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The Paul Knobel Collection — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:90
Sale Title:The Paul Knobel CollectionLots with images:90
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:65
Date:18-May-2017
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Three framed bark paintings, including Jack Tiwi, C. 1950s and one unframed bark painting of kangaroo, all acrylic on bark framed, 51 cm x 37 cm (bark) (3);
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A large Papua New Guinean carved ancestral figure;
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Five paintings, including: Magda Nakamarra Curtis (Lappi Lappi), acrylic on canvas, 35 x 50 cm, Mary Pitjara Rumble, bush Tucker, acrylic on canvas, 44 x 42 cm (5);
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Six Unstretched paintings, including: Thomas Tjapaltjarri, Tingari Cycle, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 120 cm, Kirsty Anne Napanangka, (Jakurrpa), acrylic on canvas, 46 x 3 cm (all with certificates of Authenticity) (6);
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Three paintings, including: Dick Ngulayngulay, Murumuru, Badong, acrylic on bark, 36.5 x 30.5 cm, Bessie Nakamarra Sims, (Jukurrpa), acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm (3);
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Three pieces of Australian pottery, comprising a Remued drip glazed jug, a Remued pot and a large Newtone ribbed vase, 26 cm high (3);
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Three pieces of Mchugh pottery items and a John Campbell vase (4);
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Six pieces of Australian pottery, including Pates, Newtone, and Fowler. The Pates vase 20 cm high (6);
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Two paintings by David Brewer: standing figures 1993, oil on canvas, 43.5 x 40.5 cm and seated figure II 1998, oil on canvas, 61.5 x 28.5 cm (2);
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Four abstract paintings, including Evan Salman, Untitled 1994, oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm, and Terri Brooks, Orange-green 2002, oil on canvas (4);
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Two framed Artworks: Conchita Carambano, El Parque, mixed media 18.5 x 18.5 cm (signed lower right), Vivienne Fergusen, Reflex 2010, 14.2 x 19.5 cm (2);
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Two prints: Atlanta Frith, Self portrait, etching, 7/15, 25.5 x 18 cm signed lower right, and etching of man eating Pasta, 33 x 24.5 (2);
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Arthur Ashby, Untitled, Welded iron, 23 x 67 x 31 cm;
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Diana Hunt, guardian cedar, carved cedar, 67.5 x 19 x 10 cm;
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Two framed works on paper: Roger Baker, portrait of a young man 1960, pencil on paper, 17.5 x 25.5 cm, Rhonda Hamlyn, reclining nude, coloured pencil, 13.5 x 20.5 cm (2);
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Two Art works, Isabel Davies, fragments no 8, mixed media, 23 x 22 cm, Chico Monks, title Illegible, Mix media, 68.5 x 31 cm (2);
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Three abstract works on paper, including John Peart (2);
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An ivory Coast carved ancestor head Cloaked in canvas, mounted on stand, 47 x 17 x 35 cm;
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Three Artworks: Rob Greer, 98 2008, acrylic paper collage on wood, signed verso, 60 x 61 cm, unknown Artist, Laminal painting III, laminated panel, 55 x 57.5 cm & Sid cross, This & that 2011, oil on board, 59 x 48.5 cm (3);
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Three still Lives: Albert John Sherman, (still life of flowers), oil on canvas board, signed lower left, 29.5 x 39.5 cm, Robin Mackertich (still life with pink tones), oil on canvas board, signed lower left 34 x 44.5 cm, ray Barnett, (garden scene), watercolour, 21 x 27 cm, signed lower left (3);
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A 20th century Thai stucco head of Buddha on a wooden plinth, 25 cm high;
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A group of four Chinese Ceramics, including a peach blossom bottle vase, an ovoid black glazed vase & cover, a large blue glazed charger and a Compressed two tone vase (4);
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Three Chinese song style Ceramics (3);
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Eight Thai and south East Asian celadon bowls, 18th century and later (8);
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A 20th century Japanese cloisonne vase, 21.5 cm high;
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A Republic period enamelled vase, depicting immortals, 26 cm high;
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A collection of Asian prayer books, including Burmese, Tibetan, and Nepalese;
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Three Tibetan prayer wheels (3);
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Two bronze deities, including an Indian dancing Shiva, circa 1935 and a standing Thai Buddha, the Shiva 40 cm high (2);
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Two bronze figures of Buddha, each in a seated Position (2);
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A Nepalese cast bronze figure of Buddha, containing Copious prayer Rolls, 20th century;
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Two bronze figures of Buddha, 19th century and later (2);
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Three antique busts, including Gandhara, Third century AD, and two heads of Buddha, each on a stand (3);
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An Indian Partial stone frieze depicting a standing Jain figure, on stand;
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An Ethiopian travelling icon of;
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A 17th century Spanish polychrome bust of the Saint Anne with young Virgin Mary, Signs of old Borer, 50 cm high;
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An Afghan Baluch Turkman hat with Speclter fixtures and inserts and a Malaysian hat (2);
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An African Marka Tribe war mask;
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Two 20th century Tibetan thangka scrolls, one depicting Dorje Legpa, 56.5 x 40 cm;
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An ivory Coast Guro Tribe polychrome war mask;
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A cast bronze figure of Zeus, after the antique, in a Contrapposto Stance, 99 cm total height;
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A Chinese marble frieze depicting Buddha with two attendants, 20th century;
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A collection of Oceanic items, including three New Guinea yam masks, and a male and female couple from Papua New Guinea (6);
