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Estate & Collector — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:495
Sale Title:Estate & CollectorLots with images:486
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:418
Date:17-May-2014
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West African carved mask. On wooden stand. Height 55 cm (total)
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Various tribal pieces, including Papua New Guinea bone axe; four Western Pacific place-mats inset with mother of pearl; wooden haircomb; & two wooden jars.
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Two Trobriand Island ceremonial carvings. Older pieces with incised decoration. One with use patina. Length 36 cm & 26 cm
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Two various African Fetish figures. Standing male figure with nails; & basic flat faced figure with shells. Height 38 cm (tallest)
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Two various Papua New Guinea food hooks. Loop form with incised crocodile skin; & mask in ochre on pointed fluke. Length 61 cm
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Two early 20th century Maori carved figures. Woman in cloak with stone club, & male warrior. Spear has losses. Signed 'Hoko Pai' under base. Height 33 cm
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West African dance mask. Carved wood with shell. Plaited cord & fabric head dress, with display stand. Height 33 cm (mask)
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Six Aboriginal artefacts. Adze with incised decoration; spear thrower; club; carved board; & two pointing sticks. Length 60 cm (adze)
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Papua New Guinea Mai mask & Indigenous carved fish. Mask from Sepik river, Kamangaui (purchased by present owners 1973/74). Wood (2). Height 39 cm, &. Length 17 cm
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Various Papua New Guinea items, including green stone ceremonial axe with string bound paperbark handle. Also, 7 various fine cane armbands & stone axe head (losses).
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19th century Aboriginal boomerang. Stone-worked acacia, with white & ochre banding (worn). Length 55 cm
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Three Aboriginal artefacts. Pair dense wood clap sticks, good weight & patina; & acacia root carved with the face of an elder. Initialled 'A R' verso. Length 30 cm (Clap sticks)
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Assortment Papua New Guinea spears. Displayed in 3 glazed cases, various carved tips & incised shafts. Total 25 spears. 156 x 54 cm (2) 148 x 92 (1) (case sizes)
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Solomon Islands club. Dark softwood axe form club. Length 80 cm
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Eleven various Papua New Guinea Domestic items. Decorated bamboo pipe; 3 bamboo hair combs; decorated lime gourd & dipper; two tall, woven cane grass baskets; decorated long gourd; & 3 billums (one A/F). Height 28 cm (basket)
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Trobriand Island ceremonial paddle. Incised blade. Length 92 cm
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Papua New Guinea club. 'Pineapple' form head with terminal hilt to handle. Use patina. Collected 1950's. Length 112 cm
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Solomon Islands club. Large, fluted head with mother of pearl inlay handle & woven terminal band. Some losses. Length 50 cm
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Papua New Guinea club. Bulbous form, hardwood with terminal hilt. Collected 1950's. Length 117 cm
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8 various Papua New Guinea spears. Displayed on canvas panel. Different carved tips bound to bamboo shafts. Height 183 cm. Width 61 cm (panel)
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Papua New Guinea carved totem. Figures within elongated crocodile & bird motifs. Weathered patina. Height 203 cm
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Congo Initiation mask. Black ridges with white & ochre banding. Losses. Height 46 cm
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Papua New Guinea canoe pair of ow shield. Palm spaths & clan mask on cane armature; trimmed with feathers. Sepik river. Height 118 cm
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Papua New Guinea figural platter. Incised square decorated edge with head & feet terminals. Age patina. Small losses. Length 138 cm
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Two Aboriginal carved figures. Standing man with incised animal decoration; & Tiwi style diamond incised rat. Height 35 cm (man)
