FINE ART
PAINTINGS
ITEM #7049
OIL ON CANVAS PORTRAITS
Great pair of bust portraits , each oil on canvas 10″ x 8″ sight in original gilded deep frames with several gold-paint overcoats.
Circa 1850, unknown sitter(s); either:
a) father & son, or
b) as young/ old man.
Young man’s uniform appears to be early 1800s. But frames not that old, hence b) more likely.
PRICE: $995.
ITEM #JC15
MILES BIRKETT FOSTER WATERCOLOUR
Rustic seaside scene, watercolour by Miles Birkett Foster (1825-1899), excellent depiction of 2 young girls discovering nature.
Sight size 6.75″ x 4.75″, framed c. 1900 11.5″ x 9.5″, untouched since.
Note monogram, lower right.
PRICE: $1,100.
PRINTS
ITEM #7917
WOOD BLOCK PRINTS, SET OF 5
PRICE: $ 1,500 THE SET.
Set of 5 Japanese framed woodblock prints by Yoshitsuya c.1850. Each is 13″ x 9″ sight depicting the storming of a castle. In modern frames.
Each with wonderful details, not faded.
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SCULPTURE
ITEM #9037
J. RUHL ART DECO FIGURINE
Cold-painted cast spelter Art Deco figure of Little Bo Peep, with simulated ivory face of celluloid, 5.75″ high on alabaster base.
Unmarked, but known model by J.Ruhl, thus probably Austrian.
Paint flakes, substantially good condition.
PRICE: $145.
ITEM #9038
J. RUHL ART DECO FIGURINE
Cold-painted cast spelter Art Deco figure of Tom Sawyer, with simulated ivory face but pewter, 6.5″ high on 2″ turned alabaster base.
Figure impressed at back J.Ruhl, thus Austrian. Bottom of base engraved “Made in Italy 853″
Paint flakes, but substantially good condition.
PRICE: $125.
ITEM #8981
BRONZE FIGURINE SHEVCHENKO
Cast bronze sculpture of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko figure, famous Ukrainian poet (1814-1861). This 12″ high figure c. 1925 is a model from the famous statue in Lviv.
Facsimile in-mold signature in Cyrillic to front plinth.
2014 was the 200th anniversary of his birth !
