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Asian Art/Modern Design/Studio Ceramics/Decorative Arts/New Zealand Artefacts — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:576
Sale Title:Asian Art/Modern Design/Studio Ceramics/Decorative Arts/New Zealand ArtefactsLots with images:478
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:388
Date:5-Mar-2014
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Group of six Chinese wood stands. Height 7.5 cm
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Paper mache box and cover, probably from Northern china. Diameter 28.5 cm
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Large Chinese archaistic style bronze hu vase. Height 34.5 cm
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Large Chinese archaistic style gilt bronze hu vase. Height 39 cm
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Large Chinese polished bronze bowl. Diameter 60 cm
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Indonesian bronze Garuda bird oil lamp. Height 19 cm
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Tibetan brass and copper vase, inlaid with semi-precious stones. Height 23 cm
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Tibetan copper temple trumpet, extendable tube form. Height 91 cm max
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Samanid pottery bowl, Central Asia, 10th century, painted with a sphinx. Diameter 23 cm
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Large Samanid calligraphic bowl, Central Asia, 10th century, of conical shape, painted with kufic inscription around the rim, a stylised bird to the centre. Diameter 31 cm
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Indo-Persian spear with Damascus blade. Height 154 cm overall
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Cairoware box with hinged cover, inlaid in silver and copper with calligraphic panels, together with an Islamic brass water vessel, the box,. Width 15.5 cm
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Islamic brass ink and pen holder. Length 21.5 cm
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Islamic paper mache sliding box. Length 20.5 cm
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Persian hand gilted brass tray, together with four oil lamps. Width 36 cm
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Islamic bronze vase. Width 21.5 cm
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Islamic glass vase with gilt decoration. Height 12.5 cm
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Small Persian brass flask. Height 14.5 cm
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Small Islamic glazed pottery vase, together with a brass jug. Height 16 cm
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Bulova Accutron, rare Space view watch 1975, cushion case chapter ring, space view 7396 with integrated 14Kt gold bracelet, in good working condition, complete with original box
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Omega Seamaster Professional mid-size quartz, model 2561.80, domed anti-reflective, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. Inner and outer boxes, no papers, movement: Caliber: Omega 1538
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Omega Constellation double eagle, Co-axial Chronometer Cal. 2500, domed anti-reflective, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, boxes and all papers., 3.8 cm without Crown
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Bvlgari Ergon, automatic EG40s, black leather strap with deployment buckle, all boxes and papers, 4 cm without Crown
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Raymond Weil Freelalancer, model 2720 Swiss automatic, Exhibition sapphire crystal caseback, Current model, no box or papers, 4.2 cm without Crown
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Zenith Defy classic, Famed in-house Elite 680sC automatic movement, Exhibition sapphire crystal caseback, 3.8 cm without Crown
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A 1920s paua shell fishing lure
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A Maori whale bone pendant, 19th century, pierced for suspension
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A Maori whale bone pendant, 19th century, carved with an incipient wheku head. Pierced for suspension.
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A pounamu kuru pendant, with attached albatross bone toggle
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A whale bone Aurei, (cloak pin)
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A fine kahu huruhuru, 19th century, the kahu huruhuru cloak was introduced in the second half of the 19th century and was typically decorated with the feathers of high status bird species. This fine example dating from 1880 is muka backed and is woven with predominant orange and brown kaka feathers together with kiwi, white kereru and tui feathers, 104 x 140 cm
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A large and impressive greywacke toki, minor chips to blade edge. Width 32 cm
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Patu paraoa, early whale bone hand club with a broad flared blade tapering to the handle section, faint inscription to the blade section. Provenance: This patu came into the possession of the current owner's family from Fiji in the 19th century.
