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• APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE, GROUP OF
  APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE, GROUP OF ZURICH 2661**First Time At Auction** Magna Graecia, South Italy, Apulian, attributed to the Group of Zurich 2661, ca. 350 to 325 BCE. A gorgeous Apulian olpe of an attractive form comprised of an ample piriform body rising to a cylindrical neck that flares at the rim, and twin strap handles joining neck to shoulder. The body is finely painted via the red-figure technique with two Lady of Fashion heads (one on each side) depicted in profile and bedecked with jewelry and a saccos with radiate stephane, all delineated via the red figure technique with jewelry and hair ornaments highlighed in white fugitive pigment. Adding to the decorative program are stylized palmettes beneath the handles, and registers of cresting wave motifs along the neck with bunches of grapes with leaves hanging below. Cruciform and dotted disc designs additionally adorn the field. A fabulous example, replete with impressive artistry and technique. Size: 4.3" Diameter x 7" H (10.9 cm x 17.8 cm) Perhaps the most exciting innovation in Greek vase painting was the red-figure technique, invented in Athens around 525 BCE and beloved by other artists of Magna Graecia. The red-figure technique allowed for much greater flexibility as opposed to the black-figure technique, for now the artist could use a soft, pliable brush rather than a rigid metal graver to delineate interior details, play with the thickness of the lines, as well as build up or dilute glazes to create chromatic effects. The painter would create figures by outlining them in the natural red of the vase, and then enrich these figural forms with black lines to suggest volume, at times perspectival depth, and movement, bringing those silhouettes and their environs to life. Beyond this, fugitive pigments made it possible for the artist to create additional layers of interest and detail as we see in this example. Another pelike by the Group of Zurich 2661 can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession number 76.12.11. A similar pelike that has not been attributed is also found at Colorado University Art Museum under accession number 2006.15.T. Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Schuler Auktionen, Zurich, Switzerland, December 13, 2021, lot 6311; ex-private Swiss collection, since the 1960s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #177277 Condition: Minor chipping to peripheries of rim and base, as well as expected nicks and abrasions throughout, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with nice remaining detail and liberal remains of fugitive pigments.
• Meissen Porcelain Figure of
  Meissen Porcelain Figure of Bacchus, late 19th c figure of an ornately robed bacchus leaning on oversized vessel with wine and grape at hand, crowned with grape vine, leaf and fruit, on scroll base with parcel gilt highlight, incised mark at underside, some losses to crown, 9"H
• A Japanese ivory figure Meiji
  A Japanese ivory figure Meiji period (1868-1912) carved as a man holding a hare in a basket with grapes at his feet on an oval plinth 8.25ins; wood stand Estimate ?300-400 The bunch of grapes and two toes from his right foot have been broken and re-stuck off the base general grubbiness otherwise in good condition the figure is glued to the wood stand. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Gorringes Conditions of Sale.Sold for ?320
• Pair Capo-di-Monte Figures Italian,
  Pair Capo-di-Monte Figures Italian, probably 1771-1834, each figure with grape and vine garlands and wreaths in their hair: satyr drinking wine from wine bag, 13-3/4 in., semi-nude female holding grapes, 12-1/2 in., each with blue crown-over-N mark,
• Meissen porcelain figure of Bacchus
  Meissen porcelain figure of Bacchus late 19th century Modeled as a standing figure clad in grapevines and holding a cluster of grapes in his raised left hand, a wine goblet in the other, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, impressed no. 109, incised C82, puce painted 10. H: 8 3/8 in. ,500-2,500 - 1st quality - losses to vine garland at waist, wreath, and grape cluster
• ASIAN: CARVED STONE AND
  ASIAN: CARVED STONE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, TWELVE PIECES: CARVED SOAPSTONE DEPICTING FIGURAL GROUP, ONE FIGURE LOOSE, 10" H. X 8" W.;...ASIAN: Carved stone and decorative arts, twelve pieces: carved soapstone depicting figural group, one figure loose, 10" h. x 8" w.; nine clusters of hardstone fruit including grapes, cherries, and gourds, some detached pieces; small finger fruit, 2" l.; resin figure of man with knife, minor loss, round base, 6" h.
• 10 MINIATURE BRONZES INC.
