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Antique & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:754
Sale Title:Antique & Art AuctionLots with images:748
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:526
Date:24-Apr-2018
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Len Castle small tapered specimen vase, triangular form, umber rubbed glaze, impressed potter's mark, c.1970. Height 11 cm
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Len Castle small/medium discoid stoneware vase, rope impressed decoration to the front, umber rubbed glaze darkening the recesses. Impressed potter's mark, c.1970/1980. Height 17 cm
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Len Castle shino glazed vase, rope impressed decoration, impressed potter's mark, c.1970. Height 22 cm
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Len Castle slab form grass vase, four angular cut openings, dark umber matt glaze, impressed mark c.1980s. Height 12.5 cm
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Len Castle 'Ceremonial Pourer', ash glaze, traditional looping handle, impressed potter's mark to base.
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An early Len Castle stoneware bowl, rich mottled glaze, tenmoku rim. Impressed potter's mark c.1970. Diameter 16 cm
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Barry Brickell circular dish, pinched and rolled rim, the mottled blue/grey glaze with looping thick highlights, speckled. Diameter 27.5 cm
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Barry Brickell shino glazed teapot, the flared cylindrical handle at right angles to the spout. Impressed potter's mark. Height 112. Note: The three oval unglazed sections towards the base are where the potter has held the teapot in his fingers when glazing.
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An early Barry Brickell 'Tui St, Devonport' bowl, the exterior rim with wide band of wax resist square scroll decoration, dark red/brown tenmoku-type glaze, grey glaze to the lower body. Diameter approx. 18.5 cm, height 120. Unmarked. Note: A label included detailing 'Tui St Devonport B. Brickell Earliest work Devonport'.
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An early Barry Brickell 'Ponsonby West St. unique fluted' small bowl, the exterior rim with fine fluted detail, gloss grey/green glaze, the lower fluted base unglazed, finely potted. Diameter 11.1 cm, height 8 cm. Unmarked. A note included detailing 'Ponsonby West St. unique fluted BB'.
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An early Barry Brickell yunomi, the exterior decorated with a band of brushed iron oxide repeating floral decoration, pale grey/green glaze. Family note included detailing 'East Street', presumably this should be West Street. Diameter approx. 9.5 cm, height 8.5 cm. No potter's mark.
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An important Barry Brickell salt glaze boat-form bowl, the partial fluted and tapered flat rim coming to a double knob point, lustrous dark 'coal fired' salt glaze effects, ovoid foot. Unmarked. 21 x 24 x 155. Vintage typed paper label to base: EXHIB. FAENZA'. Exhibited: 'N.Z. at the V & A' 1972, illustrated New Zealand Potter, Vol. 14, No. 1, Autumn 1972'.
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Barry Brickell vintage wine flask, wax resist dark tenmoku glaze, impressed potter's mark to base. Height 22.5 cm
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Barry Brickell vintage wine flask, unglazed exterior, glazed top rim and interior, iron spotted highlights. Height 18 cm
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Barry Brickell tall jar, mildly tapered cylindrical form, a small knob side handle with potter's mark with disc form to body, red/brown glaze to top, lid absent. Height 20.5 cm
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Two Barry Brickell oval platters, abstract glazed panels in tenmoku and other tones, iron spotted. Unmarked. 31.8 x 26.5 cm approx. ea. Note: these platters come with a note detailing 'early Coromandel B. Brickell 1st Kiln lie flat to fire it x2 platters'.
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Barry Brickell jug, variable dark and grey glaze, spotted highlights. Impressed potter's mark. Height 18.5 cm
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Two Barry Brickell yunomi, one of baluster form with dribbled lustrous caramel glaze, grind to foot where glaze has stuck, the other an early example of bowl form with maroon glaze highlights.
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Barry Brickell vintage bowl, gloss blue/green salt glaze, footed, impressed potter's mark. Diameter approx. 23.5 cm. Height 15.5 cm
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Barry Brickell altered lidded jug, compressed towards the top, semi-lustrous red/brown glaze, Impressed potter's mark. Height 20.5 cm
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Barry Brickell vintage jug, the vertical spout and cylindrical top with a lustrous brown glaze, a partial grey glaze to body, impressed potter's mark. Height 20 cm
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Barry Brickell dish, circular, abstract wax resist (winged) glazed decoration, impressed mark. Diameter 21.8 cm
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Peter Stichbury wax resist decorated teapot, lustrous shino type glaze, impressed potter's mark.
