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The Caspian Gallery Auction — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:234
Sale Title:The Caspian Gallery AuctionLots with images:61
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:157
Date:22-May-2007
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Antique Mandau, Dayak, Borneo, 19th century, length 74 cm
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A Prow of a War Canoe, Coastal Sepik, New Guinea, early 20th century, length 80 cm. Reference: Haddon and Hornell
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Two Middle Sepik Carvings, Biwat People, New Guinea, height 69 cm and 70 cm
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A Silver Inlaid Belt, Maranao People, Mindanao Southern Philippines, early 20th century, length 67 cm
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Two Iniet Chalkstone Figures, New Guinea, a. height 22 cm, b. height 17 cm. Collected by E.A. Tull, circa 1955
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Three Silver Breastplates, Timor, early 20th century, Diameter 16 cm, 5 cm and 9 cm
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Two Silk Textiles, Central Asia, Tie Dyed, a. 128 x 122 cm, b. 147 x 150 cm
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A Wooden Female Figure, Sumba, Indonesia, height 45 cm. Provenance: Collected on Sumba circa 1980
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A Pair of Early Bulol (Rice Gods), Northern Luzon, Philippines, sizes 40 cm x 14 cm x 18 cm, 41 cm x 16 cm x 20 cm
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A Ramu Shield, Middle Sepik, New Guinea, 127 x 54 cm
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A Group of Four Uzbek Silk Cross Stitch Needlepoint Embroideries, Northern Afghanistan, early 20th century
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A Friction Drum, New Britain, early 20th century, 50 x 24 x 12 cm
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A Makonde Mask, East Africa, height 17 cm, diameter 17 cm. Provenance: ex Louis Morley Collection
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A Micronesian Coconut Scrapper, Mortlock Island, 92 x 48 x 22 cm
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An Antique Beshir Turkmen Fragment, Uzbekistan, mid 19th century, 138 x 72 cm
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An Oak Armchair in 17th, century style, circa 1900, covered with early Ersari Turkmen rug fragment
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An Oak Standard Chair in 17th century style, circa 1900, covered with Kurdish rug fragment
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An Oak Standard Chair in 17th century style, circa 1900, covered with Ersari Turkmen rug fragment
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View Of The Admiralty Islands, Hand coloured engraving, London, 1800, 27 x 22 cm
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A Huntstein Mask, Torricelli Mountains,New Guinea, 80 x 43 cm
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An Upper Sepik Shield, possibly Frieda River, a tributary of the Sepik River, New Guinea, 172 x 52 cm. Provenance: collected by Stan Moriarty and acquired from the family, Stan Moriarty was one of the great collectors of New Guinea art and artefacts. Many pieces from his collection are now in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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A Dance Shield, Bougainville, Northern Solomons, early 20th century, height 104 cm
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A Bowl Inlaid with Nautilus Shell, Solomon Islands, Circa 1900, length 62 cm, height 14 cm
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A Shell Belt, Solomon Islands, length 56 cm. Provenance: Collected by Peter Hallinan
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An Knobkerry Club, Swaziland, early 20th century, length 61 cm
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A Figurative Scoop, Huon Gulf, New Guinea,pre-early 20th century, length 63 cm
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An Early Sulka Shield, New Britain, 19th century, 135 x 24 cm
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House Board, Middle Sepik, New Guinea, 131 x 24 cm
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A Canoe Bailer,Santa Cruz,Eastern Solomon Islands, early 20th century, 47 x 18 x 11 cm. Provenance: The Hornshaw Collection
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A Middle Sepik Stool,possibly Yuat River,Biwat people, 31 x 43 x 34 cm
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A Dance Shield, Bougainville, Northern Solomons, circa 1900, height 88 cm
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A Figurative Fragment of Parrying Shield, San Cristobal, Eastern Solomon Islands, 19th century, height 47 cm
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An Orators Stool, Middle Sepik, New Guinea, height 140 cm. Provenance: Private museum Bowraville
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A canoe prow figurehead, coastal Sepik, New Guinea. Height 53 cm
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A Javanese Bronze, Indonesia, height 14 cm. Provenance: Collected by John Magers in Bali circa 1970
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Five Tapa (Bark) Cloths, New Guinea. Provenance: Collected by Reverend A.Harbord 1923-35
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Artist unknown, Eastern Arnhemland, circa 1960, Bark Painting, 97 x 37 cm
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A Trobriand Canoe Splashboard, Massim, Eastern New Guinea, 88 x 53 cm
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The New Zealanders Illustrated by George French Angas, Reed, Methuen, Wellington [published date: 1966] Hardcover Facsimile reprint of the 1847 edition, Limited edition of 750 copies.
