29 September 2009 - Fine Art Sale

#0197

Lot 288/0197

SOLD Hammer price €1700

A pair of Bow Candlestick Figures,
c. 1765,
a boy and girl in brilliant costume with garlands of flowers on a pierced rococo base, the sconces blue and gold, anchor and dagger marks in red, some chips, sconces damaged, 10 1/4″ (26cms). (2)
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Lot 289/0197

SOLD Hammer price €4600

A Bow Figure,
c. 1770,
modelled as a Harlequin holding a flower aloft and wearing a black and white hat on rococo style base, 8 1/2″ (22cms), minor damage and fingers missing. (1)
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Lot 290/0197

SOLD Hammer price €600

A pair of Bow Plates,
c. 1760,
with moulded prunus rims enclosing Famille Rose style rocks and flowers, wear, 9″ (23cms). (2)
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Lot 291/0197

A pair of Chelsea groups of Freedom and Matrimony,
c. 1760,
one as a woman with cage, a sheep at her feet, the other her beau with a dog at his, both recline on architectural ruins, originally for scones, amongst a profusion of tiny blooms on a scroll base, chips, one base with rivets, 11″ & 11 /2″ (28cms & 29cms). (2)
* Another pair was exhibited in the Chelsea China Exhibition, no. 127. the idea of the man – free as a bird – and the woman caging him, was common throughout the eighteenth century. Such groups as these could only be afforded by the most affluent in society and are in feminine taste. So, they went on the mantelpiece and she smiled slightly every time she saw them, but did it imply her husband ruled the marriage? The eighteenth century mindset may be difficult to fathom.
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Lot 292/0197

A rare and large pair of Chelsea Candlestick Figures,
c. 1770,
each as a naked Cupid or a Girl with wisps of drapery and garlands of flowers on elaborate gilt scrolled base painted with a butterfly, typical stress cracks, particularly to girl, gilt metal sconces later, 10 1/2″ (27cms). (2)
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Lot 293/0197

SOLD Hammer price €1000

A set of Northern French Faience Four Evangelists,
early 18th Century,
each with text and symbol on square, named base, 15″ (38cms). (4)
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Lot 294/0197

SOLD Hammer price €1600

A pair of Chelsea Dishes,
c. 1765,
each moulded with fruiting vine enclosing birds, chips, 10 3/4″ (27.5cms). (2)
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Lot 295/0197

SOLD Hammer price €1100

A pair of Tournai Soup Plates,
c. 1780,
each with swirled border and painted in the centre with exotic birds, gilt marks, some wear, 9 3/4″ (24.5cms). (2)
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Lot 296/0197

SOLD Hammer price €2300

Three Chelsea red anchor period Soup Plates,
c. 1755,
each octagonal and painted in Kakiemon style with exotic birds within floral moulding, minor damage, 9″ (23cms). (3)
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Lot 297/0197

SOLD Hammer price €300

A Chinese blue and white Quintal Vase,
c. 1860,
typically constructed for flowers and painted with scrolling foliage, 9 1/4″ (23.5cms). (1)

Lot 298/0197

SOLD Hammer price €3600

A pair of Derby Vases and Covers,
c. 1770,
each modelled with twin scroll and mask handles enclosing rococo panels of bucolic figures and birds, matching covers, staples and damage. (4)
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Lot 299/0197

SOLD Hammer price €250

An Inkstand,
possibly Ridgeway, c. 1835,
each piece encrusted with flowers, comprising; stand, pot and cover, candlestick and inkwell, well and cover, some chips, 13″ (34cms). (1)
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Lot 300/0197

A garniture of Derby Vases,
c. 1770,
each painted with a landscape or classical ruins reserved on a mottled blue ground, the sides with sprigged scroll handles, comprising central vase and cover and a pair of flanking vases, chips, cracks, restoration, largest 9 1/2″ (25cms). (3)
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Lot 301/0197

SOLD Hammer price €800

A pair of Bow Bacchus Groups,
c. 1765,
each as a putto riding a goat above a kid and two other putti on a high scroll base below elaborate bocage, anchor and dagger marks in red, damage and repairs, 10 1/2″ (17cms). (2)
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Lot 302/0197

SOLD Hammer price €1700

A rare Chelsea Figure,
c. 1765,
of a masquerader, standing in flamboyant Turkish military costume on a flower-encrusted rococo base, tiny chips, 9″ (23cms). (1)
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Lot 303/0197

SOLD Hammer price €900

Three Chelsea Plates,
c. 1760,
each with exotic birds, butterflies and foliage, brown anchor marks, slight wear, one chipped, 7 1/2″ & 8 1/2″ (19cms & 21.8cms). (3)
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Lot 304/0197

SOLD Hammer price €625

A pair of Chelsea Plates,
c. 1765,
each with wavy rim painted with stylized shells, the centres with pheasant-type birds, gold anchor marks, wear, on cracked, 8 1/2″ (21.5cms). (2)
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Lot 305/0197

SOLD Hammer price €1800

A pair of Worcester ‘Blind Earl’ small Dishes,
c. 1770,
each typically moulded and coloured with rose buds and leaves, 6 1/4″ (16cms). (2)
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Lot 306/0197

SOLD Hammer price €1000

A pair of Chinese wucai Figures of the Hehe Exien,
c. 1680,
the Twin Spirits of Mirth and Harmony, standing holding bowls of lotus and enamelled in red, green, black, yellow and aubergine, 11″ (28cms). (2)
* A similar pair is illustrated in China for the West, Vol. II, no 600. These figures of boys (he=boy) symbolised happiness and were popular both in China and in the grand houses of Europe.
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Lot 307/0197

SOLD Hammer price €800

A Chinese Famille-Verte figure of a Boy,
c.1700, standing holding a vase, a smaller child climbing his leg and typically coloured with, inter alia, the Eight Buddhist emblems and the character ju (happiness) fritting, 13 ¼” (34cms). (1)
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