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The Michael & Valerie Gregg Collection — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:722
Sale Title:The Michael & Valerie Gregg CollectionLots with images:721
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:717
Date:24-Mar-2024
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Gail Nichols 'Spotted Vase' soda vapour glazed stoneware, exhibition item No.28, monogram seal mark to the side, titled label to base, plus additional gallery title label, 32.5 cm high
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Thee assorted studio pottery vases by Ian Jones, Joseph Purtle and Owen Rye, the largest 23 cm high
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John Dermer salt glazed ceramic vase, signed 'Salt glazed porcelain, John Dermer' with monogram mark, 27 cm high
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Hiro Swen studio pottery platter, double seal mark to base, 40 cm diameter
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Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie, (egg), stoneware with oxide decoration, incised signature to base 'Thancoupie', with metal stand, 13 cm high. Dr Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James Ao (1937-2011) was an Australian sculptural artist, educator, linguist and elder of the Thainakuith people in Weipa, in the Western cape York area of far north Queensland. She was the last fluent speaker of the Thainakuith language and became a pillar of cultural knowledge in her community. She was also known as Thankupi, Thancoupie…
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Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie stoneware bowl with oxide decoration, incised signature to base 'Thancoupie', 34 cm wide
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Pepai Jangala Carroll, 'Walungurru IV, 2018, stoneware with sgraffito, incised 'Pepai Carroll', 20 cm high
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Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie stoneware bowl with oxide decoration adorned with a bird, incised signature to base 'Thancoupie', 36 cm wide
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Robin best, Nyukana (daisy) Baker, 'Settlement (seven elements), 2005' cast coloured porcelain with black underglazing, (7 items), each signed and dated to base, the largest 32 cm high. Provenance: acquired directly from the artists by bill Nuttall for the Collectors, Melbourne, 2006. Menzies auction, June 16th, lot 123.
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Jenny Orchard 'Kangaroot' pottery sculpture, inscribed in numerous places, an imposing 60 cm high
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Danie Mellor 'If Rousseau Had a dog (black), 2008' slipcast ceramic, signed and titled on the paws, 13 cm high, 23 cm long
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Jenny Orchard pottery plate adorned with two mythical creatures, reverse also adorned with hand-painted scene, signed 'Jenny Orchard', 28 cm diameter
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Jenny Orchard hand-painted black and white pottery vase with turquoise glazed interior, signed 'Jenny Orchard, 2011', 16 cm high
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Jenny Orchard pair of Art pottery bowls, signed 'Jenny Orchard', 9 cm high, 20 cm wide
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Deborah Halpern 'Person on three legs with Flower' hand-painted pottery sculpture, signed 'D. D. H., '17', 28 cm high
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Ann Prock Australian ceramic bowl of organic form adorned with seashells, artist monogram to base, 18 cm high, 40.5 cm wide
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Julian Twigg 'Lady Northcote, 2017', glazed ceramic sculpture, incised 'J.T., '17' and bearing 'Australia Gallery' label, 16 cm high, 34 cm long
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Tanya Bechara 'Teapot #2' pottery example with applied branch handle, hand-painted rural scene and Major Mitchell cockatoo finial, incised 'Tanya Bechara, Hop'n frog Pottery', 11 cm high, 17 cm wide
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Tanya Bechara 'Teapot #3' pottery example with applied branch handle, hand-painted rural scene and galah finial, incised 'Tanya Bechara, Hop'n frog Pottery', 12 cm high, 23 cm wide