  10 MINIATURE BRONZES INC. BERGMANA collection of ten miniature bronze figures. 1st item: Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861-1936) cold painted bronze depicting a dancing girl in exotic costume. Mounted onto a round green variegated marble base. Incised "Nam Greb" with an urn insignia and "B" within, back of skirt. 5 1/2" H x 2 3/4" W x 2 1/2" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. 2nd item: Bergmann cold painted bronze depicting a satyr holding a branch of grapes in his outstretched left hand. Incised "N. Greb" left side of base. 3 3/4" H x 1 7/8" W x 1 3/4" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. 3rd item: Bergmann cold painted bronze depicting a kneeling satyr. Incised "N. G." with an urn insignia and "B" within, underside of left and right legs. 2 5/8" H x 1 3/4" W x 2 3/8" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. 4th item: Cold painted bronze depicting a crouching nude female holding a branch with two birds. Uninscribed, possibly Bergmann, may have been intended as a pair with the 3rd item. 1 1/4" H x 1 3/4" W x 4 3/4" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. 5th item: Cold painted bronze depicting a young woman reclining against a tree with grape vines. Illegibly incised back of tree. 3 1/8" H x 2" W x 2 1/2" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. 6th item: Cold painted bronze depicting a dancing girl in exotic costume holding castanets and mounted to a square rug. Uninscribed. 4 3/8" H x 2 1/2" W x 2 1/4" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. 7th item: Cold painted bronze depicting a nude female holding a cup to the lips of a Herma sculpture, mounted to a round ebonized base. Uninscribed. 6 1/8" H x 2 3/4" W x 2 3/4" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. 8th item: Cold painted bronze depicting Leda and the Swan lounging within the petals of a flower. Uninscribed. 2 1/4" H x 3" W x 3 1/8". Late 19th/early 20th century. 9th item: Cold painted bronze depicting a nude female kneeling on a round cushion covered with short pin protrusions. Uninscribed. 3 1/4" H x 2 3/8" W x 2 3/8" D. Early 20th century. 10th item: Cold painted bronze depicting the reclining figure of a woman in a romper and ballet slippers. Uninscribed. 1" H x 1 1/2" W x 4" D. Mid 20th century. Provenance: Private collection, Nashville, TN. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: 1st item: Four decorative elements missing, 3 from headpiece, 1 from top. 2nd item: Minute areas of wear to patina on surface of figure. 3rd item: Areas of wear to patina, largest 1/2", on surface of figure. 4th item: Areas of wear to patina, largest 1/2", on surface of figure. 5th item: Areas of wear to patina, largest 1/4", on surface of figure. 6th item: Areas of wear to patina, largest 1/4", on surface of figure. 7th item: 1/4" area of wear to patina on upper right arm of female. 8th item: Minute scratches on flower petals. 9th item: Minute areas of oxidation on head and sides of chest of figure. 10th item: Areas of wear to patina, largest 3/4", on surface of figure.
• FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A
  FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A WOMAN WITH CLUSTER OF GRAPES, AFTER A MODEL BY MAURICE FAVRE, HEIGHT: 24-1/2 INFrench Gilt Bronze Figure of a Woman with Cluster of Grapes, After a Model by Maurice Favre, Height: 24-1/2 in
• HIMMEL NEW ORLEANS BASKET,
  HIMMEL NEW ORLEANS BASKET, LADLERare New Orleans handwrought coin silver confection basket (also known as a jam or sugar basket) and ladle, both pieces marked A.H. / N.O. (attributed to Adolph Himmel, New Orleans, 1825-1877). Basket features spiral fluted sides and vacant monogram reserve, wtih a pierced openwork rim decorated with applied grape clusters and figural housefly or other insect, and a bail handle also adorned with grapes and leaves and figural worms or caterpillars. The ladle features a leaf-form bowl and naturalistic handle with applied grape clusters, leaves, and fly figure. Basket 4"H x 4"W x 3-1/2"D (including handle), ladle 5"L. 4.5 oz troy combined weight. Provenance: the collection of John Montague, Memphis, Tenn. Condition: Excellent condition with some light oxidation to bottom of basket.
• FIGURAL GROUP WITH THREE PUTTI
  FIGURAL GROUP WITH THREE PUTTI AND GRAPES. Plaster signed ''Calendi''. The back impressed ''1329''. Some shelf and surface wear. One grape bunch has a broken piece. Condition reports are available on all items. Please note: unless a condition report is requested we do not post detailed condition information about each item sold. If you choose to bid without requesting a condition report you are accepting the item ''as-is'' with no gaurantees.
• Good English Parian Porcelain
  Good English Parian Porcelain Figure of Ceres, third quarter 19th century, the classically draped figure bearing a basket of grapes on her proper right shoulder and carrying a spray of grape clusters in her proper left hand, h. 14".
