Neal Auction 2012

10 19. Nikolai-Ivanovich Lieberich, (Russian, 1828-1883) , “The Wolf Hunt”, late 19th c., bronze, inscribed “Sculp. Lieberich” on front of self-base and “C.F. Woerffel/fabb./St Petersburg”, foundry marks on left front corner of base and dated “1884” on central mark, edition stamp of “17/100” on right rear corner, height 10 3/4 in., width 15 3/4 in., depth 11 1/2 in. $1200/1800 20. A Russian Bronze of a “Rearing Siberian Grizzly” , early 20th c., after Nikolai Ivanovich Liberich (Russian, 1828-1883), cast signature on front of base, cast inscription and date “1865” in Cyrillic at edge of base, on a black marble plinth, height 24 in. $800/1200 21. Antonio Frilli (Italian, late 19th/early 20th c.) , “Don and Sly”, early 20th c., marble group of two whippets with jeweled collars, inscribed with artist’s signature on top of base, dogs’ names on fascia below base, height 19 1/2 in., width 22 1/2 in., depth 11 in. $2500/3500 22. A Fine Italian Bronze Figure of “The Diana from Gabii” , after the marble discovered in 1792 at Gabii in the Italian Campagna, now in the Louvre, Paris, height 38 in. $2500/3500 Reference: Haskell and Penny, Taste and the Antique , Yale Univ. Press, 1981, fig. 113. 19 20 21 22