| *** | Len Castle, Crater Lake/alkaline pool bowl, in matt stained earthenware with sculptured cavetto with alkaline blue glazed well. Impressed initials. Diameter 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware lipped alkaline pool bowl, with silica rubbed oxide textured exterior and alkaline blue glaze to the well, circa 2000, impressed initials, diameter 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, earthenware bowl with lava red glaze, signed with impressed artist's monogram. Diameter 41.5 cm. Height 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large rectangular platter, stoneware with ash glaze and impressed rope decoration, impressed mark and dated 1960's to affixed label, width 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, early branch pot, slab built stoneware with castellated corners, grey semi matt talc glaze over saturated iron glaze (A/F: firing cracks), impressed mark to the base and dated 1960 on affixed label, height 29 cm. Provenance: John Crichton… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, lava lake bowl, in matt black stained earthenware with sculptured cavetto and lava red glaze, impressed initials to the base. Diameter 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware dish, with gestural wax-resist decoration on tenmoku and purple glazes, impressed LC mark and original exhibition label no. 65 affixed to base, diameter 21 cm, Illustrated: Len Castle Potter (Sang Architects, 2002), p. 118. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Crater Lake bowl in matt grey stained earthenware, with turquoise alkaline glazed well and sculptured cavetto. Impressed initials. Diameter 49 cm. Provenance: Len Castle family collection | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, crumb Brickworks stoneware vase, tall cylindrical form with rich golden brown slip. Glazed at the crumb Brickworks, circa 1951, C mark, height 28 cm. Provenance: from the collection of Nancy Beck, purchased at the Albany village Potters… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Crum Brickworks salt glaze squat ovoid vase, with mid-brown manganese slip, circa 1954, castellated mark, height 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, with rectangular walls, the surface decorated with saturated iron under glaze, wax resist decoration of quince branch, mottled rutile over-glaze, impressed initials, height 29.8 cm. Provenance: Steve… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, avian bowl, earthenware bowl, mottled alkaline blue glaze and silica-rubbed oxide, impressed Lc mark to the underside, height 8.5 cm, width 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large and impressive ovoid stoneware vase with a 'Fractured' copper glaze, impressed initials. Height 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large discoid hanging form, iron oxide washed stoneware with carved stylised floral design, incised initials to the back, 39 x 37 x 7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, branch vase, in heavy feldspathic matt white glaze, height 36 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Wilson | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, sulphur bowl, impressed initials to the base, diameter 38 cm. Provenance: Castle family collection. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, a large and impressive discoid vase, potter's initials impressed to the base. Diameter 54 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware dish, with gestural wax-resist decoration on tenmoku and purple glazes, ceramic, impressed potter's mark and original exhibition label no. 65 affixed to base, 21 cm diameter, illustrated: Len Castle potter (sang architects, 2002), p.… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, crumb Brickworks ovoid vase, with mid brown manganese slip and salt glaze. Glazed at the crumb Brickworks, circa 1950, C mark, height 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, hanging form of heart shape, in iron oxide washed stoneware, circa 1990s, LC mark, length 26 cm. Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large and impressive discoid vase, in iron oxide washed stoneware with three rope impressions to each side, circa 1970, C mark, height 45 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware of 'Heart' shape, circa 1990, LC mark, length 27 cm. Illustrated: New Zealand Potter, volume 35, number 1, page 20. From the exhibition the Restless earth Moves Me at the Rotorua Bathhouse Museum. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large rectangular slab vase, in heavy colonial shino and feldspathic glazes, circa 1990, LC mark, height 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, hanging form, of rectangular shape with radiating lines from the neck, gunmetal coloured stoneware. C 1997, LC mark. Provenance: Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Large Sea Secret, sculptured with a round jagged flat surface with dark umber pigment rubbed to the recesses, a pool of alkaline glaze to the interior, impressed vertical LC mark and dated '98 to base; also inscribed by marker pen with 'L.',… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, hanging bottle form, stoneware with umber pigment to the textured surface, scored centre section, impressed mark verso, 45.2 x 8 x 8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, early hand-modelled fan-shaped vase, stoneware with pale celadon glaze, impressed mark and dated early 1960's on affixed label, width 22 cm. Provenance: John Crichton Estate | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, with jun glaze over tenmoku, impressed potter's mark above the foot, diameter 38.5 cm. Provenance: collection of Maureen Yee | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Discoid hanging form, with burnt umber wash, circa 1960s, length 35 cm. Provenance: Purchased with Len Castle at the Albany village Potters Collectible show in 1996. Ex the Nancy Beck collection. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, small discoid vase, with three rope impressions to each face and iron oxide washed in rich brown, c1960s, C mark, height 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Hanging form, stoneware with textured surface, iron oxide wash and ochre pigment, 33 x 27 x 7 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large and impressive hand thrown stoneware bowl with green semi matt talc glazed interior and tenmoku exterior, impressed initials. Diameter 51 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, crumb Brickworks squat ovoid vase, with mid brown manganese slip and salt glaze. Glazed at the crumb brickworks, circa 1954, Castellated mark, height 16 cm, illustrated Cone ten Down: the Studio movement in New Zealand pottery 1945-1980 by… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, ovoid hanging form, in iron oxide washed stoneware with heavy horizontal ribbing and blue interior, circa 1990s, LC mark, length 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Large alkaline blue bowl, with impressed decoration to the rim, impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 53 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large rectangular stoneware slab vase, in jun glaze over tenmoku, impressed mark, height 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, early bottle vase, earthenware with poured ash glaze to the shoulders, impressed mark to the base and dated 1954 on affixed label, height 29 cm. Note: See Len Castle potter, p. 23 for a similar example. Provenance: John Crichton Estate | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, conical fossil form, in grey stained white earthenware representing a 42 million year old form, circa 2000, LC mark, diameter 24 cm. The lot comes with two of the actual fossils, provided by the artist that the work is based on. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Large Night Sky series bowl, earthenware with alkaline blue glaze, impressed initials, 39.5 x 39.5 x 15.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, experimental sulphur bowl, incised initials to the base, diameter 49 cm. Provenance: Castle family collection | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Tongariro Track marker, stoneware dish with umber pigmented textured surface, stippled well with alkaline blue glaze. Impressed initials to base. Diameter 33 cm. Exhibition: 'Mountain to the sea’ | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large alkaline blue platter, with impressed pattern to the well, impressed vertical Lc mark to the base, width 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large hemispherical porcelain bowl, on a tapering foot with red lava glaze. Diameter 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large ovoid flagon, with strap handle in dark ash glaze with tea dust effect, early 1960s, C mark, height 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large discoid hanging form, in iron oxide washed stoneware with heavily scored front face, circa 1960s, C mark, diameter 37 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, winged form, in rich burnt sienna oxide washed stoneware, LC mark, width 34 cm. A similar example illustrated on the cover of Making the Molecules dance, Len Castle Ceramics, a retrospective exhibition 1947-1994. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Large Flagon, stoneware with poured green ash glaze to the shoulders, impressed potter's mark to the footrim, Height 30.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Winged Form, in rich burnt sienna oxide washed stoneware, impressed mark, 34 x 9 x 200 | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware bottle, pigmented Coromandel clay, c. 1970, impressed potter's cypher to foot and original exhibition label no. 31 affixed to base, height 17 cm, Illustrated: Len Castle Potter (Sang Architects, 2002), p. 80. Provenance: Collection… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, crater Lake bowl, matt grey stained earthenware with turquoise alkaline glazed well, this bowl was kept in Len's study. Provenance: From the Neil and Fay Castle Collection. Diameter 45 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large rectangular slab vase, in heavy colonial shino and feldspathic glazes, circa 1990, LC mark, height 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, rare and unusual Crum Brickworks salt glazed bottle vase, the salt glaze with an unusual 'Flambe' look achieved by a blend of titanium and vanadium, LC mark. Height 18.5 cm. Provenance: originally purchased from the Wellington architectural… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, tall hanging bottle form, in iron oxide washed stoneware with heavily scored centre section, circa 1990s, LC mark, length 46 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Winged hanging form in oxide washed, stoneware with double aperture, impressed LC mark verso, 20 x 39 x 6.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, earthenware deep oval bowl, copper alkaline glaze over impressed patterned 'Scale' ground to the interior and randomly 'Distressed' exterior, signed with impressed artist's monogram, 59 x 34 x 12.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, 'Deerstalkers Inn' flagon, stoneware with shino glaze, impressed potter's cypher to base, height 23.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware lipped bowl with textured exterior, yellow sulphurous type glaze to the well. Diameter 28 cm. This bowl, from the geothermal series in the 1990s, invokes the mineral deposits in the mudstone at Waiotapu. The yellow glaze colour… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, earthenware flared bowl, with lava red glaze. Diameter 43 cm. For a similar example see Len Castle Potter by Ron sang and Len Castle, page 160 | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Salt glazed bottle, stoneware, impressed potter's initials to the foot, Height 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, earthenware pouring vessel, lava red glaze, impressed mark, diameter 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, unusual stoneware double-aperture hanging form, with textured umber pigmented surface width 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Alkaline blue bowl, with impressed chatter pattern to the centre, ceramic, impressed potter's mark to the base, 9 x 22.5 x 22.