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Italy  3273  M00571

A 17th Century Italian Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt Folio or Music Stand, the square wood surface fretted and carved with a coat of arms displaying a mitered tiara, the ceremonial headdress of bishops and cardinals in the presence of the Pope and indicating its likely origin from a high ranking ecclesiastical residence, and raised on its original wrought iron base

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Small 18th Century Rosewood Jewel Box, the domed top embellished with a papier-mâché polychromed image of a muse surrounded by a parcel-gilt and ebonized oval cartouche and accented with ebony and satinwood crossbanding and stringing and with the whole raised on bone flattened ball feet

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Luxurious 19th Century English Rosewood Inkwell and Writing Set, comprised of a letter box with domed lid, two crystal inkwells with brass tops, a concave pen rest, all above a drawer with conforming brass handle, and with the whole raised on bun feet

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Striking 19th Century Rosewood Valuables Box with bone lozenge escutcheon,and a canted top of diapered parquetry and satinwood stringing

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

An Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Wine Cooler with pagoda lid, en tombeau body with reeded radius corners, and raised on lions’ paw feet

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

An 18th Century Japanese Imari Charger with traditional scenes including geishas, boating, and birds in flight

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A 200 A.D. Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Child, mounted on a later base

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


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An 18th Century Sculpture Bust of a Roman Senator, the reverse carved in the shape of a scallop shell and the whole presented on a faux marble pedestal stand

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Highly Important Ancient Marble Head of Apollo, widely published throughout the world including Robert Enggass “Sculptures of Rome” 1976 edition

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Striking Pair of Large Venetian Blackamoor Ceramic Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt Figurines, both costumed in brightly colored 18th century styles and raised on faux marble circular socles, most likely from the Capo di Monte manufactory

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Diminutive Late 19th Century Pair of Russian Malachite Obelisks

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

An Early 19th Century Italian Siena Marble Inkwell surmounted by a bronze Egyptian Sphinx and two conforming inkwells with the whole raised on brass toupie feet

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A 19th Century English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, with pagoda lid and bombé form fitted with two lidded interior compartments, one for green tea and the other for black, embellished with pewter and bone banding, all raised on bone flattened bun feet

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Rare Pair of Original Polychrome and Parcel-Gilt 18th Century Venetian Wall Appliqués, carved with acanthus leaves and garlands in the early ottocento baroque taste

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


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A Whimsical Cloisonné Dog in a kaleidoscope of color against a bright yellow ground

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

The Cardinal After His Meal, A Colorful 19th Century Oil by Albert-Joseph Penot (1862-1930). The signed painting depicts a cardinal in traditional vibrant vestments, standing in an interior setting beside a dinner table heaped with fruit, cakes, and wine. The piece is highly reminiscent of Penot’s A Reclining Cardinal sold at Sotheby’s London on May 13, 1998, lot 389.

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Burl Ash Waste Paper Basket, perfect for a library or study, with moulded top and footed base

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

An Exceptional and Rare English Regency Pressed Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, in the Neoclassical taste, the pagoda cover above a serpentine form, fitted with two lidded compartments, the whole raised on bone ball feet

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Pair of Large Scale Early 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Vases, with elaborate chinoiserie decoration on an off-white ground, depicting Chinese figures and exotic flowers, fish, birds and other creatures, and with conforming serpent handles at the neck and accented with elaborate bronze doré rococo presentation bases and collars around the rim

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A 19th Century Italian Marble Sculpture of a Young Florentine Schoolboy

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A 19th Century Oil on Canvas Floral Still Life painting, unsigned

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

An English 19th Century Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy of Unusual Undulating Form, with sterling escutcheon and medallion, bone banding fitted with two interior conforming compartments, one for green tea and one for black, all above a flaring crenelated skirt

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A 19th Century Cut Crystal and Gilt Cave a Liquèur Set, the presentation box with folding lid and the interior featuring secured cordial glasses and flacons

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A 18th Century French Louis XV Marquetry Long Case Clock, the entire entire surface dramatically veneered with an intricate pattern of cube marquetry stained to create a trompe l’oeil effect

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

An Imposing Pair of 19th Century Imari Porcelain Jardinières, in shades of cinnabar and cobalt on a white ground and accented with an exotic dragon encircling each urn and standing proud from the surface

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Pair of 19th Century Sicilian Majolica Rusticated Cachepots in the images of a husband and wife

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Unique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Gesso Bas Relief of Ancient Roman Warriors, now mounted in a silver gilt frame

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

An Italian 17th Century Baroque, Walnut “Bible Box” retaining its original iron hardware including lock, key, and side handles, and carved with acanthus leave corners centered with fielded panels and below a fluted frieze, with the whole raised on lions paw feet

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Unique 19th Century English Tortoiseshell Sewing Box, the rectangular form with canted corners, the top centered by a silver medallion with inscription, ebony banding, silver stringing and sides each adorned with distinctive ebony ring handles all raised on bone bun feet

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A 19th Century English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, with pagoda lid centered with silver medallion, serpentine front, ebony banding, silver escutcheon and stringing and the interior fitted with two lidded compartments

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Pair of 19th Century Asian Temple Fu Dogs, of carved stone and raised on ebonized plinths

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   


Italy  3273  M00571

A Large Pair of Italian 18th Century Giltwood Decorative Kylix Urns, with acanthus leaf handles attaching the conforming top rim to the boldly gadrooned body raised on waisted octagonal socle bases

Height: 63 1/4″; Width: 21 1/4″; Depth: 21 1/2″
   

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