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Two Peter Stichbury wax resist decorated bowls, impressed potter's mark to foot of each. Diameters 15.8 cm and 17.6 cm
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Peter Stichbury wax resist bowl, impressed mark to foot. Diameter 22.8 cm
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Peter Stichbury wax resist ovoid vase, potter's mark to the base. Height 20 cm
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Mrs M.J. Kirker, (wife of surgeon Peter Kirker) N.Z. studio pottery bowl, made at night pottery classes with Patricia Perrin, incised initials to base. Note: The Hanna family records Mrs Kirker as encouraging Joy Hanna to participate in the night pottery classes, thus initiating the introduction to N.Z. and international studio pottery. Diameter 10 cm
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Andrew Van der Putten shino glaze teapot, looping handle, impressed mark below. Height 12.5 cm
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Ian Firth attributed large platter, the tenmoku glaze with iron brushed fine decoration, impressed mark slightly illegible. Diameter 37 cm
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Denis Hanna large flared bowl, radiating flared bands of unique chun glaze on tenmoku ground, unmarked. Diameter 42.3 cm
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Potter unknown, shino glazed lidded vessel, cylindrical form, lug handle, brushed darker highlights, incised mark to base. Height 16.5 cm
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A Crowan (Harry and May Davis) pottery celadon teapot, overhead handle, the lid with knot handle, impressed mark, made in England. Height 15 cm
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A rare Crowan pottery double marked celadon lidded jug, impressed 'CP' monogram, together with another slightly illegible 'IS' Height 15 cm
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Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie 'fluted' grey and blue stoneware bowl, the exterior with lineal incised fluted design with blue glaze highlighted at the high points with the grey underglaze, impressed potter's mark, incised number and painted details. Provenance: Purchased by Denis and Joy Hanna from the 1957 Auckland City Art Gallery exhibition, 'British Fine Crafts'. Catalogue number 216. See additional photos.
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Six pottery pieces, includes, a small Richard Batterman (U.K.) vase together with five Japanese pieces exhibited at the Waikato Art Museum, two small bowls and three kiln stands, salt glazed and with shells in relief.
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Lucie Rie circular footed bowl, thick matt manganese glaze to the exterior, the pale interior with fine orange/brown spotting. Impressed potter's mark to the base. Diameter approx. 14.5 cm. Height 6.4 cm
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Bernard Leach St. Ives lidded marmalade pot, knob handle, the stoneware body with celadon glaze, banded in a cobalt wash and decorated in iron oxide brushed pattern. Painted 'BL' initials and impressed St Ives mark. Height 11.7 cm
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Bernard Leach, St. Ives small dish, brushed decoration of flowering wreaths to the centre, painted 'B.L' mark and impressed St Ives pottery mark, cracked and re-glued. Diameter 12.2 cm. Provenance: The Dr Denis and Joy Hanna Collection. Exhibited: Waikato Art Museum Exhibition 'Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, 'The Two Friends' June 1980, catalogue entry # 107, original exhibition label included stating c.1954.
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Bernard Leach, Pilgrim and Mountain' dish, stoneware with the pilgrim image and simple mountain form above, pale under-glaze showing against the darker ground glaze, brushed pale overglaze, unglazed rim. Brushed 'BL' monogram to reverse and impressed St Ives mark to reverse. Diameter 38.2 cm. Provenance: The Dr Denis & Joy Hanna collection. Ex. Len Castle collection, sold by Len to Maree of Maree's Bazaar, Upper Queen St. where it was purchased by Denis Hanna for £8, see note attached. Exhibited: Waikato…
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David Leach St. Ives porcelain bowl, incised floral repeating design, celadon glaze, impressed potter's and pottery marks. Provenance: Purchased by Denis and Joy Hanna from the 1957 Auckland City Art Gallery exhibition, 'British Fine Crafts'. Catalogue number 203. See additional photos.
