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The Collection of Aso O. Tavitian | New York & Stockbridge | Part II | March 20, 2025

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2025-03-20 10:00:00 2025-03-20 10:00:00 America/New_York STAIR STAIR : The Collection of Aso O. Tavitian | New York & Stockbridge | Part II | March 20, 2025 https://bid.stairgalleries.com/auctions/stair-galleries/the-collection-of-aso-o-tavitian-new-york-stockbridge-part-ii-march-20-2025-17469 STAIR is proud to present a three-day single-owner sale of property from the late Aso O. Tavitian on March 19, 20, and 21. A true connoisseur, Tavitian assembled an extraordinary collection of English furniture, decorative arts, European sculpture, and garden statuary. Each item in the collection was selected with the meticulous eye and refined sensibility that defined Tavitian’s approach to collecting. STAIR internetrequests@stairgalleries.com

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British Lead Sculpture of a Boy with Shield, In the Manner of Henry Cheere

DesignationProperty from the Collection of Aso O. Tavitian - New York & Stockbridge

Lot 356

British Lead Sculpture of a Boy with Shield, In the Manner of Henry Cheere

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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Mounted on limestone plinth.

The figure 32 x 11 x 10 in., 36 x 13 x 13 1/2 in. (overall).

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Oxidation and expected weathered surface throughout, including to the base. Restored in areas. Shield no longer attached. Rust and cracking at the feet. Cracks to the base.

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Sold Christie's, South Kensington, November 26, 2003, lot 432.

Sold Christie's South Kensington, June 19, 2013, Lot 26. Where provenance was almost certainly: From the early 18th century with John Shepherd and his heirs at Campsea Ashe High House, Suffolk.
From about 1880 with the Earls of Guildford, Glemham Hall, Suffolk, subsequently with Lady North at Glemham Hall.
From about 1914 with the Cobbold family at Glemham Hall.
Later with Philip Cobbold at Tattingstone Place, Suffolk, (Thomas White architect, built 1726-40).
From 1947 with the Budd family at Tattingstone Place and from 1966 with the present owner at the same.
Campsea Ashe (see Country Life volume XVIII, p.54) is some five miles from Glemham Hall (see Country Life volume XXVII, p.18), Tattingstone Place is to the south of Ipswich.

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The Collection of Aso O. Tavitian | New York & Stockbridge | Part II | March 20, 2025

British Lead Sculpture of a Boy with Shield, In the Manner of Henry Cheere

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