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The Estate of the Late William Bowmore OBE; Estate of the Late Dr. B. B. Carrodus; Fine Asian Art — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:565
Sale Title:The Estate of the Late William Bowmore OBE; Estate of the Late Dr. B. B. Carrodus; Fine Asian ArtLots with images:549
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:403
Date:24-Nov-2008
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Two red pottery tea bowls decorated in white slip, Contemporary. 9.8 cm diameter & 9 cm
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A gilt and red lacquered horn, probably Japanese Circa 1900 13 cm
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A Imari polychrome box and cover, 19th century, decorated with floral medallions 13.5 cm diameter
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A tiny Oribe chrysanthemum dish, 19th century or ealier; together with a small compressed circular bowl, Contemporary 12.2 cm and 11 cm diameter
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A compressed ovoid stoneware bowl, with a thick bluish-brown glaze, pooling and dripping over the iron brown body 10 cm diameter
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An Oribe ware pottery cylindrical tea jar and cover, early 20th century, decorated in iron brown and cream on a red body 14.4 cm high
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A crackled buff coloured stoneware bowl with averted rim, 19th/20th century 15 cm high
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An iron-brown Temmoko-glazed ribbed vase, Contemporary 16.8 cm high
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A Japanese translucent yellow-glazed bottle-vase, early 20th century, finely crackled 30 cm high
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A russet glazed porcelain waisted conical vase, Contemporary 25 cm
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A seto ware Aburazara (oil dish), 19th century, the centre in the form of an open flower, spur marks 22 cm Diameter. see Soame Jenyns, Japanese Pottery, Faber & Faber, 1971, pl 43a
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A Bizen hexagonal lipped bottle with incised decoration 18.3 cm high
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A double glazed buff pottery Chawan, signed; together with a ten sided olive green glazed faceted bowl, both Contemporary 12.3 cm & 12.3 cm diameter
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A squat ovoid jar, Contemporary, with iron rust and bluish-green glaze, impressed seal 10.5 cm high
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Three lacquer containers, Contemporary, each with impressed seal
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A green and white striped Shigaraki ware jar, 19th century 35 cm high
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A large buff stoneware quatrefoil bottle vase, Contemporary, painted with a large character on each side, over an iron-rust and Temmoku glaze, impressed seal and signed on base 49 cm high
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A large Shigaraki ware green and blue streaked buff pottery jar 28.8 cm high remeasure!
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An olive green and white striped Shigaraki ware jar, 19th century 32 cm high
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A long necked porcelain vase, Contemporary, covered with a illustrious aubergine glaze, gilt inside the neck, signed Takeo, Japanese wooden box inscribed Vase by Takeo 29.5 cm high. Provenance: Menadde Collection, 1960's
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A tall ovoid bottle, probably 19th century, the neck with a white crackle glaze. over the dark iron glazed body 29.3 cm high
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A Tamba ware large heavily potted brown stoneware jar, circa 19th century, decorated with brown glazed vertical stripes 43 cm high
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A Shino style cinquefoil small cup, Contemporary. 6.5 cm high
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A Buff Pottery Chawan, contemporary, with crazed pale yellow glaze, impressed round seal 12.5 cm
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An early grey pottery Chawan, Edo period, with a finely crazed ash glaze, stopped unevenly in thick globules on the exterior 11 cm diameter
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An elegant porcelain bottle, Contemporary, decorated with a copper-red swirl around the neck, signed Seishu in cobalt blue 25.5 cm high
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Three stoneware lipped rimmed globular bottles, each one decorated with two coloured glazes, 20th century. 21.7 cm, 20 cm & 20.8 cm high (only two illustrated)
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A Seto ware pottery dish, Edo period, 19th century, decorated with a dragonfly above a lotus pond in iron-brown and blue enamel 24.8 cm diameter. See Hiroshi Mizuo, Famous Ceramics of Japan, 3, Folk Kilns 1, p 26
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A good facetted mallet-shaped stoneware vase with ash glaze, five pad marks and rope pattern to base, square seal 28 cm high
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A square food dish, contemporary, crackled pale blue and iron-rust glaze, decorated with a geometric design, potters marks to base 30 cm x 30 cm
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A large Japanese square dish, Contemporary, very well painted with prunus in iron-brown, red and white enamels on a buff slip, signed 33 cm x 28 cm
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Hamada Shoji, a reddish pottery lipped pouring vessel, Contemporary, with a brushed on abstract design, wooden box, inscribed Shoji Hamada, lipped bowl, salt-glazed, iron brushed 25 cm Diameter (widest)
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An ash-glazed and slip decorated, red pottery Chawan (teabowl), contemporary, round seal 14 cm diameter
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A large spouted pouring vessel, Contemporary, with bridge handle, partially painted in coloured enamels on an russet glaze, inscribed signature to base 31 cm x 38 cm
