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Estate & Collector — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:533
Sale Title:Estate & CollectorLots with images:526
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:466
Date:15-Sep-2019
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Three framed Aboriginal King plates, purchased in Sydney 1985, in the Lawson's catalogue of 22/7/85, they were described as being issued between 1857 & 1861, NSW red cedar frame, the King plates are unique in that one was for a man, one for a woman, & one for a man and a woman, the 3 place names (Wagala, Iluka and Ashby) are all in the Clarence river area of Northern NSW. Details of provenance are attached to the back of the frame. 37 x 21.5 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Central Australian softwood coolamon. Hand painted in natural earth tones. Papunya c1960s. Length 67 cm
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Central Australian softwood shield. Painted with acrylic & natural earth pigments. Papunya c1960s. Length 63 cm
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Central Australian painted decorative shield. Papunya c1960s. Length 32 cm
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Central Australian woomera with red ochre, c1960s. Length 83 cm
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Four Central Australian spears. Papunya c1960s. Length 250 cm (longest)
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Large West Australian Aboriginal shield. with stone incised geometric decoration. Length 75 cm
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Mulga wood coolamon length 43 cm
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Early boomerang, WA. Stoneworked. Acacia wood, wide aerofoil section length 59 cm
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Early Australian boomerang. Stone worked with traces of original red ochre. with gift inscription in ink, dated 1929-1930 length 66 cm
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Two Central Australian softwood coolamons. Each with pyrography decoration. Papunya c1960s. Lengths 31 cm & 60 cm
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Milingimbi Eastern Arnhem land, stone headed hafted axe. Collected in 1877, by Samuel (Burnes?). Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Hafted Aboriginal stone axe. with an ancient uniface pecked & polished stone & more modern 100-150 years old hafting, from Central Australia, previously owned by Lord McAlpine of West Green (1942-2014). Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. 37 x 21.5 cm
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Kodja Aboriginal stone axe. the unique axe of south west Australia, now very rare, with two pieces of stone, one pointed & one blunt, embedded in grass tree resin together with a pointed stick handle, collected in 1877, previously owned by Lord McAlpine of West Green (1942-2014). These axes were mostly used for footholds for climbing trees for possums, the geographical extent was Geraldton to Israelite bay, WA, & adjacent inland areas, there have been many synonyms including. Kodge, Kodger and Koitch & it…
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Three mulga wood boomerangs. Alice Springs 1960s. Length 73 cm, 70 cm & 63 cm
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Three Central Australian carved wooden animals. Two snakes & a small bird, each with pyrography decoration. Papunya c1960s. Length 41 cm (longest)
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Central Australian boomerang. Painted in natural earth tones. Papunya c1960s. Length 75 cm
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Churinga stone. Flattened oval form, with incised geometric decoration, c1960s. Length 13.5 cm
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19th century Aboriginal digging stick/club. From the Pilbara Region in WA. Length 71 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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19th century Aboriginal nulla nulla. Fine patina, from the Murchison Region in WA. Length 64 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Hand woven & knitted tote bag. Hermannsburg. in cream & brown tones, c1980. Height 40 cm (approx)
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Four various Central Australian digging sticks. 3 with pyrography decoration. Papunya c1960s. Length 37 cm (shortest) 104 cm (longest)
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Polynesian hardwood war club. with incised decoration. Length 136 cm
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Papua New Guinea war club with stone head. Spherical stone head held in place by woven fibre & gum resin. Length 120 cm
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13 arrows & one dance spear. Length 136 cm each (arrows) length 170 cm (spear)
