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New Zealand Music, Jewellery, Antique & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:889
Sale Title:New Zealand Music, Jewellery, Antique & Art AuctionLots with images:760
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:648
Date:28-May-2019
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Andrew van der Putten, stoneware ovoid vase with small mouth, green, black and blue brushed glazes to the shoulder. Height 20 cm.
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Nine various pottery yunomi and beakers, shino, ash and tenmoku glazes. Tallest 10 cm.
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Jim Greig, stoneware candlestick, flaring conical with two mushroom side 'handles'. Incised artist's initials. Height 16 cm.
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Jim Grieg, table lamp, the three lobed hand thrown base with variable grey glaze, unmarked, with brass fittings and cylinder shade with split bamboo highlights. Base only height 25 cm.
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Graeme Storm, small salt glazed stoneware bellarmine, with applied mask and three rondels. Authenticated by the potter. Height 17 cm.
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Karen van der Sluis, tenmoku bottle vase, in the manner of Shoji Hamada, the dark tenmoku with wax-resist rust toned highlights. square form, impressed mark to base. Height 35 cm.
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Campbell Hegan, lidded shino glazed jar, the domed lid with brass ring captured to the single lug, potter's name to base. Height 14.5 cm.
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Peter Collis, gold lustre baluster vase, the flat top rim and encircling band in dominant gold lustre with red enamelled highlights, black high gloss ground, signed and dated to the shoulder '99. Height 24 cm.
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Chris Weaver, iron series black glazed porcelain teapot, with rimu hoop handle, peg fitting, impressed potter's mark. Length 20.5 cm.
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Chris Weaver, iron series black glazed porcelain lidded box, oval form with cylinder knob type end handles. Impressed potter's mark. Length 19.5 cm.
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Two Chris Weaver pottery items, includes an iron series rounded triangular form oil lamp and a pit-fired pot with short knob handles, various firing effects. Height 11 cm and 12 cm.
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Ross Mitchell-Anyon, teapot and another potter's jug, the teapot with cut sides and pale glaze, hair crack to body, the tall jug with pale tan glaze by potter unknown. Height 25.5 cm.
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Ray Rogers, pouring bowl decorated with an encircling band of stylised calligraphy type decoration, conforming to the interior, impressed potter's mark to the foot. Diameter 26 cm.
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Twenty 'N.Z. Potter' magazines, c.1970s/1980s.
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John Campbell (Tasmania), vase of waisted rib form with a lustrous majolica type brown variable glaze, incised potter's name and marks to base. Height 17 cm.
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Five art glass pieces, includes a tall trumpet goblet, fine tall stemmed candle holder, tall scent bottle with long dipper, coloured panelled beaker and cast glass frog.
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Peter Raos, Monet's Garden' scent bottle, ovoid form with wide flat top rim, the ball finialled dipper with long stem, traditional fine floral decoration, engraved maker's signature and date. Height 13.5 cm.
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Peter Viesnik, paperweight from the Sea garden Series, signed and dated.
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Gary Nash, paperweight, adventurine flower. Height 7.5 cm
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Lynden Over, N.Z. art glass vase, beaker form, various mottled tones, etched maker's name and date '04 to base. Height 16.5 cm.
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Katie Brown, art glass 'Applique Vase', hand blown, black encased in clear with fine white radiating loops. Height 37 cm
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Dominic Burrell, untitled pod, hand blown layered coloured glass cut with polished sloping cut top, green exterior. Makers label to base. Height 12.5 cm.
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Carmen Simmonds, cast art glass dress form, a copper wire sculpted to the top. signed, dated '04 and numbered '#6' to the base. Height 24.5 cm.
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Ola and Marie Hoglund, three drinking glasses of various colours with black trim, together with a mottled blue glass bell, paper labels to each. Tallest height 20 cm.
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N.Z. art glass artist unknown, sculpture of Noise Baffle Foam, green colourway, polished sides. Height 22.8 cm.
