and dated “1987”, height 15 in.; together with a pine cone and needle and jadeite sculpture, unsigned, height 13 1/8 in.
62. An Antique Chinese Jiaotai Partial Sancai Glazed Pottery Jarlet, the globular body with two handles and overall marble patterning with partial sancai and partial colorless glaze, height 2 5/8 in., width 4 5/8 in.
$200/400 W 70. A Joey Bonhage Painted Metal
$1000/1500 64 63. An Antique Chinese Copper Red Glazed Brush Washer, of compressed circular form, the exterior with brilliant red glaze terminating in a large unglazed footrim surrounding a recessed glazed base, the interior white, height 2 in., diameter 6 3/4 in. $1000/1500
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Famille Rose “Egg Shell” Porcelain Bottle Vases, early 20th c., four vividly painted with figures in landscapes, one with shrimp, height 10 1/2 in. to 8 1/8 in.; together with a semi-eggshell porcelain baluster form vase, height 8 1/2 in., (6 pcs.) $800/1200
64. An Antique Chinese “Oil Spot” Temmoku Glazed Stoneware Bowl, the flared, tapering body with allover rich oil spot glaze terminating in an unglazed circular foot, height 2 1/4 in., diameter 7 in.
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Tulip and Wildflower Group, on a carved wood stepped base, signed and dated “1990”, height 20 1/2 in.
$1000/1500
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Twin Bottle Vase, the conjoined bottle shaped bodies with allover speckled olive green glaze, unglazed foot rim, base with impressed mark, height 7 1/2 in. $300/500
Painted Metal Daffodil Sculptures, set in lemon yellow Asian porcelain tea bowls, signed and dated “1986”, height 15 in.
Wildflower Group, on carved wood stepped base, signed and dated “1988, height 13 1/8 in.; together with similar flowering branch sculpture with silk magnolia blossoms and flowers fixed in a pebble-filled ceramic base, height 10 in. $150/250 71. A Group of Three Mughal Illuminated Manuscript Sheets, probably 19th c., ink and color on paper, including a garden scene, image 12 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in., attractively matted and framed; a double-sided leaf, one side depicting a man in opulent robes, the other with lines of calligraphy, 7 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in., matted and floated in a frame; and a double-sided leaf, one side of a woman in richly embroidered garments, the other with lines of calligraphy, image 7 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in., matted and floated in a frame. $600/900
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Seed Pearl and Painted Crystal Mourning Ring, navette shape, with neoclassical mourning scene in sepia, bordered with seed pearls, inscribed “Joseph Burges died 5 Nov. 1789 Aged 37”. $300/500 W 77. A Set of Salviati Gilt-Decorated
Venetian Blown Glass Stemware, comprising 17 wines of various size, 10 champagne, tallest wine height 8 3/4 in. $700/1000 78. Chinese School, 19th c. or earlier, “Winter Birds”, ink and color on silk mounted as a hanging scroll, inscribed and sealed upper left, 35 3/4 in. x 15 3/4 in., Note: estate condition.
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$600/800 Provenance: With Benjamin Franklin March Jr. (18991934), Curator of Asiatic Art, Detroit Institute of Arts (19271931); thence by descent to the current owner.
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Note: Benjamin Franklin March Jr. (1899-1934) was a writer, curator, and professor who studied, lectured, and wrote in the United States and in China. Through his works, March earned respect as one of the foremost authorities on Chinese art during the 1920s and 1930s. His papers dating from 1923 to 1934, now conserved at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, document his professional and personal life in the United States and in China and include lecture notes and outlines; research notes; diaries; scrapbooks; and photographs.
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and Painted Wood Figure of St. Francis of Assisi, late 18th/early 19th c., the tonsured figure standing on a sphere, retaining remnants of original paint, height 14 in., width 5 in., depth 4 1/2 in. Note: Losses.
79. Korean School, probably Choson Period, 19th c. , “A Royal Hunt”, a pair of two panel screens, ink and color on paper, 32 in. x 30 in., overall 38 1/4 in. x 36 1/2 in.
$300/500 W 73. An Egyptian Revival
$1000/1500
Cotton Appliqué, c. 1910, in bright vibrant colors, with wooden battens, height 18 1/2 in., width 25 1/2 in.
Provenance: Purchased Seoul, Korea, c. 1967. 80 80. A Chinese Carved Hardwood Corner Chair, possibly Zitan, the pierced splat of blossoming tree design, similar carved seat rail, naturalistic carved legs joined by stretchers ending in hoof feet.
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English Needlepoint Embroidery of “The Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate Washing His Hands, the Scourged Jesus in the Background”, wool thread on linen, thread retaining vibrancy of colors, sight 38 in. x 33 1/2 in., in original elaborate carved, gessoed and giltwood frame. $500/750
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Carved Hardstone Fruit, consisting of finger citron, grapes, bananas, pears, cherries, apples, peaches and others.
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$500/700 W 75. An Antique Continental .800 Chased
Silver and Malachite Card Case, late 19th c., the lid with malachite veneer inset with a painted scene of a Greco-Roman family, interior now fitted as a compact, with beveled mirror and powder and rouge compartments, chain handle, 3 in. x 2 1/4 in.
82. An Antique Chinese or Southeast Asian Bronze Figure of a Reclining Buddha, modeled with the head resting on the right palm wearing long robes bordered in relief detailing, length 21 1/2 in.
$500/700
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83. An Antique Southeast Asian Bronze Temple Form Two Part Reliquary, the cover modeled as a stupa with a figure of Buddha seated beneath a domed finialed roof, the lower portion with hollow rectangular box interior, with multiple Buddhist figures portrayed in various poses upon a flat footed plinth, height 15 1/4 in. $1200/1800
85. A Chinese Carved Ivory and Wood Bust of a Bodhisattva, the slightly curved crowned head carved with a serene down-turned expression, height 12 in., raised on a carved wood stand, overall height 16 in., width 11 in. $1000/1500 86. Émile Bernard (French, 1868-1941), “Odyssée”, hand-tinted original woodcut, unsigned, mounted on leaf, with text verso, bearing a “Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, MD”, label, 15 in. x 10 7/8 in., unframed.
87. After John Gould (English, 18041881), “Thalurania Furcata” and “Chlorostilbon Caniveti”, two hand-colored lithographs of hummingbirds, heightened with gum arabic, sight 19 1/2 in. x 13 3/4 in., attractively matted and framed. $700/900 88. An Antique Anglo-Indian Carved Tropical Hardwood Tilt-Top Breakfast Table, mid-19th c., molded edge top, vasiform leaf carved stem, anthropomorphic legs terminating in exotic birds, height 29 in., diameter 42 in. $800/1200
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Chest, mid-19th c., rectangular form, inset reinforced corners, void interior, later ebonized stand. $400/600 90. Prussian School, 19th c., “Portrait of an Officer, possibly Friedrich August Eberhard, Prinz von Württemberg (1813-1885)”, oil on canvas, illegibly signed lower right, 46 1/2 in. x 30 3/4 in., in the original carved and giltwood frame. $3500/4500
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91. Russian Icon, 19th c. , “St. Vladimir”, tempera and gold paint on wood panel, inscription in Cyrillic bottom center, the prince-saint wearing his usual attributes of crown and opulent robes, set against a delicately cross-hatched gilt background, 12 1/4 in. x 10 1/4 in., unframed. $1500/2500 92. Russian Icon, late 19th/early 20th c. , “Christ Pantocrator”, face and hands rendered in tempera on wood, gilt silver etched and repoussé riza, Russian inscription and labels en verso, 12 1/4 in. x 10 1/2 in., unframed. $1200/1800
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93. Russian Icon, 19th c., “St. Stanislaus, Bishop of Krakow”, tempera and gold paint on wood panel, inscription in Cyrillic upper right, figure bearing usual attribute of sword, small image of “Christ Pantocrator” upper center, 13 3/4 in. x 10 1/4 in., unframed. Note: condition. $1000/1500 94. Polish School, 19th c., “Portrait of a Royal Lady in a Jeweled Stomacher”, oil on canvas, old stamp en verso of canvas, 34 1/8 in. x 26 7/8 in., in a later giltwood frame. $500/700
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95. A George III Wallpaper and PaintDecorated Three Panel Screen, 18th c., arched crests, with hunt scenes, pagodas and extensive landscape, verso with lattice and leafage centered by birds’ nests, height 66 in., width 69 in., note: period wallpaper with old repairs and small losses.
97. An Antique George III-Style Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard, tall brass gallery, frieze drawer flanked by a door and a deep drawer, on square tapered legs ending in spade feet, height 51 1/2 in., width 60 in., depth 21 in.
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99. A George III Carved Mahogany Armchair, late 18th c., volute crest, pierced Gothicized splat, shaped volute arms, trapezoidal slip seat, molded rail, square molded legs, H stretcher. 98
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98. A William IV BrassInlaid Rosewood Side Cabinet, c. 1840, marble top above an inlaid and carved frieze, single door with brass molding flanked by foliate carved, tapered reeded columns, blocked plinth base, height 35 in., width 27 in., depth 16 in.
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102. A Monumental Louis XVI Carved and Giltwood Frame in the Régence Taste, old label en verso reading “From the Shobdon Court Collection, First Viscount Bateman (William), by Van Dyck, 1599 to 1641”, crest with Empire coat of arms, corners with opposing acanthus C-scrolls, foliate pendant, overall height 118 in., width 80 1/2 in.; interior height 91 1/2 in., width 60 3/8 in. $2000/3000 103. An Antique Dutch Inlaid Mahogany Server, c. 1840, the top with canted corners, a long drawer above a pair of doors inlaid with paterae, fluted chamfered stiles, tapered square legs, button feet, height 34 1/2 in., width 47 in., depth 22 in. $1800/2500 104. A Pair of Antique Italian Rococo-Style Carved and Crème Peinte Fauteuils, 19th c., molded shield back, scrolled padded arms, shaped seat rail on cabriole legs. $1500/2500 105. A Pair of Neoclassical-Style Carved and Gilt Mirrors, 19th c., molded edge, base with applied foliate design, height 53 in., width 41 in., depth 4 in. 105 (1 of a pair)
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108. A Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Work Table, 19th c., probably American, fitted drawer, on paired trestle supports, polychrome accents, height 28 7/8 in., width 23 5/8 in., depth 19 1/2 in. Note: Lacking work basket. 108
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106. A Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and White Marble Three Piece Clock Garniture, 19th c., architectonic case with eagle finial, mounted with swags, drapery and flowering urns, the conforming fivelight candelabra with scrolled arms, on tapering standard, clock height 23 in., width 16 in., depth 4 3/4 in. 109
$2000/3000 107. A Fine American Ebonized and Paint-Decorated Lady’s Desk in the Elizabethan Taste, mid-19th c., reticulated superstructure with birdseye maple interior; base with pull-out writing surface, pen tray, drawer, spindle supports, trestle base with stretcher, casters, ebonized ground with gilt arabesque and painted floral decoration, height 27 1/2 in., width 22 in., depth 14 1/2 in. $600/900
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109. A Fine American Renaissance Gilt-Incised and Inlaid Rosewood Parlour Cabinet, c. 1870, attributed to Herter Bros., New York, sarcophagus top fitted with a drawer, incurvate sides flanking a door inlaid with a floral panel, lightwood interior, conforming plinth, height 46 3/4 in., width 52 in., depth 19 1/2 in. $5000/7500 Note: The channel-cut back panels, tight construction and use of small screw reinforcements on this cabinet are indicative of New York prominent cabinetmakers of the 19th century. A cabinet with similar construction stamped by Herter and made for George Beale Sloan, now at the Brooklyn Museum of Art (acc. 76.63), is illustrated in Howe, et. al. Herter Brothers, Furniture and Interiors for a Gilded Age, p. 110, fig. 91.
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112. A Regency Rosewood Writing Table, early 19th c., the folding top with inset tooled leather writing surface, shelf below, arched saber legs, casters, height 29 1/2 in., width 19 1/2 in., depth 16 in. $400/600
113. A William IV Mahogany Étagère, c. 1830, turned uprights connecting four tiers, two with fitted drawers, turned legs with brass ferrules, casters, height 52 1/4 in., width 47 in., depth 17 in.
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115. Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 18601923), “Preparing for the Dance”, watercolor, signed lower left, pencil-titled en verso, 34 in. x 23 in., in a carved, gessoed and giltwood frame. $12000/18000 Note: Inspired by the somewhat mythical European concept of the East, Ballesio was one of the most adept Italian painters of the Orientalist tradition. His cool, bright palette, combined with his extraordinary attention to texture and material, create works teeming with a sense of emotion and activity. As evident in the present painting, Ballesio is able to convey a sense of joyful exuberance with deft handling of the tonal qualities of light and shadow. 115 116. Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 1860-1923), “At Rest”, watercolor, signed upper right, pencil-titled en verso, 18 in. x 24 in., in a carved, gessoed, and giltwood frame. $12000/18000 117. Russian Icon, late 19th c. , “Theotokis - Mother of God with Christ Child”, face, hands, and feet rendered in tempera on wood, repoussé bronze riza, 4 1/4 in. x 4 in., in a giltwood frame, all set within a black and gold painted glazed shadowbox frame. $800/1200
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118. An Empire Patinated Bronze FourLight Argand Chandelier, early 19th c., circular corona, four rod supports holding scrolled and foliate arms, the dome containing an oil font, burner arms cast with bearded masks, the bowl terminating in a large pineapple pendant, later cut and etched glass shades and chimneys; early conversion to gas, now electrified, height 42 in., diameter 28 in.
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119. A Pair of American Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Two-Light Argand Lamps, mid-19th c., urnform font with floral collar, reeded and scrolled supports, hung with prisms, the faceted base with bronze bellflower foot, later shades, electrified, height 22 1/4 in., width 21 in., depth 8 1/2 in. $3000/5000 120. An American Gilt Bronze Solar Lamp, mid-19th c., cut, faceted and etched blown glass shade, crystal prisms, font above a fluted standard, square marble base bordered by an egg and dart step, bracket feet, height 26 in., diameter 10 in. $1200/1800
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123. An American Classical Carved Mahogany Armoire, c. 1825, Baltimore or Philadelphia, flared cornice above a pair of doors flanked by reeded pilasters, carved paw front feet, partially fitted interior, height 89 1/4 in., width 70 3/8 in., depth 24 1/4 in. $2500/4000 Note: A number of design details on this armoire relate to examples from well known Baltimore and Philadelphia cabinetmakers. The canted cornice, pilaster stiles, and vertically proportioned doors on this lot relate to those on a maple armoire labeled by John Needles at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The carved feet with articulated claws seen on this piece are in the manner of Anthony Quervelle of Philadelphia. Reference: Weidman and Gregory. Classical Maryland 1815-1845, p. 123, fig. 148. Examples of similar carved feet from Quervelle can be seen in Smith. “The Furniture of Anthony Quervelle, Part IV: Some Case Pieces,” Magazine Antiques. (January 1974), p. 184, fig. 6.
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122. An American Classical Mahogany Center Table, early 19th c., attributed to J. & J.W. Meeks, New York, having an octagonal Egyptian marble top, conforming ogee molded skirt, flared, chamfered, stem, scrolled legs, casters, height 29 1/2 in., width 37 in., depth 37 in. Note: marble repaired. $1500/2500 Note: This table has several elements that appear in the well-known Joseph Meeks and Sons “broadside.” The faceted vasiform standard and scroll feet are nearly identical to those on a table listed as figure 21. Reference: Cooper. Classical Taste in America 1800-1840, p. 211, pl. 168.
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124. An American Classical Carved, Stenciled and Gilt Mahogany Side Cabinet, c. 1830, Philadelphia, ogee frieze on scroll supports flanking two mirrored doors, blocked plinth, paw feet, height 41 1/2 in., width 60 in., depth 22 1/2 in. $3000/5000 Provenance: Calhoun Mansion, 16 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina, Neal Auction Co., lot 106, October 3, 2003. Note: The distinctive scroll supports seen on this cabinet are indicative of several high style Philadelphia cabinetmakers. Reference: Smith. “The Furniture of Anthony Quervelle, Part I, the Pier Tables”, Magazine Antiques, (May 1973), p. 990, fig. 8. Cooper. Classical Taste in America 1800-1840, pp. 56-57.
125. An American Federal Inlaid Mahogany Wing Chair, late 18th/ early 19th c., of typical form, serpentine crest, scroll arms, square tapering legs, box stretchers. $2000/3000 126. An Antique Georgian-Style Carved Mahogany Tilt-Top Games Table, the top with inset needlepoint, birdcage support, vasiform acanthine stem, leaf and anthemion cabriole legs, ball and claw feet, height 29 1/2 in., width 30 1/2 in., depth 30 1/2 in. $500/700 127. A Good Edwardian Rosewood Inlaid Envelope Table, late 19th/early 20th c., the foldover top with ivory inlay, opening to a baize playing surface, frieze drawer, square tapered legs, spade feet, height 28 in., width 33 1/4 in., depth 33 1/2 in.
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$500/700 Note: Originating in Parisian decorative arts, papier-mâché appears as a decorative material in England in the mid-18th century. With a 1772 English patent for molding sheet paper, rather than pulp paper, Henry Clay paved the way for his 19th century successors such as Jennens and Bettridge to produce larger, very durable and luxurious papier-mâché furniture at modest production costs. The mother-of-pearl inlay, used for good effect in the chair here, changes with the light as the viewer crosses the room. Reference: Symonds, et. al. Victorian Furniture, pp. 194201.
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Mâché Parlour Chair, mid-19th c., oval mother-of-pearl inlaid back, serpentine caned seat, cabriole legs. $500/700
130. William Merritt Post (American, 18561935), “Landscape with River”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 24 in. x 28 in., framed. $3000/5000 Note: Known for the landscape paintings created near his summer home in Connecticut, William Merritt Post primarily utilized a Tonalist palette with rich greens and browns, having been influenced by the Barbizon school and his mentor, Hugh Bolton Jones. However, the impact of the newer Impressionist school can also be seen in his works, which generally present a study of light effects and a brighter palette than traditional Barbizon-style works. Post is notorious for his love of painting reflections on streams and rivers, as is evidenced in the present lot, where a glimpse of the green tree’s reflection can be seen on the glassy surface of the slowly moving brook.
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131. Paul Rickert (American/Pennsylvania, b. 1947), a collection of three watercolors including “Red Victorian: Down to the Water: Stonington”, signed and dated “’91” lower right, 12 3/8 in. x 41 3/8 in.; “Morning-Owl’s Head”, signed and dated “’92” lower right, 14 in. x 41 1/4 in.; and “New Jersey Turnpike Outside New York”, signed and dated “’92” lower left, 12 1/4 in. x 41 1/2 in., all with a “Fischbach, NY” label en verso, all attractively matted and framed. $1500/2500 132. Carl Philipp Weber (American, 1850-1921), “Pastoral Scene with Sheep”, watercolor, signed lower left, 18 in. x 28 in., in an ornate giltwood period frame. $500/700 133. Thomas Waterman Wood, N.A. (American, 1823-1903), “Family Scene”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 22 in. x 27 1/4 in., in a later giltwood frame. $4000/6000
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135. Leon Richet (French, 1847-1907), “River Path”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 21 1/4 in. x 31 1/4 in., in a later giltwood frame. $7000/9000 Note: Richet was a longtime resident of Fontainebleau, and was inspired and influenced by the Barbizon School painters active in that area. He was a favorite student of Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876) who admired the young man’s deft handling of the play between light and shadow; it was Diaz who initially encouraged Richet to concentrate on plein air painting. Richet employed a rich, vibrant color palette to create a sense of the airy atmosphere of the French countryside, particularly concentrating on the sky as is evidenced in the present lot. His colors were somewhat lighter than those of the older Barbizon painters, and often hint at the Impressionistic. Richet debuted at the Salon of 1869, receiving honorable mention at that exhibition in 1885, and medals in 1888 and 1901. He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français. Reference: Benezit. Dictionnaire des Peintres, Librairie Grund, 1976, vol.VIII p. 742.
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136. A Pair of Continental NeoclassicalStyle Porcelain Bowls, signed “Tiche, Porcelaine d’Art Fait a la Main”, richly gilt circular vessels with gilt brass rims, biscuit modeled swan handles, iron red transfer armorials, height 10 in., width 18 1/2 in., depth 13 in. $1000/1500
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138. A Fine KPM Porcelain Polychrome and Gilt-Decorated Covered Box, of Rococo form, marked, reserved with puce colored scenes of 18th c. courting couples, the square body modeled with C scrolls and ribs, floral sprays, bud finial, height 7 1/2 in., width 5 1/4 in., depth 4 1/2 in.
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140. A Louis Philippe Sèvres Porcelain Plate, marked, painted reserve after Watteau, Sèvres blue rim with floral-filled gilt cartouches, diameter 9 1/2 in. $400/600 141. A Dresden Porcelain Gilt and PolychromeDecorated Vase, early 20th c., ovoid form, five portrait busts of women in 18th c. costume, on an opalescent sea green ground, marked, height 7 7/8 in.
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139. A Royal Vienna Porcelain Cabinet Plate, decorated with the Three Graces, blue beehive mark underglaze, artist signed “Knoeller”, finely painted, diameter 9 3/8 in. $500/700
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Clear Goblets and Decanters, late 19th c., comprising a pair of ruby stoppered decanters, and two large goblets reserved with equestrian scenes, goblet height 9 1/4 in., decanter height 11 in. Note: Chip to body of cobalt goblet. $400/600 Provenance: Descended in the Ellis/Denis/Beauvais-Decuir Family.
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152. A Fine Louis XV-Style Carved Rosewood and Aubusson Tapestry Salon Suite, 19th c., comprising a canapé, pair of fauteuils, and four chaises, covered en suite in tapestry with Neoclassical floral sprays, pale rose ground, each frame with arched crest, shell cartouche and floral sprays, shaped padded arms, serpentine shell-carved scalloped rail, cabriole legs, casters, sofa height 47 1/8 in., width 76 in., depth 25 in., (7 pcs.) $7000/10000
153. An Italian Classical Figured Walnut Commode, early 19th c., shaped top over three drawers, square feet, book-matched veneers throughout, height 35 in., width 49 in., depth 23 in. $1200/1800 154. A Pair of Bronze Chenets in the Renaissance Taste, late 19th c., with facing portrait medallions of Robin Hood and Maid Marian, the urnform uprights with ringed lion masks, paw feet on shaped bases, joined by molded crossbar, height 21 3/4 in., width 51 in., depth 6 1/2 in. $600/900
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155. A Pair of Italian Carved and Painted Prickets, of 18th c. inspiration, molded tiered standard, height 23 3/4 in., width 9 1/4 in., depth 9 1/4 in. $800/1200 156. A Pair of Neoclassical-Style Specimen Marble Obelisks, each face inlaid with different stones, the bases inlaid with intricate avian decoration, height 21 in., width 4 1/2 in., depth 4 1/2 in. $1500/2500 157. A Chinese Carved Hardwood Table, of stylized lotus design, the circular top carved with meandering flowers, height 30 in., diameter 24 in.
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160. An Antique Chinese Carved Wood and Silver Inlaid Figure of Shoulao, depicted on a naturalistic base, carrying a peach in his left hand and a staff in his right with a crane at his side, his long robes with allover metal inlay decoration, height 21 1/2 in.
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Rose Porcelain Bottle Vase, 20th c., the globular body vibrantly enameled with bird and flower decoration, the base with apocryphal Qianlong four character mark, height 18 in. Note: small restoration to mouth rim. $300/500 164. Two Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Scenic Panels, probably 19th c., each finely painted with figures in a village landscape set amid mountains, 15 in. x 10 in., framed alike. $1200/1800
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Southeast Asian Gilt and Lacquered Wood Figure of Buddha, carved seated in dyanasana on a lotus pedestal base with the right hand in bhumisparsa mudra and the left in dhyana mudra, height 16 1/4 in. Note: Condition. $400/600
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161. An Antique Chinese “Wucai” Enameled Porcelain Jar, the baluster body with allover red, green and yellow flowering vine decoration, base with Kangxi (1662-1722) six character mark, height 11 1/4 in., surmounted by a carved wood domed cover with a carved stone finial, overall height 14 in. $1500/2500
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Decorated Mazarin Blue Porcelain Jardinière, shaped figural reserves, everted lip with floral and diapered decoration, drilled base, height 7 3/4 in., diameter 11 1/4 in. $300/500
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Four Panel Screen, mid-20th c., vibrantly painted to the front with elegantly attired beauties playing music and dancing in a mountainous landscape with trees, pavilions and billowing clouds, the reverse with auspicious emblems picked out in gilt on a black ground, height 71 3/4 in., width 74 in. $400/600
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Ivory Figure of a Reclining Immortal, the elderly male figure carved with a staff in one hand resting upon a double gourd with seven figures at his side, height 2 1/4 in., width 7 in., note: minor losses; presented on a carved wood stand.
Figure of a Maiden, the standing, elegantly robed figure carved carrying a basket over one shoulder and a lotus blossom in one hand, height 4 3/4 in. $300/500
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Buddhist Figure, the male figure modeled kneeling with his hands raised in namaskara mudra wearing finely detailed garment and a tiered headdress, height 31 1/2 in.
170. A Chinese Carved Ivory Figure of Budai, the laughing rotund figure carved with open robes revealing a large exposed belly, carrying a peach and a spoon, height 4 7/8 in., width 3 7/8 in., presented on an carved wood ruyi cloud stand.
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Figure of a Falcon, 20th c., marked, the bird, head cocked to one side, perched on a rock, height 10 in., width 3 1/2 in., depth 5 in.
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Style Carved and Stained Ivory Figures of Sages, each bearded figure with long robes and expressive facial features, base of one with Ming marks, height 4 in. and 2 3/4 in., width 2 1/4 in. and 2 7/8 in.
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of a Rearing Horse, 20th c., possibly Baccarat, height 10 in., length 11 in., width 4 3/4 in.
$500/700
$400/600 172. An Antique Chinese Carved White Jade Libation Cup or Water Coup, the circular body raised on a short circular foot, carved with delicate flowering branch handles to the sides, height 1 1/2 in., width 4 in., presented on a carved wood stand.
181. A Group of Four Baccarat Crystal African Animal Figures, 20th c., comprising: an antelope, a cheetah, an elephant, and an elk, cheetah height 6 1/4 in.
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173. A Chinese Carved Green and Russet Hardstone Vase, the body of slightly flattened baluster form with lion handles to the neck, the lip and shoulders with entwined peony blossoms, height 8 3/4 in., presented on a carved wood stand.
Crystal Figures, 20th c., comprising a camel, a squirrel, a porcupine and a seashell, camel length 7 1/2 in.
$600/800
W 183. A Group of Three Baccarat
$400/600
Crystal Figures, 20th c., including an angel, a cross and a four part sea monster, angel height 6 in.
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Green Jade Figure of Shoulao, the bearded Immortal carved standing holding a peach in one hand and a staff in the other, height 3 7/8 in.
$200/300
W 175. An Archaistic Chinese Carved
Spinach Green Jade Phoenix Vase, the carved phoenix bird base supporting a faceted baluster vase with mask ring handles, height 6 1/2 in., presented on a carved wood stand. $500/700
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Immortals” Porcelain Bottle Vase, Republican Period (1912-1949), the thickly potted globular body issuing a tall neck decorated primarily to one side with the Eight Daoist Immortals, base with four character Hongxian (1915-1916) mark, height 15 1/4 in., presented on wood stand.
Window after Tiffany, 20th c., lithographic reproduction of the window conserved in the Grainger Hall of Gems, Field Museum, Chicago, showing a dreamy underwater scene of a naiad and fish, sight 15 in. x 8 1/4 in., framed. $400/600
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185. Louis Icart (French, 18881950), “Tennis”, etching and aquatint, 1928, pencil-signed, blind stamp, 18 in. x 15 in., attractively matted and framed. $1200/1800 186. Louis Icart (French, 18881950), “Petit Déjeuner”, etching with aquatint, 1927, pencil-signed, blind stamp, 18 in. x 15 in. oval, attractively matted and framed. $1000/1500 187. Louis Icart (French, 18881950), “Woman with Parasol Premieres Cerises”, etching with aquatint, 1928, pencil-signed, blind stamp, 18 in. x 15 in. oval, attractively matted and framed. $800/1200
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188. Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950), group of six “Scenes de Boudoir” etchings with aquatint, including “Maid Service” and “The Shadow” from La Nuit et le Moment of 1946 among others, each signed in pencil, each sight 8 1/4 in. x 6 in., all attractively matted and framed. $2000/3000 W 189. A Monumental Art-Deco Style
Enameled Metal Vase, late 20th c., textured panels throughout, the abstracted figural design in shades of gold, cream, black, and pale green, height 62 1/4 in., diameter 19 1/4 in. $500/700 190. An Antique Egyptian Painted Wood Funerary Fragment, wood and gesso painted in ocre, blue and yellow, probably part of a mummy mask or sarcophagus, decorated with gods, including Ra with sun disk; presented in a custom lucite armature and pedestal case, fragment height 25 in. width 6 in., depth 2 1/2 in., pedestal case height 70 in., width 16 1/4 in., depth 16 1/4 in. $2000/3000
191. A Fine Pair of Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Candlesticks, after an example by David Willaume (1658-1741), marked “Tiffany and Co. Makers”, c. 1913, height 9 in., weight 37.25 troy ozs. $2500/3500 192. A Black South Sea Pearl Necklace, set with 37 black pearls graduated from 10 to 13 mm., with an 18 kt. white gold and diamond ball clasp, length 17 in.
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$2500/3500 193. A Platinum, Sapphire and Diamond Ring, set with an oval brilliant cut natural (unheated) sapphire, approx. 1.94 cts., flanked by 2 demilune white diamonds; accompanied by GIA certificate.
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$3000/5000 194. A Platinum and 18 kt. Yellow Gold, Dichroic Sapphire and Diamond Ring, set with an unheated natural faceted marquise shaped sapphire, appprox. 11.40 cts., sapphire exhibits a change of color when viewed under daylight or fluorescent versus incandescent light, flanked by 2 trapezoidal white diamonds; accompanied by a GIA certificate.
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$9000/12000 195. A Platinum and Diamond Flexible Bracelet, set with 30 round full cut diamonds totaling approx. 16 cts., length 7 in.
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$15000/20000 196. A Platinum and 18 kt. Gold, Fancy Light Greenish Yellow Diamond and White Diamond Ring, set with a cut-cornered square modified brilliant faceted greenish yellow diamond, approx. 4.02 cts., flanked by 2 demilune white diamonds; accompanied by GIA certificate.
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$20000/30000 197. A Pair of 18 kt. White Gold and Diamond Stud Earrings, approx. 1.5 cts. total weight. $1500/2500 198. An 18 kt. White Gold and Diamond Solitaire Ring, diamond weight approx. 2.5 cts.
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199. A 14 kt. White Gold and Multicolor Sapphire Flexible Bracelet, set with approx. 58 fancy multicolor sapphires surrounded by numerous small round diamonds, length 7 1/4 in. $1500/2500 199
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202. An Italian Carved and Polychromed Wood Sculpture of “Madonna and Child”, 19th c., retaining original paint surface, figures with delicately rendered features, on a self base, height 52 1/2 in., width 17 in., depth 14 1/2 in. $2000/3000
203. A Monumental Louis Philippe Carved and Gilded Oval Mirror, mid-19th c., finely carved, beaded and molded frame containing old beveled mirror plate, height 62 in., width 49 in. $1500/2500 204. A Rare American Aesthetic Polychrome and Gilt-Decorated Parlour Chair in the Moorish Taste, mid-19th c., attributed to Herter Bros., New York, the crest and stiles painted with geometric motifs, the back designed with a series of arches and columns, scrolled arms raised, rectangular seat with scalloped rail on turned legs. $1000/1500
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$300/500 206. Fernand Marie Eugène Legout-Gérard (French, 1856-1924), “The Port of Le Havre”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, titled on plaque, 20 in. x 24 in., in a carved, gessoed and giltwood frame. $6000/9000 Note: Though interested in art from a young age, Legout-Gérard gave in to filial pressure and entered the banking profession. Eventually attaining the prestigious position as Bank Director in his native Normandy, Legout-Gérard did not return to painting until after an 1890 visit to the Breton town of Concarneau. Enthralled by Brittany and encouraged by his artist friends, he visited the region numerous times on painting excursions. LegoutGérard soon abandoned his banking career to dedicate himself full-time to painting. In 1903 he became a permanent resident of Concarneau where he gained a reputation as an accomplished chronicler of Breton life. In 1900 Legout-Gérard was named the official painter of the French Marine Ministry. While he continued to create his popular landscapes and genre scenes, it was for his marine and port scenes that he was most acclaimed. Employing a cool palette and utilizing a quick, precise brushstroke, the artist was adept at capturing a specific moment. As evident in the present painting, he was able to create marinescapes filled with a sense of vibrancy and vitality. Legout-Gérard exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Societé National des Beaux-Arts Français. Reference: Benezit. Dictionnaire des Peintres, Librairie Grund, 1976, vol. VI p. 543.
207. Pietro Gabrini (Italian, 1865-1926), “Roman Peasants Returning from Daily Toil”, watercolor, signed lower left, pencil-titled en verso, 34 in. x 23 in., in a carved, gessoed and giltwood frame.
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nental School, late 19th c., in the style of Rembrandt, two oils on canvas including “A Man with Golden Locks” and “A Bejeweled Woman”, stamped “Roberson Miller” en verso, both 18 1/8 in. x 14 1/8 in., in matching giltwood frames.
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211. An Antique Italian Carved Walnut Cassone, the molded plank top above an arched frieze, over raised panels, the sides fitted with wrought iron handles, decorative escutcheon and lock, molded base, block feet, height 31 in., width 56 in., depth 24 in.
Provenance: From the Vincent Price Collection.
$1200/1800 W 209. Eugène
Corneau (French, 18941976), “Still Life with Bowl of Eggs, Potatoes and Earthenware Jug”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 14 3/4 in. x 17 1/2 in., in a carved wood frame.
212. A French Bronze of the Composer Dvorak, early 20th c., after Jules Jouant (French, act. 1882-1921), cast signature at side, foundry mark at neck, height 14 1/2 in., width 6 3/4 in., depth 6 1/4 in. $5000/7000 212
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213. A Pair of Important Gothic Revival Cast Iron Benches, mid-19th c., the backs with quatrefoils between barbed spokes, shaped arms, hexagonal lattice seat, conforming rail, straight legs, stretchers, height 34 in., width 55 in., depth 17 in. $2500/3500
on canvas, signed lower left, “Orszagos Magyar Szepmuveszeti Muzeum, Budapest (National Hungarian Museum of the Fine Arts, Budapest)” label en verso, 15 1/2 in. x 11 3/4 in., in a period carved, gessoed, and giltwood frame.
Note: The pattern for these high-style benches appears in simultaneous production in 1842 by James Yates (Rotherham, England) and Israel P. Morris (Philadelphia), making this form one of the earliest made in the United States. A bench from the Morris foundry bearing the 1842 date which is installed in the garden at Richmond Plantation (Natchez, Mississippi), is identical to those offered here.
