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End of Year Collection — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:845
Sale Title:End of Year CollectionLots with images:811
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:697
Date:13-Dec-2008
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Bronze Thai temple dancer figure. Height 37 cm
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Chinese Bronze Vase. Raised decoration with dragons. Character mark to base. Height 15.5 cm
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Three Satsuma blue vases. All with traditional Japanese decoration including geishas in Mt Fuji scenery. Height 19.5 cm. Height 29.5 cm. Height 31 cm
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Chinese Blue and White Vase. two handles, and decorated with calling bird in floral setting, on wooden plinth. Height 48 cm (Total)
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Lingbi scholar's rock with hardwood stand. Height 31 cm
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Gilt bronze Buddha, seated on a triple throne pedestal, the hands in dhyana mudra, from the Rattanakosin period, 19th century. Provenance: Galerie Kollor
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Japanese Satsuma Charger. Decorated with samurai in courtyard. six character mark to base. C.1930s-50s. Crazing and hairline. Diameter 32 cm
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Two Chinese blue and white lidded jars. Larger with dragon decoration, smaller with figures in a court scene. Wooden lids/plinths. Height 27 cm and. Height 24 cm (total)
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Toyokuni Musician and Courtesan Attending Male, 1852. 34.5 x 24 cm Woodblock Print
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Original Japanese woodblocks (3) 3 various, theatre scenes of Samurai Battles from the same series. Some soiling and paper loss. 37 x 24.5 cm woodblock print (3)
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Eisen (1790-1848) (4) Geisha Waits by Fuji Panel (holes to top margin and paper loss right hand.) Woman Resting with Opium Pipe (stained, small holes). Woman and Child (soiling, hole top edge and paper loss bottom edge). Woman Resting with Opium Pipe (stained, hole to bottom right) 36.5 x 23.5 cm (Largest) Woodblock Print (4)
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Toyokuni (2) Women Feeding Carp (mark for 1851-3); and Woman on River Terrace (mark for 1855). 36 x 24.5 cm Woodblock Print (2)
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Toyokuni Dramatic Theatre Triptych. Samurai waits as women are expelled into the snow, 1857. 37 x 24.5 cm (Each) Woodblock Print
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Toyokuni (6) six Various Theatrical Scenes from the Same Series. Mark for 1840 on 1. 35 x 25 cm Woodblock Print (6)
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Kunisada (1823-1880) (4) four Various Actresses and Beauties. Marks for 1790-1842, and 1843-5. Staining. 37 x 25.5 cm Woodblock Print (4)
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Kunisada (1823-1880) (4) four Various Actors; Mitsugoso, Nassho, Gennosuke and Minosuke. Mark for 1790-1842. 38 x 25.5 cm Woodblock Print (4)
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Sadanobu (1809-1879) (2) Noble Woman and Child, and Woman Adjusting Kimono. 19th century date mark. 33 x 22 cm Woodblock Print (2)
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Kunisada (1823-1880) (5) Woman and Standard Bearer, 1847 (staining); Man Under Blossoms, 1842 (staining); Woman preparing Ink Block, 1843 (staining and holes); Noble Woman and Attendants, 1842 (staining and hole); Woman with Opium Pipe, 1842 (soiling). 36.5 x 25.5 cm Woodblock Print (5)
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Toyokuni Triptych of Courtyard Tableau; Musicians, Dining and Messenger Bears a Letter. Mark for 1843-5. 37 x 24.5 cm Woodblock Print
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Yoshichika two Women in Dramatic Pose. 19th century date mark. 35 x 23.5 cm Woodblock Print
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Original Japanese woodblock 3 Warriors and their horses Descend the mountain. Trimmed. 30.5 x 22.5 cm woodblock print
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Original Japanese woodblock Samurai on the bridge. Mark for 1790-1842. Possibly Shinsai. 38 x 25.5 cm woodblock print
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Kunisada (1823-1880) (3) Woman with Black Box, mark for 1790-1842 (soiling); Woman Removing Letter from Sleeve, mark for 1790-1842 (soiling and paper loss); Woman Viewing Moon. Mark for 1790-1842 (soiling and paper loss). 37.5 x 25 cm Woodblock Print (3)
