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Great Estates Live! Art & Antiques Auction
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Ripley Auctions is proud to present our Oct. 4 Great Estates Live! Premier Art & Antiques auction! This sale features Global Art, Antiques, and Artifacts from prehistory to the present showcasing museum quality rarities from beginning to end. Highlights include: Two oil paintings by T.C. Steele, a Brown County landscape dated 1916, and a floral still life with zinnias, dated 1913, both from a private Indianapolis collector and art benefactor. A collection of fossils, artifacts, and ancient art and antiquities from around the world, from an Indiana collection. Master drawings and prints. Impressionist to Important 20th Century modernist paintings, prints, and works on paper. Also featuring Sterling & Silver Vertu, Rugs, Studio pottery and glass, and much more. Modern Paintings/Works on Paper by Shirley Jaffe, Blanche Lazzell, Jean Crotti, Raymond Johnson, Beatrice Mandelman, Ida Kohlmeyer, Herman Cherry, Milton Avery, Charlotte Park, Randall Morgan, Emil Bisttram, Paul Kelpe, Eleanor de Laittre, Mercedes Matter, and MANY MORE! A large and striking still life by Russian Federation artist, Nikolai I. Barchenkov. A French Impressionist painting of Poppies in a Field by Louis-Marie Lemaire. A 16th Century detail drawing from The Last Judgement after Michelangelo. Prints by Rembrandt, Renoir, Rouault, Icart, and Thomas Hart Benton. Classical Greek/Roman marble sculpture. Chinese Xiapei embroidered silk women's court waistcoat. Chinese Han Dynasty ceramic duck pond. Tang Dynasty earthenware court lady figure with bird. Tibetan Buddhist Thangka scroll paintings. Samurai Swords. Collection of six Egyptian faience Ushabti. African Art including carved tribal pieces and a Benin Kingdom bronze head of a ruler. A small oil painting depicting a path at Clifty Falls State Park by William McKendree Snyder. Along with contemporary Indiana Art by James Wille Faust, Robert Berkshire, Dick Hay, Rose Cabat, Mae Engron, John Domont, Katy McMurray, and Mary Kathryn Massey. Fossils: Oreodont Skull brule formation Penning Co. South Dakota Oligocene Epoch 30 million years old, Gembone / dinosaur bone fossil carved hunchback figural pestle, Museum quality petrified lychee wood specimen tree trunk, and a Mastodon tooth with roots specimen. Grooved axes, and an Olmec greenstone mask carving.
Auction lots (217)
Native American Indigenous large full groove...
ax, brown quartzite artifact / relic. 6 1/2"H x 4 3/4"W. Native American Indigenous large full groove ax, brown quartzite...
Native American Indigenous large 9 inch 3/4...
grooved ax artifact / relic, Mississinewa River drainage, South of Albany, Indiana. 9"H x 5"W. Native American Indigenous large...
Native American Indigenous full groove banded...
hardstone ax artifact / relic; Fall Creek drainage, Southern Madison County, Indiana. 5 3/4"H x 3 1/2"W. Native American...
Large Native American Indian granite celt...
artifact / relic, White River drainage, Anderson, Indiana. 3 1/4"H x 6"W. Large Native American Indian granite celt artifact /...
Gembone / dinosaur bone fossil carved hunchback...
figural pestle; Native American Indigenous People / Indian artifact. 4 1/4"H x 2 1/2"W. Gembone / dinosaur bone fossil carved...
Olmec Pre-Columbian carved greenstone mask...
faced idol fetish bust. 4 3/4"H x 3 1/2"W. Olmec Pre-Columbian carved greenstone mask faced idol fetish bust. 4 3/4"H x 3 1/2"W
Mastodon tooth with roots fossilized / fossil...
specimen found in Santa Fe River, museum quality. 8"H x 6 1/2"W. Mastodon tooth with roots fossilized / fossil specimen found in...
