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The Tim & Sherrah Francis Collection — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:260
Sale Title:The Tim & Sherrah Francis CollectionLots with images:257
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:251
Date:8-Sep-2016
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Temuka Art Deco angular wall vase, factory mark to the rear, height 27 cm
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Temuka daubed blue glaze pottery vase, with ribbed decoration, factory mark to base, height 18 cm
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Five Temuka pottery early electric jugs, in blue, green, mottled green and brown, fawn (2). Two with original lids.
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Four Temuka pottery early electric jugs, in mottled green, yellow, black and blue. Three with original lids.
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Four green glaze Temuka pottery milk jugs, together with a green glazed trough, a blue ovoid vase and a blue glazed lidded vase (finial missing)
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Four Temuka pottery ashtrays, and one other decorated with a kiwi in relief
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A Temuka Verona agate-glazed pottery bowl, signed to the base, diameter 18 cm
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Two Temuka pottery jugs, with folate moulded handles
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Timaru pottery brown glazed water jug, together with two mixing bowls, two with factory marks to base
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Timaru green glazed tapering cylindrical pottery vase, factory mark to the base, height 21 cm
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Nine assorted early Crown Lynn vases, in varying shapes and glazes
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Crown Lynn slip cast bowl, shape 2321, with lathe turned bands to upper section, diameter 23 cm
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Two slip-cast Crown Lynn Art Deco ovoid pottery vases, with concentric banding
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New Zealand railways Crown Lynn cup and saucer, together with another New Zealand railways cup
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Thirteen small Crown Lynn vases, in varying glazes and shapes
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Three early New Zealand pottery kitchen canisters
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Dorothy Thorpe, four 'Pine' pattern cups and saucers, together with a Royal Doulton 'Maori Art' tea cup
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C. London, pottery mug in blue and yellow glaze, signed and dated 1935 to the base, height 11 cm
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John Parker, white ovoid vase, incised with concentric bands, impressed initials to the base, height 25 cm
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Len Castle, hanging form, with umber pigment, length 25 cm
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Juliet Peter, rectangular stoneware platter, with stylised abstract design, length 28 cm
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John Parker, white bottle vase, in matte glaze, impressed initials to the base, height 24 cm
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Mirek Smisek, stoneware pedestal bowl, impressed potter's mark to the base
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Timaru pottery, two early stoneware hot water bottles, Timaru pottery stamps to the underside of each
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Dame Lucie Rie, white tin glazed beaker, impressed 'LR' seal mark to the base, height 11 cm
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Hans Coper, early vase, with buffed incised and textured foot with flaring conical upper section with white tin glaze (minor restoration to the top rim), signed with artist's seal mark under the base, height 19 cm
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Hans Coper and Dame Lucie Rie, stoneware bowl, with manganese glaze with sgraffito banding to the exterior and white tin glazed interior (minor restoration to the top rim), impressed LR and HC seal marks, diameter 13 cm
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Dame Lucie Rie, white tin glazed bowl, with yellow glazed interior (hairline crack), impressed 'LR' seal mark
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Moorcroft ovoid vase, decorated with the clematis pattern, height 18 cm
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Small Moorcroft baluster shaped vase, decorated with the pomegranate pattern, height 9 cm
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Gray's pottery, cabinet plate, painted with flower heads and leaves, D 27 cm
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Keith Murray for Wedgwood, rare Herron grey bowl, shape 3753 with concentric ribbed bands, factory mark to base, diameter 25 cm
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Keith Murray for Wedgwood, water jug, together with four mugs (two mugs faulted)
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Keith Murray for Wedgwood, two matt green glazed plates, with concentric banding, factory marks to the base of each, diameter 21 cm
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Keith Murray for Wedgwood, tapering conical vase, (hairline crack), factory mark to the base, height 24 cm
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Keith Murray for Wedgwood, demitasse coffee cup and saucer
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Keith Murray for Wedgwood, an unusual mug, with rare decorated abstract floral decoration
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Keith Murray for Wedgwood, moonstone glazed vase, ovoid shape 3765 with ribbed bands, factory mark to the base, height 17 cm
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Keith Murray for Wedgwood, duck egg blue glaze vase, of tapering conical shape with ribbed bands, factory mark to base, diameter 23 cm
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Clarice Cliff, hand-painted 'Original Bizarre' pattern octagonal plate, factory mark to base
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Five assorted folk art, carved pokerwork pieces including three vases, a pedestal bowl and a lidded bowl
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New Zealand folk art Arts & Crafts tray, decorated with flower head and leaves, length 46 cm
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Folk art magazine rack, together with two letter racks with painted floral decoration
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A collection of 18 carved wooden folk art pieces, including bowls, trays, jewellery boxes etc.
