CRANSTON, R.I. – An oil on board genre painting by William Aiken Walker, a Chinese Ming dynasty Junyao purple splashed footed pottery bowl, a set of 12 Mintons for Tiffany scenic porcelain game bird plates and an English double-barrel shotgun manufactured by Westley Richards will all come up for bids at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ Fall Antiques, Fine Art, Firearms & Asian Auction on Saturday, Sept. 16. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
The nearly 500-lot auction has a noon (Eastern) start time. “The fall afternoon auction should be an exciting one, featuring a diverse collection of Asian art not usually seen in our estate auctions,” said Kevin Bruneau, company president and auctioneer.
The auction will open with 60 lots of American and European fine art, led by the oil on board painting by William Aiken Walker (American, 1838-1921), depicting an older female sharecropper hoeing a cotton field with a bright blue sky and cloud-filled background (above). The diminutive work, 4 3/4 inches by 9 1/4 inches, is signed lower right by Walker and is in good original condition (est. $5,000-$8,000).
An oil on canvas illuminated surrealist landscape painting (below) by Karnig Nalbandian (Rhode Island, 1916-1989), artist-signed and dated 1969, has an estimate of $1,000-$1,500, while an oil on canvas Impressionist winter landscape painting by John Nichols Haapanen (Massachusetts/Connecticut, 1891-1968), signed and professionally restored, should command $800-$1,200.
The second portion of the catalog will feature more than 40 firearms, highlighted by the Westley Richards double-barrel shotgun, with a $3,000-$5,000 estimate. “It’s always gratifying to pull a diamond out of the rough,” said Travis Landry, Bruneau & Co. specialist and auctioneer, “and finding the English-made Westley Richards shotgun in a batch of traditional American shotguns was certainly that. It will be interesting to see what the market bears for an original survivor.”
The aforementioned set of 12 Mintons for Tiffany scenic porcelain bird plates, decorated by Albert H. Wright, is another expected star of the decorative arts category. Each plate is 8 3/4 inches in diameter and is decorated with a different breed of duck within an individualized landscape framed by a gilt rim and artist signed “A.H. Wright” (est. $800-$1,200).
Also going up for bids will be a large (63 ½ inches by 47 ¼ inches) late 19th-century French Art Nouveau cognac advertising poster, designed by Camille Bouchet and depicting a peacock perched on a wall (est. $800-$1,200).
The category will also feature 25 lots of firefighting memorabilia and over 25 antique Oriental and Persian carpets.
The Asian category Bruneau enthused over represents the final portion of the catalog, with more than 190 lots, highlighted by the Chinese Ming dynasty Junyao purple splashed pottery bowl (est. $2,000-$3,000). The bowl, 6 1/4 inches in diameter, is finished in a cloudy blue glaze liberally decorated with a lavender splash to the interior. It sits on a tall, unglazed foot.
To for details contact Bruneau & Co. via e-mail: info@bruneauandco.com.
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