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17 Items Displayed
  - Arria and Paetus
Laurent Hubert (active Paris 1749-1786)
Arria and Paetus
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.

  - A Magnificent Chinese Twelve-Fold Coromandel Lacquer Screen
A Magnificent Chinese Twelve-Fold Coromandel Lacquer Screen
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


  - A Magnificent Chinese ‘Imperial Tribute’ Dress Sword of European Design
A Magnificent Chinese ‘Imperial Tribute’ Dress Sword of European Design
Guangzhou (Canton), Circa 1795

Total Length 98.5 cm (2 ft 3 ¾ in.)
Total Width of Handle 11.5 cm (4 ½ in.)

  - A Fine Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Lidded Vase after the Antique
A Fine Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Lidded Vase after the Antique
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.)

  - Portrait Bust Relief of a Gentleman wearing a Lace Cravat
Portrait Bust Relief of a Gentleman wearing a Lace Cravat
Low Countries, Second Half 17th Century

Alabaster

Height 74 cm (29 cm)
Width 34 cm (13 ½ in.)

Provenance: Christian De Bruyn, Brussels

  - An Exceptionally Rare French 18th-Century Painted Wood Female Mannequin wearing a Robe à la française in silk metallic wrapped thread
An Exceptionally Rare French 18th-Century Painted Wood Female Mannequin wearing a Robe à la française in silk metallic wrapped thread
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)




  - A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets
A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets
Circa 1790

Height: 37 cm (14 ½ in.)
Width: 39.5 cm (15 ½ in.)
Depth: 16.5 cm (6 ½ in.)

  - A Chantilly Kakiemon Porcelain Desk Set
A Chantilly Kakiemon Porcelain Desk Set
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.


  - A Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Large Punchbowls and Stands
A Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Large Punchbowls and Stands
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.)

  - A Pair of Northern European Wooden Etruscan Vases
A Pair of Northern European Wooden Etruscan Vases
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)

  - A Pair of Delft Blue and White Large Ovoid Vases and Covers
A Pair of Delft Blue and White Large Ovoid Vases and Covers
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)


  - A German Rococo Laque Burgauté Snuff Box attributed to Johann Martin Heinrici of Meissen
A German Rococo Laque Burgauté Snuff Box attributed to Johann Martin Heinrici of Meissen
Mid-18th Century

Height: 2 ¼ in. (6 cm)
Width: 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm)
Depth: 3 ½ in. (9 cm)


  - A Rare Central Italian Polychrome Cartapesta Statue of a Courtly Lady
A Rare Central Italian Polychrome Cartapesta Statue of a Courtly Lady
17th Century

Height: 2 ft. 6 in. (76 cm)
Width: 2 ft. 11 ½ in. (60 cm)
Depth: 1 ft. 4 in. (41 cm)

  - An Pair of Unusually Large Niderviller Faience Vases
An Pair of Unusually Large Niderviller Faience Vases
Circa 1775

Height: 18 in. (46 cm)
Diameter of base: 5.5 in. (14 cm)

  - A Set of Four Meissen Saxe au Point Tea Cups and Saucers
A Set of Four Meissen Saxe au Point Tea Cups and Saucers
circa 1770

Hight: 3 1/2 ins. (9 cm)
Width: 1 ft 3/4 ins. (15 cm)
Depth: 6 ins. (15 cm)

  - A Pair of Staffordshire Enamel Candle Vases
A Pair of Staffordshire Enamel Candle Vases
circa 1770

Height: 11 5/8 ins. (29 cm)
Width: 3 3/4 ins. (8.5 cm)

  - A Régence Giltwood Porte-Montre on a Bracket
A Régence Giltwood Porte-Montre on a Bracket