Private collection, Milan
circa 1945Marble, brass.45.5 cm (17 7/8 in.) high, 73.2 cm (28 7/8 in.) diameterLikely executed by Quarti-mobili d'Arte, Milan, Italy. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Paolo Buffa Archive.
Estimate£5,000 - 7,000 Ω
Sold for £25,200
Antonia King
Head of Sale, Design +44 20 7901 7944
Antonia.King@phillips.com
London Auction 12 May 2022
1
Gino Sarfatti
Rare adjustable chandelier, model no. 2076
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 Ω
Sold for £75,600
2
Carlo Scarpa
Unique side table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 Ω
Sold for £73,080
3
Gio Ponti
Love seat
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 Ω
Sold for £17,640
4
Rare table mirror, model no. 40
5
Unique monumental illuminated table
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 Ω
Sold for £44,100
6
Max Ingrand
Table lamp
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 Ω
Sold for £5,670
7
'Distex' armchair, model no. 807
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 Ω
Sold for £30,240
8
Ico Parisi
Rare table with eight planters and magazine rack
Sold for £13,860
9
Vittorio Introini
Desk
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 Ω
Sold for £8,820
10
Barovier & Toso (Co.)
Unique monumental ceiling light, from the Casinò di Campione
Sold for £78,120
11
Rare prototype dining table
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 Ω
Sold for £60,480
12
Carlo Mollino
Rare chair, from Casa Colonna, Turin
Sold for £94,500
13
Magdalene Odundo
'Untitled'
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £302,400
14
Jean Royère
'Perforation' candle holder
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
15
Two beds with integrated headboard and bedside table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 Ω♠
Sold for £16,380
16
Elisabeth Joulia
Monumental sculpture
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £42,840
17
Georges Jouve
'Bouteille' vase
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £20,160
18
'Toupie' sculpture
Sold for £27,720
19
Two 'Galet' vases
Estimate £12,000 - 15,000 ‡
20
Two lidded boxes
21
Rare sculpture
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £113,400
22
Suzanne Ramié
Large vase
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,710
23
24
Sold for £32,760
25
Sold for £52,920
26
Pair of 'Finestra' wall lights, model no. 12664
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 Ω
27
Pair of 'Distex' armchairs, model no. 807
Estimate £24,000 - 28,000 Ω
28
Unique coffee table
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000 Ω
Sold for £23,940
29
Pierluigi Spadolini
Console table
Sold for £11,340
30
Fontana Arte
Large mirror, model no. 1608
31
Giglio Tarone and Sandro Bigliani
Unique daybed
Sold for £22,680
32
Pietro Chiesa
Frame, model no. 1242
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 Ω
Sold for £8,190
33
Mario Gottardi
Rare coffee table, model no. 593
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,560
34
Angelo Lelii
Set of four wall lights
35
Osvaldo Borsani and Lucio Fontana
Rare side table, model no. 7303/2
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 Ω♠
36
Unique two-seater sofa
Sold for £69,300
37
Desk, from a unique pair
38
Sold for £10,080
39
Unique stool
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 Ω
Sold for £3,780
40
Unique bookcase with cabinets and magazine rack
Sold for £18,900
41
Pierre Legrain
Rare lidded tabouret
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £151,200
42
René Herbst
Occasional table
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 Ω
Sold for £21,420
43
Jean Luce
Vase
44
Jean-Michel Frank
Unique pair of armchairs, from the residence of Robert Chevalier, Épinal
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
45
Unique table lamp
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 Ω
Sold for £403,200
46
Claude Lalanne
Pair of candle holders
47
Louis Majorelle
Candle holder
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £4,788
48
'Aux Nénuphars' guéridon
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
49
Gilbert Méténier
Gourd-form vase
Sold for £1,890
50
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat and Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix
Vase with frog
51
Hector Guimard
Fireplace surround
52
Louis Süe and André Mare
Tabouret
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
53
Jacques Adnet
Pair of adjustable table lamps, model no. 7706
54
Jean Prouvé
Guéridon
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
55
Hans Coper
'Cycladic' form
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £119,700
56
Early footed pot
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £9,450
57
Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
58
Gordon Baldwin
Large vessel
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £3,528
59
Ron Arad
'Italian Fish' armchair
Sold for £50,400
60
Jeroen Verhoeven
'Lectori Salutem' desk
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £100,800
61
Serge Mouille
Set of three adjustable 'Tuyau' wall lights
62
Pierre Jeanneret
