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A lot of 3 internal doors with Moorish arch motif
ESTIMATE
PHP 40,000 - 45,000
c. 1880s
Santa, Ilocos Sur
Ipil wood, balayong wood, iron hardware
[1] 175.5 X 72 X 3 CM (69 X 28 1/2 X 1 1/4 IN)
[2,3] 179 X 88.5 X 3 CM (70 1/2 X 35 X 1 1/4 IN)
Lot 210 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
An 8-seater dining table with framed 3-piece top, gadrooned knees and faceted legs
ESTIMATE
PHP 90,000 - 100,000
3rd quarter, 19th century
Batangas
Balayong wood, narra wood
84.5 x 187.5 x 92 cm (33 1/4 x 74 x 36 1/4 in)
Lot 209 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A Bohol Chippendale style birdcage occasional table
ESTIMATE
PHP 80,000 - 85,000
c. 1880s
Bohol
Molave wood
80.5 x 92 cm (31 3/4 x 36 1/4 in)
This table alludes to the form of elegant English Georgian tables popularized by Thomas Chippendale, but with a distinctly Bohol provincial charm and artistic taste. The one-piece circular top is supported by a central pedestal of a beautifully hand-turned globular vase on a cylinder whose base perfectly touches the floor, resting on three low-lying, burly yet graceful musculature of arms that terminate in feet of articulated ball and hand, which is quite unusual. The birdcage mechanism beneath the top once allowed it to tilt or rotate freely.
Lot 212 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A masterful Ilocos comoda de poste
ESTIMATE
PHP 100,000 - 120,000
Late 19th century
Santa, Ilocos Sur
Narra wood, kamagong wood, porcelain and brass mounts
120.5 x 125 x 56.5 cm (47 1/2 x 49 1/4 x 2 1/4 in)
Ilocos comoda is one of the most popular and easily recognizable comoda types that can be seen all over the country, due largely to its beautiful, timeless design, and partly due to a zealous hype during the 1970s. While it generally conforms to the classic Ilocos comoda diagnostics, several features that set this example apart from the customary are: the use of mixed honey-colored narra wood and the more expensive dark kamagong wood creates a mesmerizing two-tone effect; there is a ‘secret’ drawer embedded in the cornice-like molded top with a working key; and the masterly turned posts that frame the Gothic arch-centered doors feature hand-carved rings, spools, deep spirals, and balls that continue downwards to become feet. Classic design executed with superb quality.
Lot 213 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A fine Ah Tay Late Rococo style console table
ESTIMATE
PHP 50,000 - 55,000
Late 19th century
Manila
Narra wood
79.5 x 103 x 44 (31 1/4 x 40 1/2 x 17 1/4 in)
Placed against a wall, console tables used to be among the most lavishly decorated pieces of furniture. Excellent craftsmanship, elegant design, slender members, and exceptionally fine details point its origin to the talleres of Binondo-based Chinese master furniture maker, Ah Tay. The elaborate lower components of the table echo the graceful serpentine shape, molded edge, and turreted corners of the top. The frieze drawer is carved with a basketweave pattern of diagonal openwork plaiting, centering a scrolled cartouche pull. There is an abundance of crisp and fine carvings of flowers, foliates, C- and S-scrolls on the apron, knees and x-stretcher centering a superbly carved bulbous urn finial, an Ah Tay trademark. The curvaceous legs with carved beading along the edges end in whorl feet. This elegant table is enriched by the distinct interlocking grain and honey-colored luster of narra wood.
