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Australian Themes & Other Makers — Ceramics - Shapiro Auctioneers
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Australian Themes & Other Makers
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Shigeo Shiga (Japanese/Australian, 1928-2011) globular vase, c. 1970 stoneware, swirled iron and ash glaze decoration, artist's seals impressed near base | *** |  |
| *** | Jeff Mincham (b. 1950) ceramic pot earthernware raku vessel, applied fin like decoration to top surface, inscribed artist's signature 'Mincham 88' to base (A/F). Height 21 cm. Diameter 34 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Barbara Mason (Australian) vase, c. 1980 of bulbous form, artist's signature marked in felt pen on base | *** |  |
| *** | Hiroe Swen (1934-), fluidity of movement 1995, press mould vase with matt blue gaze, impressed stamp and signature to base. Height 19 cm. Provenance: Purchased from the artist, 1995, illustrated in exhibition catalogue | *** |  |
| *** | Margaret Dodd, Chevy Automobile Grill, moulded in the shape front of an automobile, inscribed on underside 'M.Dodd, length 28 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Ray Hughes | *** |  |
| *** | Anne Mercer (b. 1945) stoneware pot with crackle glaze, potter's seal to base. Height 28 cm. Diameter 34 cm. Provenance: Corporate collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Don Court (Australian, b. 1952) blossom jar, c. 2006 wood fired stoneware with flowing celadon glaze, artist's mark incised to base, retains original gallery decal number | *** |  |
| *** | Sonny Manning, Vase, height 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Alan Peascod (Australian, 1943-2007), bottle vase, 2000, wheel-thrown stoneware, of bottle form with matte purple, blue and black glaze with incised decoration, height 27.5 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Les Blakebrough | *** |  |
| *** | Garry Bish, vase, c. 1991, stoneware, with brown and yellow sgraffito decoration, overlaid with rectangular motifs in black and blue, height 24 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Les Blakebrough | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Rushforth (Australian, 1920-2015), Large Ovoid Vase, wheel-thrown stoneware with asymmetrical lip, green-brown drip ash glaze, artist's seal to side of base, height 33 cm diameter 26 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New Zealand | *** |  |
| *** | Annie F. Mitchell, jug, hand-built earthenware, with applied gum flowers and gum leaves, artist's signature inscribed to base 'A.F Mitchell Goodwood Sth Aus handbuilt', height 13.5 cm. Provenance: The Jack Grace collection | *** |  |
| *** | Sam Herman (British/American, 1936-2020), glass vase, c. 1976, hand blown, with multi-coloured glass, signed, dated and numbered on base ' Samuel J. Herman 1976 SA130', height 18 cm width 17 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Les Blakebrough | *** |  |
| *** | Gillian Broinowski (Australian, 1934-2008), flat form vase, slab-built stoneware, light grey diagonal strokes to the front, together with a smaller example, artist's marks impressed to bases (2), height 42 cm width 26 cm; height 16 cm width 13 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | Ian Currie (Australian, 1941-2011), large vase, 1976, wheel-thrown stoneware of four-sided globular form, brown and green ash drip glazes, sgraffito decoration depicting landscapes to two sides, several kiln marks to one side, artist's signature and date… | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Travis (Australian, 1929-2016), sculptural vase, 1969, slab-built terracotta of rectangular form, dry glazed in oxide washes and decorated with raised and sunken relief in letters of the alphabet, artist's signature and date to base, height 37.5 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Travis, Elliptical Landscape, 1971, earthenware, signed and dated to base 'Peter Travis '71', height 18 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Professor Graeme W Clarke AO | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga, teapot, impressed artist's seal to base. Height overall 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga, ovoid pot, brown and white, impressed artist's seal to the base. Height 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy (Australian, b. 1933), large stoneware bowl, of squat form with wide lip, bizen style firing in shades of brown and green, artist's mark inscribed to base, height 16.5 cm diameter 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Jeff Mincham (Australian, b. 1950), teapot, 1996, raku fired earthenware under red glaze, with arched handle and incised wave pattern to body, inscribed to base 'Mincham '96', height 21 cm. Provenance: Weswal gallery, Tamworth, 1996. Private collection,… | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga, spherical chattered blossom vase, impressed artist's seal to the base. Height 18 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga, pair of shallow bowls. Diameter 16 cm, 18.