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Estate and Collector Auction — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:510
Sale Title:Estate and Collector AuctionLots with images:475
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:355
Date:30-Nov-2013
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Three various New Guinea items, including South West New Guinea Kundu drum; lower Sepik ancestor figure; and Manus Island lime spatula. Length 35 cm (drum)
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Two various Oceanic items, including Maori carved box; and huon Gulf Papua New Guinea head rest. Length 22 cm (box) length 20 cm
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Ivory Coast Africa fertility doll. Leather bracelet around waist. Height 41 cm
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Two various Papua New Guinea items. Sepik river Yamok hook figure; and Yamok fertility figure. Length 110 cm length 47 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik river Palemeai village Mwai spirit figure. Inlaid shell proboscis and grass skirt. Height 109 cm
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Four various Aboriginal items, including 2 WA spear throwers (S.G. Moriarty catalogue # A42WA) and Graeme Krake cat # K150); and 2 pointing sticks (1 with cat # A273.)
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Papua New Guinea Billum. Red, green and brown weave. Length 75 cm (total incl. Height andle)
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Aboriginal woven basket. Grass and intertwined wool. Diameter 39 cm
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Early 20th C Aboriginal bullroarer. Incised design to tip; with traces of resin to each end. Length 83 cm
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Three Aboriginal items. Early hunting boomerang (wear from actual use); ochre-banded spear tip; and incised digging stick. Length 67 cm (boomerang)
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19th century Tasmanian Aboriginal boomerang. Stoneworked acacia, with white and ochre banding (worn). Length 55 cm
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Early Aboriginal childs boomerang and dish. Stoneworked pieces with weathered patina. Length 36 cm (boomerang)
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Two various Sepik river Papua New Guinea fighting horns, including Hunstein Mountains; and green river. Length 66 cm length 68 cm
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Early 20th C Aboriginal Digging Implement. Stone worked end; and ochre patina. Length 103 cm
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Early Aboriginal carrier. Curved hardwood, with tooth incised decorations incl. Turtle, fish and hunter. Length 65 cm
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Northern Australian didgeridoo. Banded fish decoration. Use patination. Length 116 cm
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Didgeridoo painted by Jimmy Maralungga. Rembarrnga Tribe, Central Australia. Purchased mid 1980s from MBANTUA Store Alice Springs. Length 123 cm
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Circa 1940s Papua New Guinea Gulf wall mask. Snake motif and shell eyes; part ebonised finish with incised decoration. Height 89 cm
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John Tallis. Early Maps (2) 'Victoria or port Phillip,' pub. 1854, with vignettes of Aborigines, Melbourne and kangaroo; and 'New South Wales,' with vignettes of Sydney Cove and the Murray River. Hand coloured engravings (2). 25 x 33 cm and 32 x 25 cm
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Circa 1817 Eastern Hemisphere. Map. 53 x 53 cm
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'New Holland and Asiatic Isles.' pub. John, early map
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Walker, J and C 'New South Wales compiled under the Superintence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,' pub. J and C Walker c.1833 (1) and 1853 (1). Includes detail inset of Sydney city streets. 2 early Maps. Hand coloured engraving (2). 39 x 33 cm
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'Sydney in New South Wales' Eigenthum and Verleger. Hand coloured steel engraving. 10 x 15 cm
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James early map WYLD. 'East India Isles and Australia,' 1824. Pub. John Thompson, Edinburgh. Engraving. 22 x 19 cm
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1683 map of 'Ancien Continent.' plate 77 from mallet's du globe Terrestre, Paris, 1863. Early map. 22 x 13 cm (page)