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Assorted New Zealand folk art wooden pieces, including a pedestal bowl, a lidded bowl, a circular dish and two vases
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An American oak sectional barrister's bookcase, in five sections with sliding, glazed panel doors, 1920 x 870 x 30 cm
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Three south East Asian boxes and covers, comprising a miniature box with a moulded unglazed panel to the cover, and two larger boxes with plain dark brown glaze, diameter 9 cm max
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Four south East Asian brown glazed vessels, comprising a squat ewer, a squat vase and two jarlets, width 16.5 cm max
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Three south East Asian black glazed jars, height 16 cm
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Three south East Asian brown glazed jars, height 15.5 cm
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A group of four early south East Asian ceramics, comprising a celadon jar, a blue and white box and cover, a Sawankhalok jarlet and a bowl, height 9 cm max
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A group of three early Chinese and south East Asian bowls, diameter 17 cm max
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A Chinese jar with lug handles, probably song dynasty, with poured olive green glaze, height 16.5 cm
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A Chinese Yue yao bowl, probably Tang/song dynasty, the interior incised with stylised floral design, diameter 75 cm
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A Chinese Jian yao 'Hare's fur' tea bowl, probably song dynasty, together with a later one, diameter 11.5 cm
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A Chinese qingbai bowl and a Cizhou white-slip one, song dynasty, diameter 20.5 cm max
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Three Chinese early qingbai jars, song dynasty, height 10 cm max
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Three Chinese early qingbai boxes and covers, song dynasty, of different sizes, two with moulded decoration to the covers, diameter 17.5 cm max
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A collection of four small Chinese blue and white porcelains, Ming dynasty and later, comprising two boxes and covers, a jarlet and a small tray, width 10 cm max
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A small Chinese Ming-style wucai jar, decorated with various fish amongst seaweeds, height 10 cm
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A pair of Chinese blue and white bowls, 18th century, with barbed rims, each painted to the centre with a shrimp amongst auspicious symbols, the sides with anhua decoration, diameter 14 cm
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A small Chinese blue and white saucer dish, Kangxi period, with barbed rim, painted to the centre with a duck on a lotus pond, the cavetto with panels with auspicious symbols, diameter 14.5 cm
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A Chinese blue and white Kraak bowl, 18th century, with barbed rim, painted with deer panels around the sides and to the centre, diameter 15 cm
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A large Japanese Arita blue and white dish, Edo period, decorated in Kraak style with pomegranate and finger citron branches to the centre surrounded by panels of peonies and auspicious symbols, diameter 42 cm
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A large Japanese Arita blue and white dish, Edo period, decorated in Kraak style, the centre with pomegranate and peony sprays issuing from a vase, the rim with alternating panels of peony, pomegranate, kiku and other flowers, diameter 42 cm
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A large Japanese Arita blue and white dish, 19th century, decorated in Kraak style with long tailed birds amongst peony, surrounded by panels with other flowers and auspicious symbols, diameter 31 cm
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A large Japanese Arita blue and white dish, 19th century, painted in Kraak style with a Shishi lion and cub to the centre, surrounded by panels of insects and flowers, diameter 30 cm
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A Chinese Yixing teapot, gong Ju mark to the base, with highly polished surface, bronze handle, cover finial and bands around the rims, width 21.5 cm
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A Chinese Yixing teapot, with blue and white enamel decoration and metal handle, inscribed signature underneath the cover and to the interior centre of the teapot, impressed mark underneath the back handle support and to the base, width 17.5 cm
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Two Chinese Yixing teapots, the first with blue enamel floral decoration, impressed seal mark to the base and inscribed signature, the second with ribbed sides and lid, width 19 cm max
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Two Chinese famille rose teapots, 19th/20th century, similarly decorated with figures on a landscape, both with metal handles, stamped seal marks to the base, height 12.5 cm max
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Two Chinese famille rose teapots, 19th/20th century, the first enamelled on a blue ground with a phoenix and a qilin lion amongst peony sprays, inscribed 'Shen Yuan' above the spout; the second with insects amongst flowering sprays, width 17 cm max
