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Fine & Decorative Arts, Silver & Jewellery — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:633
Sale Title:Fine & Decorative Arts, Silver & JewelleryLots with images:621
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:518
Date:19-May-2012
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Papua New Guinea men's house decoration. Carved and ochre painted long billed bird. Abelam, Sepik river. Height 78 cm
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Yalandja, Owen (b.1960), Yawkyawk water spirit, 1993. Maningrida Arts and Culture descriptive certificate verso. Catalogue #YALA9/793, with accompanying Dvd of Yawkyawk legend. Ochre pigment on stringy bark, 93 x 58 cm
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Aboriginal school (2), Rita Gotjabawuy, Serpents, with BulaBula arts stamp verso; and Roy Burnyila, 'Warngu (flying fox)' and #1805 inscribed verso. Acrylic on canvas, 58 x 51 cm, and 65 x 47 cm
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Papua New Guinea Yam Ceremony Yina. Carved face with lime and ochre coloration. Kwoma people, upper Sepik. Use patina. Height 78 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea Drums. Fish mouth, with incised whorls and finely worked mouth with polychrome decoration, retains reptile membrane (split), Gulf of Papua. Together with Papua New Guinea asmat drum, relief carved with lime and ochre coloration, and hornbill, length 77 cm and 66 cm
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Aboriginal school (2), Topsy Tjulvata 'Kulpitjata' cat #834, Maruku Arts & Crafts stamp and cat# 7 Bdj inscribed verso; David Cox Untitled, inscribed verso 'Warmun Art centre Wac 639/00. Acrylic on canvas (2), 70 x 45 cm and 90 x 38 cm
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Goodwin, Daniel, 'Todd river, Alice Springs Gap,' 1993. Watercolour, 45 x 59 cm
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Papuan Gulf carved story board. Fishing boat with crocodile, eels, snake and fish. Mask and figure border with lime and ochre infill. 50 x 109 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea items, including hunter's magic bones bag, Simbu area; pair dance rattles, Sepik river.
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Two various Papua New Guinea Sago platters. Middle Sepik with carved back and croc head terminal. Asmat with gope style back and effigy head. Length 76 cm (longest)
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Massim carved turtle form bowl. Ornate incised lime filled decoration under. Old repairs to neck and tail. Collected Papua New Guinea 1940s. Length 55 cm
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Papua New Guinea ancestor figure, and basket hook. Plain carved figure on stool; and unadorned carving with old ochre patina. Both Yensinmungua, middle Sepik. Height 78 cm (figure)
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Quantity of Papua New Guinea body Adornments, including Highlands Kina wealth shell necklace, tusk and shell jewellery. Various
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Djorlom, Warren (Aboriginal school), 'Mimih Spirits and Antilopine kangaroos.' Maningrida arts and Culture label verso. 117 x 51 cm
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Pwerle, Gracie Morton (b.c.1956), 'Bush Plum Seeds,' 2007. Certificate from Kooroora Art Gallery, acrylic on canvas, 96 x 186 cm
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Ebatarinja, Arnulf (b.1931), mount Sonder, MacDonnell Ranges, 1972. Watercolour, 50 x 71 cm
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Aboriginal school (3), Collette Koontama (2) 'Platypus Dreaming,' 'Goanna Dreaming;' and Diedre Napangardi, Bush banana Dreaming. Acrylic on canvas (3), 29 x 40 cm (each)
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Trobriand carved female figure. Carved in hardwood bearing a crocodile decorated betel and mortar on her head. Old splits and use patination. Break across base. Collected 1940s. Height 66 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved Minja. Large yam ceremony minja. Kwoma people, upper Sepik. Some losses. Height 160 cm
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Papua New Guinea lower Sepik fishing Magic charm. Carved and incised decoration. Old charred patina. Height 44 cm
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Liberian Dan Race mask. Cowrie and hair decorated. Height 39 cm
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Dan headdress. Cane armature with mirror fabric and cowrie decoration. Height 64 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea carved wood masks. Over-modelled clay and shell decoration. Large losses. Height 100 cm (tallest)
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Three various Aboriginal bowls. All with pyrographed decoration. Length 72 cm (largest)
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Two Papua New Guinea carved items, including Mindimbit Sepik ancestor figure; Papua Gulf bullroarer. Height 35 cm (figure)
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Three various Papua New Guinea Asmat items. Two bone daggers with plaited string hilts, quills, and shell and feather tassels. Also, bone nose ornament. Length 37 cm (longest)
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Aboriginal stone axe head. In wooden handle bound with string. Sharpened by flaking. C. 19th century. Purchased in Quambone in the 1950s. Length 32 cm
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Kwoma Sepik bone dagger. Incised mask decoration. Length 32 cm
