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Figures/Groups — Sculpture/Statuary - Philips Auctions Australia
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
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Figures/Groups
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A Demetre Chiparus bronze and ivory figural group 'Les Amis de Toujours', Demetre H. Chiparus (1886-1947), circa 1925, the impressive cold painted, parcel-gilt and silvered bronze and ivory figural group, modelled as a lady standing, her two faithful… | *** |  |
| *** | A Gerdago Art Deco bronze and ivory figure of an exotic dancer by Gerdago, Gerda Gottstein aka Gerdago (1906-2004), circa 1930s modelled posing on one foot, dressed in a colourful cold painted costume inspired by the ballet Russe, mounted on an oval green… | *** |  |
| *** | An exotic 'Gerdago' bronze & ivory dancer (Gerda Iro 1906-2004), 1930s, Vienna, Arthur Rubinstein foundry monogram, signed Gerdago, Austria, a futuristic dancing figure of elongated stylised form wearing a billowing, gown with pointed collar and tall hat,… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine cold painted spelter and Ivoreen Art Deco figural group by Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947), a woman in a flowing green dress and a modish cloche, with ivoreen arms and painted face, accompanied by three goats nibbling at flowers, raised on a long… | *** |  |
| *** | An exotic 'Gerdago' bronze & ivory dancer (Gerda Iro 1906-2004), 1930s, Vienna, Arthur Rubinstein foundry, signed Gerdago, an animated stylised dancing figure wearing a handkerchief point blue dress, with cape and a feather pointed hat, cold painted with… | *** |  |
| *** | A superb wood and gesso blackamoor, circa 1870. A shop fixture in Buckley & Nunn, Melbourne, the large life size figure fashioned in the style of a blackamoor dressed in a Moorish costume of turban, waistcoat and slippers embellished with gilt and… | *** |  |
| *** | A green marble figure of mercury with matching pedestal. 19th century, the figure of Roman god mercury wearing winged talaria and petasos, holds in his arms a child as he strides purposefully ahead, mounted on a rectangular plinth and complete with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A substantial Victorian classical marble statue with pedestal. Late 19th century, the figure depicts a classical Roman maiden draped and set upon a circular base. Statue. Height 101 cm. Pedestal. Height 52 cm. Width 37 cm Depth 38 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Signed bronze female nude sculpture, by Lenore Boyd | *** |  |
| *** | A carved two-tone marble figure of a classical maiden, early 20th century, the finely carved two-tone marble semi-nude figure kneeling with one knee, wearing Egyptian-style beaded headband and drapery around her waist, raised on a square marble plinth,… | *** |  |
| *** | A polychrome and giltwood blackamoor floor lamp, early 20th century, the figure supporting a rococo style eight branch candelabrum with electric, lights and raised on an ornate waisted and carved giltwood base, height 202 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Art Deco figural group, 'The Guardians' by G. Gori, circa 1920s, in patinated spelter, featuring an elegantly clad woman in a flowing medieval inspired dress with a jewelled hem, matching drop sleeves and a cloche, with ivorine hands and face, and… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed Art Deco spelter figure of a woman with a goat, circa 1920s-30s, signed D.H. Chiparus, a woman in a beaded and scroll patterned gown and a textured cloche, with hands and face in ivorine, teasing a goat with a bouquet of flowers, raised on a… | *** |  |
| *** | An American bronze sculpture. By Kay Worden, signed and dated 1966. Sculpted as a nude female, standing, leaning forward with her hands in her hair which is flung over her face, finished in a clay like texture surface, heavily patinated. Height 56 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze figural group by Alexander Morlon (1878-1951), circa 1925, design 8776, the silvered bronze figure of a seated nude female nymph accompanied by a goat, displayed on a timber plinth, with inscribed signature of A. Morlon to base of… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze neo classical figurative setting, circa 1890, signed A. Lemaire, the scene displays an elegant woman swathed in Hellenic costume and sandals holding a baby in one arm and supporting a small child in the other all mounted to a shaped plinth.… | *** |  |
| *** | An American bronze sculpture, circa 1970. 'Kneeling naked lady with Outstretched arms'. Initialled G.T. To foot and dated 1979. Provenance: Purchased Rockefeller gallery New York, circa 1980. Height 40 cm. Width 55 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze - 'Girl with stag and Doe', depicting a running, naked maiden with a stag and doe in tow, her arms outstretched in joyous, suspended movement. Height 61 cm. Length 85 cm. Depth 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze exotic dancer by John Wolfgang Elischer (1891-1966), an eastern dancer in pantaloons and pointed boots striking an artistic pose, raised upon an oval bronze plate and a stepped marble plinth, incised mark of Elischer to the socle; Viennese born,… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed Art Deco cold painted spelter figure of a woman holding a baby by Uriano (Ugo Cipriani 1887-1960), the silvered female figure in a knee length tunic with train decorated with fine gold marbled swirls and raised on a stepped and decoratively tiled… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze and ivory figurine, circa 1900, signed indistinctly to hem. A female figure in medieval attire with a bodice and draping skirt and cape, and holding a basket in her left hand, her hair scrolled in buns, and decorated with a filet, the head and… | *** |  |
| *** | Boyd, Lenore (b. 1953), a female nude, bronze, modelled kneeling with her head wrapped in a scarf and turned to her left, her arms linked behind her left hip, brown patinated with darker recesses, signed 'Lenore Boyd' under one thigh. Height 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A neoclassical Italian alabaster figure of a maiden, circa 1890. G. Pettini and Figli, the maiden in a full length dress decorated with scrolling vines is standing on a square plinth. Her hair adorned with consort Crown and beaded band, signed verso G.… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a Greco-Roman woman, 19th century, marked to base, a Minosi Napoli, the figure in a serpentine pose arranging her drapery, upon a stepped circular base, height 64 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter figure of a woman walking a dog, circa 1920s-30s, the glamorous figure of a woman in a medieval style long trailing gown with, bell sleeves and cold painted decoration, with ivorine face and hands, walking a greyhound and raised on a… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold-painted spelter figure of a huntress French, 1920s/30s, modelled in light flowing drapery, kneeling and drawing her ivory bow to shoot at two antelope, her skin green, her drapery black, silver, and gilt, the antelope black with ivory… | *** |  |
| *** | A large bronze figure 'Devoir Civique' by Eugene Marioton (1854-1925), circa 1900, the lean muscular figure of a gesturing swordsmith standing by an anvil, the tools of his trade by his feet, title incised to the square base, incised signature, Eug.… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed Art Deco spelter figural group by George Maxim, circa 1920s, an energetic group of a girl in a short tunic running with two hounds; raised on a striated dark marble base, incised signature of George Maxim to the lower right, height 45 cm, width… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Art Deco figural group by G. Arisse, circa 1925, the cold painted figural group of maiden kneeling, flanked by a recumbent hound' and pheasant, and wearing a classical style tunic with striking spotted capes flowing from her armbands, raised upon… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Art Deco dancing girl bronze figure by Limousin, circa 1925, a balletic young woman with modish bobbed hair and wearing a short tunic, posed on one leg and balancing with a large hoop, in patinated green and contrasting golden brown colours and… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco ivory figurine of a woman by Louis Sasson, circa 1920s, France, a smiling semi-nude woman in a serpentine pose encircled by a loosely draped cape held behind her head and to the side, with one gold armband and decorative motifs to her coiffed… | *** |  |
| *** | A French neo-classical bronze model of Athena, goddess of war, 19th century, wearing classical attire and holding her attributes of a spear, aegis with Medusa head, and raised upon a bronze globe above a mottled red marble pillar with a moulded wreath… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Art Deco bronze figure, circa 1920s, a powerful study of a man pushing a raft with a pole, upon an integral base, in patinated colours and inscribed mark of Ouline to base, height 45 cm, length 63 cm, width 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A striking blackamoor electric candelabrum, circa 1950, the floor lamp fashioned as a Nubian styled blackamoor who kneels upon a rocky covered plinth supporting a gilded and ornate ten branched foliate encrusted candelabrum high above his head. Height:… | *** |  |
| *** | A superb bronze Orientalist figure. late 19th century, signed (Jean-Didier) Debut, the figure fashioned in the Orientalist manner depicts a Tunisian water bearer with plaque to base Prix de Rome. Signed to base and with foundry mark. Height 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A marble and gilt bronze bust of a medieval woman by Georges Flamand (1862-1940), circa 1900, with foundry mark, H. Mazet-edit, Paris, no. 20, signed, a contemplative woman with medieval headdress and a one shouldered cloak with fur trim, holding an ivory… | *** |  |
| *** | Van Der Straeten, Georges (1856-1941). Belgian school. An ivory and gilded bronze figure of a young girl in a crinoline and wearing a bonnet, her face and hands in ivory, mounted upon a taupe stepped octagonal marble base, with inscribed signature, van… | *** |  |
