After the antique. A late 19th century Italian bronze Grand Tour figure of the Venus of Capua, cast by Sommer, the underside with an applied plaque, inscribed 'FONDERIA SOMMER NAPOLI', 38.2cm high. The Venus of Capua is a Roman sculpture made in the reign of Hadrian after a Greek original by Lysippus. It was discovered in the Amphitheatre at Capua in 1750 and is now permanently displayed in the Napoli Archeological Museum, Italy.
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A set of twelve Italian silver Grand Tour portrait relief busts of Roman Emperors, each in a cast bronze frame decorated with leaves and scrolls, titled 'The Caesars' and with name plates (one missing) 'VITELLUS, OCTAVIUS, NERO VESPASIAN, CALIGULA, TIBERIUS, OTHO, CALBA, DOMITIAN, CLAUDIUS, TITUS', early 19th century, each frame 10 x 8cm, mounted on plush fabric and framed as one in an ebonised box frame. For similar silver Roman Emperor medallions see Christie's, Sculpture, 14th December 1999, lot 68 and more recently Christie's, European Sculpture, 6th December 2017, lot 82.
A Venetian engraved bronze serving bowl, second half 16th century, of waisted and bellied form, engraved with horizontal bands of Arabesques and grotesques and two cartouches flanked by lion bearers engraved with a coat of arms and a Doge’s portrait respectively, later mounted on three foliate topped hairy paw feet, 19cm high, 26cm diameter 16th century Venice was a thriving centre for intricately engraved brass and bronze wares, inspired by Ottoman and Mamluk examples encountered in the Republic’s trade with the eastern Mediterranean. Though many Veneto-Saracenic items were imported into Venice, the present bowl is almost certainly of Italian manufacture. As Sylvia Auld has described in Renaissance Venice, Islam and Mahmud The Kurd, neatly compartmentalised decoration within definite borders is a tell-tale sign of Italian craftsmanship emulating the fashionable style. The local heraldry and Doge’s portrait are further signs that this vessel is of Venetian make. The arms engraved to one of the cartouches could possibly be a stylised version of those of the patrician Marcello family Cf Sotheby’s London, Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art, 3rd December 2014, lot 69 for a larger Venetian service of similar style and date FURTHER READING: S. Auld, Renaissance Venice, Islam and Mahmud the Kurd: A metalworking enigma, London, 2004 M. Ajmar-Wollheim and F. Dennis, At Home in Renaissance Italy, exh. cat. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2006
SHERREE VALENTINE DAINES (BRITISH 1959), 'Out to Play', a bronze sculpture 84/195 of a young girl holding a fishing net, inscribed initials, impressed edition number height approximately 26cm, with certificate and box (condition: no obvious damage) (Artists Resale Rights May Apply To This Lot)
‡ Peter Randall-Page RA (b.1954) Bronze VI Bronze, unique, 1992 11.8 x 11cm Provenance: Clive Adams; from whom purchased by Mr R Warby, May 1992 Literature: Peter Randall-Page: Sculpture and Drawings, 1977-1992 (Leeds, City Art Gallery, 1992) catalogue raisonné no. 111 Exhibited: Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery, Peter Randall-Page: Sculpture and Drawings, 1977-1992, April - June 1992, no. 106 Part of a series of six sculptures.
John Erskine Milne (1931-1978) an abstract green patinated bronze arched form sculpture, raised on a black plinth base, initialed to the underside 'JEM', numbered and dated 6/9 '71, overall size 21 cm w x 17.5 cm x 19 cm h to/with a 1974 exhibition brochure for Marjorie Parr Gallery, London very good original undamaged condition, surface dusty

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