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Tanya Bechara 'Teapot #2' pottery example with applied branch handle, hand-painted rural scene and magpie finial, incised 'Tanya Bechara, Hop'n frog Pottery', 11 cm high, 19 cm wide
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Patsy Hely ceramic teapot and two jugs with painted decoration, (3 items), all signed 'P. Hely', the largest 31.5 cm high
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Patsy Hely 'Banksia' hand-painted triangular form teapot and four matching cups and saucers, (9 items), signed 'P. Hely, 1984', the teapot 15 cm high
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John Golding Australian pottery lizard bowl, circa 1986, signed 'Golding '86', 16 cm high, 24 cm long
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Pippin Drysdale pottery vase with linear decoration and terracotta glazed interior, signed on the base, 25 cm high
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Les Blakeborough cylindrical pottery vase, signed 'L.B. '98', 26.5 cm high
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Mitsuo Shoji group of three blue glazed pottery vases, all signed on the base, the largest 28 cm high
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Robert Rapson (New Zealand) painted and glazed ceramic shipping sculptures, (19 pieces), most signed, the ship 42 cm long
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Gerry Wedd, two blue and white ceramic cups and saucers with hand-painted decoration, (4 items), both signed 'Wedd, '07', the larger saucer 15.5 cm wide
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Gerry Wedd 'Happy' Australian ceramic glazed sculpture, signed 'Wedd', 26 cm long
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Gerry Wedd pottery teapot and a kangaroo jug, (2 items), both signed 'Wedd', 15 cm and 11 cm high
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Stephen Bird pottery toby jug, 19 cm high
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Artist unknown novelty Australian ceramic statues of John Howard and Kevin Rudd, both signed 'S.M., '07', together with a bust of an unknown subject signed 'Genie Casis', (3 items), the bust 20 cm high
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Bernadette (Bern) Emmerichs (1961 - ), Australia Versus England 1868 Kennington oval May-October, hand-painted and glazed ceramic plaque, signed and upper right 'Bern Emmerichs, 2020'. The plaque depicts the famed Aboriginal team that toured England in 1868. 30 x 90 cm, 33 x 93 cm overall
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Bernadette (Bern) Emmerichs (1961 - ), 'Shelagh' triptych, group of three painted fired ceramic plaques, each signed 'Bern Emmerichs, 2014', Maunsell Wickes gallery labels verso. Note: the women depicted in this work were all convicts that arrived in Sydney aboard the lady Juliana in 1790. 6 x 39.5 cm each
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Bernadette (Bern) Emmerichs (1961 - ), 'Elizabeth Macarthur' painted fired ceramic plaque, signed 'Bern Emmerichs, 2014', Maunsell Wickes gallery labels verso, 13 x 39.5 cm, 16 x 42.5 cm overall
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Bernadette (Bern) Emmerichs 'Bennelong in a land within a Land' hand-painted ceramic wall plaque, signed 'Bern Emmerichs, 2017', titled verso, 8.5 x 11.5 cm
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Bernadette (Bern) Emmerichs 'Kings Tableland' hand-painted ceramic wall plaque, signed 'Bern Emmerichs, 2017', titled verso, 11.5 x 8.5 cm
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Bernadette (Bern) Emmerichs 'No.116 a bulk of Hulk' hand-painted ceramic wall plaque, signed 'Bern Emmerichs, 2016', titled verso, 10 x 14.5 cm
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Bernadette (Bern) Emmerichs 'Bligh's Boyz' pair of hand-painted ceramic bowls, both signed and titled on the bases, 20 cm wide
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Stephen Bird 'Boxing Kangaroo' hand-painted blue and white ceramic platter with red highlights, signed lower right 'Bird', 43 cm wide
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Wendy Sharpe 'Elephant seals, 2015', hand-painted ceramic vase, signed 'W. Sharpe', 24 cm high. Accompanied by a signed autobiography, 'The Imagined Life'.
