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The Pat O'Connor Collection of New Zealand Studio Pottery — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:231
Sale Title:The Pat O'Connor Collection of New Zealand Studio PotteryLots with images:231
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:150
Date:22-Feb-2018
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Len Castle, large stoneware shino glazed platter, with impressed decoration, impressed mark, width 38 cm
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Len Castle, four stoneware pouring vessels, of different sizes, three with potash and soda glaze, all with impressed initials, width 15.5 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware pouring vessel, with grey ash glaze over an iron rich underglaze, impressed initials, width 34 cm
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Len Castle, three lobed pots, of graduated sizes with speckled olive and white glaze over an iron rich underglaze, impressed mark, height 16 cm
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Roy Cowan, large and impressive blue salt glaze stoneware floor vase, incised with concentric bands and interweaving stylised koru forms, height 82 cm
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Roy Cowan, large pale blue salt glaze ovoid vase, decorated with geometric and naturalistic motifs, incised initials, height 32 cm
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Juliet Peter, ovoid stoneware floor vase, with oatmeal ash glaze with deeply incised decoration to the main body of the vase, the shoulder with an incised ribbed pattern, unmarked, height 35 cm. Provenance: Martin Hill Collection
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Juliet Peter, slab sided stoneware floor vase, with incised decoration through the mottled olive ash glaze, the upper section with tenmoku glaze, incised initials to the base, height 46 cm, width 30 cm. Provenance: Martin Hill Collection
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Warren Tippett, stoneware floor vase, ovoid shape with iron glaze with gestural cobalt and aqua blue decoration, height 52 cm. Provenance: Martin Hill Collection
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Graeme Storm, stoneware floor vase, with brown glaze and carved decoration, circa 1980s, impressed with artist's cipher, height 44 cm
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Graeme Storm, stoneware floor vase, with brown glaze and carved decoration, circa 1980s, impressed with artist's cipher, height 44 cm
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Peter Stichbury, Tenmoku glaze stoneware bottle, with screw top, impressed mark and original label attached, height 10 cm
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Unknown potter, large stoneware pouring vessel, with ash glaze, width 28.5 cm
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Hei tiki pounamu, inanga variety with cut paua shell eyes
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Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau 'Dilly-Dally?, 1968 cosmetic bar including a dressing table and chair
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Len Castle, small stoneware bottle, with shino glaze, impressed mark, height 19 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware square section bottle vase, with jun glaze poured over tenmoku, impressed initials, height 42 cm
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Len Castle, large square section bottle vase, with jun glaze over tenmoku, impressed initials, height 42 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, with jun glaze poured over tenmoku, impressed initials, height 34 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, with jun glaze over poured tenmoku, impressed initials, height 30 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, the surface decorated with saturated iron underglaze wax resist decoration of quince branch, mottled rutile overglaze, impressed initials, height 29 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, with rectangular walls, the surface decorated with saturated iron under glaze, wax resist decoration of quince branch, mottled rutile over-glaze, impressed initials, height 29.8 cm. Provenance: Steve Rumsey collection
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Len Castle, Pacific series stoneware bowl, incised LC to the base, diameter 38 cm. Provenance: Graeme Fairey collection
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Len Castle, stoneware bottle vase, with barium blue glaze, impressed initials to the base, height 29 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware vase, with ash and shino type glaze, impressed initials, height 14 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware vase, with ash and shino type glaze, impressed initials to the base, height 12 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware vase, of ovoid shape with shino glaze, impressed initials, height 20 cm
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Len Castle, small stoneware bottle vase, with colonial shino glaze, height 12 cm. Provenance: Neil and Fay Castle collection
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Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, in tenmoku glaze with rutile flashings to the sides and shoulder, impressed mark (glaze obscured), later inscription to the base, height 29 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, the surface decorated with iron underglaze with tenmoku overglaze, impressed initials, height 29 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, with tenmoku glaze, impressed initials (glaze obscured), height 28.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, with tenmoku glaze, impressed initials (glaze obscured), height 33.5 cm
