Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE | Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0794 | 31 March 2015 - 1 April 2015 | Melbourne | 6 PM

Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE | ARTHUR STREETON 1867-1943, The Windsor Damsel, Fishing (1903). Sold for $244,000 March 2015

Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE | An Important gold presentation paperweight depicting Australian flora and fauna, Hammerton, Geelong, Victoria, 1922. sold for $134,200 March 2015

Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design | The Tattersalls Cup, a large Victorian sterling silver Pilgrim's flask, Robert Garrard, London, 1864. Sold for $36,600 April 2015

Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design | A large lime-green ground 'famille-rose' vase, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period. Sold for $36,600 April 2015

Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE | A very fine rock crystal, enamel and diamond-set desk clock with box, Cartier, numbered 379 and 7137, circa 1915. Sold for $244,000 March 2015

Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

Sale Number: AU0794

Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba, lots 1-162

Following a 10 day exhibition in Sydney and Melbourne which attracted over a 1,000 visitors to Sotheby’s Australia’s galleries, the sale of Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE opened to a full saleroom at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne. Over 400 people registered to bid from all corners of the globe for this historic sale which included Asian, Australian and European Art, Decorative Arts, Jewels and Objects of Vertu. Comprising 162 lots, the auction achieved a total of $1.99 million including buyer’s premium against an estimate of $548,880-746,370, with 100% sold by volume and 362.5% by value.

Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design, lots 163-461

Following the outstanding success with record attendances for Sotheby’s Australia’s auction of Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE, strong results were achieved at the April auction of Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design in Melbourne. Comprising 299 lots, the sale achieved $1,142,384 with 67.9% sold by volume or 123.3% sold by value.

CONTACT INFORMATION +

Specialists

Alison Alford

Consultant

Arts & Design
Sydney
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402
E: Alison Alford

Ann Roberts

Consultant, Asian Art

Arts & Design
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900
E: Ann Roberts

Anthony Hurl

Consultant

Arts & Design
Adelaide
T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836
E: Anthony Hurl

Philip A. Gore

Consultant, Clocks, Barometers & Scientific Instruments

Arts & Design
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900

BUY CATALOGUE

SESSION 1 | 31 March 2015, 6 pm
Lots 1-162 | Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE
Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Melbourne

SESSION 2 | 1 April 2015, 6 pm
Lots 163-461 | Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne

Auction Results & Details

Sale Total: $3,132,191 including buyer's premium

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Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE | Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design - AU0794

201 Five small bronze handwarmers Qing dynasty, 19th century Estimate $2,000 - $3,000 Lot Sold: $1,830 (including buyer's premium)

202 Two bronze censers and covers Qing dynasty Estimate $2,000 - $3,000 Lot Sold: $1,830 (including buyer's premium)

203 A porcelain snuff bottle Estimate $600 - $800

204 A Canton enamel snuff bottle, 19th/20th century Estimate $800 - $1,200 Lot Sold: $2,684 (including buyer's premium)

205 A celadon jade snuff bottle Estimate $1,000 - $1,500 Lot Sold: $1,098 (including buyer's premium)

206 Two amber snuff bottles Estimate $800 - $1,000 Lot Sold: $1,464 (including buyer's premium)

207 A turquoise carving of a maiden and boy Estimate $1,500 - $2,000 Lot Sold: $2,928 (including buyer's premium)

208 A group of turquoise carvings Estimate $1,500 - $2,000 Lot Sold: $3,172 (including buyer's premium)

209 A coral figural carving, 19th/20th century Estimate $2,000 - $3,000 Lot Sold: $2,440 (including buyer's premium)

210 A carved coral group of Guanyin with Shancai and Xiaolongnu, 19th/20th century Estimate $15,000 - $25,000 Lot Sold: $46,360 (including buyer's premium)

211 Two celadon jade snuff bottles, 19th/20th century Estimate $1,500 - $2,500 Lot Sold: SOLD

212 A tortoiseshell circular box and cover Qing dynasty, 19th century Estimate $3,500 - $4,500

213 A bamboo figure of Liu Hai, 19th/20th century Estimate $2,000 - $3,000

214 A moulded gourd vase Estimate $1,200 - $1,600 Lot Sold: $3,172 (including buyer's premium)

215 A carved soapstone figure of a Luohan Qing dynasty, 19th century Estimate $2,000 - $3,000 Lot Sold: $2,196 (including buyer's premium)

216 A soapstone carving Estimate $1,000 - $1,500 Lot Sold: $1,220 (including buyer's premium)

217 An ivory pendant Qing dynasty Estimate $1,500 - $2,500

218 An ivory pendant Qing dynasty Estimate $1,500 - $2,000 Lot Sold: SOLD

219 An ivory pendant Qing dynasty Estimate $1,500 - $2,000

220 A painted pottery equestrian figure Tang Dynasty Estimate $6,000 - $8,000

221 A red pottery figure of an equestrian drummer Tang dynasty Estimate $2,000 - $3,000

222 A qingbai bowl Song dynasty Estimate $1,000 - $1,500 Lot Sold: $1,098 (including buyer's premium)

223 Three qingbai wares Yuan dynasty Estimate $2,000 - $3,000 Lot Sold: $2,440 (including buyer's premium)

224 Three blue and white jarlets Yuan dynasty Estimate $2,000 - $3,000 Lot Sold: $3,660 (including buyer's premium)

225 A 'Longquan' celadon fluted bowl Song dynasty Estimate $1,500 - $2,500 Lot Sold: $4,880 (including buyer's premium)

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