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May Art & Antiques Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:731
Sale Title:May Art & Antiques AuctionLots with images:129
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:548
Date:22-May-2012
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A large Congo hooked bladed knife, the shaped steel blade with various protrusions and pronounced hooked end, engraved detail, the handle with pronounced tapered cotton reel butt end. Length 75 cm, mounted to black felt backing board.
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Two Congo knives, the broad steel blades of baluster type form with linial banded detail, carved shaped wooden handles. Length 48 cmand 33 cm
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Three similar knives to above.
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Two similar knives to above, copper and brass wire detail to the handles.
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Two Eastern tribal silver pieces, a large silver cuff with applied large oval green stone, (jade) panel, fine wire rope banding; and a silver framed pendant set with two polished fossils above a fossilised shark tooth.
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Two Solomon Islands combs, the smaller of palmwood with body and finial decorated with extremely fine woven coloured grass work; the other larger and with multiple tines held by fine weaving embellished with bead work. Largest 31.5 cm
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A large whalebone Tangi tiki carved by David Tuart, traditionally represented with chin to left shoulder, paua disc inset eyes, hands to sides and toes touching, semi-polished finish. 7 x 1.8 x 13 cm
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A large whalebone pekapeka carved by David Tuart, the two stylised figures, back to back with polished paua disc inset eyes, semi-polished finish. 16 x .9 x 9.5 cm
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A Maori carved patu onewa (stone hand club) of good proportions, traditional form with spatulate tapered blade, reduced grip, the butt end with four concave curved bands, hour-glass suspension hole, matt polished finish. Length 35.7 cm Not registered.
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A mid/late 20th century Maori greenstone mere, the broad flat spatulate blade reducing at the grip, four ridges to the butt, the suspension hole with rounded edges, dark green flecks highlight the mid flecked green nephrite. Not registered. Length 42.2 cm, maximum width of blade 12.6 cm
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A Maori carved whalebone patu, the small curved spatulate blade reducing at the grip, the domed butt end with six tapering concave bands, hour-glass suspension hole. Length 32.8 cm Not registered.
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A good mid/late 20th century Maori carved whalebone wahaika, with traditional notch to one side of blade (to catch an opponent’s weapon, traditional stylised figure to the other side, stylised carved head in profile to the butt, set with paua shell eye, tapered lashing hole, good patina and polish, finely detailed. Length 34 cm Not registered.
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A 20th century carved stone Maori Chatham Islands hand club of distinctive sickle form, the wide curved blade tapering to a ridge on either side, the handle with butt of stylised bird head form, the banded stone with dark inclusions through to mid/pale green colourway with pale orange highlights, matt polished finish. Length 34.5 cm Not registered.
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A Maori greenstone hei tiki, mid/dark grey/green colourway, chin to right shoulder, hands to abdomen, protruding tongue, the concealed tapered suspension hole with fine flax lashing. Length 8 cm
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A carved kauri gum head of a Maori woman, her face detailed with chin moko, she wears a flax cloak across her shoulder. Height 10 cm
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A Maori stone patu, the long traditionally tapered spatulate blade narrowing to the triple ring butt end, the lashing hole with counter sunk detail, chip to blade edge, good dark colourway. Length 41.5 cm, not registered.
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A block of Tangiwai nephrite, the slab with cut and polished faces, the walls still with natural rind, an old label affixed; ‘Tangiwai (tears-in-water) Greenstone’. 20 x 13.5 x 7.5 cm
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A good John Edgar stone and copper disc (Coin of the Realm), the black matt polished circular disc with central hole, copper edging and inlaid with three fine bands, the rim dated 1987 and numbered 36.6 cm, complete in ebonised turned wood box. Diameter of disc 10.5 cm
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A John Edgar altered stone, greywacke, with central large copper full width disc. 11.4 x 8.5 x 3.4 cm
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A John Edgar greenstone nephrite pendant of long shaped rectangular form, rounded square suspension hole, the other curved end tapering and of bladed form. Length 12.2 cm, complete with cord.