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Len Castle, large square section stoneware bottle vase, with tenmoku glaze, impressed initials (glaze obscured), height 41.7 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, the interior with saturated iron underglaze with jun style overglaze, the exterior with tenmoku glaze, impressed mark, diameter 42.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware sedge grass vase, with matt white talc glaze, impressed mark, height 18 cm
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Len Castle, double aperture sedge grass holder, in umber stained stoneware, impressed initials, height 20.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, decorated with incised concentric bands with ash glaze over iron, impressed mark, height 29 cm. Provenance: Steve Rumsey collection
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Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, similar to the above lot but of slightly smaller size, impressed mark. Provenance: Steve Rumsey collection
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Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, decorated with incised concentric bands with ash glaze over iron, impressed mark, height 21 cm. Provenance: Steve Rumsey collection
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Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, decorated with incised concentric bands with ash glaze over iron, impressed mark, height 24 cm. Provenance: Steve Rumsey collection
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Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, decorated with incised concentric bands with ash glaze over iron, impressed mark, height 21 cm. Provenance: Steve Rumsey collection
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Len Castle, two small stoneware brushpots, each decorated with incised concentric bands with ash over iron glaze, impressed marks, height 150 and 17 cm. Provenance: Steve Rumsey collection
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Len Castle, small stoneware brushpot, with texture surface and dark brown ash glaze, impressed mark, height 17 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, with textured surface and ash glaze, impressed mark, height 24.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, with textured surface and ash glaze, impressed initials, height 29 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, with textured surface and ash glaze, impressed mark, height 32 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware brushpot, with textured surface with grey and cream ash glazes, impressed initials, height 29.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, cylindrical shape with textured surface with red and brown ash glaze, unglazed to the base, impressed initials; together with another smaller brushpot with ash glaze (damaged), height 25 cm max
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Len Castle, stoneware shino glaze bottle, with loop handle, impressed mark, height 26 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with shino glaze; from the last firing at the Warkworth kiln, impressed initials, diameter 22 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with shino glaze; from the last firing at the Warkworth kiln, impressed initials, diameter 21 cm
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Len Castle, shallow stoneware bowl, with tenmoku glaze and wax resist decoration, impressed initials, diameter 34 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware beer flagon, with brown salt glaze, impressed initials, height 28 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware jug, unglazed exterior with iron oxide wash, glazed interior, incised initials, height 20.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware bottle, unglazed exterior with iron oxide wash, glazed interior, impressed mark and later inscriptions to the base, height 23 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware shino glazed jar, impressed initials, height 18.5 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware rectangular platter, with dark shino glaze and a series of stamped motifs to the well. The symbols are based on the fire safety kanji Len Castle saw on Japanese farm houses under the eaves on his trip there in 1966/67, width 40 cm
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Len Castle, large rectangular slab vase, in heavy colonial shino and feldspathic glazes, circa 1990, LC mark, height 35 cm
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Len Castle, large rectangular stoneware slab vase, in jun glaze over tenmoku, impressed mark, height 36 cm
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Len Castle, branch vase, press-moulded stoneware vase with saturated iron under-glaze, rutile over-glaze, impressed initials, height 43 cm
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Len Castle, branch vase, press-moulded stoneware vase with saturated iron under-glaze with rutile over-glaze, impressed initials, height 44 cm
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Len Castle and Theo Schoon, rare and important stoneware lamp base, tenmoku and ash glaze, impressed Len Castle initials to the base together with an impressed Theo Schoon stamp design, height 29 cm., note: This form is based on solid plaster casts which Theo Schoon gave to Len Castle in the period 1963-67. The original plaster cast for this shape being an inverted form of this lamp base. Only 3- 4 examples of this shape were ever made.