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David Leach squat ovoid pottery vase, incised scrolling broad band decoration to the shoulder, grey partial glaze highlighting the design. Impressed potter's mark and other monogram 'CL'. Provenance: Purchased by Denis and Joy Hanna from the 1957 Auckland City Art Gallery exhibition, 'British Fine Crafts'. Catalogue number 201. The original catalogue notes 'The Crafts Centre of Great Britain was invited by the Auckland Art Gallery to prepare an exhibition of its members work for New Zealand. This is the…
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Six international pottery pieces, includes: David Leach sugar bowl, no lid, Richard Batterham lidded jar, Japanese teapot, assorted yunomi and bowl.
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Three St. Ives Standard Ware bowls, iron brushed decoration to the pale bodies, impressed pottery mark. Two with some damage. Diameter 14.5 cm
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A pair of Leach Standard ware bowls, brushed iron oxide glazed decoration. Diameters 142
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A Japanese Edo period mallet formed bottle, rich dark caramel glaze, old repair to top rim. Height 24 cm
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Two 19th century Japanese sake bottles, brushed calligraphy. With old Hanna family note 'Kyoto Japan Bought 1964'. Heights 23 cm and 19 cm
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Three Japanese pottery pieces, includes two shigaraki anagama fired small bottle vases and a lidded Kurashiki pot of triangular section, wood fired. All purchased by Denis Hanna while visiting Japan in 1964. Heights 11 cm, 12 cm and 10 cm
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Thirteen, mainly Japanese, small pottery pieces, includes teapots, yunomi, etc.
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Three Japanese studio pottery pieces, includes an anagama fired large yunomi, a small raku yunomi with hair cracking and a 'Kyoto Japan 1964' bowl, anagama fired.
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Six, mainly Japanese, pottery pieces, includes two shino glazed cups and two shino glazed dishes, a 'Black Satsuma ware' teapot and a tenmoku small box.
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A Japanese 'Onda Village tea / sake set', includes two teapots and five drinking cups, turquoise green glaze. Provenance: From the collection of Denis and Joy Hanna. Note: Dennis visited Japan in 1964, it is recorded that 'I had a wonderful visit to Onda, stayed there for several days, arrived there on a bus unannounced, handed over the card (of introduction from Takeichi Kawai) to the potter and bought pots as I went. It got very difficult carting them around. I got them back eventually'. Label included…
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A Japanese 18/19th century 'Horse Eye' plate, classically decorated with six concentric 'eye' forms to the edge. Diameter 280. A Hanna family note attached detailing '17-1800s 'Horse Eye Japan'. Chip to rim edge.
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Four Japanese graduating Onda Village circular pottery dishes, three classically decorated with radiating glazed design. Diameters 13 cm, 16 cm, 26 cm and 41.5 cm. Provenance: From the collection of Denis and Joy Hanna.
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Doug Lawrie wax resist decorated bottle vase, heavy tenmoku glaze, square section body. Provenance: The Dr Denis and Joy Hana Collection. Label included detailing 'Doug Lawrie bought Kyoto 1964'. Note: Lawrie is an American potter who trained under Paul Soldner in California, then spent 15 years in Japan working near Takeichi Kawai's Studio, Kyoto. Height 19.5 cm
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Shoji Hamada stoneware yunomi, wax resist decoration, dark olive-green glaze. Height 8.7 cm. Purchased by Denis Hanna in Mashiko (Hamada's home), Japan in 1964. See Denis's list 'My Hamadas'. Exhibited: Waikato Art Museum Exhibition 'Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, The Two Friends' June 1980 catalogue # 6, labelled 'WAM H6', and with original display label. See additional photos.
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Shoji Hamada stoneware tea bowl, the grey exterior glazed with crawl/orange peel textured effect, dark olive glazed rim. Diameter 15.5 cm approx. Purchased by Dr Denis Hanna in Mashiko, Japan in 1964. See Denis's list 'MY HAMADAs'. Exhibited: Waikato Art Museum, 'Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, The Two Friends' June 1980 catalogue #3, labelled 'WAM H3'. See additional photos.
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Shoji Hamada hakeme vase, stoneware, oxide brushed bamboo/hakame motif over the encircling slip. Height 17 cm. Provenance: The Dr Denis and Joy Hanna Collection. Purchased by Denis Hanna in Mashiko, Japan 1964. See Denis's list 'MY HAMADAs'. Exhibited: Waikato Art Museum 'Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, The Two Friends', June 1980, catalogue # 5. Labelled to base 'WAM H5', original exhibition label include. See additional photos.
