Three (3) Chinese paintings. 1st item: Ancestral portrait, watercolor and gouache painting on silk with gilt accents, depicting an older woman in a brightly colored red dragon-decorated robe, seated on a wooden armchair against a neutral background. Housed in a giltwood bamboo frame under glass. Sight: 57" H x 33" W. Framed: 59" H x […]
Lot 227: 2 Chinese Lamps, Celadon Porcelain & Bronze Urn
1st item: Gilt bronze mounted celadon glazed porcelain bottle form vase, wired as lamp, with foo dog and ring handles, the body with raised foliate and Chinese symbol decoration. Mounted upon a gilt bronze pierced circular stand with lion mask and paw feet, topped with gilt bronze cap. Chinese coin style finial. Vase: 14" H. […]
Lot 226: Charles Labarre Signed Porcelain Vase Lamp with Geisha
Aesthetic Movement porcelain urn-shaped vase, painted in the Japanese taste by Charles Labarre, now wired as a lamp. Overall lilac "crystalline" glaze ground with a hand-painted image of a Geisha, standing on a platform flanked by pine trees and serving tea, signed lower right "Ch. Labarre". Additionally decorated with gilt medallions and gilt elephant head […]
Lot 225: Pair of Sevres Style Porcelain Urns, Mounted as Lamps
Pair of Sevres style Neoclassical gilt bronze mounted porcelain vasiform urns decorated with cherub and floral vignettes on a celeste blue ground and foliate handles, formerly oil burning lamps converted to electric, fitted with foliate bronze caps and pierced bronze platform bases. 17" H (with cap & base). 33 1/2" total H. Late 19th/early 20th […]
Lot 223: French Rococo-Style 15-Light Gilt Bronze Chandelier, 19th Century
Rococo style gilt bronze chandelier with scrolling foliate decoration throughout and fifteen (15) candle arms branching from the center terminating with conforming bobeches. 34" H x 24" W x 24" D. French, late 19th century. PROVENANCE: The estate of Pia Stratton, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: Scattered verdigris oxidation, some minute bending to faux candle lighting fixtures, […]
Lot 220: French Louis XV Style Marble Topped Bombe Chest or Commode
French Louis XV Style bombe chest or commode consisting of a variegated breche d'alep marble top above two rosewood parquetry drawers with herrinbone inlay design, shaped skirt and cabriole legs. Rococo ormolu bronze mounted stiles, skirt, feet, handles, and escutcheons. 32" H x 36 1/2" W x 20" D. French, late 19th century. PROVENANCE: The […]
Lot 219: Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Bronze-Mounted Writing Desk
Louis XV-style French marquetry inlaid five-drawer desk with ormolu bronze mounts around the perimeter of top, cabriole legs with bronze mounts and ormolu foliate surrounds to each side of the desk. Elaborate Inlaid floral patterns to top and each side of the desk. Dovetailed drawers. Retains key. 31 1/2"H x 36"W x 21 3/4". European, […]
Lot 209: European Gothic Style Stained Glass Window, Execution Scene
Continental gothic-style stained glass window, rectangular form, depicting an execution scene, possibly the beheading of Saint James the Great or Saint John the Baptist, in an interior castle scene surrounded by Renaissance architectural details and a guard in the background, featuring colors of red, yellow, blue, green, and clear glass. Housed in a simple wood […]
Lot 203: Chippendale Period Armchair, possibly Philadelphia
Chippendale period walnut armchair, possibly Philadelphia, with shell and scroll carved crest and scrolled ears over a carved and pierced splat with heart shaped cut out flanked by scrolled volutes. Serpentine armrests ending in carved volutes; trapezoidal slip seat and deeply carved skirt with shell carving at center; shell carved knees and cabriole legs ending […]
Lot 185: 3 Middle TN Pottery items, incl. Whiskey Jug
1st item: Nashville stoneware advertising whiskey jug with brown slip top and white slip body and cobalt stencil reading "Fitzgerald-Litchford Co., Nashville, Tenn., Groceries, Field Seeds and Country Bacon/ WHISKIES, BRANDIES AND WINES, Special attention given to mail orders, All express charges paid on one gallon or over". 11 1/4" H. 2nd &3rd items: Two […]
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