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Graphite on Paper: Two Artist Studies of Hands and Extended Foot
4783
circa 1900

each well-rendered artist's study depicting grasping hands and a foreshortened foot; very nicely detailed; unsigned; excellent condition with minor discoloration to paper; new deep brown lacquered wooden frames and fillets with acid-free matting

Height: 
26"
Width: 
21.75"
Depth: 
1"
$3,250
Available
Classically-inspired Italian 1950's Carrara Marble Columnar Lamp
4973
1950's

with giltwood neck above a turned columnar body of nicely figured Carrara marble all over a giltwood base; good vintage condition with minor chipping to edges; re-wired; neck and base re-gilded

Height: 
15.25" (top of marble) 28" (top of shade)
Width: 
6"
Depth: 
6"
$1,850
Available
Exquisite Carved Alabaster Horse On Stand, Rajasthan, Circa 1720
4946
Circa 1720

Originally this piece would have been elaborately painted. It was recovered from a sunken ship after approximately 200 years on the sea floor. The result is this wonderful carving with only hints of the original paint having been washed and softened by the sea; overall even wear; some chipping; small areas of pigment; now on a later stand

 

Height: 
25"
Width: 
29"
Depth: 
11"
$7,500
Available
4785
circa 1900

with arching openwork top above a square-form body tapering to a foliate pendant knob; good antique condition; rewired with 4 standard sockets; later solid brass bobeches

Width: 
18"
Depth: 
18"
Drop: 
48"
$8,400
Available
rare and large-scaled italian terra cotta glazed stamnos vase/jar by listed ceramicist Giovanni Mollica, c. 1850
4691
circa 1850

signed on bottom 'Giovanni Mollica'; in 1842, Giovanni founded his ceramic workshop in Naples, Italy. His sons Ciro, Achille and Alexander took over the family business,  continuing it until the end of the 19th century; excellent condition with only minor overall wear to surface; a truly spectacular piece

 

Height: 
17 1/2"
Width: 
18"
Depth: 
15"
$5,650
Hold
2704
1960's

the lively capital with outscrolled acanthus leaves all resting on a separate wooden base; excellent condition with later base

Height: 
18"
Width: 
16"
Depth: 
16"
$2,200
Available
well-carved italian neoclassical corinthian capital with faux marble top; ex-collection Tony Duquette
60420
circa 1860

the well-carved Corinthian capital with faux marble top adorned overall with outscrolled acanthus leaves below scrolling volutes; all raised on a later square wooden plinth; remnants of label from Tony Duquette Collections sale, Christie's Auction House, Los Angeles, 2001, image can be seen in the book "Tony Duquette" by Wendy Goodman and Hutton Wilkinson, pg. 216; good solid condition with overall wear and patina; some shrinkage

Height: 
18 1/2"
Width: 
22"
Depth: 
22"
$7,200
Available
a well-executed set of 4 hand-colored copper engravings of attic red classical urns
2304
circa 1770

each depicting an etruscan urn with detail images and inscriptions written below; from the book 'Picturae Etruscorum in Vasculis' by Giovanni Battista Passeri; later French mattes and giltwood frames; excellent condition.

Height: 
22 1/2" x 18"
$3,750
Available
a handsome pair of  french stone lithographs of classical figures within black reserves
1984
Circa 1820

each striking lithograph with classical figures at various pursuits on a black ground; later ebonized frames and slips with hand-wrapped linen mattes.

Height: 
20"
Width: 
25 1/2"
$1,500
Available
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