Important Estates | November 22 2020-11-22 Auction - 1005 Price Results - Butterscotch Auction in NY - Page 34
Important Estates | November 22
WILLIAM LESTER STEVENS (American, 1888-1969)
VERY FINE CHINESE INLAID IRON TRIPOD CENSER
FRANCIS BACON (British, 1909-1992)
Done
Bedford, NY, United States
Auction Details

Important Estates | November 22

FEATURING: - Nearly 200 lots from the 12-acre homestead of a late Greenwich nonagenarian - A collection of unique contemporary art & furnishings from the late Joseph S. Blank, Jr., former board member of The Neuberger Museum of Art - Paintings, silver, and jewelry from a Greenwich, CT socialite - Important Chinese art and Antiques from a nonagenarian lifelong appraiser - Fine Antiques from a North Salem, NY collector - Antique jewelry and an important rug from a NYC estate - Artwork from a Katonah, NY collector - Over 2,000 troy ounces of silver bullion from a Fairfield, CT collection - Over four pounds of international and American gold coins from a Pleasantville, NY collection - And much more!
SOLD
(5pc) SET CHINESE ENAMEL NESTING BOWLS: five matching enamel decorated nesting bowls, the largest with reserves of birds and a river scene, the others each decorated with two reserves showing birds; having pink floral decoration on
Est.
$200
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$300
SOLD
CHINESE PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE VASE: originally a vase, having an unusual shape, the bottom later drilled to be electrified as a lamp; painted with a scene showing figures; having an old paper label inside the opening h. 11-1/4 w.
Est.
$300
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$500
SOLD
PAIR MEIJI PERIOD SATSUMA BALUSTER VASES: Japan, late 19th / early 20th Century, with applied gilt ring and tassel cord decoration along the sides; painted in iron-red, grey ochre, and black enamel, heightened with gilding, with dense
Est.
$400
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$600
SOLD
QING DYNASTY GLAZED CERAMIC PARROT: c. 1862-1873, green glaze with white eyes and claws, old identification label h. 8 in. Provenance: Descent through the family of a late Greenwich, CT centenarian Limited Preview: Please note that
Est.
$250
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$400
SOLD
PAIR CHINESE REPUBLIC PERIOD LOBED BOWLS: decorated with koi fish and on carved conforming wooden stands h. 3 w. 7 d. 5-1/2 in. (bowl) Provenance: Descent through the family of a late Greenwich, CT centenarian Limited Preview: Please
Est.
$200
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$400
SOLD
FAMILLE ROSE LOW BOWL: the interior paint decorated with bats and figs h. 3-1/2 w. 10-1/4 in. Provenance: Descent through the family of a late Greenwich, CT centenarian Limited Preview: Please note that this auction
Est.
$400
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$600
(2pc) CHINESE EMBROIDERIES: each showing a figure in a garden with flowers and butterflies surrounding, in primarily blue threads overall: h. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 in., framed (each) Provenance: Limited Preview: Please note
Est.
$150
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$250
Lot Passed
SOLD
(4pc) CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES & NETSUKE: including a Kangxi period blue and white porcelain snuff bottle of cylindrical shape decorated with a historical landscape scene depicting mounted warriors expelling a figure mounted on an
Est.
$200
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$400
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CHINESE JUANYAO GLAZED PORCELAIN VASE: originally a porcelain ovoid vase having a red glaze, mounted and electrified as a lamp h. 11 x w. 7-1/4 in. (vase only) Overall: h. 24 in. x w. 6 in. (at the base) Provenance: The estate of a
Est.
$150
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$300
SOLD
CARVED BONE FOO DOG SEALS: stained bone, designed as a mirrored pair of foo dogs/lions with one paw resting on a sphere, the bottom carved with characters h. 6-1/4 w. 2-1/2 d. 3 in. Provenance: Descent through the family
Est.
$300
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$500
(5pc) JAPANESE CUPS & SAUCER: including 4 cups, three signed: one paint decorated with birds and flowers on a blue ground [approx. 1-1/2 in. hairline], one with a Satsuma interior, the other painted with white flowers and
Est.
$100
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$150
Lot Passed
(2pc) CHINESE VASE & POINT BOTTLE: including a vase with gold and rust orange painted flower and bird motifs, with character markings on bottom; plus a point bottle, the body having a mostly pink ground, paint decorated with
Est.
$100
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$300
Lot Passed
SOLD
PAIR CHINESE ENAMELED CANDLESTICKS: decorated with flowers and having openwork bobeches; converted to electrified lamps h. 9-1/2 dia. 5 in. overall: h. 22 in. Provenance: Descent through the family of a late Greenwich, CT
Est.
$300
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$500
SOLD
CHINESE PAGODA FORM BIRDCAGE: with carved open work decoration, tiered pagoda roof crested by two birds and a cloisonne bead with a bat; the interior with miniature porcelain vessels; and with two carved bone frogs h. 17-1/2
Est.
$300
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$600
SOLD
CHINESE DEHUA PORCELAIN FIGURE OF HOTEI: Possibly 18th Century, the happy Buddha seated and holding beads in his right hand, on a conforming carved wooden stand h. 3 w. 3 d. 2-1/2 in. Provenance: Descent through the family of a late
Est.
$100
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$200
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EARLY CHINESE DEHUA PORCELAIN GUANYIN: Qing dynasty, 18th Century, the goddess of mercy depicted in robes wearing a beaded lotus necklace and standing above waves, one foot resting on her pitcher as it issues divine water, on a conforming
Est.
$100
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$200
SOLD
PAIR CARVED RED MARBLE FOO DOG CHOPS: a mirrored pair of foo lions seated, each with a ball in its mouth h. 7-1/2 w. 2-1/2 d. 2-1/2 in. Provenance: Descent through the family of a late Greenwich, CT centenarian Limited Preview:
Est.
$200
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$400
(2pc) 19th CENTURY CHINESE PORCELAIN: including a bowl (h. 3-1/2 x 8-1/2 in.) and matching under plate (9-1/2 in.), both with painted pink flowers and blue border Provenance: Descent through the family of a late Greenwich, CT
Est.
$200
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$300
Lot Passed
SOLD
MONUMENTAL MEIJI PERIOD JAPANESE PEWTER LAMP: in the form of a duck h. 41 w. 20 d. 10 in. Provenance: Property of a nonagenarian Westport, CT gentleman Limited Preview: Please note that this auction has a limited in-person preview. Not all
Est.
$300
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$400
SOLD
(3pc) VOLKMAR & OTHER STUDIO POTTERY: mid-late 20th Century, including a Leon Volkmar (1879-1959) stoneware bowl with thick purple glaze on the exterior and a grey glaze on the interior, signed '315 / Volkmar / 1943' (h. 2-1/2 d. 4-3/4
Est.
$100
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$200