Ethnographic items important part of Jenack auction Jan. 27

The auction will open with items from our ethnographic portion with items from several African cultures, Inuit, Aboriginal, New Guinea and others. Lots of interest are a Cameroon/Grass Lands bronze ceremonial sword and scabbard, estimate $500-800; Mambila, Cameroon carved and painted initiation mask with stand, estimate $200-300; Yoruba beaded throne chair, estimate $300-500; Asmat carved and painted shield, estimate $200-300; Makonde carved hardwood portable chair, estimate $300-500; Kuba culture Congo carved grain grinding vessel, estimate $200-300; vintage Sepik River (New Guinea) turtle shell, shell inlaid polychromed mask, estimate $160-250; vintage Warega carved wood mask, estimate $200-300, along with many others.

Artwork will include a large canvas by Chinese-American artist Zhang Hong Nian. The canvas measures 40 by 70 inches and depicts Union Square Park in New York City with people enjoying the area, estimate $8,000-12,000; abstract pastel by Woodstock, N.Y., artist Charles Rosen, signed and dated 1948, estimate $300-500; a coastal landscape by George Luks, estimate $1,000-1,500; an oil on canvas, zinnias, by Ellen Robbins, estimate $600-800; oil on canvas, Catskill landscape by John Edward Costigan, estimate $2,000-3,000; and an oil on canvas, Le Lapin Agile Paris by Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell, estimate $800-1,200.

Furniture will include a mix of period and revival pieces from the early 20th century including Pennsylvania pine Chippendale-style cupboard, estimate $600-900; country pine corner cupboard, estimate $500-800; country Hepplewhite hunt-console table in red wash, estimate $200-300; Elizabethan-style carved oak sideboard, estimate $160-250; Arts & Crafts-style Howard Miller tall-case clock; Victorian carved walnut marble-top stand, estimate $200-300; Renaissance Revival-style carved oak court cupboard, estimate $300-500.

As with most of Jenack’s sales there will be Chinese porcelain and artwork, Oriental carpets, bronzes and decorative accessories.

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