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Shoji Hamada stoneware square bottle, press-moulded, each side with diagonal alternating wax resist and dark tenmoku glaze panels. Height 23.8 cm. Provenance: From the collection of Dr Denis and Joy Hanna. Gifted to Denis Hanna by Hamada, Christchurch 1965 (see catalogue note from the Waikato Art Museum Exhibition 'Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, The Two Friends', June 1980 catalogue # 4). Exhibited: Pan Pacific Arts Festival Christchurch, Canterbury Museum, February 1965 and Waikato Art Museum June 1980.…
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Shoji Hamada pencil sketch of 'Pots from Hamada Exhibition at Canterbury Museum 1965', with two paper hanging tabs to the top, some distress. Exhibited: Waikato Art Museum Exhibition 'Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, The Two Friends' June 1980, catalogue #70. Note: The sketch features the Hamada slab pot offered in this catalogue.
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Takeichi Kawai stoneware ovoid vase, a variable red band glaze encircles the flared body section, the fine top rim edge with some fritting. Height 17.5 cm. Provenance: The Collection of Dr Denis and Joy Hanna with a family note detailing 'Takeichi Kawai in Residence 3wks N.Z. early 1970s'.
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Takeichi Kawai square section bottle vase, impressed basket weave type decoration with pale white/blue and tenmoku glazed highlights. Height 18.5 cm. Provenance: The Dr Denis and Joy Hanna collection. Purchased by Denis in Kyoto, Japan 1964. A family note included with this lot detailed 'Kawai Takeichi Kyoto'. Height 18.5 cm
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Seijiro Takeuchi yunomi, the chun glazed rim dribbling over the tenmoku body. Original potter's card included. Height 8.4 cm
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Two old Vietnamese Annamese jars, celadon glazed. Provenance: From the collection of Denis and Joy Hanna. Purchase receipt from John Dixon Antiques Ltd dated 5/12/68 detailing one as 'this pot an Annam Pot 16th Century $35'. Height 17.5 cm
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A 19th century Korean quality decorated squat vase, the shoulder with incised and cut-away repeating leaf decoration, fluted lower body, dark celadon glaze. Height 14 cm
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An old provincial Chinese jar, the shoulder with repeating relief design, green glaze. Height 16 cm
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An old provincial Chinese storage jar, two pairs of small lugs to the shoulder, half dipped in dark olive brown glaze. Height 17.5 cm
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A Chinese Yixing teapot, irregular form with bamboo and blossom decoration in relief, partial matt glazed highlights, recessed fitted lid, marks to base, together with two small plain teapots.
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A 'c.1680 Hispano-Moresque pottery vase with lustre decoration', together with an old John Dixon Antiques Ltd catalogue card. Minor damage. Height 22.8 cm
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A 19th century or earlier English Bellarmine flask, salt glazed. Height 21 cm. With Hanna family note: 'Bellarmine English hot - salt glaze'.
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Two old Spanish majolica glazed pieces, a pilgrim flask with dragon to the body panel, height 21.5 cm, a flared vase with three shoulder lugs, Cubist brown and green glaze on pale ground. Height 13.5 cm
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A vintage Celebes pit fired jar, fire effects in dark tones to the terracotta body. Label inside detailed 'Celebes'. Height 17 cm
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An old terracotta Peruvian spherical vessel, pit fired, two short strap lug handles to the top rim, unglazed, supported upon a conforming collar stand. Height 24 cm
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A large old Fijian Lapita pottery vessel, squat spherical form with tapered short rim, sgraffito engraved geometric branch form decoration to the neck, traditional gum (makadre) glaze with dribble effect, pit-fired. Note: In 1960 Hanna recorded the work of village potters in Fiji. Diameter approx. 27 cm, height 23 cm
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An old Fijian Lapita pottery water vessel (Saqa Moli), four lobed earthenware with single spout, knobbly effect to the top, incised decoration to the body. Height 9 cm
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Two Fijian Lapita pottery vessels, one formed as a stylised turtle, the other of canoe type form with relief X-forms. Lengths 14 cm and 16.5 cm
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Two old Fijian Lapita type pottery vessels, earthenware, sculpted decoration, the basket form bowl with overhead handle, a similar handle to the two lobed and connected vessel. Lengths 20 cm and 15 cm
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An old Fijian Lapita type large pottery bowl, the flat rim with incised repeating dotted swag decoration, gum glaze. Diameter 46 cm
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24 'N.Z. Potter' magazines, mainly earlier small format issues, 1950s-1970s.
