Fine European Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art

Auction 20320

13 Dec 2012, starting at 14:00 GMT.

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Fine European Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art, starting with lot 1.

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Auction highlights

Sold for £55,250 inc. premium

An important French 18th century Louis XV ormolu-mounted vernis Martin and Japanese lacquer Grand secrétaire en dos d'âne ...

Sold for £49,250 inc. premium

Hiram Powers, American (1805-1873) A marble bust of Proserpine

A pair of early 20th century Venetian specimen marble busts of an African king and queen

Sold for £46,850 inc. premium

An impressive pair of Venetian early 20th century Belgian black and specimen marble busts of an African king and queen

A North Italian 18th century fruitwood, walnut an burr-walnut bombé bureau

Sold for £45,650 inc. premium

A North Italian 18th century fruitwood, walnut and burr-walnut bombé bureau

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4	A North Italian 16th century patinated bronze figure of Venus on a dolphin together with a 19th century bronze medal after Andrea Riccio	£812 €948 US$ 1,226
5	A French early 18th century small bust of Ceres	£1,625 €1,896 US$ 2,453
8	A Spanish 17th century mother of pearl inlaid casket	£3,750 €4,375 US$ 5,662
12	A panel of sixteen Spanish (Seville) arista glazed tiles, circa 1525-50	£3,125 €3,646 US$ 4,718
14	A Portuguese Colonial 17th century ivory, mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlaid cabinet	£11,250 €13,127 US$ 16,986
17	An Indo-Portuguese 17th century carved ivory relief depicting the Christ Child steering a ship	£11,875 €13,857 US$ 17,929
20	An Italian 17th century pietre dure and gilt tooled and ebonised cabinet inserted in a later frame and raised on a later stand,	£8,125 €9,481 US$ 12,267
21	A pair of Venetian 16th century bronze models of lionsCircle of Tiziano Aspetti (1559-1606)	£3,125 €3,646 US$ 4,718
24	A 17th century bronze roundel depicting St Philip Neri	£1,250 €1,458 US$ 1,887
25	A German 17th century etched ivory and bone inlaid ebony and ebonised cabinet	£3,750 €4,375 US$ 5,662
27	An early 18th century Portuguese-Colonial ivory, bone and tortoiseshell inlaid rosewood, fruitwood and parquetry table cabinet	£3,750 €4,375 US$ 5,662
29	A Flemish 17th century parcel-gilt, tortoiseshell, ivory, ebony and ebonised cabinet, inset with painted copper panels of the life of Christ, on an Irish Regency stand	£15,000 €17,503 US$ 22,648
31	A Spanish late 19th century Baroque style gilt-metal mounted rosewood, ivory, tortoiseshell, parquetry and ebonised wood cabinet-on-stand	£4,000 €4,667 US$ 6,039
32	An Italian red porphyry head of a Roman emperor	£7,500 €8,751 US$ 11,324
34	An Italian 17th century white marble and red porphyry bust	£5,625 €6,563 US$ 8,493
36	An Italian late 16th / early 17th century carved hardstone bust of Venus possibly Milan	£4,750 €5,542 US$ 7,171
37	A German 11th century style ivory relief depicting Christ Triumphantcarved before 1850	£1,187 €1,385 US$ 1,792
40	A German late 17th century ivory figure of a boy	£2,250 €2,625 US$ 3,397
41	A Northern French late 14th / early 15th century parcel gilt and polycrome carved wood group of the Virgin and child	£4,750 €5,542 US$ 7,171
43	A pair of 16th century brass piques-cierge	£562 €656 US$ 849
45	A French late 18th century bronze Cupid after a model by François Duquesnoy (1597-1643)	£1,125 €1,312 US$ 1,698
47	An Italian late 16th century bronze of a man together with a 16th century bronze of an old man	£900 €1,050 US$ 1,358
48	An 18th century bronze model of a bull after the antique	£1,000 €1,166 US$ 1,509
49	Two 18th century bronze figures of the apostle St John and Virgin Mary	£750 €875 US$ 1,132
50	A French 18th century bronze model of a prancing horse	£2,750 €3,209 US$ 4,152
51	An 18th century bronze figure of Hercules as a caryatid	£562 €656 US$ 849
54	A bronze figure of Antinous after the antique	£1,062 €1,239 US$ 1,604
55	A North Italian 17th century ormolu-mounted ivory and brown tortoiseshell ebony and ebonised cabinet	£9,375 €10,939 US$ 14,155
56	Two carved sandstone gargoyles	£1,187 €1,385 US$ 1,792
58	An Italian 19th century bronze group of a man teaching a boy archery skills	£2,250 €2,625 US$ 3,397
60	A North Italian 18th century fruitwood, walnut and burr-walnut bombé bureau	£45,650 €53,270 US$ 68,926
61	An Italian late 18th/ early 19th century fauteuil	£4,000 €4,667 US$ 6,039
62	An Italian 18th century brass-inlaid walnut, fruitwood and parquetry serpentine commode	£5,000 €5,834 US$ 7,549
63	An Italian 19th century alabaster urn	£2,500 €2,917 US$ 3,774
67	An Italian porphyry mortar with removable lid	£5,750 €6,709 US$ 8,681