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Sculpture/Statuary — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.
Auction House:
| Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd. | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Sculpture/Statuary
- Animals & Birds (152)
- Busts/Heads (135)
- Equestrian (19)
- Figures/Groups (460)
- Zother incl. carved Western ivory (140)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Robert Prenzel (1866 - 1941) Victoria dated 1916 cedar panel carved with the image of a kookaburra on a eucalyptus branch with gum nuts and gum leaves incised signature and date lower right 38 x 22 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Louis Sosson (French 1905-1930) gilt bronze and ivory 'Cymbalina' figure, modelled in a dancers pose with cymbals, set upon marble pedestal base, 29 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Fine gilt bronze and ivory figural group by Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947), modelled as three children being pushed in a gambolling wheelbarrow by another child, each in 1920s dress, the whole raised on a naturalistic base with a chamfered rectangular vert… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Josef Lorenzl patinated bronze figure, circa 1925 cast in the form of a naked girl adopting a stylish pose, raised on a marble base, incised Lorenzl to the bronze dais, 50 cm total height. | *** |  |
| *** | A carved blackwood portrait of an Indigenous Australian woman, twice signed and dated 1922, long bust-length, carved in very high relief, modelled undraped and with a pensive expression, stained dark brown, incised signature and date 'R. Prenzel south… | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian white marble head of a young angel, probably Venice, late 15th century, with curled hair and an open smiling mouth, on an ebonised turned wood and porphyry socle, overall height 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze sphere shaped time piece adorned with gilt cherubs and serpents, circa 1860. 46 cm high, 22 cm wide, 22.5 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century bronze figural group modelled as two hounds bringing down a stag, with a naturalistically moulded base, signed 'P. J. Mene' | *** |  |
| *** | Theodore Charles Alphonse Colle (French, 1857-1935), The Prodigal Son, bronze, signed: A. Colle, foundry mark to base, height 62 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, Sydney, the collection of Mr and Mrs Rene Rivkin, 3 June 2001, lot 428. Other Notes: Alphonse Colle… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Alfred Gilbert M.V.O RA (British, 1854-1934), offering to Hymen, bronze, on later octagonal wood base, height 29 cm. Provenance: Robert Bowman, London. Literature: R. Dorment, Alfred Gilbert: Sculptor and Goldsmith, exh. Cat. Royal Academy of Arts,… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine pair of rare Venetian polychrome painted and glazed terracotta blackamoor figures, modelled as two male court figures, dressed in bold patterns, each standing on rock formations. 173.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A coloured and white marble bust of a woman white marble bust of a pensive young woman, set into a coloured marble garment, 47 cm high, 46 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | Large bronze sculpture of an Australian soldier, 'London Leave', by William Wallace Anderson, early 20th century | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian Carrara marble allegorical figural statue, circa 1880 depicting a standing bearded male, possibly representing Hercules, draped in an animal skin, supporting a winged male figure in his arms, raised on a naturalistic base, 92 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Viennese silver plated bronze emu by Bergman, Vienna, naturalistically cast, on a circular base inscribed 'Nam Greb' with foundry stamp and presentation inscription 'To Harry Lauder. A souvenir of a glorious Success, Sydney, July 1st 1914, from J & N.… | *** |  |
| *** | An Austrian cold painted bronze model of a magpie by Bergman, Vienna, cast to the underside with a 'B' within an urn and 'Depose 1229', early 20th century, length 38 cm, height 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | British school (19th century), classical figure of a hunter with a fawn (Agamemnon), plaster cast figure on ebonised base, sculpture: height 148 cm, base: height 35.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Pierre Le Faguays French 1892-1962, female dancer, cast bronze on marble, modelled partially nude in a dancing pose, holding a staff with entwined grape vine and grapes, inscribed signature to base 'Le Faguays', along with 'Et Ling Paris'. 55 cm high, 49… | *** |  |