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A muka Korowai, stained and showing considerable wear
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Pounamu hei-tiki, early 20th century. Length 6 cm
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Charlie Wilson, pounamu hei-tiki, anthropomorphic cross between a hei-tiki and hei matau with two manaia heads on a wide tiki body. Based on rare hei-tiki example held in the British Museum collection. Length 65 cm
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Mike Higgs, pounamu hei-tiki, with cut paua shell eyes. Length 8 cm
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Bone hei tiki and jade fish hook pendant
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Pounamu tiki brooch, together with six historical bowling club brooches decorated with Maori motifs in gilt brass and enamel
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Collection of ninety New Zealand gilt brass and enamel bowling cub brooches
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A pair of vintage New Zealand Insurance Company cast aluminium emblems, each modelled as a kiwi holding a key in his beak, one painted black the other painted white, 60 x 47 cm
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A New Zealand folk art kauri sculpture, entitled Euphrosyne by R. Saxby. Width 30 cm
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A pair of sterling silver spoons, by Trevor Dick, each inlaid with paua and surmounted by a tiki finial
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A group of eight New Zealand apple labels, ex Nelson circa 1950, archivally framed, 104 x 70 cm
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A pair of framed rare 1940 New Zealand Centennial Exhibition scarves, hand painted with a day view and a night view of the Centennial tower, 34 x 41 cm
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New Zealand 1970s hand painted gourd
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Kaiapoi 'Huia' wool travel rug
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A New Zealand sovereign Ware table lamp
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A collection of seven pieces of New Zealand sovereign Ware
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New Zealand Auckland British Empire Games February 1950 hand painted poster, 76 x 51 cm
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A fine Solomon Islands comb, 19th century, the handle section with intricate yellow and red grass work, the twenty three palmwood teeth held with fine rattan binding, in superb original condition with no losses. Length 18 cm
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A fine Solomon Islands comb, 19th century, the handle section with intricate yellow and red grass work, the twenty two palmwood teeth held with fine rattan binding, in good overall condition with minor losses to two of the teeth. Length 19 cm
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A Solomon Islands comb, the handle section inlaid with abalone shell with fifteen palmwood teeth. Length 23 cm
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A Solomon Islands comb, the handle section inlaid with abalone shell with seventeen palmwood teeth. Length 23 cm
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Small Tokelau Island tackle box
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Two Pitcairn Island carved wooden flying fish
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A rare 1920s Santa Catalina Solomon island spider web fishing lure, on a spool line together with another web lure and a dried preserved needlefish head, the spider web is suspended on a line from a kite above the water, the web appears to the fish as an insect on the surface of the water, the web catches in the sharp teeth of the fish and the fish is then caught without the use of a hook. Provenance: collected in the Solomon Islands in the 1920s
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A Solomon Islands bone fish hook, carved with an incipient face, together with a small abalone shell hook
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A polished whale's tooth, together with another whale's tooth. Lengths 16 cm and 17 cm
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Two whale's teeth
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A Samoan Siapo Mamanu tapa (bark) cloth, decorated with geometric patterns. Framed, 17.5 x 120 cm
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Briar Gardener vase, with mottled green and yellow glaze, signed to the base. Height 22 cm
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Briar Gardener vase, with mottled blue glaze. Height 11 cm
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Briar Gardener, miniature vase, with green glaze and incised koru design. Height 7 cm
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Briar Gardener, vase, with mottled green glaze. Height 15 cm
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Briar Gardener, vase, mottled blue and green glaze. Height 14 cm
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Briar Gardener, vase, pale green glaze. Height 16 cm
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Briar Gardener, vase, pale green glaze with an unusual basket weave design. Height 12 cm
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Briar Gardener, vase, pale green/yellow vase with incised bands to the base. Height 16 cm
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Briar Gardener, vase, with mottled blue/green glaze. Height 200
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Briar Gardener, vase, with pale green glaze, 16 cm
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Briar Gardener, jug and two vases
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Briar Gardener, two small vases
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Briar Gardener, jug, with yellow/green glaze. Diameter 14 cm
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Briar Gardener, two vases, with green glaze
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Briar Gardener, vase, with mottled pink and blue glaze. Height 12 cm
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Briar Gardener, two vases, [one unmarked]
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Briar Gardener, vase, together with a small dish
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Briar Gardener, vase, together with another vase
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Briar Gardener, three vases, one faulted
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Briar Gardener, large trough vase, with mottled yellow and green glaze. Width 36 cm
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Jova Rancich ([attributed), squat ovoid vase, with three handles and mottled blue green glaze. Height 100 mm
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Olive Jones, green glazed vase, blue glazed vase and a salt shaker
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Olive jones, red glazed jug, [hairline crack] together with a green glaze vase
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Olive Jones, jug, with unusual left side handle. Height 12 cm
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Olive Jones, jug, with painted decoration together with a mottled green glaze vase
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Elizabeth Lissaman, three stoneware jugs
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Elizabeth Lissaman, small circular dish, with an impressed leaf design. Diameter 13 cm
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Elizabeth Lissaman, small bowl, together with a small dish decorated with a fish and another dish with hand painted koru inspired design
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Milton majolica wall pocket, 21 x 21 cm
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An early NZ stoneware salt glazed garden seat, naturalistically modelled in the form a tree stump with branch arms and seat back. Faulted. Height 84 cm
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A rare Thomas Lovatt Koha offering vessel, brown glazed earthenware modelled with the head and feet of a Maori boy in high relief. Factory marks to base and inscribed in Maori Te Umu Koha. 12 x 16 cm
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A rare and early Crown Lynn swan, with factory painting to the beak and head. Length 30 cm
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A cased taxidermy bull finch bird, mounted in a white box frame
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Taxidermy red leg partridge
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Taxidermy red billed horn bill
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Taxidermy mere cat
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Taxidermy gemsbok
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Walrus tusk. Length 62 cm
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An impressive large male lion skin floor rug, with full head mount in superb condition. Length 3000 x. Width 2,30 cm
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