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, winged hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware with double aperture, circa 1990s, LC mark, width 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Discoid hanging form, in oxide washed stoneware with fine vertical ribbing and flax cord, circa 1980s, diameter 20 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection in 1996. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Alkaline pool crucible bowl, stoneware with vibrant turquoise glaze to the interior and silica rubbed exterior, impressed potter's mark to the base, 8 cm x23 cm x24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, mirror black underglaze, black and bluish Chun type overglaze. Made and fired at South Titirangi road, impressed initials to the base, a similar bowl illustrated in Making the Molecules Dance: Len Castle Ceramics a… | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Sea Secret, earthenware cone shaped with textured surface and blue pigment, impressed mark, 13 x 13 x 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large earthenware bowl, with alkaline blue glaze, incised initials, diameter 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware section bottle vase with rectangular walls the surface decorated with saturated iron underglaze, wax resist decoration of quince branch, mottled rutile over-glaze, impressed initials. Height 29.8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware lipped alkaline pool bowl, with silica rubbed oxide textured exterior and alkaline blue glaze to the well, diameter 40 cm. Provenance: The Russell McVeagh Collection of Applied arts | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large black mirror glaze bowl, with jun and rutile glaze effects in a radiating pattern to the well, 1990s, LC mark, diameter 39 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, unique early inverted Volcano form, textured exterior with green glazed well, unmarked. Width 67 cm. Provenance: Len Castle family collection | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, slab vase, press moulded stoneware with potash and soda crackled feldspathic glaze. Made and fired at South Titirangi Road, impressed initials. Provenance: From the Neil and Fay Castle Collection. Height 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large tenmoku glazed bowl, with rutile speckled well, circa 1990s, LC mark, diameter 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, small discoid hanging form, in iron oxide washed stoneware, circa 1970s, LC mark, diameter 17 cm. Provenance: Martin Hill collection. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large stoneware flagon, with triple strap handle and rope effect patterning, ash glaze body and oxide wash base, early 1960s, C mark, height 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, early bowl, in heavy feldspathic glaze with fern fronds motif and Isihaze quartz pebble effect, circa 1960s, C mark, diameter 30 cm. Illustrated: Cone ten Down, page 129. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, tall brushpot, stoneware with incised concentric bands and ash over iron glazes, impressed mark to the base and dated 1960-65 on affixed label, height 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, red lava bowl, earthenware with deep red lava glazed interior and grey textured exterior (small chip), impressed potter's mark to the base, 12 cm x34 cm x33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Hemispherical bowl, with blue alkaline glaze. Diameter 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware gourd form, with barium blue semi matt glaze. Height 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, hanging form, umber pigmented ribbed surface with a single aperture to the top. Impressed initials. Length 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Wing hanging vase, stoneware in oxide washed, with double aperture, impressed potter's initials verso, Width 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, the surface decorated with saturated iron underglaze wax resist decoration of quince branch, mottled rutile overglaze, impressed initials, height 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, in tenmoku glaze with rutile flashings to the sides and shoulder, impressed mark (glaze obscured), later inscription to the base, height 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase, the surface decorated with iron underglaze with tenmoku overglaze, impressed initials, height 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, the interior with saturated iron underglaze with jun style overglaze, the exterior with tenmoku glaze, impressed mark, diameter 42.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, blue alkaline glazed deep bowl, with silica?rubbed oxide exterior, impressed initials, diameter 27.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, small crater lake bowl, white earthenware with grey stained exterior and blue glazed well. Rare smaller version of this classic form, LC mark, diameter 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, hanging form, of rectangular ribbed stoneware, oxide washed with blue interior glaze, circa 1990, width 22 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Len Castle's personal collection. | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, hanging bottle form, iron oxide washed stoneware with heavily scored centre section (A/F), incised initials to the back, 47.5 x 8 x 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, flask, salt glazed stoneware, impressed mark to the base, height 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, Winged hanging form in oxide washed, stoneware with double aperture, impressed LC mark verso, 20 x 33 x 5.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, stoneware square section bottle vase with rectangular walls the surface decorated with saturated iron underglaze wax resist decoration of quince branch, mottled rutile overglaze, impressed initials. Height 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, conical earthenware bowl red lava glaze impressed initials to the base. Diameter 39 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Len Castle, branch vase, press moulded stoneware with tenmoku glaze. Made and fired at South Titirangi Road circa early 1980's. (Glaze imperfection evident to the underside of the top rim), unusual script signature to the lower side wall and repeated on… | *** |  |
