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New Zealand & International Studio Pottery — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:474
Sale Title:New Zealand & International Studio PotteryLots with images:292
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:334
Date:24-Oct-2013
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Margaret Milne, lidded stoneware crock, with textured surface, small chip to the rim, height 43 cm. Provenance: Beverley Luxton collection.
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Charles Holmes, stoneware sedge grass vase, width 24 cm. Provenance: Beverley Luxton collection.
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Richard Cadness, stoneware bottle vase, barium blue glaze, potter's mark to the base, height 42 cm. Provenance: Beverley Luxton collection.
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John Parker, conical shaped bowl, with blue agate glaze, diameter 24 cm. Provenance: Collection of Beverley Luxton, purchased from New Vision Gallery at the time when Beverley Luxton was a member of the Twelve Potters Collective together with John Parker.
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Len Castle, stoneware dish, with jun type glaze to the interior, tenmoku to the exterior, impressed initials to the base, length 30 cm
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Len Castle, wood fired stoneware globular vase, impressed initials, height 15 cm
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Ann Verdcourt, bathing Figure, stoneware sculptural form raised from an ovoid base, height 20 cm
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Ann Verdcourt, earthenware vase, cylindrical form with iridescent glaze, height 27 cm
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Len Castle, rare early rectangular stoneware dish, impressed with a flower design, impressed initials to the base, length 31 cm, this dish is one of a small number which were made for Len Castle s first exhibition in Japan in 1967.
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Len Castle, stoneware lidded casserole dish, with ash glaze, impressed initials to the base, width 22 cm
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Len Castle, lidded casserole dish, ash glazed, impressed initials to the base, width 30 cm
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Len Castle, unusual stoneware conjoined multi aperture vase, ash and kaki glaze, impressed initials, height 20 cm
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Len Castle, early stoneware vase, impressed initials, height 27 cm
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Richard Cadness, stoneware teapot, with ash glaze and cane handle, impressed initials to base, width 19 cm
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Len Castle, early stoneware vase, with textured glaze, impressed initials, height 19 cm
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Barry Brickell, large stoneware lidded bread crock, with lug handles to the shoulder and blue salt glaze, impressed potters cypher to the lid, height 46 cm
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Paul Meltzer & Anne Gandy, large stoneware salt glazed vase with applied handle, impressed potters initials to the base, height 42 cm
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Mirek Smisek, stoneware jug, with strap handle, blue salt glaze, impressed potters cypher to the base, height 28 cm
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Denis O'Connor, stoneware bottle, with blue salt glaze, impressed potters cypher to the base, height 28 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware circular bowl, ash and blue glazed interior with black glazed exterior, diameter 40 cm
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Marte Szirmay, windholes, cast bronze pod form sculpture, diameter 22 cm
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Ted Dutch, ceramic tile, painted with a signaller figure, 160 x 16 cm
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Barry Brickell, stoneware jug, with green glaze, applied strap handle, impressed potters marks, height 20 cm
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Don Thornley, stoneware vase, of rectangular form, shino crackle glaze together with a lidded stoneware jar, height 30 cm
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Len Castle, branch vase, press moulded stoneware vase with poured jun type glaze over tenmoku, impressed initials to the base, height 46 cm
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Len Castle, branch vase, press moulded stoneware vase with tenmoku glaze, impressed initials to the base, height 36 cm, illustrated: 'Len Castle Potter' by Ron Sang and Len Castle, P. 211 and P. 213.
