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March Art & Antique Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:858
Sale Title:March Art & Antique AuctionLots with images:106
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:606
Date:22-Mar-2011
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Four volumes of ‘Practical Shipbuilding’ and other titles, published Holland 1948-1957. A4 size blue cloth binding.
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A vintage wooden duck decoy with the mason wood mallard drake mounted on a wooden base with a paint finish and glass eyes. Height 19 cm length 39 cm depth 15 cm
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A large wooden duck decoy crafted from a single block of wood with hand painted finish and glass eyes. (minor restoration to tail). Height 22 cm length 47 cm depth 19 cm
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A wood and brass English fly reel, 3’, with on/off check and factory line guide.
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A wood and brass English Nottingham fishing reel, 4’, with on/off check and bone handles.
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A large embossed 'Eaton Sun' Scarborough type wooden reel, 7', with brass mounting
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A vintage Milward mahogany and brass game reel, 5’, star back, with on/ off check, wood handles, line guide and brass backed spool.
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A Cummings brass reel, 2½’, 3 spool type with vintage line.
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A Farlow brass salmon reel, 4 3/4', with a strong permanent check, embossed with farlows, early 191, the strand, London address
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A Pflueger casting reel, with a narrow drum and raised bass emblem, finished in powder alloy and in original zip case.
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A Pflueger supreme U.S.A. casting reel, wide drum with old line, with leaping bass to faceplate, powder alloy finish, in original solid case.
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A Canadian Indian creel of basket weave grass work with decoratively coloured motifs including animals to the walls. The lid hinged and tied with rawhide thongs, c.1950. Width 31 cm
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An old green glass fishing float with rope netting.
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An old green glass fishing float with rope netting.
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An old green glass fishing float with rope netting.
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Two Burmese Dha (swords), both with sennit bound scabbards and with cotton plaited cords affixed, one only with hilt, complete with sennit binding. Length 760 and 67 cm
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An early 20th century horse hair covered backpack of rectangular form with leather trim and strapping, the lift-up 5 flap revealing two internal half flaps, mid to dark brown colour. Height 40 cm. Width 38 cm depth 14 cm
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A retro 1950’s orange plastic large ceiling light of spherical form made from multiple swirled tubular trailings, with original fittings. Diameter 34 cm
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An Endura Ware bakelite circular bowl with coloured marbling. Diameter 15.5 cm Together with a Bandalasta Ware stem dish with cream and orange marbling. Diameter 20 cm
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An eastern Damascene brass tray and a similar vase, the circular tray worked with kufic script and knot designs. Diameter 33 cm The vase, squat circular and similarly decorated. Height 12 cm
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A Victorian period tortoiseshell and gilt metal spectacle case with restrained silver piquet decoration and plain gilded cartouche. Length 14.5 cm
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A mink stole by C. Calman Links, London, Furriers to H.M. The Queen.
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An old North African tan leather pouffe with stitched geometric floral designs. Diameter 65 cm
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A Georgian cut glass decanter, mallet body with a triple neck ring and bullseye stopper, the body with cut flutings. Slight fritting and faults. Height 26.5 cm
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An 18th century English cordial glass with an engraved bell bowl, plain stem and a circular folded foot along with a wrythen conical bowl, short stemmed, circular footed wine glass. Heights 145 and 12.5 cm
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Two Georgian period glass decanters of baluster shape, facet and hobnail cut decoration, each with three neck rings, both with original stoppers. Height 220 and 20.5 cm
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A Georgian period facet cut glass decanter with gilded decoration and original hexagonal stopper. Height 28.5 cm Chip on stopper.
