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Colossal Sculpted White Marble Head of Hercules in the Manner of the Antique
Located in Baambrugge, NL
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The small head on the pictures does not come with this lot
Category

20th Century European Classical Greek Garden Ornaments

Materials

Marble

12 Metropolitan Museum of Art Sterling Silver Silverplate Snowflake Ornaments
Located in Dayton, OH
Twelve vintage MMA Christmas tree ornaments featuring reticulated / pierced designs. Includes 1971
Category

Late 20th Century Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Still Life with Ornament
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Green Ornament
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Set of 9 American Sterling Silver Christmas Snowflake Ornaments
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in North Miami, FL
ornaments, each one representing a distinct year's edition. Among them, three have been expertly created by
Category

20th Century American Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament by Morrison Heckscher, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament, by Morrison H. Heckscher and Leslie Greene Bowman
Category

1990s American Books

Materials

Paper

Pair of White Resin Pilaster Palm Tree Wall Ornaments, Manner of Tate & Hall
Located in New York, NY
and Marian Hall, Inc., was responsible for the redecoration of the Sherry Room at the old Metropolitan
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Adam Style Architectural Elements

Materials

Resin

Ararat Rugs Kerman Vase Technique Carpet 17th Century Revival Rug, Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014 fig.18. This is a vase-technique with a stellate central
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Persian Rugs

Materials

Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material

Sterling Silver and Coral Rattle Whistle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
opposing end to the coral handle. An example of this rattle can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of
Category

Antique 1870s English Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Rosewood Cabinet by Oscar Nilsson
By Oscar Nilsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
decorated front and sides, with a meander border and Classic ornaments. The inlays in the centre of the
Category

Vintage 1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Rosewood

Rosewood Cabinet by Oscar Nilsson
Rosewood Cabinet by Oscar Nilsson
H 70.28 in W 27.56 in D 17.52 in
Gilded Bronze Floor Lamp by Edward F. Caldwell & Co
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
ornamented joint which connects the base to the light fixture which has a knobbed fluted arm with a key
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Empire Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany Book by Martin, Alice Cooney, Nancy & Lars
By Nancy McClelland
Located in New York, NY
ornaments of his prized glass lamps. This sumptuous volume features 70 lamps, photographed by Colin Cooke
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

18th Century Lion Head Wall Lamp with 3 Lights in Gilted Bronze
By OMBRES ET FACETTES
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
found in a light arm by Pierre Thomire dating from 1788 and preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Bronze, Gold

Ararat Rugs Chessboard Carpet, Checkerboard Rug Antique Mamluk Revival Rug
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
small abstract radiating trefoil ornaments resembling fleur-de-lys, cypresses, and rosettes. On the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Turkish Rugs

Materials

Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material

Rare and Early Just Andersen Table Lamp, Dessin D8, Disco Metal, Denmark 1920s
By Just Andersen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish designer and pioneer Just Andersen in 1920s. The lamp is beautifully decorated with ornaments
Category

Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Diana and her Nymphs bathing
Located in PARIS, FR
sheet. These include studies, in red and black chalk, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Category

Late 18th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Neo-Greek Inkwell by C.G. Diehl, E. Frémiet and J. Brandely, France, Circa 1867
By Jean Brandely, Charles-Guillaume Diehl, Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Diehl à Paris. Wood and silvered copper inkwell. Central drawer ornamented with an
Category

Antique 1860s French Greek Revival Inkwells

Materials

Copper

Antique Renaissance Gold Fede Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
with capital-like shoulders decorated with scrolls and floral ornament. The bezel is formed of two
Category

Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Engagement Rings

Materials

Gold, Yellow Gold

Boiled Leather Trunk, Spanish, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
islamic « arabesque » a form of vegetal ornament composed of spirals, intertwining plants and abstract
Category

Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

Boiled Leather Trunk, Spanish, 17th Century
Boiled Leather Trunk, Spanish, 17th Century
H 8.67 in W 20.87 in D 12.6 in
Neo-Greek Cigar Cellarette, C.G. Diehl, E. Frémiet & J. Brandely, Circa 1867
By Jean Brandely, Charles-Guillaume Diehl, Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in PARIS, FR
bronze and silver electroplated brass ornaments, such as the central niche decorated with a winged
Category