Lot 211 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
An 8-seater dining table with waisted top and stout turned legs and stretchers
ESTIMATE
PHP 80,000 - 85,000
1st quarter, 20th century
Bulacan
Narra wood
79 x 171 x 80 cm (31 x 67 1/4 x 31 1/2 in)
Lot 208 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A Bohol primitive chair with splayed arms and slider feet
ESTIMATE
PHP 30,000 - 35,000
19th century
Bohol
Narra wood
93 x 61 x 65.5 cm (35 3/4 x 24 x 25 3/4 in)
Lot 206 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A Louis XV style rocking chair with calado carved crest and unique notched, undulating arms
ESTIMATE
PHP 30,000 - 35,000
c. 1900s
Bohol
Narra wood
109 x 60.5 x 101.5 cm (43 x 23 3/4 x 40 in)
Lot 204 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A long gallinera with protracted carved foliates, flowers and arches, and a geometric slat enclosure
ESTIMATE
PHP 180,000 - 220,000
Last quarter, 19th century
Bohol
Molave wood
94.5 x 231 x 64 cm (37 x 90 1/4 x 24 in)
Provenance:
From the collection of Edgar Aquino, fashion designer and antique dealer
Lot 207 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A provincial tenon-jointed bishop chair with shapely splats and turned legs
ESTIMATE
PHP 24,000 - 30,000
3rd quarter, 19th century
Bohol
Lightwood
106 x 59 x 57.5 cm (41 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 22 3/4 in)
Lot 205 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A ‘Kingke’ hanging lamp with sarimanok / phoenix motif bracket
ESTIMATE
PHP 30,000 - 33,000
c. early 1900s
Imported
Pressed milk glass, clear glass, brass
57 x 31.5 cm (22 1/2 x 12 1/2 in)
Lot 193 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A pair of Art Nouveau style plant pedestals
ESTIMATE
PHP 20,000 - 22,000
Vintage
Manila
Narra wood
124.5 x 48 x 30.5 cm (49 x 19 x 12 in) each
Lot 201 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A comoda with Romanesque arch and appliqued spandrels on doors on bracket feet
ESTIMATE
PHP 40,000 - 45,000
c. 1880s
Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Narra wood
121 x 105 x 52 cm (47 1/2 x 41 1/4 x 20 1/2 in)
Provenance:
Descended from the family of Jose Villanueva Sr., 6th governor of Ilocos Sur
Lot 202 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A ‘Kingke’ hanging lamp
ESTIMATE
PHP 30,000 - 33,000
c. early 1900s
Imported
Pressed milk glass, clear glass, steel, brass
50.5 x 26 cm (20 x 10 1/4 in)
Lot 194 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
A rare Batangas primitive settee on trestle slider feet
ESTIMATE
PHP 24,000 - 30,000
Last quarter, 19th century
Batangas
Ipil wood, molave wood
84.5 x 100 x 50 cm (33 1/4 x 39 1/2 x 19 3/4 in)
Lot 203 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
OSMUNDO ESGUERRA (1940 - 2017)
A burlwood cone-shaped bowl
ESTIMATE
PHP 12,000 - 14,000
c. 1980s
Manila
Burlwood
14 x 26 cm (5 1/2 x 10 1/4 in)
Provenance:
From the private collection of Johnny Ramirez, renowned interior designer and architect
Lot 191 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
NORMA BELLEZA (B. 1939)
Huling Hapunan (Diptych)
ESTIMATE
PHP 260,000 - 350,000
Signed and dated '86' (1986, upper right)
Oil on wood
43 x 25.5 (17 x 10 in) each
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist
Lot 85 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
OSMUNDO ESGUERRA (1940 - 2017)
A kamagong basin
ESTIMATE
PHP 8,000 - 10,000
c. 1980s
Manila
Kamagong
12 x 31 cm (4 3/4 x 12 1/4 in)\
Provenance:
From the private collection of Johnny Ramirez, renowned interior designer and architect
Lot 192 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
An Art Nouveau desktop letter cabinet with concealed flip-up door and stationery shelves
ESTIMATE
PHP 20,000 - 22,000
c. 1920s
Quezon
Narra wood, brass mount
45 x 53 34.5 cm (17 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 13 1/2 in)
Provenance:
From the descendants of the Bustamante-Bauza family of Candelaria, Quezon
Lot 190 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