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A stone mortar in the form, of a turtle, Southeast Asia or Melanesia, circa 1900 or earlier, 26 x 10 cm
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A Himalayan Mask, Bhutan, 19th century, height 22 cm. Reference: There is a similar example in the Naprstek Museum, Prague, ref. Masks by Erich Herold pl. 91, p.129, 1992 Prague
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A Shah Savan reversed Soumak Bag, Southern Caucasus, early 20th century, 37 x 30 cm
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Two Pairs of Turkoman, Embroidered Cuffs, Central Asia, early 20th century
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Three Uzbek Cumberbunds, early 20th century, silk cross stitch needlepoint
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Three Embroidered Cumberbunds, Central Asia, early 20th century
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A Lumi Shield, Torricelli Mountains, New Guinea, 93 x 45 cm
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A Small Figure, Bangaladesh, circa 5th century, 7 cm
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A painted ceremonial bird, Abelam people, Maprik Hills, New Guinea, 112 x 56 cm
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An Antique Chodor Ensi Turkmenistan, mid 19th century, 152 x 146 cm. Reference: Most of the Turkmen tribes made Ensi but early Chodor examples are very rare., See: Mackie and Thompson Turkmen, Tribal Carpets and Traditions pgs. 123, 129 Washington 1980
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An Ersari Turkmen Carpet, Afghanistan, Circa 1930, 457 x 340 cm
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An Antique Savonerie style European Carpet, 590 x 355 cm
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A Dance Mask, Sri Lanka, 19th century, height 75 cm
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A Thracian Kilim Runner, Eastern Europe,Circa 1900, 401 x 130 cm
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A Kuchan Kurd Kilim, Eastern Iran, early 20th century, With reverse soumak and other flat woven techniques, 336 x 172 cm
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A Scandanavian Weaving, Circa 1900, 158 x 111 cm
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An Antique European Puppet, appears to be a Christian Crusader, height of figure 94 cm, hanging apparatus 73 cm
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A Framed Map of New South Georgia (Solomons), published by Stockdale 1789, 58 x 53 cm
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A Slit Drum, Middle Sepik, New Guinea, 215 x 46 x 31 cm. Provenance: Acquired from family in Castlemaine Victoria. Collected before 1920
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A Siapo Mamanu tapa (bark) cloth, Samoa, 164 x 178 cm
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A Turkmen Bag Face Fragment, Central Asia, 19th century, 125 x 28 cm
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An Ersari Turkmen Bag Face, Northern Afghanistan, early 20th century, 129 x 31 cm
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A Massim ceremonial axe, Milne Bay Province, Eastern New Guinea. Height 60 cm
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A Senneh Rug, Northwestern Iran, Circa 1900, Boteh design with an ivory ground, 190 x 129 cm
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An Ersari Turkmen Saddlebags, Northern Afghanistan, 47 x 65 cm
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Two Early Stone Axes, a. Northwestern Queensland, 12 x 9.5 cm, b. New Guinea, 11 x 6.5 cm
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Four Early Stone Club Heads, New Guinea
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A framed early engraving, from Anderson's large folio edition of Cooks Voyages
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Painted mask, New Guinea, 63 x 19 cm. Provenance: Collected 1946
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An early Dayak shield, Kenyah, or Kayan people, Borneo, 124 x 38 cm
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Map of Japan, Paris 1788, 66 x 52 cm
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A Bidang Ikat Textile, Iban people, Sarawak, Borneo, early 19th century, 98 x 43 cm
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A Pinantupan (tube skirt), Yakan people, Mindanao or, Basilan Island, 128 x 82 cm. Footnote: The primary warp and weft are cotton while the supplementary weft and coloured border yarns are silk, Reference: Hamiliton From the Rainbow's Varied Hue p. 94 Los Angeles 1998