Antique 1860s French Greek Revival Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Aztec Sculpture of a Spider Monkey with Pre-1970 UNESCO-Compliant Provenance
Located in Culver City, CA
ear ornaments, also associated with the Wind God, dangle over the monkey’s shoulders. Across
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Antique Thai Makara Ceramic Roof Tile, Sukhothai, 15th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Thai Architectural Ornament, Sukhothai kilns, 15th century. A glazed hollow ceramic roof
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Thai Other Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Rare Romanesque Capital Depicting Four Africans, Apulia, 13th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
is the four-headed capital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The third work is a portrait of
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Medieval Architectural Elements

Materials

Stone

Ararat Rugs Shirvan Rug with Hexagon Columns Caucasia Revival Carpet Natural Dye
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
blue fields with myriad filler ornaments including animals, birds, and human figures; a yellow-ground
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Caucasian Rugs

Materials

Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material

A large and exceptional 15th c. Gothic leather and iron bound travelling chest
Located in PARIS, FR
covered with iron cladding. We found a large chest in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of New
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Blanket Chests

Materials

Wrought Iron

A Rare Couture Emile Pingat Dolman Pelisse - France Circa 1890-1895
Located in Toulon, FR
Mongolian lamb fur (?). From the collar and shoulders, an eloquent Neo-Gothic ornament in Prussian blue
Category

1890s French Coats

A Rare Couture Emile Pingat Dolman Pelisse - France Circa 1890-1895
A Rare Couture Emile Pingat Dolman Pelisse - France Circa 1890-1895
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Size: Equivalent size 38/40 France
Bronze Hoard
Located in London, GB
a contemporaneous example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2007.498.2). The pommel
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Classical Roman Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Hoard
Bronze Hoard
H 10.95 in W 4.22 in D 1.38 in
Roman 100-400 AD Ancient Greenish Glass Swirled Sprinkler Flask In Perfect Shape
Located in Miami, FL
appeared as an ornament in glass work from the 4th century onward. Provenance: Saint Louis Museum
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Bottles

Materials

Blown Glass, Art Glass

Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
ornament is vividly apparent in several three-dimensional vistas of Chicago's famous buildings. Evident
Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

Boar Hunt
By Abraham Hondius
Located in Zürich, CH
represented in the public collections of the most important museums worldwide, among them the Metropolitan
Category

17th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

Boar Hunt
Boar Hunt
H 18.43 in W 24.73 in
Antique Javanese 22k Gold Conch Shaped Earrings, 10th-15th Century, Indonesia
Located in Austin, TX
either meant to be worn as ear ornaments, or possibly cord fasteners. A modern 18k gold post back makes
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Drop Earrings

Materials

Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hanazuma of the Hyôgaya House
Located in Segovia, ES
frontal details of her kimono and her obi, in green and orange, with beautiful ornaments. This image is
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

A Framed 18th C. Piranesi Etching of an Ancient Marble Vase from Hadrian's Villa
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
" (Studies of Vases, Candelabra, Funerary Monuments, Sarcophagi, Tripods, Lamps and Ancient Ornaments). It
Category

1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative painting, Reflective Love, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
, ornamented with a simple comb and a few hairpins. The woman rests her right cheek lightly on the back of
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Pair of Louis XIV Style Silvered Bronze Candelabras, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of Louis XIV style five-light candelabras. Chiseled and silvered bronze. Ornamented with
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XIV Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by
Category

1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
museum collection. Indeed, they are notably absent from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
H 26.78 in W 14.97 in D 41.34 in
16th/17th Century Elizabethan Carved Oak Three-tier Court Cupboard Server
Located in Forney, TX
catalog, October 2017, lot 576, Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Elizabethan three-tier oak
Category

Antique 17th Century European Elizabethan Sideboards

Materials

Oak

French 18th Century Louis XVI Painted Wood Armchair by George Jacob
By Georges Jacob
Located in Berlin, DE
elegant linen fabric copying a Louis XVI silk jacquard with a traditional colorful ribbon&flower ornament
Category

Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Linen

Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
ornament is vividly apparent in several three-dimensional vistas of Chicago's famous buildings. Evident
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

If a girl's got it... Pop Art Serigraph Barbie Doll
By Gail Rubini
Located in Surfside, FL
no others to be found online. it is a photo of a childs toy or ornament and it combines an image with
Category