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Len Castle, sulphurous bowl, large and impressive deep conical earthenware bowl with yellow sulphur glaze, impressed initials to the base, diameter 41 cm
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Len Castle, large circular earthenware dish, with blue glaze, impressed initials to the base, diameter 53 cm
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Len Castle, crater lake bowl/alkaline pool bowl, in matt stained earthenware with sculptured cavetto with alkaline blue glazed well, impressed initials to the base, diameter 48 cm
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Len Castle, sea Secrets earthenware vase, impressed initials to the base, width 35 cm
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Len Castle, inverted volcano, moulded earthenware, grey textured exterior with red lava glaze to the interior, impressed initials, width 87 cm
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Len Castle, inverted volcano, moulded earthenware with grey textured exterior and red lava glaze to the interior, impressed initials to the base, length 86 cm
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Len Castle, blossom vase, the large and impressive press moulded vase with tenmoku glaze, impressed initials to the base, height 53 cm, illustrated: 'Len Castle Potter' by Ron Sang and Len Castle. P.211 and P.213
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Campbell Hegan, large ovoid vase, with sang de boeuf type red glaze, impressed initials to the base, height 30 cm
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Guy Ngan, 'Habitation', cast bronze on composite stone base, signed and dated 1999, height 12 cmm width 12 cm
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Peter Alger, stoneware square form vase, with shino glaze, potters cypher impressed to the base, height 20 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Peter Alger, stoneware square form vase, with shino glaze, potters cypher impressed to the base, height 18 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Peter Alger, stoneware square form vase, with shino glaze, potters cypher impressed to the base, height 16 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Peter Alger, lidded stoneware jar, with blue crackle glaze and with reversible lid, potters cypher to the base, height 20 cm width 21 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Len Castle, stoneware lipped alkaline pool bowl, with silica rubbed oxide textured exterior and alkaline blue glaze to the well, diameter 40 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Len Castle, stoneware lipped alkaline pool bowl, with silica rubbed oxide textured exterior and alkaline blue glaze to the well, diameter 30 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Len Castle, Crater Lake bowl, with sculptured cavetto rim and blue alkaline glaze to the well and dark stained exterior, impressed initials to the base, diameter 49 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Ray Rogers, large stoneware orb vase, with iridescent glaze, signed to the base, height 30 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Peter Alger, large stoneware platter, with shino glaze, potters cypher to the base, diameter 40 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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John Madden, large and impressive wood fired floor vase, with lug handles to the shoulder, height 102 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Roy Cowan, impressive floor vase, with incised concentric, geometric circles in blue salt glaze, height 50 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts
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Ross Mitchell-Anyon, salt glazed stoneware teapot, unmarked, width 28 cm
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Renton Murray (Hillside Pottery), two salt glazed ramekins and a salt glazed mug, impressed marks to each, height 10 cm max
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Renton Murray (Hillside Pottery), stoneware lidded pot, with salt glaze, impressed mark, height 25 cm
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Renton Murray (Hillside Pottery), stoneware bowl, with salt glaze, impressed mark, diameter 14 cm
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Renton Murray (Hillside Pottery), stoneware jug, with salt glaze, impressed mark, height 12.5 cm
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Renton Murray (Hillside Pottery), stoneware lidded dish, with salt glaze, impressed mark, diameter 15.5 cm
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Barry Brickell, stoneware bottle, with poured kaki glaze, impressed potters cypher, height 30 cm
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Chester Nealie, anagama fired lidded teapot, with artist label, width 16 cm
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Mirek Smisek, large stoneware bowl, with blue and brown salt glaze with infill restoration completed by Mirek Smisek, potter's cypher to the base, diameter 50 cm
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Mirek Smisek (attributed), large stoneware lamp, with incised decoration in the manner of Bohemia ware, covered in a yellowish green glaze with later brown glazed stoneware base, presumably repaired by Mirek Smisek as with the above lot, height 45 cm
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Len Castle, two stoneware wine goblets, with celadon glaze to interior, impressed marks, height 18.5 cm
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Len Castle, small stoneware hanging form, with umber pigmented surface, width 16.5 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt, stoneware lidded teapot, with wax resist gestural design, impressed mark, width 20 cm
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Mirek Smisek, stoneware vase, with side lug handles, brown salt glaze and incised decoration, impressed mark, height 26 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware slip glazed dish, decorated with intertwined snakes, impressed mark, diameter 10.5 cm
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Paul Maseyk, large earthenware bottle vase, inscribed 'good, crap, ugly, bad', signed to the base, height 43.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware slip glazed dish, decorated with abstract design, impressed mark, diameter 10.5 cm
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Len Castle, large blue glazed stoneware jug, impressed mark, height 24 cm
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John Parker, tall 'Zig Zag' series vase, in bronze iridescent glaze, c.1990, impressed mark, height 39.5 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware jar, with mottled blue and green glaze, impressed mark, height 21 cm
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Len Castle, large earthenware bowl, with heavily pitted jun type glaze, shallow impressed mark and inscribed initials to the base, diameter 39 cm
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Len Castle, early stoneware bowl, with salt glaze, fired at 52 Westmere Crescent, Auckland, circa 1950s, impressed mark to the base (chipped), diameter 24.5 cm. Provenance: Neil and Fay Castle Collection.
