2024 Major Fall Americana, Chinese, & Antiquities Auction

Two Piece African Group
to include metal longspear having detailed finial circa 1890, Senufo string instrument made of wood, hide, and string
longspear height 67 1/2 inches, instrument length 42 inches

Estimate: $200 - $400

Large Papua New Guinea Sepik River Mask
Namangue Gable or Ancestral Mask
carved and painted wood depicting the face of an
ancestor having shell eyes, raffia hair surmounted by
bird form crown
height 44 inches, width 28 inches
Condition: some loss and breaks

Estimate: $200 - $400

Two Piece African Beaded Grouping
to include Cameroon Bamileke stool of beaded fabric on wood, South African Beaded Doll mounted on wooden display, early to mid 20th century
stool height 16 inches, doll height 39 inches

Estimate: $200 - $400

Carved Polychrome Phoenix Temple Corbel Chinese Architectural Piece
carved and painted camphor wood featuring a phoenix with raised wings and bent neck painted in green, blue, red, and gilt
Miaoli Temple circa 1850
height 28 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Large African Bobo Fing “Nwenka” Helmet Mask
carved wood ceremonial mask
Black Volta Region, circa 1940
height 61 inches
Condition: some craquelure and chipping

Estimate: $200 - $400

Thai Ayutthaya Temple Fragment
carved wood architectural piece depicting intricately
carved foliate motif
Later Ayutthaya Kingdom, circa 17th century
height 48 inches, width 12 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Two African Carved Wood Doors
to include early Dogon Granary door having carved handle / lock two carved spokes center right and patterned top border Mali, the other a Ishan single panel door featuring a snake and lizard like animal Nigeria early 20th century
Dogon door height 51 inches, Ishan door height 65 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Victor de Grailly (French / American 1804-1889)
“Lake George” Boating Party in the Fall
Oil on canvas
17″ x 23″
Provenance: Barridoff Auctions Maine, October 16, 2015 ($6,000)
Condition: surface grime, craquelure, edgeware, label on verso has title by de Grailly

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Louis Paul Dessar (American 1867-1952)
Cattle in Autumn Landscape
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right “Dessar”
24″ x 29″
Provenance: Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Jan. 1,
2024 ($2000)
Condition: unframed, restretched and relined
canvas

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Henry Moore (British 1831-1895)
Seascape with Three Large Ships in the
Distance
Oil on Canvas
Signed lower right “Henry Moore ’85”
Label on verso “Bristol 1915 Dicksee and Co.”
31 1/2″ x 41 1/2″
Condition: Surface grime, yellowing, and
craquelure

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Olive Parker Black (American 1868-1948)
Pastoral Landscape with Cows Grazing
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right “Olive P. Black”
24″ x 30″
Condition: surface grime and craquelure

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Alfred Wordsworth Thompson (American 1840-
1896)
The Sheep Pasture
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left “Thompson”
16 1/2″ x 22 1/2″
Provenance: Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough
Condition: restretched canvas, inpainting
throughout, concentrating,

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Leonora Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Pieces
circa 1720 shallow bowl and a plate having centralized coat of arms with enameled birds, iron red and gilt band border with stylized fruit and flowers, in good condition with minor surface chips on rim, service made circa 1720 for Leonora daughter and heir of Charles Marescoe and widow of Thomas Frederick of Westminster
Provenance: The Weld Collection” Skinners and Ralph Chait New York Galleries.

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Four Piece Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose and Armorial Group
to include round rose plate, scallop rim bowl having gilt flower accents, armorial export plate featuring a shield crest having three birds (crows or ravens) and three red stripes, rectangular platter having floral motif and scallop rim
Provenance: of rectangular platter WM. H. Plummer and Company Ltd. New York, circa 1770
7 1/2″ x 10 1/2″

Estimate: $250 - $450

Four Piece Chinese Export Porcelain Lot
to include bok choy or cabbage Rose Medallion bowl having butterflies among green bok choy, large oval armorial platter centered with an urn and having blue and gilt border, reticulated rectangular Famille Rose plate, smaller Famille Rose oval plate

Estimate: $300 - $500

Set of Five Chinese Export Famille Rose Plates Each Centered with Urn
having moth, bird, and floral motif, peach border with medallions including swords and dragon faces
diameter 9 5/8 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Pair of Famille Rose Chinese Armorial Rectangular Platters
featuring a blue shield crest with a knight’s helmet and two dragon heads, surrounded by a bird figure, 18th century
Condition: some enameling missing on center of vase
8 1/4″ x 11 1/2″

Estimate: $250 - $450

Large Chinese Export Blue Wash Basin
in Fitzhugh and Famille Rose decoration having
extensive gilt work, butterfly, flower and bird motif
height 5 inches, diameter 16 1/4 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

George III Mahogany Tip and Turn Tea Table
with piecrust top on carved shaft with ball and claw feet
height 27 1/2 inches, diameter 29 inches

Estimate: $250 - $400

Chippendale Cherry Linen Press in Two Parts
having pediment top over two panel doors,
dentil molding fluted pilasters on lower section
with two over three drawers set on ogee feet
all flanked by spiral columns New England
circa 1760
height 94 1/2 inches, upper case width
43 1/2 inches

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Federal Bowed Front Chest
having molded top over four drawers set on bracket feet
height 35 inches, width 39 1/4 inches, top 21 1/2″ x 41″

Estimate: $500 - $900

Federal Cherry Game Table
having serpentine front over conforming frieze
with birdseye maple panels and satin wood
center surrounded by mahogany set on
turned and fluted legs New England Circa
1830
height 29 1/4 inches top 17 1/4″ x 36″

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Federal Four Post Bed having Arched Canopy and Fluted Posts
circa 1830, with receipt from Bernard and S. Dean Levy Incorporated, sold on November 29, 1979 for $10,106
post height 62 inches (with canopy 81 inches), inside rails 55″ x 73″, over top of rails 60 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Federal Mahogany Work Table
having drop leaves top drawer with writing surface over drawer and bag drawers all set on turned and fluted legs, circa 1830
height 29 inches, open top 17 1/2″ x 32 1/2″

Estimate: $300 - $500

Federal Mahogany Work Table
having shaped lift top opening to reveal
writing surface over two drawers set on
turned shaft with four downswept members
ending in brass capped feet and brass
wheels, early 19th Century probably New York
height 24 inches, top 14 1/4″ x 21 1/4″

Estimate: $500 - $1000