Graham Geddes The Grand Tour
Revered connoisseur, collector and dealer, Graham Geddes has been trading in antiquities, antique furniture, fine and decorative art for over fifty years, gathering a loyal and high-profile clientele along the way. Passionate in his pursuit of beauty and knowledge, Graham is esteemed as one of the world-leading experts in the trade, maintaining his unparalleled reputation via a thorough research programme for the select pieces that he deals in. It is with great pleasure that Gibson’s announces The Graham Geddes Sale, an auction of elegance and eclecticism. The impressive sale will be held over the course of three days, Saturday 14 – Monday 16 October and will include examples of Graham’s trademark tastes in furniture, decorative arts, Greek and Roman antiquities, Chinese and Asian art and garden statuary.
Revered connoisseur, collector and dealer, Graham Geddes has been trading in antiquities, antique furniture, fine and decorative art for over fifty years, gathering a loyal and high-profile clientele along the way.
Passionate in his pursuit of beauty and knowledge, Graham is esteemed as one of the world-leading experts in the trade, maintaining his unparalleled reputation via a thorough research programme for the select pieces that he deals in.
It is with great pleasure that Gibson’s announces The Graham Geddes Sale, an auction of elegance and eclecticism. The impressive sale will be held over the course of three days, Saturday 14 – Monday 16 October and will include examples of Graham’s trademark tastes in furniture, decorative arts, Greek and Roman antiquities, Chinese and Asian art and garden statuary.
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971<br />
A pair of original French<br />
Versailles sandstone satyr urns,<br />
18th century<br />
with bell flower decoration to the<br />
flaring neck and embellished to<br />
the body with pairs of leering satyr<br />
masks linked with floral and fruiting<br />
swags, ring lug handles to the sides,<br />
and raised on moulded pedestals to<br />
square bases, raised on later plinths<br />
urns 152cm high<br />
the bases 77cm high, 64cm wide,<br />
64cm deep<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
Purchased Houdan, France, during<br />
the 1974 de-accessioning of chateau<br />
objects<br />
$15,000–18,000<br />
972<br />
An impressive pair of Adam<br />
style sandstone covered vases<br />
on plinths<br />
the spiral twist pedestal<br />
vases with moulded relief<br />
carved necks and finials<br />
214cm high,<br />
plinths 65cm square at base<br />
$3,500–4,500<br />
973<br />
A large antique sandstone<br />
covered Parisian urn on a<br />
matching plinth<br />
with relief carved borders and a<br />
pulvinated band above fruiting<br />
swags, the circular socle to a square<br />
base and raised on a decorated plinth<br />
228cm high<br />
$4,000–5,000<br />
974<br />
An urn base on stand,<br />
raised on a metal plinth<br />
126cm high, 39cm diameter<br />
$400–600<br />
975<br />
Two square section composite<br />
stone pots<br />
replicating patinated bronze<br />
each 55cm high, 51cm wide,<br />
51cm deep<br />
$700–1,000<br />
976<br />
A part glazed terracotta urn<br />
with an ochre glaze to the upper<br />
register and deep green applied lug<br />
handles and drip effects<br />
89cm high, 54cm diameter<br />
$450–550<br />
977<br />
A group of glazed terracotta<br />
wares, pots and tagines<br />
tallest 49cm high<br />
widest 35cm wide<br />
$400–600<br />
978<br />
An unglazed composite stone<br />
drum stool<br />
67cm high, 48cm diameter<br />
$200–300<br />
979<br />
A monumental grain grinding<br />
mortar and pestle<br />
approx 56cm high, 54cm diameter<br />
$500–800<br />
980<br />
A shallow marble basin<br />
with concentric channel grooves to<br />
the broad rim and lug handles<br />
15cm high, 69cm wide to each handle<br />
$700–900<br />
981<br />
An Indian cast iron kendi<br />
supported in a wrought iron<br />
stand<br />
177cm high, 120cm diameter<br />
$1,200–1,600<br />
982<br />
An Indian cast iron kendi<br />
supported in a wrought iron<br />
stand<br />
176cm high, 119cm diameter<br />
$1,200–1,600<br />
983<br />
A sandstone coloured fireplace<br />
and mantel<br />
111cm high, 150cm wide, 29cm deep<br />
$1,000–1,400<br />
984<br />
An ornate arching wrought iron<br />
well or pot fitting<br />
approximately 235cm high,<br />
80cm wide, 54cm deep<br />
$500–800<br />
985<br />
An impressive hanging lantern<br />
of tapering form with a coronet<br />
and gallery feature<br />
approximate lantern height<br />
145cm high (without chain)<br />
$1,400–1,800<br />
986<br />
A black metal hanging lantern<br />
$600–800<br />
End of Sale
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