INTRODUCTION
We are pleased to present our second Oceanic and Asian catalogue for 2024. This catalogue follows on from our very successful sale of the Epsom Taonga collection in March. This sale achieved a total of over 1 million dollars and set new records for the sale of Hei-tiki in New Zealand.
This catalogue features another fine selection of Hei-tiki along with rare Māori weaponry including a superb Pouwhenua and Toki Kakauroa from an important Wellington collection. Also included in the Oceanic section is an offering of rare pieces made by Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall including a superb long case clock and carved coffer.
The African art collection includes a selection of pieces collected by Michael Yoffe. Michael Yoffe served as the Hand craft advisor and export developer with the United Nations in the 1960s and 1970s. A number of these pieces were field collected by Michael Yoffe during this time.
The taxidermy collection in the sale features one of the most important taxidermy Huia to come to auction in New Zealand. This rare specimen has remained in the same family for 126 years and the taxidermy was completed by James Gardener, taxidermist to Queen Victoria in 1898. Also in this section is a collection of African animals. The taxidermy was undertaken by the famous firm of Roland Ward in the early 1950s.
The Asian section of the catalogue is headlined by the Ian and Mary Heriot collection. Mary and Ian had a shared passion for collecting fine Japanese decorative arts, ukiyo-e (wood block prints), rare Asian art books as well as Lalique. After Ian passed away in 2023, they bequeathed their fine ukiyo-e collection to the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa and the substantial book collection to the University of Canterbury Asian department.
I first met Ian and Mary when I was an auctioneer’s assistant at Webbs auctions in the early 1990s and we have remained friends since that time. Mary and Ian would always attend the viewings together discussing their potential purchases and researching pieces in great depth and were always happy to share their extensive knowledge of Japanese Asian art with me. Mary has a great eye for fine Japanese studio pottery and tea wares – a collection she has retained alongside some of their Lalique collection. Ian was well known for his careful and assiduous research and his work added considerable academic value to the bequests to Te Papa and the University of Canterbury.
Mary has decided that it is time to now rationalize the collection, and, in this catalogue, we present a fine offering of Satsuma, Lalique and Japanese and Chinese ceramics from their well provenanced collection.
We have enjoyed putting this extensive catalogue together, particularly our collaborative work with Mary Heriot. We hope that you enjoy reading it. We look forward to welcoming you at the viewing and auctions in Wellington.
James Parkinson (PINZ accredited valuer) Head of Valuations, Māori Oceanic and Asian Art
MĀORI, OCEANIC & AFRICAN ART
Tuesday 8 October
5pm start
Lot 1 - 129
1
A Small 19th Century Whao (Māori Chisel)
Carved in Kawakawa variety stone.
L 8.5cm. Y5316
$200 - $400
2
A Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Tapering quadrangular form with well defined lateral edges and bevel with sharp cutting edge. Smooth surface with minor hammer pecks and flakes.
L 20cm. Y5366
$200 - $300
3
A Pre-European Toki
Tapering quadrangular form carved in pale brown stone. Polished throughout with sharply defined lateral edges, smooth bevel and sharp cutting edge. Minor fritting to the blade and small darkened flake to the face.
Found in a house in Papatoetoe in the 1950s.
L 16cm
$200 - $300
4
A Patu Aruhe (Wooden Pounder) Found at Kaipara Harbour 1948
L 23.3cm
$200 - $400
5 An 18th Century Mahe (Stone Sinker)
Course volcanic stone with lashing grooves. Old paper sticker affixed “11/4/03” Blackhead.
L 10cm
$200 - $300
6
A Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Found in Kaipara Harbour in 1948. Significant losses to the face.
L 14cm
$30 - $50
7
A Pre-European Toki Pounamu (Blade End Only)
Inanga variety stone, minor frits to the blade. Found in the 1940s.
L 6cm
$30 - $50
8
A Pre-European Toki Pounamu
Carved in kawakawa variety stone. Smooth polished surface and bevel with natural scarring to the face, underside, and right poll edge. Frits to cutting edge.
L 8cm. Y number
$150 - $250
9
A Small Pre-European Toki Found in Kaipara Harbour.
L 5cm
$30 - $60
10
A Pre-European Toki (Argillite) Found in Papatoetoe in the 1960s.