20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

18th C. Piranesi Fireplace Designs based on Ancient Architectural Styles
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses taken from Egyptian, Etruscan, and Grecian
Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

18th Century French Boulle Gilt Bronze Wall Console Clock, Signed "Gribelin"
Located in Berlin, DE
. Front door framed with gilt bronze Louis XV ornament opens to a large enamel dial. The top of the cartel
Category

Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Clocks

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Other

After Antoine-Louis Barye Walking Lion Le lion qui marche White Marble Effect
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
plinth decorated with greek key ornament. White marble effect resin. After the antique, in bronze by
Category

Vintage 1960s English Baroque Animal Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Ancient Roman Medici Marble Vase: An 18th Century Etching by Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
, Candelabra, Funerary Monuments, Sarcophagi, Tripods, Lamps and Ancient Ornaments). It depicts an ancient
Category

1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Royal Pair of Sèvres Porcelain '1867 Paris Exhibition' Vases and Covers
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
d’animaux paysages par Van Marcke / ornament garniture Blanchard.' The sole distinction between the two
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain

Materials

Ormolu

Rococo Revival John Henry Belter Meridienne/Recamier
By John Henry Belter
Located in Hastings, GB
furniture of the highest quality. Many of Belter's pieces reside in museums, such as The Metropolitan
Category

Antique 1850s American Rococo Revival Chaise Longues

Materials

Wood

Winter Fun — Mid-century Modernism, Central Park, New York City
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Metropolitan
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pair of Louis XVI Style Three-Light Wall-Appliques after Jean Hauré, circa 1890
By Etienne Forestier, Jean Hauré
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Albert Museum. A further set of four appliques are in the Wrightsman Collection in the Metropolitan
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Bronze

'Feast of Passover' — American Expressionism
By Max Weber
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Dow who advocated for art as self-expression rather than traditional ornament. Weber became an art
Category

1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

French Pastel Portrait of a Chevalier of the Order of St Louis.
By (Circle of) Jean Baptiste Greuze
Located in Cotignac, FR
profusion of mirrors, ormolu mounts and ornaments, and gilt frames popular at the time. Pastel’s
Category

18th Century Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Flower Mandala Baroque Photo Contemporary Feminist Art Digital Photograph Print
By Portia Munson 1
Located in Surfside, FL
Bryant Park subway station for New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority. A permanent installation by
Category

Early 2000s Still-life Prints

Materials

Digital Pigment

Flower Mandala Baroque Photo Contemporary Feminist Art Digital Photograph Print
By Portia Munson 1
Located in Surfside, FL
Bryant Park subway station for New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority. A permanent installation by
Category

Early 2000s Still-life Prints

Materials

Digital Pigment

Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
. Impressions of this work are in the following museum collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Portland Art
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pair of Giltwood Mirrors with Porcelain, Rococo, 18th Century
By Matthias Lock
Located in Madrid, ES
Ornaments with Twelve Leaves Consistint of Chimneys, Sconces, Tables, Spandle Panels, Spring Clock Cases
Category

Antique 18th Century European Rococo Wall Mirrors

Materials

Other

Red Grooms Moonstruck Porcelain Sculpture Plate 3D Manhattan NYC Cartoon
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
intricacies of architectural ornament is vividly apparent in several three-dimensional vistas of Chicago's
Category

1990s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Porcelain, Screen

'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, Berlin, and Moscow. In 1920 he began his Machine Age drawings, the ‘Machine Ornament’ series and three
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pair of American Rococo Revival Patinated Bronze Candelabras, Ca. 1825
Located in New York, NY
-1775: Elegance in Ornament.” Jointly organized by New York’s Metropolitan Museum and the Los Angeles
Category

Antique 1820s American Rococo Revival Candelabras

Materials

Bronze

Helen Shirk Sculpture Hand Crafted Studio Vessel, Copper Patina, Colored Pencils
Located in Surfside, FL
, Architecture, and Design, London Metropolitan University, London, England. This one has an organic, flora
Category

1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Copper

circa 1845 C Hindley & Sons Lion Carved Chesterfield Brown Leather Dining Chairs
By Charles Hindley & Sons, Chesterfield
Located in GB
, ornamented with finely-chased mounts and beadings, c.1830 [Connoiseur, November 1978], which is possibly the
Category

Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

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