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An Alan Brown (Wanganui) greenstone (nephrite) small arrow form sculpture, feathered end, tapered mildly curved shaft, the mid green stone semi-translucent and with dark flecks, mounted on fitted stand. Length 17.8 cm
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Kobi Bosshard modernist silver ring, the square cube form top with a cut-away corner and fine linial engraved decoration. Note: Kobi Bosshard is the second Objectspace ‘Master of Craft’ to be selected, the exhibition begins September 2012 with a publication and will tour nationally 2012-2015.
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A Stephen Myhre turtle shell neck piece, circular disc form, central hole, finely carved and pierced curving V sections, neck cord attached, carved artist’s mark to reverse. Diameter 11 cm
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A Stephen Myhre mother-of-pearl (Pacific shell) neck piece of curved graduated multiple whale’s tail form, finely carved and smoothly polished, complete with neck cord. Length 16 cm
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A Stephen Myhre mother-of-pearl (Pacific shell) neck piece, circular convex disc form with central hole, concentric curved V polished and carved forms to the front. Diameter 10 cm, maker’s mark to reverse, complete with plaited neck cord.
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A good Luke Adams Pottery game jug, traditional baluster form with hanging game and greyhound form handle, pale buff glaze. Height 24 cm
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A good Luke Adams game jug, as above with hanging game in relief, dark chocolate brown glaze. Height 23.5 cm
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An early 20th century as new, boxed set of Luke Adams 'Kiddibricks', the box lithographically printed containing a full set of red, brown and a few pale coloured miniature bricks and a printed card chimney. The box 14.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm
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Three early New Zealand small pottery pieces, includes a green glazed Luke Adams mug, spherical brown glazed trumpet vase and a rectangular form flower frog, brown glaze.
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An early Doreen Blumhardt tall vase, ovoid form, variable dark glaze, dominant black/dark brown with mottled matt dark grey/green sections, impressed potter’s mark to base and original exhibition paper label with price £8-8-0. Height 38 cm
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A Doreen Blumhardt 1970s squat circular vase, the wide tapered body with a flat shoulder to the narrow tall neck. the shoulder with brushed blue/grey glaze scroll decoration, the grey glaze with green and iron spotting, impressed potter’s mark. Height 23 cm, diameter 24.5 cm
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A Barry Ball stoneware flagon, of tall mallet bodied form with a ring neck and small loop handles at the shoulder, impressed with artist’s cypher. Height 39.5 cm
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Ted Kindleysides sculpted figured tower form, the four spindly figures applied to the top cylindrical section above two further shaped cylindrical sections, earth toned blue and brown glaze, original Dunham Gallery label to interior base. Height 29.5 cm
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Andrew Van der Putten large coloured vase, the ovoid terracotta body with painted and glazed decoration with snake and ladder forms, unglazed towards the tapered base, impressed potter’s mark to base rim, small chips to interior top rim. Height 38.5 cm
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Jim Greig pottery plaque, oval form, mildly incised concentric ring design with conforming glaze effects with chun highlights over the rust red and dark tenmoku ground, incised potter’s marks to reverse. 13 x 17 cm
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Three Studio Pottery bowls, includes a pair by Juliet Peter, wax resist decoration, initials to base of each and a larger St. Ives bowl with pale green/grey glaze to the interior.
