1 Pair of George III-Style Giltwood Looking Glasses, in the style of Thomas Johnson (English, 1714-1778), each with an oval plate surmounted by a pierced pagoda-form crest, surrounded by a molded and fluted frame with side ho-ho bird accents and with an open foliate pendant, h. 54", w. 33". Estimate: 2500 - 4000 2 Regency Mahogany and Burlwood Bookcase - WITHDRAWN Estimate: 2500 - 4000 3 George III Mahogany Sidechair, early 19th century, the domed crest above a stylized wheat sheaf splat, the padded seat raised on square legs joined by an H-form stretcher, h. 37". Estimate: 400 - 700 4 George III Mahogany Armchair, first quarter 19th century, in the Chinese Chippendale taste, the domed and earred crest above a pierced and interlacing splat, joined by fluted arms to the padded needlework seat, depicting various animals in a fanciful garden, above a blind-fret-carved frieze, raised on like-carved square legs joined by a pierced H-form stretcher, h. 39". Estimate: 600 - 900 5 Continental School (Fourth Quarter 19th Century) "Mother and Child on a Riverside Path with Herd of Cattle Watering", oil on canvas, indistinctly signed lower left "K. Wolffe (?)", 13-1/2" x 24". Presented in a contemporary frame. Estimate: 500 - 800 6 British School (Fourth Quarter 19th Century) "Autumnal Wooded Landscape View with Cattle Herders", oil on canvas laid down on masonite, signed lower left "Geo. Murray", 17-1/2" x 29-1/2". Presented in a contemporary frame. Estimate: 700 - 1000 7 Set of Six Continental Floral-Decorated Porcelain Dessert Plates, of oblong form in the 18th-century style, each with an underglaze blue backstamp, w. 8-1/2". Estimate: 700 - 1000 8 Five-Piece Set of Vista Alegre, Portugal, Porcelain, in the 18th-century Chinese famille verte style, consisting of four chargers, dia. 13", and a matching octagonal meat platter, w. 12-1/2", l. 15-1/4", all produced for the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mottahedeh, New York, each example fully backstamped. Estimate: 300 - 500 9 Staffordshire Pottery Footed Fruit Bowl, second quarter 19th century, polychromed and transfer printed in "Chinese Vase and Flowers" decor, perhaps by Thomas Pinder (active 1848/9-1851), Swan Bank Works, Burslem, Staffordshire, h. 5-1/4", dia. 10-1/2". Estimate: 150 - 300 10 Fifteen-Piece Group of Earthenware Plates, consisting of a set of thirteen Thomas Fell, Newcastle-on-Tyne, richly polychromed and parcel-gilt earthenware dinner plates in "Casket Japan" decor, 1817-1830, dia. 9-1/2", and a pair of matching circular serving plates, dia. 10-1/2", all marked with an impressed "F" underglaze and the pattern in underglaze transfer print. Estimate: 300 - 500 11 Edwardian Mahogany Sideboard, ca. 1900, in the George III style, the bowed and earred top with inlaid string banding above a conforming case fitted with a central baize-lined cutlery drawer over a deep recessed drawer, flanked on either side by a cupboard door, all with ivory escutcheons, raised on tapering square legs ending in spade feet, h. 35", w. 71", d. 24-1/4". Estimate: 1400 - 1800 12 George III-Style Mahogany Dining Table, the rounded rectangular top banded and raised on two pedestals, each with a columnar standard to four splayed and reeded legs ending in brass paws on casters, with two 20" leaves, h. 29", w. 45", l. 78", extending to 118". Provenance: Yellow House Antiques, Mobile, Alabama. Estimate: 2500 - 4000 13 George III-Style Mahogany Sideboard, partially composed of antique elements, the bowed and shaped top with an inlaid central oval panel above a conforming case fitted with a central cutlery drawer over a tambour cupboard, flanked to either side by a cupboard door, raised on tapering square legs ending in spade feet, the whole inlaid with decorative stringing, h. 36", w. 60", d. 25-1/4". Estimate: 1000 - 1500 14 George III Mahogany Cellarette, late 18th century, of octagonal form, the brass-bound