L 8cm
$30 - $50
11
Ten Assorted Māori Stone Artefacts
3 x grinding stones, 1 x pecking stone, 4 x roughouts, 1 x toki, 1 x flake. Found in Opito Coromandel in the 1940s.
$80 - $120
12
A Pre-European Toki (Basalt)
Traditional tapering quadrangular form with clearly defined edges and bevel. Chips and flakes to the face and cutting edge. Found at Hunua range in the 1960s.
L 24cm
$150 - $250
13
Two Bone Cloak Pins (Aurei)
One with some staining to surface.
L 13.5cm, 8.5cm. Y6406, Y5352
$200 - $400
14
Worked Pounamu Kawakawa variety stone. Scarf markings along the edges. Found in a shop in the 1940s.
L 10cm
$30 - $50
15
A 19th Century Kuru Pendant
Carve in Kawakawa variety stone with pale inclusions and natural scarring to the surface. Partially drilled suspension hole.
H 7cm. Y number pending
$200 - $300
16
A Large Mahe (Stone Sinker)
With central lashing grooves. Found at Kawakawa Bay 1940s.
L 10cm
$200 - $400
17
Old Wooden Pipe With Māori Folk Carved Bowl
Silver ferrule and amber mouthpiece, tip broken away.
L 12cm. Y number pending
$100 - $200
18
A 19th Century Kapeu (Ear Pendant)
Finely carved in Kawakawa variety stone with dark inclusions throughout the shaft and small pale inclusion at the apex. Traditional stone tooled suspension hole.
Provenance: found at Kaipara Harbour in the 1950s
H 12cm. Y number
$800 - $1,200
19
A Carved Whalebone Matau Shaped Pendant
Two countersunk suspension holes.
H 17cm
$300 - $500
20
A Patu Muka (Fern Root Pounder)
Hammer dressed volcanic stone with circular cross-section tapering to the handle base.
L 31cm. Y21066
$500 - $800
21
Large Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Tapering rectangular form with hammer dressed tang and small amount of flaking to the poll. Lateral edges and bevel well defined with sharp cutting edge. Highly polished throughout. Small chip to the blade. L31.5cm. Y16332
$1,000 - $2,000
22
A Large Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Thick heavy tapering rectangular form with flaked and hammer dressed poll section. Well defined lateral edges and smooth face and bevel with sharp cutting edge. Some flaking to the face and underside.
L 34cm. Y21173
$800 - $1,200
23
A Large Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Heavy thick tapering rectangular form with hammer dressed tang and square poll. Smooth face and hammer dressed underside with clearly defined bevel, minor flakes to the blade.
L 32cm. Y21120
$1,000 - $2,000
24
A Large Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Thick rectangular form tapering through the blade and poll sections. Incipient tang with rounded poll and double-sided bevel. Minor hammer dressing with smooth polished surface throughout.
L 33cm. Y21120
$800 - $1,200
25
A Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Long narrow tapering quadrangular form with curved surfaces and three lashing grooves to haft section. Rounded asymmetric poll and blade. Hammer dressed surface throughout.
L 32 cm. Y21097
$1,000 - $2,000
26
A Good Large Pre-European Toki Pounamu Carved in superb blue green inanga variety stone with feathery dark and pale inclusions. Tapering rectangular form with well-defined lateral edges, a short bevel and sharp cutting edge. Scarf mark to the lower left side and small natural scarring to the right side. Flawless smooth polished surface throughout
$4,000 - $6,000
27
A Pre-European Toki Pounamu
Carved in inanga variety stone. Polished surface.
L 12cm. Y2115
$600 - $1,200
28
A Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Tapering quadrangular form with flaked and hammer dressed poll section. Well defined edges and bevel with sharp cutting edge. Smooth and polished throughout. 16.5cm. Y21031
$300 - $500
29
Two Pre-European Toki (Argillite) Flaked and Hammer dressed.
L 15cm, 11cm. Y2752, Y2749
$200 - $300
30
A Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Tapering rectangular form. Rounded poll and sharp cutting edge. Small chip to the blade.
L 12cm. Y2751
$150 - $200
31
A Pre-European Toki (Argillite)
Thick tapering quadrangular form with well-defined lateral edges and bevel with sharp cutting edge. Smooth and polished surface throughout. Some flaking and old losses to haft section and poll.
