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Estate & Collector — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:594
Sale Title:Estate & CollectorLots with images:588
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:522
Date:21-Feb-2015
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Land Grant, 1797, signed by Governor Hunter NSW. 'Whereas full power & authority for granting Lands, in the Territory of New South Walesto such persons as May be desirous of becoming settlers therein, is vested in His Majesty's Captain General, & Governor in Chief in & over the said Territory, its Dependencies, by His Majesty's instructions under the Royal sign manual bearing date respectively the twenty fifth day of April, one thousand seven hundred & eighty seven, & the twentieth day of August, one…
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1806 Gov Macquarie to D'Arcy Wentworth Land Grant. 'By His Excellency Lachlan Macquarie Esquire Captain General' and Governor in Chief of His Majesty's Territory of New South Walesand its Dependencies etc. Whereas full power and Authority for Granting Lands in the Territory of New South Walesis Vested in His Majesty's Captain General and Governor in Chief (or in his absence the Lieutenant Governor for the time being) in and over the Said Territory and its Dependencies by His Majesty's..the Royal sign…
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Map, original hand drawn, Hollandia Nova dated 1644, including southern tip of Tasmania & part West Coast of New Zealand . Repaired tears, gauze backed. Standard of penmanship indicates a similar creation date. Indistinct pencil details to lower LH & initials RCG or C (?) lower right hand margin. Ink & watercolour. 40 x 5 0 cm
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Map, c1550 world map by Munster. 'Die erste General Tafel/die Beschreibung und den Zirkel des ganzen Erdrichs un Meeresinnhaltende.' central fold line with repair. Also lower margin restored. Top margin trimmed into title. Hand coloured Woodcut. 33 x 3 6 cm
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Map, India Orientalis. Published c.1570 Abraham Ortetius. Some restoration to centre fold. Hand coloured engraving. 35 x 5 0 cm
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Map, Mar Del Zur Hispanis Mare Pacificum. Jan Jansson mapmaker, published Amsterdam 1650. Hand coloured engraving. 44 x 5 5 cm
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Map, Asiae Nova Descriptio. Map of Asia by Abraham Ortelius, pub. Amsterdam c.1574. Hand coloured engraving. 37 x 4 9 cm
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Map, East India & Australia c1700. Africa to Japan incl. Australia. Made by van Kenlen, Amsterdam. Staining, watermarks & a few holes near the margins. Rebacked. Hand coloured engraving. 53 x 6 0 cm
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Map, c1690 Indonesia, Australia & Philipines. Mapmaker Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 'Isole Dell' Indie diuise in Filippine, Molucche e della Sonda. Pub. Venice. Engraving. 47 x 6 2 cm
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MapS (3), Smith's new map of Asia, pub. London 1815; 'Eastern Hemisphere by Talis c.1851; & Eastern Hemisphere, Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh, c.1846. Hand coloured engraving (3). 73 x 7 5 cm, 48 x 6 0 cm. & 27 x 3 4 cm
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Map, L'Asie Divisee en ses pair of incipaux Etats. Mapmaker, Jean Janvier, pub. Paris 1760. Hand coloured engraving. 49 x 6 8 cm
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Map, Insulae Indaie Orientalis in Quibus Moluccae Celeberrimae Sunt. Mapmaker Hondius, pub. Amsterdam 1613. Hand coloured engraving. 35 x 4 8 cm
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Map, Carte Reduite de L'Ocean Oriental ou Mer des Indes. Mapmaker J N Bellin, pub. Paris, 1757. Hand coloured engraving. 56 x 8 8 cm
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Map, Mappe-Monde Ou Carte Generale de La Terre. Pub. France c.1700. General world view with cartouches of explorers. Copper engraving & hand coloured. 24 x 3 5 cm
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Map, Australia & the Adjacent Isles. John Cary, pub. London 1819. Hand coloured steel engraving. 26 x 3 2 cm
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MapS (2), NSW, Bartholomew, pub. Edinburgh. Has inset map of Sydney. Indicates goldfields c.1855; & NSW by W.H. Lizars, pub. Edinburgh c.1824. R.H. Margin missing. Coloured engraving. 38 x 2 7 cm. & 30 x 2 2 cm
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Map, NSW, New Zealand, New Hebrides & the Islands Adjacent. Robert Wilkinson, pub. London 1808. Inset map of port Jackson & Environs. Coloured engraving
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Map, India Quae Orientalis et Insulae Adiacinte. Mapmaker, Willem Janszoon Blaeu, c.1635. Engraving. 43 x 5 2 cm