lid opening to a metal-lined compartmented interior, the like-bound case raised on a fluted conforming stand to molded square legs, h. 20", dia. 24". Estimate: 2000 - 4000 15 Pair of "Tobacco Leaf" Porcelain Cachepots, of oval two-handled form, richly polychromed in the Chinese Export style of the 18th century, each example marked on the base in underglaze blue, h. 6-1/2", w. 7-3/4", d. 6-1/4". Estimate: 400 - 700 16 Two Chinese White-Glazed Porcelain Bulb Bowls, 20th century, each of low form with in-curved lip rims, resting on low tripod feet, glazed on the exterior and interior in a slightly creamy white glaze, dia. 8-1/2". Estimate: 300 - 500 17 Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl, 18th century, decorated in famille rose enamels in the "Mandarin" pattern, with reserve panels on the exterior on a T-fret ground, the interior with a central floral medallion, dia. 9-1/4". Estimate: 500 - 800 18 Chinese Porcelain Covered Ginger or Tea Storage Jar, 20th century, of globular form with conforming dome cover, glazed all over in a crackled celadon glaze, presented on a carved wooden stand, h. 11". Estimate: 400 - 700 19 Chinese Export Porcelain Five-Piece Garniture Set, 19th century, composed of two ribbed trumpet vases and three ribbed baluster vases, all decorated in famille rose enamels with garden scenes of trees, rockwork and flowering plants against a white ground, h. 10" to 10-3/8". Estimate: 3500 - 5000 20 Pair of Chinese Glazed Porcelain Foo Dogs, depicting a male and female seated on their haunches on openwork plinth bases, glazed all over in Kingfisher blue glaze, the female with her cub, the male with a brocade ball, h. 16-3/4". Estimate: 400 - 700 21 Chinese Export Porcelain Bottle Vase, 19th century, decorated in famille rose enamels in the "Rose Medallion" pattern, the body of flattened bulbous shape with an elongated neck, decorated with two figural reserve panels against a ground of flowers and butterflies, h. 12-1/2". Estimate: 800 - 1200 22 Chinese Export Porcelain Baluster-Form Vase, 19th century, decorated in famille rose enamels in the "Rose Medallion" pattern with reserve figural panels against a ground of antiques, flowers and butterflies, h. 9-1/4". Provenance: Cabin Antiques, Meridian, Mississippi. Estimate: 200 - 400 23 Pair of Chinese Porcelain Phoenix Plates, each of low rimless form decorated in polychrome enamels against a rose ground depicting confronting phoenix birds atop rockwork with flowering plants, with a ling chih mark in iron red on the base, dia. 9-3/4". Estimate: 150 - 300 24 Chinese Glazed Pottery Fruit-Form Altar Offering, first half 20th century, molded in the form of a Buddha's Hand citron with a spray of foliage, glazed in yellow, green and brown with naturalistic detail, l. 6". Estimate: 300 - 500 25 Chinese Molded Porcelain Bottle Vase, 20th century, the lightly lobed body glazed in turquoise-colored glaze with molded high-relief decoration of fruiting peach branches glazed in famille rose enamels, h. 9-1/2". Estimate: 700 - 1000 26 Chinese Glazed Pottery Fruit-Form Altar Offering, first half 20th century, molded in the form of a ribbed squash with a spray of foliage and stem, glazed in rose, green and brown with naturalistic detail, dia. 5". Estimate: 300 - 500 27 Unusual Japanese Cloisonne Charger, late 19th century, enameled as a ferocious yellow and green three-clawed horned dragon on a blue ground with multi-colored border, now mounted in a painted lacquer frame in dark red with floral decoration, dia. 20-1/2". Estimate: 400 - 700 28 George III-Style Mahogany Bookcase, late 19th century, in the Chinese Chippendale taste, the molded and dentillated cornice above a blind fret-carved frieze with two astragal-glazed doors below, the lower section fitted with a like frieze over two like doors, raised on paneled and turned square legs, h. 87-1/2", w. 44-1/4", d. 15". Estimate: 600 - 900 29 Pair