L 17.5cm. Y21032
$300 - $500
32
A Patu Muka (Fern Root Pounder)
Circular cross-section with reducing grip to handle base. Old losses to butt end and lower impact section.
L 21 cm. Y09629
$100 - $200
33
A Good 18th Century Hei Tiki
A good example of a type I form carved in bright kawakawa variety stone with pale chatoyant and dark inclusions. The head is tilted to the left with facial features displaying widely recessed eye rings, a nasal ridge that extends to the top of the head and a heart shaped mouth with tongue and teeth. The body is thick and muscular with well defined shoulders and elbows. Features are worn from use and age but still evident. Two concealed stone drilled suspension holes to the back of the head, one broken out. Some natural scarring to the back of the head.
H 10cm. Y13673
$5,000 - $8,000
34
An 18th Century Hei Tiki
A Classic type I form carved in kawakawa variety stone with subtle pale and dark inclusions. Facial features display wide double ringed eye recesses, a nasal bridge with clearly defined nostrils and a heart shaped mouth with tongue and teeth. Ribs carved to the torso and elbow points are clearly defined. Intact concealed stone drilled suspension hole to the back of the head. Small scarf mark evident to the left side of the head and body.
H 10cm. Y6187
$5,000 - $8,000
35
An Early 19th Century Hei Tiki Carved In Superb Translucent Blue/Green Tangiwai (Bowenite)
A type II form with left hand to chest. Facial features and fingers and toes are clearly defined, red sealing wax embellishment applied to the eye rings. Countersunk suspension hole to the top of the head.
H 9cm. Y number worn away.
$3,000 - $5,000
36
A Superb 18th Century Hei Tiki
One of the smallest but most delicate and beautiful of the hei tiki offered in this catalogue. This type I form carved from kawakawa variety stone with pale chatoyant inclusions to the forehead and verso displays finely carved features, worn from significant age and use but clearly evident. Female sex is indicated. Three stoned drilled suspension holes, two intact and concealed through the back of the head, one earlier broken out.
H 6.5cm. Y13846
$4,000 - $16,000
37
A Large 19th Century Hei Tiki
A type II form with left hand to chest carved in Tangiwai variety stone (Bowenite), the stone is cloudy with dark inclusions. The face displays double ringed eyes, nasal bridge, and mouth with protruding tongue. The four fingered hands are clearly visible. Verso is flat and even. Lower legs broken and repaired.
38
An Early 18th Century Hei Tiki
Type I form carved in opaque inanga variety stone. The head tilted to the left displays widely recessed eye rings and sharply rendered nasal bridge and mouth with tongue and three teeth. Countersunk suspension hole to the top of the head.
H 10cm. Y17086
$3,000 - $5,000
39
A 19th Century Pa Kahawai (Trolling Lure)
Wood and paua shell shank, and bone hook with muka lashing.
H 9cm
$500 - $800
40
A Good Early 19th Century Patu Paraoa (Whalebone Hand Club)
41
A 19th Century Patu Paraoa (Whalebone Hand Club)
Spatulate shape reducing to the grip section terminating in eight graduating grooves with rounded butt. Pierced for suspension. Heavily grained surface with some fritting to the blade.
H 34cm. Y953
$1,500 - $2,000
42
A Large Impressive 18th Century Mere Pounamu
H 11cm. Y20319
$1,000 - $2,000
Thick and heavy classic spatulate shape reducing to the grip section, the butt terminating in six graduating grooves with a countersunk suspension hole. Smooth heavily grained surface.
H 38cm. Y10825
$3,500 - $5,000
Large heavy spatulate shape with smooth curved surface tapering to a translucent cutting edge. Blade reducing to an oval cross-sectioned grip with a shouldered butt. Carved in deep green kawakawa variety stone with dark feathery inclusions. Countersunk suspension hole. Some light natural scarring to one side of the blade.
H 41.5cm. Y21180
$10,000 - $15,000 40
43
A Good 19th Century Māori Carved Toki Kakauroa (Long Handled Axe)
The shaft carved with two weku masks with red sealing wax applied to the eyes. Triple haehae and pakati decoration. The trade axe head stamped ‘Mortimer’.
H 130cm. Y14059
$4,000 - $6,000
44
A 19th Century Māori Carved Toki Kakauroa (Long Handled Axe)
Carved with eight wheku figures to the shaft terminating in a rauponga carved tongue. Paua shell inlay. Iron trade axe head. H 103cm. Y number worn away.
