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The Anneke Borren Collection — Cordy's

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Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:435
Sale Title:The Anneke Borren CollectionLots with images:433
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:379
Date:31-Oct-2017
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Anneke Borren pot with wooden lid, fired by Mike O'Donnell, Diameter 20 cm
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Anneke Borren, burnished and carved, dung fired bowl and vase, made at Robyn Stewart's studio. Vase height 20.5 cm, bowl diameter 23 cm
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Anneke Borren, celadon teapot, made whilst Artist in Residence at The University of Hawai'i at M?noa, 1993
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Anneke Borren, celadon platform vase, made whilst Artist in Residence at The University of Hawai?i at M?noa, 1993. Height 14.5 cm
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Anneke Borren, celadon pot, made whilst Artist in Residence at The University of Hawai'i at M?noa, 1993. Height 13.5 cm
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Anneke Borren, earthenware teapot with negative painting. 'An example from teaching at Whitireia Polytech'
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Anneke Borren, sgraffito pot with wood lid, high-fired earthenware. 'An example made for Whitireia Polytechnic Kapiti'. Diameter 22 cm
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Anneke Borren, set of three vases made for Downstage Theatre, 2006. '36 sets of these were smashed on stage as part of a theatre performance'. Tallest 37.5 cm. Literature: Illustrated page 36 'Anneke Borren - Ceramiste', 2016 [pub in conjunction with Anneke Borren's retrospective exhibition at Rick Rudd's Ceramics Museum, Whanganui, 2016]
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Anneke Borren, blue platform vase, 2008, height 14 cm
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Anneke Borren, Moonlight on Water', five framed tiles, 18.5 x 78.7 cm, 2009
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Anneke Borren and Owen Mapp, pot carved with a leaf design, in wooden box. Diameter 11 x height 7.5 cm. Mapp, one of New Zealand's premier carvers and partner of Borren for two decades carved the incised patterns on this pot
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Anneke Borren and Owen Mapp, pot carved with a leaf design, in wooden box. Diameter 11.5 x height 7.5 cm. Mapp, one of New Zealand's premier carvers and partner of Borren for two decades carved the incised patterns on this pot
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Owen Mapp carved greenstone pendant, simple curved bladed form, early 1980s. Length 9.7 cm
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A pair of Owen Mapp carved bone earrings, long lozenge form with incised bands, one fitting absent. Length 8.5 cm
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Owen Mapp early 1980s greenstone pendant, curved triangular section, tapering to a point. Length 10 cm
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Steve Myhre pair of greenstone earrings, of pea pod form. Length 7.6 cm
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Steve Myrhe Tangiwai greenstone single drop earring, elongated stylised 'fish' form. Length 8.1 cm
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Steve Myhre single greenstone drop earring, plain curved form, rust red highlights. Length 4.5 cm
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Donn Salt silver dragon form pendant, a single cabochon greenstone in rub-over mount to the top, suspended on silver chain
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Fossilised shark tooth silver mounted early 1970's, An ancient fossilized shark tooth in early 1970s silver pendant mount
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Artist jeweller unknown, greenstone brooch with gold framed silver mount, cabochon ruby raised at one end, stamped maker's mark 'HE'. Length 4 cm
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Steve Myhre single greenstone earring, rounded triangular 'sail' form, wire fitting attached. Length 4 cm
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Ian Boustridge circular Yin-Yang carved jade pendant, early 1980s. Diameter 6.3 cm, suspension loop and hook attached
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Donn Salt Inanga jade pendant, restrained curved and tapered form, c.1973, two 14ct. yellow gold suspension loops attached. Length 10 cm
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Alan Brown Inanga jade triple drop and silver pendant/earring, Length 10 cm
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Two carved lignum vitae (from a bowling ball) bangles, circular section, high polish
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A silver wire bracelet with five polished coloured stones attached, gold wire keepers framing the lapis lazuli, jade and argelite stones
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John Edgar brass plaque brooch, shaped rectangular form with burnished hand worked surface, red finish to the reverse and with black numerals '237'. 7.3 x 4 cm
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Steve Myhre carved amethyst pendant on cord necklace, c.2000, the rounded forms polished to an edge, in turned circular lidded ebony box. Length 5.5 cm
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Artist jeweller unknown 'H & A', paua and silver brooch, square form with further shaped inset panel to one corner, stamped marks to the reverse. 5 x 4 cm approx
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A set of three white metal and nephrite rings, the upstanding mounts with raised nephrite cabochons, ex. an 'Erotica Show', Auckland c.1970s
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Peter McKay two metal brooches, one as a stylised crocodile, stamped to the reverse 'Brass Croc.', length 74 the other a copper eel with fine silver overlay, length 78.7 cm, both with maker's mark