| *** | Mario Cecchi 'Lumaca' sculpture produced by studio most Florence, hand carved teak mouth blown glass shell, Murano, Italy, c 1969, 41 cm long x 49 cm x 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze and ivory figure of a dancer, by Gerda Gerdago, circa 1920, the female modelled in a graceful sweeping pose with one arm extended upward, painted in polychrome enamel and gold patina, her costume incorporating scroll and leaf motifs, a… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze and ivory figure of a dancer with cymbals, by Gerda Gerdago, circa 1920, the female modelled in a spirited dancing pose holding a cymbal in each hand, painted in polychrome enamel and gold patina, her costume incorporating geometric… | *** |  |
| *** | A French Chinoiserie bronze mounted & carved hall table, attributed Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906), circa 1880, in the 'Japonisme style', the rectangular top inset with ivory and mother of pearl aesthetic designs, the pierced frieze centred by gilt bronze… | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Raphael Peyre (1872-1949), a Russian Dancers figural tableaux bronze, ivory, onyx, marble impressed signature to bronze. 40.5 cm high (bronze) | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze statue of Poseidon signed Caffieri, seated on a receptacle of flowing water and on a naturalistic circular base, 62 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A classical style bronze male nude torso, naturalistically cast, raised on a steel plinth, the torso; 110 cm high, the plinth; 45 x 86. 5 x 45. 5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of French Empire style gilt bronze and faux marble urns campana, with ram mask heads, 102 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Robert Prenzel (1866-1941) an important carved blackwood Faunal panel inscribed monogram real photo, dated 1892, rectangular, carved in high relief with a swallow, a gheko and a griffin, amongst swirling flourishes and foliate sprigs on a stippled ground,… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze Bacchanalian figure group modelled as a temptation scene, replete with grapes and vine leaves, raised on a separate base, 78 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | John Kendrick Blogg (1851-1936), a carved eucalypt floral panel, signed and dated 1921 rectangular, carved in high relief with an elongated spray of golden Wattle on a leafy branch, within a blackwood surround, incised signature and date lower right, the… | *** |  |
| *** | Albert Ernst Belleuse, French 1824-1887, painted bronze and ivory figure 'La Liseuse', third quarter of the 19th century, modelled as the reader in Renaissance dress, set upon a stepped bronze plinth with plaque, cast signature to base, 40.5 cm in height. | *** |  |
| *** | Art Deco spelter and ivorine figure of Diana and her hounds with the face and hands in moulded ivorine, a flowing patinated dress, a leash in each hand, two hounds, a rectangular green and brown onyx base and an inscribed signature on the base, 'G. Gori' | *** |  |
| *** | Cast after a model by Sir Alfred Gilbert M.V.O RA (British, 1854-1934), study of a head (head of a girl), bronze on stone plinth, height 48 cm. Provenance: The Maas gallery, London. Purchased from the above in 2013. Other Notes: This sculpture is an… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of bronze sleeping lions, after the originals by Antonio Canova, the recumbent beasts on integral rectangular bases. Height 55 cm, width 49 cm, length 114 cm. Other notes: the travertine originals guard the tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St Peter's… | *** |  |
| *** | Francisque Joseph Duret (1804-1865), Vendangeur Improvisant sur un Sujet Comique 1839, bronze, signed on the barrel: Duret, titled on the base: Improvvisatore, height 54.5 cm. Other Notes: after the original in the Louvre, Duret won the Prix de Rome at… | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian bronze of the Medici lion, circa 1820, the standing beast with his paw on a ball on a modern ebonised plinth, height including plinth 39 cm. Other Notes: after the marble version carved circa 1594 by Flaminio Vacca for the Villa Medici in Rome,… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved marble figure of crouching Venus on pedestal, after the antique, signed P. Barranti, Florence, 19th century, raised on a verde marble pedestal, 52 cm high (figure) excluding stand | *** |  |