$3,000 - $5,000
45 A Good 19th Century Pouwhenua (Long Handled Fighting Staff)
Slender tapering shaft with finely carved double sided wheku head inlaid with paua shell (one missing. Rich dark patina. H 152cm. Y number worn away.
$4,000 - $6,000
46
A 19th Century Tewhatewha (Long Handled Club)
Long slender carved wood tapering shaft with a broad flat blade. Rudimentary single line figure-of-8 carving to the shaft. The blade pierced for decoration with feathers.
H 111cm. Y4052
$2,000 - $3,000
47
A 19th Century Māori Carved Toki Kakauroa (Long Handled Axe)
Split to shaft but structurally intact. Iron trade axe head.
H 129cm. Y12502
$1,000 - $2,000
48
A Large Early 20th Century Pou Whakairo
The standing figure holding a patu in one hand and a pouwhenua in the other. The figures body interlaced by two manaia figures. His front leg placed on a wheku head. Raised on a circular plinth base. Damage and losses evident.
H 210 cm. Y 16371
$1,000 - $2,000
49
A Large Decorative Koruru
The naturalistic face with pierced eyes and open mouth and with detailed ta moko. Some splitting and damage evident to the surface. 20th century.
105 x 60cm
$600 - $1,200
50
A Large Pounamu River Boulder
Inanga variety stone.
L 56cm
$2,500 - $5,000
51
A 19th Century Patu Paraoa (Whalebone Hand Club)
Flat spatulate shape reducing to the grip section terminating in a rounded butt. Pierced for suspension with attached muka binding. Heavily grained surface. Chip to blade.
$1,500 - $2,000
52
A Whalebone Patiti With A Trade Axe Head
Incipient wheku head carved to grip section. Pierced for suspension.
H 29cm. Y number pending.
$500 - $800
53
A Large 19th Century Pa Kahawai (Trolling Lure)
Wood and paua shell shank with bone hook and muka fibre lashing.
L 16.5cm. Y number pending
$1,500 - $2,500
54
A Pre-European Patu Onewa (Stone Hand Club)
Pecked and polished spatulate shape tapering to the grip section, terminating in four concentric grooves and countersunk suspension hole to the butt. Chip to the blade.
L 26cm. Y 21631
$3,000 - $5,000
55
A Large 19th Century Kapeu (Ear Pendant)
Carved in inanga variety stone with natural inclusions. Traditional stone drilled suspension hole.
H 16.5cm. Y number pending
$1,200 - $1,800
56
Six Bone Uhi (Ta Moko Chisels)
Various Y numbers
$1,000 - $1,500
57
A 19th Century Pa Kahawai (Trolling Lure)
With carved wood and paua shell shank. Whale bone hook bound with muka fiber.
L 10cm. Y number pending
$1,000 - $2,000
58
A Large Pre-European Kohatu Punga (Anchor Stone)
Stone-tooled suspension hole.
31cm at widest point
$500 - $1,000
59
A Large and Impressive 18th Century Hei Tiki
High translucency Tangiwai (bowenite) variety stone with white inclusions to the left side of the face and lower section. Type I form with deeply recessed eyes and some wear to the nose and mouth reflecting significant age. Two worn out suspension holes to the top of the head. Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs Collection
L 12cm, Y4910
$6,000 - $12,000
60
A Superb Large 18th Century Hei Tiki
A Superb example of an early type II Hei Tiki carved in bright inanga variety stone. The head displays ear and chin projections, small recessed eyes with surmounting crescent shaped eyebrow markings and lightly detailed nasal bridge and mouth. Details of the three-fingered hands are worn but clearly visible. Also noticeable are the small holes to mark three toed feet. The back is flat and even with a traditionally stone-drilled countersunk suspension hole. During the late 19th Century this hei tiki was broken through the neck and upper left arm then repaired and reinforced with a 9ct rose gold brace attached verso. Small flake to the left shoulder along the break line.
Provenance: ex estate of Thomas Aubery Chappé Hall, passed down to family by descent.
