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Estate & Collector — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:414
Sale Title:Estate & CollectorLots with images:393
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:338
Date:15-May-2016
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Aboriginal breastplate. Crescent form brass, chased & punched, 'Tommy, Chief of Tully Plains, Tracker.' Tully Plains lie between the Murray & Tully rivers, North Queensland. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Width 29 cm
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19th century brass Aboriginal breastplate. 'Jimmy, L.T.C.E.A.M.' decorated with boomerangs. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 21 cm
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Aboriginal Message stick. Early 20th century. Annular & straight markings to each side. Ex Tyrells collection, thence Bungan Castle Museum. Length 34 cm
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19th century Aboriginal Message stick. Hardwood, tapering form with ochre markings. Ex Tyrells collection, thence Bungan Castle Museum. Length 51 cm
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Two various ancient Aboriginal Cornute stones. Sedimentary ceremonial or marker stones probably from Western NSW or Qld. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 14 cm (each)
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Aboriginal Breastplate. Hand chased shield form brass, 'Black Bob King of Duck Creek.' Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Height 18 cm
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Three various edged tools. Including grey igneous cutter from Rossel Island Papua New Guinea ; Aboriginal scraper/knife; & Aboriginal pounder/knife. All as inspected. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 16 cm (longest)
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Aboriginal churinga. Long oval stone with linked annular forms. Small loss to ends. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 23 cm
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Aboriginal churinga. Long ovoid form with annular carvings both sides. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 18 cm
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Aboriginal churinga. Ovoid stone, carved both sides. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 20 cm
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Aboriginal churinga. Whorl & incisions to both sides. White ochre over limestone. Repaired crack. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 24 cm
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19th century Aboriginal parrying shield. Curved, triangular section with rounded ends. Use patina. Some losses & insect damage. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 66 cm
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19th century Aboriginal parrying shield. Typical thin pointed form with carved hand grip for small hand. Some losses. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 75 cm
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Mid 19th century Aboriginal Sydney sword. Stone worked curved hardwood form with incised, flattened whorl above hand grip. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 77 cm
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Late 19th century Aboriginal Message stick, marker or totem. Long tapering form with sandy ochre message & full ochred back. Old losses, particularly the tip. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 155 cm
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Aboriginal shield. Early hollowed, pointed oval form with holes for plaited handle. Traces of ochre cross decoration. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. 59 x 25 cm
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Early Aboriginal club. Stoneworked hardwood with scratch decorated handle. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 68 cm
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Aboriginal early spear thrower. Hardwood shaft with square pommel resin impregnated grass handle, resin cord tip with later repair of dowel & copper wire. Use patina. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 87 cm
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Aboriginal Message stick. Long, tapering hard wood with remnants of ochre message. Old losses & damage incl. Hole drilled to tip. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 134 cm
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Aboriginal early hardwood club. Pointed, grooved head. Use patina, possibly Queensland origin. Ex Baldwin Spencer collection, thence Bungan Castle Museum. Length 60 cm
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Early 20th century Aboriginal Message stick. Extremely dense hardwood, full ochre coating with message both sides. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 90 cm
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Aboriginal nulla nulla. Grooved rectangular head & double pommel terminal. Dense hardwood with use patina. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 66 cm
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Aboriginal fighting stick. Eastern Australian stone worked hardwood. Use patina. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 69 cm
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Aboriginal flat club. 19th century.possibly Queensland. Old splits and losses. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 62 cm
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Aboriginal Parrying shield. Flat, double tapered form with traces of banding & tip decoration. Use patina. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 87 cm
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Aboriginal early spear thrower. Smooth hardwood shaft with string & resin mounted peg. Handle has incised decoration. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 89 cm
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Aboriginal early Paroo sword. Curved blade transitioning to round handle. Actual use patina. Ex Baldwin Spencer collection, thence Bungan Castle Museum. Length 79 cm
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Aboriginal fighting club. Dense hardwood of thick boomerang form with pointed ends. Use patina. Ex Hubert Jarvis collection, thence Bungan Castle Museum. Length 75 cm
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Aboriginal Queensland club. Sword style club with pecked hand grip. Ex Hubert Jarvis, (Qld artist & entomologist) thence Bungan Castle Museum. Length 70 cm
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Aboriginal light club Combination Digging stick. Pointed head & terminal. Splits. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 63 cm
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Two early Western Pacific carved wood figures. Sitting postures. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Height 31 & 16 cm
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Two various Aboriginal Grinding rocks. Also two grinders. Larger pink sandstone slab cracked. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 64 cm (longest)
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Early Solomon Islands club. Use patina. Possibly 19th century.small losses & native repair. Length 70 cm
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Fijian gun Stock club. Fibre bindings. Length 92 cm
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Western Pacific paddle. Raised medial line to blade. Likely mid 20th century. Crack to shank. Length 120 cm
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Early Solomon Islands dance club. Use patina. Length 100 cm
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Micronesian club. Carved dec. Old patina. Length 44 cm
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Various Western Pacific carvings. Including two bowls with decorative borders; fish form platter; Massim spoon; & crocodile. Diameter ia. 41 cm (largest bowl)
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New Zealand nephrite jade adze head. C.1930s. On stand. Provenance: Ex Hamilton Family 1957, Tempero 1965. Height 16 cm (adze head)
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West African carved figure. Height 24 cm
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Two various early African Headrests. one on circular base; the other with splayed cabriole legs. Provenance: Australian collector. Height 14 cm & 23 cm
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Three various African carved wood figures. Including Ibeji (2) ; & Senufo pulley (inscribed 1951). Provenance: Australian collector. Height 30 cm (figures each)
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Carved Philippines rice God. Ifuguo tribe origin (crack to base). Height 66 cm
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Carved Timor figure. Height 39 cm
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Two various Papua New Guinea Sepik food hooks. Including double sided crocodile & snake totem; & male figure surmounted by birds. Length 74 cm (longest)
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Aged Papua New Guinea spirit house figure. Dysmorphic head overmodelled with resin. Chevron carved body with many losses & insect damage. Length 93 cm
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Rare West New Britain shield. Bears label attribution to the Kandrian area. Provenance: Stafford collection. Height 138 cm. Width 33 cm
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Large Asmat shield. Height 187 cm
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Carved wood Papua New Guinea figure. Karawari river female figure with tenon legs. Height 120 cm
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West African carved wood items. Including figure decorated conical bowl; mask; & three small figures.
