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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A famille verte baluster jar<br />
19th century<br />
decorated with shaped panels<br />
of landscapes and mythical<br />
beasts reserved on a floral<br />
decorated black ground<br />
45cm high<br />
$600–800<br />
306<br />
A Thai gilt lacquered bronze<br />
figure of Buddha<br />
late 19th/early 20th century<br />
seated in dhyanasana on a stepped<br />
base, the surface of the robes and<br />
base with relief motifs, the face<br />
with benign expression and hair<br />
in tight curls with high ushnisha<br />
66cm high<br />
$800–1,200<br />
307<br />
A carved wood figure of Guanyin<br />
late Ming/Qing dynasty<br />
seated in lalitasana on a rockwork<br />
base, her right arm extended and<br />
resting on her raised right knee,<br />
wearing long loose robes falling in<br />
folds to her bare feet, and a trailing<br />
scarf draped over the shoulders,<br />
the face with a serene expression<br />
and pendulous ear lobes, with long<br />
hair drawn into a high chignon<br />
encircled with a pierced foliate tiara,<br />
traces of polychrome decoration<br />
148cm high<br />
$4,000–6,000<br />
308<br />
A painted Cizhou-type jar<br />
together with a similar jar<br />
adapted as a lamp<br />
45cm high<br />
$2,000–2,500<br />
309<br />
A large polychrome<br />
wood figure of Guanyin<br />
late Ming/Qing dynasty<br />
standing on a lotus base with right<br />
arm raised in vitarkamudra, the left<br />
lowered to the side, wearing loosely<br />
draped robes tied with sashes and a<br />
celestial scarf draped over both arms,<br />
the face with benign expression and<br />
lowered gaze and hair drawn into a<br />
high chignon with elaborate diadem,<br />
remains of coloured pigments<br />
187cm high<br />
$5,000–8,000<br />
310<br />
A pair of large yellow<br />
glazed vases<br />
20th century<br />
one with domed and knopped cover<br />
each 84cm high<br />
$300–500<br />
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