$800/1200
Reference: Israel. Antique Garden Ornament, Two Centuries of American Taste, p. 82, fig. 6.7
W 210. Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian, 1844-1920), “Bee Bite”, oil
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216. A Pair of Continental Carved Travertine Sculptures of Equestriennes, height 32 in., width 26 in., depth 9 in. $2000/3000 217. A Fine Edwardian Mahogany and Brass-Inlaid Bureau à Cylindre, c. 1900, London, in the Louis XVI style, galleried top above a tier of four small drawers, cylinder lid enclosing a complex fitted interior, with leather writing surface, on fluted tapering legs with cuffs, probably a “presentation” example bearing a label: “by his friends Rt. Rev. the Bishop Luffragan of Leicester, Easter 1803”, locks Hobbs & Co. London, height 49 in., width 60 in., depth 29 1/2 in. $4000/6000 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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220. A Set of Eight Queen Anne-Style Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs, comprising two armchairs and six side chairs, shell and rosette crests, foliate splats, shaped seat rails, volute bellflower carved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet. $2500/3500
218. An Italian Carved and Gilded Oval Mirror, carved beribboned frame, with beveled mirror plate, height 45 in., width 31 in., depth 7 in. $1500/2500 219. A Louis Philippe Sécrétaire à Abattant, early 19th c., the rectilinear fossilized black marble top above a frieze drawer, the fall front opening to reveal a well-appointed desk interior, retaining original gilt bronze pulls, three lower drawers, the molded plinth on spherule feet, height 56 1/2 in., width 37 7/8 in., depth 16 in. $1500/2500
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221. A Monumental American Late Classical Carved Mahogany Dining Table, mid-19th c., Philadelphia, the segmented top with beaded skirt opening to receive five leaves, cluster column pedestal, supporting legs, gadrooned plinth base, massive hairy paw feet, casters, height 29 1/2 in., diameter 60 in., each leaf 13 7/8 in. $5000/7500
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222. An American Classical Carved Mahogany Settee, early 19th c., Boston, rectangular upholstered back, rounded arms, arched foliate and volute terminals, reeded seat rail, volute blocked feet, casters, height 34 in., width 60 in., depth 28 in. $2000/3000 Note: This settee, with its rectilinear form and boldly carved embellishments, is part of a well-known group of Boston seat furniture influenced by English designers Michelangelo Anderson, Peter Nicholson and Thomas King. A number of seating examples by Boston makers, also using the bold juxtaposition of box form and carved surface seen here, are illustrated in Talbot. “Seating Furniture in Boston, 1810-1835”, Magazine Antiques (May 1991), pl. X, XXII, XXV, see also a mahogany sofa sold in these rooms as lot 197 on July 15, 1995 and a mahogany sofa sold as lot 91 on February 23, 2008. 223. A Rare Philadelphia Classical Mahogany and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Window Bench, early 19th c., rectangular paneled crest rails, channeled stiles, scrolled terminals mounted by brass bosses, gilt bronze spherules, original saddle form seat with medial stretcher, height 33 1/8 in., length 40 1/4 in., depth 17 in. $3000/5000 Note: The distinctive chamfered seat rail at the stile of this bench appears to be identical to that element on a suite of Philadelphia mahogany side chairs owned by Joseph du Barry, personal physician to Joseph Bonaparte in Point Breeze, New Jersey. A suite of twelve chairs with nearly identical back, rails and legs, but having mahogany spherules instead of bronze, was advertised by Hirschl & Adler, Magazine Antiques (October 2004), p. 1. Reference: Miller. American Antique Furniture, p. 214-215, pl. 307 and Magazine Antiques, (July, 1976), p. 46.
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224. An American Modern Gothic Walnut and Ebonized Bookcase, late 19th c., Philadelphia, stepped case with block finials continuing to turned and incised colonnettes, four arched glazed doors, adjustable shelf interior, conforming base, retains brass strap hinges, height 62 1/4 in., width 82 1/2 in., depth 14 in. $3000/5000 Note: A number of design elements on this cabinet relate to Frank Furness (1839-1912) and Christopher Dresser (1834-1904), notable designers in the Modern Gothic taste with Philadelphia associations. Furness, a principal in the forward-looking Philadelphia architecture firm Furness and Hewitt, designed furniture and interiors for the Roosevelt townhouse in New York, among others. Dresser lectured in Philadelphia in conjunction with the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, deeply influencing Philadelphia cabinet makers. The chamfered, incised and beaded stiles on this bookcase are very similar to those on the well known Furness library desk, now conserved by the Philadelphia Museum of Art (acc. 74.224.1). The distinctive serrated leaf pattern incised on the blocked area of the stiles is from Dresser’s 1873 Principals of Decorative Design, fig. 61 used on a walnut bed suite by Daniel Pabst (Philadelphia, 1826-1910) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (acc. 75.42.1-3) and on a pair of pedestals attributed to Pabst sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 134 on January 30, 2010. W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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and Diamond Lady’s Wristwatch, the rectangular face surrounded by round diamonds, baguettes and 2 pear-shaped diamonds, round diamonds extend the band, the dial marked “Hamilton”, length 6 1/4 in.
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229. A Fine Antique Tortoiseshell and Mother-of-Pearl Tea Caddy, serpentine front, divided interior retaining both tortoiseshell lids, on brass ball feet, height 4 1/2 in., width 6 3/4 in., depth 4 3/4 in.
$2500/3500
$1200/1800
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Diamond Ring, band set with approx. 25 emerald-cut diamonds, totaling approx. 7 cts.
230. An Antique English Tortoiseshell Sewing Box, with book-matched veneers, ivory inlay, the lid with silver cartouche monogrammed “C.M.P”, the interior fitted with silk-lined compartments, height 2 7/8 in., width 11 in., depth 8 1/4 in.
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$1400/1800 231. An Antique English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, of diminutive size, serpentine form, ivory molding and feet, lidded interior with traces of foil lining, height 2 7/8 in., width 4 1/2 in., depth 2 7/8 in. $1200/1800 232. Three Antique Enamel Boxes, “Fighting Cocks”, “The Eyes Have Power...” and “Take this for a Kiss”, the first two with rectangular pink bodies, the third with an oval cobalt blue body, the largest height 1 in., width 1 7/8 in., depth 1 1/4 in., the smallest height 1 in., width 1 1/2 in., depth 1 1/8 in.
233. An Antique English Amboyna and Rosewood Cave à Liqueur, late 19th c., fitted with 4 decanters and 16 cordials, height 10 in., width 12 in., depth 8 3/4 in. $300/500
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Silverplate Decanter Coasters, mid-19th c., with foliate scroll rim, reticulated body and turned hardwood base, height 2 3/4 in., diameter 7 in. $150/250
237. A Platinum, Sapphire and Diamond Ring, set with a brilliant-cut oval natural (unheated) sapphire, approx. 2.09 cts., flanked by 2 trapezoidal white diamonds; accompanied by GIA certificate.
238. An 18 kt. White Gold, Ruby and Diamond Ring, set with an oval brilliant cut ruby, approx. 2.42 cts., flanked by 2 near colorless round brilliant cut white diamonds; accompanied by GIA certificate. $2500/3500
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Yellow Gold, Sapphire and Diamond Ring, set with one oval sapphire, 2 small round sapphires, surrounded by 46 small round diamonds. $800/1200 W 240. A Yellow Gold
and Diamond Pin, in the shape of a sword with eagle head set with 3 round diamonds. 241
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$700/900 241. A Beaux Arts Carved and Gilded Mirror, 19th c., crested with scrolling vines and a foliate fan, rectangular molded and beaded frame, height 53 in., width 39 1/2 in., depth 5 in. $1500/2500
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242. A Rare American Aesthetic Maple Faux Bamboo Corner Chair, spindle crest, boss arm terminals, spindled back, shaped seat, turned legs connected by a finialed X stretcher. $400/600
243. An American Aesthetic Birdseye Maple Faux Bamboo Princess Dresser, late 19th c., tall rectangular mirror with spindle and boss crest, candle shelves, rouge marble top with drop center, two banks of drawers on each side, base with long drawer, casters, retains original surface, good patina, height 77 1/2 in., width 50 3/4 in., depth 19 3/4 in. $1200/1800 244. An American Aesthetic Brass Stand, late 19th c., probably Meriden, Connecticut, glass top with brass molded tubular legs, floral bracketed skirt, low shelf in ebony with brass floral inlay, hoof feet, height 31 1/2 in., width 19 1/2 in., depth 13 1/4 in. 243
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245. A Rare American Gothic Carved and Figured Oak Half-Tester Bed, c. 1840, probably Philadelphia, the rectangular cove-molded cornice with reticulated brackets and tracery, the paneled headboard with crocket crest, faceted posts, rails with quatrefoil brackets and appliqués, foot posts with massive pineapple finials, height 98 1/in., length 78 1/2 in., width 57 in. $8000/12000 Note: The architectonic design and Classical Gothicism of this bed bespeak a cabinetmaker well-versed in the vocabularies of both Classical and Gothic styles, such as Crawford Riddell, who is best known for the bedroom suite formerly at Rosedown Plantation, the Turnbull family’s c. 1835 home in St. Francisville, Louisiana. A number of elements seen here relate to the Rosedown bed (now at the Dallas Museum of Art): the tracery embellishments on the tester, the use of narrowly spaced panels on the headboard, the octagonal posts and the inclusion of elaborately carved embellishments such as the finials on the footposts. Reference: Howe and Warren, The Gothic Style in America 1830-1870, p. 52., for an illustration and discussion of the Riddell “Rosedown” bed.
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253. Abraham Walkowitz (American, 18781965), “Abstract”, watercolor and graphite on board, signed lower center, 7 1/2 in. x 5 1/8 in., framed. $1000/1500 W 254. Abraham
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fitted with iron rollers, heavy construction throughout, height 111 in., width 19 in.
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early 19th c., probably Baltimore, shaped drop-leaf top, frieze drawer, turned reeded tapered legs, button feet, height 28 3/4 in., depth 36 in., open depth 51 1/2 in. $800/1200 W 248. An Antique Georgian-Style Carved Mahogany
Torchère, late 19th c., dished top, reeded leaf-carved baluster stem, stepped square plinth, ball and claw feet, height 54 in., width 18 in., depth 18 in. $300/500 W 249. An English Bamboo Thebes Stool, late 19th c.,
attributed to Liberty & Co., Regent Street, London, the square concave seat retaining original woven grass covering, the flared legs joined by pairs of stretchers containing turned spindles, original condition, height 15 1/4 in., width 17 1/2 in., depth 17 1/2 in. $500/700 250. An Antique English Chesterfield Leather Settee, padded scroll arms, turned feet, button tufted upholstery, height 32 1/2 in., width 74 3/8 in., depth 28 7/8 in. $1500/2500
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251. An Antique Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Parquetry Commode, white marble top of serpentine outline, bombé form case with two drawers, elaborate foliate and term stile mounts, cabriole legs, sabots, height 35 7/8 in., width 74 1/4 in., depth 25 1/2 in.
Walkowitz (American, 18781965), a collection of watercolors including “Isadora Duncan Dancing”, set of four, each initialed “A.W.” lower center, each image 6 1/4 in. x 2 1/4 in., sheet 9 5/8 in. x 12 1/2 in., matted and framed together; and “Isadora Duncan”, watercolor and graphite on paper, signed lower center, 10 1/2 in. x 8 1/8 in., matching frames. $1000/1500
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252. John Ferguson Weir (American/Connecticut, 18411926), “Islets in Lake Como, Lombardy”, oil on canvas, signed “J.F. Weir” lower right, 9 in. x 15 in., in a later frame. $800/1200 Note: This light filled picture, painted at the height of the movement known as American Luminism, well represents that School’s blending of tonal impressions into a soft, highly atmospheric unity.
Hopkinson Smith (American/Maryland, 1838-1915), “Studio of a Tile Man”, charcoal on paper board, signed and dated “’78” lower right, monogrammed and dated “’78” lower left, titled and dated “1879” en verso, sight 13 1/2 in. x 20 in., matted and framed. $700/900
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$2000/3000 257. Niek van der Plas (Dutch, b. 1954), “Beach Scene with Bright Umbrellas”, oil on wood panel, signed lower right, 11 1/2 in. x 15 3/4 in., framed. $1500/2500 258. French School, late 19th/early 20th c., “Two Putti Accompanying a Nightingale”, oil on canvas, unsigned, 28 3/4 in. x 74 in., in an attractive carved wood frame.
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$2000/3000 259. A French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Eighteen-Light Chandelier, the scrolled supports mounted with patinated putti, hung with rock crystal pendants, height 28 in., diameter 40 in.
260. A Set of Six Regency Paint-Decorated Chairs, early 19th c., comprising two armchairs and four side chairs, floral tablet and turned crest, X splat, molded scroll arms, caned seats, turned legs, original gilt and ebonization with overall losses.
$6000/8000
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263. A George III-Style Inlaid Mahogany Serving Table, serpentine top, blocked center drawer with urn and husk swags, the beaded skirt with satinwood inlaid flutes, raised on blocked and fluted square legs ending in rosette-carved feet, height 34 in., length 60 in., depth 28 in. $2500/3500 W 264. An Antique Queen Anne-Style Carved
Mahogany Bench, mid-19th c., the rectangular upholstered seat in yellow damask, cabriole legs, pad feet, height 14 1/2 in., width 48 in., depth 23 in. $500/750 265. An Antique Louis Philippe Mahogany Rafraîchissoir, 19th c., inset marble top with bottle wells, frieze drawer, two molded shelves connected by turned supports, tapered legs, ferrules, height 29 in., width 16 in., depth 16 in. 263
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$1000/1500 267. A Pair of George III Inlaid Mahogany Knife Boxes, c. 1785, each of urn form with acorn finial, stepped interior, plinth base, height 27 in., diameter 11 3/4 in.
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Antique Tabriz Carpet, red and blue ground, central medallion and spandrel with repeating leaf motifs, overall vining foliate design, 6 ft. 5 in. x 10 ft.
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$1500/2500 269. A Heriz Carpet, central medallion, red and blue ground, overall stylized foliate motif, 6 ft. 6 in. x 10 in. $1000/1500 270. A Fine Persian Heriz Carpet, red and blue ground, central medallion and serrated spandrels, 9 ft. 7 in. x 12 ft. 6 in. $4000/6000
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273. A Fine Pair of Napoleon III Gilt and Patinated Bronze Six-Light Candelabra, mid-19th c., the opposing putti holding a trumpet standard, issuing foliate scroll arms, scrolled base with diaper motif, central cartouche, on paw and bracket feet; original gilding, height 29 in., width 14 in., depth 12 in. $3000/5000
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276. A Fine Louisiana Classical Mahogany Armoire, early 19th c., cove-molded cornice, plain frieze, flush-panel sides and doors with astragal closure, pierced escutcheons, fiche hinges and brass box lock; interior with shelves and a belt of drawers; bold beehiveturned legs, brass ball feet, height 91 in., width 61 in., depth 19 3/8 in. $4000/6000 Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. George Crozat, descended in the family. Note: A nearly identical armoire from George Crozat’s collection at Houmas House was sold at Neal Auction Company’s onsite auction as lot 328, May 17, 2003, and is illustrated in Poesch. “Early Louisiana Armoires”, Magazine Antiques, (August 1968) fig. 12, page 205. Another closely related armoire is illustrated in Poesch. Early Furniture of Louisiana 1750-1830. The flush panel doors and sides of this armoire are similar to those seen on numerous Louisiana sources, and exhibit the influence of French cabinetmaking transmitted through the Caribbean into North America. Reference: Holden. “Echoes of an Island Past: Flush Panel Armoires in Saint-Domingue and Louisiana,” Southern Quarterly (Spring 2007).
277. An American Classical Carved Mahogany Mixing Cabinet, early 19th c., Baltimore or Philadelphia, the original white marble top above a paneled frieze, outset scrolled brackets, flame veneered paneled door, plinth base with scrolled sides, disc feet, top bearing old ink inscription “Annapolis..”, height 40 1/2 in., width 37 in., depth 19 in. $2000/3000 Note: The rare and distinctive form of this mixing cabinet was used by a number of noted Philadelphia and Baltimore cabinetmakers, including Anthony Quervelle. The use of the trapezoidal “Egyptian” form panel on the case of this cabinet shows the influence of designs by English Regency designers. A cabinet attributed to Anthony Quervelle, also using an “Egyptian” trapezoidal panel as seen here, was sold in these rooms as lot 49, December 1, 2007, for $8,225. Reference: A similar pedestal cabinet from the Lee Anderson collection is illustrated in Robert Smith, “The Furniture of Anthony Quervelle, Part IV, Some Case Pieces”, The Magazine Antiques, page 189, pl. 11. For a sideboard design using “Egyptian” panels, see Ackerman’s Regency and Interiors reprinted by Agius (1984) p. 142, pl. 197.
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278. Andres Molinary (Gibraltar/New Orleans, 1847-1915), “Le Chemin des Chapitoulas”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, a typewritten label reading “Mrs. Boullemet, 2625 St. Charles Ave” en verso, 18 in. x 30 in., in a period frame. $25000/40000 Provenance: The Boullemet house, 2625 St. Charles Avenue, on the corner of Fourth Street in the Garden District of New Orleans, still stands today. The Boullemet name has died out, although related families, such as the Legendres, remain in the city. Neal Auction Company’s December 3, 2005 Louisiana Purchase Auction included an Andres Molinary and a William Henry Buck Louisiana landscape painting with the same Boullemet provenance, and all were probably collected in the late 19th century. Note: As a young man in his twenties, Andres Molinary left his native Gibraltar for New Orleans with the intention of visiting his uncle, who was a partner in an importing business. After several years of traveling throughout Mexico and Central America, Molinary settled permanently in the Crescent City in 1876. With the encouragement of his uncle, Molinary pursued a career as an artist and eventually opened an art studio. He soon earned portrait commissions and furthered his interest in landscape and genre painting. Always engaging and popular, Molinary’s studio became a gathering place for the coterie of local artists and writers. Despite the trials and tribulations of Reconstruction, the late nineteenth century brought a renewed
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279. Harold Rudolph (American/New Orleans, 1850-1883/4), “Portrait of Benjamin Ferdinand Wilson (1846-1915) of the 7th Kentucky Infantry of the Confederacy”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “1874” mid-right, stencil en verso reading “W.E. Seebold/Bookseller and Stationer/Dealer in Artist’s Materials/166 Canal Street/New Orleans”, 36 in. x 29 in., in a period giltwood frame.
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Provenance: Descended in the family of the sitter, Hickman, KY. Note: This distinguished sitter is shown in a simple pose, belying the highly professional treatment by the very young artist. The high-quality canvas is marked by a full, legible stencil in the center of its reverse, representing the firm of W.E. Seebold, the South’s most prominent post-Civil War art dealer, over whose premises the artist had his studio. The frame, with its large pattern of stenciling, is so fine as to presume a New Orleans origin as well. The portrait itself, though simple, is grand and effective; one wishes the artist might have lived longer than his thirty-three years (during the latter half-dozen years of which he turned to Romantic landscape painting). 280. Alexander John Drysdale (American/ New Orleans, 1870-1934), “The Mystery of the Twilight in the Louisiana Swamp”, oil wash on board, pencil-signed and dated “1933” lower left, signed, titled, dated and inscribed “Life Member Southern National Academy of Design” en verso, 15 in. x 20 in., in a giltwood frame.
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Note: An illustrator and the greatgrandnephew of Betsy Ross, Joseph Beale painted detailed scenes of the 19th century, including images of the Civil War; he had volunteered for service in order to make sketches for the magazine Leslie’s Weekly. His scenes of Civil War battles, such as the present lot, provide insight into the world of war in the 19th century from the point of view of a soldier on the field, making Beale an important chronicler of American history.
$3000/5000 282. After John James Audubon (America, 1785-1851), “White-winged silvery Gull”, No. 57, plate CCLXXXII, hand-colored engraving, Havell edition, from Birds of America, the elephant-folio paper watermarked “J. Whatman/ 1836”, sheet 25 in. x 38 in., matted and framed. $1200/1800
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287. An American Queen Anne Cherrywood Dressing Table, 18th c., Connecticut, the rectangular molded top above a frieze drawer and shaped skirt, on cabriole legs ending in pad feet, batwing brass pulls, height 24 1/2 in., width 33 3/4 in., depth 21 in. $1500/2500
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288. An American Federal Mahogany Brandy Cabinet, early 19th c., white marble top on a case with two small drawers, flanked by paneled doors, two large doors below, shelf interior, tapering reeded legs, later brass ball feet, height 52 in., width 45 in., depth 25 in. $1800/2500 289. An American Late Classical Mahogany Pier Table, 19th c., in the manner of Duncan Phyfe, marble top, frieze drawer, canted and scrolled supports, mirror back, tapered legs, melon feet, height 38 in., width 48 in., depth 20 in.
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Tavern Table, late 18th c., Pennsylvania, the later top above a frieze drawer, turned tapered legs connected by molded stretchers, pegged construction, height 28 3/4 in., width 29 3/8 in., depth 47 7/8 in. $400/600
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292. An Antique American Federal Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard, 19th c., serpentine top, a pair of bowfront drawers flanked by incurvate doors, shaped brackets, square tapered legs with cuffs, height 38 1/2 in., width 70 in., depth 24 in. $2500/3500 293
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Note: The verticality of the elements in this desk, as well as the open lower case with free standing front supports are qualities often seen in desks by Baltimore cabinet-makers Anthony Jenkins and John Needles. This form also relates to upright piano fortes offered by Baltimore and Philadelphia cabinet-makers of the period. A trade advertisement from George E. Blake (Philadelphia, active 1817-1824) shows a piano with tallstenciled case and carved front legs related to those seen here. The high style lozenge panels on the drawers of the desk offered here relate to those on a well-known desk and bookcase made by Anthony Quervelle, now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Reference: Examples from the Jenkins workshop include a desk exhibited by the Maryland Historical Society (1993), illustrated in Weidman. Classical Maryland p. 136, then sold by Neal Auction Co. as lot 395 on December 6, 2003. An example attributed to Needles in the Maryland Historical Society (acc. 62.83.1) and illustrated in Weidman. Furniture in Maryland 1740-1940, p. 142, pl. 102. Another related Baltimore secretary was sold in these rooms as lot 411 on February 23, 2008. The Blake piano forte ad reproduced in Cooper. Classical Taste in America 1800-1840. p. 264, pl. 213. Quervelle example illustrated in Smith. “Quervelle Furniture at Rosedown,” Magazine Antiques. (May 2001) p. 772, pl. VI.
296. An American Classical Mahogany and Marble Top Center Table, early 19th c., Boston, circular grey fossilized marble top, the frieze divided by three banded outset panels, tapering columnar support, triangular plinth, foliate carved paw feet, height 29 1/8 in., diameter 39 3/8 in. $2500/3500
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$2000/3000 Provenance: Descended in the Herrick-Miles family, New Orleans Note: Alice Herrick was the daughter of New Orleans cotton broker, Richard Herrick. 300. A New Orleans Coin Silver Goblet, Küchler & Himmel for Hyde & Goodrich, c. 1852-1853, the bellshaped bowl with beaded rim, chased acanthus leaves on punch ground, conforming stem, stepped foot with papyrus and leaf footrim, period script monogram “EHM” for Edward H. Miles (b. 1852), height 5 3/4 in., weight 5.30 troy ozs.
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304. An American Rococo Cast Iron Settee, mid-19th c., with indistinct maker’s mark on back rail, arched floral crest above interlocking arches, scroll arms, foliate cabriole legs, restorations to back, height 36 1/2 in., width 46 in., depth 20 1/4 in. $800/1200
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305. An American Cast Metal Hitching Post, mid-to-late 19th c., in the form of a young boy atop a cotton bale, retaining remnants of original paint surface, height 47 in., width 23 1/2 in., depth 17 1/2 in. $700/900
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306. An American Folk Art Carved Walnut Candlestand, 20th c., Stephen Portermain (by repute), Asheville, North Carolina, swivel top with scrolling vines, swag and tassel skirt, turned and blocked stem, incurvate plinth topped by marsupial fantasy animals, paw feet, height 30 3/4 in., diameter 15 3/4 in.
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$400/600 Note: Portermain trained as a restoration craftsman at Biltmore, George Vanderbilt’s well-known 1895 chateau, designed and operated as a self-sufficient estate. 307. A Rare American Federal Walnut Writing Chair, early 19th c., shaped crest, arrow spindles, kidneyform writing surface with small drawer, thick saddle seat, bamboo turned legs, box stretcher.
$400/600 Provenance: Descended in the family of Confederate General William R. Miles of Mileston, Mississippi, and New Orleans. Second son, Theus Norvelle Miles, was born in 1850, and married Alice Herrick of New Orleans. They made their home in Alexandria, LA where Miles was a prominent cotton factor.
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308. Clementine Hunter (American/ Louisiana, 18861988), “Cotton Gin”, oil on cardboard, monogrammed upper left, 16 in. x 20 in., framed. $3000/5000 309. Anna Colquitt Hunter (American/ Georgia, 1892-1985), “Ferry Across the Savannah River: Embarking on the ‘Robert E. Lee’”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 16 in. x 20 1/4 in., in a period frame.
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$1200/1800 Note: Born into a genteel Savannah family, Anna Coquitt Hunter attended Agnes Scott College, leaving before graduation to marry. After the untimely death of her husband, Hunter went to work for the local newspaper. When she began working as an art critic she felt she 309 needed to learn to paint to truly understand what she was seeing. Focusing on the daily life around her, Hunter painted engaging scenes such as this one of commuters boarding the “Robert E. Lee” to be ferried across the river. 310. Arnold E. Turtle (British/Chicago, 1892-1954, active New Orleans, c. 1940), “Southern Belle”, oil on masonite, signed lower right, 16 in. x 14 in., in a period frame. $500/700 Provenance: An Illinois Estate. 311. American School, 19th c., “Sinking of the S.S. City of Houston, Oct. 23, 1878, and the rescue of those on board by the Margaret”, watercolor, unsigned, with information on the shipwreck en verso, 22 in. x 28 in., in an ornate giltwood period frame. $1000/1500 Note: The night of October 22nd, 1878, the SS City of Houston encountered “The Gale of 1878,” which was storm number nine of the 1878 hurricane season. After having passed over Cuba and around the Florida peninsula, the storm headed up the eastern coast before making landfall in North Carolina, where it met several unfortunate boats, including the Single Engine Steam Ship City of Houston, which was carrying passengers and freight from New York to Galveston. Fortunately, the passengers aboard the City of Houston were rescued by the passing steamer The Margaret as the ship went under; the sunken ship and its 19th century artifacts still exist off the coast of North Carolina today and are a popular site for visiting divers to explore.
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312. A.D. Greer (American/ Texas, 19041998), “Still Life with White Roses and Yellow Gladiola in a Vase”, oil on board, signed upper right, 39 1/2 in. x 46 in., framed. $1500/2500 Note: Known for his lush Texas landscape 312 paintings and his Romantic still life scenes, A.D. Greer began painting at age seventeen and continued to do so throughout several career changes, including work as a sign painter and railroad spike driver in Colorado. These experiences gave Greer the opportunity to study the Midwest landscape, as well as to learn to memorize the images he saw in order to re-use them in his paintings. After gaining popularity in 1941, Greer continued to paint, traveling between New York and Austin, Texas, until his death in 1998.
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313. Porfirio Salinas (American/Texas, 19101973), “Autumn Landscape with River”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “1966” lower left, 16 in. x 20 in., attractively framed. $8000/12000 Note: A widely popular Texas artist, Porfirio Salinas is best remembered for his beautifully painted Texas landscapes, which showcase the beauty of the seasonal changes in the Mid-West. His art is retained in such collections as the Witte Museum in San Antonio, and that of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson admired Salinas’ work so greatly that he also gifted a Salinas painting to the President of Mexico. 314. Ellis Wilson (American/Kentucky, 1899-1977), “Still Life of Roses in a Watering Can”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed en verso, 22 in. x 18 in.
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$4000/6000 Note: The remarkable painter, Ellis Wilson, left his small rural hometown of Mayfield, KY, for Chicago where he studied at the School of the Art Institute, one of very few art academies to admit African-American students at that time. Wilson developed an intense interest in color and expressive brushwork that is vividly apparent in the painting offered here, “Still Life of Roses in a Watering Can”. An informed and serious discussion of Wilson’s life experiences and the diversity of philosophy and aesthetic influences that engaged the artist may be found in the exhibition catalog, The Art of Ellis Wilson, Sperath, Vendryes, Jones and King, The University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
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Note: Indiana artist John Wesley Hardrick studied at the John Herron Art Institute with William Forsyth and Otto Stark, both of whom were members of the famed Hoosier Group. As an African American artist Hardrick exhibited regularly with the Harmon Foundation, earning a bronze medal for fine arts in 1927. In his stylized landscapes, Hardrick uses a heightened color palette to create the tonal effect of leaves turning colors during the autumn months, in the hilly terrain of Brown County, Indiana. Reference: Reynolds, Gary A. and Beryl J. Wright, Against the Odds: African-American Artists and the Harmon Foundation, The Newark Museum, New Jersey, 1989, pp.196-7.
316. Alice Taylor Gafford (American/California, 18861981), “Nine Calla Lillies”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 20 1/8 in. x 24 1/8 in., in a period frame. $600/900 Note: After retiring from a nursing career that lasted twenty-five years, Alice Taylor Gafford pursued her interest in painting at the Otis Art Institute. She later taught art in the adult education program of the Los Angeles public schools. An active participant in the art groups of Southern California, Gafford founded the Val Verde Art and Hobby Show which was re-named in her honor. A member of the burgeoning African-American Regional art movement, she became particularly well-known for her still lifes, such as this charming view of “Nine Calla Lilies.”
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Note: Born and raised in Greenwood, Mississippi, Lalla Walker Lewis studied art at Mississippi University for Women and later at Newcomb College. Known as both a print-maker and painter, Lewis was employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to create a series of woodblock prints of scenes of Mississippi life. She also painted a mural for the Greenwood Public Library and exhibited at the Delgado Museum of Art (today NOMA), Brooks Art Gallery in Memphis, Carnegie Institute, and Mississippi Art Association. In the colorful and engaging painting, “River Baptismal”, Lewis depicts a group of African-Americans gathered along the river bank. Reference: Black, Patti Carr, Art in Mississippi, 17201980, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 1998, p. 203.
Reference: Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory, Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1973, p. 100.
317. Vertis Hayes (American/ Georgia, b. 1911), “The Circus Stallion”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 24 in. x 30 1/8 in., in a period frame. $600/900 Note: Born in Atlanta, the African-American artist, Vertis Hayes, moved to New York City in the early 1930s. He soon became a member of that community of artists living in Harlem which included Charles Alston, Aaron Douglas and Augusta Savage. Hayes earned critical acclaim and exhibited with the prestigious Harmon Foundation, American Negro Exposition in Chicago and Dillard University in New Orleans. In collaboration with Alston, he was assigned to paint murals for the Harlem Hospital for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In the late thirties, Hayes moved to Memphis, where he was named Director of the Federal Art Center and was chair of the art department at Le Moyne College, a historically black university. In this lively and colorful painting of a circus stallion being brought out to the big tent, ready to perform, Hayes employs lush, expressive brushwork.
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319. Theodore “Fonville” Winans (American/ Louisiana, 1911-1992), “Tonging Oysters, Southern Louisiana”, silver gelatin print, signed and dated “1938” lower right, titled en verso with estate numbers “070A” and “PN 202” en verso, 16 in. x 20 in, unframed. $1200/1800
Note: In this 1938 image, Fonville Winans shows Tony Fiorella and Tony Kristicovich as they harvest oysters from the oyster beds in Morgan City. Many of Winans photographs capture a way of life in Southern Louisiana that has been slowly disappearing.
Reference: Stewart, Ruth Ann, “New York/Chicago: WPA and the Black Artist,” exhibition catalogue, Studio Museum in Harlem, 1973
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322. A Newcomb College Art Pottery High Glaze Pitcher, 1906, decorated by Marie de Hoa LeBlanc with an incised band of flower buds, blue and green underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, Joseph Meyer’s potter’s mark, and reg. no. AY56, height 7 1/2 in. $2000/3000 323. A Newcomb College Art Pottery Matte Glaze Vase, 1925, decorated by Anna Frances Simpson in low relief with a motif of daffodils in blue and green underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, Joseph Meyer’s potter’s mark, shape no. 150 and reg. no. OP20, height 10 1/2 in. $2500/3500 W 324. A George Ohr Art
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Pottery Vase, c. 1883-1898, unglazed footed form, impressed “Geo. E. Ohr, Biloxi” on base, height 2 7/8 in.
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Art Pottery Vase, c. 1910, decorated in a blue floral and geometric motif on a deep green ground, matte glaze, marked, height 12 in. $500/700
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Orleans, 1873-1949), a group of four vintage silver gelatin prints including “Untitled, c. 1912, Storyville: Woman in Bloomers with her French Bulldog”, “Untitled, c. 1912: In White Fur”, “Untitled, c. 1912, Storyville: The Wistful Gaze”, and “Untitled, c. 1912 Storyville: Two Women Seated by the Fireplace, with Effaced Face of the Woman Seated in the Rocker”, all unsigned, all 10 in. x 8 in., unframed. $800/1200
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Mississippi, 1929-2009), “Mardi Gras Shoes”, silver gelatin print, unsigned, sight 6 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in., attractively matted and framed.
326. A Newcomb College Art Pottery Matte Glaze Vase, 1931, probably decorated by Marietta Flower Griffin, abstract relief-carved design, pink and blue underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark “MFG”, Jonathan Hunt’s potter’s mark, reg. no. TF6 and shape no. 8, height 3 3/4 in., diameter 4 in. $800/1200
$300/500 Note: The son of Southern artists, the photographer Bonge was exposed to art throughout his formative years, eventually studying the fine arts at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. In 1955 Bonge headed to New Orleans with a Nikon and photographed the Mardi Gras festivities. In these distinctive black and white images, Lyle captures the spirit of revelry with a fresh perspective, revealing the humor and hubris of Fat Tuesday.
327. An American Bronze of a Nude Acrobat, marked “N90”, numbered “3/6” and with copyright mark, height 9 in., width 21 in., depth 11 1/2 in.. $800/1200
328. An American Marble of a Standing Female, 20th c., stylized modernist figure in repose with closed eyes, hands at sides, and feet together, height 36 in., width 14 in., depth 14 in., on a square marble base. $800/1200 Provenance: Collection of Alice Barry, New Orleans and Pass Christian, MS W 329. A Group of French
Majolica Rabbit Plates and Mugs, marked in underglaze black, “Patented Dec. 4th 1900/ Higgins & Seiter, New York/ Made in France”, comprising 3 plates with lobed rims, molded relief scenes of rabbits in idyllic farm landscapes, the 2 mugs with rabbit-form handles, plate diameter 8 1/2 in. (5 pcs.) $400/600 333
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Nouveau Leaded Glass and Bronze Table Lamp, base possibly Handel, and having an attractive verdigris patina, the shade “as is” with old repairs featuring a band of red blossoms and foliage, height 24 in., shade diameter 14 1/2 in.
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335. Charles Henry Reinike (American/Louisiana, 19061983), “Pantomimic”, oil on board, signed and title label en verso, 23 3/4 in. x 30 1/4 in., in an artist-built and painted frame; accompanied by a copy of a Townsfolk Magazine article titled “In the Galleries”, by Marilyn Robb Trier, August, 1954, about the exhibition of the painting at Sidney Rafilson Gallery, Chicago.
$500/700 W 331. A Danish
Modern Teakwood Cabinet-on-Stand, c. 1955, having a pair of doors enclosing a fitted birchwood interior with sliding trays and shelves, pair of lower drawers with wood pulls, on tapering wood legs joined by stretchers and ending in brass cuffs, height 57 1/2 in., width 47 1/2 in., depth 17 1/2 in. $1000/1500
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$2000/4000 333. Ellsworth Woodward (American/New Orleans, 18611939), “A Courtyard in the Old Quarter, New Orleans”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 15 in. x 12 in., in a modern frame. $2000/3000
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Fruitwood Faux Bamboo Armchair, late 19th c., arched caned back and trapezoidal seat, turned arms terminating in spherules, turned legs joined by stretchers. $200/400
Provenance: Exhibited at Sidney Rafilson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, August, 1954; Estate of the artist and descended in the family, New Orleans. W 336. Caroline Spellman Wogan Durieux (American/
Louisiana, 1896-1989), “Banc Parisien”, lithograph on paper, pencil-signed, numbered “13/25”, and titled, sight 22 7/8 in. x 16 1/2 in., matted and framed.
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$500/700
New Orleans, 1896-1989), “Clowns”, hand-embellished cliche-verre on paper, signed and dated “’77”, signed and titled en verso, sight 14 5/8 in. x 11 1/2 in., attractively matted and framed. $600/900 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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338. Ida Kohlmeyer (American/New Orleans, 19121997), “Night Landscape”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “’58” lower right, with “Orleans Gallery, New Orleans”, “The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina”, and the artist’s labels en verso, 30 in. x 44 in., in a period giltwood frame. $10000/15000 Note: Exhibited and illustrated in the catalogue for Ida Kohlmeyer: Thirty Years, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, 1978, p. 54, and in Plante, Michael, Ida Kohlmeyer: Systems of Color, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 2004, p. 43.