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A late 19th century glass perfume bottle of circular section with finely detailed frosted decoration, gilded borders and a facet cut stopper. Height 14.5 cm
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A 19th century Italian Venetian white and apple green overlay glass perfume bottle with gilded decoration and original stopper. Height 13 cm
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A 19th century Bohemian ruby glass vase of octagonal section on circular stem and foot, beautifully engraved with deer in a forest. Height 20 cm
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A good quality Bohemian ruby overlay facet cut goblet with single knopped stem and finely engraved decoration of birds, buildings, animals, etc. Height 15 cm
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A pair of good quality 19th century Bohemian ruby glass facet cut, tall stemmed wine glasses with finely engraved decoration of deer and hounds in a forest landscape. Height 15.5 cm
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A good quality 19th century Bohemian facet cut blue glass jug with beautifully engraved decoration of bear in a forest. Height 20 cm
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A pair of good quality 19th century Bohemian amber glass facet cut scent bottles with finely engraved decoration of deer in a forest landscape, original stoppers. Height 12 cm
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A good quality 19th century Italian Venetian green glass octagonal section goblet with richly gilded decoration of leaves and scrolls. Height 17 cm
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A good quality 19th century Bohemian amber glass goblet with finely engraved decoration of deer in a forest landscape. Height 17 cm
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An Italian Murano cobalt blue glass circular bowl lavishly gilded and decorated with floral enamels. Diameter 22 cm tiny rim frit.
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A Murano glass vase of flattened ovoid form in an iridescent cobalt blue colour with numerous splashes of gold. Height 28 cm
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A Victorian opalescent and pink coloured glass ewer along with a vaseline glass and frilled rim posy vase with applied flowers to the sides. The largest 20.5 cm
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A large late Victorian cut glass inkwell, square section with circular hinged faceted cover. Height 10 cm
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A set of six Waterford Sheila pattern cut crystal stemmed wine glasses. Height 13 cm
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A set of nine Irish Waterford facet cut crystal sundae dishes. Diameter 10 cm etched marks.
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A Paul D'Avesn French opalescent shallow glass bowl marked 'D'avsen', France, moulded with three pairs of song birds perched on fruiting boughs. Diameter 32 cm
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A Rene Lalique, Art Deco period, stained opalescent Druide vase of spherical form with relief moulded berry and branch decoration with a blue/green staining, designed 1924, engraved and moulded marks to base. Height 17.8 cm
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A graduated pair of Rene Lalique blue glass scent bottles of ribbed cylindrical form with stepped tops and light blue glass domed stoppers, the larger with etched marks including ‘Worth’. Height 13.5 cm
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A small Lalique clear and frosted glass baluster vase moulded with a pair of lion masks. Height 9.5 cmmm engraved mark in script, post 1945.
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A Cranberry glass jug, baluster shape with serpentine rim, a fluted clear glass handle along with a ruby glass spill vase with a clear glass rim and foot. Jug. Height 19.5 cm
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A Loetz Powolny Art Deco glass vase, the red/orange body with traditional vertical black stripes and rim, wide baluster form, ground pontel to base. Height 17 cm
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A Maori pre-European toki (adze), of dark grey argillite with rounded quadrangular cross-section, tapered form, well polished with signs of flake scarring. Length 16.8 cm maximum. Width 6 cm
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A good large Maori pre-European large toki (adze) with rounded rectangular cross-section, frontal butt reduction for lashing, hammer-dressed and polished all over, in tact straight cutting edge. Length 24 cm. Width 6.7 cm
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A modern greenstone adze blade, wide rectangular cross-section, tapered form, dark green colourway. Length 14 cm. Width 5.3 cm .
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A mid-20th century quality carved Maori putorino (flute), the two sections entirely carved with a central mask and carved kowhaiwhai bands, lashed with three multi-banded sections with red, black and white thread. Length 36 cm
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A mid-20th century Maori Putatara (trumpet), the carved bone mouthpiece with pigment covering to the woven fibre, traditional large trumpet shell body. Length 43 cm
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A carved Maori pou figure standing in flexed stance, with hands clasped to abdomen, the face with paua shell inlaid eyes, tongue extended and overall decoration of incised scrolls. Height 81 cm
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An East African Shona Chief’s stool, the shaped lozenge top with lineal and notch carving supported by three cylindrical bars to the stylised figure base, dark brown patina. Length 47 cm. Height 22 cm
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A pair of tall African hardwood masks, dark reddish brown and black, large protruding eyes, long nose and open mouth. Height 12.7 cm
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A small old Dayak tribal storage box, cane and split bamboo with ornate shell decorated front. Width 4.5 cm depth 3.4 cm. Height 4.2 cm Borneo. With glass top.
