Bidspirit auctions | Lion & Unicorn Auction Jul 16
Lion & Unicorn, Jul 16. 314 lots, estimates 90 - 25000 $.
Lion & Unicorn - Discover an exceptional 315-lot auction featuring carefully assembled private museum quality collections spanning fine art, antiquities, Asian works of art, studio glass, decorative arts, historical artifacts, and ceramics. Highlights include works by Razzia, Thomas Waldo Story, Dan Dailey, Angelo Comolli, Hank Virgona, Rafael Aleph, and FDO.FDEZ (Fernando Fernandez), alongside an outstanding selection of Chinese jade, porcelain, bronze, lacquer, and archaeological-style material. Collectors will find an impressive range of international art and craftsmanship, from William Moorcroft pottery and Jozefina Glassworks Krosno and Makora Krosno art glass to engravings after celebrated masters, sculpture, paintings, military memorabilia, historical currency, and traditional African and Pre-Columbian works. The catalog offers remarkable variety with pieces representing centuries of artistic and cultural expression. Whether you collect fine art, Asian antiques, decorative arts, studio glass, or unique historical objects, this auction presents an opportunity to acquire distinctive works from thoughtfully curated private collections. Explore the full catalog to discover rare finds, conversation pieces, and collector favorites across every category.
Lots in this catalog (314)
- Lot 1: Razzia, Original Art Deco Poster, Deauville, Signed — $200 - $800
- Lot 2: 12K Gold National Guard of Pennsylvania 1st Regiment Badge, Paratus — $400 - $600
- Lot 3: Greater Nicoya from Costa Rica Circa 850 to 1,500 CE — $400 - $600
- Lot 4: Chinese Silver Inlaid Bronze Garment Hook, Han Dynasty — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 5: Thomas Waldo Story (American, 1854-1915) Bronze Bust on Marble Column, Hornorius — $5,000 - $8,000
- Lot 6: Chinese Neolithic Style Cord-Impressed Pottery Jar — $600 - $1,200
- Lot 7: A Collection of 19th Century Framed Portrait Miniatures — $200 - $800
- Lot 8: FDO.FDEZ (Fernando Fernandez, Cuban b. 1962) Acrylic on Board, Signed — $200 - $800
- Lot 9: African Traditional Zulu Ukhamba Lidded Basket with Diamond Design — $200 - $800
- Lot 10: Hank Virgona (American, 1929-2019), Courtroom Scene, Mixed Media on Paper — $200 - $800
- Lot 11: Angelo Comolli (Italian, 1863-1949), Portrait of a Young Person, ca. 1911-1913 — $200 - $800
- Lot 12: Carson Anderson, Oil on Canvas Painting, Lakeside Landscape, Signed — $100 - $400
- Lot 13: Naval Ship Cannon Model with Wood and Metal Construction — $90 - $200
- Lot 14: 5pc 1928, 1958, & 1976 United States $2 Banknotes — $90 - $200
- Lot 15: African Makonde Style Hand Carved Dark Wood Phallic Figure — $90 - $200
- Lot 16: Chinese Emaciated Ascetic Shakyamuni Buddha Hardwood Sculpture — $90 - $200
- Lot 17: After Utagawa Hiroshige, Nawate Road, Japanese Woodblock Print on Laid Paper — $90 - $200
- Lot 18: Asian Cream-Colored Stone Carved Erotic Plaque — $90 - $200
- Lot 19: New York State Mexican Border Service Medal, 1916-1917 — $90 - $200
- Lot 20: Dan Dailey (American, b. 1947) Dan Dailey, Image Man from the Face Vase series, Signed — $2,000 - $6,000
- Lot 21: Jozefina Glassworks Krosno Poland Art Glass Lens Cut Vase — $200 - $800
- Lot 22: Jozefina Krosno Polish Art Glass Conch Shell Centerpiece Bowl — $300 - $800
- Lot 23: Makora Krosno Poland Cauliflower Art Glass Vase — $300 - $800
- Lot 24: Makora Krosno Hand Made Art Glass Vase — $200 - $800
- Lot 25: Makora Krosno Polish Art Glass Hand Blown Multicolor Vase — $200 - $800
- Lot 26: Polish Art Glass Opaque Black Vase with Applied Clear Swirl and Orange Eye — $200 - $800
- Lot 27: Jozefina Krosno Hand Blown Art Glass Sea Turtle Sculpture — $300 - $800