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John Dermer green salt glazed faceted porcelain vase, stamped 'J.D. 50 years', 25 cm high
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Wendy Sharpe 'Couple' Australian pottery plate, signed 'Wendy Sharpe, 2000', bearing 'King Street gallery on Burton' label, 24 cm diameter
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Nina Mathewson group of three studio pottery jugs with triangular form handles, the largest 20 cm high
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Six assorted Australian studio pottery platters, including rectangular example. The largest 42 cm wide
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Artist unknown contemporary Australian studio pottery vase of square form with incised and pencil inscriptions including 'Artists' and 'Designers', 47 cm high
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Artist unknown Australian studio pottery vase, bearing two impressed seal marks, 22 cm high
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Cathy Franzi 'Flannel Flower' porcelain, engobe, sgraffito and glaze vase, signed 'C. Franzi, Flannel Flower', 44.5 cm high
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Cathy Franzi 'Pink spider Flower' porcelain, engobe, sgraffito and glaze vase with dark brown ground, signed 'C. Franzi, pink spider Flower', 37 cm high
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Cathy Franzi 'Heath Banksia' porcelain, engobe, sgraffito and green glazed vase, signed 'C. Franzi, Heath Banksia', 29 cm high
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Cathy Franzi 'Netted bottle Brush' porcelain, engobe, sgraffito and glaze vase, signed 'C. Franzi, Netted bottle Brush', 12 cm high, 24.5 cm wide
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Cathy Franzi 'Banksia Gardneri' porcelain, engobe, sgraffito and glaze vase, signed 'C. Franzi, Banksia Gardneri', 39 cm high
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Cathy Franzi 'Flannel Flower' and 'Banksia' two porcelain, engobe, sgraffito and glaze vases, both signed 'C. Franzi', the larger 10 cm high
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Cathy Franzi 'Flannel Flower' porcelain, engobe, sgraffito and glaze vase, signed 'C. Franzi, Flannel Flower'', 20 cm high
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Cathy Franzi 'Flannel Flower' green porcelain, engobe, sgraffito and glaze vase, signed 'C. Franzi, Flannel Flower', 32.5 cm high
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Lilly J. Art pottery vase with sgraffito decoration, incised 'Lilly J. Ernabella Arts centre, 2013', 26.5 cm high
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Les Blakebrough 'Bowl form 'Forest Floor', 2005' wheel thrown southern ice porcelain, unglazed, deep etched inside and out, signed 'L.B., '05', with gallery no. 13, 13 cm high, 19.5 cm diameter
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Janet de Boos tall green glazed lidded vase with floral decoration, signed 'De Boos', 39 cm high
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Greg Daly 'Dawn light, 2011' lustre glaze ceramic vase, signed 'Daly', with additional title and gallery number affixed to base, also with additional gallery card, 28 cm high, 26 cm wide
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Greg Daly 'First light, 2010' lustre glaze ceramic vase, signed 'Daly', with additional title and gallery number affixed to base, also with additional gallery card, 16 cm high, 18 cm wide
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Greg Daly lustre glazed ceramic bowl, signed 'Daly', 13 cm high, 29 cm wide
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Greg Daly two pottery bowls and one vase, (3 items), all signed 'Daly', the vase 22 cm high
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Greg Daly 'Shadows in the grass, 2013' lustre glazed ceramic vase, signed 'Daly', with additional gallery card ($2,200), 36 cm high
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Greg Daly studio pottery vases, bowl and platter, (4 items), signed 'Daly', the largest 29 cm high
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Greg Daly three lustre glaze pottery vases and bowls, all examples signed 'Daly', the largest 19 cm high, 23 cm wide
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Sandy Lockwood group of three studio pottery vases, all bearing gallery title labels, the largest 8 cm high
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Philip Davey 'Ceramic jug after bird landscape, 2015', incised 'Philip Davey', bearing Australia Galleries label to the base, 26 cm high, 29 cm wide
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Fairlie Kingston 'The green caravan, 2010', illuminated ceramic sculpture, artist monogram to the plinth, with Australian Galleries exhibition brochure bearing image to back cover, 17 cm high, 30 cm wide, 19.5 cm deep
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Fairlie Kingston 'Passing Fort Denison, (Sydney harbour), 2018' ceramic relief, artist monogram lower right, with Australian Galleries label and original purchase receipt ($3,250), 20 x 28 cm
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Fairlie Kingston 'Approaching the Quay, 2010' ceramic relief, artist monogram lower right, with Australian Galleries label, 20 x 28 cm