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N.Z. glass artist unknown, hand blown art glass handbag, blue mottled with white glass cane handles with clear applied rondels, pontil mark to base. Height 17.5 cm.
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Donna Feary, cast glass tuatara of light amber tone, signed to base. Length 21 cm.
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Five Georgian glass twin spouted rinsing bowls, facet cut decoration to the base. 12 x 9 cm
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A pair of Victorian Bristol blue glass lustres, the tall vases on pedestal stems with gilt and coloured enamel highlights, triangular section prism drops, not complete. Height 35.5 cm.
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A Waterford Crystal ship's decanter, hobnail cut spreading circular base, faceted ball stopper. Acid etched mark to the side.
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A set of six Waterford large spirit glasses, in a repeat diamond cut pattern, some with paper labels.
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Six Waterford saucer champagne glasses, 'Lismore' pattern.
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Six Waterford saucer champagne glasses, 'Lismore' pattern.
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Eight Waterford white wine glasses, 'Colleen' pattern with faceted stems. Height 19 cm
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Eight Bohemian crystal wine glasses, the harlequin set of varying colours and patterns.
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A large and impressive William Moorcroft 'Pansy' vase, baluster form, the dark claret toned flowers with soft yellow and green leaves on dark cobalt blue ground. Full signature in green and impressed mark to base. Height 36.8 cm. Note: this piece featured on the TV show '5.30 with Jude' 6/5/98, a video copy of this episode is available with this vase.
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A Walter Moorcroft 'Leaf and Berry' pattern vase, squat baluster form, impressed marks. Diameter 10 cm.
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An uncommon Walter Moorcroft 'Leaf and Berry' salt glazed vase, ovoid form, the unusual colour tonings resulting from the salt glazed effect to the standard 'Leaf and Berry' pattern, impressed marks and blue painted full signature. Height 21 cm.
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Two Friedensreich Hundertwasser 'The Bradford Editions', 2004 vases, each brightly decorated with gold and silver metallic highlights, curved cylinder form, each from a limited edition with certificate and printed marks to base. Height 20 cm.
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A Royal Copenhagen tray by Nils Thorsson (1898-1975), rectangular with faience decoration of multiple fish, printed and painted marks to reverse including #807/3445, 31 x 23 cm. Note: Thorsson was Artistic Director at Royal Copenhagen from 1949.
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A rare 1930s Ashtead Studio Pottery mask by Phoebe Stabler, of a young girl with flowers decorating her head scarf. Printed, moulded and painted marks to reverse. Height 8.3 cm.
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A Swedish Strombergshyttan crystal vase, tapering oblong section, deeply etched with a portrait of a young girl and songbird. Height 18 cm
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A French Julien opalescent glass dish, lobed oval shape, cast with a fruiting vine decoration. 35 x 27 cm.
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An Arts & Crafts copper spirit kettle on brass stand, embossed decoration, with original burner. Probably WMF. Height 26 cm.
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A WMF Art Nouveau silver plate and glass centrepiece bowl, the oval form plated frame decorated with roses and leaves, two side handles, with original glass liner with conforming decoration, impressed marks and design number to base. 42 x 16.5 x 13 cm
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Two pieces of early 19th century china, a sauce tureen with saucer, decorated with castles in blue and white with gilt embellishments, the other a Wedgwood deep oval fruit dish decorated with flowers.
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Three early 19th century plates, all decorated in blue and white with florals and outdoor scenes.
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An 18th century Newhall deep saucer dish, decorated with a Willow pattern with gilt embellishments to rim, together with a Chinese export deep saucer dish in the Willow pattern.
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An 18th century Thomas Turner blue and white cup, decorated in the 'Fisherman' pattern together with an early 19th century blue and white comport, both with gilt embellishments.
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An 18th century Caughley lidded bowl, decorated in chinoiserie pattern with gilt embellishments, together with a Wedgwood Willow pattern jug.