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Arnhem Land woven lidded basket. Height 29 cm (basket only)
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Early carved hardwood Bali puppet Theatre board. Painted. Height 74 cm. Width 44 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved tree fern. Ancestral figure with horns. Grey & ochre decoration. Break to one horn. Length 147 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik river carved Birdman totem. On carved wood stand (cracked, as inspected). Height 96 cm (total)
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Five various Papua New Guinea artefacts. Including two small polychrome masks; pelvic bone mask with overmodelled clay & shell features; & two gourd lime containers.
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Papua New Guinea neck ornaments. two various string bound necklaces; one chest piece; plus four shell & seed necklaces.
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Indigenous carved sandstone head c 1950. Cream & red ochre striated sandstone, carved in the round, with heavily incised details. Marked 'Bli' in ink to base. Length 23 cm
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Sumba carved tortoiseshell comb. Provenance: Wilson - Dessaix gallery, 1976. Provenance: Ex Wilson-Dessaix gallery 1976. Height 14 cm. Length 14 cm
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Carved Polynesian face decorated totem. Height 54 cm
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Six various African carved implements. Including three spatulas; horn spoon; lime container etc. Provenance: Australian collector. Length 25 cm (spatulas average each)
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Six various Timor lime containers, each with carved decoration. Provenance: Australian collector. Height 16 cm (average
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Four Arnhem Land ceremonial dance spear Tips. Dec. With natural earth pigments. Length 80 (average)
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Papua New Guinea body ornaments. two mother of pearl shell armlets, incised decoration; & three boars tooth neck ornaments.
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Two various Borneo Dyak containers. Provenance: Australian collector. Height 10 cm & 19 cm
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Two various Papua New Guinea carved wood implements. Including yam peg (split); & mortar & pestle for betel nut. Length 45 cm (each)
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Sulawesi carved wood window Shutter. Tana Toradja origin c.1950s. Provenance: Ex Thomas Thorpe, gallery 1992, Auctions Historica, 1996. Height 73 cm. Width 39 cm
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American Indian snakeskin Quiver & 5 Arrows. Quiver with snakes head & fringed dec. Internal note States: Presented to West Australian Governor visiting delegation of Sioux Indians, c.2000. Length 50 cm (Quiver)
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Three Dyak spears, each with blade cover. Length 194 cm (longest)
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Two various Papua New Guinea masks. Sepik area, carved, incised & ochre decorations. Losses to eyes. Length 88 cm
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Papua New Guinea spirit mask. Overmodelled clay on wood mask decorated with shells, grass, feathers & boar's tusks. Some losses. Length 88 cm
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Papua New Guinea gable figure. Wooden stake overmodelled with clay, fibre & boars tusks, in the form of a figure with outstretched arms. Height 90 cm
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Papua New Guinea spear thrower. Bamboo & rattan with carved bird & ochre decoration. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 86 cm
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Papua New Guinea figure & mask. Small carved male ancestor figure; & deeply carved mask. Age splits. Height 48 cm
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Papua New Guinea Asmat carved board. Relief carved board with lime & ochre decoration. Length 149 cm
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Papua New Guinea bark cloth. Pounded bark rectangle with four lozenge repeat design. Collected, Sepik region, 1974. Provenance: Ex Keith black collection. 173 x 84 cm
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Older Java Batik. Aniline dyed fine cotton using cepak free hand wax method. Greek key, lotus & bird motifs. Early 20th century. Some losses. Provenance: Ex Caecile Papadimetriou gallery. 184 x 50 cm
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Sumba Island Textile. Ikat woven belt or armband. Natural dyes with bright analine dyed central section. Mid 20th century. Provenance: Lawson's Auctions 1981. Length 177 x 47 cm
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Two various Indonesian Textiles. Savu, vegetable dyed Ikats, early to mid 20th century. one Greater blossom peoples, the other a Lesser blossom people (longer). Provenance: Ex Ross Franklin 1977, Wilson-Dessaix gallery 1978, Dekker collection 1984. 73 x 38 cm & 152 x 67 cm
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Sumba Island Textile. Ikat mens cloth. Single warp, natural dyes. Early 20th century. Provenance: Ex Michael Blanc 1962, ray Wilson 1975. 220 x 123 cm
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Borneo Textile. Iban Dayak Pua. Warp ikat. Vegetable dyes. Early 20th century. Provenance: Ex Louise MacWhinnie, Borneo & Beyond, Dekker collection 1990. 208 x 132 cm
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Framed Bali double Weave Ikat. Height 130 cm. Width 22 cm (Ikat only)
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Book, 'Aboriginal Cylindro-conical & Cornute stone implements of Western NSW.' by R. Etheridge Jnr. Published by Australian Museum, 1916. 40+ pages of text & 9 plates of examples on these ancient stones.