of George III-Style Polychromed Bookshelves, each with a gadroon-carved domed crest above a shell-carved frieze with arched and acanthine designs below, above an open interior fitted with adjustable shelves, flanked to either side by fluted pilasters and raised on a plinth base, h. 97", w. 39", d. 13". Estimate: 2000 - 4000 30 Provincial English Mahogany Armchair, second quarter 19th century, in the Chinese Chippendale taste, the rectangular back with a patterned splat, joined by scrolling arms to the avian- and floral-patterned needlework seat, raised on circular legs joined by an H-form stretcher, h. 34". Estimate: 500 - 800 31 George III-Style Mahogany Canape, late 19th century, the shaped and domed padded back joined by downswept arms to the padded seat, raised on paneled, tapering square legs headed by bellflower carving and ending in spade feet, h. 36", w. 51", d. 21-1/2". Estimate: 1400 - 1800 32 George III-Style Giltwood Looking Glass, in the manner of Thomas Johnson (English, 1714-1778), the shaped plate surmounted by a pierced pagoda-form crest with flanking ho-ho birds, within an elaborately pierced floral and foliate frame, h. 50", w. 32". Estimate: 1200 - 1800 33 Continental Maple and Burlwood Secretary, late 18th century and later, the molded and double-domed cornice above a conforming case fitted with two mirrored doors, opening to an arrangement of fourteen drawers centering a central cupboard door, all banded, the lower section fitted with a slant front opening to an inset baize writing surface and a variety of drawers and cubbyholes, with two short drawers and three long drawers below, all banded, the whole raised on bun feet, h. 77", w. 43-1/4", d. 20". Estimate: 5000 - 8000 34 George III-Style Giltwood Looking Glass, ca. 1900, the rectangular plate surmounted by a rampant lion shield crest, surrounded by a pierced scrolling frame with various carved armaments, h. 29", w. 27-1/2". Estimate: 1000 - 1500 35 Pair of George III-Style Mahogany Armchairs, 20th century, each with a shaped crest above an elaborately carved and interlacing splat, joined by foliate-carved scrolling arms to the padded seat, raised on cabriole legs headed by foliate carving and ending in scrolled toes, h. 39". Estimate: 1200 - 1800 36 George III-Style Polychromed and Marble-Top Side Table, 19th century, in the Adam Taste, the demi-lune variegated tan marble top above a conforming fluted frieze with floral patera accents, raised on tapering circular legs headed by foliate carving and ending in toupie feet, h. 33", w. 60", 21-3/4". Estimate: 1800 - 2500 37 Pair of George III-Style Polychromed and Faux-Marbre Side Tables, each with a faux variegated charcoal marble top above a fluted frieze, raised on tapering square legs ending in peg feet, h. 31-1/2", w. 46", d. 23-1/2". Estimate: 1500 - 2500 38 Collection of Four French Mounted Dried Botanical Specimens, fourth quarter 19th century, presented nine-to-a-frame on taupe backplates within white-painted wooden frames, each specimen accompanied by a handwritten Latin botanical name and a description of the particular plant in French, h. 34-1/2", w. 27-3/4". Estimate: 1200 - 1800 39 George III-Style Giltwood Looking Glass, early 20th century, in the Adam taste, the bipartite rectangular plate surmounted by a foliate frieze and corner urn-form finials, flanked to either side by fluted pilasters, h. 66", w. 41". Estimate: 900 - 1200 40 Chinese Ink on Paper Scroll Painting, attributed to Qi Baishi (1864-1957), dated 1955, depicting five shrimp in black and gray ink, placed in a vertical scene with a calligraphic inscription and artist's seal in the upper left, h. 77", w. 19-1/2". Qi Baishi is perhaps the most famous of all 20th-century Chinese painters. Born a peasant in Hunan province, he became a carpenter at fourteen years old, and in his spare time taught himself to paint. His subjects were often animals; shrimp were one