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Estate & Collector — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:239
Sale Title:Estate & CollectorLots with images:239
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:213
Date:24-Oct-2021
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Australian school, rampant rooster, signed or initialled indistinctly lower left 'J P...', oil on Masonite, 86 x 55 cm
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Australian school, couple fishing from a Jetty, signed indistinctly lower right, watercolour, 16.5 x 22.5 cm
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Artist unknown, still life with blue vase, oil on board, 50 x 39 cm
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Artist unknown, woman Comforting two children, oil on Masonite, 77 x 49 cm
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Jumaadi, (b.1973), 'Somewhere over the River,' 2004, acrylic on canvas on board, 19 x 21 cm
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Australian school, (signed E. Powis), Marigold arrangement, oil on canvas on board, 51.5 x 41 cm
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Australian school, likely J. Hutchings), View to Watson Bay & The Heads, oil on board, 38 x 52m
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Australian school, Valley Settlement, circa 1900, no signature apparent, oil on board, 30 x 45 cm
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Australian school, (signed E. Powis), still life with mirror, oil on canvas on board, 52 x 67 cm
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Mitzi Shearer, (1909-1995) 5 various unframed works on paper, 'From Here to Eternity-But-Never on Sunday,' 1983-92, coloured pencil & ink, 42.5 x 60.5 cm, (sheet); figure sketch, 1983, pencil, 38 x 56.5 cm, (sheet); 'Bulliwutzies no. 4,' 1982, etching 9/12, 37.5 x 42.5 cm, (plate); Bulliwutzies no. 5, 1982, etching 8/11, 37.5 x 42.5 cm, (plate); & Bulliwutzies no. 6,' 1982, etching 7/11, 37.5 x 42.5 cm, (plate).
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Roe, Beatrice (1920-2019, 4 various woodblocks/screenprints, 'Red Monolith,' 1975, 51 x 35 cm, (1/7); 'Woman in a straw Hat,'1988, 45.5 x 35.5 cm, (A/P I); Still-Life with Napkin,' 1987, 7 x 30 cm, (1/8); & 'Winter, Wahroonga NSW,' 55.5 x 35 cm, (1/8), all measurements image only.
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Australian school, 6 lithographs from the Bodford Terrace Folio. Lithograph (6) 149/300, 76 x 57 cm, (each sheet)
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6 black & white portrait photographs, various artists in the studio including Lloyd Rees, Sali Herman etc.
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Port Keats bark painting - flying fox, man & snake, Remnants of old label & rubbed inscription verso, natural earth pigments on bark (68 x 23 cm
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Western Australian Aboriginal shield, decorated with natural earth pigments, height 88 cm. Provenance: Estate of Ray Hughes.
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Three Papua New Guinea human hair Wigs. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Australian Aboriginal message stick, flattened oval form, incised & painted with natural earth pigment, length 169 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Mendi valley war shield (Worrumbi), Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, oval form shield with central ridge, decorated with natural earth pigments. Twisted plant fibre carrying strap verso. Height 133 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Mendi valley war shield (Worrumbi), Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, oval form shield with central ridge, decorated with natural earth pigments. Twisted plant fibre carrying strap verso. Height 115 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Two Papua New Guinea woven wild boar spirit, plant fibre, natural earth pigments & shells, length 124 cm, & 106 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Samban (suspension hook), Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, wood, with natural earth pigments, height 52 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Early Fijian Gata war club. The haft decorated with pecked grip. Showing significant age patina, possibly late 18th or early 19th century, small losses from club head consistent with use, length 100 cm
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19th century Vanuatu (New Hebrides) war club. Pentecost Island club, with conical head. Fine dark patina, length 120 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain W.C. Thomson's Estate (lot 167).
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Polynesian pump drill spindle. With whale bone fly wheel, length 58 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain W.C. Thomson's Estate (lot 182).