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Fairlie Kingston (untitled Sydney harbour) ceramic relief, artist monogram lower right, accompanied by Australian Galleries brochure and sales list, 20 x 28 cm
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Peter Cooley Marsupial II pottery kangaroo, signed 'Cooley, 2015', 23 cm high
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Pepai Jangala Carroll studio pottery vessel with sgraffito and hand-painted decoration, signed 'Pepai Carroll', 20 cm high, 20 cm wide
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Janet de Boos brown glazed lidded pottery vase, adorned with sgraffito decoration and waterlily enamel vignettes, incised 'De Boos, 2015', 32 cm high
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Carlene Thompson impressive exhibition pottery vase, adorned with sgraffito bird decoration, incised 'Carlene Thompson', 45 cm high
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Carol Williams pottery fruit bowl adorned with sgraffito Aboriginal snake motif, incised 'Carol Williams, 2011, Ernabella Arts', 36 cm diameter
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Carlene Thompson 'Tjulpu Mankulpa' (the story of eagle, Cocky, Crow) sgraffito decorated vase in black and brown, incised 'Tho', 17 cm high
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Janet de Boos brown glazed lidded pottery vase, adorned with sgraffito banksia motif, incised 'De Boos, 2015', 32 cm high
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Lynette Lewis spherical Australian ceramic vase decorated with ant motif, incised 'Lynette Lewis, Ernabella Arts, 2020', 16 cm high
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Derek Thompson Jungarrayi 'Wanampi I' tall brown and black glazed pottery vase with sgraffito snake decoration, incised 'Derek Thompson, Ernabella Arts in 2013', 48.5 cm high
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Lynette Lewis 'Tjala-Honey Ants II, 2019' ceramic vase, incised 'Lynette Lewis, Ernabella Arts, 2019', 42.5 cm high
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Derek Thompson Jungarrayi 'Ngintaba' blue and black glazed pottery vase with sgraffito goanna decoration, incised 'Derek Thompson, Ernabella Arts in 2010', 24.5 cm high
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Janet de Boos brown glazed lidded pottery vase, adorned with sgraffito decoration and hand-painted gum leaves in gloss blue, 22 cm high, 19 cm wide
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Danica Wichtermann 'Native Australian Botanicals' pottery vase with sgraffito decoration, signed 'D. W., 2016' and titled to the base, 24 cm high
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Ted Secombe two crystalline pottery stem vases, incised 'E. S.' to bases, 23 cm and 19 cm high
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Judy Lane 'Back to the Beach' hand-painted pottery vase, exhibition item no.16, incised signature to base, with accompanying Mu gallery documentation, 15 cm high
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Hillary Jones cream ceramic bottle vase, a gum leaf vase, two cream beakers with black linear decoration, and a small cream ceramic vessel, (5 items), the largest 18.5 cm high
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Kenji Uranishi 'Sanctuary Zureta VI', glazed porcelain sculpture, signed 'Kenji', 15 cm high, 18 cm wide
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Lawrence Inkamala hand-painted spherical pottery vase, signed 'Lawrence Inkamala', 13 cm high
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Janet de Boos black and white Australian ceramic teapot, milk jug, mugs (2), and chocolate pot, (5 items), incised 'De Boos', the largest 21 cm high
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Bern Emmerichs (1961-), 'Mr & Mrs Macquarie's Chair' painted fired ceramic plaque, signed 'Bern Emmerichs, 2017', with title, 8.5 x 10.5 cm
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Jane Sawyer double walled pottery bowl and fruit bowl, both incised 'Jane Sawyer', 23 cm and 25 cm wide
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Studio pottery dilly bag with silk handle, most likely the work of Helen Fuller, 23 cm high not including handle
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David ray pottery vase with hand-painted kangaroo decoration, signed 'D.C.R. '04', 11.5 cm high
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David ray pottery vase with hand-painted leaf decoration, 8 cm high, 13 cm wide
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David Pottinger 'Basket Vessel' pottery vase, exhibited at Mura clay gallery 'Stratum' show, listed as DP18. 17 cm high
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Ten pieces of contemporary Australian studio ceramics, mostly in cream and white, the largest 22 cm high
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Simone Fraser 'Transition 2' series VI, 2018, ceramic vase, signed 'Simone Fraser', 31 cm high
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Nicky Coady pottery tea set, trinket box, vase and bowl, (8 items), signed 'Nicky', the vase 21.6 cm high
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Barbi lock Lee Australiana ceramic table ware and tea ware, adorned with Australian birds, (10 items), signed 'Barbi', the largest 14 cm high
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