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339. George Dureau (American/New Orleans, b. 1930), “Satyr and Man”, charcoal drawing on paper, signed lower center, sight 25 in. x 37 3/4 in., attractively matted and framed. $1200/1800
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340. Mildred (Millie) Wohl (American/New Orleans, d. 1977), “Composition in Red and Black”, oil on masonite, signed lower right, signed en verso, 25 7/8 in. x 25 3/4 in., in a period frame. $1500/2500
341. Ida Kohlmeyer (American/New Orleans, 1912-1997), “My Daughter, Jane”, pastel on paper, pencil-signed and dated “’55” lower right, 16 1/2 in. x 13 3/4 in., attractively matted and framed. $2000/3000 342. George Rodrigue (American/Louisiana, b. 1944), “Blue Dog in Louisiana Swamp with an Alligator and Impending Hurricane”, acrylic on canvas, signed lower right, signed and dated “2005” en verso, 19 7/8 in. x 24 in., attractively framed. $20000/40000 Provenance: Purchased at Rodrigue Gallery, Carmel, California; reproduced in the Rodrigue annual calendar. Note: George Rodrigue began his Hurricane Series after the 2002 storm season, during which the artist witnessed a hurricane topple a 100-year old live oak tree in his yard. The Hurricane Series, in which Rodrigue generally depicts the storms as colorful spirals, has continued throughout his work of the 21st century, and was a major part of the Retrospective Exhibition of 2008 at the New Orleans Museum of Art, George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Forty Years of Cajuns, Blue Dogs, and Beyond Katrina. This scene, which includes elements of Rodrigue’s three most well-known series -- the live oak from his Cajun Series, the Blue Dog, and the Hurricane spiral in the background -- along with an alligator, becomes an iconic vision of Louisiana. Reference: www.georgerodrigue.com/hurricanes/hurricanes.htm
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343. Henry Casselli (American/New Orleans, b. 1946), “Ballet Dancer”, pastel on paper, pencil-signed lower left, 18 in. x 11 7/8 in., attractively matted and framed. $2000/4000 Provenance: Purchased from the artist. 344. Clyde Connell (American/Louisiana, 1901-1998), “Notation”, c. 1983, ink on paper, initialed “C.C” lower right, sight 7 in. x 5 in., matted and framed. $500/700
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345. Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer (American/New Orleans, 1912-1997), “Blocked No. 3”, c. 1964-65, oil and mixed media on canvas, signed lower right, titled on The Glade Gallery, New Orleans label en verso, 45 in. x 33 in., in a period slat frame. $15000/25000
Provenance: Collection of Alice Barry, New Orleans and Pass Christian, MS.
Provenance: Naples Art Gallery, Naples, Florida. Note: Although greatly influenced by her Abstract Expressionist colleagues and mentors, Hans Hofmann and Mark Rothko, Kohlmeyer became concerned that her work was excessively influenced by Rothko’s style and technique. In fact, in 1963, because of her fears, “she makes a concious effort to sever her dependence on Rothko’s imagery by forcing herself to paint in complete opposition to Rothko’s soft misty-edged rectangles.” The result of Kohlmeyer’s transformation in style can be noted in the current lot, which, while retaining her abstract forms and light palette, includes circular elements and hard edges previously absent in her paintings. Contemporary Art collector Luba Glade ran The Glade Gallery in the 1960s and was influential in the establishment of the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. Her passion for supporting the arts, and local contemporary artists in particular, was known throughout the New Orleans community and beyond until her death in November 2009. 344
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346. Charles Whitfield Richards (American/ New Orleans, 1906-1992), “Reclining Nude Woman with Flowers”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 22 1/4 in. x 28 in., framed. $600/800 Provenance: Collection of Alice Barry, New Orleans and Pass Christian, MS.
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347. Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946-1989), “Tampa Orchid”, photogravure/screenprint on paper, pencil-signed, dated “1986”, and numbered “47/60”, 21 3/8 in. x 35 1/8 in., attractively matted and framed. $5000/7000 Note: In the forward to the 1994 book Flowers: Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith writes of her friend and his work: “He came, in time, to embrace the flower as the embodiment of all the contradictions reveling within. Their sleekness, their fullness. Humble narcissus. Passionate zen. He found them to be worthy conspirators in the courting and development of conflicting emotions. He also found it was as easy to hurl beauty as anything else. Often they were symbolic of him; his processes. Modeled in geometric shade. Modified in a famous vase and inevitably turned in the realm of their own simplicity-the blossoming of the mystifying aspects of the pure.
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New Orleans, b. 1946), “The Afro”, pencil drawing on paper, pencil-signed lower left, with a charcoal drawing of three women en verso, sight 21 5/8 in. x 16 1/2 in., attractively matted and framed. $600/900
350. Grace Luse (American/Ohio, 20th c.), “Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio”, oil on canvas, signed lower right and en verso, 18 in. x 14 in., unframed. $800/1200
349. Robert Gordy (American/ New Orleans, 1933-1986), “Day in the Desert” and “Night in the Desert”, two marker drawings on paper, signed and dated “76” upper left and lower right respectively, each 16 in. x 19 1/2 in., each matted and framed.
Note: Grace Luse, a WPA sculptor from Cleveland, worked under Edris Eckhardt in 1938-39, helping to run her studio when Eckhardt was out of town and supervising the firing and glazing. Luse also created a series of family groups in ceramic during this time period. Although painting was not her typical medium, Luse’s handling of the paint in a flat and modernist manner befits the composition and subject matter she has chosen - that of Terminal Tower in Luse’s hometown of Cleveland.
$800/1200 Provenance: Collection of Alice Barry, New Orleans and Pass Christian MS.
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353. Zoltan Hecht (Hungary/New York, 18901968), “Writers Project Strike”, mixed media on paper, signed and dated “1937” lower right, sight 13 3/4 in. x 20 7/8 in., matted and framed. $500/700
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Note: The Federal Writers’ Project was a part of the Works Progress Administration that was established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1935. It employed around 6,600 individuals who took on such tasks as compiling local histories, taking oral histories, and writing guides to the then 48 states, known as the American Guide Series.
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On May 27, 1937, arts workers of the Works Progress Administration staged a one-day strike to protest job cuts. Reference: Taylor, Nick. American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work. New York: Random House, 2008.
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354. Keith Joubert (South African, b. 1948), “African Elephant”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 36 in. x 28 in., attractively framed. $1200/1800 355. Paul Rose (South African, b. 1931), “Rhinoceros”, oil on masonite, signed and dated “’70” lower right, with a “Sandown Gallery, Johannesburg, Africa” label en verso, 32 in. x 47 1/2 in., attractively framed.
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351. Ronald Davis (American/California, b. 1937), “Composition in Indigo and Violet”, pastel and ink on paper, signed twice and dated “’83” twice lower right, 9 1/2 in. x 13 1/4 in., framed. $1000/1500 352. Ronald Davis (American/California, b. 1937), “Cube: Composition in Orange and Purple”, polyester and resin on fiberglass, unsigned, 5 3/4 in. x 10 in., unframed. $1000/1500
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356. A Large Vintage French Advertising Poster, c. 1935, “Légères Comme une Gazelle”, by Robys (b. 1916), stone lithograph, published by Edition Avenir Publicité, printed by Imp. Reunies de Lyon, the three pairs of shoes springing out of a box, void retailers space below, sheet 60 in. x 44 1/4 in. $500/700
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359. Frederick J. Hoertz (American, 1889-1978), “Ship at the Docks”, oil on canvas board, signed lower left, 18 in. x 24 in., in a period frame. $1000/1500 360
$1000/1500 W 361. Tom Secrest (American/
Louisiana, b. 1942), pair of pen, ink, and wash drawings on paper, including “Figural Study I” and “Head”, each signed lower right, each 12 in. x 9 in., both unframed.
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Vintage Czech Airlines Poster, c. 1940s, “First in Jet Age, First in Service on Board, CSA, Czechoslovak Airlines”, lithograph and photo-montage, sheet 30 1/2 in. x 15 1/2 in.
$800/1200 W 362. Albert L. Tauch (American/
Texas, 1904-1998), “Baytown, Texas”, oil on board, signed lower right, localized en verso, 8 in. x 10 in., framed. $500/700 363. An Antique Spanish or Portuguese Ebonized Vargueño, 19th c., lift top above a pair of ripple molded doors opening to mirrored inlaid amphitheater surrounded by drawers, molded base with two short over two long drawers, on square tapered legs, height 61 in., width 43 in., depth 19 1/2 in.
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Vintage French Motorcycle Poster, c. 1940s, “Favor Cycles & Motos”, lithograph, designed by Jean Prumiere, published by Imp. Generale Clermont-Ferrand, sheet 19 3/4 in. x 20 1/4 in. $300/500
360. Frederick J. Hoertz (American, 1889-1978), “Cruise Ship”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 17 3/4 in. x 24 in., in a period giltwood frame.
$1200/1800 364. An Antique Continental Carved Oak Buffet à Deux Corps, molded cornice with demilune carving, superstructure with shelves and two doors with floral panels; the lower case with patera-carved doors, shaped apron, cabriole legs, height 86 in., width 59 in., depth 21 1/2 in. 364
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365. A Pair of Antique Louis XVI-Style Gris Peinte Fauteuils, 19th c., arched molded backs, padded scrolled arms, serpentine seat rail, fluted tapered legs, antique needlepoint upholstery. $1200/1800
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366. A Pair of George III-Style Carved Mahogany Consoles, 18th c. and later, in the manner of Robert Adam, each with demilune top, bas relief frieze, square tapering legs, spade feet, height 28 in., width 44 1/2 in., depth 21 in. $2000/3000 367. A George III Inlaid Walnut Pembroke Table, early 19th c., drop leaves, diamond inlaid banded skirt, square tapered legs with cuffs, height 29 in., width 36 1/2 in., depth 19 in., extended depth 45 in.
W 369. Three Antique Mason’s
W 371. An English Ironstone Covered
Ironstone Table Articles, including a dessert dish, c. 1815, attributed to Samuel Bourne, landscape reserve, impressed mark, diameter 9 3/8 in.; a “Minton Amherst Japan” pattern leaf-form dessert dish, c. 1825-1835, stamped, diameter 9 3/4 in.; and a “Oriental Pheasants” pattern oblong sauce tureen, c. 1830-1840, stamped, height 4 7/8 in., width 7 1/4 in., depth 4 1/2 in.
Sauce Tureen with Undertray, early 19th c., marked “Britannicus Dresden China”, transfer, hand-painted and gilt decoration, ram’s head handles, height 4 3/4 in., width 7 3/4 in., depth 5 in.
$200/400 W 370. A Group of Mason’s Ironstone
and White Bough Pots, late 18th c., decorated with a purple heart, height 7 1/2 in. Note: old repairs and restorations.
Table Items in the Imari Taste, including 9 luncheon plates, two dessert plates (Prov. London Shop, 1960), a covered vegetable dish with platter, each stamped, a cabinet cup with saucer, stamped “H&S” and a large soup tureen (Provenance: Jay Phipps), unmarked.
$100/200
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“Oriental Pheasants” Pattern Lidded Tureen, mid-19th c., retailed by Heal & Son, London, stamped, height 7 1/4 in. $125/175 W 373. An English “Imari” Palette
Ironstone Octagonal Platter, 19th c., bird and floral motif, Royal Arms’ transferprinted mark en verso, 14 1/2 in. x 12 1/2 in. $125/175 Provenance: Purchased Kyoto, Japan.
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and-Branches” Pattern Lidded Jar, c. 1840-50, stamped, height 10 in., diameter 7 1/2 in. $200/400 375. An Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Baluster Vase, enameled on one side with a young boy astride a flying phoenix above four Maidens carrying floral and fruit arrangements, the reverse with a calligraphic inscription, pierced gilt handles, height 22 3/4 in., now drilled and mounted as a lamp. $800/1200 376. A Monumental Japanese Imari Porcelain Trumpet Vase, Meiji Period, c. 1880, the ovoid body with a tall banded neck and flared foliate rim, decorated with scenic figural panels, birds, butterflies and flowers, base signed Hichozan Shinpo Zo, label affixed to side reading: “Exhibition of Mrs. Samuel Delgado donated by Mr. Isaac Delgado, January, 1912”; height 42 in.
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$1000/1500 Provenance: Purchased at the 1965 Delgado Museum of Art auction of deaccessioned objects. Delgado is now the New Orleans Museum of Art. 377. An Impressive Japanese Satsuma Pottery “Hawking” Vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912), the cylindrical interior vase raised atop a footed bowl and “covered” with a draped canopy, decorated in high relief with a hawk and other birds, the interior vase finely painted allover with rectangular scenic panels, one signed, the whole inscribed within a triple gourdshaped cartouche lower left of hawk, height 17 in. $2000/3000 378. A Pair of Napoleon III Carrara Marble and Gilt Bronze Cassolettes, mid19th c., in the Louis XVI taste, ram’s head monopodial supports, pinecone and acanthus finials, incurvate triangular plinth base with rosette and floral mounts, height 18 3/4 in.
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Canisters, green ground, decorated with Mandarin figures within elaborate cartouches, now mounted as table lamps, height 28 in., diameter 10 in. $700/1000
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382. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Beaker Vase, probably Yongzheng Period (1723-1735), of molded octagonal form, the waist with raised square panels decorated with alternating figural and floral designs, the elongated flared neck and foot with similarly decorated inset blade panels, all reserved on a diaper ground with scattered floral sprays, height 19 1/2 in., presented on a fitted wood stand. $2000/3000 W 383. A Chinese Carved Wood
Rectangular Footstool, probably Zitan or Hongmu, the molded top on floral carved cabriole legs on scrolled feet, height 12 1/2 in., length 26 3/4 in., width 15 3/8 in. $400/600 380
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380. A George II Walnut Mirror, mid18th c., scroll crest, shaped molded frame with period mirror plate, later brass candlearms, height 36 in., width 19 1/2 in. $700/1000 381. A Richard Hornby Two-Day Chronometer, c. 1835, marked “Rich. Hornby, Liverpool, No.710”, three-part mahogany and brass case, dial with Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down scale, case height 6 3/8 in., width 5 7/8 in., depth 5 7/8 in. $1500/2500
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384. A Set of Six George III Mahogany Dining Chairs, 18th c., each having a shaped crest rail, tapered molded stiles, pierced vasiform splat, trapezoidal slip seat, straight molded rail, H stretcher, Marlborough legs. $2000/3000 W 385. An Antique Jacobean-Style Walnut “Joint” Stool, square upholstered seat,
bulbous-turned and blocked legs, stretchers, height 19 3/4 in., width 17 1/2 in., depth 17 1/2 in. $400/600
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386. A Chinese Carved Hardwood Armchair, probably Hongmu, shaped back, carved and pierced splat, square legs joined by stretchers. $300/500 387. A Good George II-Style Carved Walnut Side Chair, rectangular upholstered back, shellcarved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet, cream damask upholstery. $1000/1500 388. A George III Mahogany Tilt-Top Table, late 18th c., the swivel top above a birdcage support, columnar stem, arched legs, pad feet, height 28 in., diameter 30 in. $1000/1500
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389. A Georgian Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard, 19th c., Scottish, having a superstructure of two fitted drawers flanking sliding doors, the top above a long bowfront drawer centered by a deep drawer and cupboard door, reeded stiles, raised on square tapered reeded legs ending in spade feet, height 44 in., width 88 1/4 in., depth 28 1/4 in.
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390. A Regency Mahogany Armchair, early 19th c., rectangular crest rail, horizontal splat with spherules, reeded stiles and arms with baluster supports, trapezoidal seat, turned legs, now with black leather upholstery with nailhead trim.
$2000/3000
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392. Walter Heath Williams (British, 1835-1906), “The Mill Pond”, oil on canvas, monogrammed lower right, 10 in. x 18 in., in a giltwood frame. $1000/1500 393. Edward Hassell (British, 18111852), “Free Trade and Sailor’s Rights”, watercolor on paper, signed lower right, titled on ship flag upper left, 20 3/4 in. x 30 1/2 in., in an attractive carved wood frame. $800/1200 391
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391. After John Dean Paul (English, 1775-1852), “A View of Old London Bridge and the Church of St. Magnus, 1790”, 19th c., oil on canvas, unsigned, titled on frame plaque, 18 1/4 in. x 26 1/4 in., in a later frame. $4000/6000
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395. Italian School, late 19th/early 20th c., “Still Life of Coral Tulips and Pink Peonies”, oil on canvas, unsigned, 24 in. x 40 in., in a later frame. $800/1200
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c., “Campo dei SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia”, oil on beveled wood panel, signed “Sisley” lower right, remnant of old label en verso, 12 1/4 in. x 9 1/8 in., in a fine carved, gessoed, and giltwood frame.
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$800/1200 397. A Pair of Aesthetic Bronze-Mounted Porcelain Vases, 19th c., scalloped rim, the body with light blue ground and birds in flight, pierced base with scroll feet, height 15 in., width 7 in. $1200/1800 398. A Good Antique French Amboyna and Brass Inlaid Gentleman’s Dresser Box, 19th c., domed lid having void cartouche, lockplate marked “Mon. Giroux, Paris”, the interior fitted with compartments for cufflinks and wristwatches, height 4 3/4 in., width 15 3/4 in., depth 12 in.
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$500/700 Note: The underside bears a royal inventory label for a “Strong Room” and denoting ownership to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. 399. A Pair of French Carrara Marble and Gilt Bronze Urns, 19th c., in the Classical taste, with a Roman Processional frieze, on plinth base, height 11 3/4 in., width 7 in. $1000/1500 400. A Napoleon III Processional Flag, gilt brass finial with eagle, on pediment impressed “NIII”, the velvet flag with silk fringe, wood staff, height 96 1/2 in., flag 19 in. x 18 in. $800/1200 401. A Pair of Bronze Doré and Crystal Urns, flared lip, pedestal base on paw feet, height 20 1/2 in., diameter 10 in. $1500/2500 401 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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403. A Pair of Monumental Chinese Famille Jaune Vases, the bodies with large figural panels reserved on a yellow floral ground, the necks and shoulders with applied zoomorphic decoration, height 48 in. $3000/5000 404. A Louis Philippe Mahogany Center Table, early 19th c., the circular dished grey and white variegated marble top above a plain frieze, the faceted bulb form support on triangular plinth with integral scrolled feet, height 29 3/8 in., diameter 38 1/4 in. $1200/1800 405. A Fine French Carved and Gilded Mirror, oval mirror plate, extensive vinery centering a beribboned oval crest with “Sèvresâ€? plaque, beveled mirror plate, height 53 in., width 36 in., depth 8 in. $7000/9000 403
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406. An Italian Walnut Center Table, 19th c., square specimen marble top, the cruciform plinth surmounted by fruiting scrolled brackets issuing dog heads, spherule feet, height 32 in., width 50 1/8 in., depth 50 1/8 in. $4000/6000 407. A Pair of Renaissance-Style Iron Lanterns, cage form, with applied tôle foliage, fitted with etched glass panels, height 43 in., width 25 in.
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$1500/2000 408. An Antique Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Lady’s Writing Desk, galleried top with outset corners, writing slide, frieze drawer, fluted stiles and tapering legs, with sabots, height 30 1/2 in., width 32 in., depth 18 1/2 in.
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410. Étienne Ret (French, 19001996), “At the Piano”, oil on board, signed upper right, titled en verso, sight 39 1/8 in. x 29 5/8 in., in a giltwood frame.
409. Jean-Pierre Serrier (French, 1934-1989), “Mother and Son”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 39 in. x 19 1/8 in., in a giltwood frame; Accompanied by the original receipt from “The Collectors Gallery of New Orleans”, and Jean-Pierre Serrier, Kurt Schon, Junes & Fils, Paris.
$600/900 W 411. Russian School, 20th c.,
“Woman with Violin”, oil on wood panel, faintly signed lower right, 36 in. x 24 in., in a giltwood frame.
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413. A “Sevres” Yellow Ground, Polychrome and GiltDecorated Porcelain, Gilt BronzeMounted Cabinet Urn, late 19th c., reserved with a scene of an 18th c. courting couple, artist signed H. Poitevin, the flame finial lid reversing to a candle holder, ringed ram’s head handles, height 9 3/4 in. $500/700
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415. A Regency Carved Mahogany SarcophagusForm Cellarette, early 19th c., lid with concentric boss and pressed brass rosette frieze, case with composite laurel wreath, later fitted interior, original pressed brass shell appliqués, ring handles, ball feet inset with casters, height 22 1/2 in., width 24 1/2 in., depth 18 1/2 in. $2500/3500
412. Edwin Thompson Roberts (English, 1840-1917), “The Letter”, oil on board, signed lower right, 23 in. x 19 in., in a cove-molded, gessoed, and giltwood frame. $2500/3500
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416. A Monumental Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912), the ovoid body with allover bird and flowering cherry branch decoration on a sky blue ground, the waisted flared neck and tapering foot banded with goldstone highlights, height 32 in. Note: repair to one side.
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$700/900
418. A Japanese Relief Decorated Earthenware Covered Tripod Urn, probably Meiji Period (1868-1912), allover polychrome enamel and biscuit highlights, decorated in high relief with figures in a landscape with water and pine, the cover surmounted by a guardian king, height 19 in.
417. A Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Geese, 20th c., the long-legged birds raised on domed rockwork bases, height 24 3/4 in.
$1000/1500
$600/800
419. A Monumental Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Charger, probably Meiji Period (18681912), the well with a chrysanthemum shaped reserve depicting a Night Hawk perched on a flowering cherry tree on a jet black ground, the cavetto banded with peony, chrysanthemum and other flowers, raised circular foot, height 4 in., diameter 23 3/4 in. $1500/2500
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420. A Louis XVI-Style Paint-Decorated Trumeau Mirror, arched crest, large floral cartouche, height 85 in., width 42 in. $1000/1500
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421. A William IV Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, mid-19th c., molded cornice, pair of arched, glazed doors enclosing shelves, fall-front escritoire compartment with satinwood interior, paneled door below, conforming plinth base, height 91 7/8 in., width 48 1/4 in., depth 20 in. $2000/3000 422. A Pair of Antique English Carved Walnut Fauteuils in the Louis XVI Taste, arched foliate crest rail, pineapple finials, bellflower and rope-carved stiles, acanthine arms, rounded seat rail, rosette and stop fluted legs. $1000/1500
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423. An Antique Anglo-Indian Carved Tropical Hardwood Side Chair, mid-19th c., the pierced back with undulating vines, leaves and flower buds, circular seat, conforming rail, leaf carved scroll legs terminating in volutes, casters. $1000/1500 424. An Antique Anglo-Indian Carved Tropical Hardwood Side Chair, mid-19th c., en suite with previous lot, the pierced back with undulating vines, leaves and flower buds, circular seat, conforming rail, leaf carved scroll legs terminating in volutes, casters. $1000/1500 W 425. A Chinese Carved Wood,
Brass-Mounted and White Jade Inset Jewelry Case, two doors opening to reveal four interior drawers above one drawer, height 12 in., width 8 1/8 in., depth 6 in. $400/600
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426. A Chinese Carved Boxwood Figure of Xi Wangmu, 20th c., the Queen Mother of the West intricately carved wearing long flowing robes, standing with a deer and boy attendants at her side and a phoenix with a basket of peaches above her head, figure height 20 3/4 in.; presented on a carved wood “ruyi” cloud stand, overall height 24 1/4 in., within a fitted plexiglas case with wood base. $1200/1800 Provenance: Purchased at the Chinese Pavilion, World’s Fair, New Orleans, LA 1984.
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W 427. A Large
Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Umbrella Stand, 20th c., the cylindrical body with allover vibrant bird and peony design, height 24 in., width 12 in. $400/600 W 428. A
432 Chinese Carved Hardwood Stand, inset marble top, carved and pierced floral design, on four cabriole legs ending in clawed feet, height 20 1/4 in., diameter 16 in. $150/250 431
W 429. A Chinese Painted Lacquer Two Case “Wedding
Box”, tiered drum-form circular composition with a large strap handle, the cover painted with a central roundel enclosing three figures and a mythical beast on a red ground, height 21 1/2 in., width 20 1/2 in. $400/600 430. A Pair of Italian Inlaid Walnut Brackets, mid-19th c., each of scroll form with shell pendant, height 12 1/2 in., width 8 1/2 in., depth 8 1/2 in. $1000/1500 431. A Neo-Classical-Style Faux Marbre Trumeau, 19th c., with grisaille panel above old mirror plate flanked by engaged columns, height 46 in., width 45 1/2 in., depth 2 1/2 in.
432. An Edwardian Mahogany and Satinwood Marquetry Wall Cabinet, early 20th c., arched shell and vine crest, paneled urn and foliate door, interior shelf, small bracketed shelves, beveled mirrors, height 28 in., width 25 in., depth 9 in. $500/700 W 433. An Antique French Cast Iron Campaign Bed, 19th c.,
scrolled uprights, slatted frame, leaf and scroll legs, casters, height 33 1/2 in., length 60 in., width 44 in. $400/600
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435. Niek van der Plas (Dutch, b. 1954), “Beach Scene”, oil on board, signed lower right, 5 in. x 7 in., framed. $800/1200 436. Victor Abeloos (Belgian, 1881-1965), “Still Life of Pink and White Flowers”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 33 in. x 25 3/4 in., framed. $800/1200
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437. An Antique Chinese Carved Hardwood Dressing Table, the three part mirror crested with a phoenix and flanking dragons, rectangular top, shaped apron with two banks of drawers, cabriole legs in the form of winged dragons, height 72 in., width 57 in., depth 33 in. $1200/1800
438. Two Antique Asian Carved and Lacquered Wood Shishi Figures, each canine figure modeled with a long mane and 438 tail, seated on its haunches wearing a red and gilt decorated collar around its neck, one figure carved facing forward, the other with its head turned upward, each height 13 in.
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434. A French Polished Steel Baker’s Table, rectangular marble top, scrolled base with supports, height 26 3/4 in., width 42 1/4 in., depth 17 1/2 in. $500/800
$1200/1800 439. Nguyen Van Ky (Vietnamese, active 20th c.), “Idyllic Landscape with Figures and Steer”, lacquer on panel, signed “Van Ky Ng.” lower right, 31 1/2 in. x 23 3/4 in. $800/1200 439
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440. A Japanese Shibayama-Style Carved Hardwood Cabinet, relief-carved, gilt, mother-of-pearl and ivory inlaid panels throughout, carved apron, cabriole legs ending in scrolled feet, height 71 1/8 in., width 53 1/2 in., depth 17 1/2 in. Note: One reticulated back inset panel not present.
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$1200/1800 W 441. A Chinese
Bronze Figural Incense Burner, the bulbous vessel cast with figures, the lid and long receptacle mounted with dragons and lions, height 6 in., length 16 in., width 4 1/2 in.
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$400/600 W 442. A Chinese
Carved and Metal Inlaid Hardwood Display Stand, vasiform, multiple stepped shelves, pierced apron of geometric design, height 30 1/2 in., width 21 5/8 in., depth 7 7/8 in. $300/500 443. A Group of Three Chinese Carved Hardstone Snuff Bottles, each of flattened ovoid form, the first of lavender agate, relief carved to one side with ducks amid lotus, to the other with birds on branches, stopper, height 2 in.; the second of celadon jade, carved to the shoulders with mask ring handles, stopper, height 2 3/8 in.; the third of mottled green and white jade, relief carved with birds on peach branches, stopper, height 2 1/4 in. (3 pcs.) $600/800
444. A Group of Three Antique Chinese Monochrome Porcelain Snuff Bottles, the first of ovoid form with allover green glaze excepting the white glazed recessed base, stopper, height 3 in.; the second of cylinder form with allover copper red glaze excepting the white glazed recessed base, stopper, height 3 1/8 in.; the third of flattened ovoid form with allover blue glaze, stopper, height 2 1/2 in. (3 pcs.) $600/800 445. A Chinese Carved White Jade Snuff Bottle, of rectangular section with canted corners and a recessed base surrounded by an oval foot rim, stopper, height 2 3/4 in. $600/800 446. A Chinese Carved Emerald Green Quartz or Jadeite Snuff Bottle, of flattened ovoid form with recessed base surrounded by a footrim, stopper lacking spoon, height 2 1/8 in. $400/600
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W 448. A Group of Three Chinese Carved
Jade Snuff Bottles, the first of white and black jade carved in lobed melon form with leafy tendrils, stopper, height 3 1/8 in.; the second of white and brown stone carved in pebble form with low relief detailing, stopper, height 2 1/4 in.; the third of yellow jade with green and brown highlights in polished pebble form, stopper lacking spoon, height 2 5/8 in. (3 pcs.) $500/700 W 449. A Group of Three Antique Chinese
W 447. A Group of Three Chinese and Japanese
Snuff Bottles, the first, possibly Japanese, carved and lacquered ivory of tapering rectangular form, one side reserve decorated with figures on a red ground, the other with birds and flowers on a black ground, recessed base with Qianlong two character seal mark, stopper lacking spoon, height 1 3/8 in.; the second, probably horn, of flattened spherical form, inset to one side with an hexagonal ivory panel incised and painted with a pine growing from the rocks, signed, verso incised and inscribed, height 1 3/8 in.; the third, of carved and stained ivory in the form of a pomegranate borne on a branch, stopper, height 1 3/4 in. (3 pcs.)
Iron Red Decorated Blue and White Porcelain Snuff Bottles, the first of faceted form, decorated allover with seasonal grasses, stopper, height 2 3/4 in.; the second decorated with a continuous outdoor scene with a noble on horseback being directed to a pavilion by a servant on an ox, recessed base with six character Yongzheng mark, stopper, height 3 1/8 in., note: fritting glaze to portion of shoulder; the third decorated with a continuous landscape scene with figures and a tiger, stopper, height 3 1/4 in. Note: chips to foot rim. $500/700
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450. Two Chinese Carved Hardstone Snuff Bottles, probably agate, the first multicolored stone with curved and angular banding carved in tapering rectangular form with canted corners, stopper, height 2 1/4 in.; the second, multi-colored dendritic stone, carved in compressed ovoid form with mask ring handles, stopper lacking spoon, height 2 1/4 in. (2 pcs.)
456. Two Chinese Carved Glass Snuff Bottles, the first, yellow glass in rectangular form carved to each side with seasonal plants, stopper, height 3 1/4 in.; the second, opaque white glass carved in ovoid form with green overlay mask handles, stopper, height 3 in. (2 pcs.) $400/600 450
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$600/800 451. A Chinese Carved Yellow “Sandwich Glass” Snuff Bottle, the mustard yellow bottle with black graining carved in flattened ovoid form with recessed base surrounded by a footrim, the shoulders with mask ring handles, stopper, height 2 1/2 in.
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$500/700 W 452. Two Chinese
“Beijing Enamel” Snuff Bottles and Two Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottles, 20th c., one enamel bottle decorated with Western ladies; the other with Chinese ladies, 454 bases marked, stoppers, height 3 in.; one inside painted bottle with a mountainous landscape on one side and seasonal flowers on the other; the other inside painted with panda bears, stoppers, height 3 1/2 in. and 2 1/4 in. (4 pcs.) $200/300 453. Two Chinese Snuff Bottles, the first of patinated bronze in flattened ovoid form, allover relief decorated with writhing chilong, the shoulders with mask handles, stopper, height 2 5/8 in.; the second with jewel inset metal mounts, stopper, height 3 in. (2 pcs.) $300/500 454. Two Chinese Carved Quartz Snuff Bottles, the first, hair crystal with black inclusions, carved in globular form with mask ring handles, stopper, height 3 1/8 in.; the second of flattened spherical form with incised bamboo detailing to the sides, stopper, height 2 1/4 in. (2 pcs.) $300/500 455. A Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottle and Carved “Agate-Glass” Snuff Bottle, the first of spherical form carved of mottled brown and white agate, stopper, height 2 1/4 in.; the second carved of glass in simulation of agate, stopper, height 2 1/4 in. (2 pcs.) $300/500
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$400/600 W 458. A Group of Three Chinese and Japanese Snuff
Bottles, the first of carved coral in the form of a flowering prunus branch, stopper, height 2 5/8 in., with stand; the second of carved wood in the form of a peach tree stump, stopper, height 2 1/2 in.; the third, possibly Japanese, of carved cinnabar lacquer in flattened ovoid form, relief decorated with figures amid pavilions in mountainous landscapes, recessed base with Qianlong four character seal mark, stopper, height 2 3/8 in. (3 pcs.) $400/600 W 459. A Group of Six Antique Chinese Iron Red
Decorated Porcelain Snuff Bottles, the first of elongated flattened ovoid form, decorated in polychrome enamels to one side with figures before an open window, mountains in the background, the other side with the same figures in a mountainous landscape, recessed base with Qianlong two character mark, stopper, height 2 7/8 in.; the second of pebble form, polychrome decorated to one side with a warrior holding a sword, signed and sealed, the other side with prunus branches, signed, stopper, height 2 3/4 in.; the third of conjoined cylinder form, polychrome decorated with two dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl, stoppers, height 2 1/2 in.; the fourth of cylinder form, decorated with a four clawed dragon, recessed base marked, stopper height 2 7/8 in.; the fifth of cylinder form, decorated with a five clawed dragon, stopper, height 2 7/8 in.; the sixth of flattened globular form decorated to each side with a warrior, stopper, height 2 3/4 in., note: condition of last. (6 pcs.) $500/700
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Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Snuff Bottles, the first of rectangular form with round shoulders decorated with pine in a landscape, stopper lacking spoon, height 2 5/8 in.; the second of splayed cylinder form decorated with a continuous landscape with a figure astride a donkey with an attendant at his side beneath a pine, stopper, height 4 1/8 in., note: glaze flaws; the third of elongated ovoid form decorated with a figure seated amid rocks, stopper, height 3 1/4 in.; the fourth of cylinder form decorated with a writhing four-claw dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, stopper, height 3 3/4 in., note: visible hairlines to last (4 pcs.)
W 460. A Group of Five Chinese Carved
W 464. A Suite of Four Japanese Carved
Stone Snuff Bottles, the first, malachite, of rectangular form carved to one side with a maiden beneath a tree, stopper, height 2 5/8 in.; the second, possibly apatite, of flattened oval form, carved to one side with a duck beneath a tree, stopper, height 2 3/4 in.; the third, rhodonite, of compressed ovoid form carved to one side with a crab, stopper, height 2 1/4 in.; the fourth, a small green jade/jadeite snuff or scent bottle, carved to either side with plantain leaves, stopper without spoon, height 1 7/8 in.; note: chip to rim; the fifth, rose quartz, carved in the form of a fish on waves, stopper, height 4 in. (5 pcs.)
Ivory and Gold Wirework Rings, comprising two flat dragon toggles, a frog okimono and signed duck netsuke, mounted as rings, length 1 1/2 in., 1 1/2 in., 1 3/8 in., and 1 1/2 in. respectively.
$500/700
$200/300 465. A Japanese Satsuma-Style Abalone Shell-Form Pottery Dish, Meiji Period, 19th c., the exterior with applied shell encrustation, the interior painted with figures beneath a flowering tree, height 3 1/2 in., width 14 1/4 in. $700/900
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W 466. A Pair of Chinese
Chinese Snuff Bottles, the first, stoneware, of faceted cylinder form, painted with a continuous landscape scene with a seated figure and his attendant being presented with a box, stopper, height 3 1/8 in.; the second, porcelain, of flattened ovoid form with mask ring handles, enameled to either side with the Seal of the United States, the recessed base with four character Daoguang seal mark, stopper, height 2 1/2 in.; the third, porcelain, of conjoined form, painted with figures, recessed bases with four character marks, lacking stoppers, height 2 1/8 in.; the fourth, porcelain, of flattened ovoid form, painted to one side with a landscape scene, the other inscribed, stopper lacking spoon, height 2 1/2 in.; the fifth, pottery, of ovoid form with lug handles, with allover green glaze and raised detail, lacking stopper, height 2 1/4 in.; the sixth, earthenware, of rectangular form, one facet with incised pine decoration, lacking stopper, height 3 1/2 in.; the seventh, shell of flattened ovoid form with incised dragon design, stopper, height 2 1/4 in.; the eighth, porcelain, of conjoined form with allover figural relief decoration, “as is” condition, lacking stopper, height 2 3/4 in.; together with four carved wood snuff bottle stands, an ivory snuff bottle stand and four snuff bottle spoons.