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'Torrens River, Adelaide,' and 'Lower north Adelaide,' 1883. Louis Henn & Company. Coloured lithograph (2). 23 x 32 cm each
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KELLY, Thomas, (2) 'The world with the Tracts and Discoveries of the Latest Navigators,' pub. C.1820; 'The world on Mercator's Projection,' pub. 1824; and 'World from the Best Authorities,' pub. T.Tegg, London 1814. 23 x 42 cm, 24 x 40 cm and 19 x 23 cm
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General Chart of Terra Australis. Official reprint of 1814 map charted by Matthew Flinders of the Investigator. Map. 60 x 87 cm
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WILKINSON, Robert 'New South Wales. New Zealand . New Hebrides and the Islands Adjacent,' pub. 1808. Includes Lord Howe and Norfolk Island. Early map. 29 x 22 cm
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Thompson, John (2) 'Southern Hemisphere,' shows supposed south pole; and 'Southern Hemisphere Projected on the Plane of the Horizon of London.' both from Thompsons new General Atlas. Pub. 1814. 2 early Maps. Hand coloured engraving. 60 x 51 cm (2)
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Wyld, James. 'England. 4 linen backed sections in slip case, hand coloured, good condition; and 'Ireland,' large scale linen backed with vignettes, poor condition. 2 early Maps. Engraving (2). 100 x 69 cm (4) (England) 190 x 145 cm (Ireland)
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Speed, John, 'Spaine' 'Newly Described with many Additions.' bordered with cartouches of city views and national costumes. Poor condition with tape gum marks to border and centre fold. Pub. C.1626. Early map. Hand coloured engraving. 41 x 53 cm
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Two views of the Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, by Nicholas Caire c.1885, and Charles Bayliss c.1880. Both ex Sydney antique print room. 2 various Australian Colonial photographs. Silver Gelatin photograph (2). 19 x 13 cm each
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1861 death Warrant, Victoria, Australia. Order for the execution of Nathaniel ruby (for murder). Signed by Sir Henry Barkly. 40 x 32 cm
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1852 framed convict Criminal record. History of Sydney Kennedy 15, transported in 1846 to van Diemens Land for stealing. Also records larceny and absence from duties. Ink faded. 32 x 18 cm
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1851 van Diemens Land Criminal record. Vellum document identifying Elisa Dove, transported in 1843 for stealing 15 pounds. Details all her subsequent charges whilst a ticket of leave housemaid. Mostly drunkenness. Faded, though still legible. 24 x 19 cm
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1845 van Diemens Land Pardon. Conditional pardon for Thomas Richardson, transported 1825. Signed by Sir John Eardley-Wilmot. Seal intact. 22 x 32 cm
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1850 van Diemens Land Pardon. Conditional pardon for Benjamin Bickmore, transported 1844. Signed by Sir William Denison. Seal intact. 20 x 34 cm
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1950s Qantas 'Canada' travel poster. Mountie. Lithograph. 101 x 76 cm
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1950s Qantas 'Europe' travel poster. German Accordion player. Lithograph. 101 x 76 cm
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1950s Qantas 'Japan' travel poster. Woman in Kimono. 'Australia's Overseas Airline. In association with B.O.A.C and TEAL'. Lithograph. 97 x 70 cm
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1960s Qantas 'New Zealand' travel poster. Kiwi. Lithograph. 48 x 35 cm
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1950s QEA and BOAC travel poster. 'Rome. The Eternal city' 'Australia England kangaroo service.' signed in the plate. 'Stewart'. Lithograph. 101 x 76 cm
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1960s Qantas 'Italy' travel poster. Gondolier. Lithograph. 101 x 76 cm
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1960s Qantas 'America' travel poster. Chipmunk. Lithograph. 101 x 76 cm
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1050s Qantas 'South Africa' travel poster. Zulu woman. 'So near by Qantas'. Lithograph. 96 x 70 cm
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1960s Qantas 'Canada, Europe, Africa, Britain,' travel poster. Moose, St.Bernard, giraffe, Bulldog. Lithograph. 101 x 76 cm (total)