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Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) (2) Mother Watching Over Child, 1840 (stains, bottom margin ragged). Woman and Bucket, mark for 1843-6 (paper loss top corners, soiled and trimmed). 37 x 25 cm (Largest) Woodblock Print (2)
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Japanese Woodblock Prints (2) Eisen Beauty; and Toyokuni 'Flower Viewing,' (stains, holes and creasing, and large repair to bottom left hand corner of the former.) 34.5 x 23 cm (2) Woodblock Print (2)
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Kunisada (1786-1864) (7) Various Theatre Scenes from the Same Series. Some with holes. 36.5 x 25.5 cm Woodblock Print (7)
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Original Japanese woodblocks (3) Okuchida beauty Reading, 1843-5. Yoshitora beauty under the blossoms and Toyokuni beauty pulling small wagon, 1831. Soiling to all, holes to 1. 37.5 x 25.5 cm (largest) woodblock print (3)
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Original Japanese woodblocks (3) Kunimori beauty under the blossoms, 1830. Kuniyasu Actor Monnosuke. Shunso beauty with instrument, 1840. All with soiling; actor has paper loss bottom margin. 36.5 cm (largest) woodblock print (3)
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Toyokuni Woman Holding Rooster. Mark for 1845-6. 36 x 24.5 cm WoodBlock Print
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Yoshikazu (Active 1850-70) (3) Woman Washing her Clothing at the Stream. Mark for 1851. Also two samurai scenes. Holes and trimming. 34.5 x 24 cm Woodblock Print (3)
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Toyokuni two Sheet Tableau of Woman in Litter. Mark for 1850s. Staining. 37 x 51 cm Woodblock Print
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Embroidered silk thangka of Sadaksri, wearing a couched gold tiara, draped in a sumptuous robe and jewellery and flanked by two bodhisattvas and two lamas
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Qing Dynasty Dragon Robe. Gold coloured silk ground brocaded with 12 imperial symbols of sovereignty and 9 dragons embroidered with peacock feathers, blue sleeves and collar and multi-coloured wave scroll hem, late 18th/early 19th century . Provenance: Lawson Menzies Height 130 cm
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19th century Tibetan thangka. Depicting the western paradise of Amithabha known as Sukhavati, central image of Amithabha flanked by two Avalokiteshvaras, green tara, Padmasambhava and other deities. Distemper on cloth. Height 110 cm. Width 220 cm
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Continental Art Nouveau Porcelain Figure Mounted Bowl. Maiden, triton shell and merman cavorting under. Chip to little finger of same. Height 27 cm
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European pink glass vase. Panels highlighted in gold. Reminiscent of Moser. Height 21 cm
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Circa 1900 sterling silver Mounted Waisted Glass Vase. Birmingham 1900. Green tinged and swirl decorated. Height 20.5 cm
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Art Nouveau bronze bust 'Flora.' Unsigned, likely French. Height 11.5 cm
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Five Imperial Russian bronze busts. Nikolai II Signed 'K. Koxb, 1904.' Alexander III foundry mark to rear. Anna foundry marks to rear. Alexander II foundry marks to rear. Katherine II foundry marks to rear
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Royal Doulton 'Blue Yeomen' patterned pilsener, Series Ware mug (D4746)
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Pair of tall Art Nouveau Minton's vases of tapering shape with everted bases, green and brown glaze, and contoured wreaths and lobes decorations
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Arts & Crafts style decorative glass goblet. Blue bowl and clear air twist stem; bowl and base mounted with pewter inset with red glass cabochons. Age uncertain. Height 36 cm
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Circa 1900s Attrib. Royal Doulton Holbein Ware wall plate. Heavy brown glaze over organic foliage decoration. Some scratching and crazing around central profile portrait. Minor glaze chip to rim. Diameter 27 cm
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Continental Art Nouveau porcelain tray in the form of two maidens reclined opposite to one another, one with a mauve dress, the other with a green dress, with an underglaze blue mark to the base and an incised number '602/12'
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Doulton Lambeth Frank Butler Stoneware Jug. Lobed shape, variegated blue glaze with incised stylised leaves decoration. Incised to base. Height 25.5 cm
