Tuesday 4 June 2024 | Lots:
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The George Farrow Collection
Tuesday 4 June 2024 10:00
Roseberys London proudly presents The George Farrow Collection, a testament to a collector’s lifelong passion for art and antiques.
Featuring 567 lots, this sale offers art objects from China, the Middle East, and Europe. Highlights include a Berlin Chinoiserie tapestry of 'The Emperor's Banquet', and an Italian micromosaic table attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli. Also featured are Ottoman and Safavid velvet panels and Chinese decorative pieces such as a pair of Qing dynasty famille rose fishbowls.
Viewing at Roseberys:
Thursday 30 May: 9.30am – 5pm
Friday 31 May: 9.30am – 5pm
Sunday 2 June: 10am – 4pm
Monday 3 June: 9.30am – 5pm
Highlight Lots
LOT 45
A North Italian marble relief of Marcus Curtius,First half 17th century,The figure wearing a...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Price Realised: £91,240
LOT 159
An Italian specimen marble and micromosaic table,Attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli, early 19th...
Estimate: £25,000 - £35,000
Price Realised: £62,640
LOT 242
A rare pair of large Chinese coral ground blue and white enamel painted octagonal lobed...
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
Price Realised: £60,040
LOT 43
A Flemish marble relief of Tritons, Nereids and putti,Attributed to Gérard van Opstal, Flemish,...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: £34,040
LOT 42
A Flemish marble relief of the Rape of the Lapith women by the centaurs at the marriage of King...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: £31,440
LOT 1
A massive Japanese porcelain charger,Meiji period, late 19th century,Finely painted with birds...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Price Realised: £1,500
LOT 2
Three Flemish tapestry border fragments, 17th century,Woven in wools and silks, depicting flying...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Price Realised: £1,900
LOT 3
A large Chinese porcelain famille rose jardinière,Late Qing dynasty,Finely painted to the...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Price Realised: £4,800
LOT 4
After Claude Michel, called Clodion, French, 1738-1814, a pair of French bronze models of child...
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Price Realised: £850
LOT 5
A pair of French bronze models of the Apollo Belvedere and Diana the Huntress,After the Antique,...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Price Realised: £4,600
LOT 6
A pair of French gilt-bronze mounted rouge griotte marble ewers, Of Louis XVI style, mid-19th...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Price Realised: £1,500
LOT 7
A pair of French gilt-bronze eight-light candelabra, in the manner of Clodion, third-quarter...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 8
A Louis XV ormolu-mounted kingwood parquetry serpentine commode, by Guillaume Schwingkens,...
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 9
A pair of large Chinese copper red glazed baluster vases,Qing dynasty, late 18th century, With...
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: £4,400
LOT 10
A Chinese ormolu mounted flambé-glazed vase, hu,18th century,The vase moulded with butterfly...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 11
A Regence giltwood console table,First quarter 18th century, The marble top above carved frieze...
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: £4,400
LOT 12
A Franco-Flemish millefleurs tapestry, Early 16th century,A noblewoman stands to centre reading...
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
Price Realised: £5,000
LOT 13
A French bronze model of the Dancing Faun, After the Antique, late 19th century,Holding a cymbal...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Price Realised: £650
LOT 14
An Italian bronze model of a Faun with the Infant Bacchus,After the Antique, first half 19th...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Price Realised: £1,000
LOT 15
A pair of North European tapestry panels,Second half 17th century, Woven in wools and silks,...
Estimate: £500 - £800
Price Realised: £2,600
LOT 16
A monumental Japanese cloisonné baluster vase,Meiji period,Decorated to the waisted neck with a...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Price Realised: £6,000
LOT 17
AMENDMENT – Please note this lot is a Chinese embroidery made for the Portuguese market and...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Price Realised: £1,600
LOT 18
A pair of Italian giltwood and gesso marginal mirrors, Second half 18th century, Each with...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Price Realised: £1,600
LOT 19
A pair of Louis XIV giltwood console tables,Last quarter 17th century, With shaped breccia...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Price Realised: £2,400
LOT 20
A pair of large Italian figural andirons,19th century, in the manner of Girolamo Campagna,...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Price Realised: £1,900
LOT 21
A brass-mounted steel fire-grate, Of Victorian style, second half 20th century,The serpentine...