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Papua New Guinea Pottery figure, seated figure with cowrie shells & iron chain, height 22 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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12 various betel nut mortars, Pacific region. Height 22.5 cm, (tallest). Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Kali Laloni Tongan headrest, height 11.5 cm, length 38 cm
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Ekonda 'Botolo' chiefs hat, Democratic Republic of the Congo, woven, layered conical form with central brass disk, height 33 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Group of Ethnographic carvings & objects, including. Two Balinese garuda figures, lime container, various wooden figures, lidded pots etc. Height 73 cm, (tallest). Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Bamana Puppet/Antelope mask, painted wood, depicting antelope head with female puppet atop head (one puppet height 120 cm, leg missing). Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Sepik River dance mask, Papua New Guinea, wood with natural earth pigment, together with an African mask, height 52 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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West African Vodun/Voodoo cult figure, early 20th century carved wooden equestrian figure, with three heads, Printed polychrome decoration, height 36 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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West African Vodun/Voodoo cult altar figure, carved wooden figure with printed polychrome decoration, height 32 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Yaka people Kholuka mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo, painted wood, plant fibre & feathers, human face surrounded by raffia, high rising cap surmounted by figure of a man holding a gun & topped with feathers. Height 95 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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Carved wooden African board, low relief carving of figures, birds & crocodiles, height 120 cm, width 40 cm. Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes.
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After Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 'Angel playing a Flageolet', stamped verso to work 'By Fredk Hollyer, 8 Pembroke square, Kensington W11.' Presumably, pastel over - working of a Frederick Hollyer (1837-1933) photograph of the Burne-Jones original, pastel over photographic base, 73 x 60 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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After Albert Moore, 'Battledore', Print on canvas, 131 x 70 cm, (framed). Provenance: John Schaeffer collection; thence by descent.
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Reproduction Print after Gerard Dou, 'Rembrandt's Mother.', in early faux tortoiseshell & gilt embellished frame, 82 x 68.5 cm, (overall). Provenance: John Schaeffer collection; thence by descent.
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Gilt framed reproduction Print of William Holman Hunt's 'Il Dolce far Niente.' quality early frame, 135 x 114 cm, (overall). Provenance: John Schaeffer collection; thence by descent.
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Prints of J W Waterhouse's 'Mariamne leaving the Judgement seat of Herods.', overall framed dimensions 130 x 101 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Canvas reproduction of Gerrit van Honthorst's laughing violinist, frame size 104 x 88 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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After Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 'The Beguiling of Merlin', inscribed in pencil verso 'Hollyer no. 40,' possibly indicating print by Frederick Hollyer (1837-1933), Print lined with tissue paper, 50.5 x 30 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Artist unknown, still life with mixed blooms, no signature apparent, likely 18th/19th century, oil on canvas, 86 x 60 cm
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Artist unknown, (Initialled 'HG'), group of figures, 1957, mixed media Monotype, 52 x 40 cm
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Eastern European school, Communist era scene of Workers Silhouetted in a field, Triangle with 'M' device lower right (or possibly 'Ma' monogram), mixed media on paper, 64 x 34 cm
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Berlin wool work with painted background. Wool & gouache on fabric, 36 x 50.5 cm
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19th century Imperial Prussian eagle banner, single headed eagle, sable on an argent ground, embroidered with gold wire details, (46 x 60 cm
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Artist unknown, study of a young woman, pastel & pencil, 29 x 26.5 cm, (sheet)
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Olsky, 'Chapeaux Mossant,' 1928, vintage lithographic poster pub. Vercasson, Paris, lithograph, 152.5 x 110 cm, (image) 193 x 149 cm, (framed)
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Vintage lithographic 'Mother Goose' poster, Printed by Taylors Printers, Wombwell, lithograph 74 x 99 cm, (image)
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Two 19th century NSW Legal documents, circa 1885, Deed of sale & an indenture - on vellum, 45 x 60 cm, each (approx.)
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1925 Randwick land auction photograph, 'Bishopscourt Estate, Randwick. A record Attendance at first sale, 21st Nov. 1925.' inscribed 'Hall & Co. Photo' lower right, mounted silver gelatin photograph (40 x 69 cm, including. Mount)
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4 various Prints, including nude after Bouguereau, J D Batten, Spencer Stanhope etc. 53.5 x 64 cm, (Bouguereau, overall). Provenance: John Schaeffer collection; thence by descent.
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Print of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's 'Madonna & child of 1889, photographic Print 47 x 27.5 cm, (image) 68 x 49 cm, (framed). Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Engraving after Hans Zatzka (J Bernard) 'Tannhauser', pub. 1912 by Fishel, Adler & Schwartz Co. New York, old oak frame (dimensions 89 x 106 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Circular decoupage wall hanging, the bride of Bethlehem, after William Holman Hunt, diameter 49 cm, (total). Provenance: John Schaeffer collection; thence by descent.