Dinohyus / Daeodon Miocene maxilla and teeth...
fossil / fossilized bone specimen, 20 Million years old NW Nebraska 2 1/4"H x 3 1/2"W. Dinohyus / Daeodon Miocene maxilla and...
Oreodont Skull brule formation Penning Co....
South Dakota Oligocene Epoch 30 million years old 4 1/2"H x 3 1/4"W. Oreodont Skull brule formation Penning Co. South Dakota...
Museum quality petrified lychee wood specimen...
tree trunk stump with live edge. 12"H x 16"W. Museum quality petrified lychee wood specimen tree trunk stump with live edge....
Classical Greek / Roman 1st-3rd C. AD carved...
marble model of a male torso, Apollo / Dionysus. 8"H x 6"W. Classical Greek / Roman 1st-3rd C. AD carved marble model of a male...
French Renaissance 1400-1600 AD white marble...
sculpture carving, head of youth, Adonis / Hermes. 11 1/2"H x 8"W. French Renaissance 1400-1600 AD white marble sculpture...
Follower of Buonarroti Michelangelo,...
Renaissance School (Italy, 16th Century), study after the Last Judgement, graphite on laid paper affixed to stabilizing paper, 20...
Circle of Parmigianino, Francesco Mazzola...
(Italian, 1503 - 1540) Descent from the Cross, ink, graphite and watercolor on paper 16 3/4"H x 11 1/2"W(sight), 23 1/2"H x 17...
LARGE fruit bowl bounty motif stained glass...
window with geometric leaded beveled clear glass. 33 1/4"H x 65"W. LARGE fruit bowl bounty motif stained glass window with...
M. Leonori signed Italian white marble standing...
figure of a female nude Venus with drapery sculpture. 13 1/2"H x 4 1/4"W. M. Leonori signed Italian white marble standing figure...
Nikolai Ivanovich Barchenkov, Russian...
Federation (1918-2002), Floral still life with glass fruit bowl, 1949, oil on canvas, 37 1/2" x 42 3/8".. Nikolai Ivanovich...
Louis Marie Lemaire, French (1824-1910),...
Poppies, oil on canvas, 15" x 18".. Louis Marie Lemaire French (1824-1910) Poppies oil on canvas signed lower left. Purchased...
Four Maine naturally tumbled granite hardstone...
balls. 4 1/4"Diam. (one). Four Maine naturally tumbled granite hardstone balls. 4 1/4"Diam. (one)
Nine early settler or Native American clay game...
balls 3"Diam. (one). Nine early settler or Native American clay game balls Provenance: From a private collector in Zionsville /...
Rembrandt Van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) View of...
Amsterdam from the Northwest, etching on fine laid paper, ca.1640 4"H x 6"W(paper), 10"H x 12"W(mat). Rembrandt Van Rijn (Dutch,...
Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch (1609-1669), Self...
Portrait Drawing at a Window, copper plate etching and engraving, 7 1/8"H x 6"W (plate), 8 1/2"H x 7 1/2"W(sight), 13 1/2"H x 12...
Dutch and English 17th-18th Century black /...
green glass rum bottles and book 9 1/4"H x 4"Diam. (largest). Dutch and English 17th-18th Century black / green glass rum...
Dutch/English 17th-18th Century black / green...
glass onion form rum bottle 6 3/4"H x 5 1/2"Diam.. Dutch/English 17th-18th Century black / green glass onion form rum bottle 6...
Francois Boucher, French (1703-1770), Young...
Woman Lying in Bed, reclining female nude, sanguine and white chalk on brown papier verge, 9 1/4"H x 15 3/4"W (sight), 16 1/8"H x...
Attributed to J.M.W. Turner (English, 1775 -...
1851) figural group/harbor scene, graphite and watercolor/gouache on paper. 4 3/4"H x 3 3/4"W(sight), 11 1/4"H x 9 1/4"W(frame). ...