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An Admiralty Islands dagger, obsidian with a red, black and white painted handle. Length 33 cm
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An old Ethiopian stool, the three curved truncated legs supporting the circular concave seat. Diameter 42 cm. Height 33.5 cm Made from one solid piece of native hardwood.
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A large old Vietnamese indigenous wood carving as a stylised woman with protruding ears adorned with leaves, decorative detail of a necklace and wrist bands, incised ribs, remains of coloured pigments, black, red, ochre and white, of curved trunk section form and adze workings evident to reverse. Height 84 cm
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A pair of early 20th century New Zealand Maori carved bellows, one side with a stylised figure on repeating pattern ground with paua inlays (one missing), turned brass nozzle and leather studded centre. Length 35 cm
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A New Zealand coat of arms, cast bronze with painted polychrome decoration. Height 53 cm. Width 60 cm. Ex. Auckland post office.
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An early 20th century Bank of New Zealand, Ngaruawahia branch cheque book, still with some cheques, the butts dated 1914, 1915 and detailed ‘Timber for Whare’, ‘blacksmith’s’, etc., this lot also including other cheques.
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A rare 19th century female Huia head mounted to a burr totara shield form panel, the head with typical fine and arched beak, pale toned wattles and black plumage. Height of shield 14 cm. Width 11 cm length from beak tip to shield back 12.7 cm
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An Ataahua mantel clock, shaped as a kiwi with veneer of paua sectional shelll, raised on Rewarewa plinth, set with a time piece.
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A Paul Dibble bronze sculpture depicting the legend of Maui with fish supporting a volcano, waka, sail boat etc, signed and dated 2003, artists proof. Height 36 cm
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An Elizabeth Thomson large bronze beetle, naturalistically modelled with segmented legs, detailed head with protruding antenn' and red finished eyes. Length 50 cm. Width 49 cm depth 17 cm C1990.
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A Barry Brickell spiromorph hydrant of sculptured hand built terracotta, formed with a screw type and a panelled riveted body, impressed 'The Colonial Iron Works Dcr 1906', artist's mark to base. Height 87 cm
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A Barry Brickell large bowl, wheel thrown, the shaped rim with three stylised face form spouts, lustrous partial clear and pale celadon type glaze, unglazed towards the base, heavily iron spotted. Diameter 28 cm impressed potter’s mark.
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A Barry Brickell bowl, compressed oval shape with pouring lip, impressed design to the interior rim, dun coloured glaze interior and blue exterior. Impressed potter’s wheel cipher. Width 30 cm
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A Barry Brickell pottery cylindrical vase, fluted swollen body, impressed decoration at the mouth and impressed potter’s cipher at the foot. Height 23.5 cm
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A Barry Brickell pottery vase, cylindrical shape with circular spreading foot and impressed decoration at the mouth, with wheel cipher. Height 31 cm
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Barry Brickell pottery bowl of circular shape with greenish blue, brown and black glaze effects. Diameter 28 cm impressed mark.
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Barry Brickell circular pottery bowl with green, blue and dark red glaze effects. Diameter 30 cm impressed mark.
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A small New Zealand Briar Gardner pottery vase of squat baluster shape with green glazed effects. Height 8 cm Impressed marks.
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A Briar Gardner pottery vase of trumpet shape with green and yellow glaze effects. Height 11.5 cm Impressed marks 1/5/41.
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A large Briar Gardner pottery flower trough of elongated oval shape, in lilac and pale green mottled glazes, incised signature under base. Length 30.5 cm
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A Briar Gardner pottery trough in the form of a boat, yellow blue tones, full signature to base. Height 4.5 cm length 7 cm
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Four Luke Adams small colonial pottery pieces, includes a green beaker, clear glazed jug, brown glazed small pot with raised windmill, hound and a miniature brown glazed cup and saucer.
