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The Ngaire Hart Estate Collection — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:455
Sale Title:The Ngaire Hart Estate CollectionLots with images:455
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:434
Date:25-May-2020
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Two Briar Gardner vases, the larger of squat form with heavily textured matt glaze, variable tones, the smaller unusually with an encircling band of Maori koru engraved design, the textured green glaze with blue highlights, diameter 16.5 cm and 6.5 cm.
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A Briar Gardner uncommon boat form bowl, of boat hull design with variable blue, green and pale glaze. Incised potters full name to base, length 27.2 cm.
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A Briar Gardner wall vase formed as a fish, the uncommon sculpted form with open mouth, yellow/tan glaze, firing fault, height 25.5 cm.
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A Briar Gardner uncommon Maori decorated vase, incised Maori carved decoration, variable green yellow glaze. Incised signature and date 1/9/41, height 8.5 cm.
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An Elizabeth Lissaman lidded trinket box, painted with three birds to the lid, signed on the base, diameter 12 cm
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A Jova Rancich large Centennial commemorative vase, majolica green glazed, incised with clematis and koru bands above the inscription 'Te Na Koe'Aroha Nui ' Haere Mai '1838-1938'. Stamped maker's marks under the base. Firing cracks and foot edge chip, height 28 cm.
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A Molle (Molly Goodsell) hand sculpted pottery tiki wall plaque, with relief green glazed tiki and the words 'Kia Ora. New Zealand', incised maker's marks to reverse, height 13 cm.
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A vintage commercial pottery unknown ceramic Maori canoe, double prow end, cracked and re-stuck, unmarked, length 32 cm.
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A vintage New Zealand studio pottery Maori decorated small dish, the flat rim with stylised tiki and koru type incising, green glaze. Incised 'MM' to reverse, diameter 8.5 cm.
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A Mavis Jack small tiki decorated dish, the relief stylised figure to the center, lustrous green glaze, incised makers name and Wanganui to the base, diameter 11 cm.
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A pottery bowl, decorated with figures and inscribed 'Early Maori Fishing' on a celadon ground, diameter 18 cm.
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An Aaron Scythe ceramic kete 'Te Aroha Oribe', height 41 cm
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A Robin Ranga ceramic wall sculpture 'Dame Whina Cooper and her granddaughter Irenee', white slip with black painted finish, height 35 cm
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A Robert Rapson (1951-2020) 'Ford Cortina' seven-piece ceramic sculpture/assemblage, signed and dated 2013. car length 20.5 cm.
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Three pottery kereru, variable pale to deep green metallic type glaze, some losses to glaze and one with chip to underside of tail. Provenance: Purchased from Barry Brickell circa 1964 Driving Creek, Coromandel. Originally thought by the buyer to be by Brickell but subsequently attributed to Ngunguru Pottery, Northland, height 24.5 cm, 23.5 cm and 18.5 cm.
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A collection of Theo Schoon design material given to Len Castle, including suggestions for pots annotated manuscript (.2 cm x A4); sketch designs (.2 cm x A4); monochrome photographs of worked plasticine (.2 cm x [16.5 cm x 21.5 cm]); various small design sketches pencil/ink on paper/draughting paper (14)
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A colour photograph of a sulphur crusted hot pool attributed to Len Castle, inscribed verso 'Len Castle photograph, Making the Molecules Dance', and possibly associated with that exhibition. 29.5 cm x 19 cm.
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A large Len Castle 'Avian' bowl, the interior with ash glaze, umber pigment rubbed exterior, impressed potter's mark, circa 1980s, diameter 39.5 cm.
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A Len Castle press moulded dish, rounded square form, tenmoku glaze, the interior with repeating impressed motifs, impressed potter's mark. 25.5 cm x 25 cm x 4 cm.
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A Peter Stichbury large circular wall flask, with ash glazed rondel framed by a tenmoku body patterned with a small chevron design. Lug handles to the shoulder. Impressed mark, diameter 35.5 cm.
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A Graeme Storm salt glazed stoneware bellarmine, with applied mask and three rondels. Impressed potter's mark, height 30 cm.
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Bronwynne Cornish pottery sculpture 'Tylee Temple 1999', mottled emerald/turquoise glazed earthenware. Incised title, date and artist's initials under the base. Made during the artist's Tylee Cottage residency in Whanganui. Exhibited: Mudlark, a survey exhibition of Bronwynne Cornish's work 1982-2013. 15.5 cm x 11 cm x 21 cm. Small edge frit.