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A Chinese famille rose pillow, late Qing dynasty, painted with beautiful ladies at leisure in fenced gardens, height 12 cm
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A pair of Chinese famille rose dishes, 19th century, together with a larger one, diameter 19 cm max
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A large Japanese Imari dish, Meiji period, decorated with panels of phoenix and long tailed birds on blossoming sprays, impressed mark to the base, diameter 30 cm
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A large Japanese Arita blue and white bowl, Meiji period, painted to the centre with a peony spray, the rim with alternating scrolling lotus and blue wavy bands, diameter 33 cm
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A Japanese Arita blue and white dish, Meiji period, painted and moulded with stylised lotus sides, the centre with auspicious symbols, diameter 20 cm
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A group of three Japanese Arita blue and white ceramics, Meiji period, comprising a bowl and two saucer dishes, diameter 15.5 cm max
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A Japanese blue and white bowl and a dish, 19th century, diameter 20.5 cm
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Two large Chinese blue and white dishes, 19th century, each similarly carved with a long-tailed bird amongst flowers and fruits, diameter 28 cm max
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A Chinese blue and white circular tray, 19th century, painted to the centre with a scholar at leisure in a pavilion underneath a prunus tree, diameter 25.5 cm
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A large Chinese Swatow blue and white bowl, painted to the centre with a pine tree underneath a band with pagodas and junk ships, diameter 27 cm
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A large Thai celadon bowl, with foliate rim and moulded lotus decoration to the centre and to the exterior, diameter 30.5 cm
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A large Thai celadon bowl, with crackling glaze and lotus design to the centre, diameter 27 cm
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A Thai celadon bowl, decorated to the interior with overlapping lotus petals, diameter 19 cm
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A south East Asian blue and white bowl and a plate, diameter 19 cm max
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Two Chinese provincial blue and white dishes, Ming dynasty and later, together with a large south East Asian bowl, and a saucer dish, diameter 20 cm max
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A Chinese Kangxi-style blue and white dish, painted with various floral panels, leaf mark to the base, diameter 27 cm
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Two Chinese blue and white teapots, 20th century, the larger with a crackled glaze ground and four-character mark to the base; together with a miniature Yixing teapot and three cups, width 13 cm max
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A similar pair of Chinese iron red enamelled dragon bowls, Guangxu mark to the base; together with an iron red enamelled cup and cover, Tongzhi seal mark, diameter 14 cm max
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A collection of ten Chinese wine cups, probably song dynasty and later, comprising two cups with monochrome white glaze, seven with blue and white decoration, and a famille rose one; together with a famille rose miniature box base, diameter 8.5 cm max
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Two pairs of Chinese blue and white bowls, 20th century, the smaller pair decorated with enamelled details, Wanli mark to the base; the larger pair with a Kangxi mark to the base, diameter 10.5 cm
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A collection of Chinese famille rose ceramics, 19th/20th century, comprising a set of five saucer dishes, another saucer dish, three cup holders and one tea cup, diameter 12 cm max
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A Chinese russet and celadon jade snuff bottle, carved with a qilin and a bat, height 7 cm
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Four Chinese snuff bottles, featuring one carved from agate, another from amethyst, height 7.5 cm max
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Three Chinese snuff bottles, 20th century, comprising two similar porcelain ones with archaistic decoration, and a faux ivory one carved with Buddhist lions, height 6.5 cm max
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Four publications on Gordon Walters, A geometric Order (signed and editioned 20/250); Gordon Walters Parallel lines; Gordon Walters prints + design; Walters Gimblett Bambury
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Two publications on Milan Mrkusich, Milan Mrkusich - a Decade on 1974 - 1983;Milan Mrkusich paintings 1946 - 1972
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Three publications on John Reynolds, SUMWHR;Certain words drawn;Blutopia
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Three artist's publications by Richard Killeen, Letters from My Father (workshop press, signed and dated 1991); objects and Images from the cult of the hook (workshop press 1996); sampler 1967 - 1990 (workshop press 1990)
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