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Stone headed club. Collected Eastern New Britain, Papua New Guinea, prior to World War II. Length 108.5 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Stone headed club. Collected Eastern Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea in 1937. Length 81.5 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Batak Bovine Scapula from Northern Sumatra. with carved human heads, a lizard, a serpent & mythical animals together with Batak script on both sides. Used as a divining tool or oracle by a priest (Datu). There is a Batak calendar & compass on one side. the Batak script was derived from earlier Javanese Kauie & Pallava scripts, ultimately from a Sanskrit script from Southern India & was still being used & taught in mission schools up to 1914, collected around 1900. Length 38 cm, width 17 cm. Collection Dr…
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Fijian tapa cloth - Taveuni 120 x 196 cm
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Two Aboriginal message sticks. with traces of original ochre decoration. Very dark age patina length 34 cm & 28 cm
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Papua New Guinea hardwood club. Incised decoration to handle, leaf form with traces of ochre. Length 103 cm
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Papua New Guinea 'Fofana' chest ornament. Woven fibre, nassa & ovula shell. Bena Bena, Eastern Highlands. Together with, a earthenware cooking pot height 28 cm, width 33 cm
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Tumbuan dance costume. Middle Sepik river area. Collected c1966. Height 133 cm
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Mwai mask costume. Latmul people, middle Sepik river. Collected c1966. Height 133 cm
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Fijian Tanoa bowl. Used for kava. Raised on four legs, the rim & bowl interior with intricate geometric decoration. Height 18 cm, diameter 41 cm
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Five various bone daggers. One, cassowary bone dagger, Sepik river region of Papua New Guinea Highlands, collected prior to World War II (35 cm). Two, engraved (30 cm & 34 cm) and, two carved & engraved (39 cm), good patina, early 20th century, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, Dr P Elliot collection (1965) with bird finials (length 39 cm). Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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19th century Fijian wooden throwing club (Ula). Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. Length 38 cm
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Hafted stone Battle axe. Papua New Guinea Highlands. Length 43.5 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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South African knobkerrie club. with its head reinforced by military boot nails, brought back to Australia by an Australian Boer war soldier; used in Southern & Eastern Africa, mainly by Zulus,19th century. Length 75 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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19th century Maori basalt patu onewa, NZ. Bears fragments of an old British dealer's label. Length 34 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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19th century Maori basalt patu onewa, NZ. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. Length 32.5 cm
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19th century Maori basalt patu onewa, NZ. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. Length 30.5 cm
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Fijian engraved presentation sperm whale tooth (tabua). with a plaited fibre sennit neck band, highly significant object in traditional Fijian society, said to be the greatest of all Fijian valuables, 19th century. Lot 313 McKenzies Auctioneers 6/12/2011. Length 21 cm (tooth) & 45 cm (chain). Provenance: The grandaughter of Thomas Douglas who, with his brother owned a copra plantation on the island of Taveuni. the Douglas family played a large poneering role in establishing the Fijian copra plantations as…
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Ancestor figures, a female sitting on the shoulders of a male. Batak people, Lake Toba, Sumatra, wooden carving, good patina, 19th century. From the collection of Dr P Elliot (1927-2014). Height 32.5 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Balinese Gamelan. with bronze keys & bamboo resonators. Pentatonic scale. 50 x 54 cm
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Magic staff, Batak people, Lake Toba, Sumatra. Bamboo carving with feathers & cotton thread, dark patina, 19th century.from the collection of Dr P Elliot (1927- 2014). Height 77 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Two carved wooden figures, one male & one female with child. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. (25 cm)
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Two African carved wooden figures, one male & one female. Decorated with trade beads. Height 25 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Bronze Benin warrior figure. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. Height 30 cm.