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Three Peter Stichbury large mugs, variously glazed, each with loop handle with thumb piece. Tallest 13.5 cm
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A Len Castle shino glazed pottery bottle form vase, squat semi-double gourd form, rich burnt orange glaze, tapered narrow neck, dominant potter’s mark to shoulder. Height 10 cm, diameter 9.5 cm
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A 1970’s Len Castle studio pottery vase, the ovoid ribbed body with four vertical linial impressions, the narrow waisted neck supporting the bulbous top, variable partial dark blue/brown and pale glaze effects with the stoneware body showing through. Large impressed potter’s monogram, circa 1970. Height 27.3 cm
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A large Briar Gardner wall pocket vase glazed in emerald green, black and lemon yellow, oblong fluted shape, incised signature to back, hair crack by suspension hole. Height 27 cm
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A Briar Gardner vase, circular with broad flaring mouth, blue mottled glaze, small rim chip; along with a small Briar Gardner posy vase of squat circular shape with powder blue and lemon yellow glaze. Vase height 15 cm
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A Briar Gardner small dish with pale yellow glaze splashed with maroon, incised signature under base; along with a squat circular posy vase glazed with maroon, blue and white. Dish diameter 11 cm
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Two Briar Gardner jugs, one with a pale blue glaze, the other with a celadon glaze, handle repaired. Signatures and dates to base of each. Tallest 19.5 cm
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A Briar Gardner squat circular vase, drab olive glazed, incised signature and date 10/3/31 under the base. Diameter 15 cm
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Two Briar Gardner vases, one baluster shape with a broad flaring mouth, pale blue mottled glazes, the other similarly glazed of squat circular shape, each with incised signature under the base, hairline to rim of tallest. Height 13 cm
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Two Briar Gardner trough vases, the longest with mottled purple glaze, the other with a light turquoise glaze, both with incised signature under base. Longest 28 cm
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Two Briar Gardner vases, each baluster shape with flaring mouth, the larger with emerald green mottled glaze and with signature and date 20/12/37 under the base, the other with green and lemon/yellow glaze. Tallest 11 cm
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A Briar Gardner small ovoid vase with flaring mouth, lime green glaze, incised under the base with signature and N.Z. Centennial 1939-40, small frits at rim. Height 9.5 cm
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A small Briar Gardner pot, ovoid shape with unusual Kowhaiwhai incised decoration as an encircling frieze, incised initials and date 5/5/39 under the base. Height 5.5 cm
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Two small Briar Gardner pots; a squat circular small vase with purple glaze, incised signature under base; along with a squat circular pot with yellow ochre glaze, incised signature and date under base. Each diameter 7.5 cm
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John Crichton bird painted ply panel, the six stylised birds in tones of orange/pink, green, blue, etc. with black highlights on naturally grained plywood panel, preliminary stylised paintings on reverse. 86.5 x 46 cm Provenance: formerly from the collection of Douglas Lloyd Jenkins.
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A New Zealand ‘Industrial Exhibition 1895’ colonial pottery vase of baluster form with mottled majolica glaze in green and brown on pale ground, incised to the base ‘Industrial Exhibition 1895’. Height 9.5 cm
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A New Zealand woods miniature cabinet with two doors decorated with shield shaped panels which open to reveal two half width drawers over three of full width, china knobs, top and two sides in burr totara, the doors and plinth base, kauri and rimu with the shields also in figured kauri, the drawer fronts of various native timbers including rewarewa. 30 x 35 x 35 cm
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A collection of seven New Zealand colonial salt glazed garden edging tiles, includes 5 ‘N.Z. Brick Co. New Lynn’ each with two relief circular flowerhead forms to the top and a pair stamped ‘Carder Bros. Ponsonby, Auckland’ with stylised flowerhead forms to the top, some chipping.
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A cased set of silver plated souvenir spoons with Auckland Coat of Arms finials and bowls enamelled with portraits of a Maori chief.
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A dark stained, carved kauri comport decorated with a Maori design around the bowl, including weku heads, raised on a figurative carved stem and with paua shell inlays. Height 21 cm
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A New Zealand pottery trough vase by Molle, the walls of mottled blue and green applied with a bunch of toadstools to one corner. Incised signature under the base. 27.5 x 12 cm
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A New Zealand policeman’s white helmet.
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A taxidermy kea, the bird perches upon a branch, wings elevated, it peers inquisitively downwards. Height (excluding wall mount) 40 cm
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A cased full taxidermied Pukeko, a museum example with affixed tagged no. 9 at the foot of the mount. Case 56 x 29 x 55 cm
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A ‘New Zealand Olympic Games 1948’ printed silk ribbon signed by the entire eight member squad of the 1948 team, includes John ‘Dutch’ Holland (hurdler), Ngaire Lane (swimming), Nick Carter (cycling), etc. Includes a list of team members. 23.8 x 5.2 cm
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An 1888 1st Edition book ‘The Native Flowers Of New Zealand’ by Mrs Charles Hetley, includes 36 chromolithographic named plates, some foxing, the plates overall clean, together with a copy of a letter from Her Majesty Queen Victoria expressing her thanks, dated 1888. Published in London by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington (Ltd). 37.5 x 28 cm
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A vintage Feltex rug entitled ‘Mt Egmont, N.Z.’. 139 x 69 cm
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A Jane Brenkley storage box, the exterior deeply and profusely carved with roses and leaves, painted in yellow, red and green, carving to the edges, the interior with traditional wallpaper and Christmas card lining with painted scene and verse, signed and dated 1958. 62 x 29 x 27 cm
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A bronze ship's bell from 'The Maori', 1868, with cast iron hanger. 'The Maori' was a Union Steamship Company passenger ship built in 1868 and was used by the Company until 1902, the vessel sank at her moorings at Saluafata, Samoa in 1913. The vessel was employed in the coastal trade making monthly trips out of Dunedin calling at various ports around the South Island. Diameter 30 cm, height of bell 24 cm
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Three Boer War items; a long silk burgundy ribbon with gilt printed detail ‘General Hildyard’s Division Relief of Ladysmith’. Buller. February 28th 1900. White Queen’s Regiment’, some distress; along with a tin, and a silvered brooch of fern leaf form, central enamel panel ‘South African. War’. The lid embossed with central plaque of Queen Victoria on red ground with Vr cypher and South Africa 1900’ and signatures, blue border.
