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Furniture, Sculptures and Works of Art

Auction Preview | Press Release | Published on 09/03/2023

The first stop of this composite selection of over six hundred lots is in the garden of Palazzo Crivelli,


which, amidst hints of spring, offers a natural stage of rare beauty to present an evocative array of ancient statuary. Standing out among century-old trees and March blooms are the 17th-century “Rape of Proserpine” by sculptor Giovanni Battista Buzzi known as the Viggiù (lot 154, € 25,000 - 30,000), the 18th-century “Minerva” sculpted by Tommaso Bonazza (lot 120, € 6,500 - 7,000) and the contemporary pair of large Medici-style vases (lot 67, € 18,000 - 20,000).






Lot 154
Giovanni Battista Buzzi, called the Viggiù (Viggiù 1580/81 - Milan 1648) (attr)
Rape of Proserpine. fine-grained sandstone statuary group (h. cm 222).
Estimate € 25,000 - 30,000





Lot 67
Pair of large 18th-century red marble vases (h. cm 260 ca.).
Estimate € 18,000 - 20,000



From this open-air room, moving on to the building’s elegant interiors, classical iconography returns in the numerous references to neoclassical taste that can be seen in the pieces made between the 18th and 19th centuries. From the scagliola chessboard with Greek fretwork border and reserves decorated with Pompeian scenes by a skilled Roman scagliolista with table by Antonio Mascarone (lot 132, € 12,000 - 14,000), to the precious pair of consoles with top in brocatelle from Siena and marble mirrors (lot 143, € 25,000 - 30,000), the pendulum clock model “Les Maréchaux” by Julien Beliard (lot 105, € 12.000 - 14.000) or the fireplace by the Bolognese architect and sculptor Pelagio Palagi (lot 118, € 10.000 - 12.000).






Lot 132
Antonio Mascarone and Roman scagliola artist, c. 1790.
18th-century Lombard various woods threaded and inlaid table (106x77x71 cm).
Estimate € 12,000 - 14,000





Lot 143
Pair of important 19th-century neoclassical marble consoles (140x99x72 cm).
Estimate € 25,000 - 30,000





Lot 105
Julien Beliard - White marble, gilt and patinated bronze pendulum clock model “Les Maréchaux” or “L'Étude”.
White enamel dial decorated with floral garlands, Arabic numerals, monthly calendar and center seconds hand.
Two-train movement with hour and half-hour chime on bell. Ankle escapement.
France, last quarter of the 18th century. With key (66x56x15 cm).
Estimate € 12,000 - 14,000



Haute cabinet making reaches peaks of excellence in other 18th century furniture such as the Piedmontese trumeau with interior chinoiserie decoration (lot 134, € 22,000 - 24,000) and the elegant chest of drawers from the Marche region with a shaped breccia top (lot 144, € 22,000 - 24,000). From the same period are the pair of large Venetian torch-bearers (lot 78, € 6,500 - 7,000), the Aubusson tapestry in “Verdure” with fairy-tale landscape (lot 65, € 5,000 - € 6,000), the gilded bronze candelabra with porcelain jays from the Meissen manufacture (lot 142, € 10,000 - 12.000) and the porcelain group “Puttini con capra” by Giuseppe Gricci (lot 123, € 13,000 - 14,000), evidence of one of the first works of the master ceramist at the Real Fabbrica di Capodimonte.





Lot 134
18th-century Piedmontese lacquered wooden trumeau decorated with polychrome Remondini-style engravings and applied watercolor prints.
Upper part surmounted by band with allegories of the months (January signed S. Muller) (100x241x53 cm).
Estimate € 22,000 - 24,000





Lot 65
Tapestry Aubusson, France, 18th century (426x274 cm).
Estimate € 5,000 - 6,000






Lot 123
Giuseppe Gricci (Florence, 1719 - Madrid, 1771)
Putti with goat. Polychrome painted porcelain, marked at the base in blue (15x11x8 cm).
Estimate € 13.000 - 14.000



Particularly interesting is the section dedicated to silverware and objets d'art, where an exquisite silver photo frame by Julius Rappoport for Fabergé (lot 44, € 5,000 - 6,000), an elegant pair of candelabra by Luigi Avolio (lot 24, € 4,500 - 5,000) and a sculpture depicting the “Triumph of Triton” by Eugenio Avolio (lot 21, € 2,400 - 2,600). To these are added a daring “Don Quixote on Rocinante's Horse” signed Buccellati (lot 29, € 2,200 - 2,400) and a selection of goldsmith’s art signed by Alfredo Ravasco, including an agate bowl decorated with sapphires, resting on a lapis lazuli-paved top (lot 138, € 20,000 - 22,000).





Lot 21
Avolio Eugenio (Napoli, 1876 - 1929)
Triumph of Triton, silver sculpture inscribed and dated "Real Club Canottieri Italia Napoli 5-11-1927" at the base (h. cm 52).
Estimate € 2,400 - 2,600





Lot 29
Buccellati “Don Quixote riding Rocinante” silver figure in the round.
Signed on the caparison (cm 31x27x14). Wooden base.
Estimate € 2,200 - 2,400




Lot 138
Alfredo Ravasco (Genova, 1873 - Ghiffa, 1958)
Agate bowl with handles decorated with cabochon sapphires, pavé sapphires feet, signed at base.
On rectangular lapis lazuli veneered base (cm 25x8,5x18; base: cm 14,5x2x9,3).
Estimate € 20,000 - 22,000




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