- Lot 28: Grand Tour Period Greek Red Figure Pottery Vase — $300 - $800
- Lot 29: William Moorcroft Pottery Candlestick, Moonlit Blue — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 30: Moorcroft Pottery by William Moorcroft Candlestick, Pomegranate — $400 - $1,000
- Lot 31: Foley Intarsio Ware Monk Pitcher — $200 - $800
- Lot 32: Mid-19th Century Jacob Furnival White Ironstone Oval Covered Vegetable Dish — $90 - $200
- Lot 33: Pre-Columbian Style Ceramic Face-Neck Vessel — $90 - $200
- Lot 34: After Andrea Scacciati, Baroque Oil Painting on Canvas, Still-Life Flowers — $3,500 - $6,000
- Lot 35: Atef El-Santawy (Egyptian, 20th/21st Century), Gouache on Papyrus of Queen Nefertari and Goddess — $200 - $800
- Lot 36: Rafael Aleph Watercolor, Gouache & Graphite on Paper, An Astronomer — $90 - $200
- Lot 37: Rafael Aleph Mixed Media on Paper Drawing, Two Figures in a Temple — $90 - $200
- Lot 38: After Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), Study of a Nude Engraving on Paper — $200 - $800
- Lot 39: Angelica Kauffman Engraving Troilus & Cressida Boydell Gallery 1795 — $90 - $200
- Lot 40: Folio Engraving after Benjamin West, Shakespeare King Lear 1792 — $90 - $200
- Lot 41: Francis Wheatley (Aft.) Hand-Colored Engraving on Paper, Cries of London — $100 - $250
- Lot 42: After Pablo Picasso, The Three Graces, Numbered Restrike Etching — $200 - $800
- Lot 43: Eric Ravilious, Hams, Chromolithograph — $200 - $800
- Lot 44: Raphael Soyer, Lithograph on Paper, Reclining Woman — $200 - $800
- Lot 45: Edward Bawden, Gulliver with the Houyhnhnms, Color Lithograph, 1965 — $300 - $500
- Lot 46: Jean-Baptiste Greuze Chromolithograph The Broken Pitcher — $90 - $200
- Lot 47: 4pc Honore Daumier Framed Lithograph Prints Les Gens de Justice Series — $200 - $800
- Lot 48: Attributed to Helen Mary Knowlton, 'Portrait of Edward Everett Hale', circa 1895, Signed — $200 - $800
- Lot 49: Casa del Cordon, Casa Solariega 1503, Architectural Print — $90 - $200
- Lot 50: Mystical Gathering Under the Sacred Cave, Ink Signed Color Print — $90 - $200
- Lot 51: Vintage Pastel Landscape, Girl at Pond with Basket — $90 - $200
- Lot 52: Robert Ehrlich (American, b.1974) and Linda Sacco Silkscreen, Italian Market — $90 - $200
- Lot 53: Qing Dynasty Chinese White Jade Plaque — $6,000 - $8,000
- Lot 54: Chinese Carved Jade Dragon Brush Washer — $4,000 - $5,000
- Lot 55: Chinese Brown Nephrite Jade Mythical Creature Carved Seal — $200 - $500
- Lot 56: Chinese Carved Jade Decorative Low Relief Blade — $1,000 - $3,000
- Lot 57: Chinese Carved Spinach Jade Double Happiness Plaque Pendant — $90 - $200
- Lot 58: Chinese Chilong Celadon Nephrite Jade Buckle — $700 - $1,000
- Lot 59: Chinese Hongshan Style Carved Green Hardstone Sun God Figural Pendant — $90 - $200
- Lot 60: Chinese Hongshan Style Carved Greenish Stone Erotica Pendant — $90 - $200
- Lot 61: Chinese Hongshan Style Hand-Carved Greenish Hardstone Elephant Pendant — $90 - $200
- Lot 62: Chinese Ming Jade Archaic-Style Tripod Vessel — $700 - $1,000
- Lot 63: Chinese Small Spinach Jade Dish, Twin Fish and Chime — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 64: Chinese Spinach Jade Twin Fish Covered Vase — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 65: Hongshan Style Carved Stone Elephant Pendant — $90 - $200
- Lot 66: Jadeite Tripod Censer, Buddhist Lion Finial and Handles — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 67: Large Chinese Ming Nephrite Jade Button — $700 - $1,000
- Lot 68: Qing Dynasty Large Celadon Jade Figural Group — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 69: 2pc Carved Stone Figural Amulet Figurines in the Hongshan Culture Style — $90 - $200
- Lot 70: Three Chinese Style Carved Hardstone Figurine, Trinket Tray and Salt Cellar — $100 - $200