| *** | An alabaster figure of an Egyptian maiden, late 19th century, the sculpture of a lady in costume standing beside a water source and holding a water jar. Height 60 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter and ivorine figural group signed Menneville, Ugo Cipriani (1887-1960) pseud. 'Menneville', circa 1930s modelled as a seated young woman smelling a rose, in a long gown and a textured cloche, her hands and face of moulded ivorine,… | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze figure of the seated Moses by Barbedienne, late 19th century cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne after the original marble by Michelangelo, now in the church of S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome., the seated figure of Moses holding the tablets of the… | *** |  |
| *** | An exotic 'Gerdago' bronze & ivory dancer (Gerda Iro 1906-2004), 1930s, Vienna, Arthur Rubinstein foundry monogram, signed Gerdago, Austria, a dramatically poised stylised dancing figure wearing a winged and flaring, cat suit with a cloche cape, cold… | *** |  |
| *** | A French Orientalist cold painted cast metal figural jardiniere by L. Hottot, Louis Hottot (French, 1834-1905), circa 1900 the cast metal figure of an exotically clad ottoman gentleman standing and holding a tray, with a bronzed jardiniere behind him,… | *** |  |
| *** | A steel figurative sculpture. Late 20th century. The life size figure depicts a young ballet dancer seated on the ground and stretching over towards one foot the surface created from individual rectangular cut steel tiles welded together. Height 45 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique marble and alabaster statue of a maiden, circa 1900, an Edwardian 'Gibson Girl' style maiden walking with her dress blowing in the breeze accentuating her body form, raised on a gun barrel marble pedestal to an octagonal base, height 64 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figural group of a nymph and satyr, after Jean Michel Clodion (1738-1814), 'The Intoxication of Wine', a bacchanalian encounter featuring a naked nymph with wine glass cavorting with a satyr, and raised upon a cotton reel style plinth in black… | *** |  |
| *** | La Glaneuse' by Eugene-Antoine Aizelin (1821-1902), in bronze, a pensive female gleaner holding a sheaf of wheat and a staff over, her shoulder, mark of E. Aizelin Hors Concours to foot and plaque marked, Glaneuse d'Aizelin to circular base, height 68 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A terracotta classical figure. 9th century, signed Clodion, the scene depicts a young classical maiden holding upon her shoulder a small satyr set upon an oval base. Stamped to reverse. Height 56 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A large Art Deco figure, circa 1930's, the reclining lady with cold painted floral patterned dress on marble and reeded chrome base, signed Urino. Height 31.5 cm. Width 59 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A French Art Deco figural group, circa 1930, in patinated bronze, a woman in a long draped gown seated on a plinth cautioning a leaping borzoi, upon a decorative and geometric multi coloured marble and onyx base. Height 41.5 cm. Width 45 cm. Depth 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of musical putti. Bearing signature: Clodion, 19th century, the pair each representing a musical part, one holding percussion sticks the other holding a horn both mounted on circular marble plinths. Heights: 20 cm, 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique marble statue of a water carrier by Gugliemo Pugi (1850-1915), circa 1900, the serene contemplative figure of a reclining woman in classical attire with an amphora, in contrasting white and mottled grey marble and supported on an oval flecked… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted spelter figural group by Menneville, circa 1930s, the elegant figure of a seated woman in draped attire in muted colours with her seated borzoi beside her, upon a black marble ellipse base, engraved Menneville. Height 28 cm. Width… | *** |  |
| *** | A large bronze figure and dog group on a stepped marble stand, in the Art Deco style, a woman seated upon a marble wall, her gown in a waterfall drape flowing over the side, accompanied by her recumbent dog upon the lower step, both separately positioned… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure, 'Allegory of Fishing' by Jean-Jacques Pradier, known as James (1790-1852), a finely cast semi-nude female figure with girdle and laureate wreath holding aloft her catch, a folded net over her left arm, and her foot upon a basket above a… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine bronze sculpture of Icarus by Georges Colin (1876-1917), 'Le vol d'Icare' (1907), circa 1910. Depicting a large silvered & gilt bronze Icarus with spread wings standing on his toes, his body leaning forward to jump off a Cliff, all raised on a… | *** |  |
| *** | A large glazed earthenware elephant with figure. The hand modelled rustic figure of a harlequin style figure riding an elephant with a monkey behind him, in a mottled plum pink and greenish white glaze with exposed sections of the natural fired clay; with… | *** |  |
