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Emporium — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:618
Sale Title:EmporiumLots with images:618
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:422
Date:29-Oct-2017
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A Louis XV style chair with rattan back
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A pair of French cobalt blue with gold Highlight porcelain lamp bases with cream coloured shades
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A pair of Tangerine coloured 'Bagni' Italian made lamps with BlackShades
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A pair of mahogany Victorian upholstered hall chairs with Molded brass decoration
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A Victorian mahogany circular single pedestal tilt top Occassional table, height 69, diameter 71 cm
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A set of six upholstered mahogany Ladderback chairs
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A sweet childs rocking horse, leather Bridle broken, missing Stirrups, tail in a beautiful plait, 106 x 130 x 60 cm
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The Upstairs/Downstairs stools, red on tan legs & beige on black legs.
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A green upholstered nursing chair
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A matched pair of Victorian balloon back upholstered dining chairs
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A Victorian mahogany dressing mirror, 55 x 54 x 24 cm
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An Edwardian single drawer side table / desk with brass handles, marks to top, 74 x 81 x 47 cm
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A Victorian sofa table, two single drawers to, each end, 70 x 98 x 97 cm open
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A pair of deep sapphire coloured Italian lamps depicting Sail boat scene plus white shades
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A rectangular gilt console mirror with shell decoration, 133 x 59 cm
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A Victorian single drawer corner Unit, Crrack on top & middle shelf, 83 x 45 x 45 cm
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A Victorian double pedestal desk with nine drawers, brass handles, leather inset top, 75 x 107 x 60 cm
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A Victorian rectangular Occassional table, minor damage, 66 x 42 x 32 cm
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A large Plush ottoman, tan buttoned upholstery, 47 x 104 x 73 cm
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A retro shelving Unit with light, 152 x 89 x 31 cm
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A late Victorian mahogany Clerks desk, side Lock flaps to top draws, interior satin wood Pigeon Holes intact., 120 x 138 x 80 cm
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A cast iron Singer sewing machine base with reconstituted quartz top, heavily patinated, 74 x 86 x 42
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A solid Tasmanian oak dining table & eight matching Coco Republic chairs, 2200 x 1050 cm
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A Victorian sideboard of small proportions, 90 x 92 x 44 cm
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A Victorian walnut break front credenza with two mirrored doors & central mirrored panel
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A Victorian mahogany chest of two drawers with Styalised bamboo features & feet, 73 x 110 x 52 cm
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A shaped marble top console table with central drawer, standing on dolphin feet, 72 x 212 x 59 cm
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A five drawer European serpentine fall front, veneered bureau, with slide out desk front, 96 x 104 x 56 cm
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A mahogany Georgian chest of five drawers with brass handles & key hole escutcheons, 107 x 105 x 51 cm
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A magnificent cocktail/Entertainment cabinet in the style of Gianni Versace, tortoise shell inlay design over a black and gilt wrought base
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A large teak sea chest on castor wheels, 65 x 123 x 62 cm
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A Designer storage cabinet with four doors over four sliding drawers, with FItted interior
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A single pedestal oval table, 75 x 152 x 91 cm
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A rare Biedermeier five piece parlour suite, Consisting of a sofa, two armchairs, and two side chairs., 91 x 146 x 67 cm [lounge]
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The Restorers dream Lot: a Victorian turned Legged single drawer side table plus similar, both in need of Restoration, as found, 76 x 60 x 42 cm & 80 x 35 x 35 cm
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A Corlyon maple ebonized sideboard and a similar convex mirror, circa 1980s., 146 x 201 x 46 cm, mirror 84.5 cm diameter
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A stained pine blanket box, 46 x 95 x 56 cm
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A brass standard lamp base, Sans fittings., height 120 cm
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An enamelled white extension table on castors, damaged, 78 x 235 [Extended] x 100 cm
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A oak swivel office armchair with rattan seat
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A Powdercoated steel outdoor table with five chairs, with four Removeable grey cloth cushions., some surface rust, height 77 cm cm, diameter 100 cm