H 13.5cm. Y number pending
$8,000 - $12,000
Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall (1873 – 1958): A Cross-Cultural Connection
Arriving from England in 1895, Hall settled in the Whanganui River region and soon became engrossed in the world of Maori art and carving. Hori Pukehika, celebrated Te Ati Haunui-a- Paparangi carver, took Hall under his wing and taught him traditional Maori carving whilst travelling from camp to camp along the Whanganui River. From 1899 Hall moved around the country, settling in Auckland in 1913. Gilbert Archey recognized Hall’s talent, and he was commissioned in 1928 to renovate the wharenui Hotunui at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. After the successful restoration, Hall was commissioned to restore the whare whakairo Mataatua at the Otago Museum, including tukutuku panel work as well as restoring a waka taua. Given Hall’s high reputation, other commissions around the country soon followed. As well as his many institutional commissions and restoration work Hall used traditional whakairo motifs and patterns to decorate smaller domestic items in what has been described as the East Coast Style. Of note is the Tūru whakairo (Edwardian carved chair) held at Te Papa. Due to the loss of dexterity, he stopped carving in 1951 and passed away in 1958. He bequeathed his carving tools to Ngati Porou carver Pineamine Taiapa, who wrote of Hall, “It is with deep regret to know that my friend, Apanui Ringamatu, as I fondly call him, has passed away and has joined in mythical Hawaikinui those great masters of New Zealand art, whose dexterity of hand, mind and artistic flair, both of us so minutely studied, copied and faithfully reproduced. Maori art has lost a great Pakeha, New Zealand also, a valuable member, who has contributed to a part of that great reconstruction of the story of the Māori, his artistry.
We who knew him at the War Memorial Museum, all carvers from different tribes, will revere his memory and respectfully send our aroha and mihi to you all, his next of kin. He will rest in peace and have by now all the answers to all our questions regarding this form and that, intriguing motif found in the work…” (Taiapa to Matthews, 18 June 1958).
The Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall coffer offered in catalogue (lot 61) is astonishingly beautiful. It is superbly carved with a wheku head surrounded by manaia figures carved in high relief to the lid. The front and back panels with forward facing wheku and manaia figures, buttressed by tekoteko figures on four feet. This superb coffer will be offered alongside other important pieces from this collection made by Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall including a finely carved long case clock (lot 62) and a small cigarette box (lot 22).
Dunbar M Sloane
63
An early 20th Century Cigarette Box
Carved By Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall
Ebonised wood box carved in high relief with a manaia figure to the lid and wheku figures to the four sides, with cut paua inlay.
H 8cm x W 22cm x D 15cm
$1,500 - $2,500
64
An early 20th Century Lidded Box Carved By Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall
Varnished wood box carved with rauponga patterns to the lid and wheku figures carved to the lateral and undersides. Protruding wheku heads form the side handles. Embellished with inlaid cut paua and glass beads.
H 5cm x W 35cm x D 7cm
$1,000 - $2,000
61
An Ebonised Coffer By Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall
The superbly carved box with a wheku head to the lid rendered in high relief with cut paua disc eyes and protruding tongue framed by ancestral figures and manaia. The outside edge with rauponga detailing. The front and back panels with forward facing figures flanked by manaia with cut paua disc eyes. The sides with wheku heads carved in low relief. Supported on four legs carved as tekoteko figures in high relief.
Provenance: From the family of Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall. Passed on by descent. H 54cm, L 70cm, W 55cm
$8,000 - $12,000
62
A Superb Ebonized Longcase Clock By Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall
The hood carved in the form of the front of a wharenui. The koruru rendered in high relief with a protruding tongue. The maihi carved with manaia. The amo also in high relief and carved as tekoteko figures with wheku heads and paua disc eyes. The trunk with manaia figures with paua disc eyes framed by rauponga detailing. The sides inset with paua discs. The base with a manaia type figure and with two high relief carved wheku masks. Associated clock movement
Provenance: From the family of Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall. Passed on by descent. H 213cm, W 86cm
$15,000 - $25,000 61
65
Large Antique Carved Lidded Māori Box
The lid and sides decorated in rauponga patterns and manaia motifs with two wheku figures carved in high relief forming a raised handle. The box is reputed to have originated in Manawatu in the late 19th to early 20th Century and was custom built for its owner with carved initials EBS integrated into the lid carving.
Provenance: Mr Edward B Shand’s second wife, Elsie (Nee Hemmings) then gifted to her great niece c.1957.