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Reg Preston, large rectangular vase, 1969, painted and dated 'Preston 69' to the base, artist's monogram to side. Height 50 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Penny Smith, boxed tombstone (with butterflies), ceramic in timber and perspex case, 33 cm wide, 26 cm deep, 55 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | John Bosco Tipolura, tiwi pottery, including a stoneware bowl and three bottle vases, the vases signed 'J.B.T', the bowl signed 'Tiwi' | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Travis, ceramic vessel, 1965, signed inside on underside of base 'Peter Travis '65'. Height 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga (Japanese/Australian, 1928-2011), Flask Vase, stoneware with faceted profile, in mustard yellow glaze with iron oxide and red slip decoration, artist's seals impressed near base, height 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga (Japanese/Australian, 1928-2011), Blossom Vase, wheel thrown stoneware, the ribbed body in flowing tenmoku and green tea dust glaze with brushed decoration, artist's seals impressed near base, height 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hiroe Swen (Japanese Australian, b. 1934), Vase, 1974, slab built stoneware with bevelled rim, dark brown oxide glaze applied over celadon underglaze showing beneath painted wax resist abstract motifs, height 14 cm width 10.5 cm depth 11 cm. Provenance:… | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Travis (b. 1929), large charger, 1969 high fired earthenware, deep impressed and incised patterning, signed and dated to base 'Peter Travis/1969' (A/F), diameter 39 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Bernard Hesling (Australian, 1905-1987), coffee table, the rectangular enamel top decorated with fruits and vegetables, supported by four metal legs, signed 'Hesling, height 35 cm, width 58.5 cm, depth 43.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Janet Mansfield (1934-2013) blossom jar and tea bowl stoneware, the blossom jar glazed in shades of brown with slight ribbing to body, the tea bowl in shades of red with artist's seal to side of base (A/F) (2) blossom jar. Height 14.5 cm, tea bowl. Height… | *** |  |
| *** | Attributed to John Perceval (Australian, 1923-2001) table lamp, c. 1970 earthenware with 'Sang-de-boeuf' glaze, unsigned | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga (Japanese/Australian, 1928-2011) bowl, c. 1975 wheel-thrown stoneware with red copper glaze and three blue dots to centre, artist's seals impressed near base | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga (Japanese, 1928-2011) bottle vase stoneware of oblong form, tenmoku glaze with iron oxide patterned detail, artist's seal impressed to base | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Cooley, landscape, 2007 large ceramic bowl, interior decorated with a forest scene in pastel shades of blue, green and cream, signed on underside 'Cooley, '07', diameter 50.5 cm height 13 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Ray Hughes | *** |  |
| *** | Louise Taylor vase of tapering cylindrical form with applied gum leaves and gumnut flowers. Heightened in pink, bisque fired, underside incised' L. Taylor', small chip to rim. Height 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Margaret McLean vase mottled brown glaze, baluster form with applied gum leaves and gumnuts, underside incised 'M McLean' with glazing instructions. Height 16.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Petrus Spronk (b. 1939) terracotta pot black glaze with gold leaf remnants to upper edge. Height 21 cm. Diameter 28 cm. Provenance: Corporate collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Andrew Halford (b. 1953) stoneware vase stoneware, geometric patterning to surface, inscribed artist's signature and seal to side of base. Height 22 cm. Diameter 27 cm. Provenance: Corporate collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Neville French Charcoal bowl, Ochre interior porcelain bowl, artist's mark painted to base. Height 16.5 cm. Length 36 cm. Width 37 cm. Provenance: Corporate collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Ted Secombe full Bellied Dry crystal form ceramic pot, crystalline glaze in subtle shades of gold, red and green, artist's mark to base. Height 27 cm. Diameter 43 cm. Provenance: Corporate collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga (Japanese/Australian, 1928-2011), Ovoid Vase, c. 1970, wheel-thrown stoneware, chun glaze, artist's seal to edge of base, height 18 cm. Provenance: Collection of Donald and Phyllis Brook | *** |  |
| *** | Catherine Snowball, service platter, c. 1906, hand painted porcelain, depicting fish, with gilded rim, webbing and flora design to edges, displayed at the first Australian exhibition for women's work 1907, where she won best fish service, artist's… | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy (Australian, b. 1933), Globular Flask Vase, wheel-thrown stoneware with dimpled shoulder and texture impressed to body, ash-glazed in cream and russet, artist's seal impressed to edge of base, height 24 cm. Provenance: Collection of an Artist,… | *** |  |