Carved Hardwood Chairs, horseshoeback, square seat rail, bracketed legs, cushioned. $500/700 W 467. A Chinese Carved
Hardwood Display Stand, consisting of multiple shelves, a two door cabinet all over two drawers, height 36 in., width 27 3/4 in., depth 8 5/8 in.
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$150/250 W 468. Kuntiana (Asian, 20th c.),
“Portrait of a Woman Brushing her Hair”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “1960” lower left, 31 1/8 in. x 25 in., framed. $300/500 W 469. Malaysian School, 20th c.,
“Portrait of a Young Girl in a Coral Dress”, oil on canvas, illegibly signed lower right, 19 3/4 in. x 15 5/8 in., framed.
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$300/500 W 470. Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-
1945), two color woodblock prints, including “Egrets in Snow” with embossed feather highlights, signed and sealed lower left, sheet 15 1/2 in. x 10 3/8 in., and “Flying Geese”, signed and sealed lower right, sheet 15 1/4 in. x 10 1/4 in., unframed.
$500/700
$400/600
462. A Japanese Carved Ivory Brush Pot, the cylindrical body relief decorated with figures and fowl, inset with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl and coral decoration, raised on a mixed metal stand, height 8 1/8 in.
W 471. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese,
1786-1865), a color woodblock print depicting actors beneath a cherry tree, signed Toyokuni, sheet 14 in. x 11 in.
$600/800
$300/500 463. Two Japanese Inro, the first, a gilt and lacquer four-case inro set with a carved wood netsuke, inro height 2 5/8 in.; the second a relief carved soapstone three case inro, with a ring-carved wooden netsuke, height 3 1/2 in. $500/700
472 472. A Japanese Ko-Imari Pear Form Bottle Vase, Edo Period, probably 18th c., with overglaze green and red floral decoration, height 9 3/4 in. $800/1200 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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W 473. A Japanese Carved and Enameled Earthenware
W 480. A Group of Japanese Art Pottery Table and
Shallow Bowl, probably early Meiji Period, 19th c., decorated with figures in a cavernous tree setting, height 2 in., diameter 13 1/2 in.
Tea Ware, 20th c., including 4 serving bowls, kutsugata, 3 round and 1 square, one with signed box; a water container, mizusashi; 2 matching teabowls chawan; 5 matching cylindrical food vessels, mukozuke; a sake bottle tokkuri; 2 small matching sake cups, guinomi; a lidded teapot; all variously glazed and decorated, some inscribed, signed, and/or sealed, mizusashi height 7 3/4 in., square kutsugata height 2 3/4 in., width 9 1/2 in., (16 pcs.)
$300/500 Provenance: Purchased Houston, Texas, early 1960s. W 474. An Erté Patinated
Bronze Hand Mirror, “La Jeune Fille, Pearls”, late 20th c., with tinted, beveled glass, in a silk-lined presentation case, mirror length 11 in.
$1000/1500
$300/500 W 481. Two Chinese Carved
Hornbills, the first, deeply relief carved to the front with figures standing outside a series of pavilions, the scene enclosed by pine trees, height 4 1/2 in., width 7 3/4 in.; the second with reticulated sides and a curled beak, width 4 1/2 in.
W 475. A Japanese Red
Lacquered Figural Sword, carved lacquered wood scabbard in the form of a scaly dragon, the hilt carved with a wave, sharp, triangular steel blade, blade length 13 in., overall length 20 1/2 in.
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$1000/1500
$400/600 W 482. Two Japanese
Noh Masks, 20th c., the first modeled after Hannya, the jealous female demon, with pointed horns and metallic teeth, length 9 5/8 in.; the second, Tengu, the heavenly dog monster spirit, with beak-like long nose, length 8 in.
W 476. A Large
Collection of Chinese Bronze and Iron Spearheads and Arrowheads, Warring States (BC 464-221) and later, over 80 pieces of various forms; together with a bronze halberd, a throwing star, and steel blades enclosed in wooden box, condition varies.
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$400/600
483. Two Japanese Carved Wood and Ivory Figures, 20th c., each stained hardwood body supporting an ivory head and two hands, each figure wearing long robes and carrying an instrument, height 17 3/4 in. and 18 in., presented on wood stands.
$700/1000 477. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 17861865), “Samurai on Horseback Locked in Combat”, c. 1840, triptych, hand-colored woodblock engraving on paper, 13 7/8 in. x 27 3/8 in., matted and framed as one continuous scene.
$1000/1500
$400/600
and Marble Inset Chairs, consisting of two armchairs and one side chair, all carved and molded crest rails, pierced splat, cabriole legs joined by stretchers.
484. A Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Budai, 20th c., the standing, rotund figure carved on a naturalistic base with an empty sack on his back, a scepter in one hand and with nine children clambering up his body, impressed chrysanthemum mark to scepter, height 31 1/2 in.
$300/500
$1200/1800
W 478. Three Chinese Export Carved Wood
Provenance: Purchased at the Chinese Pavilion, World’s Fair, New Orleans, LA, 1984.
W 479. Khoo Sui-Hoe (Malaysian, b. 1939),
“An Afternoon with Flowers”, acrylic on canvas, signed “Sui-Hoe” and dated “’68” lower left, titled and inscribed en verso, sight 34 1/4 in. x 34 in., framed. $800/1200
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485. A Japanese Carved and Painted Wood Female Noh Mask, probably 20th c., modeled as Waka-Onna, interior with impressed signature/seal, height 8 3/8 in., width 5 3/8 in. $800/1200 Provenance: Purchased at auction in New Orleans, 1960s.
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W 486. A Japanese Shibayama-Style
W 494. An Antique Chinese Carved and
Ivory and Mother-of-Pearl Inset Panel, Meiji Period (1868-1912), the panel set with a ribbon-hung basket of flowers, vines and fruit in varying degrees of relief on a black ground, in a highly carved wood frame shaped with flowering prunus, 35 in. x 22 in.
Lacquered Ivory Cylindrical Box, possibly Japanese, the circumference displaying figures in a mountainous landscape, two inscriptions, the finialed cover with floral design, height 3 1/2 in., width 1 7/8 in. $400/600
$1000/1500 W 495. A Chinese Carved Coral Figure
487. A Monumental Chinese Hardstone Flowering Tree Set within a Cloisonné Enamel Jardinière, green foliage and colorful blossoms born on naturalistic “bark” branches, height 42 in., width 29 in.
of Guanyin, carved standing wearing loose robes, jewels and a high chignon, height 5 3/8 in. $300/500
$1000/1500
W 496. A Chinese Goldstone Carving of
a Bodhisattva Seated Astride a Carp, carved in the round, with a phoenix bird in flight, height 4 1/2 in., adhered to a wood stand.
W 488. Two Indian or Southeast Asian
Carved Ivory Figures of Parvati, the first four armed goddess carved standing upon a lotus blossom in elegantly swayed trighanga, wearing a long undulating robe, multiple necklaces, anklets, armlets and bracelets, height 12 in., presented on a tall wood plinth; the second goddess similarly rendered, height 4 3/4 in., presented on a wood plinth.
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$300/500 W 497. A Japanese Slip-Decorated Celadon
Porcelain Bottle Vase, the tall neck terminating in a garlic head mouth, the shoulders with mask ring handles, height 13 1/4 in., wood stand.
$600/800
$300/500
W 489. Cesar Buenaventura (Filipino, 1919-
1983), “Market Scene”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “1967” lower right, 24 in. x 12 in., framed.
W 498. A Large Carved Ruby Portrait Bust
of Buddha, over 110 carats, from Jodhpur, India, on a wooden base, height 1 1/2 in.
$400/600
$600/900
490. A Large Chinese Carved Ivory Brush Holder, relief-carved with figures under a tree, mounted on a carved and stepped base, overall height 11 3/4 in. $1500/2500
W 499. Asian School, probably 19th c.,
“Waterfall Landscape”, ink on silk mounted as a hanging scroll, signed and sealed lower left, 42 in. x 16 in.
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$400/600
W 491. A Group of Four Japanese Ivory
Netsuke and One Okimono, including figures riding a mythical fish, marked; an old man doing a back-bend, marked; a seated man gesturing to his temples, marked; a rotund, bearded figure with a staff, marked; and a standing figure of a child holding a bowl, marked, height from 1 in. to 2 5/8 in.
W 500. Two Chinese Carved Soapstone
Figures of Immortals, each figure raised on a naturalistic carved stone base, the first depicted holding a peach, the second, with a three legged toad, height 13 7/8 in. and 13 5/8 in. $800/1200
$300/500 W 501. An Antique Japanese Carved Ivory W 492. A Group of Chinese and Japanese
Figure of a Bijin, the elegantly attired standing beauty carved carrying a musical instrument, height 8 3/4 in., presented on a carved wood stand.
Accessories, including three Chinese wooden boxes, one Japanese carved ojime bead, and four small turquoise-colored beads (8 pcs.) $200/300 493. A Fine Japanese Carved Ivory Covered Box, the cylindrical body raised on three feet, relief carved with dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl, and with a cartouche enclosing an eagle above a stormy sea, height 4 3/4 in., width 4 1/4 in. $600/800
$400/600
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W 502. A Group of Three Carved Ivory Figures of Animals, including a caparisoned horse with filigree mounts inset with hardstones, height 5 1/8 in., width 5 1/4 in., presented on stand; a bear and canine grouping, height 2 1/4 in., width 4 1/4 in., presented on stand; and an elephant, height 2 in., width 3 1/8 in.
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W 503. An Antique Japanese Carved
W 510. A Chinese Carved Wood Fu Lu
Ivory Figure of a Bijin, the elegantly attired standing beauty carved carrying a large lotus blossom, height 8 in.
Shou Grouping, the Three Star Gods carved standing on a billowing cloud raised on an oval plinth carrying their respective attributes, height 5 1/2 in., width 4 3/4 in.
$500/700
$400/600 504. A Japanese Carved Ivory Erotica Okimono, the upper portion modeled as seated man grasping a woman from behind, the bottom portion revealing their exposed and entwined body parts, signature cartouche to one side, height 2 1/4 in., width 2 1/2 in.; together with a shell monger and demon grouping, base signed, height 4 1/4 in., width 3 in., (2 pcs.) Note: Repairs.
W 511. A Chinese Carved Hardwood
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Stand, inset marble top with beaded edges, carved and pierced dragon and floral design, cabriole legs joined by stretcher, ending in clawed feet, height 48 in., width 15 1/2 in., depth 15 1/2 in., diameter of top 12 in. $200/400
$300/500
512. A Massive Antique Chinese Carved Hardwood Console Table, late 19th c., serpentine top inset with rouge marble and lotus carved molding; reticulated apron carved with clouds, grape boughs and centered by a cartouche of three scholarly figures; supports robustly carved with dragons and lotus blossoms, cabriole legs ending in dragon masques and scrolls on bun feet, height 32 in., width 54 in., depth 26 in. Note: Lacking stretchers.
W 505. Two Japanese Carved
Ivory Okimono Groups, the first, a sectional ivory modeled as a farmer and his son, the second, a farmer wearing a hat, height 9 in. and 6 1/4 in. Note: Restorations. $400/600 W 506. An Antique Japanese
Carved Ivory Figure of a Bijin, the elegantly attired standing beauty carved carrying a sprig of flowers in one hand and scissors in the other, height 9 3/4 in.
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$1000/1500 513. Two Chinese Export Carved Hardwood and Marble Inset Chairs, one corner and one side, molded crest rails, carved and pierced splats, cabriole legs ending in pad feet.
$400/600 W 507. A Group of Japanese
Carved Ivory, including a three case inro, decorated with maidens and trees, inscribed, height 3 in., a floral carved toggle, height 2 7/8 in.; a monkey and turtle netsuke, height 1 3/8 in.; and a chicken and chick netsuke, signed, length 1 3/4 in.
$300/500
$400/600 513 W 508. A Collection of Four
$1000/1500
Chinese Carved Coral Groups, each naturalistically carved, the first as entwined sea creatures and water foliage, height 2 in., width 2 in.; the second as a tree stump with lingzhi fungus and birds, height 2 1/4 in.; the third as a kneeling man holding a bird, height 1 1/4 in.; the fourth as a maiden beside a tree stump, height 2 1/2 in.
W 515. Two Antique Chinese Carved Jade
Figures of Ducks, the first pale brownish green stone carved in a circular composition with the neck and head turned over its back to grasp leafy water foliage, height 2 in., width 2 in., the second pale green stone with russet inclusions, carved turned backward and grasping leafy foliage, height 1 1/2 in., width 2 1/2 in.; together with two additional carved jade ducks, height 1 1/4 in., (4 pcs.)
$700/900 W 509. Two Chinese Carved Ivory
Vegetable Groups, the first, a realistically carved bok choi surmounted by a cricket, a cherry and a peanut, height 2 1/2 in., length 10 in.; the second, a pumpkin on its vine, height 3 1/4 in. $400/600
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514. An Antique Chinese Bronze Tripod Ritual Wine Vessel, Jue, raised on three blade form supports, the body with one curved bovine handle between two notched flanges, the rim issuing two capped posts, allover encrustation, height 7 1/4 in.
$600/800
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W 516. Two Antique Chinese
522. A Group of Three Chinese Dehua “Blanc de Chine” Porcelain Libation Cups, probably 18th and 19th c., two in the form of traditional rhinoceros horn libation cups, with allover relief design of animals, birds and trees, height 3 1/4 in. and 2 1/4 in., width 5 3/4 in. and 4 in.; the third of tapering faceted form raised on four small feet, each facet relief decorated, height 1 1/2 in., width 2 3/4 in.
Carved Celadon Jade Vessels, including a pouring vessel and a coup, each with dragon form handles and raised dot decoration banding the exterior, pouring vessel height 1 3/4 in., width 4 1/4 in.; coup height 1 1/4 in., width 3 1/2 in. $400/600
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517. An Antique Chinese Flambé Glaze Porcelain Brush Washer, of compressed circular form with allover rich iron red, blue and lavender suffused glaze and white rim, raised on a circular foot, with a recessed iron brown glazed base, height 1 1/4 in., diameter 4 3/4 in.
$800/1200 W 523. A Group of Early Chinese Pottery,
including a model of a well head with accompanying lowering bucket, well height 14 in.; a model of an oven, height 4 1/4 in., diameter 6 1/8 in.; a globular storage jar, height 4 3/4 in.; and two models of domestic fowl, height 4 3/4 in. and 5 3/4 in., (6 pcs.)
$1000/1500 518. A Good Chinese Famille Rose Enamel Porcelain Snuff Bottle, Republican Period (19121949), of flattened ovoid form finely painted to each side with bird and flower vignettes, the shoulders with well detailed mask ring handles, slightly recessed base marked, probably Jurentang, stopper, height 2 7/8 in.
$700/900 W 524. A Group of Early Chinese Pottery
Vessels, including two globular jars with etched basketweave design, heights 6 3/4 in. and 5 in.; an oil jar with applied lug handles to the waisted shoulder, height 6 1/2 in.; a cylinder jar with etched concentric banding and pierced side, height 7 1/2 in., an ewer with a waisted tall neck and globular body set with a strap handle, height 4 3/4 in.; and a partial glazed storage jar with applied lug handles, height 8 3/4 in., (6 pcs.)
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$500/700 W 519. A Group of Three
Antique Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles, each of flattened ovoid form, the first slightly elongated with allover reserve decoration of flower heads amid scrolling design on a thick blue ground, the sides with gilt mask ring handles, recessed base with four character Daoguang seal mark, stopper, height 3 in.; the second similarly decorated in overglaze blue enamel, recessed base with four character mark, stopper, height 2 1/4 in.; the third of double conjoined form with allover floral decoration on a yellow ground, the flat bases with Qianlong four character marks, stopper, height 32 1/4 in. (3 pcs.)
$1000/1500
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Chinese Anhua Decorated Porcelain Dragon Bowls, each thinly potted bowl with a barbed foliate rim and dragon slip decoration to interior, the base of one marked, height 2 1/2 in., diameter 6 1/2 in. and height 2 1/4 in., diameter 6 3/4 in. $600/800
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Antique Chinese Pottery Circular Boxes, probably Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), each of compressed globular form, one faceted, heights 1 3/4 in. to 2 1/4 in., diameters 2 3/4 in. to 3 1/8 in. $600/800 W 521. A Group of Six Antique Chinese Pottery Circular
Boxes, probably Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), each of compressed globular form, with domed and flat covers, variously decorated, heights 2 in. to 3 in., diameters 3 in. to 4 in.
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526. A Group of Three Chinese Carved Green Hardstone Boat Groups, 20th c., the first, a large sailing vessel with two figures flanking a small cabin, height 8 3/4 in., width 9 1/2 in., presented on a fitted wood stand; the second, a sailing vessel with a maiden standing in the bow, height 3 3/8 in., width 5 1/4 in.; presented on a carved wood stand; the third, a small boat carrying the harvest and being pushed by a figure in the stern, height 2 1/8 in., width 4 1/4 in., presented on a wood stand. (3 pcs.) $800/1200
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W 529. A Chinese Carved Agate Covered Vase, 20th c.,
of flattened pear shape, raised on a slightly flared foot with pierced square handles, the stepped cover with a rectangular finial, height 5 1/4 in., width 3 1/4 in., presented on a carved wood stand. $600/800 W 530. A Chinese Carved Smokey Grey Agate Figure
of Budai, 20th c., the laughing rotund figure carved seated with open robes revealing a large belly, dangling a string of beads from his right hand, height 2 1/4 in., width 3 1/2 in., presented on a carved wood stand. $300/500 W 531. A Group of Antique Chinese Bronze Objects,
including: a diminutive bronze model of a cannon, length 8 in.; a small bronze vessel in the form of a bird perched on a lotus blossom, height 2 in.; two bronze, round-shouldered spade coins, approx. height 4 1/2 in.; a bronze mirror, cast with figures and temples, diameter 4 in.; six animal-form weights, approx. height 1 1/2 in.; a bronze relief-decorated “ink-stone”, on wood stand, length 4 in.; a modern Islamic astrolabe; and others. $700/900 W 532. A Good Group of Twelve Antique Zulu Spears
and Spearpoints, 19th c., South Africa, iron with wood shafts, comprising eight leaf-form assegai throwing spears (four complete), and four sword-point iklwa stabbing spears, length of longest complete spear 86 in.
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$1000/1500 Note: Shaka Zulu (1787-1828), the legendary Zulu chieftain, is credited with many military innovations including age regimentation, flanking tactics and the iklwa stabbing spear. 533. An Abelam Carved and Painted Wood Female Figure, Papua, New Guinea, Middle Sepik Area, the standing geometrically carved figure surmounted by a large bird, height 72 in.
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Carved Turquoise Figural Groups, 20th c., the first carved as a maiden seated upon a rock with a potted plant examining a long scarf, height 3 1/8 in., width 3 1/4 in., presented on a carved wood stand; the second carved as a maiden seated on the ground with plants and a vase, height 2 in., width 3 1/2 in., presented on a carved wood stand. $400/600
$2000/4000 Provenance: Ex-Boylan Collection, Sydney, Australia, 1970s; thence to Greg La Chapelle, Santa Fe; thence to current owner. 535
W 528. A Chinese Carved Black Stone
Figure of Budai, the seated figure carved with open robes revealing a large protruding belly and holding a string of beads in his right hand, height 1 3/4 in., width 2 in. $300/500
534. A Yoruba Carved and Painted Wood Figural Shrine Group, Nigeria, the central female figure carved seated nursing a child with ten smaller standing figures at her feet, height 45 in. $2000/4000 535. A Pende Carved and Painted Wood Gizengi Mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, hollowed crescent form carved in the traditional manner with three mask heads, the central bearded mask with pierced eyes and nose surmounted by a three pronged headdress, height 13 in. $800/1200 Provenance: Private collection, Bisbee, AZ; thence to TAD Tribal Arts and Design, Santa Fe; thence to current owner.
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536. A Kuba Carved Wood Mboom Dance Mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, of hollowed form with large crested forehead, protruding nose and mouth and elongated chin, incised all over with copper, bead, shell, seed, leather and cloth highlights, height 11 in., width 15 in. Note: Condition. $700/1000 Provenance: H. Bruce Green II family, Naples, FL; thence to current owner. 536
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537. An Antique Sierra Leone Carved Stone Figure, 19th c. or earlier, probably Sherbro, finely carved male figure in a seated position with elbows resting on upturned knees, the chin resting on upraised joined hands, large facial features with a down-turned pensive expression, height 4 1/4 in.
538. An Eastern Pende Carved and Painted Wood Face Mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, the heart shaped facial plane carved with almond shaped pierced eyes above a triangular elongated nose and puckered mouth, the head surmounted by two joined standing figures, height 13 1/2 in.
$1500/2500 Provenance: Acquired 1883-1885 by the Rev. J. M. Lesher and his wife of Lebanon Valley, PA, while acting as missionaries in Sierra Leone; thence by descent. Note: The Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Lesher embarked as missionaries to Freetown, Sierra Leone, on board the John Brown in October 1883. They stayed in Sierra Leone until July 1885, “converting the heathen” on behalf of the United Brethren of Christ. “Remarkable gains were being made in the number of converts and in the increase of spiritual life at both Sherbro and Mendi missions. Sending the John Brown to Africa led to the appointment of Revs. J. M. Lesher and W. S. Sage and their wives to our mission, in October, 1883, and to the opening of several new mission stations, some of which became important, and was the beginning of a general ingathering of souls into our mission churches there.”
$1000/2000 539. Two Baule Carved and Painted Wood Face Masks, Ivory Coast, the facial features similarly rendered with slit eyes beneath bulging sockets above a thin long nose and small pursed lips, one with a notched beard and intricate headdress, the other with twin orbs to forehead and a horned headdress, height 13 in. and 14 1/2 in. respectively.
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“Mr. Lesher was a carpenter before he became a preacher and missionary, and hence was the man for the place.” As quoted in Fifty-Five Years of Active Ministerial Life by Bishop D. K. Flickinger, D.D., United Brethren Publishing House, Dayton, OH, 1907, p. 163 and 180 Reference: For more information regarding Rev. and Mrs. Lesher, see: The American Missionary, American Missionary Society, vol. 38, Feb. 1884, pp. 294-295, http://books.google.com/books?id=4q0PAAAAIAAJ; History of the Women’s Missionary Association of the United Brethren in Christ, Dayton, OH, 1921, p.151, http://books.google.com/books?id=oNRKAAAAMAAJ; Fifty-five Years of Active Ministerial Life, Bishop D.K. Flickinger, D.D., 1907, pp. 163, 180-85, 200-01 http:// books.google.com/books?id=w8IMAAAAIAAJ; The Gospel in All Lands, Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1887, p.136, http://books.google.com/ books?id=ZbAPAAAAIAAJ; The Gospel in All Lands, Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, vol. XI, 1885, pp. 114, 191, http://books.google.com/ books?id=CvavdtCaZtIC ; The Missionary Review of the World, vol. VI, Jan.-Dec. 1883, p. 407, http://books. google.com/books?id=dqHNAAAAMAAJ
$400/600 540. A Dogon Carved and Painted Wood Sirige Mask, Mali, modeled after the facade of a house, with open work geometric carving throughout, height 105 in. Note: Condition. $1000/2000 538
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541. Two Dogon Carved and Painted Wood Sirige Masks, Mali, modeled after the facade of a house, with open work geometric carving and anthropomorphic bases, height 101 in. and 68 in.
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Chinese Archaistic Celadon and Russet Jade Carvings, including a duck, height 1 1/4 in., width 1 3/4 in.; a weightform pendant, height 2 in., width 1 1/4 in.; a double gourd-form pendant, height 1 1/4 in., width 1 1/2 in.; a scraper-form pendant, recto with scrolling vine design, verso incised with yin-yang symbol, height 1 1/2 in., width 1 3/4 in.; a rectangular pendant, height 3 1/2 in., width 1 1/2 in.; and a weight, width 2 1/2 in. (6 pcs.)
$500/750 W 542. A Group of Four Antique
Chinese Archaistic Carved Jade Pendants, each of pale celadon stone, the first carved in flattened circular form with two butterflies joined toward the center, the larger butterfly with swastika roundels between each wing, diameter 3 1/8 in., presented on stand; the second of flattened rectangular form, recto incised with flowering lotus, verso with four characters, height 2 1/2 in., width 3 in.; the third of flattened lobed form, recto and verso incised, height 2 1/4 in., width 2 3/4 in.; and the fourth of shaped lobed form, verso and recto incised, height 1 3/4 in., width 2 1/8 in., (4 pcs.)
$500/700 W 546. A Group of Nine Antique
Chinese Jade Carvings, including a double gourd with leafy surround, height 2 in.; a snail and leafy vine group, width 2 3/4 in.; a snail, diameter 1 1/4 in.; a lotus leaf, height 1 1/4 in.; two finger citrons, width 2 in. and 2 1/4 in.; a bamboo shoot, width 2 in.; a peach borne on a leafy vine, width 1 1/2 in.; and a vining gourd, height 1 3/4 in. (9 pcs.)
$1000/1500
$800/1200 W 543. A Group of Seven Antique
Chinese Archaistic Carved Jade Pendants, the first of white stone with russet inclusions carved in the form of a fish, width 3 in.; the second of pale celadon stone carved in the form of a bird, width 2 1/4 in.; the third of dark celadon stone with grey and cream inclusions carved in flattened rectangular form with geometric piercings and incising, height 1 3/4 in., width 2 5/8 in.; the fourth of pale celadon stone, carved in shallow flattened circular form with a slight lobed edge, incised decoration, diameter 1 3/4 in.; the sixth of cream, lavender and green stone carved in shallow flattened zoomorphic shape, height 2 1/4 in., width 2 in.; the last of cream, green, lavender and brown stone carved in flattened rectangular form, incised, height 1 1/4 in., width 7/8 in., (7 pcs.)
547. A Chinese Carved Green Stone Scholar’s Rock and a Mottled White Stone Seal, the scholar’s rock naturalistically carved and polished in curved boulder form, height 5 in., width 8 in., presented on a fitted wood stand; the square seal carved on the top with a turtle, height 1 1/4 in., width 2 in., depth 2 in., presented on a wood stand. 541
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Covered Vase and a Carved Rose Quartz Covered Vase, the agate vase of flattened baluster form with allover raised openwork carving of flowering branches and a bird, height 5 1/2 in.; the rose quartz vase of flattened baluster form with allover raised lotus blossom design, height 7 1/2 in., each with losses and repairs to covers, each presented on carved wood stands.
$1000/1500 W 544. A Chinese Carved Hardstone
Double Gourd, 20th c., the mottled greygreen stone carved as a gourd borne on a leafy vine, height 5 1/2 in., presented on a carved wood stand; together with a pink rhodonite carving of a maiden carrying a water pail, height 4 7/8 in., presented on a carved wood stand, (2 pcs.)
$400/600
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549. A Chinese Carved Agate LeafForm Water Coup, carved with allover entwined leafy branches, height 2 1/4 in., width 5 in., presented on a carved wood stand. $600/800 W 550. A Chinese Carved Rose Quartz
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Figure of a Sage, carved seated with a wine cup in one hand and a wine jug at his side, height 2 7/8 in., width 4 in., presented on a wood stand. $300/500
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551. An Antique Chinese Carved Mottled Green Jade Brush Washer, of oval form with allover raised openwork decoration of leafy branches and peach, raised on a short oval foot with a slightly recessed base, height 1 1/2 in., width 4 1/2 in., presented on a carved wood stand.
W 559. A Chinese Carved Green Quartz Covered Vase, of
flattened bottle shape with pierced flange handles to the neck and flange handles to the cover, height 6 1/2 in. Note: Finial repair, presented on a carved wood stand. $300/500
$600/800 W 560. A Pair of Chinese Carved Mottled Green Bowls, thin W 552. Two Chinese Carved Celadon Jade Groups and a
sides rising from a short circular foot terminating in a flared rim, each height 1 3/4 in., diameter 4 in.
Rock Crystal Cicada, the first celadon stone carved in the form of two cats resting atop a plantain leaf, width 2 1/4 in.; the second pale celadon stone carved in gourd form with entwined leaves and vines, height 1 3/4 in.; the third, a carved and incised rock crystal cidada, width 2 in., 3 stands.
$300/500 W 561. A Group of Chinese Jade and Hardstone Objects,
including two bubble-eyed goldfish, height 1 3/8 in. and 1 3/4 in., width 3 1/4 in., presented on carved wood stands; a small globular bowl, height 1 1/8 in.; a horse and boy group, height 1 1/8 in., width 1 3/4 in., presented on a carved wood stand; and a rose quartz leafform water coup, length 3 in., (5 pcs.)
$400/600 553. An Antique Chinese Carved White Jade Pendant, carved in the form of a ram’s head with two spiraling horns, each side with incised facial details, height 2 1/2 in., width 2 3/8 in.
$400/600
$400/600 W 562. A Chinese Carved Green W 554. A Chinese Carved Stone
Hardstone Figure of Guanyin, 20th c., the standing female raised on ruyi cloud base, carved with long flowing robes, holding a whisk aloft in her left hand, height 8 1/4 in., presented on a carved wood stand.
Figure of a Maiden, possibly apatite or lapis, the elegantly robed beauty carved seated on a rock, carrying a tall lotus blossom aloft, height 4 1/4 in., presented on a carved wood stand.
$400/600
$300/500 W 555. A Chinese Carved Agate
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Celadon Jade Covered Teapot, the relief-carved double-bulbed body with an upright spout, scrolling handle and flattened domed lid surmounted by a frog, height 5 in., width 6 in.
Bird and Rock Group, carved in the round with a large central rock entwined with leafy foliage and blossoms with perched birds throughout, height 4 1/2 in., associated stand.
$300/500
$300/500 W 564. A Group of Three Antique W 556. A Southeast Asian Carved
Chinese Carved Celadon Jade Figures, two carved standing, height 2 3/4 in. and 2 1/2 in.; the third carved as a reclining male resting on a pillow, length 2 3/4 in.
Lapis Lazuli Figure of Ganesh, the crowned elephant-figure carved seated in the position of royal ease upon a throne, height 2 5/8 in., width 2 in., associated wood stand. $300/500
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W 557. A Chinese Carved Stone
Figure of Lan Caihe, probably smoky quartz or agate, the elegantly robed Immortal carved carrying a bottle vase issuing a floral stem terminating in a large winged bat, height 4 1/8 in., presented on a carved wood stand. $300/500 W 558. A Group of Nine Chinese Carved Stone Seals, eight
variously carved animals, one with a robed male figure, eight unmade chops, one carved, heights 1 1/2 in. to 3 1/2 in. $600/800
Chinese Carved Jade Accessories, the first, a creamy white stone pendant in the form of an old man grasping his beard, height 3 in.; the second, a carved green stone rectangular pendant with incised decoration, height 3/4 in., width 1 1/4 in., depth 3/4 in.; the third, an iron red and white stone small belt hook, length 1 3/4 in.; the fourth a rectangular loop, length 1 1/4 in.; together with a partial white stone belt hook glued to a wood stand (5 pcs.) $400/600 W 566. A Group of Eight Chinese Carved Jade Figures,
seven pale celadon jade figures carved in the round, the eighth carved to one side, height 1 1/4 in. to 2 3/8 in. $500/700
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W 567. A Group of Eight Chinese
W 571. A Group of Four Chinese
Carved Jade Figures, each celadon jade figure carved in the round, height 1 3/4 in., to 2 in., four glued to stands.
Carved Soapstone Zodiac Seals, each carved and incised oval body surmounted by an animal figure, heights 3 to 3 1/4 in.; together with a Chinese carved soapstone un-made seal, of upright rectangular form, incised allover and relief carved at the top with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, height 5 3/4 in., width 2 in., depth 2 in. (5 pcs.)
$500/700 W 568. A Group of Three Antique
Chinese Carved Jade Cat Groups, two felines carved of pale stone, each reclining on a plantain leaf, the third of white stone with dark grey inclusions, carved resting upon a pod, width 2 in., 1 1/2 in. and 1 1/4 in.; together with two Chinese carved jade monkey groups, each of pale celadon stone, the first carved as a monkey lying on a large peach grasping its vine, width 1 1/2 in.; the second carved as two monkeys dancing, height 1 1/4 in., (5 pcs.)
$400/600 W 572. An Indian or Southeast Asian
Bronze Head of Buddha, modeled with a serene downturned face flanked by pendulous earlobes, the hair in tight knots, height 6 3/4 in., mounted, overall height 9 in.
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$500/700
$400/600
W 569. A Group of Eight Chinese Miniature Carved Jade
W 573. A Pair of Chinese Carved Onyx Figures of
Figures of Immortals, each flat pale green stone with openwork carving to one side in resemblance of one of the Eight Daoist Immortals, height 1 3/8 in., presented on an arched carved wood stand.
Buddhistic Lions, each carved in mirror image, the male grasping a brocade ball, the female with her cub, raised on rectangular draped plinths, height 3 in., width 2 in., depth 1 1/8 in. $300/500
$400/600 W 574. A Chinese Carved Malachite Model of a Gnarled W 570. Two Antique Chinese Carved Jade Buckles, each of
pale celadon stone carved in the form of a winged butterfly, the larger with floral sprays, height 2 1/4 in., width 3 1/4 in. and height 1 in., width 1 1/2 in.; together with an antique disk-form button, recto with raised dot design, verso pierced, diameter 1 1/4 in., (3 pcs.) $300/500
Pine, the old tree carved bending toward a rocky ground, height 2 3/4 in., width 3 1/4 in., presented on a carved wood stand. Note: Repair. $200/300 575. An Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Rectangular Brush Pot, each facet finely painted with alternating figural and floral reserves, the interior glazed turquoise blue, height 3 1/4 in., width 2 in., depth 2 in. $800/1200
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The King of Everything
Among the numerous felicities that have made New Orleans the least American of American cities, none surpass, in age or affection, the joys of Carnival. The glimmering processions of the masked gods and bearded kings of the New Orleans Carnival occupy a central position among the rites and glories of the great festival. And more: nothing better illustrates the worldly old city’s fabled decadence or extravagant sensibility. No one occupied more of those papier-mâché and diamond dust thrones than Charles Crawford. During the second quarter of the 20th century he reigned at Twelfth Night, Atlanteans, Momus, Mystic, Proteus and Comus. The year 1953 brought the final crown and scepter when he was chosen to be Rex. In those years 98
when he wore no crown, he had elaborate costumes and masks commissioned for the balls. Perhaps the most iconic of all those creations was the Jester costume he wore at an Atlanteans Ball; the Whitesell photograph shows him standing on one leg, almost dancing, and wearing the inscrutable grin of a wax mask. Many years later, Mr. Crawford donated his fabulous collection of costumes to the Louisiana State Museum where they remain reverentially conserved. And in the early 80s when I began to interview former kings and captains, every one of them asked if I had met Mr. Crawford - “Now there was a REAL Mardi Gras.”
579. [Mardi Gras], the Charles C. Crawford (1884-1977) album of Mardi Gras memorabilia, gilt-tooled brown leather, containing numerous photographs and newspaper clippings related to Rex, the Mistick Krewe of Comus, Twelfth Night Revelers, the Krewe of Proteus and the Mystic Club; notably featuring Crawford’s 1953 reign as Rex with his Queen, Adelaide Wisdom; other monarchs include Comus, 1946 with Queen Harriott Phelps, Comus, 1948; Proteus, 1952 with Queen Edwina Mae Saunders; Twelfth Night, 1937, with Queen Jessie Janvier; and Mystic, 1946, with Queen Flora Fenner; also included are photographs from numerous Kings’ Dinners as well as an artist proof of Pops Whitesell’s iconic image of Crawford as “Jester at Atlanteans”.