Sperm whale tooth from "Planta Ballenera...
Quintay, Chile" mounted with engraved sterling silver cap. 6 1/4"H x 3"W. Sperm whale tooth from "Planta Ballenera Quintay,...
Cartier sterling silver tea caddy with carved...
pineapple finial 4 1/2"H x 3"W. Cartier sterling silver tea caddy with carved pineapple finial Marked "Cartier Hand Made...
Manner of Francois Duquesnoy, Flemish...
(1594-1643), Continental carved portrait bust of a young child or Putto, 17th Century. 5 1/2"H x 1 1/2"Diam.. Manner of Francois...
Theodore Clement, (T.C.) Steele, American...
(1847-1926), "Noonday October", Brown County Landscape with Hilltop View, 1916, oil on canvas, 23" x 33". 28" x 38" (Frame).. ...
Theodore Clement, (T.C.) Steele, American...
(1847-1926), Still Life with Zinnias, 1913, oil on canvas, 23" x 19 1/2" (sight). 32" x 28" (frame). Theodore Clement, (T.C.)...
Mettlach Villeroy & Boch Art Nouveau stoneware...
vase #2909, stylized poppy floral design. 14 1/2"H x 5 1/2"Diam.. Mettlach Villeroy & Boch Art Nouveau stoneware vase #2909,...
Ryrie Brothers English sterling silver...
reticulated double handle center pedestal bowl, 1911. 10"H x17 1/2"W. Ryrie Brothers English sterling silver reticulated double...
George III set of sterling silver serving...
spoons, hallmarked London, 1800. 8 1/2"L x 1 3/4"W. George III set of sterling silver serving spoons, hallmarked London, 1800....
Six bright cut sterling silver spoons, George...
III, London 1786, and two small spoons with hallmarks for John Walton, Newcastle, England, 1824. 6"L x 1 1/4"W (largest). Six...
Set of 8 St Louis cobalt cut to clear "Tommy"...
crystal stems; wine goblets. 7 3/4"H x 3 1/2"Diam. (one). Set of 8 St Louis cobalt cut to clear "Tommy" crystal stems; wine...
Christofle France silver plated America pattern...
flatware dinner service 4"H x 18"W (box). Christofle France silver plated America pattern flatware dinner service 4"H x 18"W...
Reed & Barton "Burgundy" sterling silver...
flatware 93pc dinner service for 12, Heirloom Sterling serving spoon, 3 International silver "Frontenac" sterling demitasse...
Lunt sterling silver Belle Meade pattern...
flatware dinner service for 12, 66pc 9"L (dinner knife), 7 1/2"L (dinner fork). Lunt sterling silver Belle Meade pattern...
Knowles "Roman" pattern sterling silver...
bouillon or gumbo soup spoons, 6pc. 7 1/4"H x 2"W (one). Knowles "Roman" pattern sterling silver bouillon or gumbo soup spoons,...
Gorham "Lancaster" pattern sterling silver...
flatware partial dinner service for 6, 16pc 9 1/4"H (one knife). Gorham "Lancaster" pattern sterling silver flatware partial...
Wallace "Violet" sterling silver flatware, 17pc...
8"H x 1 1/2"W (pie server). Wallace "Violet" sterling silver flatware, 17pc 16 bouillon or gumbo soup spoons, jelly roll knife /...
Antique Sterling silver 4pc.; Dutch 19th...
Century meat fork, R&W Wilson, Philadelphia sterling, Towle 9"H x 2 1/2"W (largest). Antique Sterling silver 4pc.; Dutch 19th...
Estate antique coin silver spoons 7"L x 1 1/2"W...
(largest spoon). Estate antique coin silver spoons 8.842 ozt. 7"L x 1 1/2"W (largest spoon)
Jean Francois Millet (French, 1814 - 1875)...
Peasant Girl from Auvergne Spinning Wool (La Fileuse Auvergnate), etching, c. 1860 14"H x 10"W(paper), 18 3/4"H x 13 1/2"W(mat). ...
