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/ $2350 US plus shipping & handling. Quantity: sold as pair only Dimensions: Height 30 1/2", Width 24", Description: beautiful cast-iron 19'th century jardinieres, from Bastiscan, Trois Rivieres area, Quebec |
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$349.00
US plus shipping & handling . Quantity: Pair available Dimensions: Height 22", Width 20", Depth 14" Description: Wallsconce, plaster, from Quebec |
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$283.00 US plus shipping & handling. Quantity: 1 Dimensions: width 16 1/2", height 15", depth 16" Description: Statuary wallsconce, plaster, Quebec c.1920 |
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$283.00 US plus shipping & handling. Quantity: 1 Dimensions: width 1' 10", height 18 1/2", depth 1' 11" Description: large statuary wallsconce, plaster, Quebec c.1920 |
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$162.00 US plus shipping & handling. Quantity: 1 Dimensions: Description: Small cherub plaster wallsconce c. 1930 |
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$585.00
US plus shipping & handling. Quantity: 1 Dimensions: height 32 ", top 10 3/4", base 12 1/4" Description: Marble column, found in Quebec |
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Price: $209.00 US plus shipping & handling. Quantity: 1 Dimensions: Length 6 ¾", width 2", height 5",weight 5 lbs. Description: Carved and painted stone lions. Portal guardian effigies were inserted into niches in the stonework flanking the doors of a home. Their purpose was to bring safety and happiness to the home by fending off evil spirits. Several more or less mythical figures were commonly used - lions for the virtue of their strength and ferocity. Portal effigies were characteristic of southern India in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. However, this pair was purchased at an architectural salvage depot in Jaipur, Rajastan. The buyer had no Hindi and the seller had no English, so it became difficult to firmly establish provenance: to the best of my knowledge, these are authentic period carvings but I cannot guarantee that. No matter what their actual age, these are very fine carvings, highly decorative, and magnificent as bookends! Condition: Excellent, with some age wear to the paint. |
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Price: $209.00 US plus shipping & handling. Quantity: one horse and one lion Dimensions: Lion length 7 ½", width 1 ¾", height 4"; Horse length 6 ¾", width 1 ¾"; height 4 ½"; Combined weight 4 lbs Description: Both figures are finely carved and painted stone. The horse shows the front end emerging from the insertion block and is painted green over old red. The lion is semi-crouched, painted a lustrous blue under a golden yellow. Portal guardian effigies were intended to protect the home from evil spirits. They were inserted into niches in the stonework beside the doorway. Many figures were used - manticores, lions, horses, elephants, peacocks, and probably others. Usually, but not always, they were symmetrically paired. These effigies were characteristic of late 18th and early 19th C southern India. However, this pair was purchased from an architectural salvage depot in Jaipur, Rajastan. An impenetrable language barrier separated the buyer and the vendor so it was impossible to establish provenance with certainty. I believe these to be authentic period carvings but cannot guarantee it. Whatever their provenance they are wonderfully decorative and make great bookends! Condition: Very good, some flaking and wear in the paint. |
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