H 16cm x W 38cm x D 22cm.
Y number pending
$1,500 - $2,500
66
An Impressive Late 19th Century Carved Ngāti Tarawhai Model Pataka (Storehouse)
The paepae carved with wheku heads and manaia. The amo carved with ancestral figures with paua shell eyes. The mahi with interweaving koru designs in low relief terminating in raparapa with takarangi spirals. The mahi centered by a carved tekoteko figure surmounting a smaller figure, each with paua shell eyes.
A similar model pataka by Tene Waitere is held in the British Museum collection. Another similar model pataka was sold by Dunbar Sloane in 2003 - part of the John Gow collection sale. Provenance: Private collection Otago
H 83cm x W 77cm
$8,000 - $12,000
67
Carved Lidded Māori Box c.1930s
Hinged kauri box carved with rauponga and wheku figures and embellished with cut paua.
H 7cm x W 20cm x D 11cm
$500 - $800
68
A Pouwhenua Carved By Tim Wraight In 2002
This Pouwhenua is carved from ancient swamp Totara at the Māori Marae at Motueka near Nelson. It was blessed at the Māori Marae at Arahura on the West Coast on its journey to the vendors then property in Wanaka and named Arahura. A form of Korowai, the Māori cloak. Whaiao Papa mother earth and Ranginui the sky father are represented at each end. They are joined by the cloak border in the Poutama stairway to heaven design showing the pursuit of knowledge and discovery. The three Apirika spirals show the world of light in which all living things interact. Each spiral has two arms which join at the centre in harmony and balance. The faces below each spiral represents all forms of life. The woven design connects the elements above which Rawhiti, the Southern Cross, and Matariki, the Pielades giving a connection between the southern and northern hemispheres.
Provenance: the private collection of Tricia and John Carr. H 3.3M
$4,000 - $8,000
69
A Good Contemporary Hei Tiki By Alan Brown
A large type II hei tiki carved in deep green inanga variety stone with luminous gold and pale milky inclusions. Heavy and muscular with finely carved detailed features to the face and body. Suspension through the right arm hole.
$1,000 - $1,500
70
A Contemporary Whalebone Hei Tiki
A Type II form with three fingered hands to the torso. Paua shell inlay to the eyes and back of the head. Carved verso. Comes with a small woven flax bag.
H 12cm
$600 - $1,200
71
A Contemporary Hei Tiki
Carved in Kawakawa variety stone with marsden inclusion running down the left side of the face and body. Lugged suspension hole to the top of the head. H 8cm
$300 - $500
72
A Contemporary Hei Tiki
A Type I form carved in pale opaque inanga variety stone with pale and dark inclusions. Facial features are sharply rendered with detailed nasal bridge and nostrils, forked tongue, and red sealing wax applied to the eye rings. Three ribs carved to the torso. Female sex indicated. Plated fibre binding with bone toggle attached at the left arm hole. Comes with small woven flax bag.
H 10.5cm
$300 - $500
73
A Contemporary Whalebone Hand Axe Whalebone shaft and head attached with woven muka binding. Wheku face carved to the poll section of the blade face. Grip section pierced for suspension. Chip to blade.
H 30cm
$200 - $400
74
A Finely Carved Tangiwai (Bowenite) Manaia Pendant
Northern school of carving (Circa 1960s), Rotorua. H 7cm
$300 - $500
75
A Contemporary Carved Whale Tooth Rei Puta
With plated fibre binding. H 9cm
$200 - $300
76
A Black Coral Nguru (Nose Flute)
Made at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI), Rotorua,1960s
L 16cm
$300 - $500
77
A Rare 19th Century Whale Bone Pa Kahawai (Trolling Lure)
Whale bone shank and hook bound with muka fibre.
L 9.5cm. Y number
$500 - $1,200
78
Antique Sperm Whale Scrimshawed Tooth
Displaying a finely rendered whaling scene with clouds in the sky.
L 12cm
$1,000 - $2,000
79
A Late 19th Century Korupe (Door Lintel)
Carved with three wheku masks, triple haehae and pakiti patterns. Paua shell inlay with some losses. Ochre surface pigment worn.