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Ceremonial stone, Dani people of Irian Jaya. Perforated at one end, decorated on one side, plain on the other. These stones have a variety of names including. Display-exchange stone, sacred stone & symbolic stone. the stone is a type of slate. Pigments including. Red & white mineral pigments & a black pigment from a berry. (culture of stone: Sacred and Profane Uses of stone amongst the Dani, O W Hampton, Texas a and M University press, 1999. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Six items. After Jean Piron, 'Femme Du Cap De Diemen.' plate 6 form 'Atlas Du Voyage a La Recherche De La Perouse,' pub. Paris 1800 etching (44 x 31 cm). Also, 5 wood engravings depicting aboriginal subjects including. King Billy & Truganini. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Photograph c1880, Kaawirn Kuunawarn (Hissing swan), Chief of the Kirrae Wuurong (blood tip tribe). Old ink inscription verso dated April 1881, mounted. Original photograph (15 x 10 cm). Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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1913 Cronulla real Estate land sale poster. Mounted on canvas. Stone lithograph 83 x 63 cm
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Six autographed Sid Nolan Video Cassette covers. 'Sidney Nolan Such Is Life.' numbered 1-3, 5, 8 & 9. (28 x 13 cm each)
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Folio, 3 prints by L S Lowry. Self portrait, mother & Father. London, Jupiter books, 1975. Blue leather portfolio of 3 signed prints issued with a profile medallion by Leo Solomon. Prints & medallion in an edition of 300, issued on the occasion of Lowry. Offset print & bronze 72/300 37 x 27 cm (sheet) diameter 12.5 cm (medallion).
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Pair 19th century stipple engravings. After Louis Francois Mariage, ornate gilt frames, black & gilt stencil lettering. Titled 'Naufragio De Telcoy Amazili;' & 'Sacrificio Sublimen Del Cacique Henrique.' 68 x 75 cm (each overall)
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David Hockney Artcurial exhibition poster, 1976. Hand signed in pencil by the artist. Mourlot blindstamp lower left. Lithograph 75 x 52 cm
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Five 19th century Indian school illustrated manuscripts. Book illustrations with text verso. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. Gouache & ink 20 x 14 cm (largest)
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Four Indo-Persian school works. Three manuscript pages depicting hunting subjects etc; also one other smaller (9 x 20 cm) showing charging elephants. Smaller (9 x 20 cm) showing charging elephants. Ink & gouache (4) 27 x 15 cm (largest)
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Pair Indian illuminated book Pages. One depicting a man with a chained slave, the other, two seated men in conversation. Gouache & ink (2) 16 x 10 cm (each)
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Indian school illuminated book page. Noble couple on a dais in a courtyard, with two female attendants. with nasta'liq calligraphy. Guache & ink 23 x 14 cm
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Two Mughal illuminated book Pages. Both depicting noblemen & courtiers in pavilions. One with nasta'liq calligraphy above. Gouache, ink & gilt (2) 25 x 17 cm (each)
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Two Mughal illuminated book Pages. Depicting courting couples in pavilions. Each with a figure observing from the margins. Nasta'liq inscriptions to margins gouache, ink & gilt (2) 28 x 18 cm, & 26 x 14 cm
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Two Mughal illuminated book Pages. Portraits of nobleman & lady, with floral borders & nasta'liq calligraphy. Script verso to each. Gouache, ink & gilt (2) 25 x 16 cm (each)
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Mughal painting. Courtiers in a pavilion attending to a prince, seated & with falcon. Decorative floral border. Gouache, ink & gilt on card 36 x 27 cm
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Indian illuminated book page. Woman in profile holding lotus blossom, (magic circle verso?) gouache & ink 25 x 20 cm
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Indian school, portrait of an Emperor Admiring a jewel gouache, ink & gilt on card 24 x 17 cm
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8 portraits of Indian Emperors. 7 inscribed verso as representing personages from Bagroo (Bagru, Rajasthan) gouache, ink & gilt on card (8) 11 x 6 cm (each)
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Gibrael, (South-east Asian school) 'Husi Otas Ba Otas Ii,' 2008. Acrylic on canvas 90 x 60 cm
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Two Japanese anodised metal pictures. One depicting an actor, in low relief. with incised signature (24 x 18 cm). the other with incised decoration of flowering branch (14 x 17 cm).