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Solomon Islands Barbed spears. Two early short, undecorated spears. Small glued repair to one; two ceremonial carved barbed spears with decorative woven cane hafts. Length 132 cm (longest)
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Three Papua New Guinea yam masks. Two woven cane, undecorated; plus double sided woven cane yam ceremony mask. Ochre & feather decoration to same. Height 25 cm (largest)
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West Papua Asmat war shield. Relief carved pattern highlighted in lime & ochre. Remnants of cane handle verso. Termite losses to part of edge. Height 162 cm
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Papua New Guinea stone axe. Finely bound, double ended axe with use patina. Mounted in display case. Height 93 cm. Width 68 cm. Depth 7 cm
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Six various Western Pacific bowls etc. Various sizes with woven cane rims. Also, netted cane gourd. Diameter 24 cm (largest bowl)
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Papua New Guinea club. Totemic crocodile form. Collected 1950s. Length 61 cm
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Three Papua New Guinea adzes. Cane bound stone cutters, two straight, one oblique. Utility pieces, much use patination. Also, large utilitity billum used for yam carrying. Length 51 cm (longest)
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Two various African carvings. Dense hardwood mask wall hanging; & West African abstracted figure. Height 55 cm
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Three various African iron spear Tips. Hand formed with forged runnels, with stands. Height 74 cm (tallest)
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Two Solomon Islands ceremonial knives & drum. One knife inlaid with mother of pearl (small loss). Carved Kundu, tall waisted form with carved snake & crocodile motifs. Reptile skin intact. 57 cm (longest). Height 80 cm (drum)
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Two various Papua New Guinea bone Daggers. Incised hafts, one with tip missing. Deeply carved hilts. Pair of esented in linen lined display case. Height 58 cm. Width 38 cm. Depth 8 cm
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Three various Trobriand Island food platters. Two with woven cane rims, all with various animal terminals. Length 73 cm (longest)
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Three various West African dance masks. Carved & incised decoration. Height 51 cm (tallest)
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Early Aboriginal bullroarer, childs boomerang & dish. Stoneworked pieces with weathered patina (boomerang & dish). Bullroarer with incised design to tip & traces of resin to each end. Length 83 cm (bullroarer). Length 36 cm (boomerang)
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Trobriand Islands ceremonial paddle. Incised hardwood 'T' pommel. Length 146 cm
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Papua New Guinea ceremonial dagger & two adzes. Cane bound bone dagger surmounted by tusk & shell decorated clay head. Adzes cane bound & stone tipped, one angled, one straight. Utilitariand pieces with much use patination. Length 42 cm. Length 54 cm (adzes)
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Two various Asian buffalo Yokes. Carved wood double yoke; & pannier carrier with incised decoration. Width 110 cm (widest)
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Three various Papua New Guinea masks. Two hooked beak totemic masks with incised ochre decoration; & small older ancestor mask with shell eyes. Height 44 cm 33 cm & 21 cm
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Two glazed decorated panels. Woven gauze on cream canvas; & arrangement of twigs. 142 x 88 cm & 125 x 95 cm (case sizes)
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Three various Papua New Guinea Bows. Also one arrow & hand spear handle (blade missing). Collected 1950s. Length 176 cm (longest bow)
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Aboriginal bark painting. Northern Gulf area depicting rituals & hunting. Older bark, probably c.1950s. Damaged. Natural earth pigments on bark. 103 x 44 cm
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Two Aboriginal bark paintings. Wandjina. Earth pigments on bark (2). 64 x 27 cm & 34 x 22 cm
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Papua New Guinea large carved dish. Coastal New Guinea fish form dish with cats eye cowrie eyes. Length 90 cm