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Ian Firth 'Kotiate Bowl', 1970, large ovoid form with kotiate edge forms to the rim and a central koru scroll, unglazed iron spotted rim, brown/oatmeal spotted glaze to the interior. Impressed potter's mark to the back. Illustrated in the N.Z. Potter Magazine No. 3 1996, 'Ian Firth: 50 Years a Potter' by Howard Williams. 57 cm x 42 cm x 20 cm
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Five framed Anneke Borren pottery tile panels, each panel of twenty-five tiles forming one large bird painting. Each panel 83 cm X 84 cm. Originally purchased as a large tiled cube from the Anneke Borren Auction in October 2017 and deconstructed/remade into five panels.
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Anneke Borren and Owen Mapp black glazed pot with lid as a carved bone pendant, 1986. 'I said 'Isn't it a pity one always puts one's jewellery away in a box. Why don't we make the pendant as a lid, with the cord inside it'. Diameter 15.5 cm (pendant diameter 5.7 cm). Mapp, one of New Zealand's premier carvers and partner of Borren for two decades turned and carved the bone pendant that forms the lid for this vessel.
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A large Chester Nealie floor pot, spherical with trumpet mouth, lug handles to the shoulder, anagama glaze, remnants of scallop shells to body, height 52 cm.
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A Chester Nealie anagama vase, ovoid with cylindrical neck, small lug shoulder handles; impressed and sgraffito 'windows' decoration. Incised cipher and dated 1986, height 30 cm.
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A large Chester Nealie salt glazed vessel, the spherical body and tapered neck with remnants of encrusted shells from the firing, clear celadon type glaze showing variation from thick glassy sections to near matt. Impressed potter's mark to base, height 41.5 cm.
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A Chester Nealie anagama vase, mallet bodied with cylindrical neck, small lug shoulder handle, incised cipher and dated '92, height 41 cm.
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A Chester Nealie pottery wall vase, discoid form with hanging notches. Impressed seal mark, diameter 13 cm.
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A Chester Nealie wood fired vessel, variable pale heavy glaze effects including shell details, incised potter's marks to base, height 21.5 cm.
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An early Chester Nealie patu form wall vase, the body with combed sgraffito and streaky dark ochre washed highlights, conforming pigmented rolled rim, impressed potter's mark, circa 1973, height 32 cm. Illustrated 'N.Z. Potters, Their Work and Words' by Doreen Blumhardt and Brian Brake 1976. Provenance: Ex. the collection of Doreen Blumhardt.
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Chester Nealie hei matau wall ornament, fine impressed lineal decoration, dark glaze rubbed to the recesses. Impressed potters mark circa 1972, height 25 cm.
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Three Chester Nealie porcelain sedge grass vases, moulded as mahe (sinker stones), blue green pigmented. Largest 10.5 cm x 9 cm x 6 cm.
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Two Chester Nealie pottery sedge vases, one discoid form, the other bun form. Impressed seal marks, diameter 13.5 cm and 11 cm.
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An early Estelle Martin slab built vase, of tapered rectangular section with a wide flat shoulder, cylindrical neck, incised potter's mark to foot, height 33.5 cm
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Two Stewart Fulljames (Rewa Gallery) earthenware 'rockets', with black and white slip, incised and painted decoration, height 510 and 56 cm.
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Two Stewart Fulljames (Rewa Gallery) earthenware 'rockets', with black and white slip, incised and painted decoration, height 550 and 57 cm.
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Two Stewart Fulljames (Rewa Gallery) whiteware platters, earthenware with white slip decorated with incised motifs. Marked with cipher, diameter 23 cm largest.
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A set of four Stewart Fulljames (Rewa Gallery) whiteware vases, decorated with Maori designs, inscribed 'I Am Tiki', height 15 cm.
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A large Stewart Fulljames (Rewa Gallery) whiteware vase, earthenware with white slip decorated with incised motifs. Marked Rewa, dated 2009, height 47.5 cm.
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A large Stewart Fulljames (Rewa Gallery) whiteware tapering vase, earthenware with white slip decorated with incised motifs. Marked with incised face, dated 2009, height 46 cm.
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A Stewart Fulljames (Rewa Gallery) colourful ceramic bird, earthenware painted in bright enamels. Marked Rewa, dated 2015, height 38.5 cm.
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A Stewart Fulljames (Rewa Gallery) whiteware figure, earthenware with white slip decorated with incised motifs. Marked with cipher, height 39 cm.