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1960s Qantas 'Europe' travel poster. St. Bernard dog. Lithograph. 101 x 76 cm
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Three Editions 'Derriere le Miroir.' Maeght 1956, 1958 and 1979. Original lithographs included by Giacometti, Miro and Chagall
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Pair late Victorian or Edwardian Chromolithographs. Maidens, one after A. Asta. 55 x 40 each
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'Punchestown, Conyncham cup 1872.' the Start, the Stonewall, the double and the finish. 20th C restrikes. Republished by Louis Wolff & Co. Ltd, after J Sturgess. Coloured engraving (4). 39 x 75 (each) (image)
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Two various European etchings. Aime Edmond Dallemagne, Notre Dame and bridge; and signed, port scene. Etching 75/200 and etching. 37 x 19 cm and 20 x 13 cm
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Quantity Australian early engravings and prints. 2 early maps; early wood and steel engravings of various subjects inc. Fauna and landscape; 'Sydney (New South Wales) from Darling harbour;' coloured engraving by John Godfrey; and c.1920s watercolour Sydney street scene. Total 18 items
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Book, 'Jeffrey Smart.' Pearce, Barry Sydney : the Beagle press, 2011. Revised edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 272, fully illustrated. New copy. The best and most comprehensive monograph on the great Australian realist. Lot includes a group of catalogues on the artist
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Book, 'Brett Whiteley Graphics.' second edition. Pub. RGWA 1986
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Book, 'John Brack nudes.' Fifteen original lithographs. Text by Margaret plant. Introduction by Gordon Thomson. Melbourne: Lyre bird press, 1982. Large folio (465 x 340 mm) bound in gilt-titled black leather over boards, housed in matching clamshell box with gilt-decoration and lettering on front panel. Illustrated with fifteen original large lithographs by Brack each drawn on a single zinc lithographic plate, each unsigned and untitled as issued. Thirteen lithographs measure 430 x 300 mm (approximately),…
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Book, 'Artists in early Australia and Their portraits' by eve Buscombe. Limited edition 129/1500 signed by author. Pub. Eureka Research 1978
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Book, 'Herman Pekel. An Impressionist's Journey.' pub. By Delshan Art gallery. Pub. Thames and Hudson 1964
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Book, 'Ian Fairweather,' by Murray bail. Pub. Bay books, first edition 1981
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Book, 'The Arthur Streeton catalogue.' Melbourne: Arthur Streeton, 1935. Quarto, gilt-lettered purple cloth (a little sun faded), 141 pp, numerous tipped-in colour and black and white plates, essays by J. S. Macdonald, Irwin Macdonald and Lionel Lindsay. Limited to 500 copies signed by the artist. Published by the artist as a catalogue raisonne of his known works to date, in an effort to stop the circulation of fakes which had plagued him
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Book, 'Margaret Preston recent paintings 1929.' PRESTON, Margaret, Sydney: Art in Australia, 1929. Quarto, folding white buckram clamshell box with gilt-lettered title label (joint split), original ribbon ties, containing the following elements: black card folio, inside which is a copy of the publication 'Margaret Preston recent paintings 1929' quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [42], printed in red and black, nine black and white plates numbered 1 to 9, foreword by Leon Gellert and Sydney Ure Smith, text…
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Book, 'John Coburn, the spirit of colour,' Lou Klepac. Sydney: the Beagle press, 2003. Quarto, yellow boards in illustrated dustjacket, 216pp. Illustrated. A fine copy
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Book, 'A Ballad of Buccaneering.' LINDSAY, Lionel. An appreciation of the circumstances which influenced the production of Sir Lionel Lindsay’s first six etchings, accompanied by six of the artist’s poems from the same period. Compiled by Robert C. Littlewood. Melbourne: the Jester press, 1980. Large octavo, quarter-morocco over gilt-lettered cloth, 32pp, with six Lindsay etchings reproduced. Limited to 100 copies, this one of the standard edition signed by the publisher
