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SWAN 60

• A HAND-PAINTED DRESSING SCREENA
  A HAND-PAINTED DRESSING SCREENA hand-painted dressing screen, First-quarter 20th Century Center panel signed: L.F.R. The three-panel wooden dressing screen with sienna-colored painted finish and hand-painted Tonalist-style autumnal birch woodland scenes with swimming swans 72.5" H x 60.25" W x .75" D Provenance: The Alan Schneider Collection Dimensions: 72.5" H x 60.25" W x .75" D Provenance: The Alan Schneider Collection
• 50's-70's Vintage purse grouping to
  50's-70's Vintage purse grouping to include 50's black silk purse, 60's black raffia evening bag, 40's/50's silk moire purse, B. Altman and Co black leather purse made in Italy, Victorian beaded silk bag, 70's black leather sharkskin style purse, Jolles Original swan adorned purse with losses, bamboo handle, 50's cord clutch, assorted 50's evening bags, Paloma Picasso black leather purse, velvet devore purse, cord purse and clutch and more
• MINTON PINK GROUND VASE AND COVER
  MINTON PINK GROUND VASE AND COVER CIRCA 1850-60 with pierced twin handles, the domed cover with a leaf finial, the body painted with classical maidens with a swans, within a border of ribbands and cornucopia; the reverse with a portrait roundel flanked by winged putti and floral garlands; the neck painted en grisaille, on a round socle foot and square plinth base; ermine mark and incised numeral 46943cm high
• A Diminutive Regency Sterling
  A Diminutive Regency Sterling Silver Teapot marked Matthew Boulton Birmingham 1818 with swan neck spout original cover with hardwood finial swinging bail handle wrapped in rattan fully hallmarked overall height 5 in. weight 12.60 troy ozs.
• CURTIS JERE SWAN WALL
  CURTIS JERE SWAN WALL SCULPTURECurtis Jere Swan Wall Sculpture, brass; 1987; signed and dated Dimensions: 60 x 39 1/2 in. (152.4 x 100.3 cm.) Provenance: Property from an Estate, Trousdale Estates, Beverly Hills, California Condition:
• Empire mahogany dressing table with
  Empire mahogany dressing table with carved swan neck mirror support, 60 1/2"h x 33"w
• SPANISH FLORAL MARQUETRY DEMILUNE
  SPANISH FLORAL MARQUETRY DEMILUNE SIDEBOARDSpanish burlwood demilune sideboard, early 20th c., with contrasting floral marquetry, three centered drawers, drawer fronts inlaid with swans, flanked by side cabinets, opening to interior shelf, rising on tapered legs, ending in metal feet caps, approx 37.5"h, 60.25"w, 19.25"d
• Important Collection of Chinese
  Important Collection of Chinese Incense Clocks Chinese 19th century.  A Collection of nine incense clocks with extensive provenance and exhibition history. Each of the examples offered here are illustrated in the comprehensive study The Trail of Time: Time Measurement with incense in East Asia Sylvio Bedini Cambridge University Press 1994.  This is the definitive study on Chinese incense timepieces.  In addition they were exhibited in the major show ''A Sense of Time'' at the National Clock and Watch Museum from 2009-2010. The late Sylvio Bedini was the primary source for scholarship related to incense timekeeping.  He was closely involved with the Collection offered in this sale. The timepieces offered include the following: 1.) Urn shaped incense clock of pewter and brass;  ht. 12 cm.  Symbols of wealth and longevity and with Chung Shie hallmarks six pieces and complete.  Bedini Fg. 62. 2.)  Octagon shaped incense clock paktong; ht. 9 cm.  Yin and Yang symbol and 8 trigrams from the Book of Changes lacking hallmarks.  5 pieces missing spoon.  Bedini Fgs. 64 and 65. 3.) Scepter form incense clock paktong/copper; lg. 30 cm.  Cover engraved with flowers fish bats and swastika auspicious templates.  Containing 5 total pieces missing spoon.  Bedini fg. 58 4.) Jui Scepter form incense clock paktong/copper material; lg. 24 cm.  ''Moon Lake'' inscription cover with Ting Yun design.  Containing 5 pieces missing spoon.  Bedini Fgs. 80 and 81. 5.) Melon shaped incense clock paktong/copper material; lg. 10 cm.    Cover translates to ''the melon vine is long and spreading''.  