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Christmas Emporium — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:468
Sale Title:Christmas EmporiumLots with images:466
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:355
Date:9-Dec-2018
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Vintage Maori patu hand club. Finely carved with deep scroll designs and the butt with ancestor figure and inlaid paua shell eyes, length 31 cm
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Tabwa ancestor figure. Congo, Africa (1928-2006). Ex Kurt Hoesli collection, Switzerland, height 36 cm
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Old carved figure. Probably African. Finely carved with expressive face and holding something in his hands. Old UK collection, height 40 cm
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Abelam bride price. Ex Joan Bowers. Woven mask surmounted by bird. Natural earth pigments. On stand, height 47 cm
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Two old bone lime sticks, Sepik, length 38 cm (longest)
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Chokwe ancestor figure. Congo. Finely carved with elaborate hairdo. Ex Kurt Hoesli collection, Switzerland, height 39 cm
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Two old Sepik spear fragments with figures. Together with an old Papuan Gulf fragment off a cermonial betel nut staff, height 14 cm tallest (figures) H20 cm (betel nut staff)
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Lombok lunar calendar. Incised wooden panel with mother of pearl inlay, 22 x 63 cm
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4 old Sepik figures. Collected just after World War II, height 37 cm (tallest)
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Adu Au Nias figure. Carved wood crouching male with headdress, clutching a skull in each hand, height 53 cm
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Two Baule Heddle pulley. Liberia, Africa. Baule people and their neighbours to the West, the Guro are famous as weavers and are known for their fine indigo-and-white cotton fabrics. Used on the traditional narrow-band loom, heddle pulleys are functional objects used to ease the movements of the heddles while separating the warp threads and allowing the shuttle to seamlessly pass through the layers of thread. Like many other carved objects used in everyday activities among the Baule, these pulleys were…
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Dance mask, Chokwe people, Congo Africa. This expressively carved mask with fibre surrounds decorated with old buttons, beads and an old metal coin. This example of Pwo Chokwe mask that honours founding female ancestors. Such representations are especially significant given that the Chokwe trace descent through their mothers' lines. Pwo's joint performance with her male counterpart, Cihongo brings fertility and prosperity to a community. The cultural ideals of these 2 iconic representations developed…
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Old Dan mask. Ivory coast, Africa. On custom made base of high quality, height 25 cm
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Vintage Hemba dance mask. Congo, Africa. On custom-made base of high quality, height 21 cm (each)
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Unknown artist, vintage dancing shaman figure. This finely carved figure that shows a dancing figure with the face in deep contemplation, height 47 cm
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Japanese lidded urn on stand. Lid surmounted by figures of children. Urn has two figurative panels on archaic field and is inserted into tall pierced bronze stand. All mounted on primary wooden stand. Urn handles missing, height 155 cm
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Two Chinese marble topped stands, including red marble insert in bamboo motif carvings. Some cracks and losses. Also similar form with fruits and foliage, claw feet, height 91 cm
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Pair Chinese wedding boxes. Each of five stackable sections, in wooden and brass bound frame. Red lacquer with phoenix design, height 80 cm (each)
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4 framed Chinese porcelain panels. Each with blue and white decoration of boys playing in the garden, 74 x 21 cm (panel)
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Chinese porcelain table screen. Famille rose decoration of a sage and attendant observing immortals in the clouds, 39 x 25 cm (panel)
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Pair Chinese porcelain table screens. One with famille verte decoration of flowers, the other with grasshoppers and flowers, later with diagonal crack, 16.5 x 12 cm (each panel)
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Foujita, Tsuguharu Leonard (Japanese/French 1886-1968) (3), three Images of geisha dancing and playing Instruments. Each hand-inscribed lower right with titles 'Figure Study,' 'Thought,' and 'The Dance.' signed in the plate., aquatint (3), 19 x 14 cm (each)
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. Finely painted with dragon and lion in centre of the plate and with birds, flowers and mountains in blue, red, yellow and green, diameter 47 cm
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Two Chines porcelain blue and white vases. Both with scrolling tendril decoration. One with period mark to base, height 36 cm (each)
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Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (Japanese 1797-1861), 'An array of child or Youthful Heroes, Osandachi Buyu Zoroe'. Triptych, showing children and men in varying activities, many chop marks including artist's upper right. This is an extremely rare work by the artist (conditopn report, laid on card, original colours, some edge damage, with one dent to middle left image), woodblock, 14.5 x 75 cm
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Pair large Japanese Imari chargers. Both finely decorated with blue and white inban print designs, diameter 47 cm (each)
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. With finely hand painted designs of outdoor scenes of birds and flowers in multiple colours, diameter 40.5 cm