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Map, Indiae Orientalis nec Non Insularum Adiacentium Nova Descriptio. Map maker Nicholaus Visscher, pub. Amsterdam, 1670. Hand coloured engraving. 48 x 5 8 cm
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Map, a new and Accurate map of Asia. Thomas Bowen, London. Pub. C.1790. Copper engraving & hand coloured. 33 x 4 3 cm
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MapS (2), Australia. By J.Dower, pub. London 1840; Carte de la Terre van Diemen, Bonne, Paris c.1780. Shows entrance to the Derwent & part Mapia Island. Steel & copper engraving (2). 22 x 2 5 cm. & 24 x 3 6 cm
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Map, Asia, Joannem de ram Novatotius Asiae Tabula, published Amsterdam c.1690. Hand coloured engraving. 46 x 5 7 cm
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Map, Cote Orientale de La Nouvelle Hollande. M.Bonne, pub. Paris c.1787. 5 panels showing Cook's first voyage up the East Coast of Australia. Copper engraving. 37 x 2 5 cm
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MapS (3), including NSW 1873 by Walker; Wyld's East India & Australia, Edinburgh 1817; & world Hemispheres, Arrowsmith, Edinburgh 1817. Hand coloured engraving. 40 x 3 3 cm. (largest NSW)
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Map, Polus Antarcticus, Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1637. First state, which does not include Tasmania. Hand coloured engraving. 44 x 5 1 cm
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Three various early Maps. 'Western Hemisphere,' John Tallis, from the illustrated Atlas, c.1851; 'Pacific Ocean,' 1823 by Constable & Co, Edinburgh; & 'Eastern Hemisphere,' Orr & Co, London (foxed). Hand coloured engraving (3). Various
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Egyptian painted clay fragment. Figures with deer. Age uncertain. 9 x 1 4 cm
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Ancient Egyptian Enshrined Ushabti figure. Half blue, set with modern white steatite lidded sarcophagus type shrine. Certificate of authenticity available indicating item was purchased from Southampton. Height 6 cm
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Ancient Egyptian black faience figure. Old man, set on acrylic pedestal. Possibly C.600 BC. Certificate of authenticity available. Height 6.5 cm
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Ancient Egyptian faience Ushabti. Possibly 26th Dynasty. Certificate of authenticity available. Height 9 cm
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Early Egyptian faience Mummy figure. Decorated with Egyptian symbols. L 14 cm
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Ancient Roman terracotta oil lamp. Pale buff colour with impressed design. Large feeding hole & smaller wick hole. Small lug handle. Certificate of authenticity available & indicates origin as 2nd/3rd century AD & found in a catacomb in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1820s. Length 9 cm
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Ancient Roman terracotta oil lamp Knopped handle. Medallion ordinated by Christian symbols. Possibly 3rd C. AD. Certificate of authenticity available. Length 9 cm
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Ancient Egyptian faience monkey Amulet. Set on acrylic pedestal. Certificate of authenticity available indicating origin as Egypt 26th Dynasty c.600 BC. Height 3 cm. (total)
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Ancient Egyptian Amulet of Horus wing. White faience. Perforated. Possibly C.600BC. Certificate of authenticity available. L four cm
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Ancient Egyptian bead necklace. 22 convex green/brown mummy beads separated by multi-coloured disc spacer beads. Central blue bunch of grapes amulet. New stringing & modern clasp. Certificate of authenticity available indicating origin Third Intermediate period, XXIst Dynasty (1085-935 BC.) Ex-Spinks Auction Sydney, November 1981. L 50 cm
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Ancient Egyptian faience bead necklace. Beads of various shapes. Possibly New Kingdom. C.1500 BC. Certificate of authenticity available. L 80 cm
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Ancient Egyptian bead necklace. Multi coloured disc beads & blue tubular mummy beads with circular carnelian central. New stringing & modern clasp. Certificate of authenticity available indicating origin late Dynastic period, c.664-525 BC. Purchased from Astarte gallery, London 1985. Length 38 cm
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Ancient Egyptian bead necklace. Multi coloured disc beads & blue tubular mummy beads. Green central amulet of a god. Certificate of authenticity available indicating origin late Dynastic period, c.664-525 BC. New stringing & modern clasp. L 75 cm
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Ancient Egyptian Faince bead necklace. Beads of various shapes. Possibly New Kingdom c.1500 BC. Certificate of authenticity available. L 96 cm