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33 issues of the 'Pottery Quarterly' magazine, 1950s-1960s, published Pendley Manor, Tring Hertz, United Kingdom.
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Four Bernard Leach books on pottery, A Potter's Portfolio' 1951, 'Hamada Potter' by Thames && Hudson 1976, Kenzan and his Tradition' 1966 and 'A Potter in Japan' 1960.
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A collection of 29 various books and publications on pottery, titles include: 'Japanese Ceramics', 'Clay & Glazes for the Potter', 'The Complete Book of Pottery Making', 'Medieval English Pottery', etc., some publications in Japanese.
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A collection of vintage mainly pottery related publications, includes 'N.Z. Potters 1968' calendars, exhibition catalogues, books, 'The Dean's Prize' notification, etc.
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A rare N.Z. early colonial Hutson majolica two-stage urn on stand, the top section decorated with swags and masks in relief, the base with bulbous fluting, a short column stand and a square plinth base, rich lustrous brown and dark green glaze effects. The base marked 'P. Hutson & Co., Wellington'. Minor losses. Diameter 38 cm, height overall 55 cm
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A large Briar Gardner squat circular vase, olive colour splashed with dark chocolate brown, incised signature and date 2/1/32 under the base. Chips at rim and firing cracks. Diameter 18 cm
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A Molle 'Hand Pottery' Maori themed table dish, sculptured in relief with stylised Maori carved figure and painted with whare and ponga, incised marks to reverse. Length 18.8 x 14.3 cm
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A pair of Crown Lynn Wharetana Maori Art 'Moko' book-ends, Model #1019 recorded as Ceremonial Life-Sized wooden masks... The face moko (tattoo) is typical of a Maori chief or tohunga...', chocolate brown glaze, impressed number to base of each. 9.5 x 10 x 14 cm
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A pair of rare Crown Lynn Wharetana Maori Art Pottery 'Ruru and Weku' drinking mugs, brown glaze, model no. # 1029. It is noted that 'the two panels of Hei Tiki carved on this mug are Hei Ruru, Whose Eyes are Owl-Like and has Double tongues and Hei Weku, Whose Eyes have an Oriental Slant...'. Height 11.2 cm
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A rare Crown Lynn Wharetana Maori Art Pottery 'Ruru and Weku' drinking mug, brown glaze, model no. # 1029. As above.
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A mid-20th century N.Z. potter unknown mermaid bowl, brushed monogram to the back 'McM', the black glaze incised with a mermaid, green mottled glaze to the exterior. Diameter 21.3 cm
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A large vintage Len Castle quince blossom stoneware bowl, saturated iron underglaze with wax resist decoration and rutile overglaze, impressed potter's mark to base, c.1970s. Diameter 40 cm
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Graeme Storm large spherical vase, cut floral decoration, dark matt glaze in striking effect against the pale body, impressed potter's mark. Height 38.8 cm
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Graeme Storm baluster vase, the matt manganese glaze with sinuous floral highlights in pale and turquoise glaze, impressed potter's mark to foot rim. Height 34.5 cm
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Graeme Storm spherical vase, cut decoration of large florals, dark red/brown glaze with cutaway decoration showing the stoneware body. Height 26.5 cm
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A large and impressive Muriel Moody salt glazed figure of a reclining woman, one elbow and knees raised, attractively salt glazed with blue and dark olive green/brown tones, old repair to foot. 88 x 44.5 x 33 cm
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Merilyn Wiseman square dish, early 1980s, artist's mark under the base. 32 x 31 cm
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Merilyn Wiseman square dish, early 1980s, artist's mark under the base. 32 x 31 cm
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JOHN ROY CERAMIC RABBIT, John Roy ceramic rabbit. Length 15.5 cm
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Aaron Scythe 'Te Aroha Oribe' ceramic kete. Height 41 cm
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Dorothy Thorpe, Palm Springs', crown Lynn coffee pot, dark olive-green glaze, printed marks to base and impressed shape #1020. Height 30 cm
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A collection of over 100 vintage N.Z. and other postcards, includes humorous, etc.
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