Roland Two-Part May Estate Sale
Friday, May 20 @ 10am
150 School Street Glen Cove, NY 11542
www.rolandauctions.com
info@rolandauctions.com
212-260-2000

GLEN COVE, N.Y. — Roland Auctions NY will present a two-part multiple estates auction on Friday and Saturday, May 20-21, at 10 am, featuring a selection of Chinese and Asian art, furniture and decorations, including many lots from the estate of Herbert and Florence Irving, collectors of all things Asian and founders of the Asian wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The two-part auction will focus largely on Asian art and decorative items, antiquities and contemporary art, including Dale Chihuly glass, Peking rugs and contemporary furnishings.

Along with many items from the extensive collection from the Irving estate, Roland is also offering a selection from the collection of Palm Beach socialite June Hirsch Jones, a former upper East side gallery owner who sold high-end postwar art, Chinese art and antiquities.

Highly anticipated items from the Irving estate will include a pair of Kang Hsi period Chinese porcelain famille decorated chargers with original invoice from Royal Phoenix ($6/9,000), a Chinese porcelain three-piece altar set attributed to the Kuang Hsi period, decorated with ping dragons seeking pearls on yellow ground ($4/6,000), a Chinese Ming vase, circa 1400, double gourd form bearing a 1960s Rare Arts label ($2/4,000) and a Chinese cinnabar lacquered bridal box, Qian Long period in peach shape, circa 1736-95.

Also taking the spotlight will be a Dale Chihuly 2003 hand-blown glass sculpture titled “Radiant Persian Pair,” Portland Press, signed by the artist ($5/7,000) and a Sam Francis untitled acrylic on paper, 1979, in shades of deep blue ($15/20,000). Francis (American, 1923-1994) occupies a prominent position in postwar American painting. Although associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement and Clement Greenberg’s Post-Painterly Abstraction, unlike many American painters of the time, he had direct and prolonged exposure to French painting and to Japanese art, which had an individual impact on his work.

Roland will offer a Volterrano Fifteenth Century Flemish fresco of Angel & Child ($6/8,000), along with a Joan Miro “Chemin de Ronde III” framed etching and aquatint, 1966, signed in pencil and numbered 13/50 ($3/5,000).

In other areas, an Edgar Brandt and George Bastard chrome plate vase from the SS Normandie, France, circa 1935, comes with original invoice from James Infante ($3/5,000). A Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 134 pieces is a complete set for 12 with nine pieces per place setting ($2,5/3,500) and an 18K yellow gold and white gold bracelet ($3/5,000) are further highlights.

Previews will be conducted on Thursday and Friday, May 19-20, 10 am to 6 pm.

Lot 214: French Royal Ornamented Wedding BoxChristie’s 11.30.16 Sale, Lot #255A, Marie-Antoinette Collection
Lot 186 Maurice de VLAMINCK Gouache
Lot 394 Black Forest Large Cuckoo Clock
Lot 59 Set of Five Stools Attributed to Wharton Esherick
Lot 69 Pair of Mariani for Pace Lounge Chairs
Lot 276 Pair of Giacometti-Style Iron X-Form Benches
Lot 147: Pair of Louis XVI Wall Lights, After Prieur
Lot 201: Pair of Mirrored Glass Tapering Form Jardinieres
Lot 224: Peter Frankl Style Bamboo 3-Seater Sofa + 2 End Tables
Lot 214: French Royal Ornamented Wedding Box Christie’s 11.30.16 Sale,
Lot #255A, Marie-Antoinette Collection
Lot 223: Peter Frankl Style Bamboo Ottoman and armchair
Lot 217: 4 Bamboo Cane Armchairs

0104 Six Louis Vuitton Hard-Sided Suitcases
0030 Ancient Aegean Cycladic Idol
217 Dale CHIHULY Radiant Persian Pair – Sculpture
0148 Pair of Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze Wall Lights
0526 Sam FRANCIS Untitled – Monotype on Paper
59 Set of Five Stools Attributed to Wharton Esherick

May’s Two-Part Estates Sale at Roland NY features two major consignments from Palm Beach, FL and Old Westbury, NY featuring Fine Antiquities, Chinese Ceramics, Eurpean Decorative Arts, 20th C. American Art and Fine Jewelry, and includes many lots from the Estate of Herbert and Florence Irving, founders of Sysco Foods Corporation, world-renowned collectors of all things Asian, and founders of the Asian Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.