- GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
MONGOLIA,
ZANABAZAR SCHOOL ?? ??????? ?????????finely cast seated in padmasana on a raised double lotus throne, a large vase containing the elixir of longevity cradled in his hands...
[more like this] - RARE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER IN THE FORM
OF A DUCK STANDING ON TOAD
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY ? ????????cast standing with one leg on a three-legged toad, head turned to the right and beak ajar, the wings with plumage...
[more like this] - RARE BRONZE INCENSE-TOOL VASE
MING DYNASTY
? ??????????of slightly tapered cylindrical form, centre cast in high relief with officials on horses and entourage in a dramatic mountainous landscape heading towards towered...
[more like this] - BRONZE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ TWO-HANDLED
VASE
YUAN-MING DYNASTY ??? ????????????of pear form cast on a high splayed foot rising to waisted neck and galleried mouth, decorated with swirly waves, the neck decorated...
[more like this] - BRONZE ‘FIVE MOUNTAIN’ MIRROR
WARRING
STATES PERIOD ?? ??????crisply cast with a ribbed loop enclosed by a circular border which five leaves issued within five bold T shapes, all reserved on a ground of swirl...
[more like this] - BRONZE 'TLV' MIRROR
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY
?? ?????crisply cast with a pierced knob centering a quatrefoil within a square border, the outer field with the Guardians of the Four Directions: Blue Dragon, Red Bird, White...
[more like this] - LATE GEORGE III ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE-MOUNTED
MARBLE INKWELL, PROBABLY RETAILED BY THE THOMAS WEEKES MUSEUM, LONDON5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 in.
Note: A nearly identical inkwell retailed by Thomas Weekes Museum with the urn...
[more like this] - FRENCH BRONZE MODEL OF LOUIS XIV ON
HORSEBACK, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE CARTELLIER AND LOUIS-MAISON-LEBON PETITOTRaised on an ebonized a brass inlaid base.
31 x 21 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (overall)
Note: An identical...
[more like this] - FREDERICK MACMONNIES BRONZE SCULPTURE,
YOUNG FAUN W/ HE...Frederick William MacMonnies (New York/France, 1863-1937) bronze sculpture titled "Young Faun with Heron" depicting a classically portrayed nude male youth...
[more like this] - A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE
CHENETS, STAMPED "... CHENETS, STAMPED "B&C," LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, each modeled as stylized swirling acanthus leaf scrolls and nicely cast with chased details as well...
[more like this] - AN AUSTRIAN GILT BRONZE AND ENAMEL MOUNTED
TULIPWOOD CR... TULIPWOOD CROSSBANDING KINGWOOD INLAID SECRETARY CABINET-ON-STAND, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, with a gilt bronze reticulated crest cast as two swans flanking...
[more like this] - ARISTIDE MAILLOL PLASTER FIGURE OF A
SEATED NUDE(French, 1861-1944)
Jeune fille se voilant les yeux, 1900, signed "Aristide Maillol", plaster, 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 x 2-3/4 in.
Note: An edition of 6 was cast after...
[more like this] - CHARLES LOUIS BUHOT SCULPTURE, RENAISSANCE
REVIVAL PEDE...(French, 1815-1865)
Hebe and Zeus, The goddess of youth with her father in the guise of an eagle, signed on naturalistic base "C. Buhot", patinated bronze,...
[more like this] - SUPERB LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORDAncient
Near East, Northwestern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Luristan culture, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE. A beautiful short sword cast from bronze via the lost wax (cire perdue)...
[more like this] - SUPERB ROMAN BRONZE TREFOIL OINOCHOE
W/ MASK TERMINALRoman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A tall, cast-bronze oinochoe (pouring vessel) with a concentric ring base, a bulbous body, and a rounded...
[more like this] - FRENCH BRONZE MODEL STATUE OF LIBERTY
AFTER BARTHOLDI**Originally Listed At $5000**
After Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi (French, 1834-1904). Bronze model of Statue of Liberty, by the Musee Bartholdi (Colmar, France),...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE STATUE NUDE APOLLO**First
Time At Auction**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An exquisite bronze statue of Apollo in the nude standing in contrapposto with his left leg bent at the...
[more like this] - PIERRE LE FAGUAYS (FRENCH, 1892-1962)Pierre
Le Faguays
French, 1892-1962
Danse Bachique , c. 1930
Bronze, signed to the base.