| *** | A marble statue of a classical maiden, circa 1900, a cool and refined model in Carrara marble of a seated nude figure upon a stony outcrop with drapery and holding an amphora, above a veined marble base with canted corners, height 38 cm, length 34 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco figure of Diana the huntress and side vases, circa 1920s, the cold painted spelter figure of a kneeling and semi clad Diana poised to shoot, from her ivorine bow upon a contrasting tiled marble and onyx base, accompanied by two green glass… | *** |  |
| *** | Gori, G, an Art Deco figurine of a woman in a long flowing gown flanked by two large retrievers, upon an elliptical caramel onyx and black marble plinth, etched signature of G Gori to base lower left, circa 1920s/30s, in spelter and ivorine. Height 40 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A white marble statue of a woman in Medieval dress, circa 1900, signed Gaudey, the well carved serene figure dispensing coins from a fabric pouch and attired in a brocade dress with a quilted collar and rope girdle, her coiffed hair secured beneath a hood… | *** |  |
| *** | An ormolu and bronze figure, 'Liseuse' by Albert-Ernest carrier -Belleuse (1824-1887), depicting a woman reading and dressed in medieval attire with richly decorated hems and bodice, with incised signature, carrier-Belleuse to the base, raised upon a… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco Nickel plated mantel tableaux, circa 1930's, signed P. Seca, the scene depicts a young bob haired girl befriending a small satyr all set upon an ebony base. Height 37 cm. Width 51 cm. Depth 15 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco figure with a pair of hounds, circa 1930, the elegant painted and gilded spelter lady resplendent in evening costume walking with a pair of fine hounds, mounted on an oval plinth of two coloured marbles. Height 47 cm. Width 70 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted spelter figure of Diana by Demarc, circa 1920s-30s, a dynamic figure of Diana the huntress, with hair and simple girdle flying and posed on one foot having just released her arrow, in a green verdigris finish and raised on a black… | *** |  |
| *** | A cold painted figural group of two girls and a bird by Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947), in a rubbed silvered and brass finish, depicting two small girls tentatively observing a stork, raised on a mottled caramel and cream onyx base, bearing inscribed… | *** |  |
| *** | A French ormolu erotic lady. Late 19th century, the dancing figure standing on a Persian rug exotically dressed twirls her skirt which is hinged to allow it to be flipped up to reveal the naked body mounted all on a circular marble plinth | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figural group, Jean Francis, theodore Gechter, 1796-1844, early 19th century, the gilded figural bronze titled 'The Stag Hunt' set with a maiden on a horse above a stag being attacked by hounds, signed to base. Height 37 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Art Deco Diana figure, circa 1930's, the figure depicts Diana as the huntress with patterned dress and holding an ivory bow mounted upon a tri coloured marble base. Height 58 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted spelter figural group, circa 1930s. The dynamically posed figure of a woman in flowing black and gold attire walking her two golden greyhounds and supported upon a long black marble base, accompanied by two marble mounted side… | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze figure, Moreau, 19th century, the French bronze figure of Hero, cast in the classical style, with Moreau signature inscribed to side, patina on bronze consistent with age, height 41.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted spelter figural group by G. Gori, circa 1925, depicting a modish semi- reclining woman in a gold and black draping dress, and ivorine features, accompanied by a recumbent deer, raised on a black marble plinth faced with cream onyx… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter figure of an archer by Salvatore Melani (1902-1934), circa 1925, a dramatically posed male figure in a loin cloth with arm outstretched and bow raised, in cold painted verdigris colours upon a shaped marble base with onyx trims,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Austrian bronze figure by Franz Pelecshka, early 20th century, the Art Nouveau figure of a serene semi-clad female figure in draping robes in a serpentine pose, one arm elegantly raised, in near black bronze and supported on a flecked red marble base;… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure, 'Vae Victis' by Henri Desire Gauquie (1858-1927), circa 1900, 'Woe to the Conquered Ones' depicting a victorious warrior holding his sword aloft, an eagle at his feet; title incised to base and mark of Beaux arts, sculptor's name H.… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted spelter figure, by Jean De Roncourt Circa 1930, the powerful study of a huntsman in a striking triangular pose, crouched down and holding on to a rocky outcrop, alert and ready for action with a spear in his right hand, raised on… | *** |  |