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French (1841-1919),...
Ambroise Vollard, 1904, lithograph, 12 1/2"H x 9 1/2"W(sight), 25"H x 21"W(frame). Pierre-Auguste Renoir French (1841-1919)...
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French (1841-1919),...
Louis Valtat, 1904, lithograph, 12 1/2"H x 9 1/2"W(sight), 25"H x 21"W(frame). Pierre-Auguste Renoir French (1841-1919) Louis...
John Taylor Arms, American (1887-1953), In...
Memoriam (The North Portal of Chartres Cathedral), 1939, etching, 15"H x 12 1/2"W(sight), 27 1/4"H x 22 1/2"W(frame). John...
Honore Daumier, French (1808-1879), head of a...
man, bronze bust, 6"H x 5 1/2"W. Honore Daumier French (1808-1879) head of a man bronze bust signed at base. Biography from the...
Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958), La...
Parade, 1926, lithograph, 20"H x 13"W. Georges Rouault French (1871 - 1958) La Parade, 1926 lithograph pencil signed and...
Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958), "Au Pas...
de Parade" (from "Grotesques"), lithograph, ca.1925, 19 3/4"H x 13"W. Georges Rouault French (1871 - 1958) "Au Pas de Parade"...
Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958), Le...
Jongleur, 1926, lithograph, 19 3/4"H x 13"W. Georges Rouault French (1871 - 1958) Le Jongleur, 1926 lithograph pencil signed and...
Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958), Le Trio,...
lithograph, 19 3/4"H x 13"W. Georges Rouault French (1871 - 1958) Le Trio lithograph pencil signed and numbered, 13/50....
Neo-Classical carved white marble female nude...
caryatid support column 47 3/4"H x 12"W. Neo-Classical carved white marble female nude caryatid support column Beaux Arts...
Neo-Classical carved white marble female nude...
caryatid support column 44 1/2"H x 11 1/2"W. Neo-Classical carved white marble female nude caryatid support column Beaux Arts...
Mary Kathryn Massey, American (b.1953), still...
life with melon and grapes, oil on board, 14" x 18".. Mary Kathryn Massey American (b.1953) still life with melon and grapes oil...
Mary Kathryn Massey, American (b.1953), Still...
Life with Sake Pitcher and Oranges, oil on board, 7 1/2 inches high by 11 1/4 inches wide (sight), and the frame measures 14 3/4...
Katy McMurray, Indiana (21st Century), Still...
Life with Apples, 2002, oil on board, 8"H x 10"W (board), 14 1/4"H x 16 1/4"W (frame). Katy McMurray Indiana (21st Century)...
Richard Judson Zolan, American (1931-2001),...
Hebrew Scholar, 1973, oil on linen, 16"H x 12"W(stretcher), 26 1/2"H x 22 1/2"W(frame). Richard Judson Zolan American...
Thomas Walter, Austrian (ca. 1900), rural...
landscape, tree-lined path with horse and wagon, oil on canvas, 21"H x 16 1/2"W(stretcher), 30 1/4"H x 26 1/2"W(frame). Thomas...
Thomas Walter, Austrian (ca. 1900), bucolic...
landscape with cattle and figure, Wien, oil on canvas, 20 3/4"H x 16 1/2"W(stretcher), 30 1/2"H x 26 1/4"W(frame). Thomas Walter...
James Desvarreux-Larpenteur, American (1847 -...
1937), bucolic landscape with cattle and grazing sheep, oil on canvas, 25 3/4"H x 32"W(stretcher), 40 1/2"H x 40 1/2"W(frame). ...
Nermut, Russian (ca. 1900), winter scene;...
troika with wolves, oil on panel., 20"H x 30"W(board), 32 3/4"H x 43 1/4"W(frame). Nermut Russian (ca. 1900) winter scene;...
Japanese Mumei sword blade with wooden sheath 1...