• A Royal Vienna Porcelain Figurine
  A Royal Vienna Porcelain Figurine of a Young Woman Seated on a rococo mound base with flowers, with a goose at her feet, next to a stump and a basket of grapes, the young miss holds a cluster of grapes in each hand. Marked in cobalt blue with shield mark on the underside. Approx. 5-3/4"H.
• MEISSEN FIGURAL GROUP OF A
  MEISSEN FIGURAL GROUP OF A SHEPHERDESS FEEDING GRAPES TO A SHEPHERDMEISSEN FIGURAL GROUP OF A SHEPHERDESS FEEDING GRAPES TO A SHEPHERD, early 20th Century, with underglaze blue crossed swords mark, incised C41a, the seated woman holding a basket of grapes and feeding one to the shepherd, a sheep between them, raised on an applied floral terrain base - h:8in. Provenance: The Roberta L. Tankel Collection
• CHELSEA TYPE PORCELAIN MINIATURE
  CHELSEA TYPE PORCELAIN MINIATURE FIGURINE OF GRAPE HARVESTER, H 5 IN. (12.7 CM.)Chelsea Type Porcelain Miniature Figurine of Grape Harvester,, Dimensions: H 5 in. (12.7 cm.)
• CHELSEA BOCAGE PORCELAIN FIGURE
  CHELSEA BOCAGE PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPLarge Chelsea porcelain figure group, couple eating grapes, with sheep and dogs. Bocage background. Gold anchor mark on base. 13"H x 11"W at base. Chips and repairs throughout bocage background, some chips and repairs to flowers on base, chip to grapes in man's hand.
• Set of Capo-di-Monte Porcelain
  Set of Capo-di-Monte Porcelain Figurines, Italian, 19th century, central figure of woman with bowl of grapes mounted on footed bowl with masks and floral festoons and grapes, 15 in., repair to grapes on plate, other losses, three lion heads lacking wreaths, screw mount loose, several pieces off but present, with four similar figures of women with castanets, chip at dress fold, lacking ribbon end, with tambourine, small petal chips, one with wreath, very good condition, one dancing, good condition, two petal chips, all with blue crown-over-N mark, probably Capo-di-Monte, (five pieces),
• Meissen porcelain figure of a grape
  Meissen porcelain figure of a grape harvester late 19th/early 20th century; barefoot peasant boy with grape-filled wicker basket on back, underglaze blue mark, 5 in. H.
• Four 19th-Century French
  Four 19th-Century French Agricultural and Other Medals, including a copper medal by Jean-Auguste Barre (1811-1896), dated 1879, the obverse with a bust of Ceres with concord diadem and the legend "Republique Francaise", the reverse with agricultural wreath and inset die inscription from the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce for the "Concours General d'Animaux de Boucherie/Paris/1879", dia. 50 mm; a bronze medal by Alfred Borell (1836-1927), ca. 1890, the obverse with an allegorical figure of Abundance with her attendants, the reverse with a wreath of agricultural elements (wheat, grapes, plough, ox, horse, etc.) and the legend "Societe d'Agriculture du Cher/Fondee en 1818", dia. 52 mm; a bronze medal by Francois-Joseph-Hubert Ponscarme (1827-1903), ca. 1880, this striking 1893, the obverse with a bust of Marianne and the legend "Republique Francaise", the reverse with a caduceus, grapes, wheat, etc. and inset die legend "Ministre de l'Agriculture/Paris/1893/Concours Gen.l Agri.le", dia. 52 mm; and a bronze medal by Alphee Dubois (1831-1905), ca. 1890, the obverse with a bust of Marianne and the legend "Republique Francaise", the reverse with oak and laurel-wreath and no legend, dia. 58 mm, the first example touchmarked on the edge with the "bee" medal mark in use 1860-1880, the other three touchmarked on the edge with the "cornucopia" medal mark in use from 1880.
• CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURE OF MAN
  CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURE OF MAN AND WOMAN EATING GRAPES, H: 11 INContinental Porcelain Figure of Man and Woman Eating Grapes, H: 11 in
• Italian School 18th c. "The Muse
  Italian School 18th c. "The Muse Euterpe Seated at a Pianoforte" oil on canvas unsigned 53 in. x 38 in. in an attractive antique hand-carved wood frame. Provenance: 20th Century Fox Inc.; Darryl Zanuck Note: The motif of pan-pipes-visible in the carved frieze on the urn at the upper right and accompanying the satyr in the painted panel on the piano-case clearly identifies the figure as the Muse of Lyric Poetry (that is of instrumental music to be accompanied by flutes) or Euterpe. The Muses of Mount Helicon were said to be the offspring of Zeus himself in his union with Mnemosyne or Memory; and indeed the fictive marble figures on the sculptural hemicycle in the background suggest this exalted parentage as they are glimpsed beyond the charming device of the roll of sheet-music whose tubular form hints at the flute the identifying characteristic of this particular Muse. Indeed all the Muses (of whom there were traditionally nine) are at times recorded as playing flutes and this figure's gesture toward other pages of sheet-music laid out on the pianoforte might suggest her alternate identification as Polyhymnia (or of song accompanied by musical instruments) were not the pan-pipes so conspicuously featured on the marble urn. The rich but pastel-tinted palette and the serene classical features argue for a date in the first half of the 18th c. probably in Emilia but with substantial influences from Venice. The segmentally-curved sculptural hemicycle and the gem-studded diadem are both borrowed from Paolo Veronese (Italian 1528-1588) though the powerful filling of the frame with a richly endowed three-quarter-length figure is more up-to-date and the delightful motif of the bacchante being fed with grapes on the piano's painted panel is inspired by such recent masters as Sebastiano Ricci (Venetian 1659-1734). The gestures of the background sculptures recall Tiepolo (Venetian 1696-1770) and Bortoloni (Italian 1696-1750); but the central figure has a physical weight and gravitas that is probably Bolognese or Ferraran. The picture was acquired by the middle of the 20th c. for the famed Hollywood studio and was used as a cinematic property. References: N.G.L. Hammond & H.H. Scullard eds. Oxford Classical Dictionary (1970) p. 704; M.C. Howatson Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (1989) p. 372.
• MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP,
  MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP, MODEL C 65Meissen porcelain figure group, The Grape Harvest, after the original model by Michel Victor Acier, c.1768-1770, polychrome model depicting man with grapes standing over two figures at barrel, blue crossed swords mark, incised C65 and 94, blacklight examination revealing typical chips and professional restorations to leaves and fruit, chips along bottom edge, (one) grape basket lacking handle, approx 9"h, 4.75"diam, 2lbs
• Chinese Carved Ivory Figurine of
  Chinese Carved Ivory Figurine of Man standing on tree trunk holding grapes with basket of grapes resting on his head signed 8 1/4''.
• CHINESE QING DYNASTY JADE GRAPE
  CHINESE QING DYNASTY JADE GRAPE ARBOR WITH CLOISONNEThe hardstone grape arbors in cloisonne jardinieres are composed of brass vinery suspending jade leaves and amethyst grapes trained on faux bamboo motif brass arbor above an assortment of rockwork in various stones with carved figures of jade and carnelian.Each measures 10.25 x 8 x 9 inches.Scattered loosening, minor losses, surface grime and one jardinière rim loosened, no major damage or loss, break to the carnelian figure below one.Provenance: The collection of Josephine Bird Hall (1888 - 1948) by descent to her son, the present owner. Josephine's father was a founder of Kansas City's Emery, Bird, Thayer Department Store.
• MEISSEN (DOT PERIOD) PORCELAIN
  MEISSEN (DOT PERIOD) PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF VINTNERSMEISSEN (DOT PERIOD) PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF VINTNERS, circa 1770, blue crossed swords and dot mark, impressed 8, modeled by Michel Victor Acier, depicted in the round with five young revelers about a barrel, one carrying a pannier filled with grapes, two with raised goblets, a fourth playing the lyre and a fifth eating grapes with a tambourine and trumpet at his feet, on a pierced gilt enriched rocaille-scroll molded base, h: 7.5 in. Provenance: Property of a Washington, D.C. Estate
• MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF
  MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF 'BACCHUS'modelled atop a gilt rocaille circular base with naturalistic foliage, Bacchus dressed in a rich purple and yellow cloth with a wreath of grapevines encompassing his head, standing with his hands full of grapes and a full wine glass, resting on an oversized ewer, marked with factory mark in blue underglaze, incisded model number 2742 in paste, with additional impressed numeral 16 with painters numeral 44 in black overglaze, all underside of base; height: 22 cm (8 5/8 in.) CONDITION The figure is in very good condition. Scattered minor chipping to the applied wreath and grape leaves. Inspection under UV light shows repainting and restoration to the leafy wreath around Bacchus head.