Containing 6 pieces and complete.  Bedini Fg. 96. 6.) Lute shaped incense clock paktong/copper material; lg. 14 cm.  Cover with butterfly symbols of success and long life.  Containing 5 pcs. missing tamper.  Bedini Fg. 57. 7.) Square shaped incense clock cover with symbols of wealth and longevity paktong material; ht. 11 cm.  Hallmarked Shin Thuan Mau.  6 total pcs. missing spoon.  Bedini Fg. 60. 8.) Rectangular incense clock paktong/copper material; ht. 9 cm.  Cover with broken ice and prunus design.  5 total pcs. missing spoon and tamper.  Archaic engraved symbols along sides.  Bedini Fg. 61. 9.) Thai swan boat alarm in bronze and with brass bells also with 4 alarm drops in steel; lg. 56 cm.  Bedini Fg. 20 referred to by author as dragon boat timepiece. Incense seals are an East Asian phenomenon.  They owe their development to several things beginning with the ancient need for Chinese officials to find more accurate ways to measure the passage of time than the current water clocks sand clocks and sundials.  Although a very small percentage of the population required this astronomers palace officials temples night watchmen and others were dependent upon the relatively accurate burning incense measurement of passing time especially as it could be used after dark and also be portable. The incense seal works by a steady and controlled burning of a line of specially formulated ground incense.  The nearest similar items would be a fuse cord and these were also used in China especially for alerting court messengers to arise in the small hours of night.  By careful design of the incense ''trail'' as well as the incense mixture and vessel passing hours could be measured well within the acceptable standards of time.  Most incense timepieces available today date from the 19th and early 20th centuries.  While the timpieces were indeed used as early as the 1690s the popularity of the works can be attributed to Ting Yun (1800-1879) a Chinese professor who created a revived interest in its use.  Ting Yun created a book of woodcuts with one hundred designs of incense timepieces.  As a result many contain covers attributing them to ''Moon Lake'' Ting Yun's ''courtesy'' name. Metal incense seals are usually made of paktong and these are believed to have been made near or in present day Shanghai.  Others are of pewter possibly made near Canton. A rare and important collection containing well documented examples of incense timekeeping.
• Noel Rockmore (American/New Orleans
  Noel Rockmore (American/New Orleans 1928-1995) three prints "Leda and the Swan" aquatint on paper pencil-signed and dated "'81" titled lower center numbered "3/50" lower left sight 15 in. x 22 1/4 in.; "Three Skeletons" lithograph on paper unsigned sight 25 in. x 19 in.; and "Death on Decatur" serigraph on paper pencil-signed titled and numbered "9/60" sight 25 1/2 in. x 15 1/2 in. all matted and framed.
• Chippendale carved giltwood and
  Chippendale carved giltwood and mahogany looking-glass 18th century Swan's neck cresting centering a phoenix surmounting a shaped rectangular frame with giltwood filets and molded liner enclosing mirror plate. H: 60 in. regilded, old veneer crack on left pediment.
• PAIR OF WHALEBONE AND WHALE IVORY
  PAIR OF WHALEBONE AND WHALE IVORY KNITTING NEEDLESPAIR OF WHALEBONE AND WHALE IVORY KNITTING NEEDLES , circa 1840-60, delicately carved ivory preening swan tops with 11 baleen, ivory, and wood spacers on tapering bone needle shafts. Length 15 ¼ in. Provenance : Eldred's 2011, Thomas A. Gray Scrimshaw Collection Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
• PRINT OF LEDA AND THE SWAN BY MARIE
  PRINT OF LEDA AND THE SWAN BY MARIE LAURENCIN (FRANCE 1883-1956). Etching on paper signed lower right with edition number 35/60. Small image of a robed Leda with swan. In a frame 9 3/4''h. 7 3/4''w.
• ALFRED MULLER (1869-1940) SWANS.
  ALFRED MULLER (1869-1940) SWANS. Color lithograph signed in plate lower left; Frame: 30'' x 66.50'' 22.25'' x 60.25'' (sheet) Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded - Sold As Is