*** | Len Castle, blossom vase, talc glaze over tenmoku, impressed mark, 57 cm high | *** | |
*** | Len Castle large lava lake bowl, earthenware, the interior with vibrant swirling lava red glaze, the textured exterior in anthracite grey with sculpted rim, impressed Lc mark to base, 51 cm width, 14.5 cm depth. Provenance: Private Collection, Wairarapa,… | *** | |
*** | Len Castle large Falcon headed bowl, earthenware, the interior with alkaline blue glaze and silica rubbed exterior, impressed Lc mark to base, 45 cm dia., 16 cm height. Provenance: Private Collection, Wairarapa | *** | |
*** | Len Castle slab sided blossom vase in speckled dark grey glaze, impressed mark, 55 cm height. Provenance: Sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd, 30 November 2000 (lot 802) | *** | |
*** | Len Castle lava bowl, lava red glaze, impressed mark to base, 36.5 cm dia. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle blossom vase in tenmoku glaze with chun highlights to the shoulder and upper sides and small hanging lugs to the shoulders in the Japanese manner, impressed mark. Height 53 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle Blossom Vase, impressed mark at base, 44 cm high. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle magnificent sulphur bowl of flared form and unusual low height in rich yellow crawl glaze to the well and yellow and black glaze exterior. Impressed mark, 49 cm dia NB: One of Len Castle's last works, made in the Studio of Graeme Ambrose | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, slab built branch pot with talc and tenmoku glaze, impressed mark to side 33 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, fossil form impressed mark, 19.5 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle fossil form shaped as cornucopia, earthenware, impressed mark, 19 cm length, 17 cm dia. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle three small Volcanic bowls, all with turquoise blue glaze interiors, all with impressed marks to base, 15.5 cm dia (2), 12 cm dia | *** | |
*** | Len Castle Falcon bowl, bird head to the rim, the interior with alkaline blue glaze, silica rubbed exterior, impressed mark, 39 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Earthbook c1998, impressed mark, 33 cm length, note: this is one of the first earthbooks made, this example has an impression of the potters hand/fist on the rear. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Bleeding Heart hanging form, umber pigmented exterior with red lava glaze. Impressed mark. 32 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle inverted volcano bowl, earthenware, rich red glaze to interior, impressed mark, chip to rim, 87.5 cm long | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging form c.1990s, oxide washed stoneware with glazed blue interior, impressed mark, 20 cm length. Provenance: Purchased directly from Len Castle's personal collection | *** | |
*** | Len Castle hanging form of cycladic form in pale grey finish, impressed mark, 44 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, volcanic series red bowl (only known one), impressed mark, 44 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, slab sided bottle vase, impressed mark, 35 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle small crater pouring bowl, red lava glaze, initials incised to base. 21 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, bird headed bowl (falcon), impressed mark, 39 cm dia | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Discoid hanging form c1980s, iron oxide, 31.5 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, pouring bottle with strap handle in blue/grey glaze. Impressed mark (1970's) 18 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, conical fossil form c. 2000, impressed mark, 24 cm dia. (minor chip to rim), note: the lot comes with two of the actual fossils, provided by the artist that the work is based on. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle large sea secret, earthenware with turquoise glaze interior, impressed mark to base, 31 cm length, 8 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle hanging form shaped as an anatomical heart, impressed mark, 30 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, crater Lake/Alkaline Pool bowl in grey stained earthenware with blue glazed well. Impressed mark, 42.5 cm dia | *** | |
*** | Len Castle 'Snowbowl', heavy feldspar glaze over shino exterior. Snowbowl references the majestic snowcaps of Mt Ngauruhoe and Mt Tongariro and is featured in Len Castle's 'Making the Molecules Dance' (2008, pp. 27). Small glaze frit. Impressed mark.… | *** | |
*** | Len Castle deep bowl, blue/green glased interior with oxide exterior, impressed mark to base, 27.5 cm dia, 13.5 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle sea secret, stoneware with central turquoise glazed well, impressed mark, 16 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle rare cruciform figure, inspired by the memory of a journey to the Cyclades in the Greek Islands, cruciform features in the book Len Castle potter (pp. 185). Initials to base. Provenance: Len Castle family collection, 42 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle Falcon head alkaline pool bowl with silica-rubbed oxide exterior and turquoise/blue glazed well, impressed later mark, 42 cm dia (minor restoration to beak). Nb refer Len Castle Potter p112. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle fossil form, stoneware, impressed mark, 14 cm dia., Literature, Len Castle potter (Ron sang 2002) p. 199 (illustrated) | *** | |
*** | Len Castle discoid hanging form with iron oxide wash on stoneware and an impressed mark | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, discoid vase, textured rope impressions, 44 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Discoid hanging form c1980s, iron oxide, impressed mark, 33 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle Seaform, impressed mark, 15 cm dia. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle large stoneware vase, baluster form with ribbed body & bulbous rim, impressed mark, 32 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle avian bowl, blue/green ash well with textured exterior. Impressed mark 'Lc'. 22 cm width | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, avian bowl turquoise internal glaze, impressed mark, 23.5 cm dia. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Earthbook impressed mark, 16.5 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle large lava bowl, impressed mark, 51 cm dia. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Discord vase, in stoneware, rope impressions to the walls. Ochre wash, impressed mark 1960's. 34 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stippled deep well platter, impressed mark, 59 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large discoid vase, iron oxide washed stoneware with three rope impressions to each side, impressed mark to side 43 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Tenmoku glaze bowl c.1980s, with lilac crackle glaze to well, impressed mark, 34.5 cm dia. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, shallow bowl, blue glaze, impressed mark, 35 cm dia. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. 'Inverted Volcano' moulded vase with grey textured exterior and 'lava glaze' red interior. Impressed mark to base, 84.5 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Discoid hanging form, iron oxide wash, impressed mark 1980's. 33 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Len Castle floor vase, trickle glaze to shoulders, impressed mark, 40.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Len Castle rope impression discoid vase in iron oxide finish. Height 34 cm. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, alkaline pool shallow bowl c. 1995, impressed mark, 43 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, slab sided vase, unmarked, 36 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, slab built bottle in the Japanese manner, with wax resist quince blossom decoration, in rich brown glazes with opalescant highlights. Featured in Len Castle Potter, page 120, Doreen Blumhardt : Craft page 247. Impressed mark 1970's, 29 cm… | *** | |
*** | Len Castle 'Inverted Volcano' moulded vase form with a matt grey textured exterior, red lava glaze to the interior, black highlights and an impressed mark to the base | *** | |
*** | Len Castle Falcon head bowl with iron oxide exterior and green glazed well, early impressed mark. Diameter 24 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, slab form rectangular vase in chun glaze over tenmoku ground, impressed mark 36 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle discoid vase in dark oxide wash c. late 60s, impressed mark, 37 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle book form, impressed mark, 19 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large rectangular platter c1980s, tenmoku glaze with green/blue ash over glaze with impressions to well, impressed mark, 42 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle massive charger in turquoise and blue glazes with appliqued textured clay panel to the well (circa 1988/90, this was one of the development pieces for the Volcanic series shown at the Seville Expo 1992), impressed Lc mark. Diameter 53 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, double hanging form, impressed mark, 30 cm width | *** | |
*** | Len Castle discoid vase, paper label, 43.5 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle large blue bowl, impressed mark. 51 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, bottle vase, of square form, green glaze over tenmoku, 1980's, with ' L. C.' mark, 34.5 cm height | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle ochre glaze discoid vase with rope impressions. Height 34 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle volcanic Tube, Umber pigmented exterior with red lava glaze interior, paper sticker label and impressed mark. 42 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle pourring vessel in shino glaze, early 1970s mark. Diameter 21 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Jun bowl c1980s, impressed mark, 25 cm dia.. Provenance: Ex Simon Manchester collection | *** | |
*** | Len Castle heart shaped hanging form in oxide wash | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging form, cobalt blue glazed interior, impressed mark, 51 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle platter with incised floral stem decoration, impressed mark, 39 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, avian bowl ash well, impressed mark, 20 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large shallow bowl in semi matt talc glaze c1970, impressed mark, 42 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, winged hanging form in dark green wash on stoneware, 1970's mark, 40 cm width | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Earthbook impressed mark, 17 cm length (some minor chipping to 'Page edges') | *** | |
*** | Len Castle large bowl, tenmoku & iron glaze with ribbed exterior, impressed mark to base, 34 cm dia. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware trinket box with double ended bird motifs, blue glaze interior, 13.5 cm length | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging winged form, impressed mark, 32 cm length. Provenance: Ex Patti Meads Estate | *** | |
*** | Len Castle earthbook, impressed mark, 19 cm height. Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist | *** | |
*** | Len Castle 'Pacific' Series Bowl, earthenware with bright alkaline blue glazed interior, impressed mark to base, 22.5 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Len Castle shouldered vase, impressed mark, 22 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, discoid vase with three textured rope impressions to each face, in iron oxide wash, impressed mark (1960's) 34 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, unique stoneware mosaic dish green crackled surface over a blue glaze, incised initials to the base, 35 cm diameter chip to inner rim. Provenance: from the collection of Graham Ambrose, sale, A. + O, Auckland, 5 March 2014 | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large bowl with stylised head form to the rim, with pooled and speckled green / blue glaze to the well, iron oxide wash, impressed mark 41 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, lidded crock impressed mark, 32 cm overall height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, lava bowl in rich red cadmium/selenium glaze, impressed mark. 38 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Len Castle square slab bottle vase, copper glaze, impressed mark, 30 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle Hanging Form, textured surface with radiating lines and umber pigment, impressed mark to back, small rim chip, 22 cm long | *** | |
*** | Len Castle ash glazed pourer, impressed mark 18.5 cm height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging form, impressed marked, 32 cm, dia | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, double aperture vase, impressed mark, 16 cm dia | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Discoid vase, impressed mark, 35 cm, height | *** | |
*** | Len Castle stoneware vase ash glaze with impressed decoration, impressed mark,16 cm high | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, double necked bottle vase, in heavy green ash glaze, 1960's mark, 22 cm height | *** | |