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Three various 1970s Papua New Guinea contemporary craft items, including two earthenware owl form whistles; and brazed metal spirit figure (A/F). Height 31 cm (figure)
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Four small carved Sepik figures. Two birds, double mask, standing figure with headdress. Height 26 cm (tallest)
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Papua New Guinea Yam Ceremony Minja. Large carved and ochred mask on hooked base. Kwoma people, upper Sepik. Losses and faults. Height 163 cm
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Solomon Islands wealth necklace. Strung lattice form using hand-worked shell. Length 66 cm
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Papua New Guinea ancestor figure. Dense hardwood carving of a figure surmounted by hornbill. Shell, clay, feather and hair decoration. Long village use patina. Length 112 cm
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Aboriginal hunting boomerang. Stone worked grooved shaft. Collected central Desert late 1950s. Length 76 cm
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Four old Sepik Utensils and mortar. Four carved, slotted and pointed sticks, with village use patina; also, Murik Lakes figure form betel mortar. Length 64 cm (longest)
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Solomon Islands carved bowl. Pointed oval form with incised rim. Length 46 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea carvings. Polychrome decorated bird (Yamok, Sepik); and ancestor figure, incised decoration with shell and string, and head unusually turned sideways, Mindibit, Sepik river. Height 51 cm (bird)
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Four Aboriginal carved Mulga boomerangs. Three with chipped and incised decoration. Mid 20th century. Length 110 cm (largest)
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Four various Aboriginal artefacts, including decorated club; carved mulga snake; woomera; and small serpent decorated didgeridoo. Length 110 cm (didge)
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Papua New Guinea Massim bowl. Central relief carved finials, and incised end decoration. 77 cm (oval)
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Djaykurrnga, George (b.1930), 'Mimi and Namarodo Spirits.' Descriptive label verso. Oenpelli. Natural earth pigments on bark, 54 x 24 cm
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Aboriginal school, quantity of Aboriginal and Papua New Guinea artefacts, including Aboriginal school, Native animals and fish, bark; Mimi figure, work on paper, stamped verso Marrawuddi gallery, Northern Territory. Also,Papua New Guinea spears, arrows and three bows. 30 x 65 cm (bark)
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Petyarre, Gloria (born c.1938), 'Bush Medicine leaves,' 2005. Certificate from, the Artery at Darlinghurst per boomerang Aboriginal Art (includes photo of artist with work). Acrylic on Belgian linen, 121 x 45 cm
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Trobriand ebony lime spatula. Chief's pattern, with two headed handle and carved haft. Old, fine crack which is splinted. Length 65 cm
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Solomon Islands wood club. Tapering, oval cross section with raised medial line each side of flat tip. Old use patina. Malaita Island. Small losses. Length 107 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik Fertility figure. Female in face decorated armature. Old ochre and lime colour with use patina. Height 110 cm
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Inkamala, Adolf (1914-1960), 'Ormiston Gorge,' 1958. Watercolour, 25.5 x 35.5 cm
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Four various Aboriginal items, including animal decorated dish; carved goanna digging stick; woven grass cover and bag. Length 49 cm (dish)
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Old Tapa cloth. Oro Province,Papua New Guinea. Various small holes. 78 x 151 cm
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Namok, Rosella (b.1979), 'Reef at old Site.' cat #RNH 17. Also signed to front. Acrylic on canvas, 81 x 106 cm
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Attributed to Rosie Karadada (2), Wanjina; and Totems, acrylic on canvas, 86.5 x 77 cm, and 90 x 82 cm
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Kemp, Roslyn Ann, 'The crocodile story', natural earth pigments on bark, 62 x 39 cm
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Petyarre (Pitjara), Jeannie (b.1956), 'Medicine leaves,' 2007. Certificate from Kooroora Art gallery. Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 42 cm
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Amazon bird feather fan. Trantec tribe. In box frame. Height 28 cm
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Rubuntja, Wenton (1926-2005), Central Australian landscape, watercolour, 16 x 25 cm
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Petyarre, Myrtle, 'Body paint.' Certificate from Alice Sundown Art, and photo of artist signing work. Acrylic on canvas, 152 x 88 cm
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Biggibilla (Aboriginal school) (8), 'Dinwan,' 'Tiddalick Bogan,' 'Gayadari Brewarrina,' 'Doongari,' 'Gweeniboo,' 'Tiddalick,' 'Banamil,' and Untitled. Lithograph (8), 43 x 42 cm (4) and 10 x 11 cm (4)
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Hingerty, John (b. 1930), 'Laurieton,' 1981. Oil on board, 36 x 60 cm
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Sill, Sergio (b.1946) (2), 'Tamarama beach,' 1 and 3. Pastel (2), 55 x 74 cm and 74 x 48 cm