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A Stewart Fulljames (Rewa Gallery) whiteware vase, earthenware with white slip decorated with incised motifs, height 23 cm.
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A set of five stoneware wall plaques by Stewart (Fulljames'), with transfer colonial images. Each 14 cm x 14 cm.
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Three 'I Am Tiki' ceramic wall tiki plaques, various, incised entitlement and maker's details 'Mad Potters' to reverse, height 13.5 cm.
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A modern ceramic glazed tiki, details to the reverse 'I Am Tiki' by Hone Moriarty and further details, partial green glaze highlights, paua and feather highlights, height 21 cm.
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A modern ceramic glazed tiki, details to the reverse 'I Am Tiki' by Hone Moriarty' and further details, partial blue glaze highlights, paua and feather highlights, height 21.5 cm.
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A large sculpted pottery tiki by D.J. Moriarty, lustrous dark black and green tones, inscribed on reverse 'I Am Tiki' by Jo Moriarty, Mad Potters...', height 20 cm.
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Two N.Z. studio pottery jugs, one attributed Mirek Smisek, the other by Ian Firth.
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A vintage studio art sculpted terracotta head, the woman with her hair in a ponytail, variable glaze effects, height 30 cm approx.
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A vintage studio art sculpted terracotta head, the woman with her hair in a bun, variable glaze effects including heavy salt glaze to side of neck, height 30 cm.
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A studio pottery vessel, the large mallet formed body with ridged vertical strata type bands with graduating turquoise glaze. Impressed potter's mark to the base, height 30.5 cm.
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A Maori patterned gourd shaped vase, height 20 cm; along with a colonial pottery wall vase, incised FCF and dated 1943.
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A Jeff Mincham (Aust. b.1950-) large vase, flaring cylindrical, decorated with burnt grasses pattern. Incised signature and dated '04, height 44 cm
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A Raynham Pottery (Ray Cook - Aust.) vase, modelled after Keith Murray's Wedgwood spherical lathe turned vase, cream slip stucco finish. Incised marks. Tiny foot edge chip, height 13.5 cm
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A Michael Cardew (UK Wenford Pottery) large teapot, squat circular with cane handles, terracotta with brushpoint floral designs. Impressed marks. Small rim frits, diameter 20 cm.
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Rebecca Harris 'Settling In' a ceramic diptych panel artwork, 'A Vision' (Murderers Bay) [after the engraving from Abel Tasman's 1642 voyage] and 'Lost Way', both initialed, entitled, dated 2004 and numbered 1/1. 22.5 cm x 40 cm.
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Four Helen Perrett sculpted pottery 'Family Portraits' wall masks, 'Great Uncle Frank was a Magician', 'Jeanie, was a lovely girl, she married well', and two others also detailed. The largest height 14 cm.
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Helen Perrett 'Family Portraits' wall masks, 'Colin Did Well in London', 'Edward' and 'Roman Ancestor'.
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A Patricia Perrin ovoid vase, matt banded glaze in a dark brown tone, impressed potter's mark to base, height 24 cm.
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A Pat Perrin large onion pot and another smaller pot, poured glaze to the shoulder, the larger with original rope handle and cork, the smaller with original cork and spoon captured in lug to the shoulder, height 26 cm and 11 cm.
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A Doris Dutch double aperture wall vase, the partial barnacle glaze effects with blue and dark glazed highlights. Impressed potter's mark to reverse, double lug hanging support, height 19.5 cm.
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A terracotta sculpted mother and child, along with three terracotta small figures, height 35 cm
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A pottery bust of a woman, hand slab built, dribbled green glazes, height 34 cm.
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A large Jengis Poor pottery bowl, glazed in black on white with an image of John Lennon and the lyrics to 'Imagine'. Signed and dated 2014, diameter 54 cm.
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A wall charger by Steven Scholfield (Rocket Pottery), decorated with a repeating grid of impressed stamps after Theo Schoon, highlighted with blue glaze and bronze gilding, impressed potter's mark to reverse, diameter 36.3 cm.
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A wall charger by Steven Scholfield (Rocket Pottery), decorated with a repeating grid of impressed stamps after Theo Schoon, inspired by Maori rock art, highlighted with dark glaze, impressed potter's mark to reverse, diameter 34.6 cm.
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A wall charger by Steven Scholfield (Rocket Pottery), decorated with a repeating grid of impressed stamps after Theo Schoon, highlighted with dark glaze, impressed potter's mark to reverse, diameter 35.7 cm.