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Map, 'Asia (including Australia) 1839.' Allan, Bell & Co. 1837. Engraving. 35 x 30 cm
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Early photograph Avon Dam 1925. Titled in image 'Avon Dam 2-8-25' and initialled HKL. Two photographs joined. Silver Gelatin photograph. 25 x 62 cm (overall two photos)
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Map, 'Ancien Continent.' plate 77 from mallet's 'Du globe Terrestre,' Paris, 1863. 22 x 13 cm (page)
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Map, 'Australia and Islands Adjacent.' label verso dating item to 1835. Hand coloured engraving. 18 x 22 cm
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Two early maps, Walker, J & C 'New South Wales compiled under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,' pub. J & C Walker c.1833 (1), & 1853 (1). Includes detail inset of Sydney city streets. Hand coloured engraving (2). 39 x 33 cm (2)
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Three early world maps, Kelly, Thomas, (2) 'The world with the Tracts & Discoveries of the Latest Navigators,' pub. C.1820; 'The world on Mercator's pair of ojection,' pub. 1824; & 'World from the Best Authorities,' pub. T.Tegg, London 1814. 23 x 42 cm, 24 x 40 cm & 19 x 23 cm
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Map, c.1817 Eastern Hemisphere. Hand coloured engraving. 53X53 cm
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Two early maps, Wyld, James (1790-1836) 'East InDiameter Isles & Australia,' 1824, pub. John Thompson, Edinburgh. Wilkinson, Robert 'New South Wales, New Zealand, New Hebrides & the Islands Adjacent,' pub. 1808, including Lord Howe & Norfolk Island. Engraving (2). 22 x 19 cm 29 x 22 cm
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Two early maps, Wyld, James 'England,' four linen-backed sections in slip case, hand coloured, good condition; & 'Ireland,' large scale linen-backed with vignettes (poor condition). Engraving (2). 100 x 69 cm (4) (England) 190 x 145 cm (Ireland)
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Map, early Christopher Saxon map of Norfolk. Margins trimmed. Engraving. 37.5 x 49.5 cm
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Three early maps & book. Book, 'Fritz Winter 1932-1950.' maps including 'Map of the seat of war in Germany,' 1809; 'Diaries of Exploration of Central Australia,' by J M Stuart 1860 & 1861; & 'Chart of the Island Otaheite by Lieut. J Cook 1769.'. Engraving (3). Various
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Map, 'Royaume de Hongrie et Pays Adjacents,' par M.Bonne, Andre Scul. Engraving. 25 x 36 cm
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Map, 'General Chart of Terra Australis.' official reprint of 1814 map charted by Matthew Flinders of the Investigator. Pair of int. 60 x 87 cm
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Books (3): Australian watercolour Institute; landscape Art & the blue Mountains; & History of modern Art.
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Books (3): 'Marilyn in Art,' by Taylor, pub.1984; 'Forever Marilyn,' by Cahill, pub. 1991; & 'Marilyn, Norma Jean,' by Steinem, pub. 1987.
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Books (3): Australian artists. 'Heysen's early Hahndorf,' by Thiele, pub 1976; 'Dobell on Dobell,' by Foreman, pub. 1970; & 'Donald friend,' by Hughes, pub 1965.
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Books (3): 'Poems of Henry Lawson,' illustrated by pair of o Hart, pub. 1973; 'Pair of o Hart's Waltzing Matilda,' pub. 1979; & 'A Vision Takes form,' by Emerson Curtis, pub. 1967.
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Book, 'Old Colonial Architecture in NSW & Tasmania,' W Hardy Wilson. Signed by author & no. 474/1000. Missing two plates.
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Books (2): 'Views in Australia,' by J.Lycett, facsimile copy, pub. Nelson (with sleeve); & 'Australian Marsupials and Monotremes,' by John Gould, facsimile copy (with sleeve).
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Books (3): 'The Art of Arthur Streeton,' Limited edition1919, ed. S Ure Smith; 'Conrad Martens, the man and His Art,' by Lionel Lindsay, pub. Angus & Robertson,1920; & 'Conrad Martens, the man and His Art,' by Lionel Lindsay, revised ed. 1968.
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Books (5): Australian painting 'Australian painting,' by Bernard Smith, pub. OUP 1974; 'Peace taste and Tradition,' by Bernard Smith, pub. 1945; 'Australian Art & artists to 1950,' pub. Library Council of Victoria 1982; 'Early artists of Australia,' by Rienits, pub.' (page removed); & 'Smike to Bulldog,' pub. 1946.