- Lot 71: Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, Molded Taotie Masks, Hawthorne Pattern — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 72: Antique Ming Dynasty Salt Glazed Stoneware Jug — $200 - $800
- Lot 73: Black and White Glass/ Faux Stone Snuff Bottle, Rectangular Form — $90 - $200
- Lot 74: Chinese Archaic Style Bronze Gu Vase — $400 - $800
- Lot 75: Chinese Archaistic Carved Yellow-Brown Bird Pendant — $90 - $200
- Lot 76: Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Square Form Vase, Landscape — $500 - $800
- Lot 77: Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Round Box — $200 - $500
- Lot 78: Chinese Doucai Porcelain Jar, Procession, Boy on Qilin — $900 - $2,000
- Lot 79: Chinese Famille Noire Porcelain Square Form Vase, Prunus and Birds — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 80: Chinese Flambe Glazed Porcelain Bottle Vase — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 81: Chinese Large Natural Carved Quartz Crystal Sculpture — $4,000 - $5,000
- Lot 82: Chinese Yixing Pottery Enameled Snuff Bottle — $200 - $500
- Lot 83: Eastern Zhou Dynasty Bronze Covered Dou Ritual Vessel — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 84: Famille Rose Porcelain Dish, Shou Lao and Crane, Ex-Regal Collection — $400 - $800
- Lot 85: Faux-Agate Glass Snuff Bottle, Off-White and Brown — $90 - $200
- Lot 86: Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, Cats and Calligraphy — $90 - $200
- Lot 87: Ming Bronze Man on Horse — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 88: Mongolian Silver Repousse Snuff Bottle, Phoenix and Clouds — $200 - $800
- Lot 89: Mongolian Silver Repousse Snuff Bottle, Ruyi Head Design, Rounded Bottom — $200 - $800
- Lot 90: Peking Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle, White and Brown Fish — $90 - $200
- Lot 91: Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, Blue Overlay Dragons and Clouds — $200 - $800
- Lot 92: Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, Multi-color Overlay Fish and Lotus — $90 - $200
- Lot 93: Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, Qilin and Dragon — $200 - $800
- Lot 94: Qing Dynasty Gilded Bronze Large Horse Seal — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 95: Sancai Glaze Double Gourd Vase with Incised Dragons — $1,000 - $3,000
- Lot 96: Turquoise Glaze Porcelain Vase with Dragon, Opening in Center — $300 - $800
- Lot 97: Pair of Chinese Blue and White Miniature Bottle Vases — $200 - $500
- Lot 98: Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Phoenix and Lingzhi Sculptures — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 99: Two Chinese-Style Decorative Figurines Under Glass Cloches — $90 - $200
- Lot 100: 2pc Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Seal Paste Box with Lid — $300 - $800
- Lot 101: 2pc Cloisonne-Enamel Teapot and Lid — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 102: 4pc Famille Rose Porcelain Ginger Jars with Lids — $700 - $1,000
- Lot 103: Japanese Satsuma Cylindrical Vase, Maidens in Garden — $1,000 - $3,000
- Lot 104: Chinese Small Imari Landscape Design Tray — $300 - $800
- Lot 105: Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Hirado Woven Vase — $200 - $800
- Lot 106: Japanese Imari Blackship and Nanban Bowl, Character on Foot — $300 - $800
- Lot 107: Japanese Imari Small Dish, Flowers and Scholar's Items — $90 - $200
- Lot 108: Japanese Porcelain Covered Box, Phoenix and Dragon, Peach Finial — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 109: Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Dragon Vase — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 110: Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Bowl — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 111: Japanese Wireless Cloisonne Vase, Ando, Silver Rims — $900 - $2,000