Set of four 'Committee' armchairs, designed for the High Court, the Assembly and Punjab University administrative buildings, Chandigarh
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
63
Angelo Ostuni
Rare wall lamp, model no. 124
64
Barbro Nilsson
'Falurutan, duhs II' rug
65
Mattia Bonetti
Prototype 'Strata' cabinet
Sold for £37,800
66
Charlotte Perriand
Pair of armchairs, model no. 21
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
67
Adjustable floor lamp, variant of model no. 1036
68
Amphitheatre seating
69
Three 'Berger' stools
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000
70
Ado Chale
Unique two-part table
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £63,000
71
Rare chandelier
72
Maria Pergay
Rare sideboard
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 Ω♠
Sold for £47,880
73
Pitcher
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400 Ω
Sold for £11,970
74
Low sofa, designed for the High Court and Punjab University student residences, Chandigarh
Sold for £15,120
75
Five high 'Berger' stools
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
76
George Nakashima
'Lounge Chair with Arm Right'
77
Donald Judd
'Armchair 1'
78
Shiro Kuramata
'Just in Time' clock
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
79
'Chaise no. 4'
80
Dish
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £23,310
81
Nanna Ditzel and Jørgen Ditzel
Rare two-seater sofa
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 Ω
82
Finn Juhl
Rare three-seater sofa
83
Arne Jacobsen
Pair of wall lights, model no. 34505
Sold for £2,520
84
Daybed, model no. Bo 103
Sold for £6,930
85
'Gråspättan' rug
Sold for £6,300
86
Paavo Tynell
Rare table lamp, model no. 5321
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,040
87
Poul Henningsen
Early table lamp, type 4/3 shades
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 Ω
88
Hans J. Wegner
Set of sixteen 'Chinese' chairs, model no. 4283
89
Nils and Eva Koppel
Wingback armchair
90
Svend Aage Holm Sørensen
Tripod floor lamp
91
Hella Jongerius
Four unique vases, from the 'Coloured Vases' series 3
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
92
Allen Jones
Prototype 'Love Seat'
93
Demountable chair
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
94
Mathieu Matégot
'Perfo-Lux' floor lamp
Sold for £12,600
95
Ernst Spolén
96
Ole Wanscher
Pair of armchairs
97
'Little Heavy' chair
98
Mirror
Sold for £54,180
99
André Dubreuil
Pair of 'Soleil' wall-mounted candle holders
100
Pair of chairs
101
Attributed to Martin Eisler
Bench with integrated shelf
102
Table lamp, model no. 2150
103
'Yo-Yo' coffee table
Sold for £31,500
104
François-Xavier Lalanne and Kazuhide Takahama
'Rhinocéros' five-panelled screen, from the 'Ultramobile' series
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 Ω
105
This lot is no longer available.
106
Ross Lovegrove
'Long Liquid Bench'
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £45,360
107
Marc Newson
Unique wall-mounted shelf, from Syn Studios, Tokyo
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000
108
Pair of coffee tables, model no. 2354
109
Pair of chandeliers
110
Sueharu Fukami
'Harukeku II'
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
111
Set of three star-shaped lights
112
Table, from the '38 Tables' series
113
Pair of table lamps
114
Gianni Moscatelli
Set of six prototype 'Bivalve 940' armchairs
115
Table and stool
116
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
117
Mario Passanti
Sold for £3,150
118
Ceiling light, model no. 2295
Sold for £49,140
119
Large 'Ex Voto per il Diavolo' sculpture
120
Large 'Maschera Cornuta' sculpture
121
Illuminated wardrobe
122
Paolo Buffa
123
Venini
Large illuminated mirror, model no. 68
124
Coffee table
125
Ceiling light, model no. 5432
126
Carlo Enrico Rava
Rare pair of console tables
127
Tomaso Buzzi
Tall table lamp, variant of model no. 505
128
Paolo De Poli
Nine bowls
Estimate £6,500 - 8,500 Ω
129
Games table
130
Early ceiling light, model no. 2003
131
Desk accessories: pair of bookends, vide-poche and photo holder
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800 Ω
132
Sold for £41,580
133
Floor lamp, model no. 2020
134
Carlo de Carli
Set of sixteen chairs, model no. 671
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000 Ω
135
Afra and Tobia Scarpa
Desk, from the 'Torcello' series
Sold for £4,410
136
Flavio Poli
137
Ceiling light, model no. 5417
138
Unique pair of bookcases with cabinets
139
Bench, from the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Italy
140
Floor lamp
Sold for £163,800
141
Pair of ceiling lights
142
Set of five chairs
143
Low table
144
Large vase with illustrated letters
145
Rare table lamp, model no. 2463
146
Sofa
147
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
'Rocchettone' side table, model no. T. 44
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 Ω
148
Alessandro Mendini
Rare 'Redesigned Thonet no. 14' chair
149
Dressing table and chair
150
Five wall lights, variant of model no. 1799 A
151
Sold for £51,660
152
Unique slipper chair
153
Unique set of four stools
154
'Formosa' chandelier
155
'Rangoon' totem
156
Osvaldo Borsani
'T1 speciale' side table
Sold for £15,750