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An 18th century Seth Pennington porcelain coffee pot, decorated with chinoiserie scenes on a white ground, moulded decoration to the spout and handle. Professional restoration. Height 24 cm.
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An 18th century Liverpool porcelain bowl, decorated in chinoiserie pattern, blue and white.
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Assorted antique blue and white china, includes an 18th century Worcester cup (open crescent mark), a Spode tea bowl and a Chinese export deep saucer and cup.
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Two 19th century Wedgwood lidded tureens, a small sauce tureen with base and a small vegetable tureen, both printed with botanical images in blue on a white ground.
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An early 19th century Spode blue and white Stilton cheese stand, decorated in the 'Castle' pattern, together with an early Wedgwood deep saucer decorated with florals in blue and white.
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Two blue and white Chinese exportware tea bowls and a deep saucer, decorated with florals and outdoor scenes, gilt embellishments.
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A large Chinese Imperial porcelain bowl, decorated in underglaze blue with figures to the exterior and florals to the interior, four-character mark to base.
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Five reference books, all on collecting English porcelain and china.
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Five reference books, all on collecting 17th and 18th century blue and white porcelain.
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Five reference books, all on collecting 18th century blue and white porcelain and china.
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Four reference books, all on collecting Chinese porcelain.
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Three reference books, two on Chinese porcelain and ceramics and one on pottery and porcelain terms.
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An early 20th century grisaille landscape painted part-coffee set, the five cans and flared rim saucers with traditional landscapes, gold rims.
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A Royal Worcester Art Deco lidded urn, polychrome enamelled in stylised florals on fine speckled grey ground, gilt enrichments. Printed marks for 1920. Height 24 cm.
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A 1920s Royal Worcester 'Magnolia Bud' figurine, c.1958, from 'The Arabian Nights Series', designer Gwendolen Parnell, height 11.5 cm.
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A fine large Royal Copenhagen 'Wave and Rock' figure group, modelled by Theodor Lundberg (1852-1926), as Prometheus upon the Rocks, hands bound behind his back, leaning forward to kiss a nude sea nymph, model No. 1132, printed marks. Height 46 cm.
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A vintage Grimwades Ltd 'Maori Land' plate, depicting a scene of Lake Taupo with waka and distant Mt Ngauruhoe, Maori carving decorated border. Diameter 25 cm.
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A 20th century Meissen monkey teapot, after the original model by J.J. Kandler, c.1735, the seated monkey holding a baby to its front as the spout, the handle formed by a further baby to its back eating an apple. Height 23 cm.
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A Sadler yellow glazed 'T42' Art Deco car teapot, #20236, silvered highlights, impressed marks to base. Length 23 cm.
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A Sadler green glazed 'T42' Art Deco car teapot, #20236, silvered highlights, impressed marks to base. Length 23 cm
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Two later Sadler glazed 'T42' car teapots, #20236, pale blue and black with silvered highlights, impressed marks to base and 'Made in England Racing Teapot' stamps to base. Length 23 cm.
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A Moorcroft vase, in the Puffin pattern designed by Carol Lovatt, introduced in 1997, squat body with long slender neck. Height 30 cm
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A large Royal Dux figure, the young fisherman stands on the seashore holding his nets, mark to base. Height 55 cm.
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A Royal Dux figure, two donkeys standing with a post, impressed numbers to base. 31 x 21 x 35 cm.
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An impressive and rare Hutschenreuther study of a macaw parrot, by Hans Achtziger perched on a flowering branch, blue wings and tail outstretched. 25 x 24 x 70 cm
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A large West German pottery floor vase, orange lava pattern and tone, some chips to exterior. 35 x 60 cm.
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A German Westerwald salt glaze jardiniere on pedestal stand, decorated with cobalt blue painted designs, height 116 cm. Old repairs to base of jardiniere.
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A quality large 1920s Chinese silver Martini shaker, by C.J. China Jewellery Co., finely hand-beaten finish with a single relief decorated dragon chasing a mystic pearl, the top and spout with bayonet fitted lids. Stamped marks to the base and later paper label 'Cock's Collection'. 775gm. Height 25.8 cm.