1/4"Wide x 22"Long. Japanese Mumei sword blade with wooden sheath 1 1/4"Wide x 22"Long
Japanese Tanba No Kami Yoshimichi sword blade,...
signed. 1"Wide x 22"Long. Japanese Tanba No Kami Yoshimichi sword blade, signed. With black lacquer sheath. 1"Wide x 22"Long
Japanese Sakushu Tsuyama Ju Kanesaki from...
Tsuyama Ju Kanesaki from Tsuyama Sakushu sword blade, signed. 27 1/4"Long (blade). Japanese Sakushu Tsuyama Ju Kanesaki from...
Japanese Edo period hand forged iron tsuba with...
koi fish motif 2 3/4"Diam.. Japanese Edo period hand forged iron tsuba with koi fish motif 2 3/4"Diam.
Antique 19th Century Japanese scroll painting...
on silk with Samurai warrior figure and poem. 47 1/2"H x 15 1/4"W. Antique 19th Century Japanese scroll painting on silk with...
Jizo Japanese carved stone Bodhisattva shrine...
monument; protector of travelers. 21" H x 11" W x 5" D. Jizo Japanese carved stone Bodhisattva shrine monument; protector of...
Japanese carved stone Buddhist monk statue,...
Kobo Daishi, Edo period. 12 1/2"H x 8"W. Japanese carved stone Buddhist monk statue, Kobo Daishi, Edo period. 12 1/2"H x 8"W
Antique Chinese bamboo console table with three...
drawers. 34"H x 38"W. Antique Chinese bamboo console table with three drawers. 34"H x 38"W
Chinese archaic Dynasty carved stone...
allegorical Daoist male scholar figure statue fragment., 9"H x 4 3/4"W. Chinese archaic Dynasty carved stone allegorical Daoist...
Antique Chinese Dynastic carved hardstone...
Buddhist or Daoist Immortal deity Bodhisattva or Tianguan, seated figure. 20 1/2"H x 12"W. Antique Chinese Dynastic carved...
Framed vintage Chinese Xiapei embroidered silk...
women's court waistcoat vest with phoenix and dragon motif official rank badge. 42"H x 33 1/2"W(frame). Framed vintage Chinese...
Framed antique vintage Chinese Late...
Qing/Republic period embroidered black ground silk robe with floral motif, early 20th Century. 50"H x 41 3/4"W(frame). Framed...
Framed Vintage Qing Dynasty Chinese embroidered...
silk collar 26"H x 26"W(frame). Framed Vintage Qing Dynasty Chinese embroidered silk collar 26"H x 26"W(frame)
Chinese Canton export blue and white porcelain...
tea canister caddy. 6 1/4"H x 5 1/4"W. Chinese Canton export blue and white porcelain tea canister caddy. 6 1/4"H x 5 1/4"W
Chinese Duan inkstone, seal under base, late...
Qing Dynasty, dragon bats and peaches with auspicious motif. 5 1/4"H x 15 1/2"W. Chinese Duan inkstone, seal under base, late...
Indochina/Southeast Asia/Burma carved wood...
statue of a Buddhist Monk figure on stand 34 1/4"H x 12 1/4"W. Indochina/Southeast Asia/Burma carved wood statue of a Buddhist...
Asian inspired cast iron powder coated hanging...
table bell metal gong on stand after Tom Torrens, garden sculpture. 30"H x 22"W x 8"D. Asian inspired cast iron powder coated...
Vintage Tibetan Buddhist Thangka religious...
painting on linen depicting Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara 26 1/4"H x 18 1/2"W(sight), 32 3/4"H x 24 3/4"W(frame). Vintage Tibetan...
Tibetan Buddhist Thangka mandala religious...
painting with gilt detail; 13"H x 11"W(sight), 14 1/2"H x 12 1/4"W(frame). Tibetan Buddhist Thangka mandala religious painting...