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Ten outdoor metal & plastic weave round back chairs, minor surface patination to some
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A contemporary Designer Kwila console table with glass top, Coopered style, designed by Edward Garcia., 70 x 80 x 27 cm [base] + 150 x 26 cm [glass]
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A Louis XVI style ladies writing desk with fitted interior on fine cabriole legs, mid 20th century, 108 x 71 x 50 cm
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A large New Guinea mask, Sepik river region, PNG, with protruding tongue, and shell decoration to face, condition: extensive damage to shell work, 142 x 52 cm
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A New Guinea gable mask, incised decoration with natural ochres, tongue protruding, Guvermas village, Blackwater river, Sepik region, PNG, 87 x 47 cm
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A New Guinea canoe shield, with two lugs at base for attachment, incised design decorated with natural ochres, Sangriwa village, Blackwater river, Sepik region, PNG, 65 x 46 cm
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A New Guinea ancestral mask, with inlaid shell and natural ochre decoration, woven tassles to ears, Tambanum village, Sepik river, PNG, 75 x 40 cm
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A South African drum, with hide top attached to wooden frame with pegs, South Africa, 42 x 23 cvm
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A New Guinea wooden seat, with four bent-knee design base supports, cracks to base and seat, Sepik Region, PNG, 68 x 35 cm
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A large wooden mortar, in waisted form with incised design, New Guinea region, 107 x 18 cm
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A New Guinea ancestral figure, decorated with pigs tusks and natural ochres, cracks to base and face A/F, Sepik river region, PNG, 110 x 52 cm
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A Dyak canoe, with three Dyak figures in squatting form on wooden base, Borneo, Indonesia, 46 x 70 cm
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A large New Guinea statue, with protruding eyes, ochre design and shell inlaid with native putty on face (damage to lower section) and grass fibre loin covering, Sepik river region, PNG, 265 x 60 cm
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A Tanzania African drum, of massive proportions with hide drum skin showing wear, streched using a series of wooden pegs, Tanzania, 115 x 85 cm
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A New Guinea statue, decoraated with natural ochres, shells and natural fibres, Tambanum village, Sepik river, PNG, 142 x 52 cm
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A New Guinea stone club, ground stone disc head on wooden shaft with fibre bindings, Kukukuku people, Morobe region, PNG, 92 x 18 cm
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A New Guinea axe, of large proportions with original binding, stone missing, Highlands region, PNG, 106 x 62 cm
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A South African shield, hide construction with painted design, Zulu people, South Africa, 50 x 44 cm
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A New Guinea mask, with elaborate shell decorations to face, pigs tusk attachments to nose and fibre fringe bilas, Yuat river, Sepik region, PNG, 55 x 40 cm
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A New Guinea ancestral mask, with incised design decorated with natural ochres, Guvermas village, Blackwater river, Sepik region, PNG, 87 x 37 cm
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A New Guinea ancestral mask, with extensive incised design decorated with fibre tassels and natural ochres, Biwat village, Yuat river, Sepik region, PNG, 92 x 30 cm
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A New Guinea ancestral mask with shell eyes, incorporating a sweeping bird design and smaller ancestral faces, cowrie shell eyes, Mindimbit village, Sepik river, PNG, 110 x 52 cm
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A New Guinea plaque, made from the sago plath sections and decorated with ochres and cassowary feathers, Sepik Region, PNG, 140 x 110 cm
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A South African drum, with hide top attached to wooden frame with pegs, polychrome design to sides, South Africa, 72 x 32 cm
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A drum, with hide top affixed with wire binding, smooth tapering barrel, Africa, 70 x 34 cm
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A New Guinea drum frame, skin top missing, incised design to base, shell decoration on handle, lateral crack, Highlands region, PNG, 107 x 18 cm
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A New Guinea story board, depicting village scene of houses, people and canoe, Kambot village, Keram river, Sepik region, PNG, 100 x 40 cm
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A resin replica 'Tahnoo' pole, Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, height 20 cm
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Thirty two New Guinea Arrows, of varying design and use, Highlands region, PNG, 110 x 150 cm
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Four tribal objects, an iron headed fighting impliment (African?) remnant handle showing signs of bora attack, Wandgina image on a sedimentary rock, small wooden Beating Impliment, pockerwork Goana, 12 - 41 cm
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A Central Australian woomera
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An Aboriginal fighting club, hardwood with Spinifex resin terminus, Central Australia, 80 cm