Neal Auction Company would like to thank Mardi Gras historian Henri Schindler and Wayne Phillips, Curator of Carnival Collections at Louisiana State Museum, for their kind assistance with Mardi Gras research. 576. [Mardi Gras], a Mackay Radio Western Union Telegram and two envelopes addressed to “The Honorable Charles C. Crawford, Nov. 19, 1941, Greetings most confidential please to advise you have been selected Number One Mystic Festival, Smither and Walmsley”. $300/500 Provenance: Estate of Charles C. Crawford, 1315 First Street, New Orleans, 1978.
$1200/1800
Note: Crawford’s reign as King of the Mystic Club would be postponed: Pearl Harbor was bombed December 7, 1941; Mardi Gras was cancelled for the duration of the war.
Provenance: Estate of Charles C. Crawford, 1315 First Street, New Orleans, 1978. Note: Crawford’s Estate donated his collection of Mardi Gras costumes to the Louisiana State Museum including his King’s costumes from Atlanteans, Mystic, Twelfth Night Revelers, and Rex, as well as dozens of his ball and float costumes from as early as the 1920s and the famous jester costume seen in the Whitesell photograph. It is considered the most important collection of costumes at the Louisiana State Museum.
W 577. [Mardi Gras], a group of
photographs of the Mystic Club Ball, three of the 1938 ball, “Queen Victoria’s Masque in Windsor Castle”, with Mrs. Charles C. Crawford (Cornelia Smith) as queen; and two of the 1946 ball, “A Time for Rejoicing”, with Charles C. Crawford as king and Mrs. Darwin S. Fenner (Flora Hardie) as queen.
W 580. [Mardi Gras], A Group of 4
Photographs of the Carnival Kings’ Club Dinner, various years, mid-20th c.
The Ball programme read in part: “In this year of our Lord 1946, the one hundred and seventieth year of independence of the United States, independence which was so dearly won and which so recently has been maintained only by force of arms, a spirit of rejoicing in present freedoms seems more fitting than a hearkening back to events and persons of bygone centuries. In such a spirit, the Mystic King omits his traditional pageantry from the past, but, as on former happy occasions, he honors his Queen and her noble retinue, and invites his guests to join with him in celebrating once again the joys of the Saturday before Shrove Tuesday”; together with a Mystic Club Ball invitation, March 2, 1935, printed by Shirokiya, Tokyo, Japan.
$300/500 Provenance: Estate of Charles C. Crawford, 1315 First Street, New Orleans, 1978. 576 W 581. [Mardi Gras],
Memorabilia related to Charles C. Crawford’s 1953 reign as Rex, King of Carnival, including a School of Design Proclamation attesting “... Charles C. Crawford personated, to the great delectation and supreme satisfaction of the good people of New Orleans and the welcome strangers within her gates His Imperial and Blessed Majesty Rex on the glorious day of Mardi Gras in the year 1953...”, and a Rex ceramic King’s float marked “Philip M. Walmsley”.
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$400/600 Provenance: Estate of Charles C. Crawford, 1315 First Street, New Orleans, 1978. W 578. [Mardi Gras], a typewritten letter with handwritten notes,
regarding a King’s Dinner, probably Mystic or Comus, reading in part, “This is to remind you/ of the Dinner to the/ Captain/ Boston Club, Friday, May 19th/ at 7:00 o’clock, P.M.”; together with a photograph of the 1961 Rex King’s Dinner.
$500/750 W 582. [Mardi Gras], Charles C. Crawford’s Rex king’s pin, in 14
kt. yellow gold with “Rex 1953” in blue enamel and purple, green and gold jewels, interior engraved “Charles C. Crawford”. $500/750
$400/600 Provenance: Estate of Charles C. Crawford, 1315 First Street, New Orleans, 1978. W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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W 583. [Mardi Gras], hand-
written notes for 1953 Rex Charles C. Crawford’s Ceremonial Toast to New Orleans Mayor Delesseps Morrison at Gallier Hall on Mardi Gras Day, written on two “Syntax Parade Throws” order cards, reading in part “I Rex descended from my Palace in Arabia... Hon. Mayor Morrison may your Rule Be Blessed with Continuous Peace & Prosperity...”.
587. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with Admit Card, February 9th, 1869, “The Five Senses”, (3 pcs.) $600/900 W 588. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope, March 1, 1870, “Vulgar Era: The History of Louisiana from 1539 to 1815”, (2 pcs.)
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$500/750
$500/700
Provenance: Estate of Charles C. Crawford, 1315 First Street, New Orleans, 1978.
W 589. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
Note: The Syntax card indicates “Parade throws are available to be boxed and delivered on floats. All beads $3.50 per gross. Assorted $2.50 per gross.”
Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with Tableau Programme, February 21st, 1871, 15th Annual “Faerie Queen (Spencer)”, (3 pcs.) $600/900
W 584. [Mardi Gras and Boston
Club], Miscellaneous memorabilia including limousine instructions to the Boston Club and Rex Ball addressed to “His Majesty Charles C. Crawford”; a March 27, 1946 invitation to Crawford from Judge George Janvier; a February 23, 1956 thank you note to Crawford from Miss Moyna B. Monroe, 1956 Queen of Comus; a Boston Club Liquor Warrant dated May 18th, 1946, with signature of Charles C. Crawford; and a Boston Club programme for the May 18, 1946 Speech by William Harris, inscribed to “President C.C. Crawford”,
W 590. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with Tableau Programme, February 13th, 1872, “Dreams of Homer”, envelope embossed Hosford & Sons, N.Y. (3 pcs.)
587
$600/900 W 591. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and two Envelopes with Admit Card, February 25, 1873, “The Missing Links to Darwin’s Origin of Species” (4 pcs.) $600/900
$300/500 585. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans Captain’s Baton, engraved “Arcanum”, “Henry Plauché” and “Captain, 1916-1941”, with gilt fleurde-lis and rhinestones, in the original presentation case with gilt-tooled inscription “Henry Plauché Captain 1916-1941”. $1000/1500 Provenance: Estate of Charles C. Crawford, 1315 First Street, New Orleans, 1978. Note: The Crawford album, lot 579, includes photographs of Crawford as King of Mystic holding this baton as a scepter.
W 592. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
Krewe of Comus Ball Tableau Programme, February 25, 1873, “The Missing Link to Darwin’s Origin Species”.
594
$500/750 W 593. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and
Envelope with two Admit Cards, February 17th, 1874, 18th anniversary, “The Visit of Envoys From the Old World and New to the Court of Comus”, (4 pcs.) $600/900
W 586. [Mardi Gras], a group of krewe favors, including a Proteus
1952 sterling silver goblet (S. Kirk & Son), a Proteus 1948 silverplate card tray and 3 Atlanteans 1955 sterling silver demitasse spoons (Watson), (5 pcs.) $300/500 Provenance: Estate of Charles C. Crawford, 1315 First Street, New Orleans, 1978.
594. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with three Admit Cards and a Tableau Programme, February 10th, 1880, “The Aztec People and their Conquest by Cortez”, design by Charles Briton, admit cards inscribed “Miss Alice Herrick”, “Miss Delia Herrick” and “Mr. Richard Herrick” respectively, invitation reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, p. 20; together with a coin silver fork and spoon, ret. H.P Buckley (wc. 1842-1903), New Orleans, engraved “Alice Herrick”, (8 pcs.) $700/900
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W 595. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
W 603. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball
Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with Admit Card and Tableau Programme, March 5th, 1878, “Scenes from the Metamorphoses of Ovid”, (3 pcs.)
Invitation and Admit Card, February 9th, 1875, marked “Postponed to February 29th, 1876”, “Persian and Egyptian”, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, pp. 46-47. (2 pcs.), admit card inscribed “Mrs. Richard Herrick”.
$700/900 W 596. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with Admit Card, February 13th, 1877, “The Aryan Race”, (3 pcs.)
$500/750 Note: In 1875 Mardi Gras festivities were postponed due to Reconstruction tensions. 597
$600/900 597. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with two Admit Cards, March 1, 1881, “The Myths of Northland”; reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna 2000, p. 6., (4 pcs.)
604. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball Invitation, Envelope, and Admit Card, 1884, “The Semitic Races”, lithography by F. Appel, Paris, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, pp. 53-55, admit card inscribed to “Mr. R. Herrick”, (3 pcs.)
$600/900
$500/700
W 598. [Mardi Gras], Mistick
W 605. [Mardi Gras], Rex Brevet
Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with two Admit Cards and 25th Anniversary Card, February 21st, 1882, “The Worships of the World”, admit cards inscribed “Mrs. Rich. Herrick” and “Miss Nellie Herrick”, (5 pcs.)
Proclaiming Mr. Richard Herrick as Duke of Robin, February 10th, 1885; together with envelope addressed to Mr. R. Herrick, “Ivanhoe” (2 pcs.)
601
$200/400 W 606. [Mardi Gras], A Royal Host Admit Card to the Special Joint Session with Carnival Court, Presentation to the King Elect for 1885, Saturday, February 14th, 1885; a Royal Host application for invitations, with rules en verso; a “Mr. Pickwick” admit card and envelope inscribed to Miss Nellie Herrick; and a “Southern Yacht Club” Annual Regatta Soiree Dansante admit card, June 5th, 1888 (5 pcs.)
$700/900 W 599. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of
Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with three Admit Cards and Dance Card, February 26th, 1884, “Illustrated Ireland”, admit cards inscribed “Mrs. R. Herrick”, “Miss Nellie Herrick” and “Miss Delia Herrick”, (6 pcs.) $700/900
$200/400 W 600. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of
Comus Ball Tableau Programme, February 26th, 1884, “Illustrated Ireland”.
W 607. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball Invitation
604
$500/750 601. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope with two Admit Cards, February 10th, 1891, “Demonology”, design by Jennie Wilde, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, pp. 22-23, and Mardi Gras New Orleans, Flammarion, Paris, p. 93., (4 pcs.) $600/900
W 602. [Mardi Gras], Mistick Krewe of
Comus Ball Invitation and Envelope, February 17th, 1931, “Jewels from Byron”; reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, p. 42., (2 pcs.) $200/400
and Envelope, 1887, “Music and Drama”, lithography by Sicard, Paris, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, 2000, p. 58, (2 pcs.), the envelope pencil-inscribed “Papa’s papers as Duke of Robin”. $400/600 W 608. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball Invitation,
February 14th, 1888, “The Realm of Flowers”, together with three envelopes, two pencil-inscribed “1898” and “1901” respectively, (4 pcs.) $300/500 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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W 609. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball
W 618. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of
Invitation and Envelope, February 26th, 1895, “Chronicles of Fairy Land Fantastic Tales for Young and Old” (Fergus Hume), (2 pcs.)
Proteus Ball Invitation and Lady’s Admit Card, February 20th, 1882, “Ancient Egyptian Theology”, design by Charles Briton, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, p. 122, (2 pcs.)
$500/700 610. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball Invitation and Envelope, March 2nd, 1897, “On the Water - Real and Fanciful”, designed by Bror Anders Wikstrom, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, p. 70, (2 pcs.)
$500/700 619. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus Ball Invitation and Envelope with Lady’s and Gentleman’s Admit Cards, February 5th, 1883, “The History of France”, design by Charles Briton, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, p. 123, (4 pcs.)
610
$500/700 W 611. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball Invitation and
$600/900
Envelope with Lady’s Admit Card, February 22nd, 1898, 25th anniversary, “Harvest Queens”, (3 pcs.)
W 620. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus Ball
Invitation and Envelope with two Lady’s Admit Cards, February 25th, 1884, “The Aeneid”, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, p. 124, (4 pcs.)
$600/900 W 612. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball Lady’s Admit
Card and a Dance Card/Ball Favor, February 27th, 1900, “Terpsichore”, the note pad with metal front and back covers and a pencil embossed “Terpsichorean American L. P. CO.”, “Terpsichore”, (3 pcs.)
$600/900 619 W 621. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus Ball
$300/500
Invitation and two Envelopes with one Lady’s Admit Card and one Dance Card with Envelope, February 16th, 1885, “The Myths and Worships of the Chinese”, design by Carlotta Bonnecaze, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing, Gretna, 2000, p. 125, (6 pcs.)
W 613. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball Invitation and
Envelope with Admit Card, February 19th, 1901, “Human Passions and Characteristics”, (3 pcs.) $600/900
$700/900 W 614. [Mardi Gras], Rex Krewe favor letter W 622. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus Ball
opener, 1902, “Quotations from Literature” with the original embossed box.
Invitation and Envelope with one Lady’s Admit Card, March 9th, 1886, “Visions of Other Worlds”, design by Carlotta Bonnecaze, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, p. 126, (3 pcs.)
$150/250 W 615. [Mardi Gras], two Rex Krewe favors,
including a letter opener, 1910, “The Freaks of Fable”, with the original box; and a hand mirror, 1899, “Reveries of Rex”, (4 pcs.)
$600/900
624
$200/400
“Arts and Sciences”, inscribed “Mrs. W.C. Herrick Bray”.
W 623. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus Ball Invitation and Envelope with one Lady’s and one Gentleman’s Admit Card, February 22, 1887, “Andersen’s Fairy Tales”, (4 pcs.)
$100/200
$600/900
W 617. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ducal Badge, 1911, “Arts and Sciences”,
624. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus Ball Invitation and Envelope with one Lady’s Admit Card, February 14th, 1888, “Legends of the Middle Ages”, lithography by F. Appel, Paris, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, p. 128, (3 pcs.)
W 616. [Mardi Gras], Rex Ball Admit Card, February 28th, 1911,
with the original box, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2006, p. 94. $100/200
$600/900
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W 625. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus
W 634. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians,
Ball Invitation and Envelope with Lady’s and Gentleman’s Admit Cards, March 5th, 1889, “The Hindoo Heavens”, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, pp. 130-131, and Mardi Gras New Orleans, Flammarion, Paris, pp. 96-97, (4 pcs.)
krewe favor pin, 1911, “A Legend of the North”. $300/500 W 635. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians,
krewe favor pin, 1912, “Yusef and Zorayda” (William Harrison Ainsworth), reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2006, p. 123.
$600/900 626. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus Ball Invitation and Envelope with two Lady’s Admit Cards and a Gentleman’s Admit Card, February 18th, 1890, “Elfland” lithography by F. Appel, Paris, reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2000, pp. 5, 129, and Mardi Gras New Orleans, Flammarion, Paris, 1997, p. 87, (5 pcs.)
$300/500 626
W 636. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians,
krewe favor pin, 1912, “Yusef and Zorayda” (William Harrison Ainsworth), reproduced in Henri Schindler’s Mardi Gras Treasures: Jewelry of the Golden Age, Pelican Publishing Company, 2006, p. 123. $300/500
$600/900 W 637. [Mardi Gras], The
627. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus Ball Invitation and Envelope with Lady’s and Gentleman’s Admit Cards, February 10th, 1891, “Tales of the Genii”, (4 pcs.)
Falstaffians, krewe favor pin, 1913, “Laila and Majnum” (Persian).
$600/900
W 638. [Mardi Gras], The
$300/500
Falstaffians, krewe favor pin, 1914, “The Merry Wives of Windsor”.
627
628. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus Ball Invitation and Envelope with Lady’s Admit Card, February 29th, 1892, “A Dream of the Vegetable Kingdom”, (3 pcs.)
$300/500 W 639. [Mardi Gras], Elves of Oberon
krewe favor pin, early 20th c.
$600/900
$300/500
W 629. [Mardi Gras], Krewe of Proteus
Invitation and Envelope with Lady’s Admit Card, February 23rd, 1914, “Gerusalemme Liberata” (Tasso), (3 pcs.)
W 640. [Mardi Gras], A New Orleans Carnival King or Queen’s Partial Parure of Paste Jewels, early 20th c., three pieces from the same set.
$400/600
$300/500
W 630. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians Ball
W 641. [Mardi Gras], possibly Mistick
Invitation and Envelope with a Lady’s Admit Card, February 5th, 1909, “The Fairy Web”, (3 pcs.)
Krewe of Comus, Queen’s Necklace of paste jewels, early 20th c. 628
$300/500
$300/500 W 631. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians Ball
Invitation, Envelope, a Lady’s Admit Card and Dance Card with Pencil, February 2nd, 1912, “Yusef and Zorayda” (William Harrison Ainsworth), (4 pcs.) $400/600
W 632. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians Ball
Invitation, Envelope and Lady’s Admit Card, February 6th, 1914, “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, printed by E. A. Wright, Philadelphia, PA., (3 pcs.)
W 642. [Mardi Gras], High Priests of
Mithras Dance Card with paper insert, 1913, “Alice in Wonderland”. $200/400
$300/500
W 642A. [Mardi Gras], The Atlanteans
W 633. [Mardi Gras], The Falstaffians,
Ball Tableau Programme, February 11th, 1947, “A Valentine Ball Masque” and The Atlanteans ball invitation, February 15, 1955, (2 pcs.)
krewe favor pin, 1909, “The Fairy Web”. $300/500
$200/400 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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W 643. [Mardi Gras], Times Picayune
W 648. H. Alvin Sharpe (American/
W 651. H. Alvin Sharpe (American/
Supplement, Krewe of Proteus Parade Bulletin, February 23, 1925, “Tales and Romance of Old Japan”, sight 28 in. x 41 in., framed.
New Orleans, 1910-1982), a collection of gold, silver, bronze, and copper medals comprised of: “The Buccaneers”, three round medallions encased in lucite, one hexagonal, one square pattern piece, and nine square studio proof pieces, including: “Old Orleans Mint”, “Pleasant Hill”, “Hope Eternal” and others, all stamped and inscribed by the artist, ranging in size from 2 5/8 in. to 1 5/8 in., (14 pcs.)
New Orleans, 1910-1982), a collection of silver, copper, and colored alloy jewelry and medals comprised of two pendants, one belt buckle, and seven square pattern proofs including “Old New Orleans”, “Tree of Life”, “Spinning”; and others all stamped and inscribed by the artist, ranging in size 2 1/4 in. x 2 in. to 2 1/4 in. x 3 5/8 in., (10 pcs.)
$500/700 W 644. [Mardi Gras], a group of Knights
of Momus Printer’s Blocks, c. early 20th c., steel type on wood, reading in part “We, King Momus Son of Night God of Mocking and Mirth Come again to gladden Earth To fill the hours of this one night the revelry and delight And you, my dear”, (3 pcs.)
W 652. H. Alvin Sharpe
(American/New Orleans, 19101982), a collection of silver, copper and bronze medals comprised of two pendants, five medallions, and four round pattern proofs including, “A Walk with Memories: Jean Lafitte Blacksmith Bar”, “I am the Way”, “St. Patrick” and others, all stamped and inscribed by the artist, (11 pcs.)
$200/400 W 645. H. Alvin Sharpe
(American/New Orleans, 19101982), a collection of silver and bronze medals comprised of a silver octagonal medallion encased in lucite, nine studio proofs, and two pattern proofs, including: “Studio Cob Original from Pattern Dies”, “Voodoo Queen”, “Saturn” and others, all stamped and inscribed by the artist, ranging in size from 2 5/8 in. x 2 5/8 in. to 2 1/8 in. x 2 1/8 in., (12 pcs.)
$600/900 W 653. H. Alvin Sharpe
649
$600/900 Note: H. Alvin Sharpe first came up with the idea of Mardi Gras doubloons as parade throws. In December of 1959, he approached Rex Captain, Darwin Fenner, with his idea which led to the birth of a new Mardi Gras tradition. Sharpe’s interest in the intaglio process of etching into metal, which led to creation of this wonderful collection of handcrafted metal pieces, often incorporated historical Louisiana themes. W 646. H. Alvin Sharpe (American/
New Orleans, 1910-1982), a collection of gold, silver, and copper medals comprised of three round medallions encased in lucite, and eleven square pattern pieces including: “Kentucky Historical Series”, “Navaho”, “Reign of Zulu Barnes” and others, all stamped and inscribed by the artist, ranging in diameter from 2 1/4 in. to 2 1/8 in., (14 pcs.) $600/900 W 647. H. Alvin Sharpe (American/
New Orleans, 1910-1982), a collection of silver and copper medals comprised of two silver medallions encased in lucite, eleven round pattern piece medallions including: “Louisiana Numismatic Association”, “Lazarus”, “Voodoo Queen”, “Seneca” and others, all stamped and inscribed by the artist, ranging in diameter from 1 1/2 in. x 2 1/8 in., (13 pcs.) $600/900
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$600/900
$600/900
649. H. Alvin Sharpe (American/New Orleans, 1910-1982), a collection of twelve silver and copper medals, comprised of three round medallions and nine round pattern pieces: “Sun and Serpent Culture”, “Circuit Rider”, “Mardi Gras”, “Silent Pardners” and others, all stamped and inscribed by the artist; diameter ranging in size from 2 1/2 in. to 1 3/4 in. together with two of the artist’s engraving tools, (14 pcs.) $600/900 W 650. H. Alvin Sharpe (American/
New Orleans, 1910-1982), a collection of silver, copper, and lead medals comprised of one hexagonal medallion, two round medallions, three round pattern proofs, and seven square pattern proofs including: “Jean Baptiste Le Moyne 1680-1768”, “Old Orleans Mint”, “Apache”, and others, all stamped and inscribed by the artist, ranging in diameter from 2 1/2 in. to 1 1/2 in.; together with two of the artist’s slate pencils, (15 pcs.) $600/900
(American/New Orleans, 19101982), a collection of silver, bronze, colored alloy, and lead jewelry and medals comprised of three pendants, a pair of earrings, three medallions, and three square studio proofs, including “Shoshoni”, “Zulu Princess”, Gasparilla” and others all stamped and inscribed by the artist, ranging in size from 2 in. x 7/8 in. to 3 1/4 in. x 3 in., (10 pcs.) $600/900 W 654. H. Alvin Sharpe (American/
New Orleans, 1910-1982), a collection of silver and bronze “Silent Pardners” medals, comprised of four medallions encased in lucite, and eight medallions, all stamped and inscribed by the artist, all 2 in. in diameter (12 pcs.) $600/900 W 655. H. Alvin Sharpe (American/
New Orleans, 1910-1982), a collection of silver, bronze, copper, and colored alloy medals comprised of eight medallions, one pendant, and one square pattern proof, including “Tree of Life”, “Go First Class”, “Mardi Gras” and others, all stamped and inscribed by the artist, ranging in size from 1/2 in. to 2 5/8 in. x 2 3/4 in.; together with a copy of “Ten Talbas’a”, offset lithograph on paper, unsigned 15 5/8 in. x 6 in., unframed, (11 pcs.) $600/900
W 656. [New Orleans], A Group of
New Orleans Ephemera including a Jefferson Davis Monument Association invitation to the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis Monument, February 22, 1911; a Louisiana State Commission invitation to “Louisiana Day” at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, MO., September 14, 1904; an Archdiocese of New Orleans “Eighth National Eucharistic Congress” Program, October 17-20, 1938; and a “New York Jockey Club” Inaugural Meeting Admit Card, inscribed to “Mr. Rich Herrick”, August 1889., (3 pcs.)
659
$200/400 660
W 657. [Secret Societies, St. Louis,
MO.], Veiled Prophet Ball Invitation and Envelope with Pendant Invitation, October 7th, 1890, “A Little Nonsense, Now and Then is Relished by the Wisest Men”, (3 pcs.) $300/500 Note: St. Louis’s Veiled Prophet Organization was founded in 1878, inspired by New Orleans Mardi Gras traditions. The monarch, called the “Veiled Prophet of Khorassan”, is selected from St. Louis’s civic and business leaders, and his identity is never revealed. A debutante of the season is selected as the “Queen of Love and Beauty”. Initially a harvest season event, the Veiled Prophet Ball is now held during the Christmas season W 658. [Secret Societies, St. Louis,
MO.], Veiled Prophet Ball Invitation, Envelope, Programme and Dance Card with Pencil, October 6th, 1891, “Reminiscent Souvenir of Veiled Prophets”, printed by Le Compton, Paris, (4 pcs.)
662
661
$300/500 Note: Miss July Thompson was crowned “Queen of Love and Beauty” in 1891. 659. Autograph Manuscript Signed of Tennessee Williams (American, 19111983), “One Arm”, 14 pages of various portions (fragments) of early drafts, including four autograph pages in pencil by Williams, the remainder being typescript, many with pencil corrections, the autograph title page in pencil signed “10 Wms”, presented in a custom mat and frame, allowing access to the documents. $1800/2500 Note: One Arm was written in 1942. The story, taking place in the French Quarter of New Orleans, caused a huge controversy when it was first published as it dealt very frankly with male prostitution and the issue of capitol punishment. It has, however, become the classic Tennessee Williams short story and was made into a film for which Williams also wrote the screenplay.
660. An Antique American Wicker Armchair, late 19th c., probably Heywood Wakefield, Gardner, Massachusetts, intricately caned spindled back, shaped arms, splayed legs with scrolling brackets, original finish. $300/500
662. A Fine American Aesthetic Inlaid Mahogany Dressing Table, late 19th c., stamped Herter Brothers, New York, oval mirror, tapered reeded supports, bowfront top, kneehole configuration of drawers, reeded legs, incurvate X stretcher, height 63 in., width 42 1/2 in., depth 17 1/2 in. $400/600
661. An Antique American Wicker Platform Rocker, late 19th c., probably Heywood Wakefield, Gardner, Massachusetts, intricately caned, spindled back, shaped arms, platform base with scrolling brackets, original finish. $300/500
W 663. An American Aesthetic Gilt
Brass and Onyx Fern Stand, c. 1880, the top with period foliate edge, later inset onyx, alabaster finials, bracketed skirt, low conforming shelf, scroll legs, height 33 in., width 14 in., depth 14 in. $250/500
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668. An American Gilt Brass, Steel and Iron Shop Bell, early 19th c., spring work mechanism counter balanced by a pendulum, mounted by a large gilt brass rosette, height 13 in., width 5 1/2 in., depth 6 in. $300/500 W 669. A Pair of Antique Silverplate
Figural Napkin Rings, 19th c., each with a seated cat beside the molded ring on scroll base, height 2 1/4 in. $100/200 670. An American Sterling Silver Footed Bowl, Tuttle Silversmiths, Boston, c. 1925, ret. Grogan & Co., with engraved acorn and leaf border and monogram “PCC”, height 5 1/2 in., diameter 7 1/2 in., weight 23.80 troy ozs.
668
$400/600 W 671. An American
Sterling Silver Dish, Baldwin & Miller, Newark, N.J., inset with 1922 Liberty silver dollar, diameter 4 in., weight 2.35 troy ozs. $100/200 W 672. An American
664
Brilliant Cut Glass and Sterling Silver-Mounted Claret Pitcher, c. 1900, mounts probably Frank M. Whiting, marks rubbed, height 10 in.
670
664. An Aesthetic Maple and Pine Faux Bamboo Cabinet, late 19th c., pedimented cornice above a beveled glass door opening to shelves, the base with drawer, turned feet, height 91 1/2 in., width 39 in., depth 17 1/4 in.
$200/400
$1000/1500 W 673. A Tiffany W 665. Robert Helmer (American/New Orleans,
1922-1990), “Cathedral”, lithograph on paper, markersigned lower right, sight 18 1/4 in. x 12 3/4 in., matted and framed. $200/300
675, 674
$100/200
W 666. American School, late 19th/early 20th c.,
“Three American Indians”, unsigned, 19 3/4 in. x 13 1/2 in., in an oval giltwood frame. $300/500
Sterling Silver Celery Dish, oval lobed form with monogram “PCC”, length 12 in., weight 10.55 troy ozs.
674. A Black Starr & Frost Sterling Silver Revere Bowl, engraved “Deal Golf Club 1924 Ladies Trophy”. $150/250
W 667. Joseph Woodsen “Pops” Whitesell (American/Louisiana, 1876-
1958 active New Orleans 1918-1958), A group of vintage photographs on paper including “House and Buggy”, unsigned, 16 in. x 20 1/8 in., framed; together with nine unframed photographs including “The New Hat” and “The Girl and the Cat”, both pencil-signed, “Pops in His Studio”, “Pops”, “The Meeting”, “On the Farm”, “Aviator”, “His Shop” and “Whitesell’s Courtyard”, all unsigned, ranging in size from 19 5/8 in. x 15 5/8 in. to 3 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. (10 pcs.) $100/200
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675. A Gorham Sterling Silver Reticulated Sandwich Tray, diameter 9 1/2 in. $75/125
676. A Group of Tiffany “Faneuil” Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware, firsthalf 20th c., pattern introduced 1910, script monogram “PCC” in the Arts and Crafts taste, including a salad serving fork and spoon, a cold meat fork, a fish serving fork, a sauce spoon, 2 tablespoons, a cake knife, a sugar sifter, pierced tongs, 12 iced tea spoons, 12 dessert spoons, 2 oyster forks, and a fish knife (as is); together with a “Clinton” pattern tomato server and 2 cream ladles, total weight (weighable) 67.45 troy ozs., (40 pcs.) $1200/1800
676
677
W 681. A Pair of
Monumental Silverplate Bottle Coasters, with gadrooned foliate scroll rim, height 5 in., diameter 9 in. $300/500
677. A Wallace “Rose Point” Sterling Silver Partial Flatware Service, pattern introduced 1934, including 13 luncheon forks, 16 luncheon knives, 3 dinner forks, 15 salad forks, 7 soup spoons, 30 teaspoons, 3 iced teaspoons, 8 hh butter spreaders, 3 piece youth set, 6 tablespoons, 2 cold meat forks, 3 sauce ladles, 2 piece carving set, condiment spoon, jelly spoon, sugar shell and lemon fork, (115 pcs.), total weight (weighable) 105.20 troy ozs.
682 682. A Pair of Silverplate Wine Trolleys, each fitted with two wine coasters mounted with cherubs, length 21 in. $700/1000
Table Items, including a footed sugar and creamer, a pair of weighted salt and pepper casters and six “sipper/stirrers”.
683. A Fine American Rococo Carved Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, mid-19th c., probably New Orleans, massive ogee cornice, arched glazed doors, lightwood shelf interior; three drawers; maplelined desk interior, foldout writing surface, two paneled doors, carved apron, bracket feet, height 99 in., width 47 in., depth 21 in.
$100/150
$3000/5000
W 680. A Georg Jensen “Caravel”
Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. George Crozat; descended in the family.
$1000/1500 W 678. An International Sterling
Silver Lobed Bowl, monogrammed “PCH”, height 2 1/4 in., diameter 10 7/8 in., weight 22.15 troy ozs. $400/600 W 679. A Group of Sterling Silver
Pattern Sterling Silver and Resin Serving Fork and Spoon, pattern introduced 1975; together with a Waterford crystal-mounted carving set, Jensen length 11 1/2 in., Waterford length 12 in. $100/200
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684. An American Rococo Carved Mahogany Full Tester Bed, mid-19th c., the ogee tester stamped with the number “3”, cluster column posts, the shaped and paneled headboard centered by a scroll cartouche, serpentine rails and foot, octagonal plinth feet, overall height 115 in., length 87 in., width 75 in., mattress length 75 in., width 57 in.; together with an American cherrywood and mixed woods trundle bed, 19th c., turned and blocked posts, shaped rails, height 10 in., overall width 47 1/2 in., length 60 in. $5000/7500 Provenance: The tester bed and the trundle bed offered here have been used together by a New Orleans Family over several generations. Note: Two mahogany beds with C. Lee incised stamp and pattern numbers (such as the “3” on the bed offered here) and with similar ogee testers, clustered posts, shaped headboards and rails were sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 373, January 30, 2010 and lot 932, October 12, 2008. Beds stamped “C. Lee” appear in the inventories of New Orleans Furniture purveyors Calvin Chandler Simpson, John Yetter and William McCracken in the years leading to the Civil War. Research by scholar and curator Stephen Harrison revealed Charles Lee (active 1856-1868) was a Manchester, Massachusetts craftsman known as a “maker of bedsteads for the Southern market”. Reference: Harrison, “’C. Lee Maker of Beds for the Southern Market”, Maine Antique Digest, April 1994.
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685. A Pair of New Orleans Cast Iron Garden Settees, late 19th c., with “Hinderer’s Iron Wks, NOLA”, foundry stamp and “April 25, 1881” en verso, in the “Curtain” pattern, with rosette and scroll crest, rectangular panel back centered by cartouche, scroll arms, reticulated seat, “S” form legs with stretchers, height 36 in., width 41 in., depth 20 in. $2000/3000 Note: Established by Frederick C.A. Hinderer in 1886, Hinderer’s Iron Works operated at 302-304 Camp Street until 1894 and at 1112-1118 Camp Street from 1894-1920. Examples of the foundry’s ornamental ironwork are seen throughout New Orleans. The design of these throne-like seats is heavily influenced by Renaissance Revival design, and was produced not only by Hinderer, but also by North American Ironwork/J.L. Mott of New York c. 1895. Interestingly, the patent stamp on the Hinderer chairs seen here predates the Mott production by more than a decade. Reference: Israel. Antique Garden Ornaments, Two Centuries of American Taste, p. 221 and p. 179, pl. 4.35.
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Robert John Curtis (American/South Carolina, 1816-1877), A Pendant Pair of Portraits of “Thomas James McMillan (18041878)” and “Louisa Rogers Ray McMillan (1812-1855)”, oil on canvas, unsigned, each stamped “Prepared by Edward Dechaux, New York” en verso, both 34 in. x 27 in., in matching period gilt frames.
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$800/1200 Provenance: Descended in the family of the sitters. Note: Robert Curtis, who is most well known for his portrait of the Seminole Chief Osceola from 1838, (now in the Charleston Museum), painted in the Charleston area during the 1830s. Curtis employs the same background technique here as in his portrait of Osceola; the landscape to Mr. McMillan’s right, in particular, is remarkably similar to the landscape to the right of Osceola. Louisa Rogers Ray McMillan, who was born in Sumter County, South Carolina, to Captain Peter and Mary Ray, married Thomas McMillan, an immigrant from Scotland. The couple resided in Camden, South Carolina, until 1834, when they moved to Mobile, Alabama. Both are buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Mobile. Their daughter, Ellen Marion McMillan, married William Elliot Gordon, Sr. in 1870 in New Orleans.
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687. Alexander John Drysdale (American/New Orleans, 1870-1934), “Sunset, Bayou Barataria, Louisiana”, oil wash on board, pencil-signed and dated “1932” lower right, pencil-signed, titled, dated and inscribed en verso, 10 1/8 in. x 30 5/8 in., in a period frame. $2000/3000 691 W 688. Albert Francis King
(American, 1854-1945), “Still Life With Grapes and Cherries”, oil on masonite, signed lower right, 12 1/2 in. x 15 in., matted and framed.
689. American School, mid-19th c., in the manner of Thomas Sully (1783-1872), “Portrait of a Young Girl with Bared Shoulder”, pastel on paper, unsigned, 19 in. x 16 in. oval, in a period carved, gessoed and giltwood frame.
690. An American Federal Mahogany Games Table, c. 1815, Haines-Connelly School, Philadelphia, shaped foldover top, conforming frieze, turned and reeded legs, one rear gateleg, original condition, poplar and birdseye maple secondary woods, height 29 1/2 in., width 36 in., depth 17 3/4 in.
$200/400
$600/800
$400/600
691. A Set of Eight American Mahogany Gondola Dining Chairs, 20th c., shaped crests, curved stiles, rounded seat rails, slip seats, saber legs. $800/1200
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693. An American Classical Mahogany Dressing Table, c. 1825, rectangular mirror on tapering supports and superstructure of three short drawers, molded top over frieze drawer, turned legs, stretcher shelf, brass cuffs, casters, height 60 in., width 36 in., depth 19 in. $800/1200 694. A Fine American Rococo Carved and Laminated Rosewood Étagère, mid-19th c., attributed to John Henry Belter, New York, closely related to the well-known “Rosalie” example, rocaille pierced crest with abundant fruit, nut, and floral carving, foliate C-scroll and turned supports, four graduated serpentine shelves, mirrored back, original serpentine marble top base with shell and foliate skirt, small blocked feet, casters, height 85 1/2 in., width 60 in., depth 16 1/8 in. $8000/12000 Note: This étagère exhibits an overall form and specific ornament related to two well-known examples attributed to John Henry Belter: the étagère at Rosalie in Natchez, Mississippi and the Service Collection étagère illustrated in Dubrow, American Furniture of the 19th Century 1840-1880, pp. 145-150.