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Japanese painting on porcelain. Seated Japanese lady in kimono. Signed. 26 x 23 cm
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Two framed Chinese silk Embroideries. Pair rectangular cloths with cream ground decorated with bats, gourds & butterflies. Including pair of embroidered cuffs. 58 x 12 cm (each) 14 x 9 cm (cuff)
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Framed Chinese silk embroidery. Blue ground with bird and floral decoration. 78 x 29 cm
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Two 19th century Chinese trade paintings on pith. Each in an elaborately carved sandlewood frame, & timber box frame surround. Height 53 cm, width 37 cm D4.5 cm (each)
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Chinese Qing Dynasty table screen. 8 wooden frames with original hinges, each with 6 blue & white porcelain panels. the centre panels depicting sages & deities. As inspected including. Restoration & cracks to some panels, one leg missing,1 tile repainted. Height 82 cm, width 17 cm (each)
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Japanese Ginbari cloisonne vase. Red ground with rose decoration. Height 25 cm
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Japanese cloisonne vase. Baluster form with pale green ground & decoration of cherry blossoms & chrysanthemums. Height 31 cm
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Japanese Ginbari cloisonne vase. Pale green ground with blossom branches. Height 21 cm
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Japanese Ginbari cloisonne vase. Globose vase with red ground,. Mixed bloom floral decoration. Height 15.5 cm
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Japanese Satsuma pottery vase. Cylindrical vase with very fine painted continuous landscape. Impressed mark to base. Height 30 cm
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Japanese Satsuma Pottery vase. Ovoid form. Black ground with gilt landscape. Signed 'Kobe' & Satsuma mark to base. Some wear to gilt. Height 30 cm
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Large Chinese porcelain baluster vase. Black glazed, restored lip. Height 59 cm
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Large Chinese porcelain baluster vase. Famille rose enamelled decoration of figures in a garden. Height 58 cm
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19th century large hardwood & lacquer Buddha, Burma height 101 cm
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Chinese celadon vase. Baluster form with twin ring handles. Ch'ien Lung period (1735-1795), reign mark on base. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Chinese silver gilt & enamel tea caddy. Filigree body enamelled with flowering trees & birds. Height 18 cm, width 534g
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Chinese Qing Dynasty Jichimu brush pot. Carved with high relief pine branches. Small loss to one branch. Height 13 cm
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Large 19th century Japanese Imari charger. with finely hand painted designs of outdoor scenes of birds & flowers in multiple colours. Diameter 40.5 cm
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19th/20th century Chinese bronze dragon. There is a reign mark between the two rear legs. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. Length 23 cm height 14 cm
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Chinese hardstone carving of seated Buddha. on a fitted wooden stand. Height 9.5 cm (figure only)
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Chinese jade guardian lion and Cubs. Well carved guardian lion with ball & two playful cubs, on a fitted wooden base. Height 12 cm (figure only)
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Pair Japanese cloisonne vases. Blue ground decorated with florals & a red headed crane. Height 22 cm
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Chinese rosewood desk & matching stool. Gallery with reticulated bamboo motif. Cabriole legs. Height 130 cm, width 102 cm D70 cm (desk)
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Japanese lacquered covered bowl. Height 12 cm, diameter 12 cm
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Three 19th century Japanese lacquerware bowls. with finely painted bird & foliage designs in gold on a red background. Diameter 21 cm (largest)
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Chinese rosewood plant stand. with rouge marble inset top. Supported by four well carved legs. Height 81 cm
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Four Japanese Kokeshi dolls. Together with a Chinese rosewood carving of an emaciated sage.
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Chinese pottery exportware dish. on raised circular foot diameter 21 cm
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Western Asiatic porcelain bowl. From Se Turkey, around 1400 AD. Diameter 23.5 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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Quantity iron Weapons. From former British north Borneo, mostly late 19th century. Three spear heads; five machete blades; & one machete with a 19th century blade & 20th century handle. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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