SCULpTURE

Sculpture | Lots 990 – 1101

Tuesday 11 February 2014

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992 990* An American Bronze Bust, John Karl Daniels (1875-1978), depicting a woman with a bun in her hair, signed J.K. Daniels, with Roman Bronze Works NY foundry mark. Height 5 3/4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400

991 An American Bronze Figure, Thomas Holland (1917-2004), cast as a seated nude woman, the base signed and dated 1968, edition 445/700, raised on a shaped wood plinth. Height 10 3/4 inches. $300-500

992 An American Bronze Animalier Group, Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926), Montana Mother, depicting a mother bear and two cubs on a tree, the base stamped Sculpture House and numbered 9 of 25. Width 9 inches.

Provenance: Purchased in 1964 from the Historical Society of Montana at Helena Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Michael Stephen Kennedy, Director of the above $1,000-2,000

993 An American Bronze Animalier Group, Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926), Prairie Pals, depicting a horse meeting a rabbit on a naturalistic base signed Russell. Width 6 3/8 inches.

Provenance: Purchased in 1960 from the Historical Society of Montana at Helena Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Michael Stephen Kennedy, Director of the above $1,000-2,000

994 An American Bronze Animalier Group, Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926), Glacier Park Grizzly, depicting a grizzly bear on a log, impressed DF numbered 29 of 30. Height 6 1/4 inches.

Provenance: Purchased in 1964 from the Historical Society of Montana at Helena Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Michael Stephen Kennedy, Director of the above $1,000-2,000

995 An American Bronze Ornithological Group, Chester Comstock (20th century), Gambel’s Quail, depicting three quails on a naturalistic base signed Comstock, dated 1980, and numbered 8 of 20. Height 11 inches. $200-400

996 An American Patinated Metal Ornithological Figure, depicting an eagle with spread wings carrying a scale in its beak, unmarked. Width 24 3/8 inches. $800-1,200

997 A French Bronze Ornithological Figure, Jules Moigniez (1835-1894), depicting two birds chasing a small lizard, raised on a naturalistic base signed J. Moigniez. Height 9 3/4 inches. $400-600

998 A French Bronze Ornithological Figure, Jules Moigniez (1835-1894), depicting a shore bird on a naturalistic base, signed J. Moigniez to the base. Width 7 1/4 inches. $400-600

999 A French Silvered Bronze Ornithological Figure, Jules Moigniez (1835-1894), depicting a shore bird feeding over water, signed J. Moigniez to the base. Height 10 inches. $400-600

1000 A French Bronze Animalier Figure, Marie Rosalie (Rosa) Bonheur (1822-1899), depicting a standing bull on a naturalistic base signed Rosa B. Width 8 1/2 inches. $600-800

1001 A French Bronze Animalier Figure, after Pierre Jules Mene (1810-1877), depicting a retriever with a bird perched on a fence, signed Mene Sc. Width 9 1/8 inches. $300-500

1002 A French Bronze Figural Group, François Jouffroy (1806-1882), depicting three putti, raised on a circular foot, inscribed Modele et Execute, Par F. Jouffroy, Composition, Mme De Lamartine with the F. Barbedienne Foundeur foundry mark, numbered 73. Height 15 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000 1003 A French Gilt Bronze Bust, Vincent Desire Faure de Brousse (d. 1908), Raphaella, depicting a young lady in a crown, signed Faure de Brousse, raised on a stepped base and mounted as a lamp. Height of bronze 17 inches. $1,000-2,000

1004 A French Bronze Figure, Henri Desire Gauquie (1858-1927), Nil Virtuti Invium, depicting a bound man, signed H. Gauquie. Height overall 34 inches. $2,000-4,000

1005 A Bronze Figure, after Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917), Torse d’Adele, 1979, signed “A. Rodin,” a reproduction from the Nelson Rockefeller Collection, bearing the “NR” mark and edition number 146 of 250 beneath the figure’s right leg. Height 15 3/4 inches. $1,500-2,500

1006 A French Gilt Bronze Figure, Edouard Drouot (1859-1945), depicting a hammering blacksmith, signed E. Drouot, raised on a rectangular marble base, further raised on a tapering base. Height of bronze 35 5/8 inches. Property from the Anvil Club Directors, East Dundee, Illinois $2,000-4,000

1007 A French Bronze Figure, Maurice Bouval (18631916), depicting a blacksmith, raised on a square foot, signed M. Bouval. Height 19 1/4 inches. Property from the Anvil Club Directors, East Dundee, Illinois $1,000-2,000 1008 A French Gilt Bronze Figure, Edouard Drouot (1859-1945), depicting a blacksmith, signed E. Drouot, Etling Paris France. Height 13 1/4 inches. Property from the Anvil Club Directors, East Dundee, Illinois $1,000-2,000