Chinese Tang Dynasty polychrome terracotta...
pottery figure of a court lady with bird. 12"H x 4 1/2"W. Chinese Tang Dynasty polychrome terracotta pottery figure of a court...
Chinese Han Dynasty duck pond; grey/green...
glazed pottery figure group 3"H x 10 1/4"W. Chinese Han Dynasty duck pond; grey/green glazed pottery figure group Square, glazed...
Indo Persian Mughal hand-painted illuminated...
manuscript leaf page with court scene 8"H x 4 3/4"W(sight), 10 3/4"H x 8 3/4"W(frame). Indo Persian Mughal hand-painted...
Indo Persian Mughal hand-painted illuminated...
manuscript leaf page with holy figure 11 1/2"H x 7 1/4"W(sight), 17 1/2"H x 14 1/4"W(frame). Indo Persian Mughal hand-painted...
Indo Persian Mughal hand-painted illuminated...
manuscript leaf page with battle scene 12 1/4"H x 9"W(sight), 17 3/4"H x 14 1/4"W(frame). Indo Persian Mughal hand-painted...
Persian kashan estate rug / carpet, ca. 1920s...
119"H x 82"W. Persian kashan estate rug / carpet, ca. 1920s ricing present. 119"H x 82"W
Persian dargazine estate rug / carpet, ca....
1950s 143 1/2"H x 105 1/4"W. Persian dargazine estate rug / carpet, ca. 1950s 143 1/2"H x 105 1/4"W
Indo bahktiari estate rug / carpet, ca. 1990s...
144 H x 108 W. Indo bahktiari estate rug / carpet, ca. 1990s 144 H x 108 W
Antique Persian Sarouk estate room size rug...
carpet ca.1930s, 17.5 x 10.2. 17.5"L x 10.2"W. Antique Persian Sarouk estate room size rug carpet ca.1930s, 17.5 x 10.2. 17.5"L...
Blue glazed faience Ushabti with hieroglyphic...
inscription, dates from ancient Egypt's 26th-30th Dynasty, c. 600-350 B.C. 5"H x 1 1/2"W. Blue glazed faience Ushabti with...
Blue glazed faience Ushabti with inscriptions...
on front and back, dates from ancient Egypt's 26th Dynasty, c. 600 B.C., 6 1/2"H x 2"W (without stand). Blue glazed faience...
Glazed faience ushabti inscribed for Seshep-Wn,...
dates from ancient Egypt's 30th Dynasty, c. 300 BC. 4 1/4"H x 1 1/4"W. Glazed faience ushabti inscribed for Seshep-Wn, dates...
Brown glazed faience Ushabti, named for the...
"Kings's first true priest" Ai-m-u-hotep, dates from ancient Egypt's 26th Dynasty. 7 1/4"H x 1 3/4"W. Brown glazed faience...
Glazed faience Ushabti inscribed with 9 lines...
of inscription from the Book of the Dead for the scribe Hapmen, dates from ancient Egypt's 26th Dynasty, c. 600 B.C. 8 1/4"H x 1...
Glazed faience Ushabti inscribed with 8 lines...
from the Book of the Dead, dates from ancient Egypt's 26th Dynasty, c. 600 B.C. 9 1/4"H x 3"W. Glazed faience Ushabti inscribed...
Ancient native Bura terracotta funerary head...
fragment effigy. 6 1/2"H x 3"W. Ancient native Bura terracotta funerary head fragment effigy. Clay sculpture relic from the Bura...
Kwere or Zigua Bantu culture terracotta...
earthenware figure of steatopygous female, Tanzania. 8 1/4"H x 3 1/2"W. Kwere or Zigua Bantu culture terracotta earthenware...
African Ife style Benin Kingdom bronze lifesize...
head of a ruler, Nigeria. 15 1/4"H x 6 1/2"W. African Ife style Benin Kingdom bronze lifesize head of a ruler, Nigeria. Property...