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Auction House:McKenzies AuctioneersNumber of lots recorded:318
Sale Title:Fine Art, Jewellery, Collctables and FurnitureLots with images:74
Auction Location:PerthPrices available:203
Date:4-Jun-2009
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A Ladies 18ct Yellow Gold, Rolex Wrist Watch Mid size, Oyster Perpetual Datejust, automatic, with an 18ct yellow gold President bracelet, c.2002
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An 18ct Yellow Gold & Diamond Bracelet Having a central panel set with twenty nine brilliant cut diamonds, estimated weight of 1.68ct in total. The bracelet has alternating dumbbell and fancy ridged links, with a safety clip and side clasp
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A Pair of 18ct Yellow Gold & Cultured South Sea Pearl Earrings Measuring 11 - 12 mm, well matched and having a silvery cream lustre. Set as drop earrings with shepherd hooks
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An 18 Yellow Gold, Palladium, Sapphire and Diamond Ring Having three emerald cut blue sapphires, set either side by two diamonds. Six diamonds in total. The fancy design gallery is palladium and the raised shoulders and band are 18ct yellow gold
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An Edwardian 15ct Yellow Gold Amethyst, Seed Pearl and Diamond Brooch, c.1900 The oval amethyst measures 16 x 11 mm and has an estimated weight of 11.90ct, in a fancy scalloped setting with four half seed pearls and twenty rose cut diamonds
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An 18ct Yellow Gold and Coral Ring The circular shaped cabochon cut red coral, measuring 18 mm is bezel set within a fancy pierced surround and shoulder mounts. Stamped with makers mark
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i) A Victorian Ruby and Aquamarine Brooch Handmade in an intricate filigree design, the stones set in yellow and (most likely) white gold. Length 10.6 cm. ii) A Hallmarked Sterling Silver, red and Blue Enamel brooch / pendant In a cross design, with a central medallion of Victoria on the throne. Impressed on reverse 'For God and The Empire'
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An ivory carved letter opener with the top of the blade carved with a row of elephants, the handle embellished with a flower and leaf pattern and completed with an elephant on the handle. Length 20 cm
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A faience ushabti, Egypt, late period (664 - 332BC), the light green over-glaze with impressed hieroglyphics, each hand holding an agricultural implement and with a seed bag slung over the left shoulder. With stand
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An Egyptian Black-Mouth Pot Predynastic Culture Naqada I Period, Circa 4000-3500 BC Earthenware Height 31 cm Diameter 13 cm. Reference F. Tiradritti, 'The Cairo Museum Masterpieces of Egyptian Art', 1998. Note Pottery is the one artefact which survives most readily in the archaeological record, it's broken fragments being almost indestructible. Black-mouth pots were produced during the Naqada I period and are characterized by a dark band around their rim. The remainder of the exterior surface is coloured…
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(i) An Egyptian Lid of a Canopic Jar Depicting the Deity Qebehsenuef Third Intermediate Period, Circa 1069 - 747 BC Carved Stone Height 15 cm Diameter 15 cm. Note Stone vessels, used for the burial of the viscera removed during mummification, are termed 'canopic' jars. Specific elements of the viscera were placed under the protection of four anthropomorphic deities known as the 'Sons of Horus'. Each of the four Gods was associated with a particular canopic jar and its contents, the lids of those jars being…
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(i) An Egyptian Bead Necklace Composed of Tubular Beads New Kingdom Period, Circa 1550-1069 BC Blue Faience Length 80.5 cm. (ii) An Egyptian Bead Necklace Composed of Disc and Tubular Beads Late Period, Circa 747 - 332 BC Brown, Blue and Green Faience. Length 71 cm. (iii) An Egyptian Bangle Roman Period, Circa 30 BC - 395 AD Turquoise Glass Diameter 5 cm. (iv) An Egyptian Bangle Islamic Period, Circa 800-1100 AD Glass Diameter 7.5 cm