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A Toby Stafford salt-glazed vase, with cut slab walls, ring neck, raised on four cut feet. Impressed mark, height 24 cm
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A large Rick Rudd matt black terracotta teapot, hand-built irregular shape, gloss black compressed ball stopper. 28 cm x 20 cm x 11 cm approx.
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An Amber Smith vessel, detailed 'Kia Tau Te Rangimarie', 'May Peace be With You', height 31 cm, named to the base.
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An Amber Smith contemporary studio pottery 'Tinkling Bowl', etched decoration to the black glaze over the white slip and terracotta and detailed 'Aroha. Love', bronze glazed interior. Artist's name to base, height 10.5 cm.
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A Christine Thacker studio pottery tall baluster jug, 'Hide', the mottled blue/grey ground with wispy repeating pods and the dominant words in black 'Imagine if elephants ruled on Earth. Would they hunt us down for the currency of our hardened hearts'...', height 33.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased from a fundraising auction 2014 with note and receipt.
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Alan Taylor (1933-2016) 'Waitemata Harbour', acrylic on board, signed, signed and dated 2004 verso. 63 cm x 62 cm.
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Alan Taylor (1933-2016) 'Northland', acrylic on canvas board, signed. 24.5 cm x 25.5 cm.
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Alan Taylor (1933-2016) Untitled, shoreline with figures and ship, acrylic on board, signed. 29.5 cm x 39.5 cm
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Alan Taylor (1933-2016) Untitled, coastal landscape, acrylic on board, signed. 29 cm x 36.5 cm.
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Alan Taylor (1933-2016) Untitled, coastal landscape and ship, acrylic on board, signed. 29 cm x 39 cm
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A fine Syrian inlaid fold-over games table, opening to reveal a baize lined playing surface with whist board frame, a well to the centre opening to reveal a backgammon board. 84 cm x 42 cm x 84 cm (closed).
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A large-scale floor standing ceramic rhinoceros, with realistic skin effect. 118 cm x 33 cm x 51 cm.
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A large-scale floor standing ceramic elephant, with realistic skin effect. 113 cm x 44 cm x 64 cm.
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An octagonal carved Maori tabletop, decorated with tiki heads and fern fronds, adzed finish to edges. 62 cm x 54 cm.
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A folk art pine spinning chair, the high back carved with tiki motif, plain seat, square section legs. 30 cm x 37 cm x 106 cm.
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A Roman plaster bust, Marcus Tullius Cicero, height 58 cm
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A reproduction cast plaster pedestal stand, with wrythen turned column. 30 cm x 30 cm x 100 cm.
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A corrugated iron goat sculpture, the body comprised of multiple sections, old paint finish. 95 cm x 23 cm x 35 cm.
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An African carved hardwood figure of a standing hippopotamus, length 50 cm, height 27.5 cm.
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A cast earthenware buddha head, with white slip finish. Foot chip, height 30.5 cm.
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Two vintage relief carved wood Chinese temple dogs, a carved wood dragon mask head and a Buddhist monk string puppet.
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A large Japanese 19th century bronze shishi incense burner, the temple dog with head turned to the left, an open cavity to its back, length 34 cm
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Fourteen nursery rhyme tiles, in the blue and white Delft style, attributed to Tichelaar, Holland, circa 1920, includes 'Queen of Hearts', 'Simple Simon', 'Jack and Jill', some double ups, fixed to a cement slab. 26.5 cm x 97 cm.
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A Syrian (Aleppo) Byzantine Christian tile panel, the twelve tiles painted in the manner of an icon from the Eastern Orthodox church, metal framed. 63 cm x 84.5 cm.
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An Egyptian wooden carved cat, with black painted finish and small bead necklace and amulet, height 25.5 cm
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A pair of Chinese reverse paintings on glass, of exotic birds amongst flowering boughs. Each in carved frames. Overall, 55.5 cm x 41 cm.
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Reg Waghorn (1898-1987) 'Zephyr III', relief print 1/25, signed, titled and dated '72. 45 cm x 62 cm.
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A large Tibetan Buddhist thangka, in ink and watercolour on board, 73 cm x 46 cm; along with a Himalayan landscape watercolor, Solo Khumbu region, signed Temba. 33.5 cm x 53.5 cm.
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Vintage art print by Vladimir Tretchikoff, 'Balinese Girl'. 59.5 cm x 49 cm.
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Artist unknown, Portrait of a Thai woman, signed, inscribed Changmai, Thailand 2012. 37 cm x 55 cm
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