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Two Aboriginal fighting club, with very fine striations, with incised design to handle, Central Australia, other decorated with enamel paint with tribal designs, 72 cm
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An Aboriginal fighting cub with very fine lateral striations, incised grit marks to handle, 80 cm
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An Aboriginal woomera, in leaf form with peg notch intact, bound with kangaroo gut, Spinifex resin terminus, remnant acrylic glue from repairs
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An Aboriginal woomera, finely incised pattern to concave face, verso showing signs of rust marks, wooden snotch pef fixed with woolen fibre, Central Australia, 92 cm
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A Central Australian Aboriginal shield, hardwood with a series of incised designs to face, alternating between concentric circles and spirals, interspaced with lateral incised groves, length 75 cm
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Aboriginal hardwood shield, with Spinefex resin repait to face, signs of use to hand, Central Australia
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Three boomerangs, two Central Australian Mulga, one number 7 hook boomerang with missing point, 57 - 68 cm
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Necklace with Lonka Lonka (Riji/Jakoli) pearl shell pendant, engraved pearl shell pubic cover with, deep incised traditional geometric motifs, infilled with earth pigment (red ochre), pierced at the top for suspension and with braided human hair., important ritual and magic ceremonial, adornment, pearl shell pendant was used, during male initiation ceremonies..., pendant length 20 cm
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Ceremonial boomerang, kangaroo Dreaming 1975, old Mick Walankari Tjakamarra (c.1914-1996), Papunya, Western Desert, NT, Mulga wood and synthetic polymer, 66 cm. Provenance: painted during 1975 at Papunya, Western Desert, purchased at the Aboriginal and Pacific, Art gallery in Sydney (Gabriella Roy). Private Collection, traditional Central Australian non symmetrical, (and non-returning) boomerang made with Mulga, wood and decorated with kangaroo traces (Dreaming)., for Indigenous Australian, the continent…
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Signed Publication Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert by Geoff Bardon, by Geoff Bardon, hardcover first edition 1979, Published by Australia Rigby, signed by the author, a rare book from and signed by Geoffrey Bardon, the key figure of the contemporary Australian, Indigenous Art movement. Australian Indigenous, contemporary Art is considered as the Greatest single cultural achievement, of Australia's post-white settlement history.
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An Aboriginal Grinding stone, repaired
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A bark painting by Rosie Karedada (born c. 1927) Wandjina figure 1970's. Provenance: painted in Kalumburu, WA, Aboriginal and Pacific Art gallery Sydney, (Gabriella Roy). Kalumburu exhibition lot, number 10. Signed 'Rosie' verso. Private Collection, Only few Aboriginal artists have the right, to depict (the supreme creator) the Wandjina figure., Such a privilege is awarded after years, of initiation and ceremonies...
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Eight rock implements in wooden display box
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A Filco compartment case filled with Aboriginal rock implements [approx. 40], 18 x 30
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An early Massim figural bowl, the bowl is supported by two finely carved ancestor figures, Trobriand Islands, PNG, height 46 cm
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Ancestral mask, carved wood and natural ochres, Sepik river, PNG, length 57 cm
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Stone adze, stone blade fixed to the shaft with fibre binding, Baliem Valley, West Papua, length 62 cm
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Three lime Spatulas and an Aboriginal lizard, PNG and Australia, length 17 - 32 cm
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One finger drum, two betel mortar & Pestles, Trobriand Islands, length 27 - 37 cm
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A finger drum, with incised curvilinear design to barrel sides, lizard skin top, Trobriand Islands, PNG, height 33 cm
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A Trobriand Island bowl, on round base, with incised design to rim, slight chip A/F, PNG, length 80 cm
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Two Tapa cloths, with classic red design, circa 1967, Poppendetta region, PNG, 136 x 80 cm [largest]
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A slit gong drum with prominent finial, Benin, finial in the form of an ancestral bust, on a fitted metal stand, Benin, Nigeria. Provenance: Xanadu Gallery, San Francisco 1980/90s, South American private collector, height 50 cm
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A yam mask, very finely woven, well-painted, Babamini', Southern Abelam, East Sepik, PNG, 66 x 25 cm
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Three betel Mortars, used to smash betel nuts for chewing, coastal Sepik / Ramu river, height 12 - 16 cm
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A very large ceremonial lime gourd, used by initiates during scarification ceremony, Yamok, Sawos village, middle Sepik river, PNG
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Three south American figures, one from Nayarit, Mexican West Coast, height 14 cm, one Chinesco, Mexico, height 20 cm, one Chimu figurine, Peru, height 16 cm, height 14 - 20 cm
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