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Fine Art & European Decorative Arts go up for bid at Turner Auctions + Appraisals on Saturday, April 25

By Art Daily

Published on Apr 3, 20

Masami Teraoka (1936). Title/Subject: Namiyo at Hanauma Bay, 1985. Medium: Print-Multiple, Lithograph in colors. Size image: 24 3/4" x 36". Size frame: 34" x 45". Created: 1985. Condition: Good. Estimate $1,500 - $2,500. — Masami Teraoka (1936). Title/Subject: Namiyo at Hanauma Bay, 1985. Medium: Print-Multiple, Lithograph in colors. Size image: 24 3/4″ x 36″. Size frame: 34″ x 45″. Created: 1985. Condition: Good. Estimate $1,500 – $2,500.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.-Turner Auctions + Appraisals presents Fine Art & European Decorative Arts on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Featuring over 275 lots, this online auction offers an array of American and European paintings, prints, ceramics, lithographs and more. Among the artists are Ed Ruscha, Grant Wood, David James Gilhooly, Douglas Bond and Christopher Gerlach. The wide selection of European decorative arts come from Meissen, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Sitzendorf, Royal Vienna, Herend, Havilland, and other continental or porcelain manufacturers. Among these items in the sale are bowls, vases, candelabra, platters, centerpieces, figures and figural groupings, brooches, art glass, decanter sets, busts, jewelry boxes, Italian majolica, a Vienna charger, and Russian lacquerware. There are also a number of items from Asia: from Japan are several Japanese woodblock prints, including Masami Teraoka, porcelain plaques and bronze vases; from China are cloisonné, porcelain Quan Yin figures and snuff bottles; from Thailand are framed embroideries. Completing the sale are several groups of American Indian books.

Turner Auctions + Appraisals begins its online auction on Saturday, April 25, 2020, at 10:30 am PST; sale items are available for preview and bidding now. The auction will be featured live on multiple platforms: LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, Bidsquare, iCollector, and Turner Auctions + Appraisals’ free mobile app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Apps (“Turner Auctions”).

Here are some highlights of the upcoming sale:

Lot 88: Grant Wood (1891-1942). Title/Subject: “January”. Signature: “Grant Wood” lower right in pencil. Medium: Lithograph. Size image: 9 1/2″ x 12 1/4″. Size frame: 14 3/4″ x 18 1/2″. Created: 1938. Condition: Some toning. Estimate $2,000 – $3,000.

Lot 40: A Marble and Gilt Metal Center Bowl. A continental marble and gilt metal center bowl with garlands and figureheads. H- 9″ W -16″ D- 16″. Condition: Good. Estimate $700 – $900.

Lot 77: David James Gilhooly (1943 – 2013). Title/Subject: Frog on Kaiser Roll. Signature: Signed and Dated. Medium: Ceramic. Size: 6.00″ x 4.50″ x 4.50″. Created: 1982. Condition: Good. Estimate $1,000 – $2,000.

Lot 80: Masami TERAOKA (1936). Title/Subject: Namiyo at Hanauma Bay, 1985. Medium: Print-Multiple, Lithograph in colors. Size image: 24 3/4″ x 36″. Size frame: 34″ x 45″. Created: 1985. Condition: Good. Estimate $1,500 – $2,500.

Lot 56: A Rare Wedgwood Yellow Jasperware Bowl. Measuring 7 1/2 inches high x 12 diameter. Estimate $400 – $600.

Lot 72: Christopher Gerlach (Born 1952). Title/Subject: “Afternoon Shadows: Woodside. Signature: Lower right. Medium: Oil on canvas. Size image: 48″ x 72” Created: 1987. Condition: Overall good, small hole lower center. Estimate $1,500 – $2,500.

Lot 1: An Italian Majolica Charger, depicting Amazon warriors and nymphs. Dia. – 23 1/2″ Condition: Good. Estimate $300 – $500.

Lot 49: A finely carved 18th-Century Continental Santo, probably Italian, measuring 8 1/2 inches high x 5 1/2 wide x 4 deep. Estimate $400 – $600.

Lot 44: Gilt Metal Andirons. A pair of large and impressive gilt bronze and brass fireplace guard andirons. H – 22″ W – 14″ D – 7 1/2 “. Condition: Good. Estimate $700 – $900.

Lot 76: Douglas Bond (Born 1937). Title/Subject: Untitled (Green Bedroom). Signature: Signed on Reverse. Medium: Acrylic on canvas. Size image: 37″ x 39″ Size frame: 37 1/2″ x 39 1/2″. Created: 1972/73. Condition: Very good. Estimate $2,000 – $3,000.

Lot 110: A Continental Porcelain Nodder Pagoda Figure with articulated hands and head and crossed sword mark. H – 11″ x W – 11″ D – 11″. Condition: Good. Estimate $400 – $600.

Lot 234: A Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vase measuring 12 inches high x 9 diameter. Estimate $500 – $700.

Lot 75: Ed Ruscha (Born 1937). Title/Subject: Coyote, 1989. Signature: Lower right. Medium: Lithograph. Size image: 36″ x 27″. Size frame: Created: 1989 Condition: Very good. Estimate $6,000 – $8,000.

Lot 113: A Meissen Porcelain Platter with a Royal Scene. A very finely painted platter depicting the Royal procession of Louis XIV through the Tuileries in 1662. The Meissen blue sword mark has one scratch indicating the painting was executed elsewhere. W – 19 3/4 ” DS – 14 “. Condition: Good. Estimate $800 – $1,200.