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Autumn Finds
AUTUMN FINDS
Nandi Bull with long Horns.
India, c.1700
He sits on an integral plinth with a Yoni and Lingam before him. A saddle supports an attached lamp holder behind him.
Provenance: A Spink label is attached underneath. $950
Exceptional 18ct Yellow Gold & Platinum French Antique Diamond Trilogy Ring c.1910
At its heart lies a slightly cushion-shaped old mine cut diamond weighing 0.64ct, flanked by two round old mine cut diamonds of 0.55ct and 0.56ct respectively. These three central stones total 1.75ct and are beautifully complemented by ten shoulder-set old mine cut diamonds (0.36ct total), bringing the overall diamond weight to an impressive 2.11ct. $19,500
Art Nouveau Gold and Pearl Necklace
18ct yellow gold Art Nouveau necklace the centrepiece featuring entwined branches and leaves is set with three seed pearls two short lengths of chain from each side connect it to two small features on fine trace link chain and fastening with a bolt ring clasp. French, c.1910. $5,500
A fine Demetre Chiparus Art Deco patinated bronze & ivory figurine titled ‘Leaving the Opera’ depicting an elegant, fashionably dressed young lady pulling her long fur lined cape tightly as she descends the rouge marble opera steps, c.1920. With D. Chiparus signature & Etling, Paris foundry mark to the base. 36 cm high. $14,950
CARL WANTRUP ASIAN ART
Is excited to announce that he has been invited to present an exhibition at the Consulate-General of Japan in Melbourne.
This exhibition presents a selection of Meiji (1868-1912), Taishō (1912-1926) and early Showa (1926-1989) Period Japanese ceramics, celebrating a moment of extraordinary innovation and artistry in Japan’s ceramic history.
William Ford (British, 1823-1884).
The Last of The Drove (Victoria, Australia)
1878/1880. Colour lithograph, signed and dated in image with printer’s line and “The Art Union of Victoria” blindstamp lower right, 50.1 x 72.5cm.
Repaired tears and perforations to image centre, upper left and edge, minor creases and scuffing.
Printer’s line reads “Sands & McDougall Chromo Lithographers, Melbourne.” Held in NGV; NGA.
The lithograph is based on the painting by Ford, ‘The dairy farmers and their heard, 1877’. $1,950
HEYSEN, Hans (1877-1968)
Gum trees, Ambleside
[Circa 1930]. Charcoal on paper with conte highlights, 175 x 240 mm (sight), signed lower left, framed.
A charming rural study by Hans Heysen, one of a number he made in and around Ambleside, his property at Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills. The scenery is typically Heysen, featuring majestic gum trees in the landscape. Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne. $2,750
Douglas is exhibiting at Firsts in London this weekend 15-8 May.
Figure: Harlequin & Columbine Dancing, after the Meissen figure.
Chelsea circa 1755
Leg reattached, chip to base restored. $17,500
The Frangipani
Crooke, Ray
1980
Oil on canvas
49 cm x 39 cm
$18,000
CHRISTOPHER DAY GALLERY
Regency Mahogany Compactum Wardrobe
England c.1820.
Centre section with six graduated drawers and carved scroll decoration.
Flanked by a pair of arch panelled door cupboards and raised on turned feet.
Lovely mellow faded patina. $2,800
W 238cm H 175cm D 61cm
Graeme is exhibiting at the Ballarat Antiques Fair this weekend 16-18 May. Part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival
Figured walnut, kingwood, ebonised & fine marquetry bureau plat in the style of Charles and Henry Blake London c.1850. $15,985
Louis-Albert Carvin – An Art Déco figural lamp modelled as a pair of sea-lions balancing a glass ball.
The spelter sea-lions finished in a variegated silver & grey patina and mounted on a Portoro marble base.
The glass shade of very pale green with ‘oil-spot’ decoration.
Signed ‘Carvin’ in the marble.
French, c.1930.
H 28cm Base 20cm x 12.5cm
*Louis-Albert Carvin (1875-1951) was a French sculptor known for his bronze animalier sculptures.
**Rewired to Australian safety standards. Bayonet globe fitting. Clip fitting for shade. $1,495
Italian School Arcadian Harbour
Italian School (19th Century)
Arcadian Harbour Scene.
Graphite on a light grey paper.
H 16.5 cm x W 24.5 cm.
(This work is sold matted using acid-free materials).
Condition: Good, drawing has just been cleaned. Small hole in the paper but does not distract from the image. $450
Silver Button. Hogarth, Erichsen & Co
Sydney c.1855
An unrecorded and probably unique silver button by Sydney’s most famous colonial silver and goldsmiths. The Kangaroo, emu and grass tree in the same style as their threep ennycoins. Signed on the reverse ‘H/E’. D1.8cm $3,750