1009 A French Cast Metal Figure, Rousseau, depicting a blacksmith, raised on a conforming base, bearing a plaque engraved Le Travail per Rousseau. Height 31 3/8 inches. Property from the Anvil Club Directors, East Dundee, Illinois $400-600

1010 Adrian Etienne Gaudez (French, 1845-1902) Le DeVoir bronze signed A. Gaudez (at base) Height 23 1/4 inches. $700-900

1011 A Continental Gilt Bronze Figure, depicting a seated sphinx, raised on a rectangular marble base. Height 6 1/8 inches. $500-700

1012 Two Continental Bronze Animalier Inkwells, comprising a bird form inkwell signed Leonard beneath the cover, and a standing bear form inkwell with turquoise mounted eyes and a hinged head opening to the well. Width of first 6 1/2 inches. $600-800

1012A A Collection of Fourteen American and Continental Bronze Medallions, primarily 19th century, each of circular form depicting various figures and events of note. Diameter of largest 2 3/4 inches. $500-700

1013 A Collection of Thirty-One American and Continental Silver and Bronze Medallions, Coins and Medals, including 19th/20th century medallions, of various forms and sizes. Diameter of largest overall 20 1/4 inches. $500-700

1013A A Collection of American and Continental Bronze Medallions, 19th/20th century, of various forms and sizes, depicting various people and events of note. Width of widest 4 inches. $500-700

1014 A Group of Three Continental Grand Tour Bronze and Cast Metal Articles, comprising a model of a throne, a seated figure of Athena and a gilt bronze model of a stool. Height of throne 7 1/4 inches. $400-600

1015 A Continental Grand Tour Mythological Bronze Figure, depicting Neptune after Georg Petel, raised on a two tone square marble plinth base. Height of bronze 6 inches. $1,000-2,000 1015A A Continental Bronze Mythological Profile Medallion, depicting Jason in an elaborate helmet within a foliate cast border. Diameter 9 1/4 inches. $300-500

1016* A Silvered Metal Plaque, after Georges Lemaire, depicting a mythological scene emblematic of time. Height 6 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $500-700

1016A* A 1929 Yugoslavian Medal, Huguenin Frères (Switzerland), Order of the Yugoslavian Crown, IV class, with original ribbon and presentation box. Width 1 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Benjamin and Louise Pritz, Cincinnati, Ohio $300-500

1017 A Continental Bronze Figure of St. Peter, the Saint depicted enthroned with one hand raised, set on a rectangular agate base. Height of bronze 3 1/4 inches. $200-400

1018 A French Grand Tour Bronze Figure, after the Antique, depicting the Spinario, signed F. Barbedienne. Fondeur with A. Collas reduction seal. Height 6 1/4 inches. $200-400 1019 A German Bronze Figure, Else von Beck (18881925), depicting Dante Alighieri, signed Beck to the base, raised on a square marble pedestal. Height 12 inches. $400-600

1020 A Continental Bronze Figure of a Classical Lady, depicted sitting with her head resting on her hand. Height 11 inches. $400-600

1021 A Pair of Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figures, each in the form of a standing blackamoor supporting a torch. Height 16 inches. $500-700

1022* A Continental Silvered Bronze Figural Group, Eugenio Avolio (Italian, 1876-1929), depicting Poseidon standing atop a rock and plunging his trident down toward a sea with Triton blowing a conch horn, a pair of hippocampi and three dolphins, signed E. Avolio on the rock beneath Poseidon’s left foot, raised on a gilt metal base. Height 23 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Nicholas and Arleen Rakas, Birmingham, Michigan $800-1,200

1023 A Pair of Continental Bronze Busts, after Ernest Rancoulet (1870-1915), depicting a lady and a gentleman in Victorian garb, raised on an octagonal column. Height of bronze 29 inches. $1,500-2,500

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1024 A Continental Bronze Figure, depicting Fortuna, partially draped playing a horn, raised on a columnar base with relief scenes of putti. Height 32 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

1025 A Continental Bronze Sculpture, cast in the form of two Chinoiserie figures supporting a draped container upon a naturalistic base, raised on paw feet. Width 17 3/4 inches. $600-800

1026 A Continental Bronze Animalier Group, Nielsine Petersen (1853-1916), depicting a ewe nursing two lambs upon a naturalistic rectangular base, signed. Width 7 1/4 inches.