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A Greco-Roman style carved marble partial frieze, circa 3rd- 4th century AD;
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Three paintings, including rod Pearce, grand Canal Venice evening, oil on canvas, 40.5 x 50.5 cm, E. Lara, Maritine scene (3);
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* Three paintings, including Australian landscape with blue Hills (signed Halstead), oil on board, 30 x 39 cm, Abbott, portrait of a lady (3);
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A Victorian ecclesiastical painting depicting an Angel with a horn, in Gothic arch frame, 67.5 cm high;
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A rare Greco- Roman torso, circa 1st century AD-1st century BC, mounted on stand. Provenance: Christies, London, 1982. Private Collection, Melbourne;
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A Cambodian seated Buddha 12TH- 13th century on stand (33 cm high without stand);
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A collection of thirteen south East Asian gesso and bronze Votive items, including 13th century Burmese head on stand, eleven plaques, and a bronze Thai Buddha head (19 cm high) (13);
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An Indian sandstone head;
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A 19th century Tibetan Tangka depicting various scenes of each deity, 75 x 51 cm;
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A Tibetan Tangka depicting Buddha Sakyamuni, 19th century, 72.5 x 46.5 cm;
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A watercolour on silk, Chinese late Qing Dynasty, depicting two court ladies, 107 x 44.5 cm;
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A collection of five Japanese woodblock prints, including Kochoro, cherry Blossum Passion 1891, triptych, 35 x 72 cm (5);
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Four framed Illuminated Persian manuscript Pages, the largest 29 x 15 cm, (4);
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A collection of framed Asian illustrations, paintings, and prints, including a Japanese handpainted fan (9);
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Two fine glazed Ding-style bowls, 20th century, 19.7 cm diameter, and one lidded dish (3);
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A collection of Khmer stoneware bowls and a vase (7);
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A Mayan pottery incense burner, late classic period, 650-900 AD, 19.5 x 22 cm;
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Two Mayan artefacts: a pottery standing male figure, 650-900 AD (broken arm), a pottery Openwork lid for an incense burner, 650-900 AD, 17.5 x 10 cm;
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Two Mayan artefacts: a pottery moulded statuette of a seated couple, the moon goddess and Consort, 650-900 AD, and standing clay goddess figure;
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A Kachina fabric doll, North America, 24 cm high;
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A Chimu Blackware stirrup vessel, Peru, circa 14th century;
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Three 17th century Binh Thuan Cargo shipwreck pigment boxes (missing lids), and one covered dish (4);
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A pair of Sumatrian Nias carved figures, 69 cm high;
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A Southeast Asian polychrome carving depicting an erotic scene, 23 x 65 x 18 cm;
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A carved Indian antique polychrome female figure (mounted on pedestal), the figure 62 cm high;
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A Chinese peach-bloom glazed vase, 19 cm high;
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A Ming style polychrome figure of Guan Yin in a seated pose. 109 x 60 x 37 cm;
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A Russian icon, St George and the Dragon, oil on wooden plaque, 26.5 x 23 cm;
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Four gilt lacquered Burmese Kammavaca (4);
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A blue and black glazed Shabti, Dynasty 21 (1049-945 BC);
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A collection of south East Asian antique stoneware bowls (11);
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The Tale of Genji scroll by Ivan Morris, Published by Kodansha international, 1971;
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The Drawings of Florentine Painters, Bernard Berenson, volumes I & II, John Murray, Albermarle St, London, 1903 (2);
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Two small Balooch Runners in burgundy tones. 200 x 53 cm, and 198 x 53 cm (2);
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Two Afghan Balooch saddle bags (2);
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A Balooch elephant foot pattern rug in burgundy tones (127 x 180 cm);
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Two hand woven Afghan tribal rugs (one worn) 180 x 140 cm, 177 x 96 cm (2);
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A rug and three assorted Kilims (4);
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A Brojerd rug in dark tones (182 x 108 cm) and one other Afghan tribal rug;
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A hand knotted Indian Kemp rug in black, gold and grey tones, 150 x 200 cm;
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Mid century minimalist screen print, signed van Doesburg, edition 229/300;
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Two paintings, Amelia Kield, morning Swim, 1999, oil on canvas, 30.5 x 30 cm & Artist unknown, Gouche on paper, 27 x 20 cm;
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Two etchings, after Rembrandt van Rijn, Beggars Receiving Alms At the door of a house, 1648, 16.5 x 12.7 cm & seated male 1541, 14.5 x 10 cm;
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Comprehensive collection of Aboriginal and contemporary prints (one framed), including Florrie Watson Napangardi, Tanyinki, woodblock, 11/40 45 x 55 cm (signed lower right), Raelene Kerenauia, Paddy Ordam, and others.;
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A Comprehensive collection of traditional prints, including Depictings of various Biblical and architectural scenes;
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A large collection of Autographs, mainly Ballet, Operatic and other Personalities. The majority signed on photographs, Cica 1970s, including Rudolf Nureyev, Montserrat Cabballe, Margot Fonteyn (2), Jessie Norman, Joan Sutherland (2), Kiri Te Kanawa, Gilda Cruz Romo, Grace Bumbry, Mirella Freni, Martina Arroya, Leontyne Price, Janet Baker, Marie collier, Tito Gobbi, Sherrill Milnes, Stuart Burrows and Peter Pears, Peggy mount, Debbie Reynolds (2), Wilfred Hyde white and Barry Hopkins, in one album,…
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A 19th century etching of of St Paul;
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