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Gilt framed exhibition poster, 'Paire-Raphaelites Victorian Art and Design.', issued by National Gallery of Art, Washington Feb-May 2013 - John Everett Millais' Ophelia, overall frame dimensions (72 x 90 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer
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Three reproduction Prints, after James Tissot (framed 130 x 74 cm; Whistler (102 x 68 cm; & W Holman Hunt (75 x 102 cm. Latter two Tate Gallery. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Large Art Gallery of NSW Promotional banner, Depiction of 'An athlete Wrestling with a Python' by Lord Frederic Leighton, gift of John Schaeffer Ao. 420 x 148 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Dullah, (Indonesian 1919-1996), man smoking cigarette & holding a rooster, 1987, signed & dated 'Bali, 1987' lower left, oil on canvas on board, 58 x 48 cm
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Artist unknown, (possibly Jack John Noel Kilgour), Fijian Island scene, unsigned, oil on canvas, 38 x 45.5 cm
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South East Asian school, Profile portrait of a man, likely HO Chi Minh, pastel, 43.5 x 28 cm
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Japanese (Kano) school, early Edo - flock of Red-crested cranes by a lake, with two red seals, ink & watercolour on silk, 39 x 59 cm
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6 Chinese woodblock Prints from the Jieziyuan Huazhuan, (the mustard seed garden) 21.5 x 28 cm, (each)
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Artist unknown, Japanese figures, ink & colour, 56 x 66 cm
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Indonesian Wayang painting, Javanese story painting depicting a large host, ink & colour on cotton, (134 x 156 cm. Provenance: Ex Luciano Sita collection, Sydney.
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4 19th century Chinese silk Embroideries, 31 x 64 cm, (largest). Provenance: Luciano Sita collection, Sydney.
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Antique Chinese silk Embroided panel, the panel depicts two dragons, four phoenix & various auspicious symbols & characters. Likely 19th century, gold thread embroidery (63 x 31 cm
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Chinese blue & white brush pot, Kangxi period, with cobalt continuous landscape, depicting figures & buildings in the mountains, height 18 cm, diameter 21.5 cm
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Pair Japanese cloisonne bronze vases, decorated with chrysanthemums & butterflies on a blue ground. Height 31 cm. Provenance: John Schaeffer collection; thence by descent.
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Japanese Meiji period bronze Koro, formed as the 'Lucky hammer' with original purple silk tassle, signed 'Yama Shiro' to base, length 19 cm
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Large Japanese Meiji period figure of Bishamonten and Oni, Negoro lacquered wooden figure of Bishamonten, the God of war, standing atop a subdued crouching Oni. Both with inlaid eyes, missing Bishamonten's spear from right hand, two fingers missing from left hand. Height 76 cm. Provenance: Luciano Sita collection, Sydney.
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Japanese Kutani Ware vase. Porcelain baluster form vase with hand painted decoration of Samurai with attendant. Kutani mark to base. Height 30 cm. Provenance: John Schaeffer collection; thence by descent.
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Chinese blue & white Meiping vase, underglaze blue decoration of the 'Three friends of Winter.', four character period mark to base. Height 18 cm
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Pair 20th century Japanese Kutani Ware vases, baluster hexagonal form with stylised dragon handles & alternating pierced sides with bronze European style mounted rim & foot, one foot bent. Height 36 cm. Provenance: John Schaeffer collection; thence by descent.
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Pair Chinese Junyao Mallow shaped flower pots, with foliate rims. Height 17 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Two early Chinese ceramic piece's, blue & white jardiniere, decorated with dragon in clouds, four lug handles. Some hairline cracks height 15 cm; & a small ovoid brown, glazed pot height 11 cm. Provenance: Luciano Sita collection, Sydney.
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Chinese late Qing Dynasty porcelain vase, baluster form with twin stylised dragon handles. All over moulded & enamelled decoration of flowers & birds on a celadon ground. One dragon missing tail, rim chip & associated crack, restored body, height 64 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Chinese famille rose porcelain drum stool, with reserve panels decorated with figure in interiors and, floral & bird decorative panels. Height 46 cm, diameter 33 cm. Provenance: John Schaeffer collection; thence by descent.
