Large French Sevres style porcelain urn with ormolu mounts, having enameled hand painted vignettes to each side, with rose lustre trim and gilt highlights throughout. One vignette, signed "Cottinet" at lower edge, depicts a maiden seated and holding a garland of flowers, facing a pair of cherubs in a landscape setting; the other depicts a […]
Lot 278: Antique Saryk Turkoman Ensi Prayer Rug, 6' x 5'
Antique Saryk Turkoman Ensi prayer rug, wool on wool. A red-ground central panel with leaf designs, flanked top and bottom by a wide inner border with flowering branch designs, all surrounded by an inner border. Wide woven twin animal elem border at the base. Woven in red, black, blue, purple, salmon, and cream colors. 6'' […]
Lot 271: Antique Chi-Chi Caucasian Rug w/ Kufic Border, 6' x 4'
Antique Chi-Chi Caucasian rug or carpet with Kufic border, wool on wool construction. Central blue field with stylized flowers and medallions with seven primary borders including a Trefoil outer border. Woven in blue, red, salmon, gold, purple, and cream colors. 75" x 48". Circa 1880''s. PROVENANCE: Private Des Moines, Iowa collection. CONDITION: Overall very good […]
Lot 173: Bill Sawyer Modernist Oil, Man at Table
Bill Sawyer (American/Tennessee, 1936-2020) oil on canvasboard modernist painting depicting a young man seated alone at a table, his face half-shadowed. A bud vase holding a flower with a broken stem sits before him, with two dropped petals on the table, and the painting is rendered in melancholy shades of blue. Signed "Bill Sawyer" lower […]
Lot 148: Sterling Strauser Oil, Still Life with Peonies
Sterling Strauser (American, 1907-1995) oil on board still life painting titled "Peonies," depicting a vase of pink, white and blue iris and peony flowers, set against a blue and white background. Signed lower right and dated 1993. Also signed, dated and titled en verso. Unframed. 24" H x 18" W. PROVENANCE: The collection of Myron […]
Lot 124: Documented Charles Willson Peale Watercolor Portrait Miniature, David McMechen, c. 1775
Charles Willson Peale (Maryland/Pennsylvania, 1741-1827) watercolor miniature oval bust portrait of David McMechan (Maryland, c. 1754-1810). The sitter is depicted with powdered grey hair, a light blue or gray coat, a white embroidered waistcoat with pink flowers and green leaves, and a white cravat, set against a blue-grey background. Housed in the original rose gold […]
Lot 102: Henri Maik O/C Painting, Tiger at Night, 1973
Henri Hecht Maik (France, 1922-1993) oil on canvas painting entitled "La Nuit," depicting a tiger illuminated by moonlight amidst an outcropping of vegetation beside a stream. A fish swims in the water and a bird perches on a nearby branch while a full moon hangs in the night sky at upper left, all rendered in […]
Summer 2024 Auction Preview
Below is an early preview of the July 6th and 7th auction to take place at our Knoxville, Tennessee headquarters. In-person bidding plus phone, absentee, and internet bidding will be available. The full Catalog will be posted in early June. Anna Catherine Wiley (Tennessee, 1879-1958) oil on canvas painting of a woman in a white […]
Lot 896: 5 Japanese Porcelain Items, incl. Satsuma
Assembled grouping of five (5) Japanese porcelain items. 1st – 4th items: Four (4) porcelain bowls including one (1) Satsuma or Kutani punch bowl or large basin with samurai within a coastal landscape to well, scrolling design to rim, and landscape with Mt. Fuji to the underside, signed on base; one (1) Satsuma bowl with […]
Lot 829: Sterling Strauser, Oil on Board of a Figural Nude
Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board vertically oriented painting of a standing nude figure with sgraffito outline surrounded with scattered blue flowers. Appears unsigned. Framed in a modern light blue tone frame. Sight: 47 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed: 49 1/4" H x 25 1/4" W. PROVENANCE: The collection of Kathryn Zervos, […]
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