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Theo Schoon, rare and important press moulded stoneware dish, decorated with an impressed Theo Schoon stamp design, signed with incised initials to the base and with affixed label from Steve Rumsey, 7 x 27 cm. Note: This dish was a creative collaboration between Steve Rumsey, Len Castle and Theo Schoon. In 1985 Theo Schoon was living in Mangere in a retirement home, weak and frail as a result of emphysema. This dish was formed by Steve Rumsey from a Len Castle mould then given to Theo who, sitting…
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Jim Greig, solid and void form, stoneware with extensive poured jun glaze to the shoulders, incised signature and dated 1980 to the base, 55 x 57 cm. Exhibited: James Greig: Defying Gravity, Dowse Art Museum, December 2016 - March 2017. Note: James Greig, 1936-1986, was an internationally recognised New Zealand ceramic artist and was appointed a cultural ambassador to Japan by the New Zealand Government. Works are held in collections around the world including Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the…
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Chester Nealie, large baluster vase, wood fired salt celadon glaze with shell marks, impressed mark and label attached, height 58 cm
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Chester Nealie, small anagama fired stoneware bottle, with loop handle, label attached, height 11 cm
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Chester Nealie, large bottle, wood fired celadon salt glaze, signed and dated 2010, height 41 cm. Illustrated: Chester Nealie etched in fire, ed. Damian Skinner, Sang Publications 2016, p. 110
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Chester Nealie, very large wood fired stoneware flagon, salt celadon glaze and shell marks, marked, height 51 cm
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Chester Nealie, Anagama fired stoneware vase, together with a bottle (chipped), both unmarked, height 16 cm max
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Chester Nealie, two small porcelain bottles, one marked, height 10 cm max
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Chester Nealie, stoneware sprigged bottle, wood fired, natural ash glaze, marked and dated 2004, height 19.5 cm
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Chester Nealie, three small stoneware vases, wood fired, natural ash glaze, one with shell marks, unmarked, height 17 cm
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Chester Nealie, two small stoneware bottles, wood fired, one marked and dated 11/86, height 13 cm
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Chester Nealie, large shino glaze wood-fired bottle, with shell impressions, impressed mark, height 50 cm
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Chester Nealie, unusually large and rotund anagama fired bottle, with shell impressions, impressed mark, height 58 cm
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Bill Hammond, Untitled, crackle glazed and fired ceramic, signed and dated 7/4/87 verso, diameter 25 cm. Note: fired at John Goldings kiln, Otways, Victoria, Australia. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne
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Anneke Borren, important and rare stoneware prototype lamp base, with sand filling, commissioned for the beehive in 1976, height 49 cm
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Anneke Borren, important and rare stoneware prototype lamp base, with sand filling, commissioned for the beehive in 1976, height 49 cm
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Anneke Borren and Owen Mapp, stoneware lidded jar, with wax resist geometric decoration in black on a charcoal ground. The turned kauri lid inlaid with a decorative bronze rondel with koru and scroll designs, original label affixed to the base, height 16 cm
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Anneke Borren, stoneware totem form, made in 1999, height 96 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt, rock impression slab vase, of curved shape with blue speckled glaze to the sides, impressed mark and label attached, height 47 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt, rare hanging light, with conical top and numerous hanging discs with inlaid glass glazed turquoise panels, height 70 cm
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Ted Dutch, small signaller figure, black stained porcelain with red, yellow and blue enamelled discs, signed, height 11 cm
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Ted Dutch, Signaller figure, black stained porcelain with red, blue and yellow highlights (damaged), signed, height 23 cm
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Lawrence Ewing, very large lidded jar, with lugged rope handles, stoneware with ash glaze over iron rich underglaze, marked, height 56 cm
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Len Castle, large hanging form, of paddle shape in grey stained white earthenware with heavily textured finish, dated 98, LC mark, length 35 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware hanging form, textured surface with umber pigment and with lugs to the shoulder section, impressed mark, 36 x 30 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware hanging form bottle vase, with iron oxide wash with ochre pigment, impressed initials, height 43 cm
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Len Castle, hanging discoid vase, with impressed decoration, circa 1969, impressed marks, note: a similar example illustrated in Len Castle, Making the Molecules dance, Lopdell house gallery, p. 214. Provenance: Steve Rumsey collection.
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Len Castle, sea hawk, hanging form in earthenware, impressed initials, 24 x 23 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware discoid hanging form, with all over textured surface and iron wash, impressed mark, height 32.5 cm
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Len Castle, Discoid hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware with fine vertical ribbing and flax cord, impressed initials, circa 1980s, width 20 cm
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Len Castle, small discoid hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware with fine vertical ribbing, circa 1990, impressed initials, diameter 15 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware hanging form, umber pigmented ribbed surface with a single aperture to the top, impressed initials, height 21 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware discoid hanging form, textured surface with iron wash and light blue glaze to opening, impressed initials, width 22 cm
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Len Castle, blossom vase, impressive slab built vase with jun glaze over tenmoku, impressed initials, height 53 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware blossom vase, with tenmoku glaze and jun glaze to the shoulders and neck. This example is the last one of these made in June 1995 by special commission for a previous owner, LC mark, height 57 cm
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Len Castle, 'The Rockpool?, hand formed and press molded bowl in grey stained earthenware with blue glaze to the well, 2004, LC mark, diameter 40 cm. Illustrated: Len Castle, Making the Molecules dance, Lopdell house gallery, p. 85
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Len Castle, impressive crater lake/alkaline pool bowl, in matt stained earthenware with sculptured cavetto, the well graduating from light blue to deep blue, impressed initials to the base, diameter 54 cm
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Len Castle, crater lake/ alkaline pool bowl, impressed initials to base, diameter 53 cm
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