of his favorites. It is told that he kept a bowl of shrimp by his desk so that he could continually enjoy observing them. Even though he avoided anything to do with politics, he was awarded the title "People's Artist" by the Central Cultural Committee of the People's Republic of China" Estimate: 5000 - 8000 41 Chinese Provincial Shrine Model on Lacquered Table, 19th century, the shrine modeled with bronze hardware opening to a plain interior behind a pillared porch with carved openwork decoration and railings, a fan-shaped sign in the center and two hanging calligraphy panels, all below a ridged tiled roof with dragon cornices, resting on a pierced plinth base, the lacquered table with short cabriole legs above rounded feet with carved apron and shaped stretchers, decorated in black and red lacquer, h. 73-1/4", w. 35", d. 17-1/2". Estimate: 1200 - 1800 42 Large Chinese Painted Pottery Figure of a Female Attendant, Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.), modeled as the standing figure of a female attendant clad in an informal full-length robe with full sleeves, the body with white slip and red-painted details on the robe's crossover closure at the front and banding on the sleeves, the calm expressive face detachable, the hands now lacking, h. 28-1/2". Estimate: 3000 - 5000 43 Chinese Famille Rose-Decorated Porcelain Covered Food Container, 19th century, of lightly ribbed barrel form with conforming cover and twisted wire handles, decorated in delicate famille rose enamels with scenes of ladies, attendants and children in garden settings, presented on a wooden stand, h. 7". Estimate: 300 - 500 44 Chinese Glazed Porcelain Hu Vase, 20th century, with low-relief molded foliate decoration and bat handles, glazed all over in a pale celadon glaze, now mounted as a lamp with a gilt-metal base and pleated linen shade, h. 22-1/2". Estimate: 400 - 700 45 Elaborate Chinese Softwood Painter's Table, 19th century, of unusual design, the rectangular top with floating panel above an elaborately carved apron with a single drawer on one side and two drawers on the opposite side, the carved apron extending to carved openwork terminals at each end, supported by reeded square legs and stretchers, the feet with simple "horse-hoof" terminals, h. 36-1/2", w. 70", d. 26-3/4". Estimate: 1200 - 1800 46 Set of Four Provincial Chinese Yoke-Back Sidechairs, 19th century, each with a standard curved yoke back above a shaped plain splat and round supports, the squared seat centered with a panel of woven split bamboo above squared legs with rounded outer edges, with a carved frontal apron and stretchers at the front and sides, h. 45". Estimate: 2500 - 4000 47 Pair of Chinese Glazed Porcelain Altar Vases, late 19th century, each of waisted baluster form with slightly flared lip rims, glazed all over in a mottled oxblood-red glaze with pale crackled celadon-glazed bases, h. 10". Estimate: 300 - 500 48 Chinese Export Porcelain Spoon Tray, 18th century, of elongated hexagonal form with crimped edge, decorated in famille rose enamels with a central scene of figures in a garden admiring a rustic tree table and a reserve border with puce decoration, w. 3-3/8", l. 5-1/8". Estimate: 150 - 300 49 Chinese Export Porcelain Spoon Tray, 18th century, the hexagonal body with crimped rim, decorated in famille rose enamels with a central scene of figures in a garden pavilion with a moon gate, the border with reserve landscape and circular puce floral decoration, dia. 5-1/8". Estimate: 150 - 300 50 Pair of Chinese Wooden Foo-Dog Banister Finials, 20th century, each carved as a long-haired Foo dog atop a draped plinth base, painted red and black with gilt details, originally finials for railing banisters on a palisade, h. 9". Estimate: 75 - 125                 Contact Us Privacy Statement Site Created by Orleans Tech Copyright© 2007 New Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc.