Bidspirit auctions | Lion & Unicorn Auction May 21
Lion & Unicorn, May 21. 406 lots, estimates 90 - 25000 $.
Lion & Unicorn -
The Grand Archive: Museum-Caliber Antiquities brings together 407 lots spanning Chinese porcelain, Qing Dynasty works, carved jade, and Peking Glass Snuff Bottle examples alongside Tibetan Bronze figures and Russian Orthodox Icon paintings. Bronze, porcelain, jade, and carved works anchor the sale, with strong representation of Chinese, Japanese, and Indian material drawn directly from the catalog.
Fine art is equally present, featuring works by Roger Delapierre (Swiss, 1935-2021), Leon Fini (Argentine-Italian 1907-1996), Jose Antonio Velasquez (Honduran, 1906-1983), Alicia Arvelo (Venezuelan, 1914-2008), and Candi (American, 20th-21st Century). Oil on canvas landscapes, religious scenes, and signed compositions provide depth across European and Latin American schools.
Silver and decorative arts include Navajo J.W. Toadlena Sterling Silver jewelry, sterling cuffs and bracelets, carved wooden objects, and military bronze forms. From famille rose porcelain and carved bowls to signed paintings and devotional icons, the catalog reflects a tightly curated cross section of global material culture documented lot by lot.
Lots in this catalog (406)
- Lot 1: Qing Dynasty Gilded Bronze Large Horse Seal — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 2: Roger Delapierre (Swiss, 1935-2021) Mediterranean Village Scene, Oil on Canvas — $400 - $700
- Lot 3: 19th Century French Military Bronze Signal Cannon — $6,000 - $8,000
- Lot 4: Oil Painting on Canvas, Saint Anthony of Padua Distributing Bread — $200 - $800
- Lot 5: Tibetan Bronze Seated Deity with Silver Overlay — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 6: 2pc Hopi Hand Carved Wooden Hano Clown and Mudhead Clown Figural Dolls — $200 - $800
- Lot 7: Burmese Silver Repousse Small Zodiac Bowl — $400 - $800
- Lot 8: Charles Edwin Cookman, Oil on Canvas, River Landscape with Hills, Signed — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 9: Terra di Siena, Oil on Board Landscape Painting — $250 - $450
- Lot 10: Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, Amber Color Fish Form — $90 - $200
- Lot 11: Chinese Yixing Pottery Enameled Snuff Bottle with Floral Panels — $200 - $500
- Lot 12: Navajo J.W. Toadlena Sterling Silver Turquoise Coral Bear Paw Belt Buckle — $200 - $800
- Lot 13: 1849 Liberty Braided Hair One Cent Coin — $90 - $200
- Lot 14: Antique Enameled and Seed Pearl-Set Lady's Pendant Watch — $200 - $800
- Lot 15: Bohemian Art Deco Cut Glass Perfume Bottle with Stopper, Circa 1930 — $200 - $800
- Lot 16: Peking Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle, White and Brown Fish — $90 - $200
- Lot 17: Knightia eocaena Fossil Fish, Green River Formation, Wyoming — $90 - $200
- Lot 18: Two-Piece Silver-Plated Foie Gras Serving Set with Figural Bird Finials — $90 - $200
- Lot 19: Vintage Chapman Brass Turtle Shell Table Lamp — $90 - $200
- Lot 20: First Edition David Garnett Book, The Letters of T.E. Lawrence — $90 - $200
- Lot 21: African Bronze Figurine Mounted on a Stone Base — $90 - $200
- Lot 22: Hopi Turtle Katsina Wood Carving by Alexander R. Youvella Sr., Signed — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 23: Hopi Carved Wooden Katsina Sculpture Doll by Alexander R. Youvella Jr., 2016 — $200 - $800
- Lot 24: Hopi Carved Wooden Salako Mana Katsina Doll by Raynard Duwyenie — $200 - $800
- Lot 25: Hopi Hand Carved Wooden Morning Singer Kachina Doll by Andrew Cooley, Signed — $200 - $400
- Lot 26: Hopi Carved Wood Eagle Dancer Kachina Doll by Tom Holmes — $90 - $200
- Lot 27: Pre-Columbian Jalisco Standing Female Figure — $200 - $800
- Lot 28: Antique Hand Carved Wooden Effigy Totem Sculpture — $200 - $800
- Lot 29: Turn Teplitz Bohemia Amphora Porcelain Bust by Eduard Stellmacher — $200 - $800
- Lot 30: African Namji Wood and Leather Fertility Doll — $90 - $200
- Lot 31: African Wood Carved Seated Figure — $90 - $200
- Lot 32: Carved Reddish Brown Stone Seal Handle with Mayan Statue of a God — $90 - $200
- Lot 33: Central African Terracotta Figure — $90 - $200
- Lot 34: Dodona Greek Handicraft Patinated Bust of Aesculapius — $90 - $200
- Lot 35: Ancient Style Ceramic Fragment with Raised Form — $90 - $200
- Lot 36: A Trio of Sculptures Including Egyptian Style Terracotta and Bronze Figures — $90 - $200
- Lot 37: Two Carved Stone Figurines Including Lapis Lazuli and Black Stone Moai — $90 - $200
- Lot 38: Two Inuit Stone Carvings — $90 - $200
- Lot 39: Carved Lapis Lazuli Freeform Figure — $90 - $200
- Lot 40: Miguel Estrella, Adolescente, Carved Mahogany Sculpture, 1991 — $90 - $200
- Lot 41: Two Carved Wooden Woman and Dove Sculptures — $90 - $200
- Lot 42: Hand-Carved Stone Elephant Figural Seal with Wood Stand — $90 - $200
- Lot 43: Sid Smith, Original Contemporary Textured Oil on Panel, A Condition, Signed — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 44: Sid Smith, Original Contemporary Textured Oil on Panel, Title God, Signed — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 45: Original Framed Oil on Canvas Board, Landscape of a Forest Meadow — $1,000 - $3,000
- Lot 46: Pair of Framed Chinese Reverse Glass Portraiture Paintings — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 47: 19th c. Original Romanticist Oil on Canvas, Twilight Marsh & Villa, Signed — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 48: 19th Century British Oil on Millboard Signed Painting, Mountainous Landscape — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 49: Jim E. Knauf (American, b. 1948) Oil on Board Painting, JC — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 50: Leon Fini (Argentine-Italian 1907-1996) Erotica Signed — $600 - $1,200
- Lot 51: After Paul Gauguin, Nafea Faa Ipoipo? (When Will You Marry?), Oil on Canvas — $400 - $800
- Lot 52: Alicia Arvelo (Venezuelan, 1914-2008), Ethereal Portrait of a Woman, Oil on Canvas, 1975 — $200 - $800
- Lot 53: Candi (American, 20th-21st Century) Original Oil on Board Folk Art Painting — $200 - $800
- Lot 54: Candi (American, 20th-21st Century), Whimsical Wedding Scene, (Signed) — $200 - $800
- Lot 55: 19th Century Russian Four-Part Icon of the Mother of God — $200 - $800
- Lot 56: 19th Century Russian Orthodox Icon of Our Lady of Kazan — $200 - $800
- Lot 57: Antique Folk Art Fan from the Boston Area, circa 1900 — $400 - $800
- Lot 58: Guido Chire Balderrama (20th Century), Modernist Procession of Figures, Oil on Canvas, 1985 — $200 - $800
- Lot 59: Joaquin E. Ruiz (Ecuadorian, b. 1933) Oil on Canvas, Village Scene, Signed — $200 - $800
- Lot 60: Luis Guevara Moreno (Venezuelan, 1926-2010), El Trapiche, Oil on Canvas — $200 - $800
- Lot 61: Large Mughal Style Indian Painting on Cloth Depicting a Royal Procession — $200 - $800
- Lot 62: Russian Icon Painting on Wooden Panel Depicting the Madonna and Child — $200 - $800
- Lot 63: Russian Orthodox Icon, Tempera & Gilt on Wood, Saint George and the Dragon — $200 - $800
- Lot 64: Russian Orthodox Icon, Tempera and Gilt on Wood, Our Lady of Vladimir — $200 - $800
- Lot 65: Jorge Lanza (Honduran, 20th Century), Village Landscape, 1984, Oil on Canvas — $400 - $600
- Lot 66: Laurent Casimir Signed Haitian Market Scene Acrylic Painting — $300 - $500
- Lot 67: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Oil on Canvas — $200 - $400
- Lot 68: Impressionist Spanish Village Street Scene, Oil on Canvas — $150 - $300
- Lot 69: Jose Antonio Gonzalez Escobar (Guatemala, b. 1941), Market Scene Before a Church, Acrylic on Canvas — $150 - $300
- Lot 70: After Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi, Portrait of a Peasant, Oil on Canvas — $90 - $200
- Lot 71: Alirio, Modernist Portrait of a Figure in a Wide-Brimmed Hat, Oil on Board — $90 - $200
- Lot 72: Angel Marquez, Yellow Tree Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 1983 — $90 - $200
- Lot 73: European Street Scene, Oil on Canvas, 2009 — $100 - $200
- Lot 74: G. Herbst (20th Century), View of Geneva with La Brise and Jet d'Eau, Acrylic on Board, 1988 — $100 - $200
- Lot 75: In the Manner of Eugene Boudin (French, 1824-1898), Coastal Beach Scene with Figures, Oil on Panel — $90 - $200
- Lot 76: In the Style of Arturo Pacheco Altamirano (Chilean, 1903-1978) Harbor Scene Oil on Canvas — $90 - $200
- Lot 77: Antonio Velasquez Hijo (Honduran, 20th century) Acrylic on Canvas, Village Street Scene, Signed — $90 - $200
- Lot 78: Kapas, Framed Original Oil Painting on Canvas of a Woman Weaving — $90 - $200
- Lot 79: 3pc Miniature Religious Icon Paintings on Grains of Rice in Magnifier Boxes — $90 - $200
- Lot 80: Original William Russell Flint Watercolor Landscape, Signed — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 81: Alirio Palacios (Venezuelan, 1938-2015), Figures at Work, Ink Wash and Watercolor, 1958 — $500 - $800
- Lot 82: Gouache Religious Holy Trinity Painting on Tin — $200 - $800
- Lot 83: F.K. Mwale, African Village Scene, Gouache on Canvas, 1983 — $90 - $200
- Lot 84: Framed Miniature Original Gouache Landscape Painting, Signed and Dated 1980 — $90 - $200
- Lot 85: Lost Paradise, Watercolor on Paper, Coastal Landscape with Cats — $100 - $200
- Lot 86: Rafael Aleph Gouache on Paper Depicting Christ Carrying the Cross — $90 - $200
- Lot 87: Tropical Landscape with Palm Trees, Pastel on Paper — $150 - $300
- Lot 88: Igor Tulipanov, Framed Giclee on Canvas, Catherine (The Great) — $400 - $1,000
- Lot 89: Utagawa Yoshitora (Active c. 1850-1880) Framed Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Triptych, Battle of — $200 - $800
- Lot 90: Lot of 2 Nicholas Sperakis (American, b. 1943) Signed and Numbered Abstract Woodcuts — $200 - $400
- Lot 91: Casa del Cordon, Casa Solariega 1503, Architectural Print — $90 - $200
- Lot 92: Shohozqh, Architectural Print of the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, 1973 — $90 - $200
- Lot 93: Shohozqh, Ruinas de San Francisco Monasterio, 1972 Print — $90 - $200
- Lot 94: Simon Bolivar, Framed Monochrome Print — $90 - $200
- Lot 95: Tor Wilthill, Norway's Resistance Museum, Framed Illustration Print — $90 - $200
- Lot 96: Julio Hernandez Rojo (Cuban/American, 1937-1994) Mixed-Media, Signed — $200 - $800
- Lot 97: Linda Ortiz (American, 20th-21st Century), Mixed Media Assemblage, Our Father's Vest — $200 - $800
- Lot 98: A. Mejia G, Monochromatic Ink Wash on Paper, Por la Paz — $100 - $300
- Lot 99: A. Valloggia, Alpine Landscape with Chalets, Ink Drawing — $90 - $200
- Lot 100: Alejandro Canales (Nicaraguan, 1945-1990) Mujer Nicaraguense Mixed Media on Paper — $90 - $200
- Lot 101: Ken Burgess, Like a Roof, Paper Collage, 1981 — $90 - $200
- Lot 102: Zentangle Abstract Drawing Framed, Signed — $90 - $200
- Lot 103: Three Whirling Dervishes, Ink on Paper — $90 - $200
- Lot 104: Henry Bencsath, Annee Mondiale de la Population Lithograph, Signed — $150 - $300
- Lot 105: Franz Hanfstaengl after Hans Hobein the Elder Lithograph Print, Young Woman — $90 - $200
- Lot 106: Hall Groat, Nouveau Siege du Bureau International du Travail Lithograph — $90 - $200
- Lot 107: Janis Gailis, Union Postale Universelle Lithograph, Signed — $90 - $200
- Lot 108: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), Pieta, Lithograph — $90 - $200
- Lot 109: 2 Art Reference Books, Treasures of African Art and Ancient Egypt — $90 - $200
- Lot 110: 3pc Christies Auction Catalogs, Fine Art and Drawings — $90 - $200
- Lot 111: 3pc Native Art and Norway Hardcover Books — $90 - $200
- Lot 112: 4 Italian Art & Archaeology Books, Ravenna & Pompeii Guides — $90 - $200
- Lot 113: 4 Latin American Archaeology History Publications Sothebys — $90 - $200
- Lot 114: 4 Publications on Native American Art and Ethnology — $90 - $200
- Lot 115: Dorie Reents-Budet Softcover Book, Painting the Maya Universe — $90 - $200
- Lot 116: First Edition Fronia E. Wissman Book, Bouguereau — $90 - $200
- Lot 117: First Edition Pre-Columbian Art of South America by Alan Lapiner — $90 - $200
- Lot 118: Jose Alcina Franch Hardcover Book, Pre-Columbian Art — $90 - $200
- Lot 119: Sir William Russell Flint Book, An Exhibition of Fine Watercolours and Draw — $90 - $200
- Lot 120: Pair of Vintage Hand Carved Onyx Marble Mayan Stone Bookends — $90 - $200
- Lot 121: Modernist Etching on Paper — $90 - $200
- Lot 122: 2pc Victorian Woven Silk Stevengraphs Depicting Christopher Columbus — $90 - $200
- Lot 123: Framed Embroidery Folk Art, Scenes of Village Life — $90 - $200
- Lot 124: Hand-Colored Engraving, The War in the Trans-Vaal: Zulu Kaffirs — $90 - $200
- Lot 125: Terracotta Tarahumara Tesquino Vessel with Rawhide Strips — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 126: Grand Tour Period Greek Red Figure Pottery Vase — $300 - $800
- Lot 127: Turquoise Glaze Porcelain Vase with Dragon, Opening in Center — $300 - $800
- Lot 128: Ancient Alabaster Stone Flask with Metal Tripod Stand — $300 - $800
- Lot 129: Ancient Greek Corinthian Alabastro Vessel, with Metal Stand — $300 - $800
- Lot 130: Ancient Greek Corinthian Alabastro Vessel, with Metal Stand — $300 - $800
- Lot 131: Swedish Kaffe Pumpa — $100 - $200
- Lot 132: Central American Style Ceramic Spouted Vessel with Geometric Designs — $90 - $200
- Lot 133: Nario Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessel with Frog Motif — $90 - $200
- Lot 134: Two Greek and Etruscan Terracotta Vessels — $90 - $200
- Lot 135: Balinese High Relief Figural Silver Bowl — $900 - $2,000
- Lot 136: Pre-Columbian Style Polychrome Two-Handled Ceramic Bowl — $90 - $200
- Lot 137: San Juan Pueblo Incised Tanware Pottery Bowl — $90 - $200
- Lot 138: Two Pre-Columbian Terracotta Bowls — $200 - $800
- Lot 139: 18th Century Spanish Colonial Silver Baptism Dish — $900 - $2,000
- Lot 140: 25pc Royal Copenhagen Frijsenborg Porcelain Cup and Saucer Set with Creamer — $500 - $800
- Lot 142: 2pc Oneida and B.M. Mounts Silverplated Serving Dish with Stand — $90 - $200
- Lot 143: 3pc International Silver, Wm. A. Rogers, & Concord Silverplated Dishes — $90 - $200
- Lot 144: Talavera de la Reina Spanish Hand-Painted Floral and Heraldic Wall Plates — $90 - $200
- Lot 145: Two Silverplated Casserole Dish Holders — $90 - $200
- Lot 146: 3pc Ceremonial Middle Eastern Silver Over Copper Ladles — $90 - $200
- Lot 147: 4pc African Tribal Wooden Bowl and Serving Spoons — $90 - $200
- Lot 148: Antique Indonesian Floral Carved Wooden Dowry Chest — $200 - $800
- Lot 149: L.C.T. Tiffany Favrile Pulled Feather Iridescent Glass Vase, Signed — $200 - $800
- Lot 150: Qing Dynasty Chinese White Jade Plaque — $6,000 - $8,000
- Lot 151: Qing Dynasty Qianlong Peachbloom Trumpet Vase — $5,000 - $8,000