Exceptional sale of antique but excellent objects and furnishings from Christie's for a total of 23,218,000 for a catalog of 39 works. The sale saw the best examples of English, French and German art objects: furniture, gilded bronzes, Chinese porcelain, silver, European porcelain, clocks, sculptures, miniature portraits and Vertu objects; while the styles represented included the different periods: Georgian, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-classicism, Chippendale, Victorian, Regency, Louis XIV, XV, XVI.
The auction confirms that ancient art, from paintings to objects, if of excellent quality and provenance, is highly sought after by collectors from all over the world, willing to pay even more than the estimate for the work, see the golden set of objects for a banquet, commissioned by the Maharaja of Patiala in honor of a trip by Prince Edward and used in his honor at a banquet on 24 February 1922. Owned by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala from 1891 to 1938 and already auctioned by Sotheby's, Belgravia, December 15, 1977.
Top Lots Above One Million Dollars:
THE MAHARAJA OF PATIALA'S BANQUETING-SERVICE AN EXTENSIVE GEORGE V SILVER-GILT DINNER-SERVICE – MARK OF THE GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' COMPANY, LONDON, 1921 – sold for USD 2,995,994 (estimate: 1,514,000 – 2,271,000).
A BRONZE MODEL OF AN ECORCHE HORSE – AFTER THE MATTEI HORSE, THE CAST ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE VALADIER (1762-1839), LATE 18TH OR EA…- sold for 2,142,554 USD
THE OGDEN MILLS 'ARMOIRES A SEPT MEDAILLES' – ONE ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE AND HIS WORKSHOP, LATE LOUIS XIV EARLY LOUIS XV, CIRC…-Sold for $1,425,664
THE MARQUESS OF ANGLESEY'S CANDELABRA A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND WILLIAM TAYLOR, LONDON, 1792- sold for $1,246,442
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN BLACK-GROUND CHINOISERIE VASES (VASES 'A BANDEAU') 1792, DECORATED BY PIERRE-ANDRE LE GUAY AND CHARLES-ANTOINE DIDIER, THE MOUNTS OF SIMILAR DAT.. sold at 1,191,578