Provenance: Acquired in Moscow circa 1973 $500-700

1027 A Continental Bronze Figure, depicting a fencer with epee, raised on a square marble base, signed Fulborn. Height overall 12 1/2 inches. $500-700 1028 Two Austrian Bronze Figures, Ferdinand Lugerth (1885-1915), the first depicting in a standing pose with a sledge hammer, the second depicted throwing a rock, each raised on a rectangular base, signed F. Lugerth. Height of tallest 11 inches. $600-800

1029 An Austrian Bronze Figural Encrier, after Friedrich Gornik (1877-1943), depicting two hounds pursuing pheasants, on a naturalistic base, the reverse signed F Gornik with AR foundry mark. Width 17 5/8 inches. $300-500

1030 An Austrian Bronze Ornithological Encrier, after Friedrich Gornik (1877-1943), signed F. Gornik on the reverse with AR foundry mark. Width 16 1/4 inches. $300-500

1031 An Austrian Bronze Ornithological Rocker Blotter, after Friedrich Gornik (1877-1943), depicting a game bird on a naturalistic ground, the base signed F. Gornik with AR foundry mark. Height 5 1/2 inches $200-400 1032* Two Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Ornithological Figures, each depicting a cockatoo, the larger with Bergman mark. Height of taller 6 1/8 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $400-600

1033 A Continental Cold Painted Cast Metal Table Lamp, of spherical form, set on three elephant form supports, raised on a circular base with a Greek key border. Height 15 inches. $500-700

1034 A German Cold Painted Cast Metal Figural Lamp, depicting two turbaned gentleman seated beneath a hexagonal lantern with rugs draped behind them. Height 15 inches. $500-700

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1035* An Austrian Bronze Figure, depicting a kneeling laborer with a hammer and a chisel, raised on a marble plinth base, stamped Made in Austria/B. Alman & Co. Width overall 8 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

1036 A Collection of Austrian Bronze Cold Painted Figures, the first depicting two cats with a swing, stamped Bergman, the second depicting two cats and a chair, the third depicting two embracing cats and the last example depicting a robed cat. Height of first 3 inches. $600-800

1037 Two Continental Cold Painted Bronze Dogs, comprising a seated pug and a recumbent spaniel with English registry mark and Deposé stamped to the underside. Height of first 2 5/8 inches. $400-600 1038* A Continental Chryselephantine Figure, depicting Dante standing in robes grasping a book to his chest. Height of figure 6 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $400-600

1039* An Art Nouveau Alabaster and Bronze Figural Group, depicting a lady reclining in a swing seat. Height 12 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $300-500

1040 A Continental Bronze Figure, depicting a classical maiden with a torch and a helmet, raised on a tripartite urn form base. Height 30 inches. $1,000-2,000

1041 A French Cast Metal Figure, after Clement Leopold Steiner (1853-1899), Cuisinier, depicting a chef holding a duck on an oval base. Height 16 inches. $300-500 1042 A Continental Cold Painted Cast Metal Figural Newel Post Lamp, in the form of an Orientalist lady holding a tray beneath a canopy of four foliate worked lights, raised on a circular base. Height 41 inches. $600-800

1043 A Pair of Cast Metal Figural Newel Post Lamps, each in the form of a youth with a torch seated on a column beneath leafy branches with four lighting elements. Height 25 inches. $2,000-4,000

1044 A Neoclassical Bronze Figural Fountain, cast as a nude maiden supporting the shell form bowl and looking down at the turtle set on the stepped circular base. Height 63 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,500

1045 A Pair of Stone Garden Figures, each depicting musical gentleman, one a bassist, the other a woodwind player. Height 25 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

1046 A Cast Iron Figure, likely American, depicting a seated bound cupid with a quiver. Height 25 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

1047* A French Terra Cotta Figure, depicting a woman seated with a basket of flowers, on a naturalistic rocky ground, in a later display case, with incised signature and date, C. Saigne 1775. Height of figure 4 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Cecille Pulitzer, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400

1048* A French Terra Cotta Bust, depicting a young aristocrat, impressed “GF” and “Made in France.” Height 17 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

1049 An English Terra Cotta Figure, Clanta, depicting a seated youth with a flute, impressed Clanta/Made in England/877. Height 20 1/2 inches. $300-500

1050 A Pair of Continental Terra Cotta Figures, each depicting an Egyptian water bearer in traditional costume, raised on a square plinth base, signed indistinctly. Height 35 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

1051 A Continental Terra Cotta Plaque, depicting Madonna in profile on a shaped back panel. Height 11 1/2 inches. $400-600