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Meissen Hand Painted Porcelain Dish. Decorated with various flowers inside gilt borders. Length 26 cm
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Royal Doulton 'Gladys' figure. HN1741, 1935-38. Height 13 cm
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Royal Doulton Flambe Vase. Variegated blue glaze (rim broken and reglued). Height 19 cm
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Lladro figurine of a boy standing with his hands behind his back, holding a ball
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Edwardian Biscuit Barrel. Pink floral decoration on blue ground, Epns lid. Height 15 cm
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Royal Doulton Kingsware Whisky Flask 'Micawber, the Ever Expectant.' With stopper. Height 21 cm (Total)
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Early German Figure in Brocage by Carl Thieme. Sconce missing, some petal loss. c.1860's. Height 20.5 cm
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Early Jug. Brown and white embossed Oriental figures. Unmarked. Height 19.5 cm
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Set of four Beswick Flying Seagulls
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Pair of Sevres Style 'Jewelled' Turquoise Ground Cache Pots. Late 19th century, painted after Boucher, gilt surround enriched with enamelled white 'jewels', one cracked. Height 21 cm
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Two George Jones & Sons's ceramic vases, one bottle shaped and one urn shaped with blue ground and gold cartouches surrounding exotic birds to both sides, circa 1910 with crescent mark to base. Height 32 and 21 cm
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Early Epns Arctic Themed Decorative Stand. Reg. mark for 1876. Decorated with polar bears, walrusses etc in an Arctic scene. Probably an ice dessert stand. Bowl missing. Height 19.5 cm
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Meissen altar group modelled in the round as a couple and child slinging garlands about an urn, raised on a rocky mound base, edged by a gilt band enriched with entwined gilt ribbons enclosing rosettes, with the blue crossed swords mark
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Early Wedgwood Black Basalt Bust of Venus Height 23 cm
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Royal Copenhagen figurine of a young woman combing her hair (Reg. #4648)
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Three Crown Devon Rouge Glaze Pieces, including two handled vase, jug, and two handled bowl. All with enamelled floral decoration. Height 22 cm (Vase)
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Signed Large Lalique Cockatoo Figure. Bears original sticker. Height 29.5 cm
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Pair Late Victorian Royal Worcester Hadley Figure Mounted Candlestick Holders. Tree form, boy and girl mounted. Inscribed signature to base of each. Height 27 cm
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David and Hermia Boyd bowl with a glazed striped interior, signed and dated 1956 to the base
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Crown Devon tobacco jar. Galleon decoration on rouge ground. Humidor air sealed with clasp to lid. Height 13.5 cm
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William Moorcroft tubelined freesia decorated vase, with an underglaze printed signature and a hand painted initial to the base
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Lladro figurine of 'Cinderella'
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Carlton Ware Rouge Royale dish decorated with flying ducks
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Nao figure of a girl and Puppy. Height 17 cm
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Pair of Minton Urn Shaped Vases. First half of 19th century . Richly encrusted with coloured flowers. Unmarked. Moderate damage to petals on both. Height 17.5 cm
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Two early Copeland jugs. Both with green glazed ground and embossed figures. Small jug has some losses to embossing. Height 13 cm. Height 17 cm
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Early German Porcelain Figure. Girl with plaited hair carrying baskets and apple. Marked 'Katzhutte, Thuringia.' Height 23.5 cm
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Boda glass bowl, signed to base, Bertil Vallien. White/yellow/orange abstract enamelled design. Height 12.5 cm