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Book, 'The Art of the Wandjina,' I.M. Crawford. Oxford University press, 1968. 144 pages of text & numerous photographs.
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Two various Pictures. Brook, Donald (b.1927), untitled mixed media construction, 1966/67 (60 x 90 cm); & Artist unknown, kneeling nude, acrylic on canvas (92 x 92 cm).
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Bookplate, 'Ex Libris, Sydney long.' edition unknown. Unsigned, but with plate impression. Engraving. 9.5 x 6.5 cm (image)
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Book Andrew Sibley. 'Four Linocuts,' by Robert Littlewood. Pub. Lytlewode press, 2014. Including original slipcase.
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Books (4) 'Phil May in Australia,' pub. Bulletin, 1904; (spine broken, boards separated); 'Art in Australia (2) (August 1932 & December 1930); & 'Society of artists, 1946-7.'
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Books (4), Russell Drysdale. 'Russell Drysdale,' Sutton, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1964; 'The Drawings of Russell Drysdale, Perth Survey of drawing,' 1980; 'Russell Drysdale,' Monash University gallery; & 'Russell Drysdale,' Klepac, pub. Bay, 1983.
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Book 'The Studio 1898.' Spine torn. Board loose, otherwise appears intact.
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Folder of Broinowski bird lithographs. Approx.130 loose chromolithographs from the various volumes of the birds of Australia by Gracius Joseph. Overall in poor condition, darkened paper, edge chips, foxing & tears. 38 x 28 cm
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Quantity of decorative prints. 20th century reproductions comprising 'Mr Goulds Tropical birds,' Ariel press, one volume plus part volume; the four Seasons of Sport, two volumes (identical); & part folio Australia, 'Aboriginal paintings, Arnhem Land,' pub. New York Graphic Society 1954. 40 x 30 (average)
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Folio, the Banksias. C.E. Rosser & A.S.George. Elephant folio of text & 5 plates (originally 24). Pub. By Curwen press in conjunction with Monash University, 1981. In geeen Solander box. Litho 3/230. 77 x 55 cm (plates)
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Quantity steel engravings of Australian scenes. loose plates from Australian illustrated by Edwin Carton Booth, pub. By Virtue Melbourne c.1877. Engraved from original paintings by Prout, Chevalier, Brierley & others. NSW x 6; SA, NT, & WA x 9; QLD x 2; VIC x 25 & Tasmania x 11. 11 x 18 cm (image)
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Quantity of botanical prints. 20th century reproductions incl. Small format roses, by P.J. Redoute (incomplete); large format fruits & flowers by P.J. Redoute (incomplete); fruits & flowers by P.J. Redoute (complete); Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) floral studies, folio of 12, pub. Traylen, UK 1953, (complete). 30 x 40 (average)
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Land Grant signed by Governor Macquarie 1821. Awarding 50 acres of land to Henry Sells in the disrict of Bringelly, bordering the Nepean river. Original seal & ribbon extant. 28 x 33 cm
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Land Grant signed by Governor Darling 1831. Awarding John Earl of Sydney, 13 perches of land in parish of Saint Lawrence, county of Cumberland. Bounded on the west by Castlereagh St, dated 19th October, 1831. 31 x 38.5 cm
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Colonial Land plan for Palmers Grant the Riley Estate. (c.1830-1840). Drafted by hand in sepia & black ink, showing Brickfields (govt. Brick & pottery works), Smith's farm (now Albert Park & central station area), south head Road (now Oxford street), Sydney Common (now Moore Park), 'The alleged old Botany road' (unknown route). Coloured areas are described lower centre under 'Remarks.' Palmers Grant called George farm, Foveaux's Grant called the Surry Hill farm. Major Joseph Foveaux became Lieutenant…
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Early Sydney Colonial cast iron seal. Marked 'Crown G.R. 1822'. Possibly a seal for Customs & Excise. Length 10 cm
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Plan for the city of Sydney (the rocks) 1897. Showing drafted plan of the streets & businesses with additions in red & blue ink. Issued by the Lands Department 1897. Print. 61 x 84 cm
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Map, 'Western Australia,' J Rapkin. 35 x 25 cm
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