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692. An American Late Classical Carved Mahogany Sofa, mid-19th c., Philadelphia, backscrolled crest with foliate scroll terminals, scroll arms with bolster wells and anthemion carving, foliate cornucopia brackets, paw feet, height 36 1/2 in., width 78 1/2 in., depth 21 1/4 in. $800/1200
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696. A Fine Louisiana Classical Mahogany Bibliothèque, mid-19th c., probably New Orleans, beaded cornice, molded frieze, two glazed and paneled doors enclosing shelf interior, flanked by baluster-turned and barleytwist stiles, ogee plinth, bracket feet, height 94 in., width 59 1/2 in., depth 20 in. $3000/4000 Note: The proportions and execution of the glazed and paneled doors on this lot are nearly identical to those on an American Classical mahogany bibliothèque from the collection of Dr. George Crozat and sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 47 at Houmas House on May 17, 2003. The distinctive turned stiles and bracket feet on this bibliothèque relate to those on a mahogany washstand documented to Prudent Mallard (Sèvres/ New Orleans 1809-1879) now at Gallier House in New Orleans. The beading on the cornice of this lot also relates to an additional number of known Mallard examples including the bed and armoire made for Isabel Puig, now at the Louisiana State Museum and the wellknown “Lansdowne” bed in Natchez.
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Reference: Dubrow. American Furniture of the 19th Century, 18401880. p. 137. Otto. American Furniture of the 19th Century, pl 284, 285, 289.
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697. A Fine American Gilt Bronze Four Arm Camphene Chandelier, c. 1850, possibly by Michael Boyd Dyott, Philadelphia, grape and grapeleaf corona, cast foliate and ring-form chains, central fluted support, ornate bowl issuing scrolled branch fitted with pear-shaped fonts retaining original four prong camphene burners, wicks and extinguishing covers intact, each font with matched period blown, cut and etched shades with ruffled rims, height 37 in., diameter 36 in. $5000/7500
695. An American Rococo Carved Rosewood Lit de Repos, mid-19th c., probably New Orleans, scrolled head and foot with foliate-carved details, deep ogee plinth, carved scroll feet, height 36 in., interior length 74 in., interior depth 29 in. $1200/1800
Note: As solar lighting gained widespread use and popularity with 19th century Americans, numerous new patented burners and fuels were introduced. Michael B. Dyott of Philadelphia was issued a patent in 1840 for a camphene burner and advertised various types of camphene lamps. This example can be used today with conventional lamp oil. For a related chandelier from Melrose Plantation see J. Wesley Cooper, Ante-Bellum Houses of Natchez, 1970, p. 62. W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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W 699. An American Carved
Mahogany Tall Case Clock, c. 1830, polychrome-painted dial with floral decoration, marked “A. Edwards” (Ashby, Massachusetts), wooden works, flanked by columns, the case with thumb-molded door, pediment base, height 83 in., width 19 1/4 in., depth 10 5/8 in. $800/1200
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700. An American Late Classical Mahogany Four Poster Bed, c. 1830, acanthus carved posts, crest with scroll terminals, shaped headboard, plain rails and foot with nicely figured mahogany throughout, height 110 1/2 in., interior length 77 in., interior width 56 1/2 in.; exterior length 83 1/2 in., exterior width 60 3/4 in. $3000/5000 W 701. An American Gothic Carved Walnut Child’s
Bedstead, mid-19th c., arched paneled headboard, turned and chamfered posts with ball finials, spindled side rails, conforming low footboard, height 53 in., length 35 in., width 53 in. $250/350 702. An American Classical Mahogany Washstand, early 19th c., Baltimore or Philadelphia, backsplash terminating in scrolls, small stepped shelf, molded drawer; incurvate low shelf, tapered turned uprights, turned button feet, height 32 1/2 in., width 29 in., depth 21 in. $400/600 703. An American Classical Mahogany Sideboard, early 19th c., Baltimore, projecting frieze drawers on colonettes with Corinthian capitals, Gothicized paneled doors, raised on acanthus paw feet, height 45 3/4 in., width 58 in., depth 23 1/2 in. $1500/2500
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698. An Antique French White Marble Pedestal Clock, 19th c., fluted waist, octagonal foot, the movement by “Japy Frères”, the dial marked “Paillard & Romaine, Paris”, height 10 in., diameter 11 in. $500/750
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704. An American Gilt Bronze Solar Lamp, attributed to H.N. Hooper & Co., c. 1850, period cut and etched glass shade, crystal prisms, foliate spreading standard, conforming collar, marble base, height 22 in., diameter 7 1/2 in. $1000/1500 Note: The lamp is identified as model 493 in the 1850 H.N. Hooper catalogue published in its entirety in 19th Century Elegant Lighting by Gerald Gowitt. 704
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705. An American Gilt Bronze Solar Lamp, marked “Cornelius & Co.”, c. 1850, period cut and etched spherical glass shade, pear-shaped font, crystal prisms, fluted standard surmounted by a Corinthian capital, spreading pedestal, marble base, electrified, height 26 1/2 in., diameter 9 in. $800/1200
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707. An American Federal Cherrywood and Tiger Maple Tallcase Clock, c. 1790, probably MidAtlantic, swan’s neck pediment, brass finial, stop-fluted columns with brass mounts, painted dial (associated); conforming case, bracket feet, height 94 in., width 20 in., depth 9 in. $1200/1800
W 706. An American Classical
Mahogany Mirror, with gilt molded surround, ogee frame, height 39 in., width 25 3/4 in., depth 2 1/2 in. $300/500
708. An American Classical Carved Mahogany Piano Stool, early 19th c., upholstered adjustable seat, reeded skirt, acanthus carved and turned splayed legs, height 20 1/2 in., diameter 12 in.
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Games Table, early 19th c., Philadelphia, demilune foldover top, conforming skirt, square tapered legs, height 29 1/4 in., width 36 in., depth 34 1/4 in. $500/750 Provenance: Acquired from Philip Bradley, Downington, Pennsylvania. 710. A Carved Mahogany Planter’s Chair, scrolled crest, continuous back and seat of caning, arms fitted with extension boot rests, boldly turned legs, height 34 in. $500/750
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714. An American Late Classical Mahogany Armoire, c. 1835, New Orleans, ogee cornice, molded doors, ogee molded base, ogee bracket feet, height 93 1/2 in., width 71 in., depth 25 in. $2500/3500 Provenance: Descended in the family of Judge Leander Perez (Plaquemines Parish, 1891-1969) through granddaughter Lucile Ellen Perez.
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715. The General Tappan Mixed Woods Writing Desk, mid-19th c., shaped backsplash, rectangular top, shaped apron, fitted with long drawer, bobbin-turned legs joined by stretchers, height 32 3/8 in., width 34 3/8 in., depth 21 in. $500/750 Provenance: Descended in the family of James Camp Tappan (1825-1906), CSA Brigadier General in the Trans-Mississippi Department, 1862-1865. Tappen was commanded by CSA General Leonidas Polk for dispositions at the battle of Belmont; Tappan also led regiments at Shiloh, Richmond and Perryville.
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711. An American Classical Mahogany Footstool, c. 1835, after a design by John Hall, square upholstered cushion, molded frame and ogee bracket feet, height 15 in., width 16 in., depth 16 1/2 in. $300/500
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712. An American Federal Inlaid Mahogany Bottle Case, early 19th c., lift top, two faux drawers, shaped base, “French” feet, void interior, height 18 1/2 in., width 18 in., depth 16 1/2 in.
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History], Charles Gayarre, History of Louisiana, 1885, four volumes, cloth, third edition, published by Armand Hawkins, New Orleans. $200/300
713. An American Classical Inlaid Mahogany Games Table, c. 1820, MidAtlantic, foldover top with rounded corners and molded edge, skirt inlaid with a patera, ring-turned and reeded legs, toupie feet, height 28 1/4 in., width 35 7/8 in., depth 17 1/2 in.
W 717. [Leather Bindings],
a group of 40 leather bindings including History of the United States, Bancroft, 8 volumes, 1840; A Popular History of the United States, Bryant and Gary, 4 volumes, 1881, and others.
$800/1200
$600/900
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group of 28 leather-bound books including The Works of J. Fenimore Cooper, c. 1895, 12 volumes; The History of England, David Hume, 1790, 6 volumes (of 8), and others.
725. A Charles Lindbergh Welcome Banner, c. 1927, navy muslin silkscreened in colors, with a portrait bust of the aviator framed by American and French flags, the top edge with canvas ties, 43 in. x 35 in.
$500/700
$500/700
W 719. [Leather Bindings], The
W 726. [Mississippi Company
History of America, William Robertson, 2 volumes, 1778, with four maps by Thomas Kitchin, and The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V..., 3 volumes, 1769, all 5 volumes uniformly bound in gilt full calf.
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Crash] “Mississippi, of ‘Twydbefaamde Goudland, door de Inbeelding der Windnegotie”, engraved page, extracted from Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (The Great Scene of Folly), c. 1720, sight 14 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in., matted and framed. $150/250 Note: The book, from which this page was taken, contained satirical poems, plays and engravings about the great speculative real estate bubble of 1720. The banker John Law, a Scot who took over the Mississippi Company of France in 1717, hyped the company stock from 500 livres per share to 18,000 livres. The phrase “Wind-Negotie” in this lot’s title translates to “wind-trade”, a reference to traders not even owning the stock they sold. The bubble burst as quickly as it rose, foreshadowing economic events almost 300 years later.
W 720. [Leather Bindings], a group of
20 leather-bound books including The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Lord Lansdowne, 2 volumes, 1732, and others. $400/600 W 721. [Leather Bindings], M. Tullii
Ciceronis Opera cum Delectu Commentariorum, edited by Pierre Joseph Olivet, 1740, 9 volumes in full calf, the works of Roman philosopher and statesman Cicero. $600/900 W 722. [Leather Bindings], a group of
30 leather-bound volumes including The Spectator, 8 volumes, 1819; Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk, 3 volumes, 1819, and others.
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727. A Finely Embroidered Processional Banner, “The Immaculate Virgin”, probably American/Southwest School, the Virgin embroidered with a border of morning glories and roses, and the face and hands finely painted, with mixed media on white silk, 56 1/2 in. x 34 3/4 in., framed. $800/1200
$500/700
W 728. An Antique American Hickory
W 723. An English Twelve Inch Table
Bentwood Rocker, early 20th c., Tennessee, slat back, scrolled branchwork arms, rockers.
Globe, W. & A.K. Johnson, Edinburgh, c. 1938, imported by Nystrom & Co., Chicago, full meridian with degree marks; on elaborate pierced cast iron associated stand.
$300/500
$300/500 W 729. An American Windsor-Style
Painted Rocking Settee, 19th c., shaped crest rail, arrow back slats, scrolled arms, plank seat, turned legs, stretchers, rockers, original red paint with pin stripes.
724. [George Washington Maps], Marin Lawrence, The George Washington Atlas, published by the U.S. George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Wash., D.C., 1932, featuring 85 maps that were either made, annotated or used by Washington in peace and war, 18 in. x 14 in.
$150/250 W 730. A Set of Four Late Victorian
Wirework Chairs, c. 1900, arched backs, intertwined scrolls, circular seats, outswept legs ending in scrolls, X stretchers.
$150/250
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731. An American Classical Mahogany Armoire, c. 1830, probably New Orleans, ogee cornice, paneled doors, fitted interior now reconfigured; plain plinth, ogee bracket feet, height 103 in., width 72 in., depth 27 in. $2500/3500 Provenance: Descended in a New Orleans family. 732. An American Late Classical Mahogany Four Poster Bed, c. 1825, ogee capitals on tall square posts, the paneled headboard with an octagonal and turned crest, plain rails, plinth feet, height 94 3/8 in., length 76 7/8 in., width 56 7/8 in. $2000/3000 Provenance: Como Plantation, St. Francisville, LA.
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733. An Antique Louis XV-Style Carved Marble Mantel, serpentine shelf, shell and floral carved breast, canted shell carved uprights, paneled sides, blocked base, height 44 in., width 64 in., depth 18 in. $1500/2500 Provenance: Purchased on Royal Street, 1960s. 734. A Continental Wrought Iron Garden Table, early 20th c., rectangular limestone top, base with C scroll elements, medial and arched stretcher, height 30 3/8 in., width 74 7/8 in., depth 48 in. $1200/1800
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735. A Large American Painted Bibliothèque, composed of antique elements, flared cornice, a pair of glazed doors opening to shelf interior, plinth base fitted with drawers, height 100 3/8 in., width 74 1/4 in., depth 19 1/2 in. $1000/2000 736. A Large American Painted Bibliothèque, composed of antique elements, flared cornice, a pair of glazed doors, shelf interior, plinth base fitted with drawers, en suite with previous lot, height 102 in., width 74 1/4 in., depth 19 1/2 in. $1000/2000 W 737. An Antique English
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740. Clementine Hunter (American/Louisiana, 18861988), “Pecan Pickers”, oil on board, monogrammed lower right, 16 in. x 20 in., in a rustic frame. $3000/5000
Walnut Work Table, late 19th c., plank top, plain skirt, square tapered legs, pegged construction, height 29 3/4 in., length 97 3/4 in., depth 27 1/8 in.
741. George Ernest Colby (American, 1859-1922), “Dark Forest Landscape”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 18 in. x 30 in., in a carved period frame.
$500/750
$1000/1500
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W 742. George Ernest Colby
Classical Carved Mahogany Games Table, early 19th c., the fold-over swivel top on an acanthus carved stem, drum plinth, scrolled feet, height 29 1/2 in., width 36 in., closed depth 18 in.
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(American, 1859-1922), “Landscape with Waterfall”, oil on board, signed lower left, with a “Conrad Hug Galleries, Inc., Kansas City, MO” label en verso, 20 in. x 10 in., in a period frame.
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$500/1000
$500/700 W 743. Attributed to Ernest W 739. An American
Painted Pine Cabinet, composed of antique elements, plank top, four glazed doors, chamfered corners, on ball feet, height 36 3/8 in., width 109 in., depth 19 in. $700/1000
Parton (American/New York, 1845-1933), “Fishing at the Creek”, oil on canvas, faintly signed “E. Parton” lower right, inscribed “Ernest Parton, A.R.A.” lower center on frame, 24 1/8 in. x 20 1/8 in., in a giltwood frame. $500/750
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746. American School, 19th c., “Mountain’s View”, oil on board, unsigned, diameter 2 7/8 in., attractively matted and framed. $500/700 Provenance: Estate of Steven Cabot, a noted collector of Southern and American art. Cabot referred to the miniature painting as being by Henry Inman (American, 1801-1846) and indistinctly signed lower left.
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W 747. Robert MacDonald
Graham, Jr. (American/ Missouri, 1919-2003), “Tom and Julia, Asheville, 1937”, acrylic on canvas, signed lower left, signed, titled, and dated “1989”, with artist’s information en verso, 32 in. x 48 in., framed.
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744. Robert C. Moore (American, b. 1957), “Autumn Landscape”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, with a “Trailside Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ and Jackson, WY” label en verso, 40 in. x 30 in., framed.
W 748. Sam Yeates (American/
$2500/3500
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Texas, 20th c.), a pair of paintings “Two Egrets Flying”, acrylic on canvas, signed lower right, signed, dated “1998”, and titled en verso, 16 in. x 20 in.; together with “Single Egret Flying”, acrylic on canvas, signed lower right, signed, dated “1998”, and titled en verso, 16 in. x 20 in., attractively framed alike. $700/900 W 749. Florida School, early 20th c.,
“St. John’s River, Jacksonville, Florida”, oil on academy board, unsigned, label and photo en verso, 11 3/4 in. x 17 in., in a period frame. $800/1200 750. Will Ousley (American/ Louisiana, 1866-1953), “Cypress Silhouette with Spanish Moss”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, “W.L. Williams, Macon, Georgia” label en verso, 24 1/8 in. x 13 7/8 in., in a period frame. 751
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745. Robert Stockton Rogers (American/Georgia, 1896-1959), “Landscape of Woods, Near Beverly Hall, Georgia”, watercolor on paper, signed lower right, sight 21 1/4 in. x 29 1/4 in., in a giltwood frame. $700/900
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$700/900 751. Clementine Hunter (American/ Louisiana, 1886-1988), “Still Life with Zinnias”, oil on board, monogrammed and dated “1970” lower right, titled en verso, 16 in. x 12 in., framed. $1800/2400
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Tolliver (American/ Alabama, 19192006), “The Red Eye”, house paint on panel, signed lower left, signed en verso, 7 1/4 in. x 24 1/4 in. $700/900 W 753. Lorenz E.
Griffith (Georgia/ Florida, 18891968), “Lake Eldora, Colorado”, oil on board, signed lower left, artist’s label with title en verso, 15 3/4 in. x 27 3/4 in., in a period frame.
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$500/700 754. Alexander John Drysdale (American/ New Orleans, 18701934), “In the Mists of a Louisiana Bayou”, oil wash on board, pencilsigned and dated “1932” lower right, 20 in. x 30 1/2 in., in a period giltwood frame.
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$2200/2800 758 W 755. Jean Nevitt Flanigen
(America/Georgia, 1898-1994), pair of watercolors including “Andrew” and “Algie”, both signed lower right, the latter bearing a “Thirty-Third Annual Philadelphia Watercolor Exhibition, 1935” label en verso, 21 in. x 15 in. and 15 1/2 in. x 11 in.
758. Alice Latimer Moseley (American/Mississippi, 1909-2004), “First Love, in Retrospect”, oil on canvas board, signed lower right, artist’s business card en verso, and signed, titled, and dated “Oct. 1976” en verso, 16 in. x 12 in., in a period frame.
$600/900
$1000/1500
756. Peter Lanz Hohnstedt (American/Texas, 1872-1957), “Autumn Landscape”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 25 in. x 30 in., in a period giltwood frame.
Provenance: Hollywood, Florida Estate; descended in the family. 759
$1200/1800 Note: Primarily a Texas artist, Hohnstedt also painted in Seattle, Washington, as well as Louisiana and Mississippi. He worked with artists such as Frank Duveneck (during his early art training) and Clarence Millet (during his time in Louisiana and Mississippi), and he exhibited with the Seattle Fine Arts Society and at the Delgado Museum of Art (now the New Orleans Museum of Art). After moving to Texas in 1928, the Hill Country of Texas became the primary focus of his paintings, which captured the beauty of the region in the different seasons.
757. Colette Pope Heldner (American/New Orleans, 1902-1990), “Swamp Idyl (Louisiana Bayou Country)”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed and titled en verso, 20 in. x 36 in., framed. $1000/1500
759. Alice Latimer Moseley (American/Mississippi, 1909-2004), “Moon Vine”, oil on paper, signed and titled lower right, signed and inscribed “The Moon Vine on my front Porch” en verso, 11 1/4 in. x 9 in., attractively framed. $800/1200 Provenance: Purchased at an art show, University of Mississippi, c. 1973-75.
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Magsino (Filipino/ California, b. 1937), “Landscape with Quail”, oil on masonite, signed lower right, 6 in. x 8 in., framed. $300/500 Provenance: The Belle Cheniere Collection, Paris, TX.
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763. Albert Babb Insley (American/New York, 1842-1937), “Annisquam’s Rocky Shore”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 14 in. x 20 in., framed; accompanied by The Delicate Palette of Albert Insley (1842-1937), Pennsylvania, Lebanon Valley Offset, 1982. $600/900 Provenance: From the Insley Estate; thence by descent to present owner. 764. Edward Percy Moran (American, 1862-1935), “In The Churchyard, Alexandria”, ink, gouache, and pastel, signed lower right, label en verso with title and publication, sight 7 1/8 in. x 8 7/8 in., attractively matted and framed.
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$500/700 765. John Henry Henrici (American/ New York, 1863-1958), “A Domestic Discussion”, oil on canvas, signed, dated “1901” and inscribed “N.Y.” lower right, 19 in. x 24 1/4 in., in a giltwood frame.
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760. Paul Harvey (American/California, 1878-1948), “A Wintry Day”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, inscribed “1916/ CarrigRohane Shop, Inc./ R.C. and N.M. Vose, Boston” en verso, 24 in. x 30 in., in a Carrig-Rohane period frame. $1200/1800
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$600/900 761. James Inquerson (American, 20th c.), “Still Life of Hydrangeas”, oil on panel, signed lower left, 24 in. x 20 in., framed. $1000/1500 Provenance: From the estate of the noted antiquarian Tullius Brady, Brookhaven, Mississippi.
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766. Melbourne Havelock Hardwick (American, 1857-1916), “Bringing in the Fish”, watercolor, signed lower left, 18 in. x 24 in., in an ornate giltwood frame. $1200/1800
The Adelle Badeaux Collection New Orleans experienced an exciting revitalization of its art scene in the 1980s and 1990s driven by a group of talented artists, gallery owners and art critics. The renovation and development of the Warehouse District in downtown New Orleans for the 1984 World’s Fair resulted in a group of forward thinking gallery owners relocating their galleries or establishing new ones on and around Julia Street. Monthly openings were coordinated with the nearby Contemporary Arts Center to provide an exhibition arena and to entice collectors. Art critics Eric Bookhardt of The Gambit and Roger Green of The Times Picayune publicized and weekly reviewed the various art exhibitions, performances and activities.
who opened the Gallery Jules Laforgue (named after a maternal ancestor French poet who died penniless) was a mentor to many of these young artists.
After retiring as a bookkeeper at a local tax service, Adelle Badeaux, initially an enthusiastic collector, focused her time and energy in creating art and participating in the art community. She faithfully attended openings, creating lasting friendships with many of the artists. Largely self-taught, Badeaux’s works, which frequently contain biting political and satirical points of view, were exhibited in group shows at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Contemporary Arts Center and the Arts Council of New Orleans, as well as represented by Heriard-Ciminio Gallery.
Filled with nuance and detail, Douglas Bourgeois’ pieces are narrative in character, infused with fantasy, popular culture icons, religious imagery and underlying currents of social conscience. The mixed media piece “Billy Idol”, inscribed “For Adelle” is an iconic portrait of the 1980s rock star. Born in St. Amant in Ascension Parish, Bourgeois has a Southern sensibility of relishing details and drawing out the sometimes-ambiguous conclusions of his stories.
Badeaux was particularly attracted to a group of artists which Eric Bookhardt identified as the “Visionary Imagists;” they included Douglas Bourgeois, Jacqueline Bishop, Dona Lief, George Febres and Charles Blank. The CAC organized a critically acclaimed traveling exhibition of the New Orleans Visionary Imagists artists in 1990. As a group, they favor representational imagery but incorporate their own personal skewed sense of illusionism. The music, culture, natural environment and character of the South permeates their work. The always humorous and sardonic George Febres is represented in the Badeaux Collection by paintings, prints and drawings as well as a photograph by Tina Freeman entitled “George O’ Febres.” Febres
Jacqueline Bishop employs imagery of birds, as well as that of mammals and insects, to comment on the complex relationships between man and nature in modern society. Bishop uses intensely hued colors in the four miniature paintings of birds in their natural habitats represented here, all personally inscribed to Adelle. The collection of Bishop’s birdhouses, with animated sculptural flames along the roof line, are foreboding; a warning of the impending destruction of the natural world.
Martin Laborde’s, painting “The Tango of Adelle and Herb,” is a stylized view of Adelle and her husband caught up in the passionate and dramatic dance. Christopher Guarisco, who is considered a younger member of the Visionary Imaginists, infuses his densely painted surface with found objects in “After the First Death II” which is a commentary on the humanity’s carelessness towards the natural world. Other artists in the Adelle Badeaux collection, largely amassed in the 1980s, include such significant Southern artists and photographers as John T. Scott, Clyde Connell, Allison Stewart, Jesse Poimboeuf, Craig Berthold, Dixie Friend Gay, Stephanie Dinkins, Constance Cone and George Dureau.
767. Jacqueline Bishop (American/ New Orleans, b. 1955), a collection of four oil paintings on panel of birds including “Yellow-Tailed Diamond Bird”, “Common Crow”, “Scarlet Tanager” and “Red Bishop”, all signed and dated “1988”, all pencil-signed and dated and inscribed “Adelle” en verso, 2 1/2 in. x 2 3/4 in., 2 7/8 in., 2 3/4 in. x 3 1/8 in., and 2 1/2 in. x 2 3/4 in. respectively. $800/1200
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(American/Louisiana, 19011998), “Notations on a Headstand”, ink on paper, initialed “C.C.” lower right, signed en verso, 5 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in., matted and framed.
769. Douglas Bourgeois (American/ Louisiana, b. 1951), “Fuego”, mixed media on paper, pencil signed and dated “1987” lower left, 6 3/8 in. x 5 in., matted and framed.
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(American/Louisiana, b. 1951), “Woman in a Prom Dress”, colored serigraph on paper, pencil-signed and numbered “A.P. 25/54”, 19 1/2 in. x 14 1/2 in.; and “Luna”, woodblock print on paper, pencil-signed, dated “2004”, titled and numbered 13/32, 10 1/8 in. x 7 1/2 in., both attractively matted and framed. $300/500
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774. George Febres (Ecuadorian/New Orleans, 1943-1996), “Three Crosses of Bananas”, pencil drawing on paper, signed upper center, inscribed “Happy Birthday Adelle” lower center, and dated “1991” lower right, with a pencil sketch of a bovine skull en verso, 15 1/8 in. x 11 1/4 in., matted and framed. $400/600 775. Christopher Guarisco (American/Mississippi, b. 1958), “After the First Death II”, mixed media on panel, with a label bearing the title and dated “1988” en verso, 50 in. x 38 3/8 in. $1200/1800 776. Martin Laborde (American/New Orleans, b. 1943), “The Tango of Adelle and Herb”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “’85” center right, signed, titled and dated “12/17/85” en verso, 44 1/2 in. x 32 in., unframed. $1000/1500
775 776 770. Douglas Bourgeois (American/ Louisiana, b. 1951), “Billy Idol”, mixed media on board, pencil-signed and dated “1984” lower right, titled and inscribed “For Adelle” lower left, 11 1/2 in. x 10 in., matted and framed. $800/1200 W 771. Douglas Bourgeois (American/
Louisiana, b. 1951), “Young Man in his Underwear”, mixed media on paper, pencil-signed and dated “1986” center right, 7 5/8 in. x 5 1/4 in., matted and framed. $600/900
W 772. Douglas Bourgeois (American/
Louisiana, b. 1951), a collection of handwrought mixed media jewelry including “Man and His Best Friend”, signed and dated “1987” lower left; “Woman”, signed and dated “1986” en verso; and a necklace “Time Flies”, signed and dated “1985” en verso; AND Thomas Mann (American/New Orleans 20th c.), two pins including “Space is the Place”, signed and dated “1984” en verso; “X Marks the Spot”, signed and dated “1983” en verso; and George Febres (Ecuadorian/New Orleans, 1943-1996), three pins including “Blonde Banana”, “The Strawberry”, and “The Eggplant”, all signed, ranging in size 3 3/4 in. x 3 3/8 in. to 1 1/8 in. x 7/8 in., (8 pcs.) $400/600
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W 777. George Febres
(Ecuadorian/New Orleans, b. 1943), “This is a Ten Foot Pole”, enhanced print on paper, pencil-signed lower right, 22 1/8 in. x 14 3/4 in.; together with “Portrait of Young Man”, silver gelatin print, initialed lower right, sight 9 1/8 in. x 7 1/4 in., both matted and framed. $500/700
778. Allison Stewart (American/New Orleans, b. 1941), “Irises”, pair of pastels on paper, one signed and inscribed “For Adelle” lower right, each 20 1/2 in. x 11 3/8 in., in matching frames. $800/1200 W 779. George Febres (Ecuadorian/
New Orleans, 1943-1996), pair of acrylics on board, including “Cucumber”, signed lower center, and “Cactus”, initialed “G.F.” lower left, 11 1/8 in. x 9 1/2 in., matted and framed. $500/700 W 780. Adelle Badeaux (American/
Louisiana, 1939-2010), “Babies Don’t Come Cheap”, mixed media construction, signed, titled and dated “1980” en verso, height 11 1/2 in., width 16 1/8 in., depth 2 1/8 in., encased in a glass-fronted shadowbox.
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$500/700 781. John Tarrell Scott (American/ New Orleans, 1940-2007), “Rag Doll Angel”, pen and ink drawing, signed and dated “1985” lower right, titled lower center, with a “Downtown Gallery, New Orleans, LA” label en verso, 14 in. x 11 in., matted and framed. $500/700 W 782. Dixie Friend Gay (American/
Texas, b. 1933), “The Shrine”, mixed media construction of architectonic form, signed and dated “1990” en verso, height 11 3/8 in., width 6 5/8 in., depth 2 1/2 in. $400/600 W 783. Jesse Poimboeuf (American/
Louisiana, 1916-1995), two mixed media works on paper including “Face” and “Ghost Studies”, pencil-signed and dated “’81” and “’85” lower right respectively, the latter titled lower left, both with “Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans” labels with title and date en verso, 9 1/2 in. x 7 in. and 11 1/8 in. x 15 in., each attractively matted and framed. $500/700 784. Jesse Poimboeuf (American/ Louisiana, 1916-1995), “The Whirling Dervish”, mixed media on paper, pencil signed and dated “’76” lower right, 14 1/2 in. x 20 in., matted and framed. $400/600
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(American/New Orleans, b. 1941), “O.J.”, oil on panel, signed and dated “’95” lower right, with a label bearing the title en verso, 4 3/4 in. x 4 1/2 in., in a period shadow-box frame. $400/600 W 786. Craig Berthold
(American/Louisiana, b. 1955), “Ax Murderess”, oil on canvas, initialed “CB” lower right, titled lower center, signed, titled, dated “1986”, and inscribed “To Adelle Happy Birthday 1987 George”, 14 in. x 12 in., in a period slat wood frame. $400/600 W 787. Charles Blank (American/
Louisiana, 20th c.), two oils on canvas including “Figure Study” and “Woman in a Green Dress”, both signed lower right, one titled en verso, 12 in. x 9 in., and 12 in. x 10 in., the former in a period wood slat frame. $500/700
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Orleans, 1939-2010), “Art is Your Fate: Don’t Debate”, mixed media, unsigned, height 14 1/8 in., width 26 1/8 in., depth 1 3/4 in. $300/500 W 789. Craig Berthold (American/
Louisiana, b. 1955), “Tropical Hop”, oil on canvas, signed and titled en verso, 16 in. x 12 in., in a wood slat frame. $400/600 W 790. David J. Sisolak (American/New
Orleans, b. 1950), “Nature’s Treasures”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 11 in. x 14 in., framed. $400/600
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W 792. Eleanor M. Smith
(American, b. c. 1955), “Hacienda de Sangre (Pozos)”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “’99” lower right, titled and inscribed “Eleanor M. Smith” en verso, 30 in. x 39 3/4 in., in a slat frame. $300/500 791 793. Margaret S. Witherspoon (American/New Orleans, 1914-2005), “Woman in Profile”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “’73” lower right and en verso, 19 in. x 18 in., in a black painted slat frame.
791. Enrique Alferez (Mexican/Louisiana, 19011999), “Moses”, c. 1955, terracotta, height 19 in., width 18 in., depth 14 in., on original hardwood base. $7000/9000 Note: The talented and beloved Mexican-born Alferez had a colorful and varied career before settling in New Orleans in 1929. The son of an artist, Alferez spent time with Francisco “Pancho” Villa during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), joining Villa’s army at the age of twelve. Alferez eventually moved to the US, working in Texas before making his way to Chicago to study art under the revered sculptor and educator Lorado Taft (1860-1936) at the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago. Taft had personally invited the young Alferez to Chicago, after seeing his work during a lecture tour of the South. Admired for his elegant, stylized figural sculptures, Alferez’s work may be found throughout his adoptive New Orleans, most especially in the Botanical Garden of City Park. Alferez, then involved with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as its New Orleans Director, along with the architect Richard Koch and the landscape artist William Wierdorn, was instrumental in the designing, planning and eventual construction of the Park, which soon became one of the artistic highlights of the city.
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Lamantia (American/ New Orleans, b. 1923), “Study for Brooklyn Heights”, pen, ink and wash on paper, inscribed and titled en verso, sight 10 1/4 in. x 14 1/4 in., matted and framed.
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Inspired by the human figure, Alferez’s sculptures are able to simultaneously convey a sense of dignity while suggesting an undercurrent of intense emotion, as is evident in the present lot. There is a vitality and urgency to his work that reflects the soul of his adopted city.
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In his later years, Alferez divided his time between New Orleans and Mexico. The 2006 Rex Mardi Gras parade, “Beaux Arts and Letters”, honored the artist with a float entitled “Alferez”.
795. Martin Laborde (American/New Orleans, b. 1943), “Three Faces”, polychrome ceramic sculpture, unsigned, height 20 in., width 14 in., depth 6 in.
References: Los Angeles Times Obituary, Sept. 17, 1999. New York Times Obituary, Sept. 15, 1999. The Scribner’s Encyclopedia of American Lives, Volume 5. New York, 2002.
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796. Jacqueline Bishop (American/New Orleans, b. 1955), a collection of three bird houses, oil on wood panel, all signed and dated “1989”, together with one painted Bird Box, signed and dated “1986” on the base, ranging in size from height 4 3/4 in., width 3 in., depth 4 3/4 in. to height 6 5/8 in., width 5 1/4 in., depth 6 5/8 in. (4 pieces). $800/1200 797. Dona Lief (American/New Orleans, b. 1941), “Tomb of the Royal”, raku pottery, signed and titled en verso, 15 in. x 5 3/4 in. x 6 1/4 in.; and two other “Cow Head with Axe”, mixed media sculptures, signed, (3 pcs). $500/700 798. Matteo Neivert (American/New Orleans, late 20th c.), “Doppleganger-Dirt Painting III”, acrylic on canvas, signed lower left, signed, titled, dated “2000”, with two artist labels en verso, 46 1/4 in. x 36 1/3 in., unframed.
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$700/900 799. Marion Souchon (American/New Orleans, 18701954), “Sunset over the Fields”, oil on canvas, unsigned, 18 5/8 in. x 20 7/8 in., attractively framed. $3000/5000 Provenance: Gift of the artisit; descended in the family.
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800. Noel Rockmore (American/ New Orleans, 1928-1995), “Bill Russell, Composer and Jazz Music Historian (1905-1992) with Shadow”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “’89” lower left, titled en verso, 46 1/2 in. x 22 1/4 in., attractively framed.
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803. Noel Rockmore (American/New Orleans, 1928-1995), “Alpine John”, pastel on paper, signed and dated “79” lower right, 25 5/8 in. x 19 7/8 in., in a period frame. $1000/1500 Provenance: Estate of Jake Ciaccio, New Orleans.
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804. George Dureau (American/New Orleans, b. 1930), “Portrait of a Man”, charcoal drawing on paper, signed lower center, sight 31 1/2 in. x 21 3/8 in., attractively matted and framed.
801. Noel Rockmore (American/New Orleans, 19281995), “Joe Watkins, Drummer (b. 1900)”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “April 4, ‘63” upper right, titled upper left, 40 in. x 31 in., framed.
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$3000/5000 Provenance: Reproduced in the 802 book Preservation Hall Portraits: Paintings by Noel Rockmore, by Larry Borenstein and Bill Russell, Louisiana University Press, Baton Rouge, 1968. Note: In 1962, Larry Borenstein hired the talented artist Noel Rockmore to create a series of portraits of the musicians that played nightly at Preservation Hall in the French Quarter. Rockmore had recently moved from New York to New Orleans and had immersed himself in the local bohemian community of artists, writers and musicians. This portrait of Joe Watkins is part of the series of formally posed portraits of musicians. New Orleansborn drummer Joe Watkins joined George Lewis’ band which played at Manny’s Tavern and El Morocco Club on Bourbon Street; he later traveled with Lewis’ band to California. In the 1950s, Watkins divided him time between New Orleans and California. Eventually, Watkins returned to New Orleans permanently and played regularly at Preservation Hall with George Lewis and Punch Miller’s bands.