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Pair monumental Imari pattern floor vases of classical form, hand painted with floral & brocade panels, height 144 cm, diameter 51 cm
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Two 19th century Chinese agate snuff bottles, one carved with high relief fish & lotus leaf, the other with flowers & leaves, one stopper missing. Height 5.5 cm, (each)
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Japanese Ginbari enamel bowl, oval bowl with lobed rim, interior with 4 cranes on a green ground. With floral & butterflies on a harlequin ground exterior, a few minor losses commensurate with age, height 5.5 cm, length 5.5 cm
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Japanese Meiji period ivory okimono, a standing man with sake gourd, losses from both hands, old glue repairs, height 17 cm
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Early 20th century Chinese carved antler seal, carved foo dog form, height 8.5 cm
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Chinese 'Rice Writing', grain of rice inscribed with calligraphy, mounted on a wooden & ivory stand, height 12 cm, length 10 cm
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19th/20th century Javanese keris, straight blade with three pamors, Was-Wutah (scattered rice grains), Owi Warna (diagonal) & Puser Bumi-'centre of the world.' Wranko of, fine patinated Timoho wood, silver plated pendok & mendaq, length 50 cm, (in scabbard)
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18th/19th century Maduran keris, Was-Wutah (scattered rice grain) pamor. Ivory floral form hilt. Deep reticulated carving of horses. Some losses to pommel. Formal 'Ladrang' sandalwood wranko. Silver-plated pendok with embossed decoration of monkeys, peacock & deer. All surmounted by the face of a nature deity, length 48.5 cm, (in scabbard)
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Indo-Persian style Khanjar. Fine wootz steel blade with swollen armour piercing tip. White hardstone pistol grip hilt with bird finial. In modern brocade scabbard, length 42 cm
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Indian bronze cricket cage, pierced bronze cylinder with end cap, together with a bronze trivet, length 28 cm, diameter 3.5 cm, (cage)
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Japanese Meiji period armchair, stained hardwood chair with pierced & deep relief carved back & arms with iris shaped seat, apron & cabriole legs with matching carving, height 94 cm, width 67 cm, depth 58 cm
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Fine antique Persian Farahan Sarouk carpet, circa 1870-1900, a central floral medallion, ivory on a navy blue ground. Brick red surround with teal corners & floral tendril on navy ground border, with camel hair details. 374 x 259 cm
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Set (6) late 19th century French Japonisme side chairs, by Gabriel Viardot. Comprising three pairs, each with a well carved dragon above a pierced splat with various geometric motifs, above a square seat upholstered in yellow & polychrome-embroidered silk. The pierced apron with matching fretworks on square section legs with claw feet. Each stamped 'G. Viardot.', height 91.5 cm, width 43.5 cm, depth 45 cm. Provenance: Christie's London, The Opulent Eye, 10th Sept. 2013 (lot 118). Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Mid 19th century French oak Gothic revival armchair, design attributed to Jeanselme Freres. Rectangular padded back with ogival trefoil arch, flanked by pierced trefoils. Carved arms with arch supports, the legs joined by pierced Gothic apron, height 130 cm, width 66 cm, depth 63 cm. Provenance: H. Blairman & Sons. Nearly identical example in N.Y. Met collection. Their example stamped 'Jeanselme' a mark used between 1840-1853. Estate late John Schaeffer.
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German walnut Jugendstil side chair, by Ludwig Loeffler, 1896. Stamped to seat rail 'Entworfen Von L Loeffler in London Angerteertigt in Karlsruhe Baden 1896.' Gothic arched top, carved with stylised pineapple & scrolling tendrils, flanked by scrolled finials, padded back & seat with gilt studs. Square, tapering legs. Height 120 cm, width 50 cm, depth 46 cm. Provenance: H. Blairman & Sons, London. Estate Late John Schaeffer.
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Victorian ebonised and gilt Prie Dieu, padded top rail above trefoil arch & cruciform back flanked by foliate columns, upholstered seat on short turned & carved legs, stamped 'H.F. Thomas.' height 96 cm, width 54 cm, depth 56 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Five various late Victorian ebonised beech Sussex chairs, probably Morris & Co. Comprising two corner chairs, two chairs & a side chair. Each with turned uprights, spindle back & rush seats. Provenance: Estate Late John Schaeffer.
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Mid 19th century Victorian oak Gothic revival centre table, octagonal tilt top with egg & dart carved edge on a pedestal of three entwined addorsed dolphins on a tricorn base, height 73 cm, diameter 122 cm. Provenance: Estate Late John Schaeffer.
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Napoleon III walnut dining table, the circular moulded top with two extension leaves, on an octagonal pedestal with scroll carved supports with castors, height 72 cm, depth 15 cm, (closed). Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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Victorian ebonised child's chair, with spindle turned back splats, upholstered seat & turned legs, height 70 cm, width 38 cm, depth 35 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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17th century Italian carved Solomonic column, with gilt Corinthian capital, the spiral shaft wreathed in fruiting vine. Worn remains of polychrome & gesso finish. Height 156 cm. Provenance: Estate late John Schaeffer.
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