| *** | A French Art Deco bronze figural sculpture by Rene Abel Philippe, circa 1925. 46 cm high, 47.5 cm wide, 11 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian marble sculpture of the Dying Gaul, after the antique, circa 1870. 40 cm high, 79 cm wide, 33 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A fine carved marble figure of an athlete 19th century, modelled as a reclining classical male nude seated with one leg outstretched, leaning on his right arm, next to which is a Roman sword, raised on a naturalistically carved plinth base, relief… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Louis XV floor standing giltwood figural candelabra late 18th century, each carved in the form of a cherub supporting a cornucopia, terminating in a candle, raised on a rocaille base, each raised on a modern ebonised pedestal, the candelabra 136… | *** |  |
| *** | A late 19th century patinated bronze figure of Duke Giuliano de Medici (1453-1478), after the original by Michelangelo, stamped pastille Reduction Mecanique, A. Collas Brevete, the seated figure dressed in full armour with his head averted, a club resting… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of cast bronze brolgas 275 cm (tallest approx.) | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Venetian style cast iron blackamoor figural lights, each modelled as a standing flamboyantly attired nubian figure wearing a feathered turban and holding a gilded torchere in one hand, raised on a naturalistically modelled quadripartite platform… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved hardwood portrait panel of an Indigenous Australian man by Robert Prenzel, signed, early 1920s, Bust-length, carved in very high relief, the bare-chested man in a laughing expression, stained dark brown, in its original fiddleback blackwood frame… | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian carved giltwood cherub, late 18th century/early 19th century, modelled in flight with outstretched arms. Set with a chain for a ceiling mount, 60 cm total length. Provenance: an old private Melbourne collection | *** |  |
| *** | Josef Lorenzl (Austrian, 1892-1950), Kristina, cold-painted bronze on green onyx plinth, signed to base: Lorenzl, height including plinth 76 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Eugene-Antoine Aizelin (French, 1821-1902), Nymphe de Diane, bronze, signed lower right: Eug Aizelin, titled to base: Nymphe de Diane, foundry mark to rear base F. Barbedienne / Fondeur. Paris, height 57 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cast bronze kangaroo after the model by Antonio Bofill, with two joeys in her pouch, signed 'Bofill' in the bronze, late 19th, early 20th century, height 15 cm. Other Notes: Antonio Bofill was a Spanish decorative bronze sculptor who flourished c.… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Italian gilt and white painted figural stands 18th century, comprising two putti in mirrored poses, with upraised arms, drapery over shoulders and waist, a flared openwork basket resting on tasselled cushion on his head and standing on a rock… | *** |  |
| *** | Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947) 'Leap Frog' ivory and bronze group figure, circa 1920's, in cold painted bronze and carved ivory, incised signature to bronze, 26 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A large classical style bronze figure of Asatyr, signed Sommer Napoli, 19th century, the figure posed upon a rectangular base with one hand raised above, signature to base, 81 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive pair of French cast iron architectural eagle sculptures, 19th century, each naturalistically cast as an eagle ready to take flight, raised on a rectangular plinth decorated with neo-classical panels above a stepped square foot, each bird.… | *** |  |
| *** | John Kendrick Blogg (1851-1936), signed and dated 1911, a carved cedar frame, centred by a recessed aperture for a photograph within a finely carved surround depicting a branch of gum leaves above and a spray of wattle below, bordered by a stepped rim,… | *** |  |
| *** | John Kendrick Blogg (1851-1936), a carved gum nut and gum leaf panel, signed and dated 1932, naturalistically carved in high relief, with a secondary ply mount, incised signature and date lower right, the panel 31.5 x 14 cm the overall 46 x 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Demetre H. Chiparus (1886-1947) gilt-bronze and ivory figure, 'The Accordian Player', circa 1920, depicting a boy singing and playing the accordion, set upon a marble plinth, engraved H.Chiparus Etling Paris, 15.5 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A rare commissioned bronze sculptural based coffee table by Stephen Walker (1927-16 June 2014), the base depicting organic free form foliate and pod spray supported on hoof form feet, the Italian pietra dura top of typical design, 62 cm x 112 cm. Refer to… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of marble busts each depicting Apollo and Diana 18th century, carved realistically in the classical manner depicting the Roman gods individually, together with a pair of associated marble socles, 65 cm high (busts). | *** |  |