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Two Pieces Similar Early Meissen Porcelain. Both pieces gilt embellished, including grapevine decorated comport with brass centre stem; and oval pierced dish with incised mark to base 'A160'. Both pieces blue mark to base. Gilt worn to each piece. Diameter 30 cm (comport) and Diameter 32 cm (dish)
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Eight pieces of early Meissen porcelain, comprising six plates and two bowls. Gilt and contoured grapevine decoration. Blue mark, and incised 'W89'. Gilt worn. Diameter 28 cm (bowls) ; diameter 26 cm (plates)
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Pair Nao Figures of Boy and Girl in Nightdresses. Height 20 cm
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Blue and white Ironstone meat platter. Maker J Clementson. 'Siam' pattern. Length 41 cm
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Large Royal Doulton character jug. 'Old Charley' height 15.5 cm
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Mystery action swinging clock with a spelter figure supporting a spherical clock, signed 'Moreau'
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After Clodion, Claude M (1738-1814) Cavorting Maenads and Amorini, bronze
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Early Austrian Porcelain Boudoir Clock. Marked 'Victoria.' Decorated with courting couple. Clock not operating. Height 23 cm
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Sterling silver fruit bowl on four paw feet. Fluted design, maker 'Reed & Barton' marked 'Sterling.' width 32 cm
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19th century miniature of an aristocratic woman in an ornate neo-classical brass frame
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Meissen floral encrusted, pierced lozenge shaped basket with the blue crossed swords mark, moulded feuille de choux scroll cartouches between trellis pattern sections, branch moulded handles and feet issuing flowers and painted bouquets of flowers
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Karl Thieme handpainted lidded pot pourri jar with floral decoration (Af); and pair handpainted European opera glasses with classical figure decoration (Af). Height 5 cm (Jar)
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Two Staffordshire whippet dog figures. Brown coats, seated on a blue base with gold highlights, one with chip to inner base. Height 10.5 cm
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Hand Painted Gilt Framed Miniature of a Young Woman Oval 8 cm
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Bone and mother of pearl Framed Miniature of a Woman in Yellow Dress. Frame missing some veneer. 9.5 x 7.5 cm
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Two blue and white embossed decorated items, one small jug (mark illeg.), the other a lidded 'Copeland' coffee pot. Same marked 'Cafe Savoy Coffee Charles Biele, New York .'. Height 12 cm (Average)
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Three Various Small China Items, including Coalport maiden form bell, Royal Doulton 'Summertime in England' D6131, small vase, Shelley pin dish floral pattern. Various
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Victorian Porcelain Cup and Saucer. Hand painted posy decoration inside gilt floral border.
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Winterhalter pair of oval miniatures of an elegant women. in ivory mounted frame, oval 8.5 cm each
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Two Meissen Musician Monkey figures, including female in yellow dress and violinist in blue jacket, both handpainted and stamped to base
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Attrib. Grimaldi, William (1751-1830) early handpainted miniature of a woman. In brass oval frame with ring attachment. Faded image. 9 x 8 cm
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Early Handpainted Miniature of a Woman in White Dress in a Brass Oblong Frame. Unsigned. 10 x 5.5 cm Watercolour and Gouache
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Haviland Limoges Pin Dish. 'Cathay' design, floral decorated. Width 14 cm
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Late Victorian Hadley's Worcester porcelain vase, circa 1898, blue kylin handles, hand painted floral decoration with raised and contoured embellishments. Small area of paint loss. Height 19.5 cm
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Three Pieces Early Wedgwood Floral Decorated Drab Ware. Bowl and two cups.
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Crown Staffordshire bird figure 'Chickadee.' signed Linley Adams to base, and serial number 258. Height 10 cm
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Two Carlton Ware Vases, one Rouge Royale, the other double handled Bleu Royale. Height 10.5 cm Height 12.5 cm
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