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Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:129
Sale Title:Studio Ceramics & Applied ArtsLots with images:129
Auction Location:WellingtonPrices available:123
Date:25-Nov-2021
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Crown Lynn, large black swan vase matt black, no. 170 to base, 21 cm height, 30 cm length, coloured small chip to base, David Jenkin, the head of the Crown Lynn, design department, copied the design for the swans from overseas, and from the late 1940s, swans were produced in various sizes and finishes. Black swans are believed to be very rare and it is possible that only a limited number were ever produced.
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Olive Jones, blue vase with small Navy jug & green trough all with incised marks, vase 16 cm height, jug 5.5 cm height, trough 16.5 cm length (3)
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Frank Carpay for Crown Lynn, dessert set consisting of large serving bowl with four dessert bowls, green & black band hand painted decoration, large bowl with tiki & Werk marks, no 8-10L to base, dessert bowls all with tiki marks, 22.5 cm dia, 15 cm dia.
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Frank Carpay for Crown Lynn, footed bowl hand painted bird motif, tiki & handwerk painted marks, H.11-2, 24.5 cm diameter (stained crazing)
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Lucie Rie, oil & Vinegar Pourers stoneware with manganese exterior, white interior with O & V marked to stoppers, both with impressed Lr impressed marks, 15 cm height (oil with rim chip)
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Shoji Hamada, (1894-1978) large stoneware vase with tetsue brushwork over nuka glaze, 22 cm height. Provenance: collection of John & Marguerite Scott., sale, a + O, Auckland, 9th October 2014 (lot 387)
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Temuka Topliss period Art Deco blue vase mottled blue glaze modelled with Maori motif, incised 'Temuka Ware' to the base, 18 cm height, reference: Gail Lambert, Pottery in New Zealand Commercial & Collectable (1985) (colour illustration)
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R S Lovatt for Temuka frilled lidded teapot adapted from the 'Hot Point' electric jug design, mottled brown gloss glaze, stamped mark to base, 18 cm height, reference: Gail Lambert, Pottery in New Zealand Commercial & Collectable (1985) (colour illustration)
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T N Lovatt for Temuka teapot green gloss glaze with gold hand painted highlights, stamp mark to base, 15 cm height. C.1962-4 gilded examples for special Christmas gifts, reference: Gail Lambert, Pottery in New Zealand Commercial & Collectable (1985) (colour illustration)
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Mirek Smisek, 'Kapiti' branch pot Te Horo c1980, cobalt & brown salt glaze, impressed mark & title inscribed with pen to base, 50 cm height. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner directly from studio of the artist, 1996 (with original receipt). Private Collection, Wairarapa
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Mirek Smisek, large branch pot incised cross hatched decoration to the body, dark blue & brown glazes, impressed mark, 69 cm height. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner directly from studio of the artist. Private Collection, Wairarapa
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Mirek Smisek, early Flagon with original stopper & rattan handle, incised early signature mark to base, 30 cm height
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Jim Greig, cylindrical vase with painted Japanese inspired decoration, impressed mark to base with original paper label, 17 cm height
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Darryl Frost, Anagama fired stoneware vase with small lug handle, 13 cm height, *Note* potter amended from printed catalogue
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Raewyn Atkinson (b 1955), Gifts of Civilization coil vessel red earthenware clay slip, scraffito, transfer print & oxide, signed & dated '03 to base with original paper label, 19 cm height, 44 cm length, 27 cm width. Provenance, purchased from Avid, Wellington, 'Gifts of Civilization' is the term used by Captain cook to describe the contact between Europeans and the native peoples his expeditions encountered. Hawai?ian history from the arrival of Captain James cook with his exchange rates and his sailor?s…
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Raewyn Atkinson, Landform red earthenware clay slip, signed to paper label affixed to base, 41 cm height, 49 cm width. Provenance: Purchased from Avid, Wellington, exhibited Memories of the Mainland, 1997, this was a series of work inspired by travels through Colin McCahon's Te Wai pounamu landscapes.
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Mike Deavoll, the Passage carved stone sculpture on shaped greenstone base, 32 cm height, 27 cm length, 11 cm depth (maximum)
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Aaron Scythe, six various Hand-painted ceramic pieces including sake bottle, 15 cm height, tri-footed mug, yunomi, other tea cup with two small dishes, all variously marked
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Sue Hawker, Too Much is Never Enough (2011), pate de verre glass, 48 cm height, 26 cm dia.. Provenance: Purchased Milford Galleries, Queenstown. Private Collection, Wellington
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Sue Hawker, Connexions: Ginga (2010), pate de verre glass, 44 cm height, 21 cm dia.. Provenance: Purchased Milford Galleries, Queenstown. Private Collection, Wellington
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Sue Hawker, Connexions: Adam (2010), pate de verre glass, 43.2 cm height, 21.5 cm dia.. Provenance: Purchased Milford Galleries, Queenstown. Private Collection, Wellington, the 'Connexions' series is inspired by the Connexions Lonely Hearts column in the New Zealand Herald newspaper hence ----, Ginga: hot, sugar coated babe seeks cool, classy male. Must have s.o.h., Adam: Healthy, rampant male seeks nature loving female.
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Sue Hawker, Tosser (2010), pate de verre glass, 34 cm height, 24 cm dia. Provenance: Purchased Milford Galleries, Queenstown. Private Collection, Wellington, 'Tosser' is an apple that has many connotations but here?s what Sue has to say: 'it is probably a girl thing as a couple of my female mates got the title pretty quickly. Sometimes when you are given a bouquet of flowers that is not quite enough, a sorry must accompany them, otherwise they might be thrown to the ground. Or maybe it was just a tosser…
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Len Castle, unique stoneware mosaic dish green crackled surface over a blue glaze, incised initials to the base, 35 cm dia., Provenance: from the collection of Graham Ambrose, sale, a + O, Auckland, 5 March 2014
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