| *** | Affortunato Gory, Italian 1895-1925, rare gilt bronze and ivory figure holding a cat, number 829 cast after a model in a tunic holding a cat, set upon a stepped marble plinth, signed to the plinth and with cast number 829, 24.5 cm in high | *** |  |
| *** | A life-size antique-style bronzed metal sculpture of the young Bacchus, 20th century, possibly bronze, the figure modelled standing holding a chalice in one hand and a horn in the other, on a classical plinth with figures of cherubs and dolphins, the… | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian bronze of the Narcissus of Pompeii, 19th century, possibly by the Chiurazzi foundry, the naked youth looking down with a pelt on his shoulder and sandalled feet, on a circular plinth with leaf cast moulding, patinated finish, height 62.5 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | Jean Jacques Feuchere (French, 1807-1852), Michelangelo, bronze, dark brown patina, signed, inscribed in base: F Feuchere Scpt, title, inscribed in plaque, height 45 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A patinated bronze figural fountain, the verdigris patinated hollow bronze figure modelled as a young Triton blowing a large horn, standing on a conch shell with one leg raised, on a circular base. 134 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure, Fanfare, Eugen Schlipf (1869-1943), circa 1898, the nude figure modelled in a standing pose, with a long trumpet in each rasied arm, all mounted on a circular marble base, 83.5 x 44 x 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A substantial 19th century French bronze bust of Republique Francais, signed L. Gregoire, the female figure with a laurel garland and castellated Crown to her hair, wearing drapery over a scaled armoured breast plate centred by a medallion, raised on a… | *** |  |
| *** | A German bronze and ivory figure signed Schmidt-Felling, circa 1906, modelled as a peasant girl draped in a cloak, with face and hands of carved ivory, inscribed signature, square marble base. Height 25.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of a girl signed L.Alliot, circa 1930, the girl resolved in a reclining mode with leg stretched out to rest her elbow, raised on a two coloured marble base, incised signature to lower back right of oval plaque, 64 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A large bronze sculpture of 'Nude Female and Hound', after Edward McCartan (1879-1947), modelled in the classical style depicting Diana and her hound, signed Edward McCartan to base, 127.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of 19th century French bronze figure groups signed Coustou, each modelled as the Marley horse trainer, the rearing horse with lion skin saddle beside a semi-draped classical male figure holding the bridle, on a naturalistically moulded base. Height… | *** |  |
| *** | A French Spelter Figure Group Signed Gori, Circa 1925 Modelled as Diana and two hounds, the figure standing with her left foot raised, her hands and head of moulded ivorine, wearing a flowing dress of Art Deco design with floral patination, raised on a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Life-Size Brass-Plated bronze figure of a tiger, third quarter 20th century, naturalistically modelled in a prowling pose, growling and with the tail outstretched, the tail detachable, 91 cm high, 182 cm long. Provenance: The Estate of a late Toorak… | *** |  |
| *** | After Giambologna, the abduction of a Sabine woman, bronze, in a dark brown patina with highlights, cast first half 20th century, cast with incised signature to the base: Jean Boulogne, with small indistinct foundry mark to the foot of the base: Premiere… | *** |  |
| *** | Jean-Joseph Perraud (1819 - 1876), 'Pan et enfant de Bacchus', bronze, in a red-brown patina, cast by Thiebaut Freres, Paris, circa 1860, cast with the sculptor's name, date, and founder's signature incised around the base: Perraud. 1859 Thiebaut Fres 32… | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian marble sculpture of a lightly draped maiden, late 19th / early 20th century, the full length figure modelled standing resting on a sculptural base, her head turned down demurely, 118 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Austrian cold painted bronze model of a galah, Vienna, early 20th century, length 22.5 cm, height 17.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze and ivory figure of Judith and Holofernes, signed D (Dominique) Alonzo, circa 1910, the figure of Judith the beheader of Holofernes, depicted in a resolute mood grasping her sword, her head and shoulders, arms and feet of carved ivory,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Neapolitan bronze figure of an athlete, attributed to J. Chiurazzi & Fils, Naples, circa 1900, after the antique, on a rectangular base, circular foundry stamp to base. Height 55 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Gustave Pillig (1877-1956), nude swordsman, bronze, signed to the base, height 57 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Bruno Zach, (1891-1945), Diana the huntress, Cold-painted bronze, signed to the base, mounted on a marble plinth, 39.5 cm high (overall), dimensions: 39.5 cm high (overall), medium: Cold-painted bronze | *** |  |
