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Laurent Hubert (active Paris 1749-1786)
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Arria and Paetus
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Bronze, Circa 1753
Height 52.3 cm
Provenance: Sir George Burns, North Mymms Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, Christie's London, House Sale, 24 September 1979, Lot 18, where purchased by Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd.; private collection.
Exhibited: 1753 Académie de Saint-Luc, Paris, no.47; 1981 Agnew & Sons, London; 1995-2004 Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Literature: S. Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l’école française au dix-huitième siècle (Paris 1910, reprinted Nendeln 1970), I.437.
P. Sanchez, Dictionnaire des artistes exposants dans les salons des XVII et XVIIIe siècles à Paris et en province 1673-1800 (Dijon 2004), II.853.
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A Magnificent Chinese Twelve-Fold Coromandel Lacquer Screen
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Kangxi, Circa 1680
Height: 9 ft. 2 ¼ in. (280 cm)
Width of each panel: 1 ft. 7 in. (48 cm)
Provenance: Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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A Magnificent Chinese ‘Imperial Tribute’ Dress Sword of European Design
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Guangzhou (Canton), Circa 1795
Total Length 98.5 cm (2 ft 3 ¾ in.)
Total Width of Handle 11.5 cm (4 ½ in.)
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A Fine Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Lidded Vase after the Antique
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First Quarter 19th Century
Height: 87 cm (34 ½ in.)
Width (max.): 55 cm (21 ½ in.)
Width of base : 24 ½ cm (9 ½ in.)
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Portrait Bust Relief of a Gentleman wearing a Lace Cravat
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Low Countries, Second Half 17th Century
Alabaster
Height 74 cm (29 cm)
Width 34 cm (13 ½ in.)
Provenance: Christian De Bruyn, Brussels
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An Exceptionally Rare French 18th-Century Painted Wood Female Mannequin wearing a Robe à la française in silk metallic wrapped thread
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Circa 1765
Height: 175 cm (5 ft. 9 in.)
Width (maximum): 88 cm (2 ft. 10 ½ in.)
Depth of base: 56 cm (1 ft. 10 in.)
Literature:
Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel et Pascale Gorguet Ballesteros, editors, Fastes de Cour et Cérémonies Royales. Le Costume de Cour en Europe 1650-1800, exhibition catalogue, Château de Versailles, 31 March -28 June 2009
Madeleine Delpierre, Se Vêtir au XVIIIe Siècle (Paris 1996)
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A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets
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Circa 1790
Height: 37 cm (14 ½ in.)
Width: 39.5 cm (15 ½ in.)
Depth: 16.5 cm (6 ½ in.)
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A Chantilly Kakiemon Porcelain Desk Set
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Circa 1740
Iron-red hunting horn mark to each piece
Height: 3.5 inches (9.0 cm)
Width: 9.4 inches (23.8 cm)
Depth 5.9 inches (14.8 cm)
Condition: Small chip to sconce restored, the cover of the ink well broken neatly in two and restuck.
This piece would appear to be a unique model, as no other example is recorded.
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A Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Large Punchbowls and Stands
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Decorated in a pink and parcel gilt lotus pattern with floral reserves and flowering vine borders in sepia and iron red, Mid-18th Century
Height of Bowl: 18.7 cm (7 ¼ in.)
Diameter of Bowl: 40 cm (15 ¾ in.)
Diameter of Stand: 45 cm (17 ¾ in.)
Total Height: 20 cm (8 in.)
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A Pair of Northern European Wooden Etruscan Vases
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In painted pine of half-round form designed to be wall-mounted, Probably Scandinavian, Circa 1820
Height: 20 in. (50.5 cm)
Width: 7 ¾ in. (20 cm)
Depth: 4 in. (10.5 cm)
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A Pair of Delft Blue and White Large Ovoid Vases and Covers
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Marked AK for Adriaen Kocks, Greek A Factory, Circa 1695-1701
Height: 26 ¾ in. (68 cm)
Maximum Width: 14 ½ in. (37 cm)
Diameter of Base: 8 in. (20 cm)
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A German Rococo Laque Burgauté Snuff Box attributed to Johann Martin Heinrici of Meissen
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Mid-18th Century
Height: 2 ¼ in. (6 cm)
Width: 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm)
Depth: 3 ½ in. (9 cm)
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A Rare Central Italian Polychrome Cartapesta Statue of a Courtly Lady
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17th Century
Height: 2 ft. 6 in. (76 cm)
Width: 2 ft. 11 ½ in. (60 cm)
Depth: 1 ft. 4 in. (41 cm)
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An Pair of Unusually Large Niderviller Faience Vases
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Circa 1775
Height: 18 in. (46 cm)
Diameter of base: 5.5 in. (14 cm)
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A Set of Four Meissen Saxe au Point Tea Cups and Saucers
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circa 1770
Hight: 3 1/2 ins. (9 cm)
Width: 1 ft 3/4 ins. (15 cm)
Depth: 6 ins. (15 cm)
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A Pair of Staffordshire Enamel Candle Vases
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circa 1770
Height: 11 5/8 ins. (29 cm)
Width: 3 3/4 ins. (8.5 cm)
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A Régence Giltwood Porte-Montre on a Bracket
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