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Three various Aboriginal flat woven baskets Etc. Constructed with wool, feathers & grass. Also container of decorated beads from gumnuts etc. Diameter 67 cm. (largest)
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TwoPapua New Guinea carved figures. Crocodile totem & small spirit mask. Height 35 cm. (crocodile)
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Aboriginal carved bird. Carved Palmwood with incised polychrome decoration. Height 74 cm
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Six various Artifacts. Two food carriers; pair clapsticks; & two various goannas. Most with pyrographed decoration. Length 39 cm. (goanna)
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Taxidermied crocodile. As inspected. Estate late Douglas Osborne Hawke. Length 81 cm
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Australian Aboriginal stone churinga. Circular. Incised decoration to both sides. Ochre finish. Diameter 17 cm
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Australian Aboriginal stone churinga. Oval. Incised decoration to both sides. Ochre finish. Length 16 cm
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Australian Aboriginal stone churinga. Oval. Incised decoration to both sides. Ochre finish. Length 17.50 cm
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Australian Aboriginal stone churinga. Circular. Incised decoration to both sides. Ochre finial. Diameter 9 cm
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Australian Aboriginal stone churinga. Oval. Incised decoration to both sides. Length 12.50 cm
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Pair of Aboriginal Flaked stone ceremonial knives. Both with resin pommel. Length 13 & 14 cm
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Australian Aboriginal bull Roarer. Incised hatched decoration. Length 34 cm
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Aboriginal incised stone 'Egg'. Also contempory wooden quiver with lizard decoration. Length 46 cm. (quiver)
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7 Indonesian Batak items. Metal ceremonial figures & betel nut cutter;. Height 15 cm. (average)
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Miscellaneous Aboriginal & Western Pacific items. Trobriand paddle, Sepik pottery shard, Solomon Islands ceremonial figure; Aboriginal basket, hairpin with anular hair head support. Also, two early engravings of New Caledonia n native implements.
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Massim Western Pacific carved bowl. Older piece of very dense wood with crudely incised rim. Length 44 cm
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Three various African head rests. Two carved; & 1 with losses. Height 12 cm. (average)
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Aboriginal spear thrower & club. Later display hole drilled to hilt. Also acacia spear thrower with wooden peg & resin binding. Length 49 cm. (club)
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Two various Aboriginal Message sticks. Older tooth incised flat stick with white ochre infil. Also round, pointed hardwood with deep pyrographed design. Age patina. Length 63 cm. (longest)
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Four various Aboriginal carrying bowls. Hollowed wood with pyrographed decoration. 60 cm. (longest)
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Kiriwin Island Massim carved bowl. Reticulated carved flat topped oval bowl. Estate late Douglas Osborne Hawke. Length 94 cm
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Western Desert shield. Carved & etched palmwood. Length 68 cm
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Four various Massim ceremonial Staffs. Various forms, all with mother of pearl inlay. Length 92 cm. (longest)
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PNG story board. Paddlers in a canoe. Polygraph decoration on wood. Some splits. 60 x 1 02 cm
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Aboriginal school decorated fish form bark, c1970s/80s. Ochre & feather decoration. Remnants of older painting of snakes verso. Length 84 cm
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Mid 20th century Trobriand Island ceremonial staff. On square ebony platform. Coiled serpent & figures. Mother of pearl inlay. Height 105 cm
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Western Pacific ceremonial carving. Figures on framework supporting open pot. Collected mid 20th century. Estate Major Cooper. Height 90 cm
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Oenpelli painted stone. Basalt slab decorated with dancing figures. Nganjmira school, possibly Alex. Polymer on basalt. 76 x 1 8 cm
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Groote Island bird figure. Hatched decoration. C.1950s. Splitting to body. Natural earth pigments. 56 cm
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PNG feather dance Outfit. Trimmed with bird of paradise feathers.
