February 22-24, 2008 Auction
Addenda
Revised: 2/05
Friday:
34
Two Pottery-Form Book Flasks and a Leather example.
65
84 inches x 12 ¼ inches
68A
Two Choctaw Indian Baskets and four other examples. Length of largest 21 inches.
94
Wood Model of a Whaleboat with Linen Sails.
104
Early American Carved and Pierced Apple Tray. Est. $1,500-$2,500
106
Pair of Johnson Fire Buckets. Est. $4,500-$6,500
249
Stamped “Lalioff”
304
Est. $3,000-$5,000
320
No lot.
335
No lot.
530
No lot.
Saturday:
639-641
Illustrated on page 79.
Page 84
Blue three drawer chest withdrawn – no lot #
669
No lot.
720
No lot.
819
No lot.
892
No lot.
1039
No lot.
1097
No lot.
1147
Incorrect photo of detail.
1181
Chief Powhatan and his Daughter, the Indian Maiden Pocahontas.
Est. $10,000-$15,000
1189
Richard William Hubbard (American 1818-1888). Hudson River Landscape.
Oil on canvas, 13 ½ x 24 inches. Initialed and dated “RWH LXXI” lower left.
No lot. Dodge MacKnight . Snowy Landscape with Birches.
1216
Charles Courtney Curran (American 1861-1942). Children at the Shore.
Watercolor on paper.
Est. $20,000-$25,000
1224
American School Pastel Portrait of a Gentleman (not the work of Ammi Phillips).
1255B
TWO HOOKED RUGS, ONE WITH GEOMETRIC MOTIF AND ONE WITH FLORAL DECORATION.
Sunday:
THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE OF A LADY SOLD BY HER EXECUTORS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS.
- 1428-1499 ORIENTAL RUGS, CARPETS AND TRAPPINGS
- 1523-1549 DOG AND CAT PAINTINGS
- 1799-1837 AMERICAN FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS
1490
Ninghsia ‘Double Meditation’ mat, Early twentieth century.
Together with a Chinese rug, a Chinese ‘Double Meditation’ mat, and a Tibetan mat, each Twentieth century. (4)
1491A
Nichols Chinese Carpet, circa 1930.
The purple -gray field with a central vase grouping issuing floral branches within a deep purple border with similar vase and branch motifs in each corner. 11 feet 6 inches x 8 feet.
Est. $1,000-$2,000
1517A
Frederico Cantu (Mexican 1908-1989). Sketches of Seahorses and Mermaid.
Red crayon on paper, 18 3/4 x 24 1/4 inches, sight. Signed and dated "Frederico Cantu '45" l.r.
1517B
Christian Schussele (American 1824-1879). Fast Asleep.
Pencil on paper, 7 1/2 x 6 inches. Signed "C. Schussele" l.l.
1552
Marc Chagall, Still-Life with Apples or “Basket of Apples,” 1963.
Monotype, signed “Marc Chagall” with pen and India ink, l.r. Listed as monotype No. 68 in the Gerald Cramer Chagall catalogue raisonne maintained by Jacques Nazarian, www.chagall.fr.
1574A
CHINESE MONGOLIAN SILK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE OF A TEA CEREMONY UNDER CANOPY.
1585
SOUTH CAUCASIAN RUG, LATE 19TH CENTURY.
The madder red field with four polychrome octagon medallions enclosing latchhook motifs, all within a medium indigo stylized rosette and floral vine border. 6 feet 2 inches x 3 feet 4 inches.
Est. $500-$800
Illustrated on page 208
1610A
HERIZ CARPET, NORTHWEST PERSIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
The indigo, madder red and cream angular floral medallion on a red angular vine field within a deep indigo palmette and floral vine border. 12 feet 10 inches x 8 feet 11 inches.
Est. $700-$900
1612
Central Anatolian Kilim, circa 1900. 11 feet x 5 feet 3 inches.
1653A
OUSHAK RUG, WEST TURKEY.
1664
Withdrawn. Will be included in May 17-18th auction.
1665A
SOUTH PERSIAN RUG, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER SOUTH PERSIAN LONG RUG AND A BELOUCH MAT.
The first, 6 feet 1 inch x 4 feet 2 inches
1730
No lot.
1802
Attributed to John Chipman of Salem.
Literature: See Peter Louis and Donald Sack, “John Chipman: Cabinetmaker of Salem”; The Magazine Antiques, December, 1987, vol. 132, no. 6, pp 1318-25. Also for a nearly identical chest, see Clement E. Conger and Alexandra W. Rollins, “Treasures of State: Fine and Decorative Arts in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State, p. 147, no. 63.
1823
No lot.
1824
No lot.