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Peter Deckers pair of silver earrings, abstract geometric polished white panels on black lacquered ground, tapered form, maker's mark to reverse. Length 7 cm
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Four North American Indian beaded necklaces c.1950, variously coloured and shaped
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Owen Mapp carved whale tooth end c.1973, cone form with three carved koru designs. Diameter approx. 3.5 cm
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Steve Myhre carved bone dolphin brooch, early 1980s, finely polished finish, carved monogram and '22' to the reverse. Length 9.5 cm
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Doug Marsden carved bone stylised female nude brooch, angular detail
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An amber large polished nugget pendant drop, good orange tone. 10gms. Length 3.5 cm
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Elsa Evangelina silver and dark green velvet bead choker necklace, 1998 in accompanying black bead purse, poem and details of materials with this lot
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Owen Mapp, letter opener, fossil bone from the Atlas Mountains. Mid 1980s. 18.5 x 3.3 cm
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321] Owen Mapp, Hairpin carved *, Owen Mapp carved bone hairpin. 3 x 22 cm
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Trobriand Islands lime spatula, of unusual length. 3 x 73 cm
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Southland Wood Workers Guild, bowl made of whitey wood (mahoe). Early 2000s. Diameter 42.5 cm
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Graeme McIntyre, turned black maire bowl. 2008. Diameter 40 cm
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Artist unknown, turned wooden deep bowl, brought in Hastings 1980s. 230 diametermm x 16 cm
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Elizabeth Fraser, turned wood box with enamel set lid, c.1980. Height 10.5 cm
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Hugh Mills, turned timber circular bowl with lid, 2014. Diameter 20 cm
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Levi Bergstrom, two hand carved wooden ladles
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Hoglund glass rum bottle, 19.5 x 13.5 cm
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Ruth Castle, dyed woven rattan platter, mid 1970s, diameter 36 cm
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Two ivory bracelets, from Mali, Diameter 95 and 15.5 cm
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Kuba cloth made of raffia by Zairian women, woven and tufted. Made for their fiance. Kasai River, Central Zaire. 80 x 55.5 cm
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Pha Tuum Cloth embroidered with diamonds in grey black, an internal door cover very old from Northern Thailand area. 58 x 1970
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Piece of honey coloured kauri gum, 14 x 8 x 3 cm
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Kauri gum boulder, 13.5 x 29 x 12 cm
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An early 20th century batik silk runner with tassels, celadon colour, 48 x approx. 2100
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Two decorated gourds, carved and stained. Tallest 65 cm
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Ruth Castle, woven basket (from blind and touch exhibition in Paramata 2001)160 12.5 x 5.5 cm
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Geoff Fairburn, lidded gourd, carved and stained blue and brown, 1960s. 12.5 x 44 cm
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Japanese ivory opium pipe, in shape of koi carp with crown for smoking bulb. Length 12 cm
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Artefact Inuit walrus tusk, 6 x 4 x 31.5 cm
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Garry Nash, four hand-blown glasses, Tallest 22.5 cm
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Necklace African, made of 32 ivory palm (taiga) nuts
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Two Indonesian Wayang puppets
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Betty van Lange, lidded jar and two candle stands, from the 'Unica' Experimental Department of De Porceleyne Fles, Holland where Anneke Borren worked in 1967/68. A.B: 'My time at the 'Unica' department, of the Royal Dutch Delft Blue, 'De Porceleyne Fles', in 1967 was hugely rewarding. Based on the Scandinavian practise of placing ones designers and artists within the factory complex. All clocking in at the same time, and clocking out. Both designing 'Unica' pieces, as well as work for the factory floor.…
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Betty van Lange, sculpture clay horse, 1977. From the experimental 'Unica' department of De Porceleyne Fles, Delft, Holland where Anneke Borren worked in 1967/68. Width 15.5 cm. A.B: 'My time at the 'Unica' department, of the Royal Dutch Delft Blue, 'De Porceleyne Fles', in 1967 was hugely rewarding. Based on the Scandinavian practise of placing ones designers and artists within the factory complex. All clocking in at the same time, and clocking out. Both designing 'Unica' pieces, as well as work for the…
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Els Boone, bowl. From the 'Unica' Experimental Department of De Porceleyne Fles, Holland where Anneke Borren worked in 1967/68. A.B: 'My time at the 'Unica' department, of the Royal Dutch Delft Blue, 'De Porceleyne Fles', in 1967 was hugely rewarding. Based on the Scandinavian practise of placing ones designers and artists within the factory complex. All clocking in at the same time, and clocking out. Both designing 'Unica' pieces, as well as work for the factory floor. What was made, belonged to the…
