The C. Ruxton and Audrey B. Love Collection: Important European Furniture, Antiquities and Asian Works of Art
Catalogue Information: 377 lots with images
Lot 301: A PAIR OF ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE TORCHERE LAMPS
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURYIn the Renaissance style, each with an elaborate baluster shaft with putti, upturned fish and cherubs, surmounted by a dish and a cylindrical neck, supported on three kneeling putti on a concave-sided triangular base with scro [...more]
Lot 302: AN EARLY LOUIS XV GILT-LEAD FOUNTAIN
CIRCA 1730The scallop-shell shaped basin surmounted to the back by two swans agains bullrushes headed by Neptune's mask; on a later spirally twisting quadruple cluster white marble column on square base, the marble column variously marked in black in [...more]
Lot 303: A PAIR OF MARBLE COLUMNS
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURYOf early Christian style, each in the form of a Solomonic column, the shaft with bands of fluting divided by zoomorphic vine bands, surmounted by a stiff-leaf collar and an octagonal zoomorphic capital, on a recumbent lion and [...more]
Lot 304: A SET OF SEVEN CHINESE PAINTINGS OF BAMBOO
LI CHENG XIONG (1817 - 1883)Cinnabar ink on silkPainted with bamboo, the calligraphy in black ink8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (20.9 x 31.7 cm.), framed and glazed (7)
Lot 305: A PAIR OF CHINESE VELVET TEMPLE BANNERS
19TH CENTURYEach comprised of narrow olive-green, gold and orangy-red velvet panels pendent from a cloud-shaped wood plaque covered on the front in gold damask woven with clouds and dragons encircling couched gold thread shou medallions and on the ba [...more]