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Note: Beloved for its affordable drinks and food, the lively Alpine Restaurant and Bar on Chartres Street was a favorite gathering place for artists, writers and numerous local characters who resided in the French Quarter during the 1970s and 1980s. The artist Noel Rockmore, a regular patron, painted this wonderful portrait of the waiter called “Alpine John.” With an apron tied at his waist, John’s deeply lined face with dark bags under his eyes alludes to hard living life.
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802. Noel Rockmore (American/New Orleans, 1928-1995), “Oscar Joseph ‘Chicken’ Henry, Trombone Player (b. 1888): Eureka Brass Band”, mixed media on paper, signed and titled lower right, titled en verso, sight 13 1/4 in. x 10 1/2 in., in a giltwood frame. $500/700 Provenance: Collection of Alice Barry, New Orleans and Pass Christian, MS.
Stewart (American/ New Orleans, b. 1941), two prints including “Path 15” lithograph on paper, pencil-signed and titled, and “Urban Wall”, serigraph on paper, pencil-signed, titled, and numbered “164/350”, sight 11 in. x 17 in. and 23 5/8 in. x 18 1/2 in., both attractively matted and framed. $300/500
W 806. Adelle Badeaux (American/Louisiana, 1939-2010),
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Two photo collages on paper including “Hiking Through Hell” and “Order By Mail”, both signed, titled and dated “1998”, the former bearing an artist’s label with a “Arts Council of New Orleans 2001 Entry Form” en verso, sight 18 3/4 in. x 15 in., and 15 in. x 21 7/8 in. respectively, in matching frames.
1857-1938), a group of twelve albumen boudoir card photographs of New Orleans and the surrounding area, including “No. 647-BirdsEye View, Jackson Square”, “No. 628-View Lake Ponchartrain”, “No. 564-St. Charles Str., From Clay Statue”, “No. 697-Old St. Louis Cemetery”, and others; and one cabinet card photograph of a portrait of a gentleman; together with two boudoir card photographs by unknown photographers and two reproduction prints, ranging in size from 4 1/4 in. x 5 1/4 in. to 8 in. x 10 in., all unframed, (17 pcs.)
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“George O’ Febres”, silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated “’84” lower right, titled lower left, sight 4 in. x 4 3/4 in., matted and framed.
W 815. [Cased Images], a group of three sixth-plate
daguerreotypes, including a portrait of a brother and sister, a portrait of a baby and a portrait of a woman with curls, all in leather cases.
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W 808. Constance Hennessy Cone (American/New Orleans,
b. 1949), “Mannequin Rising”, a collection of three platinum print photographs on paper, pencil-signed, with the artist’s label bearing the inscription “Courtesy of Galerie Simonne Stern” en verso, each 2 1/4 in. x 2 5/8 in., attractively matted and framed.
W 816. [Cased Image], a half-plate daguerreotype of Evan and
Nancy W. Shelby, marked “E. Jacobs, N.O.” on mat, pencil-titled, dated “Aug. 12th 1839”, and inscribed “Millwood KY” inside of leather casing, separated at hinges.
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Dureau (American/ New Orleans, b. 1930), “Troy Brown, 1979”, silver gelatin photograph on paper, 39 3/4 in. x 34 in., unframed, reproduced in George Dureau New Orleans, Mateu Cromo, Madrid, 1985, p. 13.
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Images], a group of three sixth-plate daguerreotypes, including a pair of portraits probably of a brother and sister, presented together in a leather case; and a portrait of a tartan-clad seated child, in a leather case, the latter lacking it’ s front cover.
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(American/New Orleans, b. 1957), “Angels in America”, silver gelatin print on paper, signed lower right, with a label bearing the title en verso, sight 13 7/ 8 in. x 18 3/4 in., attractively matted and framed. $200/400 811. Roberto Rincon (American, late 20th c.), “Reclined Male”, triptych of photographs on paper, pencil-signed, dated “1993”, numbered “3/10”, titled, each sight 18 3/8 in. x 14 3/4 in., overall sight 54 3/8 in. x 25 7/8 in., attractively matted and framed. $800/1200 Note: A photographer in New Orleans for many years, Roberto Rincon left the city after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Only in the past year has he again begun exhibiting his work in his current location of London, England.
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$200/400 W 818. [Cased Images], including three daguerreotype sixth-plate
portraits, “Mr. and Mrs. Williams”, in a leather case, separated at hinges; “Edwin Hodges”, in a leather case, separated at hinges; and a portrait of an aged man, in a leather case lacking front cover; together with an ambrotype sixth-plate portrait “Mr. and Mrs. Palmer”, in a leather case; and a tintype ninth-plate portrait of a woman in a resin case, (5 pcs.) $100/200 W 819. Hubert Shuptrine (American/Tennessee, 1936-2006),
“Backroads”, a portfolio of eight limited edition prints, including “Cotton Time in Linden” and “The Sunday Buggy”, all signed in plate, pencil-signed, and numbered 195/500, sizes ranging from 10 1/2 in. x 8 3/4 in. to 16 1/2 in. x 20 1/2 in., all unframed; accompany by various ephemera about the artist.
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whole-plate hand-tinted portrait of an aged husband and wife and a half-plate portrait of a seated dapper young man, both lacking cases.
Provenance: The Belle Cheniere Collection, Paris, TX.
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with child, marked “E. Jacobs, N.O.”; accompanied by hand-written note identifying sitters, lacking case.
W 820. Eugene Higgins (American/New York, 1874-1958),
“Domestic Scene”, etching on paper, pencil-signed, titled, inscribed “Chapman bequest”, titled and stamped “WHITE ART MUSEUM” en verso, 11 1/4 in. x 7 1/2 in., unframed. $300/500
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W 823. An American Gilt
Metal and Crystal TwelveLight Chandelier, 20th c., the corona and circlet with palmettes, dolphin-form arms, the interior fitted with accent lights, height 50 in., diameter 41 in. $700/1000 Provenance: Ex-Collection Darryl’s Restaurant, Pensacola, FL. W 824. A Platinum and
Diamond Ring, band set with numerous small round diamonds, approx. 1 ct. total. $800/1200 W 825. A 14 kt. White
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Gold, Ruby and Diamond Ring, set with one oval faceted ruby surrounded by numerous baguette and small round diamonds. $800/1200
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with numerous small round diamonds, approx. 1 ct. total. $800/1200 W 827. An 18 kt. Yellow Gold and Diamond
Ring, chain link design set with small round diamonds, approx. .50 cts. total. $700/900 828. A French Patinated Sculpture of a Bound Slave Girl, after Jacques Le Nantec (French, b. 1940), cast signature and date “83”, numbered 7 of 8, height 49 in. $2000/3000
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W 821. [Cased Images], a group of two hand-tinted quarter-plate
daguerreotypes, both marked “E. Jacobs, N.O.” on mat, one of a young girl in a plaid dress, in a velvet-lined leather case, separated at hinges and a portrait of a woman, in a leather case, lacking the front cover. $300/500 822. Six Monumental Empire-Style Patinated and Gilt Metal Sconces, mid-20th c., lobed and beaded backplates, reeded arms issuing candles, electrified, four height 52 in., width 40 in., depth 23 in., two height 56 in., width 39 1/2 in., depth 23 in., 3 pairs. $4000/6000 Provenance: The Roosevelt/Fairmont Hotel Ballroom, New Orleans.
W 829. An American Moderne Rosewood and Chrome Tall Clock, c. 1970, Ridgeway-Graverly, Virginia, electric, chiming movement, the base fitted with light, under frosted glass, height 68 in., width 14 in., depth 9 in.
$300/500 W 830. A Large Painted Wrought Iron Mirror of Art
Nouveau Inspiration, mid-20th c., three-part frame with rounded sides, applied flower vines, height 100 1/4 in., width 79 7/8 in. $800/1200 831. A Louis Philippe Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Lit de Repos, 19th c., cylindrical crest rail, paneled head and footboard, mounted columnar stiles, domed feet, shaped conforming rails, height 43 in., width 72 in., depth 43 in. $800/1200 Provenance: Descended in the Ellis/Denis/Beauvais-Decuir Family.
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832. A Beaux Arts Mahogany Parquetry and Gilt BronzeMounted Dining Suite in the Louis XVI Taste, early 20th c., comprising a buffet, dining table, eight chairs (six with caned backs); the buffet of breakfront form with a shaped and divided mirror flanked by tall glazed vitrines; the table top with rounded corners, two leaves, buffet height 91 in., width 93 in., depth 24 in.; table height 29 in., extended length 98 in., width 46 in.
834. A Near Pair of Antique Louis XV-Style BronzeMounted Parquetry Petite Commodes, 19th c., each with serpentine marble top, over conforming case with two drawers on cabriole legs, height 31 1/2 in., width 24 1/2 in., depth 13 in.
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835. A Pair of Antique Queen Anne-Style Walnut Library Chairs, shaped backs, scroll arms, shell carved seat rail, blocked legs, X stretchers.
Provenance: Descended in a Louisiana family; purchased on Royal Street (New Orleans) many years ago.
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836. A William IV Mahogany Writing Table, c. 1840, rectangular top, frieze with two drawers, chamfered supports with carved collars, plinth base, turned feet, height 28 1/8 in., width 39 1/4 in., depth 24 3/4 in. $1200/1800 837. Eugène Verboeckhoven (Belgian, 1798/99-1881), “Grazing in the Shade”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 20 in. x 24 in., in a period giltwood frame. $8000/12000
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Note: Verboeckhoven was inspired by the Dutch landscape masters whom he revered for their intense and unflinching attention to detail. He was born into an impoverished artistic family and, as a young man, supplemented his family’s income by working as a lithographer, a task that sharpened his eye for detail. He initially studied under his father before entering the Academy of Ghent. It was his initial training in anatomy while studying sculpture that helped him develop into such an accomplished and extraordinary painter of animals. Verboeckhoven was known for his preciseness of line, extreme attention to detail, rich palette, and deft handling of light and shadow. His fame went well beyond his native Belgium. He traveled extensively, exhibited widely, and was a member of the Academies of Belgium, Antwerp and St. Petersburg. Verboeckhoven was awarded the prestigious Order of Leopold in Belgium, and the Légion d’Honneur in France. References: Berko. Eugene Verboeckhoven. Editions Laconti. Brussels. 1981. Flippo. Lexicon of the Belgian Romantic Painters. Int. Art Press. Antwerp. 1982. Bénézit. Dictionnaire des Peintres. Librairie Grund. 1976. Vol. X, p. 442.
838. Cesare Auguste Detti (Italian, 1847-1914), “An Afternoon of Leisure”, oil on wood, signed lower left, 10 3/4 in. x 14 3/4 in., framed. $1000/1500 839. Pieter Caspar Christ (Dutch, 1822-1888), “Path to the Castle”, oil on wood panel, signed lower right, 6 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in., framed. $600/800 838
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840. A Pair of Antique English Lead Sculptures of “Spring” and “Winter”, probably Walter Gilbert (English/ Scottish, 1871-1946), unsigned, one cradling a bird’s nest, height 42 in., width 16 in., depth 10 1/2 in.; the other clutching a dead bird to his chest, height 41 in., width 12 in., depth 9 in., together with painted wood fluted columnar plinths, height of bases 28 in. $4000/6000 Note: These charming lead statues represent two of the Four Seasons from the series produced by the “Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts”, of which Gilbert was the founder and chief sculptor. They reveal evident influence of Baroque and NeoClassical models, while also displaying a firm sense of figural and iconographic independence. “Winter”, especially, with his vulnerable pose and affecting gestures, transmits a real sense of childish appeal. These are worthy three-dimensional parallels to the protagonists of J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, and A.A. Milne. 840
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841. A Pair of Napoleon III Carved Rosewood Bergères, mid-19th c., molded arched backs, padded arms, rounded seat rails, cabochon-carved cabriole legs, casters; together with a pair of walnut and upholstered footstools with blocked barley twist legs, turned feet, stretchers, footstool height 17 in., width 19 in., depth 13 1/2 in.
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Edwardian Three Panel Folding Screen, each canvas panel painted with floral sprays and scrolls, nailhead trim, height 68 1/2 in., width 54 in.
843. A William IV Inlaid Mahogany Serving Table, c. 1830, bowfront top, two frieze drawers, square tapered legs, spade feet, height 33 in., width 61 in., depth 28 1/2 in.
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845. A French Iron and Brass Baker’s Rack, scroll crest and supports, three bowfront tiers, height 84 3/8 in., width 49 5/8 in., depth 22 in. $1000/1500
846
846. An Antique Louis XV-Style Inlaid Kingwood Extension Dining Table, rectangular top, shaped apron, cabriole legs, height 30 in., width 54 in., depth 43 in. $1200/1800 847. An Empire-Style Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Center Table, 20th c., verde antico marble top, plain frieze, bronze collared columnar supports, shaped plinth, ebonized disc feet, height 28 in., diameter 35 in.
845
$1000/1500 847
848. An Antique Directoire-Style PaintDecorated Parlor Suite, late 19th c., comprising two bergères and a sofa, silk upholstery. $1200/1800
849
W 844. An Antique Continental Carved
Oak Cabinet, 19th c., molded cornice with demilune-carved frieze, two doors with linenfold panels, void interior, plain plinth, feet, height 70 1/2 in., width 43 in., depth 21 in. $600/900
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849. An Aesthetic Faux Bamboo Pine Armoire, late 19th c., arched cornice with roundel monogram, pair of paneled doors, interior with belt of two drawers, plinth base with drawers, turned feet, height 96 1/4 in., width 59 3/4 in., depth 26 3/8 in. $1000/1500
850. Polish School, early 20th c., “Travelers Surrounding a Wagon on a Country Road”, oil on canvas, indistinctly signed lower right, 9 1/8 in. x 11 1/8 in., in a period frame. $1000/1500 851 851. Bjørn Wiinblad (Danish, 19182006), “The Cathedral, the Castle, and the Ruins”, mixed media on paper, pencil-signed lower right, sight 22 3/8 in. x 47 1/2 in., framed.
850
$500/700 Provenance: From the artist to the present owner. W 852. Theodor
856
853
Recknagel (German, 18651945), “The Cardinal in His Study”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 24 1/2 in. x 21 3/4 in., in an antique gessoed and giltwood frame. $500/700 Provenance: Sold in these rooms April 15, 2007, lot 1058. 853. George Henry Breitner (Dutch, 1857-1923), “The Bridge”, ink and watercolor on paper, signed lower right, sight 13 1/4 in. x 17 1/4 in., framed. $1000/1500 854. Continental School, early 20th c., “Autumn in the Park”, oil on canvas, signed “Teineit” lower right, 16 in. x 12 in., in a later frame. $800/1200 855. Continental School, 19th c., “Portrait of a Spanish Lady”, pastel on paper, unsigned, pencil inscription en verso indicates restoration completed Nov. 1916, 38 1/2 in. x 29 in., in an antique carved wood frame.
854
855
856. Hendrik Cornelis Kranenberg (Dutch, 1871-1948) “Amsterdam”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, titled and with an “Anno Gebr. Koch Kunsthandel, Amsterdam” label en verso, 23 3/4 in. x 35 1/2 in., in a giltwood frame. $800/1200
$800/1200
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W 860. Luciano
Guaniera (Italian, b. 1930), “London”, oil on paper, signed lower right, titled and dated “1966” lower left, with a “Heydenryk” label en verso, 12 5/8 in. x 16 5/8 in., framed. $400/600 Provenance: The Belle Cheniere Collection, Paris, TX. W 861. S. Jacobs
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857
(French, 20th c.), “Noctilucence”, oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated “1939”, 10 1/2 in. x 15 1/2 in., in a cove-molded wood frame. $300/500 W 862. Julius (Gyula)
859
Marosán (Hungarian/ Canadian, 19152003), “Colours Around the Block”, watercolor on paper, signed, inscribed “G.V.”, and dated “1958” lower left, “Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor 33rd Annual Exhibition, Toronto Art Gallery, Nov. 28 - Jan. 3, 1959” label en verso, 22 1/4 in. x 30 3/4 in., matted and framed. $400/600 863. Pierre Marie Brisson (French, b. 1955), “Portrait of a Smile”, mixed media on hand-made paper, pencilsigned lower right, 30 1/4 in. x 22 1/4 in., attractively matted and framed.
863
857. Continental School, late 19th/early 20th c., “Portrait of Jezabel (sic)”, oil on canvas, unsigned, titled across the top “Jezabel VX Achab”, 26 1/4 in. x 20 7/8 in, framed.
$600/900 864
$1000/1500 858. G. Clements (French, early 20th c.), “The Procession”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 12 1/2 in. x 14 in., in an unusual painted selfframe. $500/700
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859. H. Fafin (French, 19th c.), “Castle Bridge”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “1858” lower right, 17 in. x 20 in., unframed. $600/800
864. Niek van der Plas (Dutch, b. 1954), “Beach Scene”, oil on wood board, signed lower right, 5 in. x 6 3/4 in., framed. $600/800
865. Willem Heytmann (Dutch, b. 1950), “Paris Market”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 15 1/4 in. x 23 1/2 in., in a giltwood frame. $1000/1500 866. Pierre Renard (French, 1870-1914), “Winter Street Scene”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 11 3/4 in. x 16 in., in a later frame.
865
867
$1000/1500 867. René Rambert (French, 20th c.), “Strolling Along the Beach”, oil on wood panel, signed lower left, 18 in. x 15 in., framed. $1000/1500
866
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869. A Fine Haviland Limoges Porcelain Game Set, late 19th c., retailed by Tyndale & Mitchell, Philadelphia, comprising 12 plates, a large rectangular platter, and a small rectangular dish, each vividly hand-painted with transferdecoration, plate diameter 9 in., platter 11 1/2 in. x 18 1/2 in., (14 pcs.).
869
$1500/2500 868. A Meissen Porcelain “Apple Harvest” Figural Group, late 19th c., base with underglaze blue crossed swords, incised “1998”, impressed “83” and inscribed “44”, height 11 in.; together with a Meissen porcelain scent bottle, reserved with courting couples, lacking stopper, base with underglaze blue crossed swords, height 3 7/8 in. $800/1200
W 870. A Pair of Vista Alegre Gilt and
Polychrome Porcelain Garniture Vases, in the Empire style, each with caryatid handles and floral decoration, height 9 3/4 in., width 8 3/4 in., depth 4 1/2 in. Note: one retains copper liner. $250/350
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W 878. An
Antique French Miniature Sedan Chair Vitrine, c. 1900, embossed metal, transfer decorated with cherubs engaged in various pursuits, the door opening to two velvet-lined shelves, beveled glass windows, height 9 1/2 in., width 5 in., depth 5 1/2 in.
879
$300/500
881
W 874. A Set of Eight American
Pressed and Gilt Brass Tie Backs, mid19th c., each with ribbed arm and in an oak leaf and acorn motif, approx. length 9 in. $300/500
880
W 871. A Samson Gilt and Polychrome Porcelain
W 875. A Pair of Blue Opaline Glass
and Pressed and Gilt Brass Tie Backs, mid-19th c., each in the form of a morning glory and foliage, the glass New England or Sandwich, length 13 in. and 12 in.
879. A Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass SixLight Candelabra, 19th c., vasiform standards issuing scrolled supports, with serrated and Greek-key decorated drip pans, height 20 in., diameter 14 in. $500/700
Revival Carved Walnut Bracket, c. 1870, with finely carved rosettes and crockets, height 7 in., width 11 in., depth 6 3/8 in.
880. A Pair of Antique Charles X-Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze FourLight Candelabra, fluted, tapered standard with acanthine collar issuing scrolled arms, paw feet on incurvate triangular plinth base, height 25 1/2 in., diameter 11 1/2 in.
$100/200
$1000/1500
Tiebacks, including a set of 8 in. diameter, 3 in., and a similar pair diameter 2 1/4 in., another similar example diameter 3 1/2 in., along with a floral designed example, diameter 3 3/4 in., and a mercury glass door knob, (13 pcs.).
W 877. A Pair of American Brass
$500/1000
$500/700
881. A Large Rococo Revival Carved and Giltwood Mirror, late 19th c., reticulated foliate frame surrounding a rectangular mirror plate, height 74 in., width 46 in.
Petite Teapot, reserved with armorial flanked by rams amid scrolls and floral bouquets, height 4 3/4 in.; together with a Tiffany & Co. gilt and polychrome porcelain monteith, marked, in the Worcester style, woven basket design with scalloped rim, hand-painted reserve with peacocks in a landscape, height 3 5/8 in., width 7 1/8 in., depth 6 1/8 in. $150/250
$200/400 W 876. An Antique American Gothic
W 872. A Group of Early Mercury Glass
W 873. A Set of Four American or English Gilt
Brass Tie Backs, c. 1830, scrolled lotus leaf design, retaining original mounting plates, length 10 1/2 in. $300/500
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Andirons, 19th c., each campagna urn standard on plinth base and ball feet, oxidized surface, height 19 in., width 10 1/2 in., depth 19 1/2 in.
$1800/2500
882. A Louis XVIStyle Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Clock Garniture, c. 1880, arched clock case surmounted with an allegory of love, the porcelain dial having cobalt numerals, flanked by floral branches, on scroll feet, the conforming candlesticks with putto standards, the clock presented under an oval dome, clock height 10 in., dome height 15 in., width 14 in., depth 9 1/2 in.
882
883
885. An American Renaissance Carved Walnut Bookcase, 19th c., pedimented cornice, breakfront form with carved stiles, a pair of arched doors flanked by conforming single door cases, adjustable shelves, blocked plinth base fitted with drawers, height 77 in., width 77 5/8 in., depth 21 3/8 in.
$1000/1500 Provenance: Descended in the Ellis/Denis/Beauvais-Decuir Family. 883. An Antique French Gilt Bronze and Slate Figural Mantel Clock, 19th c., movement marked “M. Jullien”, the figure holding a flower, the plinth mounted with scrolls and arabesque border, on cartouche feet, height 21 in., width 15 1/2 in., depth 6 1/4 in.
$800/1200 884
$800/1200 884. An American Aesthetic Carved Cherrywood Writing Table, late 19th c., attributed to Herter Bros., New York, top with inset leather, carved frieze drawer on one side, floral-carved tablets, blocked and turned legs connected by spindled stretchers, height 30 in., width 41 1/8 in., depth 23 5/8 in. $800/1200 Note: The turned spindles on this library table are very similar to those on a library table bearing the Herter Brothers stamp sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 458 in September 1995. The scrolled apron is clearly related to that on a cabinet, also stamped Herter Brothers, sold in these rooms as lot 631, February 1993. The India rubber casters found on this table are similar to those found on other furniture made by Herter Brothers, notably a side chair made for Happy House, the Darius Ogden Mills residence in Millbrae, California. Reference: Howe, Frelinghuysen, Voorsanger. Herter Brothers, Furniture and Interiors for a Gilded Age, p. 150, fig. 11.
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886. An American Rococo Carved Mahogany Étagère Cabinet, mid19th c., New York, crest with strapwork cartouche, cabochon and acanthus scrolls; two graduated shelves with scroll supports, mirror backs; case with white marble top, canted stiles, two mirrored doors enclosing fitted interior, shaped and carved plinth, height 63 in., width 38 in., depth 19 in. $1500/2500 W 887. An American Rococo Carved and Laminated Parlor Chair, mid-
19th c., New York, the reticulated crest carved with a masque of a child, shieldform padded back, circular seat, cabriole legs. $400/600 888. An Interesting Pair of American Rococo Carved Rosewood and Laminated Armchairs, c. 1850-1860, New York. $3000/5000 W 889. An American Classical Bronze-Mounted Library Table, c. 1840,
the rectangular top with reticulated bronze edge, blocked apron with applied decoration, ring-turned and acanthus carved legs, turned feet, height 27 1/4 in., width 40 in., depth 24 in. $500/700 W 890. An American Late Classical Carved Mahogany Games Table, c.
1830-1840, figured foldover swivel top, lyre support, scroll feet, height 30 7/8 in., width 38 in., depth 19 in. $500/700 891. An American Rococo Rosewood-Grained Étagère, mid-19th c., probably Cincinnati, the architectonic crest centered by a foliate roundel, mirror back with candle shelves, turned supports, the base with serpentine white marble top, shaped apron, bracket supports and paneled back, conforming plinth, height 94 in., width 49 1/2 in., depth 18 1/2 in. $1800/2500 Provenance: Once part of the furnishings of The Towers, Natchez, birthplace of George E. Dicks of Natchez and New Orleans (1887-1952), and installed in the foyer of 8 Rosa Park, New Orleans after Dicks’ marriage to Emily Read Jones in 1922. 891
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892. An American Renaissance Carved and Burled Walnut Armchair, c. 1870, attributed to John Jelliff, Newark, New Jersey, the arched, swagged crest with bust of Jenny Lind, pendant “ears”, shaped back, padded arms with caryatid uprights, curved seat rail, turned incised legs, casters. $500/750 892
898
896
W 893. An American Neo-Grec
897
Carved and Burl Walnut Dresser, 19th c., New York, the rectangular mirror flanked by candle shelves, the associated base with white marble top having outset corners, three drawers, conforming plinth, ebonized details, height 96 1/2 in., width 52 in., depth 26 1/2 in.
895. An American Innovative Walnut Platform Rocking Chair, late 19th c., attributed to George Hunzinger, New York, shaped padded back, rope-twist stiles topped by spherules, curved arms terminating in bosses, stick and ball spindles below, on trestle base with metal spring mechanism, height 40 in., width 21 in., depth 19 in.
$1000/1500
$500/700
W 894. A Good American
896. An American Beaux Arts Carved Walnut Server, late 19th/early 20th c., serpentine marble top above two leaf and cabochon carved drawers, two burled paneled doors enclosing fitted sliding trays below, the center door carved with a bust of a knight, canted stiles with grotesques, ending in acanthus scrolled toes, height 38 in., width 53 in., depth 23 in.
Classical Carved Mahogany Games Table, early 19th c., Philadelphia, fold-over swivel top, bolection frieze, leaf and rosette carved corners, turned, flared and gadrooned stem, incurvate plinth, acanthus carved paw feet with volute brackets, height 28 1/2 in., width 36 in., depth 17 1/2 in.
897. A Suite of Six American Beaux Arts Carved Walnut Dining Chairs, late 19th/early 20th c., en suite, comprising two armchairs and four side chairs, shield-shaped upholstered backs, the arched crests with Classical medallion, serpentine seats, acanthus-carved cabriole legs headed by grotesque masks, dolphin feet. $1000/1500 898. An Antique Brazilian Inlaid Rosewood Parlor Suite in the Beaux Arts Taste, late 19th/early 20th c., comprising a settee, side chair and armchair, all with spindled crest rails, turned uprights, floral inlaid panels, foliate carved arms, shaped seat rails, turned legs, stretchers, stamped “Marcenaria Brazileria...Rio de Janeiro R. Crhistovao no. 120”, with retailer’s label Madalie Bros., 11th St., Philadelphia, settee height 41 1/2 in., width 54 1/2 in., depth 19 1/2 in. $800/1200
$1000/1500
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W 899. A Pair of
W 903. A Set of Four
Spanish-Style Oak Corner Cabinets, each with molded cornice, canted sides, tall glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, conforming plinth, height 86 3/8 in., width 33 in., depth 20 in.
Chippendale-Style Carved Mahogany Side Chairs, pierced vasiform splat, trapezoidal seat on cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet. $500/750 W 904. A Federal-Style
Maple Canterbury, turned dividers above a single drawer, turned legs, height 24 1/8 in., width 18 1/4 in., depth 14 3/8 in.
$1000/1500
$100/200
900
901
902
905. A George III Mahogany Pembroke Table, early 19th c., demilune drop leaves, frieze drawer, square tapering legs, height 27 1/2 in., open width 37 1/2 in., depth 31 in. $800/1200 W 906. A Pair of Regency-
Style Carved Mahogany Armchairs, 20th c., scrolled crests, scrolled volute arms, straight seat rails, turned legs with ferrules. 905
907
900. A Set of Six Antique American Classical “Fancy” Painted Side Chairs, 19th c., arched crests, medial splat, serpentine caned seats, turned legs, stretchers. Note: Refreshed surface.
901. A William IV Mahogany Dining Table, mid-19th c., circular top, faceted vasiform pedestal, incurvate quadripartite base, ball feet, height 29 1/2 in., length 54 in., depth 54 in.
$800/1200
$1000/1500
902. A Pair of Louis XVStyle Carved Fruitwood and Ebonized Fauteuils, 20th c., molded floral crests, caned backs, scroll arms, serpentine seat rail, floralcarved and molded cabriole legs, leather seats. $500/750
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$600/800 907. An Antique Queen Anne-Style Carved Mahogany Games Table, foldover top with outset corners, conforming frieze, tapering legs with lappet knees, pad feet, height 29 in., width 34 in., depth 17 in. $2000/3000
W 911. A Regency-Style
Carved Mahogany Cocktail Table, the hexagonal marble top with a pierced brass gallery, molded skirt, scroll supports, plinth base, scrolled feet, height 18 1/2 in., width 45 in., depth 39 in. $400/600
910
908
913
908. An Antique George IIIStyle Inlaid Mahogany Vitrine, late 19th c., molded cornice, inlaid frieze over glazed sides and doors with geometric mullions, height 81 in., width 30 in., depth 24 in.
913. A Regency Mahogany Sideboard, c. 1820, break fronted top, conforming case with long drawer flanked by deep drawers, tapered legs ending in spade feet, height 36 in., width 71 3/8 in., depth 28 3/4 in.
$1200/1800
$2000/3000
W 909. An Edwardian Inlaid
Mahogany Adjustable Stool, late 19th c., labeled “Brooks Limited London”, rectangular upholstered seat, banded frame, square tapered legs, spade feet, iron screw mechanism and turning knobs, height 21 in., width 22 in., depth 17 1/2 in.
W 914. An American Maple
Dining Table, c. 1830, deep drop leaves, plain skirt, turned gate legs, button feet, height 28 3/4 in., width 42 in., depth 19 1/2 in.
$400/600
$500/750 915
910. A George-III Style Mahogany Blanket Chest, 19th c., rectangular top modified to lift to a void compartment; two sham drawers over a long drawer and three short drawers, ogee bracket feet, height 40 7/8 in., width 57 1/2 in., depth 21 5/8 in. $500/700
W 912. A William and Mary-Style Carved
Walnut Mule Chest, the lift top with strap hinges, geometric carved paneled front with leaf and seed pod frieze, drawer below on blocked feet, original surface, height 34 1/2 in., width 39 in., depth 23 in.
915. Frans Dumont (French, mid-to-late 19th c.), “Chamber Music”, oil on canvas, signed and dated “1904” lower right, 26 in. x 31 in., in an elaborate gessoed and giltwood frame. $1500/2500
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W 925. A Pair of Antique
Louis XVI-Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze-Mounted Marble Seven-Light Candelabra, 19th c., urn-form standard, mounted with putti and swags, base cast with acanthus and drapery, on paw feet, height 24 in., diameter 11 in. $800/1200 W 926. A Louis XV-Style Gilt
924
Bronze and Cut Glass Chandelier, glass arms hung with cut class and spherule pendants, height 21 in., diameter 20 in. $500/700 W 927. An Osler-Style Cut
Glass Six-Light Chandelier, the shaped baluster-form standard issuing six scrolled arms surmounted by hurricane shades, the whole cut with wide bands of lozenges and prism-hung, height 49 in., diameter 34 1/4 in.
918
W 916. A Pair of Paris Porcelain
Garniture Vases, mid-19th c., in the style of Jacob Petit, apple green and claret ground with raised gilt decoration and floral reserves, lacking bases, height 9 1/2 in.; together with a Paris porcelain tray and a Paris porcelain rhyton form vase, black ground with floral sprays and gilt highlights, height 5 3/4 in. (4 pcs.). $300/500
$1200/1800 930
W 920. A Continental Patinated Bronze of a
Rooting Pig, after Auguste Moreau (French, 1834-1917) signed on side of belly, height 8 1/2 in., length 17 in. $400/600
W 917. A Pair of Continental
Polychrome and Gilt Porcelain Vases, 19th c., pink ground, each body reserved with scenes of rural life, height 17 in.
W 921. A Decorative Tôle Peinte Tea Canister, with a
rectangular gilt cartouche with Chinese characters, height 13 in., diameter 8 in.
$700/900
$150/250
918. A Sèvres Bleu Cobalt Porcelain and Gilt BronzeMounted Lidded Urn, early 20th c., opposing reserves painted in the 18th c. style, one with a maiden and cherubs signed “Quentin”, height 25 in. Note: Restorations.
W 922. An Edwardian Mahogany Tantalus, with two
$1000/1500 W 919. A Pair of Sèvres
Porcelain Sporting Theme Cabinet Cups, 20th c., green ground with raised gilt design, one reserve with a cricket player, the other a rugby player, cup height 2 1/2 in. $100/200
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paneled crystal decanters with sterling silver-mounted stoppers, the open handled case with a locking mechanism, height 14 in., width 14 in., depth 7 in., decanter height 11 1/2 in. $200/400 W 923. A Mexican Silverplate Punch Bowl, 20th c.,
grapeleaf repoussé, stepped foot, fitted with a removable bottle holder, height 10 in., diameter 16 in. $300/500
W 928. An Osler-Style Cut
Glass Nine-Light Torchère, the diamond cut double-knopped baluster support below a bowl issuing eight scrolling arms terminating in foliate drip pans supporting stiff leaf cut glass hurricane shades, the central support issuing a further single straight arm with nozzle and shade, domed and waisted circular base, height 65 3/4 in., diameter 38 in. $1200/1800 W 929. A William IV
Mahogany Server, c. 1835, the reticulated gallery above a rectangular molded top on scroll supports, over paneled doors enclosing a partially fitted interior, on a molded plinth, height 54 in., width 52 in., depth 19 1/2 in. $500/750
924. A Pair of Régence-Style Gilt Bronze Four-Light Sconces, 20th c., scroll and acanthus backplate issuing fluted arms, height 27 in., width 17 in., depth 9 in.
930. Warren Ford Doolittle, Jr. (American, 1911-1987), “Leda and the Swan”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, with artist’s information en verso, 22 in. x 36 in., framed.
$1000/1500
$1200/1800
931. William Fair Kline (American, 1870-1931), “Grecian Women in a Forest”, oil on canvas board, signed and dated “1906” lower right, inscribed “Mrs. C.B. Mehard” en verso, 16 7/8 in. x 25 1/4 in., in a period giltwood frame. $800/1200
931
932. An American Renaissance Carved and Burled Overmantel Mirror, mid-19th c., Philadelphia, arched crest with shield-shaped cartouche, incised molding, burled paneled stiles, bracketed corners, height 68 in., width 64 1/2 in. $800/1200
932
934
935
W 933. An Antique American Walnut
W 936. A Small Italian Rococo-
Candlestand, 19th c., rectangular tilt-top, baluster turned support, arched legs, height 27 in., width 30 in., depth 19 1/2 in.
Style Carved and Argenté Settee, the serpentine back with reticulated splats, scrolled arms, rectangular padded seat, shaped apron, molded cabriole legs, height 36 1/2 in., width 49 in., depth 22 in.
$300/500 Provenance: Descended in the Ellis/Denis/BeauvaisDecuir Family. 934. A Continental Rococo Revival Carved Rosewood Center Table, mid19th c., serpentine top, shaped apron with bas relief panels, acanthus knees, cabriole legs joined by stretchers, central urn, casters, height 29 in., width 56 in., depth 36 in.
$800/1200 W 937. English School, mid-19th
c., “Portrait of Woman in a Blue Dress”, oil on canvas, unsigned, with a “James Fenwick” framer’s label en verso, 13 in. x 10 in., in a period giltwood frame.