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Three vintage Trentham Camp photographs and an original inscribed military document, the document on printed paper hand inscribed in pencil stating ‘Plenty of German Prisoners taken by Aussies/51st Division, 2/3 of Way to Objective N.Z. Rgt. Bde reached objective ........’, 14 x 22 cm, the photos taken from a raised position showing the entire camp, one entitled ‘Trentham Camp June 1915 Kia Ora’, approx. 11 x 17 cmea.
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A selection of photographs, some military, U.S. Marine Corps letter, book, etc., includes photographs of New Zealand family shots, ‘Maori Boys Whakarewarewa, Rotorua’, etc., U.S. Marine Corps letter pertaining to the Pacific, a leave pass for J. Johnson ‘C’ Coy. Ist Bn. N.Ak Regt. 1942 and a book Rmt by Jim Henderson 1954, etc.
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A good military badge collection and World War II medals awarded to Reece Vaughn Davies, Gunner No. 47905, 7th Anti Tank Regiment N.Z. Artillery, medals include service pair, The Defence Medal, Africa Star, Italy Star and 1939-1945 Star along with an old leather belt mounted with a collection of 27 military badges and one loose, includes scarce N.Z. badges, Machine Gun Corp., N.Z. Mounted Rifles with winged pegasus, Machine Gun ‘Specialists’ badge, etc., World War I and World War II. Complete with details…
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A Chinese carved jadeite pendant, carved as two peaches with scrolling branch and leaf forms, pale grey colourway with green highlights. Length 4.5 cm
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A vibrant green jade ring and amber bracelet, the ring entirely of jade with dome form top, the bracelet of small barrel form translucent beads.
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A Chinese carved jade pendant, pale green colourway, the centre with a complicated entwined knot design framed by dragons, butterfly to the base. 6.5 x 4.5 cm
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A Chinese pale alabaster stone chop, square section column form surmounted with a recumbent dragon, the foot unengraved. Height 10 cm
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A Chinese carved jade toggle, floral petal design, the reverse as a plain butterfly. 3 x 4.5 cm
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A small Chinese pale jade carving of a recumbent buffalo, pierced with a vertical suspension hole. Length 4.8 cm
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A Chinese green stone handling piece carved as a recumbent Buddha, his open robe showing his corpulent belly. Length 6.5 cm
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A caramel coloured Chinese hardstone toggle of domed form, carved with animals and fruiting plants, four small attachment holes to the flat base. Height 5.4 cm
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A Chinese carved horn toggle formed as the head of a roaring lion, it’s mane shown as a scrolling collar, it’s foreshortened body terminating in a tail which forms a small suspension lug. Length 4.5 cm
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A Chinese jade belt buckle of curved ribbed form carved with a phoenix head, of variable colour. Length 8.2 cm
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A Chinese carved jade pendant of a happy Buddha, pale colour with a vibrant green inclusion.
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A Chinese bi disc, of orange-brown stone, carved to the upper surface with five mythical beasts including a chi dragon, a tortoise and others issuing from a tumult of cresting waves surrounding a small central hole; the reverse entirely finished with a pattern of dimpled surface carving. Slight remnants of ochre pigment remain on the upper surface and rim. Diameter 14 cm.