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One Cassowary bone dagger, One bone lime spatula, Middle Sepik, New Guinea
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Eight Aboriginal stone objects
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Two Iniet Figures, New Guinea, a. height 27 cm, b. height 25 cm, collected by E.A. Tull, circa 1955
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Two Woven Fibre Belts, Highlands, New Guinea, One early Woven textile, Santa Cruz, Eastern Solomons
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Two Early Kina Shells, New Guinea, One with old repair
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A Dyak Hempatong (Ancestor figure), Borneo, circa 1900, height 80 cm
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Carving of Man and Crocodile, Asmat, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, height 76 cm
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A Figure with Bird, Middle Sepik, New Guinea, height 108 cm, Footnote: The base of the figure suggests that there is a possibility that this was the top of a house-post or architectural ornament
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A Navajo Rug, New Mexico, circa 1930, 126 x 68 cm
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A Yellow Ground Konya Carpet Fragment, 18th-19th century, Central Anatolia, 95 x 93 cm, Reference: E.H.Kircheim Orient Stars p.186-189 F.Spuhler 'The Yellow-Ground Konya Carpets', There has been considerable scholarship on yellow ground Konya Carpets. Previously most examples such as this were thought to be 17th century but this has been questioned
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A Dragon Variant Soumak rug, Eastern Caucasus, mid 19th century, 335 x 162 cm Reference: Sumakh Boralevi, Alberto p.39 Firenze 1986
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A Karachopf Kazak, Western Caucasus, third quarter 19th century, 244 x 186 cm
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A Caucasian Reverse Soumak, Bag Face, Southern Caucasus, 19th century, 50 x 45 cm. Footnote: This is an excellent example of Reverse Soumak which is a weft wrapping technique that creates an almost jewel like effect to the front of the bag face and is relatively rare.
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A Caucasian Soumak Bag Face, Eastern Caucasus, 19th century, 60 x 60 cm
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Antique North African Kilim, 19th century, with signature, 380 x 180 cm
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A Caucasian Soumak Bag Face, Southern Caucasus, 19th century, 59 x 49 cm
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A Shah Savan Soumak Bag Face, Southern Caucasus, 56 x 46 cm
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A Ceremonial Object, Kwoma People, Washkuk Hills, New Guinea, height 138 cm. Provenance: collected by Patrol Officer Jim Hunter circa 1960.
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A Small Trobriand Stool, Massim Area, Eastern New Guinea, circa 1920, height 35 cm, diameter 14 cm
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A Baktiari Salt Bag with Soumak technique, Western Iran, early 20th century, 47 x 41 cm
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A Baktiari Soumak Saddle Bag, Western Iran, early 20th century, 120 x 66 cm
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An Afshar Salt Bag, South western Iran, early 20th century, 49 x 67 cm
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A Dyak Hempatong (Ancestor, figure), Borneo, height 60 cm. Provenance: Goldman Collection, London
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A stone Tapa Beater, New Guinea, height 28 cm. Footnote: Prehistoric stone mortars and tapa beaters such as this example that have been found in New Guinea are thought to be 3,000-5,000 years old
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A stone Tapa Beater, New Guinea. Height 34 cm
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Lime Spatula, Admiralty Islands, circa 1900, length 44 cm
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Two Aboriginal Shields, a) Wunda Shield, Western Australia, 59 x 10 cm, b) Beanwood Shield, Central Desert, 71 x 20 cm
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An Antique Sarab Hall Runner, North western Iran, 432 x 94 cm
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