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Adriek Westenek, lidded bowl. From the 'Unica' Experimental Department of De Porceleyne Fles, Holland where Anneke Borren worked in 1967/68. A.B: 'My time at the 'Unica' department, of the Royal Dutch Delft Blue, 'De Porceleyne Fles', in 1967 was hugely rewarding. Based on the Scandinavian practise of placing ones designers and artists within the factory complex. All clocking in at the same time, and clocking out. Both designing 'Unica' pieces, as well as work for the factory floor. What was made, belonged…
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Otto+Vivika, branch pot, Otto and Vivika Heino (USA), c.1970, bought in California 1978, book to accompany, diameter 13 cm
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Duncan Ayscough (Wales), gourd shaped pit fired pot with golden mouth, artist's mark, 2001. accompanying book, height 31.5 cm
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Kazuyo Hiruma, incense holder, artists mark, c.2005, 6 x 10 cm
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Small clay box made by a professor of ceramics Istanbul, Egyptian paste technique. 9.5 x 5.5 x 6 cm
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American Japanese potter, raku teapot (gift in 1998). 15 x 7 x 5 cm
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Byron Temple (USA 1932-2002), two wood fired bowls, the smaller facet cut, early 1980s, impressed marks. Larger diameter 18 cm
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Japanese style pottery plate, from Hawaii, 1970s. Diameter 38 cm
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Three footed Japanese square platter, ex Fletcher Challenge Ceramics exhibition, mid-1980s. 44 x 44 cm
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Artist unknown, Australian Perth, clay sculpture Inca Peruvian god, from graduation show, 1998. 6 x 14.5 x 32 cm
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Sandra Black (Aust), porcelain sculpture 'Requiem to My Mother', signed and dated 1989. A similar work by Black won the Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award in 1988. Height 51 cm
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Alan Peascod (Aust), bottle with lustre glaze, mid 1980s. With accompanying book. 17.5 x 23.5 cm
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Ilanka Kora va (Slovakian), black glazed bottle, 12 x 15 x 20 cm
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Alan Caiger-Smith (UK), bowl, 1981. Diameter 28 x 8 cm deep. A.B.: 'Both Alan Caiger-Smith and Alan Peascod (Australia) (lot 172), introduced 'lustre' to New Zealand, as guest artists to our national conferences in the 1970s and '80s. Owen (Mapp) made Alan a ring when he was here. When we paid a return visit to Aldermaston Pottery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldermaston_Pottery) in 1980, I was offered the pick one of his lustre works. (Of) the one I chose, he said, 'Trust you to pick that one, it's a…
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Edgar Camden (Aldermaston Studio UK), Whale bowl' c.2000, diameter 24 cm. With Alan Caiger-Smith correspondence regarding same
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Michael Cardew, plate, 1950s, diameter 32 cm. Accompanying book
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Yuri Wiedenhofer (NSW Australia), leaf shaped plate, 13 x 26 cm
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John Pollex (UK), high fired earthenware teapot in patchwork colour slips. 1980s. 14 x 18 x 12.5 cm
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Mary Rich (Penwerris Pottery Cornwall), teapot in blue and gold, 1960s. 100x 8.4 x 7.5 cm
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Graham Anderson (Aust), wood-fired lidded pot, Diameter 19 cm
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Janet Leach, cut walled bottle vase, Height 18 cm. With accompanying book. A.B.: 'The Janet Leach pot, I bought in 1967, when my father and I visited the Leach Pottery. Bernard offered me an apprenticeship of five years, but my 20 year old self thought the work was too clunky for me to make, all that time, with my Scandinavian sense of design. I did not dare to own this up, when I came back to New Zealand in late 1969, for fear of being boycotted
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Janet Mansfield (Aust), salt glazed bottle, Height 25.5 cm
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Ann Wynn Reeves (Ann Clark), pottery house, signed AC 73, 15 x 15 x 20 cm
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Ann Wynn Reeves (Ann Clark), porcelain house, signed in brushpoint AC 73, 10.5 x 10.5 x 17 cm
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Christopher Vine, set of hand-made relief tiles as house facades. Late 1960's. Framed 18 x 82 cm
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Janet Mansfield (Aust), vase, wood fired salt glazed, early 1990s. 29 x 44 cm
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Col Levy (Aust), three wood-fired bowls. early 1980s. Diameter largest 14 cm
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Chester Nealie, sculpture clay fish hook, 1972. 5 x 25 x 25 cm
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Bronwyn Cornish, clay sculpture 'Cat Woman', 2011. 6 x 9.5 x 28 cm
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Barry Brickell, large sculptural bottle, wood-fired salt-glazed, late 1990s. 38 x 43 x 52.5 cm. A.B.: 'My Bent Barry' - 'Barry Brickell was annoyed by the slumping of this piece, the front wall of the upright shape (was) not strong enough, and too close to the (kiln) stoke hole, nevertheless he exhibited it in his solo show at the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts, in Wellington, in the early 2000s. He recognised its beauty, which I totally agree with, when I bought it. It is therefore entirely unique
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Gail Weissberg, sculptured urn form, 1970s, Eastbourne. With accompanying magazine
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Matt McClean, two anagama fired sculptural pieces, 1990s. Heights 190 and 16 cm
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Robyn Stewart, burnished clay sculpture 'Landscape', artists mark, 2010. 6.5 x 30 cm
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