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A Seto ware crackle-glazed lipped sake bottle 18th/19th century, painted in iron brown and white slip, painted inscription; together with two contemporary sake bottles 28.5 cm high and 27 cm
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A Seto ware horse eye pottery dish, Edo period, 19th century, decorated in iron brown 26.8 cm diameter. See Soame Jenyns, Japanese pottery, Faber & Faber, 1971, pl 42a; Also Hiroshi Mizuo, Famous Ceramics of Japan, 3, Folk Kilns 1, p 26
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A seto ware Aburazara (oil dish), 19th century, with a paper cut floral design, spur marks in the centre 21.4 cm diameter. See Soame Jenyns, Japanese pottery, Faber & Faber, 1971, pl 43a
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A Seto ware Aburazara (oil dish), 19th century, with a paper cut floral design 22.6 cm diameter. See Soame Jenyns, Japanese pottery, Faber & Faber, 1971, pl 43a; Also Hiroshi Mizuo, Famous Ceramics of Japan, 3, Folk Kilns 1, p 26
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A contemporary porcelainous moulded sake bottle decorated with calligraphy in white slip over a glassy glaze, gilt seal 18.3 cm high
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A globular stoneware bottle, contemporary, with a resist tied band and streaky olive green ash glaze, two impressed seals 23.5 cm high
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A reddish-brown stoneware ash glazed cylindrical flower vase, contemporary, with carved textured body imitating bamboo, impressed seal 25 cm high
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Shigeo Shiga, a compressed faceted bluish-white glazed buff pottery jar and cover, impressed seal. See Shiga The Potter, John Ferguson Sydney and Craft Council of Australia, 1982, cat no 17 for a similar pot 14.5 cm
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A good ribbed mallet-shaped straight-necked sake bottle, Contemporary, double glazed over the iron brown body 19 cm high
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A tall quatrefoil two-handled brown stoneware flower vase, with a green glaze dripping from the rim, impressed mark 21.5 cm tall
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A stoneware facetted cylindrical flower vase, contemporary, green and russet ash glaze 23 cm high
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A square Oribe pottery tray with bridge handle, three lug feet 22 cm x 22 cm. Takeshi Murayama Oribe, p 31, cat no 61 for a similar example
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Shigeo Shiga, a globular vase, with an even iron-rust glaze, impressed seal Shiga 18 cm (height)
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A round buff pottery Karatsu-style tray, Contemporary, with maple leaf design in iron-brown, bluish-green glaze. Two incised marks to the flat base 27 cm Diameter
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An ash-glazed red pottery Chawan, Shino ware, burst bubbles, impressed square seal with inscribed Japanese wooden box 10.5 cm. Diameter x 9 cm height
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A fine bluish glazed shallow grey pottery bowl, contemporary, with three bird-form handles and a combed wave design, rim diameter 16 cm
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A studio pottery six piece tea set, Contemporary, with a white crackle glaze, impressed seal mark
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Two good white-glazed ovoid Korean bottle-vases, circa 18th/19th century; the first with soft bluish glaze; The second one with a more glossy glaze 26 cm high
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A small pottery Chawan with a very good mottled ash glaze over the reddish brown body, pale green to the interior 10.7 cm diameter
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A Ninsei-style round buff pottery Chawan, probably Meiji period, circa 1900, enameled with swallows and willow on a buff glaze, impressed seal mark Otowa Yami/San Seki? 12.2 cm diameter
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A Ninsei-style pottery bowl, probably Meiji period, gilt and enamel fabric design of flowering shrubs, impressed seal, Kozan,inscribed Japanese wooden box 14.7 cm diameter
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A fine Temmoku- glazed buff pottery bowl, Contemporary, with a cracked ice splash in the center, two impressed seals 15.3 cm diameter
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A rare Oribe stoneware mountain, circa 19th century, green glaze and iron brown design of pine trees and boats 17 cm long, 14.4 cm high
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A rare Japanese celadon glazed water dropper, Edo period, decorated with Mt Fuji. 7.9 x 6.1 cm
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A green-glazed stoneware teapot and cover, brass handle, Marubashira ware 17.5 cm high (without handle). See Hiroshi Mizuo, Famous Ceramics of Japan, 3, Folk Kilns 1, p 28
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A Kutani ware polychrome hexagonal Koro early 20th century, decorated with immortals, the cover surmounted by shi shi lion 16.5 cm high
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A Bizen stoneware figure of Daikoku holding a mallet, Meiji period, 1868-1912. Impressed seal 19 cm high
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An irregularly shaped blue and white food dish, Meiji period, 1868-1912, well decorated with a large carp, inscribed fukagawa sei, fuku 20 x 20 cm (approx)
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A Large pair of imari blue and white dishes, Meiji period, each one with foliate rim and decorated with stylised flowers, seal mark to base 41.5 cm Diameter
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A rare flat rimmed pottery basin, with incised green enamel design over an ash glaze, possibly Kiseto ware, 19th century or earlier. See Shosaku Furukawa, Famous Ceramics of Japan, Kiseto and Setoguro, pl's 3, 4 & 8; Also Soame Jenyns, Japanese pottery, pl 47 14.5 cm. Diameter (approx)
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An early stoneware dish with a crackled yellowish glaze, old lacquer repairs 10.5 x 9.7 cm diameter