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Brigg, Mel (b. 1950), 'Storm Clouds Approaching,' 2003. Acrylic on board, 19 x 19 cm
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Mahoney, Kaye, long stemmed yellow roses, 1993. Oil on panel, 59 x 31 cm
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Huber, Joe (b.1930), Shearing Shed by the Dam, oil on canvas on board, 60 x 91 cm
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Blackman, Charles (b.1928), 'The Outing', lithograph A/P, 30 x 41 cm
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White, Michael (b.1967), 'Dusty Sunrise near Walgett,' 1995. Oil on board, 24 x 34 cm
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Lanceley, Colin (b.1938), 'Rock Pool,' 1997. Lithograph 21/40, 63 x 91 cm
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Done, Ken (b.1940), Sail boats and Sun, 1981. Ink on paper, 20 x 23 cm
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Fraser, Donald, beach and Headland, oil on board, 21 x 30 cm
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Huber, Chris (b.1936), 'The buckets', oil on canvas on board, 49 x 59 cm
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Blackman, Charles (b.1928), 'Bus stop', lithograph 78/90, 39 x 51 cm
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Parker, Colleen (b.1946), 'Grey landscape', oil on panel, 60 x 44 cm
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Lister, William Lister (1859-1943), rock platform and Waves, watercolour, 30 x 48 cm
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Downton, John (b.1939), 'The Grace of Autumn, Tumut, NSW.', oil on Artist's board, 22 x 33 cm
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Nolan, Sid (1917-1992), Explorer on camel, lithograph 10/65, 76 x 56 cm
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Tebbitt, Henri (1852-1926), Sydney Harbour and sailing ships at Sunrise, watercolour, 20 x 54 cm
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Kuster, Otto (b.1941), 'The rocks, Sydney,' 1989. Oil on board, 60 x 90 cm
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Downton, John (b.1939), 'Kite Hawks, Northern Territory.', oil on canvas on board, 9.5 x 12 cm
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Downton, John (b.1939), 'Touch of Autumn, Murrumbidgee river, N.S.W.', oil on canvas on board, 9 x 12 cm
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Baigent, Brian (b.1929), 'Moorings in the Backwater - Meetung, Victoria', oil on board, 44 x 59 cm
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Fennell, Peter (b.1949), 'Denman rain', oil on canvas on board, 31 x 26 cm
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Lawson, Peter (b.1946), 'The Bonnie Dundee', oil on canvas, 50 x 75 cm
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Done, Ken (b.1940) (3), Sydney Harbour and opera house #5/12; Director gallery Exhibition poster, 1980; and still life, Sweet Peas #32/250. Lithographs (3), various
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Jack, Kenneth (1924-2006), 'Capri', watercolour, 37 x 53 cm
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Sibley, Andrew (b.1933), 'The Gondoliers,' 1989. S/print 44/100, 75 x 56 cm
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Bromley, David (b.1960), 'Belinda,' 2011. S/print 5/100, 74 x 56.5 cm
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Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield (1920-1999), Aboriginal Burial platform. Wimmera series, lithograph 3/100, 48 x 65 cm
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Raft, Emanuel (b.1938), 'Greek Icons,' 1989. Lithograph 24/35, 61 x 86 cm
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Gordon, Jeremy (b.1947), 'Minuet', Tempera and oil on board, 29 x 44 cm
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Scarvell, Jessie (c.1862-1950), mountain landscape, 1897. Oil on canvas, 51 x 93 cm
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Two Batman Tv show character posters. Offset print (2), 59 x 85 cm (each)
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Emmett, John, 'Early morning Shadows near Cyclorama point, Katoomba,' 1973. Oil on board, 44 x 59 cm
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Fraser, Donald, beach, oil on board, 22 x 30 cm
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Artist unknown, Fashionable ladies, oil on composition board, 90 x 60 cm
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Hole, Quentin (1923-1999), 'Mr Jaggers - Lawyer,' 1993. Gouache, 21 x 48 cm
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Parker, Colleen (b.1946), children at the bridge, oil on board, 50 x 39 cm
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Hingerty, John (b. 1930), 'River Bank - Camden Haven,' 1975. Oil on board, 29 x 44 cm
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Butler, Alex, Rocky Creek landscape. Ex Hih collection. Oil on canvas, 91 x 107 cm
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Laverty, Peter (b.1926), 'Dark Shore,' 1986. Monotype, 44 x 60 cm
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Herman, Sali (1898-1993), poster for 1981 Retrospective at Agnsw. Signed by the artist. Offset print, 57 x 51 cm
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Whiteley, Brett (1939-1992), poster for 1995 Retrospective at Agnsw. Offset print, 97 x 63 cm
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Jones, Geoff, Dandelions, watercolour, 37 x 47 cm
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