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A Temuka pottery paperweight of domed circular form, raised decoration of a stylish grotesque mask, pale clear/buff glaze to the porcelain body, printed mark to base, hair crack to top. Diameter 11 cm Note: similar example illustrated on the front cover of ‘Pottery in New Zealand’ by Gail Henry.
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A Temuka Ware sculptured model, ‘Sailor Duck’, standing with an open beak, brown glaze and printed mark to base. Height 17.5 cm chip to beak.
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An Orzel (Titian) moon flask vase. Cream stipple finish, impressed and incised factory marks. Height 29.5 cm
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Two Titian Studio vases, both urn shaped, one with white over brick red crackle glaze, the other with a ‘leather’ glaze. Height 15.5 cm
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A Titian studio pottery plate, shape 10.7 cm painted with a scene of ducks and game dog. Signed E. Rennie. Width 23 cm
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A Titian studio pottery campana urn vase, black glaze with faux marble detailing. Shape 20.4 cm Height 18 cm
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A Titian studio pottery trough urn vase, with stippled enamel finish. Shape 10 cm Width 33 cm
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An early Len Castle small dish, the interior with relief outline decoration of a crab in dark grey on green ground, unglazed terracotta bodied exterior, impressed potter’s mark. Diameter 10.5 cm
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A Len Castle Crum Brick Works period vase of squat ovoid form, salt glazed with manganese slip, heavily fired giving streaky dark brown to black glaze effects with golden highlights including kiln drips, rare potter’s mark to base, minor hair crack to rim. Diameter 16 cm. Height 11.6 cm
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A Len Castle cylindrical pottery vase with olive coloured ash glaze and incised decoration. Impressed potter’s cipher. Height 20.5 cm
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A Roy Cowan stoneware platter of rectangular form with two handles, the well decorated with stylised fronds, wax resist highlights, a pale glaze with dark red/brown evident and incised potter’s initials to reverse. Length 44 cm
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An Olive Jones hand thrown vase of ovoid form, textured pale green glaze with crackle and spotted effects, incised signature & other mark to base. Height 18.5 cm
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A Chester Nealie anagama fired vase, the spherical body and long tapered sculptured neck with variable dark to orange/red glaze effects, shell remnants, potters mark to base. Height 16.5 cm
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A Mirek Smisek pedestal footed bowl, with a band of wavy combed decoration, ‘green gravel’ glaze, impressed mark, c.1980. Height 12.5 cm diameter 17.5 cm
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A Mirek Smisek vase of hexagonal bodied form, dark Temoku glaze with rust red highlights, impressed potter’s mark to base. Height 20.5 cm
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Six Mirek Smisek goblets of traditional baluster form with fluted cut decoration to the body, spreading foot, a 9 pale celadon glaze and each with an impressed potter’s stamp, c.1980.
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An early Estelle Martin slab built vase of tapered rectangular section with a wide flat shoulder, tapered neck, flat rim and impressed potter’s mark to foot. Height 18 cm
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Four Bruce and Estelle Martin studio pottery pieces, Anagama fired, includes Bruce Martin wall hanging vase, guinomi and a small lidded box and an Estelle Martin small wall hanging vase with copper fittings, all pieces with inscribed marks.
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Dennis O’Conner tall flask of mildly baluster form, salt glazed in bands of golden dark brown, blue and pale green/brown, swollen open narrow neck to top, tap hole to base, impressed with potter’s mark. Height 55 cm
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Three New Zealand studio pottery pieces, includes Helen Mason slab form trough with pinched feet, variably glazed in blue and darker tones, Juliet Peter small footed dish and O.C. Stephens small oval green glazed bowl.
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Geoff Fairburn geometric banded gourd with white highlighting, some borer. Height 58 cm
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