Clarke Auction - The Monumental Summer Inaugural, Monday June 15th

    LARCHMONT, NY, June 08, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On Monday, June 15th at 6:00 pm, Clarke Auction, Westchester's Premier Auction Gallery, will begin the summer by selling more than 400 lots fresh from local estates.

Garden Sculpture and Antiques
A Westchester estate provides a large collection of marble and cement garden statuary and antiques including a seven-foot high marble statue of Pan, a large marble Discus Thrower after the Myron original, two ornate marble benches, concrete lions and planters, terracotta urns in iron stands; fountain figures, stained glass doors, ornate wrought iron gates and garden furniture. The auction also features four 19th century architectural terracotta bas-reliefs of cannons and mortars, additional iron gates and marble pieces.

Decorative arts includes a large collection of Meissen "Dragon" porcelain from the Westchester estate, two large lots of Lomonosov porcelain from Fifth Avenue, Dresden figural pieces, a Wedgwood service, Lladro oriental figures, three Chinese priest portraits from the Ralph Chait collection, Sevres, Minton, Rosenthal, Chinese export urns, Royal Dux, Lenox for Tiffany, Lenox birds, gilt bronze candelabra, and more.

Silver includes a Tsarist silver and niello belt; an Elsa Peretti for Tiffany 13" sterling bowl; a large Whiting sterling flatware service in a fine oak case; three ornate, possibly Continental silver, lidded urns; and an Alvin pierced basket etc.

Carpets to include antique and semi-antique orientals as well as a midcentury modern geometric Edward Fields. A highlight is a nineteenth century tapestry in good condition, as found stored in an garden shed on the Westchester estate.

Midcentury modern features pieces by Fornasetti, Raymond Lowey, Murano lighting, an early Eames chair and ottoman and an exceptional white leather Saporiti Italia chaise, signed, and possibly designed by Giovanni Offredi.

Fine art includes two Old Master oil on boards, two 18th C. red chalk male nudes by Carle Vanloo, paintings by Jack Lehrer, Anina Gerchick, Hans Sauer, Ida Luftig, Beverly Bogen, George N Morris, and A Giordani. Of special interest is an antique marble "Dying Gaul" after the classical Roman and Greek original.

Antique and traditional furniture includes a rosewood server, an 18th C. Italian marbletop commode, a large two-door marbletop bronze vitrine, an Italian paint-decorated highback bench, a suite of Italian paint-decorated chests in as found condition, a 19th C. apothecary chest, a pair of lingerie chests, a 19th C. Queen Anne style table, and more. A large suite of antique Chinese furniture purchased outside Hong Kong in the 1980's featuring scroll tables, a bride's chest and an opium bed are also being sold June 15th.

Founder and owner Ron Clarke comments "we always have the unusual, but this first auction of the summer, historically our strongest season, has the great garden sculptures and antiques, the Meissen and unusual silver, and the 'as found' tapestry.

Onsite Previews Sat-Sun-Mon, June 13-14-15, 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm

For further information or consignments, please call Clarke at 914-833-8336 or visit its website at www.clarkeny.com

About Clarke Auction Gallery

Clarke Auction Gallery, Westchester's Premier Auction Gallery, conducts catalogued sales monthly featuring distinctive fine and decorative arts, antiques, exceptional furniture, oriental rugs, sterling silver and mid-century modern. For further information, please contact us at (914)833-8336 or [email protected]

Source: Clarke Auction Gallery
Website: http://www.ccauctiongallery.com

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