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(i) An Apulian Squat Lekythos (Italy) Depicting a woman, her hair gathered in a saccos Classical Period, Circa 4th century BC Painted Earthenware Height 12.3 cm Diameter 7 cm Provenance: Gallery East, North Fremantle, Wa Note (a) Apulia, a Greek city-state in Southern Italy, was a centre for the manufacture of pottery. Its vases tend to fall into two main groups - plain or ornate. The former were decorated with simple compositions, many only with the head of a woman, her hair covered in a saccos. A saccos…
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A Centuripe Lekanis with Lid (Sicily) Hellenistic Period, Circa 3rd Century BC Earthenware with traces of white, red and blue paint Height as Assembled 41.5 cm Diameter of Foot 13 cm Diameter of Bowl (excluding handles) 35.3 cm Diameter of Bowl (including handles) 54.4 cm Diameter of Conical Lid 35.1 cm Reference M.E. Mayo, 'The Art of South Italy Vases from Magna Graecia', 1982 Note (a) Centuripe was a city of the Siculi, an ancient Sicilian tribe. Located in eastern Sicily, it was described by Cicero as…
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A Bactrian Chalice (Uzbekistan) Circa 2nd Millennium BC Carved Alabaster Height 26 cm. Diameter 14.1 cm Note Bactria was a bronze age culture centred on the upper Oxus River, known today as the Amu Darya River. Dated to circa 2200 BC - 1700 BC, it was a wealthy civilization - the alluvium of the Oxus was fertile farmland, but also contained gold. Nonetheless, neither the origins of Bactria, nor the reasons for its decline, are understood. Its distinctive material culture disappears from the archaeological…
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Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica Bowl Maya Culture (Central America) Classic Period, Circa 200-900 AD Polychrome Painted Earthenware Height 9.3 cm Diameter 6.5 cm
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(i) Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica A Rattle-Legged Bowl Jalisco Culture (Northwest Mexico) Post-Classic Period, Circa 900-1521 AD Polychrome Painted Earthenware Height 8.7 cm Diameter 21.4 cm (ii) Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica A Figural Jar Jalisco Culture (Northwest Mexico) Post-Classic Period, Circa 900-1521 AD Earthenware Height 10 cm Diameter 10.6 cm Note For many centuries prior to the Spanish conquest, Jalisco was a patchwork of small autonomous nations speaking a variety of languages. This indigenous culture…
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Pre-Columbian South America A Figural Jar Chancay Culture (Peru) Circa 1100-1440 AD bi-Chrome Painted Earthenware Height 20 cm Diameter 16 cm. Note The Chancay Culture developed in the valleys of the central coast of Peru. Its influence was of a cultural and commercial nature, producing ceramics with a rough white surface decorated in black. Among the most representative works are figural jars that have a low relief face, the face and upper body being covered with geometric ornamentation. Such vessels were…
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Gandhara (Pakistan) A Fragment of a Stupa Panel Depicting Indo-Greek Soldiers Circa 100 BC - 100 AD Carved Schist Height 30 cm Width 36 cm. Note (a) The 1st Century BC saw the construction of numerous Buddhist shrines and monasteries, and the provision for them of narrative reliefs in stone. The most striking aspect of this sculpture is its Graeco-Roman features, which stem from the legacy, firstly, of Alexander the Great's invasion of the subcontinent; and secondly, from the cultural and commercial links…
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Two Chinese Bronzes, c. 450-200BC Commonly referred to as 'Lion Fu Tallys' A pair, mounted together on a Perspex stand. Length 98 mm (each). Note Such bronzes were used as a means of military and government communication. Only if one of the figures matched the other when it was presented, could the communication be authenticated
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A Mid 19th century Staffordshire pottery, Group of Spaniels One on a barrel, the other on the plinth base (Slight damage - repaired) Height 21.5 cm
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Two Carved Wood Altar Figurines Spanish, 19th century i) Most likely, the Virgin Mary Original paint, distressed Height 37.5 cm ii) A Saint or Monk in Robes Residue of white paint in areas Height 39 cm
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A Pippin Drysdale Glazed and Decorated Platter Basically square but with uneven, slightly curved sides on a triangular raised base. Signed and dated 1985 on the base
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