$800/1200
$500/700
935. A Pair of Louis XV-Style Crème Peinte Fauteuils, each with shaped back, padded scrolled arms, serpentine seat, molded cabriole legs, height 37 in.
W 938. A Paris Porcelain Polychrome
$800/1200
and Gilt Centerpiece, mid-to-late 19th c., bleu royale ground with pierced lip and foliate handles, one side reserved with a courting couple, the other with doves, height 11 5/8 in., width 17 in. $150/250
939
939. An Ornate Silverplate Repoussé Meat Dome and Warming Stand, the oval dome with removable acanthus and floral handle, floral and shell repoussé, the conforming warming stand with well and tree meat dish with egg and dart border, floral and foliate handles and feet, hot water compartment, height 15 in., length 26 1/2 in. $800/1200
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942. A Pair of Monumental RenaissanceStyle White Marble Garden Urns, the acanthus carved lip, body with putti and floral festoons, fluted stem, square plinth, height 52 in., diameter 38 in.
940
940. A Pair of Antique Faux Marbre Columns, late 19th c., each with fluted body, square plinth, decorated to simulate sienna and black marble, height 30 in., width 11 1/2 in., depth 11 1/2 in. $800/1200 941. Four Oval Wrought Iron Jardinières, each with liner, in scrollwork stands, oxidized surfaces.
$5000/10000
$1200/1800 943
943. A Pair of Continental Marble and Crystal Girandoles, 19th c., each having three brass scrolling candlearms hung with faceted small prisms, the molded base on spherical feet, height 25 in., width 9 in., depth 8 in. $1200/1800
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944. An Antique French DirectoireStyle Brass-Inlaid Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre, late 19th c., signed illegibly on bottom of interior drawer, the galleried King of Prussia marble top over a band of four drawers, the cylinder lid opening to a fitted interior with a pull-out writing surface, over a frieze of three drawers on tapering fluted legs ending in brass feet, secondary wood: tulip, height 45 1/2 in., width 50 in., depth 23 1/2 in.
944
$800/1200 945. A Continental Renaissance Revival Carved Mahogany Server, mid-19th c., cartouche crest, upper tier on scroll supports, two drawers and two lower shelves with gallery backs, turned and reeded supports, casters, height 66 1/2 in., width 50 1/2 in., depth 17 1/8 in.
948
$600/900 946. A Louis XVI-Style Bronze-Mounted Mahogany and Burled Walnut Center Table, serpentine bronze molded top, long drawer, cabriole legs ending in sabots, height 28 in., width 38 3/8 in., depth 24 5/8 in.
945
$500/750 W 947. A Louis XV-
Style Carved and Giltwood Méridienne, shell crest, waisted back, continuous arms, oval padded seat, carved apron, cabriole legs, scroll toes. $500/750 948. A Persian Sultanabad Carpet, camel ground, central field with large stylized floral motifs, 10 ft. 5 in. x 14 ft.
949
946
949. A Persian Serapi Carpet, overall vining foliate motifs, 11 ft. 3 in. x 15 ft. 3 in. $7000/9000
$8000/12000
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W 954. A Persian Turkeman
Carpet, red ground, repeating grid motifs in green, red and cream, 6 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. 3 in. $1500/2000 W 955. An Antique Esparta
Carpet, blue and red ground, overall stylized floral central field and borders, 11 ft. 10 in. x 20 ft. 2 in. $1000/1500 W 956. An Oushak Carpet, camel
ground, vining flowers in red and olive, 6 ft. x 9 ft. 3 in. $400/600 W 957. A Needlepoint Rug, black
950
953
ground, repeating florals in rose and green, 9 ft. x 11 ft. 9 in. $300/500 W 958. A Louis XVI-Style Gilt
Bronze Three-Light Wall Sconce, 20th c., with upright foliatecast support and scrolling arms, height 25 in., width 16 in., including the shades and candles. $150/250 W 959. A Pair of Antique French
Gilt and Patinated Carcel Lamps, 19th c., the bodies encircled with Bacchic procession, lamp height 11 3/4 in. $150/250 W 960. A Pair of Decorative
Wrought Iron Side Tables, each with square glass top, frames in the form of buckled straps, height 23 in., width 25 in., depth 25 in. $500/750 952 W 961. A Set of Four Cast Iron
962 950. A Persian Serapi Carpet, salmon and dark blue ground, stylized floral motifs, 9 ft. 8 in. x 12 ft. 8 in. $3000/5000
952. A Persian Herati Carpet, red ground, 10 ft. 5 in. x 14 ft.
Planters, each of campagna form with egg and dart rim, waisted body, square plinth, height 20 in., diameter 20 1/2 in. $800/1200
$1800/2500 W 951. A Persian Kerman Carpet, blue and
cream ground, central and side medallions, overall vining flowers in blues, lilac, white and reds, 9 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. 9 in. $3500/4500
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953. An Antique Farahan Rug, dark blue ground, central field with overall floral design, 9 ft. x 11 ft. 7 in.
962. A Good Pair of German Porcelain Bocage Mirrors, late 19th/early 20th c., probably Dresden, each with three scrolling candlearms, beveled mirror plate and ebonized wood panel back, height 31 in., width 17 in., depth 8 in.
$1500/2500
$2000/3000
Provenance: Acquired from Jacqueline Vance, New Orleans, c. 1983.
963. A Pair of Ornamental Cast Iron Estate Gates, scrolled foliate frames, latticework centers with rectangular foliate and floral panel, height 114 in., width 157 1/2 in., depth 1 1/2 in. $2500/3500 964. A Patinated Bronze of an Alligator, 20th c., the figure lifesized, height 25 1/2 in., width 67 in., depth 32 in.
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$1800/2500 965. An American Bronze of a Young Girl, after William Ludwig (American/ Louisiana, b. 1935), cast signature and dated “’83” at back, height 24 in., width 10 in., depth 7 3/4 in., on a square wood base.
964
$800/1200 W 966.
American School, 20th c., “Willow”, plaster portrait sculpture of an AfricanAmerican Woman inscribed “W.B.” and dated “1943” en verso, features delicately modeled and incised, height 10 1/2 in., width 6 1/2 in., depth 6 in., mounted on a wood base. $300/500
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969
W 970. A 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
W 968. A Set of Three Antique
Rococo-Style Carved Giltwood Valances, carved with c-scrolls and acanthus, with later side pieces, height 12 1/2 in., length of pair 48 in., the other 46 in., depth 7 in. $600/800
967. A Monumental Gilt Porcelain Figural Centerpiece, modeled and painted in the Meissen Neoclassical style, the pierced basket on scrolled supports with engaged figures of the Four Seasons, on a molded plinth, height 27 1/2 in., diameter 20 in.
Team Signed Baseball, J. deBeer, Double Header ball, 24 player signatures as well as manager Walter Alston, featuring: Campanella, Drysdale, Hodges, Koufax, Reese, Robinson, Snider and others. $600/900 Provenance: The Grove, Tallahassee, FL.; Collection of LeRoy Collins, 33rd Governor of Florida, 19551961.
969. An American Cast Iron Sugar Kettle, 19th c., with shallow bowl, wide rim, height 15 in., diameter 55 in. $2000/3000
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W 971. A 1956 New York
W 976. Jim Bray (American/Georgia, 1933-1978),
Yankees Team Signed Baseball, J. deBeer & Son ball, with 21 players and manager Casey Stengel from the World Series Champions, signatures include: Berra, Ford, Martin, Rizzuto, perfect game winner Larsen and a clubhouse Mantle.
“President’s Painting”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed and titled en verso, 29 7/8 in. x 39 7/8 in., in a giltwood frame; accompanied by a brochure on works of Jim Bray from Frances Aronson Gallery, Ltd., Atlanta, Georgia.
$600/900 Provenance: The Grove, Tallahassee, FL.; Collection of LeRoy Collins, 33rd Governor of Florida, 1955-1961.
$500/700
981. James Michalopoulos (American/New Orleans, b. 1951), “Louis Armstrong (Study for the 2001 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Poster)”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 30 in. x 40 in., unframed. $2000/4000
W 977. Robert M. Rucker (American/Louisiana,
1932-2001), “Live Oak on the Water”, acrylic on canvas board, signed lower left, 5 in. x 7 in., in a modern frame. $500/700
W 972. A 1956 New York Giants
Team Signed Baseball, J. deBeer, Double Header ball, 22 player signatures as well as manager Bill Rigney, featuring: Mays, Schoendienst, Antonelli, Worthington and others.
W 982. Two Chinese Blue and
White Porcelain Pillows, the first decorated with figures in garden landscapes, height 5 1/8 in., width 5 3/4 in., depth 2 1/4 in., the second with cartouches enclosing Buddhistic lions playing with brocade balls, inscribed “Hua Nan Faci” to one side, height 4 3/4 in., width 5 3/4 in., depth 2 1/2 in. $400/600
$300/500 Provenance: The Grove, Tallahassee, FL.; Collection of LeRoy Collins, 33rd Governor of Florida, 1955-1961.
W 983. A Group of Three
Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Objects, probably Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), including a tripod brushwasher of compressed circular form decorated to the exterior with large floral sprays, height 1 3/4 in., diameter 5 1/2 in.; a jarlet, height 2 1/2 in.; and a brushwasher, height 1 1/2 in., diameter 3 3/4 in.
W 973. Two Signed Baseballs,
one signed by heavyweight Jack Dempsey and dedicated to Governor LeRoy Collins, also signed by Hall of Fame umpire “Jocko” Conlan; the other ball signed by several baseball executives, League Presidents, Gabe Paul, Solly Hermus and many others.
$600/800
$300/500 Provenance: The Grove, Tallahassee, FL.; Collection of LeRoy Collins, 33rd Governor of Florida, 1955-1961.
W 984. A Group of Three
W 974. An American Folk Art
1956 World Series Signature Bat, cherrywood, featuring facsimile signatures from the 1956 New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers, possibly executed by renowned Dodger batboy Charlie DiGiovanna, whose signature the bat also bears. $400/600 Provenance: The Grove, Tallahassee, FL.; Collection of LeRoy Collins, 33rd Governor of Florida, 1955-1961.
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W 978. John Mackie Falconer (British/American,
1820-1903), “Washing Morning, Down South, Georgia”, 1884 etching, inscribed “J.M. Falconer, 1882” in plate lower left, pencil-signed “J.M. Falconer” lower right, 7 1/4 in. x 12 3/4 in., matted and unframed.
Patinated Metal Mantel Clock, c. 1880, the movement marked Ansonia Clock Co., New York, U.S.A., silvered repoussé dial; double spring, striking gong works with pendulum, height 13 1/4 in., width 9 in., depth 5 1/2 in. $250/500 Provenance: Descended in the Ellis/Denis/ Beauvais-Decuir Family.
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$600/800
$300/500 W 985. Two Antique Chinese W 979. Southern School, 19th/20th c., “Black
W 975. An Antique American
Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Objects, probably Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), including a bowl, the exterior with flowering vine decoration, the interior with a central pinwheel well with flowers and grasses banding the cavetto, height 2 7/8 in., diameter 7 1/8 in.; a dish with allover flowering vine design, height 1 3/4 in., diameter 9 1/4 in., and a small bowl, height 2 in., diameter 4 in.
Woman in a Tignon”, watercolor, unsigned, sight 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in., matted and framed. $300/500 W 980. Attributed to Louise Prescott Canby
(American, 19th c.), “Hazy Mid-Day in the Tropics”, oil on board, signed “L?P? Canby” and dated “78” lower left, 15 in. x 24 1/2 in., in a period gilt frame. $300/500
Porcelain Ovoid Porcelain Jars, probably late Ming Dynasty (13681644), the first decorated with flowers and rocks, height 3 1/2 in.; the second with allover floral design strewn with Buddhistic emblems, height 3 3/4 in. $400/600
W 986. A Group of Four Antique Chinese Blue and White
W 993. C. Myron Clark (American/Massachusetts, 1858-
Pottery Jarlets, probably Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), two of faceted globular form, height 3 1/8 in. and 2 1/4 in.; and two of compressed globular form, height 2 5/8 in. and 1 3/4 in.
1925), “View of Mt. Vesuvius from the Shore of Naples”, oil on canvas, signed, dated “06” and localized “Napoli” lower right, 14 1/4 in. x 20 1/4 in., in a later giltwood frame.
$400/600
$300/500
987. An Antique Chinese Amber Glazed Porcelain Dish, the shallow circular dish with allover cracquelure, the interior well incised with dragon decoration, base with impressed mark, height 1 in., diameter 4 5/8 in.
994. Albert Nichol (American, 20th c.), “Western & Atlantic Railroad Locomotive The General”, watercolor on paper, signed and dated “1989” center right, sight 18 1/2 in. x 29 3/8 in., framed.
$300/500
Note: During the Civil War The General, a locomotive which traveled the Western and Atlantic Railroad line between Atlanta and Chattanooga, was the main vehicle used by Union soldiers in what has become known as “Andrews’ Raid” or “The Great Locomotive Chase.” During this event, James J. Andrews, a civilian, along with Union Army volunteers, commandeered The General and attempted to bring it to Chattanooga, cutting telegraph wires and destroying portions of the railroad track en route. This led to a high-speed train chase, with the train’s conductor, William Allen Fuller, in pursuit. Although The General ran out of fuel just a few miles from Chattanooga and was recovered by the Confederacy, the men had managed to do some damage to the telegraph lines and railroad tracks and many were awarded medals of honor.
$500/700
W 988. A Group of Four Antique
Chinese Porcelain Small Dishes, late 19th/early 20th c., including a pair of “Birthday” dishes, the interior vibrantly enameled on a lemon yellow ground with four roundels enclosing the characters for wan shou wu jiang, long life without ending, around a central shou, longevity, roundel, bases with six character Guangxu (1875-1908) marks in iron red, height 1 1/8 in., diameter 5 1/2 in., note: chip to one rim; and a pair of blue and white porcelain dishes painted with chrysanthemums picked out in red, green and gilt, bases with six character Guangxu (1875-1908) marks, height 1 1/8 in., diameter 5 3/8 in.
987
W 995. John French (American,
20th c.), “New Day, New Land”, oil on masonite, signed and monogrammed lower right, titled and signed en verso, 6 in. x 10 in., in a giltwood frame.
$400/600 W 989. A Group of Three Carved
Figural Pipes, one meerschaum mounted with two dogs, in a fitted leather case and two wood, one mounted with a single dog and meerschaum tip, and one with a reptile, marked “Daytona Beach, Fla.”, length 3 3/4 in., width 3 7/8in., depth 3 1/8 in., respectively. $250/350
$400/600 Provenance: The Belle Cheniere Collection, Paris, TX.
994
W 996. George Dureau (American/New Orleans, b. 1930),
“The Male Nude in Contemporary Photography”, offset lithograph on paper, unsigned, sight 23 1/8 in. x 16 3/4 in., framed. $300/500
W 990. A Carved Figural Meerschaum Pipe, depicting a
galloping horse, intricately carved body, in a fitted leather case, length 6 1/4 in. $200/300 W 991. An Antique North African Embossed Metal, Bone
W 997. George Dureau (American/New Orleans, b. 1930),
two vintage silver gelatin photographs including “Louis Gains”, signed lower right, titled and numbered “A/P” lower left, sight 7 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in., and “Mr. New Orleans”, signed lower right and titled lower left, sight 7 1/4 in. x 7 in., both matted and framed.
and Coral Inlaid Trunk, probably Morocco, height 21 1/2 in., width 24 in., depth 16 in. Note: Condition, top detached.
$600/900
$200/400
W 998. Laton Anton Huffmann (American/Montana 1854-
W 992. American School, 20th c., “After Dinner”, oil on canvas
1931), “Cowboy at Roundup, c. 1900”, photogravure, signed and inscribed in negative “20 Huffman, Photo, Miles City, Mont.” lower left, typewritten label en verso, 3 1/4 in. x 3 1/4 in., attractively framed.
board, unsigned, 20 1/8 in. x 25 5/8 in., framed. $700/900
$250/350 Provenance: The Afterimage, Dallas, 1977, thence to Belle Cheniere.
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W 1005. A Group of
Three Chinese Pipes, including two water pipes, one enameled; one pipe on stand; together with a metal brush and ink holder and a portable brass scale in a carved wood case, (5 pcs.) $500/700 1001
999 (2 of 4)
999. Eugene Delcroix (American, 18911967), A group of four silver gelatin photographs on paper including “San Francisco Plantation”, “Houmas House”, “Manresa Plantation” and “Interior Patio Royale”, all pencil-signed lower right and titled lower left, 10 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in., 10 3/8 in. x 13 1/2 in., 10 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in., and 6 3/8 in. x 4 3/8 in.; together with N. Moses (American/New Orleans, 20th c.), “The Moses Studio in the Vieux Carré, New Orleans”, oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled en verso, 7 in. x 5 in., all framed. 1002
$500/700 W 1000. A Marble Pedestal after the
Antique, turned top, cylindrical stem, stepped contrasting base, height 37 in., diameter 19 in. $250/350 1001. A Pair of Chinese Ming-Style Blue and White Covered Jars, the baluster bodies with a continuous outdoor figural scene between concentric meandering vine banding at the shoulder and geometric banding around the slightly flared foot, with finial surmounted domed covers, height 24 in. $1200/1800
1003. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892), “Tales of a Samurai”, c. 1885, a group of twelve hand-colored woodblock engravings, some with mica highlights, each sight 8 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in., presented in four matching frames.
1003 (3 of 12)
$800/1200 Provenance: A Private Collection, Jackson, MS. W 1004. Two Japanese Nambam Table Screens, probably 19th c., ink and color
1002. A Porcelain Baluster Vase, painted in the Imari palette with playful Buddhistic lions amid flower heads and scrolling vine decoration, height 30 1/2 in., diameter 13 in.
on paper, the first, a two panel screen depicting European figures on a bridge, 20 in. x 21 3/4 in., overall 24 in. x 24 3/4 in., the second, a four panel screen depicting a European ship coming to land, 12 1/4 in. x 26 5/8 in., overall 15 1/2 in. x 30 in., note: “estate” condition; together with a four panel table screen depicting birds on a persimmon branch, sealed lower right, 14 5/8 in. x 24 1/4 in., overall 17 3/4 in. x 27 1/2 in., (3 pcs.)
$1200/1800
$300/500
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W 1006. An Antique
Chinese Brass and Enamel Cricket Box, pierced lid, bale handle, the body decorated with figures in a garden setting, inset with blue enamel highlights, height 5 1/2 in., width 6 1/4 in. $400/600 1007. A Telefomin Carved and Painted Wood House Board or Shield, Papua New Guinea, deeply carved with geometric patterned design, highlighted with black, red and white pigment, height 84 3/4 in.
1009
$1000/2000 Provenance: TAD Tribal Art and Design, Santa Fe; thence to current owner. 1008. A Telefomin Carved and Painted Wood House Board, Papua New Guinea, curved board deeply carved with geometric patterned design, highlighted with black, red and white pigment, height 82 1/2 in.
1007
1008
$1000/2000 1010
1009. Two Large New Britain Carved and Painted Wood Masks, carved in stylized bird-head form with crested plumes and flattened beaks, allover intricate carved decoration with red, black, and white paint highlights, height 54 1/2 in. and 53 in., mounted on plinths, overall height 58 in. and 56 in.
1011. An Arawae Carved and Painted Wood Shield, New Britain, comprised of three carved and decorated boards lashed together with rattan bindings, the central board reverse carved with an inset handle, height 57 1/4 in., width 12 1/2 in. $300/500 Provenance: Clarke and Clarke, Scottsdale; thence to current owner. 1012. An Upper Sepick River Carved Wood Shield, Papua New Guinea, deeply carved on slightly curved plane with two stylized faces, flanked by horizontal geometric banding, height 62 1/2 in., width 17 1/2 in.
$1000/2000 1010. A New Britain Carved and Painted Wood Mask, carved wood face with pierced eyes inset with shells, surmounted by a plaster and raffia “mohawk” helmet, height 16 in.
$500/750 Provenance: With Greg La Chapelle, Santa Fe; thence to current owner. 1011
1012
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W 1013. Three Kikuyu Hide and
W 1019. A Group of Three Chinese
W 1022. A Chinese Carved Hardwood
Feather Headdresses, Kenya, each oval hide stitched with an ostrich feather surround, with beads and cowry shell highlights, height excluding feathers 15 1/4 in. to 17 1/4 in.; together with an African basket, diameter 16 1/4 in., (4 pcs.)
Sancai Glazed Mud Figures, early 20th c., two impressed “China”, each robed male figure decorated in blue, green and yellow glaze, two carrying walking sticks, marked, and one leaning on a large vase, unmarked, height 9 5/8 in. to 10 3/8 in.
Stand, quatrefoil top with beaded edge, carved and pierced floral design stylized dragon masque terms, on cabriole legs joined by a stretcher shelf ending in claw and ball feet, height 28 in., width 16 1/4 in., depth 16 1/4 in.
$300/500
$300/500
$200/400
Provenance: Purchased Christie’s New York, The Russell B. Aitkin Collection of African and Oceanic Art, April 2003, lot 113 and lot 104.
W 1023. A Group of Three Japanese
Satsuma Pottery Circular Boxes, Meiji Period (1868-1912), each decorated to the exterior and interior with multiple figures, the largest with raised moriage highlights and a finialed cover, bases variously marked Dai Nippon and Satsuma and signed, diameter 3 7/8 in., 3 in. and 2 3/8 in.
W 1014. A Group of Five African
Knives, one ivory handle with sickle blade, and four carved wood handles, variously incise decorated, skin mounted and wire wrapped, inlaid and brass-mounted, one with obsidian blade, height 17 1/4 in. to 8 1/2 in.
$500/700
$200/400
W 1024. A Japanese Satsuma-Style
Porcelain Charger, 20th c., the interior decorated with the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets with inscription cartouches on a gilt ground, diameter 15 in.
W 1015. A Japanese Satsuma Pottery
Covered Jar, Meiji Period (1868-1912), the ovoid body raised on tripod feet and decorated in varying degrees of relief with multiple figures, the shoulders with upturned flange handles; the pierced cover with a gilt lion finial, based marked Dai Nippon Satsuma Hododa, base and interior cover with painted red collection numbers, height 14 1/2 in.
$200/300 1027 W 1025. A Group of Three Chinese
Porcelain Items, comprising a blue and white decorated fish bowl with ducks and dragonflies amid aquatic plants, height 7 3/8 in.; a mazarin blue glazed jardinière with three globular feet, height 4 7/8 in.; the third, a blue and white decorated “Eight Immortals” covered vessel, height 8 1/2 in.
$500/700 W 1016. A Japanese Sumida Ware
Dragon Motif Pitcher with Two Mugs, early 20th c., the tall black ground pitcher with flambé glaze shoulder, porcelain cartouche signed “Inoue Ryosai”, the red ground mugs with flambé shoulder and porcelain cartouche signed “Ryosai”, pitcher height 14 1/4 in., mug height 4 1/8 in.
$400/600 W 1026. A Group of Seven Antique
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$400/600 W 1017. A Japanese Sumida Ware
Figural Bowl, early 20th c., purple, blue and green flambé glaze, surmounted by eight figures in various attitudes, impressed “Koko” mark, height 6 3/4 in., width 14 3/4 in., depth 11 1/4 in. Note: restoration. $300/500 W 1018. A Japanese Sumida Ware
Elephant Motif Pitcher and Mug, early 20th c., each with red ground and flambé glaze shoulder, porcelain cartouche signed “Ban-ni”, pitcher height 12 1/4 in., presented on a carved wood stand, mug height 5 in. $300/500
W 1020. A Chinese Carved Hardwood
Wall Cabinet, probably 19th c., two doors with openwork carving opening to a void interior, height 13 3/4 in., width 13 7/8 in., depth 4 1/4 in.; together with a scenic wall carving of scholars, height 7 1/8 in., width 12 3/4 in., depth 2 1/8 in. $200/400 Provenance: Purchased at Delgado Museum Auction, early 1960s. W 1021. A Chinese Painted Marble
Portrait, the seated nobleman portrayed before an open window with a mountainous landscape in the distance, inset within a carved wood frame exposing a painted marble panel beneath, 28 1/8 in. x 17 in. $400/600
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Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Seal and Cosmetic Boxes, probably Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and later, six of circular form, largest height 1 1/2 in., diameter 2 1/8 in., note: condition of one cover; and one of square form, height 1 1/2 in., width 2 1/8 in., depth 2 1/8 in. $600/800 1027. Two Chinese Sancai Glazed Pottery Figures, each standing female with long amber, cream and green glazed robes, and un-glazed upturned inquisitive faces, height 7 3/4 in. and 8 1/4 in. $400/600 1028. A Small Antique Chinese JunStyle Tripod Censer, the globular body raised on three small cabriole legs, the shoulders with upright pierced flange handles, overall crackled lavender blue glaze with a large purple splash to one side of collared rim, height 2 7/8 in., width 3 1/8 in. $300/500
W 1029. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Circular Plaque,
W 1035. Three Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Brush Pots,
early 20th c., the central roundel decorated with figures in a waterside landscape encircled by an outer band of mille fleur decoration, diameter 10 1/2 in.
late 19th/early 20th c., including a pair, each of square section with canted corners and circular apertures, painted on each side with figural landscapes, bases with Tongzhi (1862-1874) seal marks, height 2 3/8 in., width 2 3/4 in., depth 2 3/4 in.; and one of rectangular section, painted to two sides with a mountainous landscape and a bird on a rock outcropping, the other two sides with inscriptions, base marked, height 3 1/4 in., width 1 3/4 in., depth 1 3/4 in.
$200/300 W 1030. A Group of Antique Chinese Famille Rose Blue
and White Porcelain Articles, early 20th c. and earlier, including a circular covered box, base with Hongxian (1915-1916) four character mark, diameter 2 1/2 in.; a triangular brush rest, base with apocryphal Qianlong marks, length 3 5/8 in.; two rectangular scroll weights, one inscribed and sealed, width 2 in. and 2 1/8 in.; a miniature lobed dish, length 2 1/4 in.; a reticulated stepped brush rest, length 3 1/2 in., depth 1 7/8 in.; an ink stand, length 3 3/8 in.; base with apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, presented on stand; and a blue and white fan shaped covered box, length 2 1/2 in., (8 pcs.)
$400/600 1036. A Group of Six Antique Thai Sawankhalok Blue, White and Brown Decorated Pottery Boxes, probably 14th/15th c., each of circular form with domed finialed covers, heights 3 1/4 in. to 4 3/4 in., diameter 3 1/2 in. to 5 in. $600/800 W 1037. A Chinese Famille Rose
Enameled Rectangular Brush Box, probably early 20th c., the cover and sides vibrantly enameled with bird and flowering branch vignettes, the base with apocryphal Qianlong marks, height 3 1/2 in., width 8 1/8 in., depth 4 in.
$600/800 W 1031. A Group of Three
Chinese Porcelain Vases, each ovoid form with applied chilong dragon and bat decoration to mouth, bases with apocryphal Qianlong seal marks, height 7 1/4 in., 6 3/4 in. and 6 3/4 in.
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$300/500 1038. A Chinese Partially Glazed Pottery Figure of a Court Official, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), modeled in the form of a robed official wearing a tall hat and carrying an instrument in one hand, height 9 1/8 in.
$400/600 W 1032. A Group of
Famille Rose Porcelain Table 1036 Articles, 19th c. and later, including a circular $400/600 dish, diameter 9 in.; two footed lobed dishes, height 2 in., width 8 1/2 in. and height 1 1/2 in., W 1039. A Chinese Carved Hardwood Hanging Display width 9 in.; a pair of bowls, height 2 1/2 in., diameter 5 1/4 in.; and a later matching plate and bowl, plate diameter 8 5/8 in., bowl Cabinet, single glazed door opening to multiple stepped shelf height 2 3/4 in., diameter 6 1/4 in. (7 pcs.) configuration, height 24 in., width 18 in., depth 3 1/2 in. $300/500 $100/200 W 1033. A Group of Antique Chinese Porcelain, including a
W 1040. A Chinese Carved Hardwood Rectangular Stand,
blue and white decorated libation cup, height 2 1/4 in., width 5 1/8 in.; a celadon hexagonal form dish with lobed sides, height 1 1/8 in., width 5 5/8 in.; and a small polychrome enameled lobed circular box, height 2 1/8 in., diameter 1 3/4 in. (3 pcs.)
molded top, pierced apron, petite cabriole feet, height 4 1/2 in., length 19 in., width 11 5/8 in.
$400/600 1034. A Chinese “Canton Enamel” Rectangular Tray, probably 19th c., the shaped well with canted corners depicting a mother and three children in a garden landscape, raised on four shaped feet, height 1 in., width 11 1/2 in., depth 7 3/4 in.
$100/200 W 1041. A Chinese Polychrome Metal Figure of a Fat Lady, in cream, red and gilt paint, silver visage, height 9 in., width 5 1/2 in., depth 3 1/2 in.
$200/300
$500/700
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Tina Freeman, 807
Martin Laborde, 776, 795
Robert M. Rucker, 977
Emmanuel Frémiet (aft.), 274
James R. Lamantia, 794
Harold Rudolph, 279
John French, 995
Fernand Marie Eugène LegoutGérard, 206
Russian Icon, 91-93, 117
Jean Nevitt Flanigen, 755 Florida School, 749 Steve Forster, 810
French School, 258, 396
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Craig Berthold, 786, 789
Pietro Gabrini, 207
George Sanders Bickerstaff, 43
Alice Taylor Gafford, 316
Jacqueline Bishop, 767, 796
Dixie Friend Gay, 782
Antoine Blanchard, 256
Robert Gordy, 349
Charles Blank, 787
John Gould (aft.), 87
Lyle Bongé, 321
Robert MacDonald Graham, Jr., 747
Joey Bonhage, 67-70 Douglas Bourgeois, 769-773 Jim Bray, 976 George Henry Breitner, 853 Pierre Marie Brisson, 863 G.J. Broome, 46
C. Myron Clark, 993 G. Clements, 858 Jean Cocteau, 49 George Ernest Colby, 741-742 Constance Hennessy Cone, 808 Clyde Connell, 344, 768 Continental School, 208, 854855, 857 Eugène Corneau, 209 Robert John Curtis (attr.), 686
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Salvador Dali, 50 Ronald Davis, 351-352 Eugene Delcroix, 999 Cesare Auguste Detti, 838 Warren Ford Doolittle, 930 Alexander John Drysdale, 280, 687, 754
Tom Secrest, 361 Jean-Pierre Serrier, 409 Hubert Shuptrine, 819 David J. Sisolak, 790
A.D. Greer, 312
Julius (Gyula) Marosán, 862
Eleanor M. Smith, 792
Lorenz E. Griffith, 753
William Mellor, 134
Francis Hopkinson Smith, 255
Luciano Guaniera, 860
James Michalopoulos, 981
Marion Souchon, 799
Christopher Guarisco, 775
Andres Molinary, 278
Southern School, 979
Charles Monnet, 51
Allison Stewart, 778, 805
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Robert C. Moore, 744 Edward Percy Moran, 764 Alice Latimer Moseley, 758-759
Paul Harvey, 760
George François Mugnier, 814
Edward Hassell, 393
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Vertis Hayes, 317
Jacques Le Nantec, 828
Zoltan Hecht, 353
Matteo Neivert, 798
Colette Pope Heldner, 757
Nguyen Van Ky, 439
Robert Helmer, 665
Albert Nichol, 994
John Henry Henrici, 765 William Heytmann, 865 Eugene Higgins, 820 Peter Lanz Hohnstedt, 756 Frederick J. Hoertz, 359-360 Laton Anton Huffman, 999
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Albert L. Tauch, 362 Mose Tolliver, 752 Arnold E. Turtle, 310
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Utagawa Kunisada, 471, 477
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Ventieri, 45 Eugène Verboeckhoven, 837
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Ohara Koson, 470 Will Ousley, 750
Andrea Verrocchio (aft.), 13
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Abraham Walkowitz, 253-254
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Ernest Parton (attr.), 743
Carl Philipp Weber, 132 John Ferguson Weir, 252
Anna Colquitt Hunter, 309
John Dean Paul (aft.), 391
Clementine Hunter, 308, 740, 751
Niek van der Plas, 257, 435, 864
Joseph Woodsen “Pops” Whitesell, 667
Jesse Poimboeuf, 783-784
Bjørn Wiinblad, 851
Polish School, 94, 850
Walter Heath Williams, 392
William Merritt Post, 130
Ellis Wilson, 314
Jean Prumiere, 358
Theodore “Fonville” Winans, 319
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Louis Icart, 185-188 James Inquerson, 761 Albert Babb Insley, 763 Italian School, 395
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Frans Dumont, 915
S. Jacobs, 861
George Dureau, 339, 804, 809, 996-997
Thomas Johnson, 284
Caroline Spellman Wogan Durieux, 336-337
Keith Joubert, 354
Dutch School, 394
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John Tarrell Scott, 781
Robert Mapplethorpe, 347
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Pieter Caspar Christ, 839
Grace Luse, 350
Porfirio Salinas, 313
H. Alvin Sharpe, 645-655
Melbourne Havelock Hardwick, 766
Chinese School, 78
William Ludwig, 965
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Malaysian School, 469
Cesar Buenaventura, 489
Henry Casselli, 343, 348
Dona Lief, 785, 797
Russian School, 411
Frank Magsino, 762
John Wesley Hardrick, 315
Louise Prescott Canby (attr.), 980
Lalla Walker Lewis, 318
George Rodrigue, 342
Jules Jouant (aft.), 212
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Khoo Sui-Hoe, 479
Prussian School, 90
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Margaret S. Witherspoon, 793
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René Rambert, 867 Elmer Joseph Read, 44
Mildred Wohl, 340 Thomas Waterman Wood, 133
Theodor Recknagel, 852
Ellsworth Woodward, 333
Charles Reinike, 335
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Pierre Renard, 866 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (aft.), 48
Sam Yeates, 748 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1003
Etienne Ret, 410 Charles Whitfield Richards, 346 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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Neal Auction Company John R. Neal Chairman
Neal Alford President
Katherine Hovas Senior Vice President
Michelle LeBlanc, CAI Vice President
ADMINISTRATION
CONSIGNMENTS
Director of Administration & Finance Michelle LeBlanc, CAI Database Manager/Assistant to Director Jackie Hernandez Client Services Johanna Darilek Database/Administrative Assistant Lisa Weisdorffer
Director of Furniture & Decorative Arts Rachel Weathers Director of Research Douglas Lewis, Ph.D., F.A.A.R. Director of Consignments, Books & Manuscripts Marc Fagan Director of Paintings, Prints & Photography Claudia Kheel Associate Director of Consignments Reid Hinshelwood Consignments Administrator Michele Carolla Silver & Decorative Arts Katherine Hovas Inventory Coordinator Steven G. Rutledge European Paintings & Decorative Arts Michele Carolla American Paintings & Decorative Arts Amie Strickland Asian Arts Bettine Field Carroll
GENERAL MANAGER
Jason Leckert
GRAPHICS Art Director Emory Nolan Catalogue Design Carolyn Finnell Photography Jason Leckert Terry Thibeau Tom Simpson
OPERATIONS Director of Operations Charles Lee Operations Staff Charlie Clay Leroy Hubbard Kelvin Gibson Jerry Majors
EXHIBITION STAFF
Sybil Lawson Carolyn Wogan Cammie Mayer Clare Stewart Karolyn Westervelt Cecile Ballard Mimi Abbott
AUCTIONEERS
Neal Alford #797 Michelle LeBlanc #1514 Reid Hinshelwood #1715
AUCTION SERVICES Director of Business Development Bettine Field Carroll Trust & Estates Advisor Henry G. McCall Senior Appraiser Fine Arts Amanda Mantle Winstead Appraisals Rachel Weathers Museum Services Douglas Lewis, Ph.D., F.A.A.R.
CATALOGUE CONSULTANTS Decorative Arts & Victoriana Ann M. Masson Silver Carey Mackie-Alsobrook Furniture & Decorative Arts Doris Mollenkopf Newcomb Pottery & Decorative Arts Sally Main Fine Arts Ryan Miner
W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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