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Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:276
Sale Title:Christmas Fine ArtsLots with images:276
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:208
Date:7-Dec-2022
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Japanese school (3), early Kunisada (1786-1865), geisha and blossoms, 34.5 x 23 cm; Hiroshige, 'Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi bridge and Atake,' late 19th/early 20th century edition, 30 x 20 cm (sheet); and one other similar vintage depicting three geisha, 29 x 19 cm (image) woodblock (3)
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Pair Japanese Meiji period bronze vases, by Hidekuni. Carved & inlaid in gold, silver & copper with a cockerel on a plum branch. Each with carved signatures for Hidekuni who worked in the Nogawa workshop in Tokyo. Height 12.5 cm
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Books (5), 'The handbook of marks on Chinese Ceramics', Gerald Davison, pub. Han-Shan Tang books, 1994; 'A survey of Chinese Ceramics-Sung Wares,' Liu Liang-Yu, pub. Aries Gemini Publishing, 1991; 'Chinese blue & white Porcelain,' third edition, Duncan Macintosh, pub. Antique Collectors, 1994; 'Allen's introduction to later Chinese Porcelain,' Anthony Allen, pub. Harper Photographics, 1996; & 'Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,' R.L. Hobson, pub. Dover publications, 1976.
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Fifteen Surakarta court belt buckles. Early to mid 19th century buckles worn at the Sultan's court of Surakarta, Java, Indonesia. Iron with gold and 'Suasa' inlay. Typical entwined snake motif. Four with diamond set eyes, one set with rubies and turquoise. In various conditions, some losses and repairs.
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Good, early 20th century Indonesian keris. Javanese keris with straight, double edged leaf form pamor blade. Length 50 cm
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Two Indonesian keris knives. Each with an undulating pamor blade. One with a Sumatran 'Jawa Demam' hilt, the other with a carved 'Dewa' deity hilt. Length 56 cm length ongest, in scabbard)
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20th century Indonesian knives. Includes a Sumatran sewar, rencong, four small keris, rawat knife with horn hilt, and a lawi ayam knife with parrot head hilt.
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Dayak headhunters Mandau sword. With concave/convex blade profile, bone hilt with carved 'Aso' motif. Together with 2 examples of Pisau Raut, by-knives used to dress trophy heads. Also a dayak blowpipe poison dart quiver (Tolor). Length 58 cm (sword in scabbard)
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Pair Colonial cedar side tables. Each with a moulded D-shaped top on a plain pine strung frieze, and four turned tapering legs. First half 19th century. Height 74 cm width 135 cm, depth 60 cm. Provenance: Estate late Trevor Kennedy Am.
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Pair Victorian Aesthetic movement oak salon chairs. In the manner of E.E. Godwin, c.1880s. Fret and spindle supporting black cotton button back. Height 90 cm and 94 cm
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French porcelain mounted ormolu mantel clock. Mid 19th century clock with japy freres movement. The case with foliage and swag decoration, surmounted by a porcelain urn finial. Hand painted porcelain dial and insets. No key, bell, or pendulum. Height 46 cm
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World War I trench art trophy. Ivo W. Kerr golf trophy, made from a German 210 mm mortar shell. Engraved inscription ''Ivo W. Kerr golf trophy, Commonwealth Institute of Accountants. This German Howitzer shell case was gathered by the donor on Mont St. Quentin (France) on the 1st September 1918 the day this well-nigh impregnable site was captured by the A.I.F. And is given a perpetual trophy in memory of fellow members of the institution who made the supreme sacrifice in the great war of 1914-1918.' Ivo…
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World War II posters (2), 'Blackout outside, Plenty of light inside with Philips Lamps.' second World War poster produced by Phillips Electrical Industries Pty Ltd advertising Phillips lamps. The text only poster uses colour to symbolise the effects of light and dark. On the left side of the poster, set jutting out of the rectangular edge, the title text appears in a palette shaped graphic of opposing dark/light colours. The rest of the text is centred in the other half of the poster in white, yellow and…
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World War II counter top Recruitment displays (3), 'How she'll prize your letters from overseas,' one of a series of Australian Commonwealth military Forces second World War recruitment posters issued under the title 'Join the AIF' this poster is subtitled 'How she'll prize your letters...' and features a woman's hand holding a photograph of her soldier boyfriend on a camel. The letter is one of a bundle of other letters tied with ribbon. The image is in black and white set against a bright yellow…
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Tolkien, J.R.R. (1892-1973), 2 pieces of correspondence Concerning the dating of the 14th century poem, 'Sir Gawain and the green Knight'. A scholarly edition of this work was published by Tolkien and his colleague E.V. Gordon in 1925. The lot consists of a three page typed letter from Mr A.I. Mackay to professor Tolkien with a detailed analysis of the terms used for various pieces of armour and at what date they first came into use. The 2nd letter is the typed, hand signed response from Tolkien expressing…
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Book, 'The Sermon on the Mount.' published by John field c.1865. Illuminated by Samuel Stanesby on 20 card leaves, pressed & embossed gilt covers. Inscribed dedications from September 1865, and 25th December 1892.
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After Desiderio da Settignano, (2). Bust of a little boy, bronzed/patinated plaster height 26 cm; and a little boy, painted plaster with losses height 21 cm. Provenance: Deceased estate, Sydney.
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Peter Rushforth, (1920-2015). Cylindrical stoneware vase. Indented, paddle beaten sides. Impressed potter's seal to foot. Height 19 cm
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Harold Randolph Hughan. Celadon glaze stoneware teapot, 1945-1987. Horizontal ribbing, with stylised copper decoration. Signed to base, & stamped for 'Hughan Glen Iris. Very small chip to spout. Height 15 cm. Provenance: Ken Don collection (Kenneth Lawrence & Don Evans); Skepsi gallery, Melbourne, 2007 (receipt available).
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Milton Moon, (1926-2019). Stoneware jug. With applied strap handle, incised horizontal ribs, matte brown glaze and incised signature to base. Height 25.5 cm
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Barbara Swarbrick. Double handled square bowl, 1989. The central reserve painted with stylised faces, with shell & starfish decoration to the borders. Stamp, & incised signature & date to base. 30 x 20 x 2 cm
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Cedar framed fusee railway clock, by H. Williamson. Circular white dial with Roman numerals, marked 'Fairfax & Roberts Ltd, Sydney'. Diameter 40 cm Provenance: Deceased estate, Sydney.
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Dino Martens (1894-190) art glass fish for Aureliano Toso. Yellow, red and clear sommerso glass. Bears factory paper label 'Murano a. Bon' for Vetreria Artigiana Aldo bon factory. Length 35.5 cm
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Jean Claude Navarro (French b.1943). art glass vase. Smoked glass with wide, flattened base and tall narrow neck. Engraved signature to base. Height 22.5 cm
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Edvin Ohrstrom (1906-1994). Two Orrefors 'Waterfall' crystal vases. Includes one tall, and one spherical form. Both engraved 'Orrefors' to base. Height 19 cm (tallest)
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