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19th century Chinese porcelain specimen vase. Of cylindrical form, blue and white decoration of a woman in a garden with attendant. 19th century period mark to base, height 13 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. With inban printed designs of Kabuto (Samurai helmet) and arrows in blue on a white base. Chip to rim, diameter 31 cm
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Pair carved and stained Guanyin figures. Dense wood heavy carving, some surface losses. Mirror pose, height 91 cm
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Japanese painting on silk. Seated high ranking samurai. With gilt clouds. Tachi on stand behind, 46 x 32 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. With fine hand painted geisha figures in an outdoor setting in multiple colours, diameter 34 cm
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Early 20th century Japanese ceramic figure of a hawk. Finely hand sculpted and painted, depicted standing on a rock, height 19 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari plate. Scalloped edged and fine hand painted design of a man riding a horse and other motifs in multi colours. Small gold repair chip on rim, diameter 30 cm
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Japanese studio pottery vase. Of good form with a light cream glaze, height 26.5 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. Finely painted with blue floral designs on a white base. Kiln stamp on reverse, diameter 30 cm
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Old Japanese Seto ware tea cup. Edo period 1850-1899, with incised poems and fine cream glaze, diameter 13 cm
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Two Japanese wood block prints. Kabuki actor and theatre scene with priest. Some insect damage, 35 x 24 cm (average)
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. Finely painted in blue, on a white plate depicting scenes of children studying in an outdoor landscape, diameter 50 cm
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Old Japanese red lacquerware lidded bowl. In the form of a shishi lion, an important symbol of protection, diameter 18 cm
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Kawano, Kaoru (Japanese 1916-1965), 'Owl and the Moon', colour print with silver Mica woodcut, 23 x 37.5 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. Finely painted with birds, foliage and water, in blue, red, green and gold. Underglaze blue makers mark to base, diameter 40 cm
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Chinese school (2), fishing boats Moored in a lake (51 x 51 cm); and bird and tree (44 x 58 cm). Both bearing signature for Yang Zhengxin, colour and ink (2)
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Japanese ceramic Kannon figure. Guanyin goddess of Mercy, height 30 cm
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Klungkung temple painting. Bali. Depicting deities and demons. Polychrome decoration on wood panels with gilt, 125 x 102 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. With finely painted floral designs with good colours in red, blue, yellow and green, diameter 41 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger plate. With finely painted floral and birds in an outdoors setting in blue, red and gold, diameter 40 cm
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19th century Japanese raku vase. With good form and drip glaze, artist's sign to base, height 34 cm
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19th century Japanese ceramic Kannon figure (Guanyin). With good glaze and fine features, height 25.5 cm
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Large Chinese watercolour on silk. Palace and pagodas in a mountain landscape, W/Clr, 173 x 78 cm
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Carved wood Buddhist deity. Mongolia, c1940s, height cm20
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Vietnamese stitched scene, girl in interior, 1970s, fabric, 44 x 29.5 cm
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Chinese bonsai tree. Artificial tree with turquoise leaves, in a cloisonne pot, height 20 cm
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Japanese school, temple steps, woodblock, 40 x 27 cm
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Brown-ware Korean pottery vessel. Middle Joseon dynasty, 17th century, diameter 13.5 cm
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Japanese Tabnak ware vase. With fine drip glaze over dark brown slip, height 26 cm
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Japanese tea bowl. Silver glaze inside the bowl and pink on the outside. In artist dsigned wooden box, diameter 17 cm
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Chinese school, scroll, chrysanthemum and butterflies. Bears signature for Zheng Shu, ink and colour, 118 x 53 cm (image)
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Early 20th century Indonesian rod puppet. Hand carved wooden figure with polychrome decoration. In a printed cotton sarong, height 56 cm
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Indonesian school, signed, girls with flower baskets. Signed lower left., acrylic on canvas on board, 85 x 132 cm
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Japanese Ikebana cane basket. Woven in the form of a turtle, a symbol of long life, length 44 cm
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Old Japanese woven Ikebana basket. Copper lining, height 25 cm
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Three Japanese pottery bowls. Two in their original signed artist boxes, diameter 16 cm (1) and 14 cm (2)
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Japanese Oribe figure. With fine green glaze and artist's mark to base, height 22 cm
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19th century Japanese carved wood figure of the great monk Kukai., height 12 cm
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19th century pottery ware figure of the great Japanese monk Kukai, height 12.5 cm