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Three various Aboriginal implements, including Wunda style shield; stick with carved snake; & long boomerang. All from acacia wood. Length 100 cm. (boomerang)
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African carved ceremonial staff. Open carved top with head finial. Old splits & wire repair. Length 132 cm
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Arnhem Land didgeridoo. Decorated with cross hatched animals. Length 94 cm
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Aboriginal Ochre decorated Digging stick. Length 10 cm
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PNG spirit figure. Carved coastal palm wood with polychrome decoration. Collected mid 20th century. Height 59 cm
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Two Aboriginal bark paintings. Wandjina. Earth pigments on bark (2). 64 x 2 7 cm. & 34 x 2 2 cm
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Barangul, Aboriginal school. Sea Creatures incl. Turtle hatched decoration. Created at Maningrida. Natural earth pigments on bark. 83 x 3 2 cm
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Sea turtle shell. Some delamination. Estate late Douglas Osborne Hawke. Length 62 cm
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Two various Aboriginal Womeras. Ochre stained encalypt with pyrograph dot decoration. Lossed to resin pommel. Also pyrographed acacia version. Repaired splits.
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Sepik riverPapua New Guinea wooden pounder. Crocodile head handle. Private collection, Sydney. Length 37 cm
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Two early 20th century boomerangs. Hooked boomerang (repaired hook) has parallel grooves, with stone worked back. Other boomerang has stoneworked surface with deep burnt dot banding. Old waxy resin repair & small loss to tip edge. Length 77 cm
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Carved Coolamon & Message stick. Acacia coolamon with dotted decoration. Old resin & gum repair to splits. Also older tooth carved message stick.
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Aboriginal carved snake. Finely incised all over scale decorated. Signed John Honyta?. Length 103 cm
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Aboriginal carved snake. Formed from acacia & decorated with pyrographed banding. Length 86 cm
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Three various boomerangs. Hunting style in acacia with pyrographed decoration & two plain hardwood with smooth older patina. Length 67 cm. (average)
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Two Aboriginal carved Lizards. Carved hardwood with pyrographed decoration; & 1 other. Length 44 cm. (largest)
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Aboriginal carved snake. Tiwi hatched decoration on black ground. Length 41 cm
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Aboriginal carved Lizards. Squared acacia trunk with a pair of lizards carved in relief to top surface. Pyrographed decoration. Length 43 cm
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Aboriginal woven basket. Coiled reed construction. Small loss to handle. Diameter 23 cm
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Framed Vietnamese woven Textile. 78 x 5 3 cm. (actual textile)
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Indonesian Lampung embroidered Tapis cloth, with metal thread. Late 19th-early 20th century. 105 x 1 35 cm
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Three Sumatran Tampans. Textile (3). 53 x 4 3 cm, 37 x 3 9 cm. & 40 x 3 7 cm
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Framed Norman Lindsay pair of int. 'She Arrives,' as reproduced in book 'Two hundred Published etchings of Norman and rose Lindsay.'. Pair of int. 78 x 9 0 cm. (overall including frame)
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Personal letter from Henry M Stanley (1841-1904). Framed together with photograph of Stanley & transcription of the original letter on crested notepaper, the same dated 1878 to Dowager lady Duncan. Stanley led the 1871 expedition to find Dr David Livingstone. 48 x 4 3 cm. (overall incl. Frame)
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Chinese carved octagonal table. Carved top under glass. Carved sides with two drawers. Diameter 60 cm. Height 55 cm
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Chinese carved circular table & four matching stools. Carved table top under glass. Four matching stools fit underneath the table. Diameter 85 cm. Height 52 cm. (table)
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Chinese carved Camphorwood chest. Carved on all sides with traditional Chinese court scenes. Estate late Douglas Osborne Hawke. Height 48 cm. Length 93 cm. Diameter 44 cm
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Chinese carved Camphorwood chest. Carving to lid & four sides. Bronze fittings. Internal tray. Maker George Lee & Co., Hong Kong. Height 52 cm. Length 120 cm. Diameter 53 cm
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BookS (2), US Occupied Japan volumes, including 'The Eighth army, engineers in action' & 'Japan Today' both pub. 1950's by Eighth US army pair of inting plant, Boonjudo.
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Japanese woodblock pair of prints. Folio of 1950 and contempory prints. From Uchida of Kyoto; and Abunae bound book of Ukiyoe prints c.1956.
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