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A large Ninsei-style bowl, probably Meiji period 1868-1912, very well decorated with flowering prunus in enamels and coloured glazes on a cream ground 25.2 cm diameter
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A small Seto ware horse eye pottery dish, Edo period, 19th century. Decorated in iron brown 21 cm diameter. See Soame Jenyns, Japanese pottery, Faber & Faber, 1971, pl 42a; Also Hiroshi Mizuo, Famous Ceramics of Japan, 3, Folk Kilns 1, p 26
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An usual quatrefoil pottery wall vase, 19th century or earlier, with a mountain scene and poem in iron-brown and enamels, cloth impressed back, signed and sealed Kenzan 23.2 cm high
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Shigeo Shiga, a quatrefoil buff stoneware bottle, painted in alternate iron-brown bamboo and striped design, signed Shiga 30 cm (height)
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Shoji Hamada (attrib.). An iron-glazed square dish with iron rust inclusions, supported on four wedge shaped feet 23 x 24 cm
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Two Korean rectangular water droppers, Koryo Dynasty, 18th/19th century, one with a bird flying over waves and the other with five pink dots on a white carved background. 5.8 cm length and 7 cm length
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A copper-red glazed Chawan (teabowl), contemporary, on a brown slip. 9.2 cm diameter
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An ovoid pottery bottle vase, Contemporary, painted in iron-brown on an ash glaze 19.4 cm high
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An ash glazed cream and brown ovoid sake bottle 20.5 cm high
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A dark brown glazed double gourd pottery sake bottle, Contemporary, indistinct seal 24 cm high
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A white glazed ribbed cup with calligraphy, Contemporary 11 cm high
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A brown stoneware ovoid jar with four shoulder lugs 20 cm high
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A buff pottery sake bottle, Contemporary, with Temmoku glaze 18.2 cm high
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An Oribe ribbed cylindrical water jar and cover for the tea ceremony, 20th century 15 cm high
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A crazed blue glazed bottle-vase, Contemporary, 19.8 cm high
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A slender buff stoneware flower vase, Contemporary, incised and painted with grasses on a white ash glaze, painted marks to base, Morishima 23.5 cm (height) See Takeshi Murayama, Oribe, p 31, cat no 61
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A Shino-style Chawan, possibly 19th century, painted with grasses in iron-brown on a crackled white slip 12 cm diameter
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A compressed globular vase, Contemporary, with a thick temmoku glaze 17 cm (height)
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A buff ash-glazed Shino water jar, probably 19th century, painted with grasses in iron-brown 16 cm tall
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A tall stoneware greenish-blue glazed ewer, Contemporary, with strap handle, impressed design 30 cm height
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A stoneware potter's tool 10 cm high
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A small brown glazed pumpkin-shaped water pot, probably Chinese, 18th century or earlier, with ivory cover 4 cm high
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A pale celadon glazed beaker, contemporary, painted with Daruma, inscription and over-glaze red seal to base, Tani? 12 cm high
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A buff pottery sake bottle, 19th /20th century, with a crackle glaze and decoration in under-glaze blue 16 cm high
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A crackle-glazed pouring vessel, Contemporary, decorated in under-glaze brown 16.5 cm diameter
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A pair of hexagonal food dishes, Contemporary, russet-glazed interior, basket weave design on the rim 15 cm diameter
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A small sake bottle with a Temmoku glaze over a crackled white slip 8 cm high
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A Seto ware rectangular pottery dish, Edo period, 19th century, painted in iron brown on a buff glaze, three tiny feet 23 x 18.5 cm
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A compartmental pottery food dish, 20th century, iron brown glaze, bamboo handle 25 x 17 cm
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A seto ware Aburazara, oil dish, Edo period, 19th century, painted with a sketchy landscape in iron brown 23 cm diameter. See Soame Jenyns, Japanese pottery, Faber & Faber, 1971, pl 43a; Also Hiroshi Mizuo, Famous Ceramics of Japan, 3, Folk Kilns 1, p 26
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A Japanese naturalistic root wood figure of Daruma, Edo period, 19th century or earlier; together with a white glazed figure of a sage, with staff 23.4 cm & 19 cm high
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A Shino-style Chawan, Contemporary, with calligraphy in iron-brown, impressed seal, together with a small buff crackle-glazed sake bottle and an ash-glazed Chawan, incised mark 12.4 cm diameter, 11 cm high and 10.2 cm diameter
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A light pottery Chawan, covered with a crazed charcoal and cream textured double glaze 12 cm diameter
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A small shallow pottery bowl, with a green splash over a buff glaze, wood cover 10.5 cm diameter
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A finely sculpted large Japanese figure of Amida Buddha, early Edo period, 17th century, gold lacquer and pigment on wood, standing in flowing robes, the hands in Welcoming to Paraadise mudra, inlays to the head, flat shaped wood stand. Height 55 cm. See, the Great Age of Japanese Buddhist sculpture, 600-1300, Kimbell Art Museum, Japan House gallery, 1982. Cat No. 25 for a very similar but earlier example
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