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Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:468
Sale Title:Christmas EmporiumLots with images:466
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:355
Date:9-Dec-2018
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Two Baule Heddle pulley. Liberia, Africa. Baule people and their neighbours to the West, the Guro are famous as weavers and are known for their fine indigo-and-white cotton fabrics. Used on the traditional narrow-band loom, heddle pulleys are functional objects used to ease the movements of the heddles while separating the warp threads and allowing the shuttle to seamlessly pass through the layers of thread. Like many other carved objects used in everyday activities among the Baule, these pulleys were…
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Dance mask, Chokwe people, Congo Africa. This expressively carved mask with fibre surrounds decorated with old buttons, beads and an old metal coin. This example of Pwo Chokwe mask that honours founding female ancestors. Such representations are especially significant given that the Chokwe trace descent through their mothers' lines. Pwo's joint performance with her male counterpart, Cihongo brings fertility and prosperity to a community. The cultural ideals of these 2 iconic representations developed…
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Pair Chinese porcelain table screens. One with famille verte decoration of flowers, the other with grasshoppers and flowers, later with diagonal crack, 16.5 x 12 cm (each panel)
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Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (Japanese 1797-1861), 'An array of child or Youthful Heroes, Osandachi Buyu Zoroe'. Triptych, showing children and men in varying activities, many chop marks including artist's upper right. This is an extremely rare work by the artist (conditopn report, laid on card, original colours, some edge damage, with one dent to middle left image), woodblock, 14.5 x 75 cm
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19th century Chinese porcelain specimen vase. Of cylindrical form, blue and white decoration of a woman in a garden with attendant. 19th century period mark to base, height 13 cm
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Pair carved and stained Guanyin figures. Dense wood heavy carving, some surface losses. Mirror pose, height 91 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. Finely painted in blue, on a white plate depicting scenes of children studying in an outdoor landscape, diameter 50 cm
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Old Japanese red lacquerware lidded bowl. In the form of a shishi lion, an important symbol of protection, diameter 18 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. Finely painted with birds, foliage and water, in blue, red, green and gold. Underglaze blue makers mark to base, diameter 40 cm
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15 various 19th century lacquerware sake cups. Finely painted designs depicting birds, foliage and ships, diameter 8.5 cm (smallest), diameter 13 cm (largest)
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Miniature painting of Mandarin Fu Manchu. Circa 1920-30. Painted on white marble panel, signed lower right with artist's chop mark, W/Clr, 14.5 x 11 cm
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