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A pair of c.1900 Chinese silver toast racks, four-slice with Gothic form arches, raised on ball feet, Chinese character marks stamped to the base. Height 10.8 cm.
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A pair of c.1880 Chinese silver Luck Hing small candle holders, the pierced cylindrical form with elaborate dragon amongst scrolling cloud decoration. stamped marks to base. 85gm. Height 4.5 cm.
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Three Chinese silver dressing table accessories, hairbrush and mirror together with a clothes brush, decorated with dragons in relief, character and stamp for Wang Hing & Co.
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A small Chinese silver tray, the interior and border decorated with dragons and the mystic pearl, the edge in bamboo, raised on half bun feet, 394gm. 23 x 16.5 cm.
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A mid-19th century Chinese silver 'Genwo' mug, tapered cylindrical form, restrained decoration of two encircling bands of fruiting grape vine in relief, maker's mark embossed to base and with presentation engraving. 167gm. Height 9.6 cm.
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A large vintage Chinese carved ivory bust of the goddess Kuanyin, her serene face surmounted by a carved and pierced diadem decorated with a deity flanked by foliage, a 'bindi' in lapis lazuli to her forehead. Raised upon a carved wood stand. Overall height 20.5 cm, 1.46kgs. Provenance: Purchased from Cordy's August 1977 where it was a featured item.
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A set of eight Chinese carved ivory 'Horses of Happiness', each in a different pose and raised on a conforming carved wood stand. Tallest height 7.3 cm. According to legend, the Emperor Nu-Wang who reigned in 746B.C. possessed eight horses which assisted him throughout his reign and finally took him to paradise.
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A vintage Chinese carved ivory puzzle ball vase, the body as approximately eight concentric carved ivory balls, the exterior as a contorted dragon, plain turned trumpet top and footed base. Height 12.2 cm.
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A Chinese silver lidded box, pierced and decorated with dragons and clouds, stamped character and mark for possibly Cumshing, 274gm. 19 x 5 x 3.5 cm.
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A quality Peking green glass bowl in silver stand, the silver framed stand with pierced and relief fine decoration of birds amongst bamboo stamped to the base with character marks and 'sterling', the flared bowl of good mid/deep green tone. Diameter 11.7 cm.
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An early 20th century Chinese Peking green glass lidded box, the yellow metal fittings with coloured enamel highlights, the lid with applied brooch type panel. 10 x 8.8 x 8.4 cm.
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An early 20th century Chinese silver and Peking glass lined bowl, the silver pierced frame of three sinuous dragons amongst clouds above a stormy sea, stamped character marks to the base, the caramel toned Peking glass liner bowl with rolled rim. Diameter 11.5 cm.
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A collection of Chinese coins, various dates and sizes.
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A Chinese carved jadeite large pendant, goldfish form, gem set silver fitting, variable tone from pale to dark. Length 7.8 cm.
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A Chinese finely carved jadeite panel, classical symbolism of fish, buildings, birds, lotus, etc., the medium grey/green variable tone with orange/brown highlights. Length 11 cm.
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A Chinese carved agate large pendant, of an arhat wrapped in a robe holding a double gourd in his right hand. Length 9.5 cm.
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A Chinese clear rock crystal carved pendant, the Buddha figure with reishi fungus staff, frosted highlights. Length 6.4 cm.
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A Chinese carved rock crystal Buddha figured pendant, with corpulent belly. Length 4.5 cm.
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A small Chinese jade bi disc pendant, with unmarked gold mount. Diameter 2.4 cm.
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A jade bangle, the variegated bright green jade with red highlight.
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A long rudraksha seed mala bead necklace, uniform, brass central fitting with yellow silk cord attached. Length 80 cm.
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A rosewood bead mala necklace, highlighted with banded agates, amber and lapis lazuli beads. Length 74 cm.
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