The Romanesque figure with plaited hair raising a chalice in tandem with the young boy in...
[more like this] - ITZIK BEN SHALOM: "TWO FIGURES"bronze
in two parts inscribed in casting Provenance: Estate of Donald Simon, son of Norton Simon, purchased Christie's London 9/15/1986 invoice no. 48067 24 1/2 inches high Condition:...
[more like this] - JAPANESE BRONZE PIN CUSHION, MEIJI PERIODJAPANESE
BRONZE PIN CUSHION, MEIJI PERIOD, cast as a bird perched atop a lotus stem of an upturned lotus leaf, the bird with well in its back for the pin cushion (now missing) - h:7w:7in....
[more like this] - AFTER PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903): TORSE
D'UNE FEMMEAfter Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903 Torse d'une Femme, bronze with brown patina conceived c. 1894, this casting c. 1950s; unsigned bronze with brown patina...
[more like this] - ANTIQUE CHINESE INSCRIBED BRONZE TIGER
"FU" TALLY Possibly late Zhou / early Han Dynasty, c. 3rd c., B.C.E., Hufu, China, cast in two interlocking parts, Chinese characters inlaid in silver, Christie's lot tag,...
[more like this] - COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI
SWAT
VALLEY, 8TH CENTURY ??? ??? ?????????cast seated in padmasana on a slightly waisted podium supported on a single lotus throne further raised on a stepped plinth, holding the...
[more like this] - BRONZE TRIAD OF PADMASAMBHAVA AND CONSORTS
??????????????????cast with the Guru Rinpoche seated on a double-lotus throne, right hand holds a vajra before his chest, left with kapala, a khatvanga issues from his left...
[more like this] - GILT-BRONZE 'DOUBLE DRAGONS' RITUAL
BELL, BIANZHONG
19TH-20TH CENTURY ??????? ??????????heavily cast, the cylindrical body boldly surmounted by a pair of addorsed dragons each crisply cast with a finely scaled...
[more like this] - PAIR OF LARGE BRONZE BUDDHIST LIONS
LATE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ????????each cast seated on their haunches, the male lion with its right front paw resting on a brocade ball, and a matching female with a cub...
[more like this] - CAST AND REPOUSSÉ GILT BRONZE FIGURE
OF CHATURBHUJA LOKESHVARA
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD ??? ???????????shown seated in padmasana, front hands in anjali mudra before the chest, back left hand holding a lotus...
[more like this] - CHAIM GROSS, MOTHER AND CHILD, BRONZE
SCULPTURE Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) "Mother and Child" signed and editioned in cast 'CHAIM GROSS 45/47' (on the side), bronze, 7" H x 4" W x 5" D (excluding base),...
[more like this] - Chinese archaic bronze chih chou
dynasty Of plain pear shape, thinly cast body over a hollow foot, the water patination a mottled grey-green and malachite. H: 5 1/4 in. PROVENANCE: Property...
[more like this] - CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE YU AND COVER.
Late Western Zhou Dynasty. The compressed body of classic form and undecorated and with separately cast high loop handle terminating in rams' heads the bronze of smooth water-green...
[more like this] - Chinese bronze model of Amitayus
qianlong period Heavy casting, ornate crown surmounting downward turned head, hands to waist over bracket base. H: 7 1/2 in. PROVENANCE: Private Collection,...
[more like this] - EARLY CAST BRONZE CORPUS CHRISTI - 15th
Century or earlier. Cast and engraved figure of the crucified Christ-now separated from the original cross mount. Evidence of much wear in the softened details. Back of figure...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN BRONZE AND WOOD FIGURE OF IBIS
Late period to ptolemaic period circa 664-30 B.C. The body covered in gesso the legs the tail feathers and the head cast separately and inserted the tail feathers embellished...
[more like this] - PAIR OF RUSSIAN GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED
AMETHYST CUT-GLASS CANDLESTICKS Circa 1830 Moscow; each with a trellis-cut stem supporting a foliate cast neo-gothic candle nozzle above winged masks supporting bowls of fruit...
[more like this] - Good Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure
of Buddha 17/18th century Seated in dhyanasana hands in bhumisparsha and dhyana mundra, well worked in monastic robe, exposed right shoulder, serene expression to face,...
[more like this] - Good Chinese silver inlaid bronze Quanyin
figure inlaid yutang shisou, 18 th century The heavy model inlaid with silver, the serene face is turned downwards, sectional hands held at waist, modeled with a free...
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