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Theo Schoon, an archive of photographs, sketches and correspondence from the collection of Len Castle, consisting of two silver gelatin photographs and 18 loose sheets of graphite and ink working drawings with notes and annotations, the two photographs: 165 x 21.5 cm, the two photographs dms 165 x 21.5 cm document Schoon's experiments with stamp techniques on plasticene & the balance of the sketches are working drawings for potential ceramics bowls, vases and sculptural pieces. Schoon and Castle enjoyed a…
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Len Castle, sulphur bowl, impressed initials to the base, diameter 38 cm. Provenance: Castle family collection.
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Len Castle, experimental sulphur bowl, incised initials to the base, diameter 49 cm. Provenance: Castle family collection
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Paul and Fran Dibble, large stoneware slab vase, of 'zig zag' shape, with hand painted decoration of builders working on a skyscrapers, the reverse with abstract design, signed and dated 'Dibble, New Zealand Palmerston North, 5/11/85' within a trefoil leaf frame to the base, height 44 cm
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Paul and Fran Dibble, large stoneware slab vase, of 'zig zag' shape, with hand painted decoration of builders working on a skyscrapers, the reverse with abstract design, signed and dated 'Dibble, New Zealand Palmerston North, 17/5/81' within a trefoil leaf frame to the base (faults), height 44 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware pouring vessel, with white glaze to interior, impressed mark, width 15 cm
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Guy Ngan, untitled, sculptural form in textured aluminium on black acrylic square base, impressed signature and numbered 6582, width 45 cm x height 21 cm
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Mirek Smisek, large stoneware bowl, with side handles, wax resist design, impressed mark, width 30 cm
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Barry Brickell, stoneware bowl, with pouring lip, impressed decoration to the inside rim, blue glazed exterior, cypher mark to the base, diameter 30 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware dish, of shallow rectangular shape with oatmeal glaze with iron spotting, impressed initials, length 61 cm. Provenance: Castle family collection.
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Len Castle, stoneware dish, rectangular from with shino-type glaze, incised initials to the base, length 30 cm. Provenance: Castle family collection
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Barry Brickell, stoneware bowl, decorated with a repeating cruciform design to the inside rim and with blue glazed exterior, diameter 30 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt, stoneware dish, of rectangular form with poured red dark blue and light blue glaze on a celadon ground, impressed marks and original sticker affixed to the base, 340 x 34 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware dish, with shino glaze and combed decoration to the well, impressed initials, diameter 30 cm, an almost identical example illustrated: Len Castle: 'Making the Molecules Dance', p. 202.
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Dennis O'Connor, stoneware jug, with tenmoku glaze, potters cypher to the base of the handle, height 18 cm
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Len Castle, early stoneware dish, with slip glaze on a blue ground, diameter 14 cm
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Len Castle, large and impressive stoneware vase, of ovoid shape with a fractured copper blue glaze, impressed initials to the base, height 44 cm
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Len Castle, lava Lake bowl, in matt black stained earthenware with sculptured cavetto and lava red glaze, impressed initials to the base, diameter 40 cm
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Len Castle, hanging form discoidal vase, with impressed decoration with umber pigmented textured surface, impressed initials, diameter 27 cm
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Warren Tippet, large stoneware platter, with impressed repeating flower head design, unmarked, length 48 cm. Provenance: Purchased from a Wellington corporate collection.
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Warren Tippet, large stoneware bowl, with jun type glaze to the well, impressed cypher mark to base, diameter 32 cm
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Margaret Ryley, large stoneware bowl, with textured surface, signed to base, height 23 cm diameter 30 cm
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Jim Greig, stoneware sentinel vase, incised initials to base, height 22.5 cm
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Jim Greig, unfolding form bowl, stoneware with oxide rubbed exterior and green ash glaze to the well, diameter 20 cm
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Barry Brickell, stoneware salt glazed jug, height 23 cm
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John Parker, red glazed conical bowl, artist's initial impressed to base, diameter 20 cm
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Emily Siddell, lei, pumice and cast glass, diameter 44 cm
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David Murray, gatherer, cast glass, 2/11, signed and dated '03, 550 x 320 x 16 cm
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Ann Robinson, splitting Pod, cast glass, signed & dated '97, inscribed 1/1, height 25.5 cm
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Robyn Stewart, large dung fired burnished bowl, the rim modelled in a Koru design (restored firing crack from the top rim), diameter 58 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware rectangular platter, with alkaline blue glaze, length 55 cm
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Len Castle, early 1960s shino glazed lidded jar, unmarked, height 16 cm
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