Neal Auction Important Estates September 2015

18 89. Directoire-Style Bronze Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat , 20th c., the style of Maison Jansen, tooled leather top, writing slides, frieze with 3 drawers, opposing side paneled, fluted tapered legs, ferrules, h. 29 1/2 in., w. 53 1/2 in., d. 26 1/2 in. $2000/3000 90. Pair of Russian Neoclassical-Style Bronze Mounted Mahogany Commodes , early 20th c., tops with canted corners, reeded bronze molding and inset variegated marble, conforming case with drawers and square tapered legs, h. 33 3/4 in., w. 38 in., d. 19 in. $3000/5000 91. Pair of Italian Gilt and Copper Decorated Faience Chargers , late 19th/early 20th c., marked “A. R. Italy”, wells painted with Classical Roman scenes, old paper labels, dia. 20 1/2 in. $500/800 Provenance: Park Avenue, NY, Urban Interior Collection of Mr. and Mrs. George Hornig. 92. Set of Sixteen Bodley Porcelain Turtle Soup Plates , late 19th c., marked, tortoise motif, gilt accents, dia. 8 in. $500/700 93. Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Plates , 18th c., decorated with leaves and flowering branches, “Shreve, Crump & Low” labels, dia. 9 1/4 in. $1000/1500 Provenance: Shreve, Crump & Low Co., Boston. 94. Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Dish , probably 18th c., decorated with a central chrysanthemum and butterfly scroll form panel atop prunus branches, rim with rocks and waves, dia. 9 in. $300/600 Provenance: New Orleans Estate. 95. Chinese Export “Canton” Enamel Dragon Charger , probably late 19th c., shallow lobed body decorated with yellow panels enclosing gilt dragons pursuing flaming pearls on a blue ground, h. 2 in., w. 18 5/8 in., d. 15 5/8 in. $700/900 96. Chinese Export Gilt and Copper Decorated Black Lacquer Miniature Chest on Stand , 19th c., doors enclosing fitted compartment with drawers, footed stand, overall h. 13 in., w. 13 in., d. 8 3/8 in. $300/500 97. Chinese Export Porcelain Teabowl and Saucer , c. 1750, decorated with gilt floral sprays on a pale turquoise blue ground, saucer dia. 5 3/8 in.; together with famille rose decorated powder blue porcelain helmet jug, late 18th c., h. 5 3/8 in., w. 6 1/4 in., (3 pcs.) $500/700 Provenance: Ex Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, Jr. Collection, New Jersey; Christie’s, NY, Jan. 24, 2012, lot 61. 98. Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Lozenge Form Dish , late 19th/early 20th c., decorated with figures in a waterscape setting, h. 2 1/4 in., l. 11 3/8 in., w. 9 in., wood stand, overall h. 3 5/8 in. $100/150 Provenance: New Orleans Estate. 99. Chinese Brass Mounted Carved and Polychromed Black Lacquer Box , hinged rectangular body carved to the top with a boating scene, interior fitted with 2 lift out compartmented trays, h. 4 7/8 in., w. 22 5/8 in., d. 9 1/2 in. $500/700 100. Five Antique Walking Sticks , early 20th c., first with hidden dice handle, probably by Fayet; second of shark vertebrae and bone; third with carved alligator handle; fourth carved throughout with serpents; and fifth of fruitwood, tallest h. 36 in. $500/700 101. American Carved Giltwood Eagle , 19th c., h. 11 1/2 in., w. 29 1/4 in., later wood and brass armature, overall h. 12 1/2 in. $150/250 102. Three French Gilt Bronze Furniture or Porcelain Mounts , 19th c., two lion form, one dragon form, tallest h. 5 3/8 in. $200/300