| *** | A marble figure of Zeus and maiden, 19th century, sculpted in a classical tradition as Zeus in rapture of a beautiful maiden who attempts to cover her nakedness with a lions pelt | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco figure of a man by Bouche, a cold painted spelter figure of a loin cloth draped gladiator holding a long rod trying to move a large deposit of granite mounted on a rectangular black marble plinth, inscribed to marble 'Bouche' | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze and carved alabaster figure of a dancer, Henry Schumacher (Austria) foundry mark, early 20th century the nude figure of a woman standing in the neoclassical taste with bronze mount modelled as loose draping to her legs, her right leg… | *** |  |
| *** | Vozzo, Vince (B. 1954), female nude, cast golden bronze, incised signature Vozzo inside base, and editioned 3/6, exhibited in 'Mind & body Dualism', Eastgate gallery October/November, 1998, as catalogue entry 2 illustrated to inside cover of exhibition,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco spelter figurine of Diana the huntress, circa 1920s, the cold painted silvered figure dressed in a flowing black tunic with gold patterns holding an ivory bow and tempting her accompanying hound with a dead game bird, raised upon an hexagonal… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze dancing figure by Limousin, circa 1920s-30s, a nude female figure with 'Garcon' hairstyle posed on one leg and holding a sweep of draped fabric, incised signature to base, raised on a black marble plinth with a band of striking green… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Nouveau bronze figure, 'Flutiste, circa 1900, signed E. Piron, (Eugene), a dancing pan type figure clad in a fur loin cloth and playing a double flute, incised signature to base and Unis-France stamp, raised on a stepped octagonal green marble base… | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze classical figure by Paul Duboy (1830-1887), an informally posed Greco-Roman female figure with braided hair and softly draping attire, leaning against a plinth and reading a book, raised on a shaped and stepped base; incised signature of… | *** |  |
| *** | A large bronze figure and dog group on a marble stand, in the Art Deco style of G. Gori, a woman in a cloche cap and a medieval inspired draping gown with her two imposing great danes, each separately positioned upon a bespoke marble and wrought iron… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco cold painted spelter figure of a maiden with a dog, circa 1920s, an exotic semi-reclining maiden in draping Eastern inspired attire with deep sleeves, jewelled coin style girdle, pendants and headwear, her left hand upon an urn and accompanied… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure, 'Devoir Civique' by Eugene Marioton (1854-1925), circa 1904, the majestic figure of a gesturing swordsmith standing by an anvil, the tools of his trade by his feet, title incised to the square base, incised signature, Eug. Marioton to the… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Art Deco spelter figural group, circa 1930, featuring an elegant woman attired in cold painted medieval attire with two gold lustre coloured greyhounds, raised on a bold black marble and celadon onyx tile base, height 53 cm, length 82 cm, width 20… | *** |  |
| *** | Virtues Civicae Ense Et Labore', by Emile-Louis Picault (1833-1915), in bronze and depicting a heroic male worker figure holding a sword, a branch, and carrying a shield, with a wheat sheaf and a hammer at his feet, impressed, signature of artist beside… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique bronze model of a stag, circa 1900, the naturalistic model of a twelve point stag posed upon a verdigris rocky, base, apparently unmarked, height 60 cm, width 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A French Art Deco cold-painted spelter figure of a huntress, 1920s/30s, modelled in light flowing drapery, kneeling and drawing her ivory bow to shoot at two antelope, her skin green, her drapery black, silver, and gilt, the antelope black with ivory… | *** |  |
| *** | Georges Omerth, (1895-1925), a fine burnished gilt bronze and ivory figurine of a woman in medieval attire carrying a dove in her right hand, upon a red and cream shaped base; inscribed signature to lower section of dress. Height 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Canova, Antonio (1757-1822), after, 'Eros and Psyche', late 19th century, white marble, on a modern loose wooden base (the wings removable). Height 53 cm. Width 64 cm. Depth 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Bronze, Continental school, probably French (late 19th century) 'Aphrodite Bathing', after the ancient Hellenistic original, bronze, an antique cast, finely cast and chased and with good brown patination, unsigned. Height 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Dumont, Augustin-Alexandre (1801-1884), after, a dancing female nude, bronze, apparently an antique cast, finely cast and chased and with good brown patination, the artist's name cast to the reverse of the bronze base, mounted on a stepped variegated… | *** |  |
| *** | Art Deco figure, modelled as a huntress wearing a tunic of a deco style, her quiver and slender arrow to one side, with two small deer and all supported on a rectangular marble base | *** |  |
| *** | Art Deco figure of a dancing female figure, in cold painted spelter mounted on a marble plinth, signed 'H. Fugere' and stamped to the back of the foot | *** |  |