| *** | Jenny Orchard (Australian, b. 1951), wild vase, c. 1991, glazed hand-built earthenware with applied flowers, artist's signature to base 'Jenny Orchard', height 57.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection of Jenny Orchard, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Prue Venables (British/Australian, b. 1954), black bowl, porcelain, black glaze, artist's signature to base, height 8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Vic. | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy (Australian, b. 1933), vase, c. 1970, high-fired stoneware, bizen style firing in shades of grey and brown, artist's mark incised to base, height 29.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Jenny Orchard (Australian, b. 1951), Vase, 1982, slipcast earthenware with black glaze and abstract decoration, artist's signature and date underneath, some small chips (A/F), height 30.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Travis, Four Footed bowls, c. 1960-1970, earthenware, all with green glaze interior, all signed 'Peter Travis' (4), height 12 cm and smaller. Provenance: The Estate of Professor Graeme W Clarke AO | *** |  |
| *** | Cheng Tsai Tung (Taiwanese, b. 1953), baluster vase, 1995, hand painted and glazed earthenware, wheel thrown by Errol Barnes, inscribed to base 'Errol Barnes, Australia '95', signed and dated to bottom edge 'Cheng Tsai Tung, '95', diameter 25 cm, height… | *** |  |
| *** | Judith Pungarta Inkamala (b. 1947), Two Cockatiels Lidded Pot, Hermannsburg, NT, hand-coiled terracotta clay, with underglaze decoration, marked 'JI011-13', height 22 cm. Provenance: Hermannsburg Potters, NT, Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Unknown, Lamb and Sheep, Lidded Pot, Hermannsburg, NT, hand-coiled terracotta clay, with underglaze decoration, marked 'IE316', height 19 cm. Provenance: Hermannsburg Potters, NT, Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Neville French (b. 1955), helmet bowl thrown and altered porcelain with feldspathic and limestone glaze, artist's mark signed in underglaze to base. Height 11.5 cm, diameter 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy (Australian, b. 1933), two 'Yin and Yang' bowls, porcelain with copper red accents to crackle glaze, artist's mark inscribed to base (2), height 7 cm diameter 15 cm. Provenance: Purchased from David Jones Art gallery | *** |  |
| *** | Daisy Merton vase, oviform shape, floral decoration on mottled blue ground, stamped Newtone pottery Sydney, hand painted D.V. Merton. Height 17 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Rushforth, large lidded pot, stoneware with iron decoration. Height 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga, square platter, impressed artist's seal to the base. Width 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Reg Preston, large bowl, painted 'Preston' to the base. Diameter 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy, bottle vase, stoneware, impressed artist monogram to base. Height 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Vande, large ceramic charger, decorated with an Aboriginal figure in a landscape seated signed 'Vande' to the base. Diameter 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Ray Taylor, large pot, painted 'RT' to base, 37 cm diameter x 38 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Lucy Beck, dinner set, each piece featuring a central depiction of a goat with glaze detail in shades of grey, brown and gold, comprising eight dinner plates, eight bread and butter plates, eight bowls and eight dessert bowls, each with inscribed… | *** |  |
| *** | Hiroe Swen (Japanese Australian, b. 1934), Circular Plate, c. 1974, handbuilt stoneware with bevelled edge, semi matte iron oxide glaze, pressed inlay decoration featuring a ring of six doves centring a nest of eggs, artist's seals impressed to base,… | *** |  |
| *** | Victor Greenaway (Australian, b. 1947), Spiral Vase, matte black, wheel thrown and altered to a spiralling conical form, artist's seal impressed to base, height 28.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Jenny Orchard (Australian, b. 1951), Two Sculptural Vessels, slip cast and hand built earthenware, glazed, with organic branch and flower embellishments applied to body, each signed to base 'Jenny Orchard', one repaired (A/F) (2), height 39 cm height 30.5… | *** |  |
| *** | Bobbie Hicks (Australian), Brutalist vase slab built stoneware, with matt glaze, decorated with protruding circular adornments, artist's signature to base, chip to edge of lid | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy (b. 1933) vase and round lidded box both with bizen style firing, artist's mark inscribed to base (2) vase. Height 15 cm, lidded box. Height 4.5 cm. Provenance: Estate of Prof. Alan Walker | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy (b. 1933) plate and three bowls bizen style firing in shades of red, brown, grey and yellow, the plate and two bowls with artist's mark inscribed to side or base (4) plate. Diameter 25 cm, bowl. Diameters approx 14 cm. Provenance: Estate of Prof.… | *** |  |
| *** | Ngunytjima Carroll (Australian) Tjirilya Tjuta, 2012 wheel thrown stoneware, black glazed vase incised with echidnas and ants, artist's signature and date to underside | *** |  |
| *** | John Dermer (Australian, b. 1949) vase wheel thrown with yellow iridescent salt glaze, and incised decoration, artist's monogram seal impressed near base | *** |  |