1052 An Eastern European Terra Cotta Plaque, of rectangular form, depicting the mother and child. Height 20 1/4 x width 13 1/4 inches. $600-800

1053 A Della Robbia Glazed Terra Cotta Bust, depicting a young boy with a headband. Height 12 3/4 inches. $600-800

1054 An Italian Terra Cotta Figural Group, after Johann Heinrich von Dannecker, depicting Ariadne Astride the Panther, raised on a conforming rectangular base with canted corners, numbered 658, impressed Ref, Made in Italy. Height 28 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

1055 Two Neoclassical Tin-Glazed Terra Cotta Figures, each depicting a lady, the first allegorical of autumn, the second spring, raised on a floral swag decorated pedestal bases. Height of tallest overall 74 1/2 inches. $6,000-8,000

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1057 A Russian Bronze Figural Group, after Evgeni Alexandrovich Lanceray (1848-1886), Troika, depicting a horse drawn sled raised on a naturalistic base, having an incised Cyrillic signature and dated 1881. Width 37 inches. $5,000-7,000 1064 A Pair of Patinated and Parcel-Gilt Bronze Blackamoor Torchères, modern, each cast as a crowned, robed maiden supporting a bowl above her head, raised on cylindrical marble bases. Height 71 inches. $4,000-6,000

1058 A Russian Bronze Figural Group, after Evgeni Alexandrovich Lanceray (1848-1886), Don Cossacks on the Banks of the Danube, depicting three riflemen mounted on horseback, raised on a naturalistic base, signed in Cyrillic. Width 40 inches. $5,000-7,000 1065* A Continental Gilt Bronze Figural Group, modeled as a gentleman violinist in a bicorn hat and a lady, raised on a circular plinth base. Height 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $800-1,200

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1061* A Continental Bronze Figural Group, after Auguste Moreau, modeled as a young peasant boy and girl, raised on a naturalistic base incised “A. Moreau.” Height 16 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $300-500

1062* A Continental Patinated Metal Figural Group, After Auguste Moreau, modeled as three students walking barefoot after school, raised on a naturalistic base incised “A. Moreau.” Height 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $500-700

1063 A Continental Cast Metal Bust, after Moreau, late 19th/early 20th century, depicting a young lady wearing a tightly wrapped bodice. Height 16 1/2 inches. $400-600 Two Polychrome and Silvered Cast Metal Figures, after Adrien Gaudez, one worked to show a lute player and the other, a dancing lady, signed A. Gaudez and further marked J.B. Hirsch Co. Inc. 1963. Height of taller 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $400-600

1067* A Continental Patinated Metal Figure, after Auguste Moreau, modeled as a boy whispering into a girl’s ear, raised on a naturalistic base incised “Aug. Moreau.” Height 17 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $300-500

1068* A Mixed Marble Figure of a Girl, modern, depicted in hat and holding a flower. Height 38 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $1,000-2,000 1069* A Continental Alabaster Figural Group, depicting two children’s busts as they read over a book. Height 11 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $400-600

1070* A Continental Marble Figure, modeled as a school child holding a book, standing on a naturalistic base. Height 14 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $400-600

1071* A Continental Marble Bust of a Young Girl, modeled wearing a headdress and crown. Height 15 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $500-700

1072* A Continental Marble Bust of a Child, depicting the child in laughter wearing a bib, together with a marble pedestal. Height on socle 21 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $800-1,200

1073* A Continental Carved Marble Bust, depicting Marie Antoinette, together with a ring turned marble pedestal set on an octagonal foot. Height of bust 26 inches. Property from the Collection of Ed and Dolores Herrmann, Kirksville, Missouri $800-1,200

1074 A Continental Marble Bust, depicting a young girl wearing a bonnet, raised on a rocky plinth base. Height overall 21 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

1075* A Continental White Marble Pedestal, having a square top with canted corners over the twist carved baluster form standard, raised on an octagonal base. Height 35 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $300-500

1076 A Continental Marble Figure, depicting a blacksmith, raised on a square foot. Height 18 1/4 inches. Property from the Anvil Club Directors, East Dundee, Illinois $800-1,200

1077 An Italian Carved Alabaster Bust, depicting a young lady with a scarf. Height 17 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of a Lady, Oak Brook, Illinois $400-600

1078 An Italian Carved Marble Figure, depicting a seated young woman at her bath. Height 26 1/4 inches. $800-1,200 1079 An Italian Alabaster Bust, Ferdinando Vichi (1875-1945), modeled as a bonneted girl leaning on a cushion while holding binoculars, the reverse signed F. Vichi Firenze. Height 12 1/2 inches. $500-700