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Book, 'Victoria illustrated 1857,' GILL, Samuel Thomas (1818-1880). Cover title: Victoria 1857 illustrated. [Melbourne : Sands and McDougall, 189-]. A photolithographic facsimile of the 1857 original, published by Sands and Kenny. 750 copies issued. Oblong quarto, original full morocco with blind-tooled and gilt ornament and lettering (mild wear at corners, overall remarkably well preserved), silk lining papers, front pastedown with Sands and McDougall bookbinder's ticket, front free endpaper and title…
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BookS/CATALOGUES (5), including 'Russel Drysdale,' by Geoffrey Dutton; and 4 catalogues various
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Book, 'You Bastard Moriarty,' GROVES, Derham. Being a consideration of the collectability of ephemera related to the greatest detective that ever lived: Sherlock Holmes. Written by black Jack of Ballarat also known as Derham Groves B.S.I. Melbourne: the Littlewood press, 1996. Quarto, marbled wrappers, telephone book pages as endpapers, 60pp., with a quantity of signed etchings, illustrations and tipped-in ephemera enhancing the subject of the book. Limited edition of 100, signed by artist, author and…
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BookS (2), Photographic books on India. 'Henri Cartier - Bresson in India'; and 'Victorian India in Focus' by ray Desmond
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Book. 'National Geographic the photographs,' by Leah Bendavid-Val
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Book, 'Unfinished Journey,' McGREGOR, Ken. Melbourne, Macmillan, 2006. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, 224pp. This copy signed by many of the contemporary Australian artists featured in the book, including John Olsen, Jason Benjamin, Anthony Lister, Zhong Chen, Fred Cress, Sharon green, Tim Storrier, and Yvette swan
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Book, 'John Coburn prints 1959-2000.' with an original signed screen print. Compiled by Julianna Kolenberg, with an essay by Peter Skrzynecki. Melbourne: Australian Galleries, 2000. Quarto, casebound, 48pp. The deluxe edition, limited to only 45 copies, signed by the artist, with an original screenprint measuring 180 x 180 mm titled ‘Sunrise’, produced especially for the book. A fine and scarce deluxe edition, accompanied by a copy of the trade publication
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BookS (2), 'Fred Cress,' by Gavin Fry. Pub. Beagle press 2000, signed by artist; and 'Stages' by Alan Krell, pub. Wild and Wooley 1989
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Book, 'Robert Jacks. Past Unfolded,' McGREGOR, Ken. Sydney: Craftsman house 2001. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, 168pp. Profusely illustrated. Signed by the artist. The major monograph on Jacks, this copy enhanced with a small original drawing on the half-title
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BookS (3), Monica Oppen. Three limited edition artists books. 'Ripple,' 'Dove Poem,' and 'Tree song.'
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Book, 'Norman Lindsay etchings catalogue Raisonne.' Lin Bloomfield. Pub. Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic gallery 1999
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Book, 'Norman Lindsay, Impulse to draw.' BLOOMFIELD, Lin (ed.). Sydney and London : Bay books, 1984. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, 223 pp. Illustrated throughout. A wonderful resource on the drawings of Norman Lindsay. First edition. Signed by Bloomfield
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CATALOGUES (25). A group of Australian Art Catalogues (Blackman, Boyd, Shead, Smart, Robinson etc)
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Book, 'Margaret Preston's Monotypes.' Edited by Sydney Ure Smith. Sydney : Ure Smith, 1949. Folio, cloth bound boards in illustrated dustjacket (some chipping as frequently found), illustrated endpapers, 27 tipped-in colour plates, a good copy, signed by Margaret Preston in pen on the half title
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Book, 'Thea Proctor, the prints.' BUTLER, Roger; and MINCHIN, Jan. Sydney, Resolution press, 1980. Tall folio (415 mm), decorated linen bound boards, glassine wrapper, 80pp. Illustrated. Biography by Jan Minchin, catalogue by Roger Butler. Limited to 1000 copies. The catalogue raisonne of Proctor’s graphics, an essential reference and a fine publication. Thea Proctor (1879 - 1966) remains much loved for her stylish Art Deco linocuts from the 1920s and 1930s