Estimate: £100 - £150
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 22
A large cast-iron fire-back,Late 19th / 20th century,With central armorial shield flanked by...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 23
A pair of French bronze busts of playwrights Racine and Corneille,Late 18th century, the mounts...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Price Realised: £700
LOT 24
After Vincenzo Grandi, Italian, 1493-1577, an Italian marble portrait relief of Aristotle,16th...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Price Realised: £4,000
LOT 25
A pair of French gilt-bronze single-light wall appliques,20th century,Each with urn-shaped...
Estimate: £100 - £150
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 26
A pair of massive Chinese export famille rose fishbowls,Qing dynasty, Qianlong period,Finely...
Estimate: £30,000 - £50,000
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 27
A pair of massive Japanese Imari chargers,17th century,Each decorated with an ikebana display to...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Price Realised: £9,500
LOT 28
A Chinese rosewood square jardinière stand,Late Qing dynasty,The rectangular top inset with burl...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Price Realised: £700
LOT 29
A pair of Chinese hongmu square jardinière stands,Qing dynasty, 19th century,The square marble...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Price Realised: £1,400
LOT 30
A Chinese hongmu nest of three occasional tables,Qing dynasty, 19th century,Each with...
Estimate: £200 - £400
Price Realised: £280
LOT 31
A pair of Spanish wrought-iron floor-standing andiron/candlesticks, of Gothic style, 19th...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 32
A Spanish wrought iron floor-standing pricket candelabrum,In the Gothic style, some elements...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Price Realised: £360
LOT 33
A French cast iron figural fountain,Late 19th century, Depicting a Bacchic faun holding two...
Estimate: £500 - £800
Price Realised: £600
LOT 34
An English lead figure of Mr Punch,Probably by Crowther, early 20th century, Depicted with...
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
Price Realised: £3,200
LOT 35
An Italian carved marble garden bench,Late 19th century,The seat with foliate carved border on...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Price Realised: £2,000
LOT 36
After Bertel Thorvaldsen, Swedish, 1770-1844, an Italian marble figure of Venus with an Apple,
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Price Realised: £3,000
LOT 37
After Giambologna, Italian, 1529-1608, a pair of large bronze figures of Mercury and Fortuna,
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: £13,000
LOT 38
After Claude Michel, known as Clodion, French, 1738-1814, a French bronze group of a Bacchante...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 39
A French bronze model of a Classical man wrestling a stag, possibly the labour of Hercules...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Price Realised: £600
LOT 40
After Franco Bargiggia, Italian, 1888-1966, a bronze figure of a nude boy, mid-20th century,...
Estimate: £300 - £500
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
LOT 41
A French bronze figure of David,Mid-19th century,Depicted standing with the torso of Goliath and...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Price Realised: £420
LOT 42
A Flemish marble relief of the Rape of the Lapith women by the centaurs at the marriage of King...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: £24,000
LOT 43
A Flemish marble relief of Tritons, Nereids and putti,Attributed to Gérard van Opstal, Flemish,...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: £26,000
LOT 44
An Italian marble octagonal relief,Probably Rome, in the manner of Alessandro Algardi,...
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
Price Realised: £14,000
LOT 45
A North Italian marble relief of Marcus Curtius,First half 17th century,The figure wearing a...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Price Realised: £70,000
LOT 46
An Italian marble bust of Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy,After the Antique, late 18th / early 19th...
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Price Realised: £4,200
LOT 47
An Italian marble profile relief of Attila,20th century,With inscription ATTILA B?e degli Unni...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Price Realised: £460
LOT 48
AMENDMENT - Please note the height measurement in the printed and online catalogue is incorrect....
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Price Realised: £2,000
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