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Decorative Arts — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:241
Sale Title:Decorative ArtsLots with images:223
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:177
Date:9-Dec-2015
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18th century oak court cupboard, of good proportions. The upper section with panelled cupboards, the lower section with two drawers above panelled cupboards. Height 175 cm width 114 cm
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18th century oak refectory table, with plank top raised on square section legs united by stretchers. Length 213 cm, 64 cm
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Arts & Crafts sterling silver teapot, with wooden handle, London 1919 by John Eldridge. Width 29 cm
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Pair of Victorian sterling silver tablespoons, engraved with the letter 'M', Edinburgh hallmark. Length 22.5 cm
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Two Sheffield sterling silver salts, with later plastic interior replacement, together with a plated silver bon bon dish.
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Cased set of six sterling silver teaspoons, together with an ink case, all sterling silver, various hallmarks.
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19th century French gilded bronze clock, featuring a noble lady reading a letter seated on a couch. The clock is an early example with silk suspension, likely manufactured between 1810-1830. Height 42 cm
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Selection of Chinese pottery from the Tek Sing shipwreck, including eight blue and white bowls, four spoons, three celadon saucers, and five olive-brown glazed saucers.
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Chinese decorative wooden house panel, with two lines of calligraphy. Height 126.5 cm
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19th century cast stone putti figure garden statue. Height 70 cm
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Pair of French late 19th century armchairs, with acanthus carving to the arms raised on carved lions paw feet with tapestry back and seat.
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Oak Arts & Crafts desk, with single frieze drawers and pierced side panels uniting the square section legs.
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Rex Chapman Taylor, pair of kauri hand adzed armchairs, with leather seats.
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Rex Chapman Taylor, Arts & Crafts style cabinet, with a shelf above a panelled door.
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Rex Chapman Taylor, pair of hand adzed kauri bench seats.
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Impressive 18ct gold and platinum three stone diamond ring, the three stones in line, with platinum square claw settings. The centre stone estimated at 1.00 carat D-E colour, VS clarity . The two side stones estimated 1.22 carats, D-F colour, VS clarity
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Victorian [1894] gold sovereign, set as a pendent in a 9ct gold mount, with chain.
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18ct gold antique diamond ring, in a bridge setting.
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18ct gold and platinum diamond ring, in a bridge setting.
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Diamond solitaire ring, in platinum, palladium and 18ct gold.
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18ct gold and diamond antique ring, in a cluster setting.
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A large and impressive argillite ridge back toki. Length 45 cm. Width 6.4 cm.
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Papua New Guinea wooden bowl, with long carved handle (some damage). Length 50 cm
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Maori folk art carved taniwha, with paua shell eyes. Height 22 cm
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Maori folk art lamp base, carved with wheku heads with paua shell eyes. Height 47 cm
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Papua New Guinea wooden figure of a woman, wearing a large bird-like headrest. Height 37 cm
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Kauri, burr totara and other New Zealand timber casket, with a hinged cover with internal pocket, raised on cabriole legs. Height 28 cm
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Alan Brown, two pounamu pendants, of natural yellow-green tone. Height 40 mm
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New Zealand folk art coffee table, of rectangular shape. The top carved with tiki figures and manaia and wheku heads. 98 cm x 49 cm
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New Zealand Railways Studio, 'Protect your Native birds and Forests' poster, 1960s, issued by Forest and bird Protection Society, depicting a tui sitting on a kowhai branch. 88 cm x 57 cm
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Pounamu hei tiki, translucent tangiwai (bowenite) presented in the conventional manner with hands placed to thighs. Two circular eyes with red sealing wax pierced at the forehead. Length 10 cm.
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Five Papua New Guinea tapa cloth, various sizes.
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Vanuatu 19th century war club, with tapering cylindrical shaft with cone shaped head and four projecting bulbous knobs. Length 80 cm
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Fijian Masi Tapa, with geometric design. 122 cm x 180 cm
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Hand painted thangka, seated on a lotus throne with hands in the teaching mudra. Atisha was the Indian Buddhist master who helped to revive Buddhism in Tibet in the 11th century. Ladakh early 20th century, framed within a brocade boarder. 70 cm x 49 cm
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Hand painted thangka, depicting Avalokiteshvara the Buddha of infinite compassion, flanked by the Bodhisattvas green Tara and white Tara. 58 cm x 40 cm
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Fine hand painted thangka, depicting Milarepa, seated in his mountain Cave on a yogins antelope skin holding a skull cup. Together with volume one and two of the hundred Thousand songs of Milarepa (Shambhala dragon Publications). 82 cm x 57 cm, Milarepa is regarded as the most famous Buddhist figure in Tibet. Renown for becoming enlightened in one life time and teaching through spontaneous songs of realisation.
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Embroidered thangka of green Tara, made by the Tu people in Qinghai province, China, circa 1985. 84 cm x 52 cm
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Hand painted thangka, depicting Padmasambhava the lotus born Guru., depicted seated on a lotus throne with skull cup and holding a Vajra. Ladakh early 20th century, framed within a brocade boarder. 69 cm x 48 cm, Padmasambhava was the tantric master invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen to establish Buddhism in the eighth century.
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Hand painted and gilded Tibetan thangka, depicting green Tara.
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Hand painted Cultural Revolution poster, depicting a young student wearing a red guard arm band. 80 cm x 56 cm
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