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BookS (10), Norman Lindsay and Lindsay Family, including 'Bears' by Norman Lindsay; 'A letter from Sydney;' 'Rooms and Houses,' by Norman Lindsay etc
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Book, 'Endemic flora of Tasmania,' part II. Pub. The Ariel press, London, 1969. Deluxe edition in leather, inscribed by Margaret stones, with slipcase
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BookS (2), 'Brett Whiteley Art and life,' by Barry Pearce. Pub. Thames and Hudson 1995. Also, 'Brett Whiteley,' by Sandra McGrath, pub. Bay books, 1995
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Book, 'Royal Doulton figures' by Eyles, Irvine and Boynton. Pub. Richard Dennis 1994
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BookS (2), 'Emile Galle,' by Tim Newark; and '20th century glass,' by mark Cousins
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VOLUMES (10), 'The works of J. M. Barrie.' limited edition. Pub. Hodder and Stoughton, 1913, including 'Auld Licht Idylls;' 'The little Minister;' 'Tommy and Grizel' etc
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BookS (4), 'The Art of Rubery Bennett,' 1st ed. 1954, signed by the artist; 'Robbery under arms,' with hand-signed dedication by Peter Finch; 'Fish and Fisheries of Australia;' and 'The century book of Gardening.'
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Fifteen early Chinese prints. Traditional seasonal rural scenes including farming techniques. The items (1 framed) were purchased in Hong Kong during the 1960s, but could originate around the early 1900s. Prints (15)
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Indian miniature. Gouache. 19 x 15 cm
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Eight framed Burmese temple paintings. Originating from Htilominio temple Bagan, Myanmar. Inc. The Bodhi-Sattva and deer; Htilominio temple Bagan; Festival boat Procession; Mingala Zedi temple Bagan (Artist MG Ye Linn); elephant with images Buddha Siddhartha's mother Dreamed before his conception; Paya Thon Zu pagoda - Bagan; Prince Siddharthu Gautama's wedding Parade; Htilominio temple-Bagan (artist Myint Zaw); Bagan-the Boddhi tree; Buddha Gautama after Enlightenment; Shwesandaw pagoda -Bagan (artist San…
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Chinese scroll on silk and book. Blossom and rural houses, c1989. Scroll was presented to the current owner's family in Sydney at the time of completion of the ABC TV documentary series, 'The great wall of iron.' Also book, 'The Chinese army.' Photography by Peter SOLNESS. Released in association with 'The great wall of iron,' series. 100 x 68 cm scroll image
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Pair Chinese famille rose cockerel covered jars. Cockerel among rockery and blossom decoration. Four character iron red marks to base. Height 26 cm
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Chinese famille vert Guan gong figure. Character marks to base. Height 38 cm
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Japanese Imari charger. Diameter 30 cm
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Chinese bronze green Tara statue. Seated on single lotus throne in lalita asana pose. Height 21 cm
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Chinese carved jade screen. Carved wood with jade insert. Height 11 cm weight 35 cm diameter 25 cm
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Chinese porcelain vase. Dragon decoration on blue ground. Character marks to base. Height 44 cm
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Straits Chinese footed lobed dish. White enamel lotus flowers and bats decoration. Tongzhi 6 character seal mark to base. Diameter 24 cm height 6.5 cm
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Straits Chinese Kamcheng covered pot. Blossom decoration on yellow ground. Green dog of Fo finial to lid. Height 16 cm
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Chinese famille jaune plate. Dragon among blossom decoration, on yellow ground. Possibly Straits Chinese. Diameter 23 cm
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Chinese porcelain brush pot. Figures, boats and pavillion in mountainous landscape dec. Seal mark to base. Possibly Republic period. Height 14 cm
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Chinese yellow burl hardwood box. Metal fastener. Weight 18 cm diameter 13 cm height 11 cm
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