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A Chinese jade carving depicting a stylised mythical bird, its wings and feathers finely detailed with surface carving, the head moulded with a curved beak and conforming curving comb. Length 22 cm
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A Chinese jade seal tablet, of square shape with domed upper surface surmounted by a chi dragon issuing from waves, the walls engraved with a square scroll frieze, with four archaic characters underneath. 6 x 6 x 4 cm
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A single strand of 23 Chinese red coral beads of natural branch sections.
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A Chinese red coral carved handling piece as a recumbent fu dog, carved using the natural form. Length 5.5 cm
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Two mammoth ivory carved items and two others; the mammoth tooth carving of an elderly Chinese gent kneeling and wrapped in a blanket, an engraved mammoth ivory pendant of heart form, a meerschaum pipe, amber tipped and a hardstone pendant as a bamboo section surmounted with a monkey.
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A Chinese silver, jade, enamelled and jewelled lidded container, the circular cylindrical silver body as four pairs of doors, jade ring to base and top, the pagoda form lid with knop finial, enamelled highlights and jewelled with semi-precious stones. The base engraved ‘Silver, Made in China’. Height 14 cm, diameter 7.5 cm
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A good Chinese carved ivory puzzle ball on stand, the traditional ball of multiple concentric layers, the outer with dragons amongst clouds chasing mystic pearl, the interior layers with star and other pierced carvings, some damage, the stand with cup holder on turned pedestal with central carved section, the circular spreading base with conforming dragon carving. Diameter of ball 7.5 cm, height on stand 18.5 cm
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A Chinese carved ivory chess set with emperor and empress as king and queen, etc., one side natural, the other stained red, two pieces with minor damage, housed in an early 20th century oak case with glazed door and mirrored interior.
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A Chinese carved pale jade libation cup, formed as a mythical beast with a flared standing cup form to its back and a lizard form handle, the pale green tone with rust red highlights and staining. Height 18 cm
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A Chinese Hotan (He tian) carved jade pendant, oval form, carved with crab, coin and floral detail, pale toned. 3 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm With certificate issued by ‘Kantong Institute of Geological Sciences Gem Testing’.
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A set of four Chinese chicken blood stone chops, rectangular form and square crossed section, variously rounded tops, unengraved bases, striking red coloured inclusions to the semi-translucent grey matrix. Each approx. 2 x 2 x 7 cm Complete with ‘Gem Identification Identification certificate’ from ‘Chandong Provincial Gold & Gem Testing Centre (Sdgg)’.
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A Chinese Hotan (He tian) jade talisman camel carved sculpture, the camel with contorted neck reversed viewing its hump, a small mythical beast climbs its neck, pale toned with dark inclusions to the front, dark staining to the fine carved detail. 22 x 7 x 11.5 cm Two ‘Certificates of Authenticity, National, Gold & Diamond Testing Centre’ and ‘Jinan Supervising and Inspections Centre......Weight 2400gms.
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A Chinese porcelain ‘moon flask’ vase, decorated in polychrome enamels with panels of exotic birds on blossom boughs, framed by a yellow ground painted with florals and scrolls, salamanders modelled to the shoulders, red Qianlong seal mark to base. Height 38 cm
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A small Chinese crackle glaze bowl, the pale celadon glaze with distinctive dark crackle effect, inverted rim. Height 5 cm, diameter 7.5 cm
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A Chinese fine celadon glazed porcelain vase, baluster form, incised scrolling underglaze decoration, stiff leaf design to the neck, six underglaze blue character mark to base. Height 12.5 cm
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A Chinese porcelain footed bowl, the pale blue celadon type glaze with polychrome enamel decoration of a floral and leaf spray, raised on slightly tapererd foot ring. Diameter 15.7 cm
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A Chinese celadon crackle glazed small shallow bowl, of circular form raised on three shaped feet, underglaze blue Qianlong mark to base. Diameter 10 cm
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An old Chinese famille rose porcelain circular plate, painted with a scene of warriors on horseback. Diameter 24.5 cm. Rare character mark on base.
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A large Chinese famille rose baluster temple vase and cover, richly enamelled and gilded with scenes of figures, flowers, fish and birds, etc. The cover with kylin finial, on an ornate hardwood stand. Height overall 112 cm
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