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Books (6): pair of eston, friend etc. 'The story of Australian Art,' by Moore, facsimile reprint 1980 (2 vol.); 'Brett,' by Hopkirk, pub. 1996; 'Donald friend,' by Hughes, pub. 1965; 'The Art of Margaret pair of eston,' pub. AGSA 1980; & 'Patterns of a Lifetime - Clifton Pugh,' by Allen, pub. 1981.
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Book, 'Cartoons,' Max Beerbohm. 'Cartoons, the second Childhood of John bull,' pub. Swift, London. Pair of oduced by Hentschel, London. Spine broken.
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Book, 'A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of kangaroos,' by John Gould. Facsimile Ed.
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Books (4): Australiana, including 'Australian Antiques;' 'Golden Decade Australian Architecture,' John verge; 'Guide to Collecting Australiana;' 'Landscape Art and the blue Mountains.'
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Books (3): Roberts, Jackson & long. 'Tom Roberts,' by Spate, pub.1980; 'James R. Jackson,' by Jacqueline Jackson, pub. 1991; & 'The life and work of Sydney long,' by Mendelssohn, pub.1979.
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Books (2): 'The Art of Hans Heysen,' pub. 1920 by Art in Australia (spine broken); & 'The Art of John Glover,' by McPhee, pub.1980.
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Books (3): 'French painting' by Stuckey, pub. 1991; 'Picasso, Le Rayon Ininterrompu,' pub. 1974; & 'Rembrandt,' by Gerson repub. 1968 edition.
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Book, 'John Coburn, the spirit of colour,' Lou Klepac. Sydney: the Beagle pair of ess, 2003. Quarto, yellow boards in illustrated dustjacket, 216pp. Illustrated. A fine copy.
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Book, 'Herman Pekel. An Impressionist's Journey.' pub. By Delshan Art gallery.
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Book, 'The Arthur Streeton Catalogue.' Melbourne,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, 'Endemic flora of Tasmania,' part II. Pub. The Ariel pair of ess, London, 1969. Deluxe edition in leather, inscribed by Margaret stones, with slipcase.
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Arts of Asia magazines. Approx. 70 copies. Mainly 1980s/90s.
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Eastern thangka. Inscription verso. Distemper on fabric. 128 x 95 cm
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Eastern thangka. Distemper on cotton on board. 89 x 70 cm
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Eastern thangka. Distemper on cotton on board. 90 x 71 cm
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Eastern thangka. Distemper on cotton on board. 90 x 63 cm
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Eastern thangka. Distemper on paper. 57 x 36 cm
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Nepalese thangka. Gilt and distemper on cloth on board. 55 x 46 cm
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Eastern thangka. Distemper on fabric on board. 108 x 74 cm
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Eastern thangka. Embroidered silk surround. Distemper on fabric. 105 x 73 cm (total to margin)
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Four Chinese calligraphic scrolls. Ink on paper (4). 68 x 29 cm (each) (132 x 30 cm each overall)
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Original Chinese Cultural Revolution poster 1968. Pair of int. 73 x 50 cm
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Two framed displays early Eastern textiles. 95 x 54 cm (each) (textiles only)
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Eastern tribesman's cape. Possibly early. 111 x 111 cm (overall display)
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Eastern cord Apron. Beaded tassel. Use patina, possibly early. 33 x 36 cm (approx) (apron)
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Pair of Chinese calligraphy Scrolls. Length 194 cm (each) (total)
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Chinese gilded wood frieze. Battle scenes & palace. 41 x 30 cm
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Indonesian painted Garuda mask. In 3 sections. Polychrome & gilt decoration. Height 87 cm
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Two Chinese cloisonne items. Vase & bowl. Traditional decoration. Provenance: Private Collection, ACT. Height 18 cm (vase)
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Pair of early 20th century Cantonese vases. Famille rose court scenes. Underglaze blue glaze character marks to base. Rim chips to both.
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Japanese cast iron tea pot. Height 21 cm
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