- Lot 112: Pair of Japanese Silver Leaf Form Cups on Coiled Stem Bases — $400 - $800
- Lot 113: Korean Glazed Bottle Vase, White Paste Inlay Flowers, Punch'ong Ware — $500 - $800
- Lot 114: Ancient Gandhara Carved Grey Schist Stone of the Buddha — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 115: Indian Silver Parrot Form Rose Water Sprinkler — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 116: Burmese Figural Repousse Silver Rectangular Box — $600 - $800
- Lot 117: Burmese Silver Repousse Small Zodiac Bowl — $400 - $800
- Lot 118: Indian Bronze Deity Gauri with Vahana Godha Figurine — $200 - $500
- Lot 119: Indian Bronze Female Deity on Lotus Base, Wood Block Stand, Ex-Honolulu Collection — $500 - $800
- Lot 120: Indian Bronze Garuda Figural Candlestick — $200 - $500
- Lot 121: Indian Bronze Standing Female Figure — $300 - $800
- Lot 122: Indian Yantra Rock Crystal — $700 - $1,000
- Lot 123: Tibetan Bronze Seated Deity with Silver Overlay — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 124: Tibetan Bronze Seated Deity on Lotus Base — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 125: Small Tibetan Bronze Deity with Consort, Dark Patina — $500 - $800
- Lot 126: Tibetan Bronze Seated Buddha — $200 - $800
- Lot 127: 19th Century Tibetan Thangka Depicting Buddha, Tempera on Silk & Cotton — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 128: Khmer Seated Bronze Figure on Wood Base — $800 - $2,000
- Lot 129: Connoisseur of Malvern Chigo Bone China Figurine by Richard Sefton Limited Edition 13 of 25 — $4,000 - $5,000
- Lot 130: Mexican Hand-Carved Black Obsidian Figurine in Aztec Style — $90 - $200
- Lot 131: 19th Century French Military Bronze Signal Cannon — $6,000 - $8,000
- Lot 132: Rare Schwestern Floge Couture House in Vienna Gilt Leather Advertising Display Sign — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 133: Teke Wood Power Figure — $90 - $200
- Lot 134: Group of Four Egyptian Terracotta Faces, ca. 325-330 BC — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 135: Yoruba Brass Abebe Fan for Oshun, Nigeria, 19th/20th Century — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 136: African Heritage Collection Hand Carved Wood Unity Kwanzaa Kinara — $90 - $200
- Lot 137: Yoruba Gelede Helmet Mask Headdress, Benin/Nigeria, 19th Century — $3,000 - $6,000
- Lot 138: Egyptian Polychrome Mask (Ex-James Coburn Collection) — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 139: Ijo Water Spirit Headdress Fragment, Nigeria, 19th Century — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 140: Ijo Water Spirit Headdress Mask, Nigeria, 19th Century — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 141: Oba Ekpeye-Igbo Face Mask, Rivers State, Nigeria, 19th/20th Century — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 142: Senufo Helmet Mask with Cowrie and Raffia, Cote d'Ivoire, 19th/Early 20th Century — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 143: Mongolian Silver Headdress with Coral and Turquoise — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 144: Winchester and Assorted Vintage Woodworking and Maintenance Tools, Early 20th Century — $200 - $800
- Lot 145: Samenco Movie Control Unit Model A30723 — $200 - $800
- Lot 146: Kenneth Jameson Parker Collection of Artist Journals, Sketchbooks, and Woodcuts — $200 - $800
- Lot 147: Baer Softcover Book, The Last Voyage of the San Miguel de Archangel — $90 - $200
- Lot 148: Campfire and Battlefield, 1904 Illustrated Civil War History — $90 - $200
- Lot 149: Evelyn Abbott Hardcover Book, The History of Antiquity Vol. V — $90 - $200
- Lot 150: Karl Heinzen Leatherbound Book, Erlebtes. Erster Theil — $90 - $200