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7 various 19th century Burmese clay Buddhist votives. Small chips and damages, height 11 cm (tallest0
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Chinese bronze vase. Of archaic form, height 14 cm
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Three 19th century Japanese lacquerware bowls. Finely painted birds and foliage in gold on a red laquer base, diameter 26 cm (largest)
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Pair Chinese lacquer boxes. Of five lobes form, the black lacquer inlaid with mother of pearl floral motif and central Chinese 'Double Happiness' character, diameter 33 cm (each)
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Pair graduated Chinese lacquer boxes. Lidded rectangular boxes with black lacquer and mother of pearl inlay, length 31 cm and 26 cm
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Early 20th century Chinese cloisonne standard lamp. Brass and enamel in the archaic style, height 166 cm
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Carved and inlaid Japanese screen. Four panels in lightly carved frames depicting daily life and Fuji in inlaid mother of pearl, height 90 cm
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Large Chinese porcelain ginger jar. Lidded jar with blue and white decoration of interior with scholar and two women attending. Double circle mark to base, height 28 cm
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19th century Japanese Shigaraki vase. Of good wabi sabi form and drip glaze. In the original signed wood box, height 23.5 cm
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Japanese Iga ware vase. Of good wabi-sabi form and drip glaze. In the original signed wood box, height 28 cm
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19th century Japanese Imari plate in the form of a sea Bream fish. Finely painted blue on white with mountains and temple scene, the back painted foliage, length 38 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Bizen ware storage jar. Wabi sabi form with red highlighted glaze, height 30 cm
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Japanese figure. Of the great monk Kukai, Showa period, height 37 cm
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Vintage Japanese natural wood stand, for Ikebana flowers in a vase, height 31
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Vintage Chinese ivory potpourri jar. Reticulated body with high relief rose tendrils. Lid with floral bud finial, height 14 cm
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Various smokers requisites etc. Briar snuff / tobacco box; horn snuff box with tortoise covered lid and Henckels cigar cutter in pouch. Also ivory puzzle ball with stand, height 26 cm (puzzle ball)
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19th century Japanese Kutani lidded porcelain container. With finely painted images of lion masked dancers among a floral surround. Signed Kenji to base, diameter 12 cm
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19th century Japanese lacquer and tin box. Jikiro lacquerware box of circular form with finely hand painted minute floral designs over the entire surface, diameter 14.5 cm
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Japanese Kutani ware Daruma figure. With good style and glaze, height 24 cm
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19th century Chinese blue and white tea caddy. Of hexagonal form. Scrolling foliate design. Turned wooden lid and wooden stand, height 16.5 cm (incl.stand)
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Two Chinese snuff bottles. Inside of one painted with sages, the other of tibetan style in repousse silver. Marked 'S925' to base, height 9 cm and 8 cm
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Japanese lacquerware tray. Depicting cranes flying among clouds, painted in gold with black background. Slight damages, 40 x 30 cm
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Two Satsuma vases. Mid 20th century manufacture, depicting courtesans in the garden and Fuji. Both signed, height 32 cm (tallest)
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Two various Japanese vases, including hand airbrushed owl vase, signed. Old firing crack to footring. Also Kutani vase with bird and chrysanthemum panels, height 30 cm (Kutani)
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Carved Chinese greenstone horse. Saddled Tang style, horse with knotted tail, height 18 cm
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Three various brass items, including bell gong on carved stand, with strikes; lotus form bowl; and Indian temple bell, height 45 cm (gong)
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Two cloisonne covered jars. Tri-footed bulbous form, one, ding style. Also footed butterfly and floral dish, height 15 cm
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Three various Eastern Domestic items, including spun brass ewer, storage pot and stacked meal carrier, height 39 cm (ewer)
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Middle Eastern brass lidded jar. Copper and silver script decorated body, diameter 13 cm
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Middle Eastern brass jar. Damascus style, finely worked copper and silver on a high copper content brass base, height 10 cm
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15 various 19th century lacquerware sake cups. Finely painted designs depicting birds, foliage and ships, diameter 8.5 cm (smallest), diameter 13 cm (largest)
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Miniature painting of Mandarin Fu Manchu. Circa 1920-30. Painted on white marble panel, signed lower right with artist's chop mark, W/Clr, 14.5 x 11 cm
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Contemporary ceramic sculpture. By Somchai Charoen, a well known ceramic artist and teacher based in Sydney. He was a former lecturer at Silpakorn University, Thailand (1994-2002), height 39 cm
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Pottery crock. Barrel form crock with green and brown drip glaze. Yellow interior glaze. Chip to lid under rim, several minor glaze chips, height 35 cm
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