| *** | Hiroe Swen (Japanese/Australian, b. 1934), vase, slab-built stoneware, asymmetrical oval prism form, carved surface decoration with dark bronze brown satin glaze, signed and stamped underneath, height 13.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Queensland | *** |  |
| *** | Lisa Ringwood (South African, b. 1968). Two Wall Platters, oval slab-rolled earthenware, sgraffito and oxide drawings of colonial farming scenes, one with green border and the other with yellow, manganese to rims, artist's signature and seals to… | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Travis, Two standing sculptures, earthenware, each signed to base 'Peter Travis, one dated '76, height 25 cm height 19 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Professor Graeme W Clarke AO | *** |  |
| *** | Petrus Spronk (b. 1939) terracotta pot black glaze with incised line design and gold detail. Height 22 cm. Diameter 25 cm. Provenance: Corporate collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Jenny Orchard (b. 1951) Collins Street earthenware vase, geometric shape with abstract pattern, artist's signature to base 'Jenny Orchard'. Height 42 cm. Length 22 cm. Width 10 cm. Provenance: Corporate collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Alison Davidson, pitcher, signed 'Alison Davidison' to the base height 12 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Penny Smith (b. 1947), carved sculpture c.1980, carved and glazed ceramic of curved form. Height 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy (b. 1933) vase and tea bowl bizen style firing, the vase in matt shades of orange, blue and green, the tea bowl in shades of red, green and brown, both with artist's mark inscribed to side (2) vase. Height 15 cm, bowl. Height 8.5 cm. Length 13.5… | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy, large teapot and sugar bowl, the teapot with cane twine handle together with a lidded sugar bowl. Height 28 cm. Height 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Alan Wallwork (British, 1931-2019), two vases, slab-built speckled stoneware, one rectangular, one circular, both with carved decoration to the sides, glazed, both inscribed 'W' underneath (2), height 16 cm (largest). Provenance: The Estate of Peter Travis | *** |  |
| *** | Jeff Mincham (Australian, b. 1950), slab vessel II, c. 1985, hand-built stoneware, raku fired, with sgraffito decoration to sides, artist's signature incised to base 'Mincham 85', minor chips (A/F), height 30 cm width 31 cm. Provenance: Item 21, purchased… | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga (Japanese/Australian, 1928-2011), set of bowls, wheel-thrown stoneware with speckled red-brown glaze, each with artist's stamp to each base, one with small chip to rim (A/F) (5), height 7 cm diameter 15 cm. Provenance: Private Collection… | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Travis, Sculptural Form (Four Spouts), eathenware, signed to base 'Peter Travis', height 18 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Professor Graeme W Clarke AO | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga (Japanese/Australian, 1928-2011), near pair of plates, wheel-thrown stoneware with brown glaze, each decorated with a lattice grid pattern with four dots at each intersection in iron oxide within a single sgraffito band, artist's stamps to… | *** |  |
| *** | Jeff Mincham (Australian, b. 1950), Lidded Vessel, 1976, wheel-thrown stoneware, signed and dated on base 'Mincham 76', approx. height 32 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Hiroe Swen (Japanese Australian, b. 1934), bud vase, c. 2012, slab-built stoneware, featuring abstract brushwork glaze, impressed design to faceted sides, artist's signature and seals impressed to base, height 13 cm width 19 cm depth 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Phyl Dunn, coffee pot, painted 'Phyl Dunn' to the base. Height 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Shigeo Shiga, ceramic vase of baluster, blue matte glaze overlaid with a metallic brown glaze line decoration, pressed seal on base. Height 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Bernard Sahm, stoneware vase, Australian. Height 60 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Reg Preston (1917-2000), shallow platter with decorative glaze, glazed stoneware, artist's signature to base 'Preston'. Diameter 45.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Col Levy (Australian, b. 1933), Lidded Water Pot, wheel thrown stoneware, of cylindrical form, bizen style firing in shades of reddish brown and ash, artist's mark incised to base, height 29 cm diameter 26 cm. Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist | *** |  |
| *** | Kevin Dixon (b. 1964), Waterbird, Amooguna, NT, mixed media, height 32 cm. Provenance: Hermannsburg Potters, NT, Private Collection, Sydney. Certificate of Authenticity | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Travis (Australian, 1929-2016), small sphere, hand coiled and glazed stoneware in concentric pattern, diameter 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Carol Murphy (Australian), coral vessel, c. 2015, earthenware with clear glaze, with stand, height 54 cm. Provenance: Access contemporary Art gallery, Sydney NSW, August 1997. Private Collection, NSW. | *** |  |