1080 An Italian Alabaster Figure, depicting a partially robed bather with a scarf in her hair, set on a rectangular plinth base. Height 19 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

1081 An Italian Alabaster Figural Group, Fausto Biggie, depicting Amorini, with two putti stomping on a heart. Height 18 inches. $1,000-2,000

1082 An Italian Marble Bust, after the Antique, depicting Venus de Milo. Height 18 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

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1101 1083* An Italian Carved Marble Figure, after the Antique, depicting Venus de Milo, raised on a shaped circular base. Height 51 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Ed and Dolores Herrmann, Kirksville, Missouri $600-800

1084 An Italian Marble Figural Group, Romanelli, Amori Campestri, depicting a young gentleman courting a lady with a basket, on a naturalistic base, signed to right foot. Height 29 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

1085* A Italian Carved Alabaster Roundel, centered with a cherub’s face, inscribed 1496. Diameter 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Ms. Clementine Quandt, Rockford, Illinois $400-600

1086 A French Marble Profile Medallion, carved to show a lady in a diaphanous veil with curled hair, set in a giltwood frame, the reverse inset with a bronze Exposition Universelle 1889 seal. Height of marble 15 x width 11 1/2 inches. $500-700

1087 A French Marble Bust, in the manner of Jean Antoine Houdon, depicting a young girl with her hair tied back, raised on a gilt metal socle. Height overall 11 inches.

Provenance: Arlene Semel & Associates, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

1088 A French Alabaster Ornithological Figure, after Georges Gardet (1863-1939), depicting a bird of prey perched on a rocky base, with glass eyes, signed G. Gardet 1898, raised on a circular plinth. Height 20 inches $400-600

1089 Two Continental Marble Busts, 17th/18th century, each depicting a bearded man in ruff, each in armor, one with Maltese cross pendant, raised on later ebonized bases. Height of tallest 6 1/2 inches. $3,000-5,000

1090 A Carved Limestone Bust, depicting a turbaned figure, raised on a later rectangular plinth base. Height of bust 11 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

1091 A Carved Marble Relief Fragment, likely Roman, of irregular form, carved with a standing male figure beside a column Height 20 x width 14 inches. $2,000-4,000

1092 A Roman Bronze Eros, depicted winged with a Phrygian cap, riding sidesaddle on a dolphin. Width 2 1/2 inches.

Provenance: Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, New York, June 24, 1994 $2,000-4,000

1093 An Akan Terra Cotta Funerary Head, of typical, stylized form with ringed neck. Height 9 1/2 inches. $400-600

1094 An Egyptian Bronze Ibis, possibly Ptolemaic period, depicted recumbent and raised on a rectangular base. Width 2 7/8 inches. $300-500

1095* A Collection Eight Bronze Figures, various cultures, comprising various deities and soldiers, together with two bronze coins. Height of tallest 4 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Joseph von der Dressel XXVI and his wife the Imperial Countess Maria Theresa von Wimpfen, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 1096* A Syrian Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Table, the shaped top with foliate inlay raised on three legs joined by a medial shelf. Height 27 x diameter 21 inches. Property from the Collection of Ms. Clementine Quandt, Rockford, Illinois $300-500

1097* A Persian Pottery Bowl, of circular footed form, having stylized decoration to the interior and exterior. Diameter 7 5/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

1098* A Persian Pottery Bowl, of conical footed form, having stylized foliate decoration with some iridescence throughout. Diameter 6 3/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $500-700

1098A* A Persian Enameled Silver Medal, ArthusBertrand, Paris, Order of the Lion (Nishan I Homayoun), with original ribbon and presentation box, together with a Persian segmented bracelet. Width 2 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Benjamin and Louise Pritz, Cincinnati, Ohio $600-800 1099 A Middle Eastern Embroidered Panel, worked to show a tree of life motif issuing from an urn beneath an arch supported by columns with foliate capitals, having two Kufic roundels within a foliate ground, with a single stylized border. Height 76 1/2 x width 45 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

1100 A Collection of Four Persian Paintings, each depicting figural scenes, three further decorated with lines of text, matted and framed uniformly. Height of largest 8 1/4 x width 5 inches. $500-700

1101 A Pair of Persian Metal Models of Lions, each depicted in a standing pose holding a shamshir, having chased decoration highlighted in gilt and raised on a stepped rectangular base. Width 19 inches.

Provenance: DuMouchelles, January 18, 2009, Lot 12263 $1,000-2,000