| *** | A cold painted Viennese bronze goanna, naturalistically cast and coloured, overall length 52 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze and ivory figure, by Affortunato Gory (1895-1925), of a young woman in a loose robe holding her pussy, on shaped marble plinth signed a Gory in the marble, the bronze stamped 829, height 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian carved marble bust of Dante 19th century, Depicted facing frontally wearing a wreath of laurels, over his cap the three-quarter length bust, on an associated marble socle, height 53.3 cm. Provenance: Christie's London, a Tribute to John Fowler:… | *** |  |
| *** | Paul Philippe (1870-1930) 'Russian Dancer' ivory and bronze figure, circa 1920's, in cold painted bronze and carved ivory, signed to the marble socle base, 44 cm high, with restoration to arm and loss to fingers on one hand | *** |  |
| *** | Paul Philippe (French, 1870-1930), nude female, cast bronze on marble base, modelled nude, in an inclined position, with her hands raised to her neck. Signed 'P. Philippe' to base, and raised on a variegated marble base. The bronze 34 cm high. The marble… | *** |  |
| *** | A patinated bronze figure of pan modelled as a figure playing a pipe, 133 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century marble figure group of the Three Graces, modelled as three standing embracing semi-draped females, raised on a naturalistic base; together with a later marble plinth, the figure group. Height 49.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of bronze replicas of the 'Riace Warriors', reduced-scale copies after the pair of classical Greek bronzes discovered in 1972 in the sea near Riace, Calabria, each on an integral square plinth, 127 cm and 126 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of a… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze sculpture of a crocodile and a bronze frog fountain, the crocodile naturalistically modelled with gaping jaws, the frog seated on its haunches. Crocodile: length 125 cm, height 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A patinated bronze figural fountain, the verdigris patinated hollow bronze figure modelled as a nude female and a small frog, on a rock formation. 117 cm high, 63 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A north Indian marble sculpture of Nandi 18th/19th century Sensitively modeled as a seated caparisoned bull looking forward intently, 39.5 cm high, 52 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A French gilt bronze and ivory figure of a dancer, signed possibly Bruand, the figure with arms, head and legs of carved ivory, standing in a dancing pose, raised on a birdseye maple base, incised signature to base. Height 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A marble torso raised on a bronze base after the antique, in a slight contrapposto stance, the torso 55 cm high, overall height 180 cm | *** |  |
| *** | David Boyd, earthenware phallus figure, mottled green and black glaze inscribed David Boyd, 1957, Australia, 29.5 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | Alessio Tasca Sfera sculpture, glazed ceramic, refractory cut sphere. Italy, c 1970s, 25 cm high, 42 cm wide, 42 cm deep. | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze model of two grey hounds, by Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910), modelled as two standing grey hounds, signed in the mould 'E Fremiet', 25 cm high, 31 cm long, 16 cm wide. Provenance: The Douglas Tilquhillie family collection, Melbourne. | *** |  |
| *** | A Venetian blackamoor stand, 19th century, the shaped top painted with a view of the Rialto bridge raised on a figure of a youth descending to three scrolling outswept feet. Gilt and painted decoration throughout, 77 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A French white marble bust of a Prelate, by Marcel Alexandre Rouilliere (1868-?), signed and dated verso: M. Rouilliere / 1912. Height 74 cm, width 85 cm. Provenance: Christie's Australia, Sydney, the collection of John Schaeffer at Rona, 15 & 16 May 2004… | *** |  |