L 133cm x H 37cm. Y1466
$2,000 - $3,000
80
An Early 20th Century Tekoteko Figure
Standing figure with rauponga patterns carved to the body, surmounted by a naturalistic head with ta moko and cut paua eyes. Provenance: Ex Douglas Larnach JP & Margaret Ogilive Larnach Collection. H 85cm. Y number pending
$1,500 - $2,000
81
An Early 20th Century Hoe (Māori Paddle)
The blade face carved with a wheku head surmounting rauponga spiral patterns. The shaft terminating in a wheku figure finial H 215cm. Y6218
$500 - $800
82
Rare Antique Carved Ivory King Tawhiao
Head Walking Cane Handle
With ta moko and glass eyes (one missing).
Chip to the collar and fracture to base.
H 7.5cm
$100 - $300
83
NZ Colonial Burr Totara And Kauri Work Box
Rectangular shape, raised on four feet.
L 32.5 cm
$400 - $600
84
A 19th Century Iron Trade Axe Head
L 18cm
$100 - $200
85
Sperm Whale Scrimshawed Tooth
Tall ship in full sail
L 12cm
$200 - $400
86
Large Sperm Whale Tooth
L 17cm
$300 - $600
87
Large Sperm Whale Tooth
L 17cm
$300 - $600
88
Sperm Whale Tooth
L 13.5cm
$200 - $400
89
Sperm Whale Tooth
L 14.5cm
$200 - $400
90
Antique Sperm Whale Scrimshawed Tooth
Finely worked with tall ship in full sail
L 17cm
$400 - $800
91
A Large Solomon Island Feast Bowl
Carved ebonised elliptical form with decorative side handles and intricate abalone shell inlay.
L 85cm
$500 - $800
92
A Fine Early 20th Century Solomon Islands Comb
Fern wood tines decoratively bound with yellow-orchid fibres and red coloured coconut palm frond fibre.
H 17cm
$300 - $500
93
A 19th Century Tahitian Trolling Lure
With abalone shell shank and bone hook.
L 11cm
$800 - $1,200
94
A Papua New Guinea Sepik River House Board
Carved wood displaying three surmounting anthropomorphic faces. Carved to commemorate the death of triplets. Suspension holes.
H 157cm
$300 - $500
95
A 19th Century Tongan Paddle Club
Fine intricate uniform carving pattern throughout.
H 96cm
$1,000 - $2,000
96
Two Bourgainville Island Paddles
H 131cm, 123cm
$400 - $800
97
A carved Wood Pitcairn Island Cup
H 17cm
$100 - $200
98
Four Obsidian Flakes
$30 - $50
99
An Antique Ceremonial Brass Belt From The Philippines
From the Bilaan Tribe of the Mindanao Region.
L 740cm, H 19cm
$600 - $1,000
The Estate Collection of Michael Yoffe (1928 – 2023)
Micheal Yoffe’s dedication to preserving indigenous crafts spanned over three decades. His scholarship and mission aimed to elevate indigenous crafts and safeguard artisan skill and cultural heritage. His legacy lives on through the development of high-end export markets, ensuring sustainable income source for vulnerable and rural communities all over the world.
Micheal Yoffe was born 1928 Boston, Massachusetts USA into an immigrant Lithuanian Jewish family. As a young person he worked summers at his family’s textile factory and later went on to graduate in Product Design majoring in textiles and photography from Rhode Island School of Design, in addition to his studies in Mexico where he became fluent in Spanish.
Michael later served as Handicraft Advisor and Export Developer with the United Nations. He began his career with the United Nations 1965 after discharge from United States Army in specialist training in photography and applied arts. Michael was assigned within many United Nations divisions throughout Central America, Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Pacific and Africa. He worked primarily across the applied arts and handicraft divisions, wood, weaving, textile, ceramics, glass, and metal work.
Whilst working at United Nations headquarters in Geneva he met his wife Susan in 1966 and soon after their marriage they had a daughter Ruth. Following his postings to Malta and Vienna with the International Labour Organisation he was assigned to Indonesia in 1972 where the family moved and adopted their son Ethan. The Yoffe family then lived in Botswana and Antigua for several years until 1983. Michael went on to work both long and short-term assignments in many other countries including Sudan, Ethiopia and Tanzania, Pakistan, and India.
Throughout Michael Yoffe’s career working with handicrafts, he amassed an extensive personal collection of antique textiles and artefacts from many of the countries where he had worked and lived. At Age sixty-five Michael based himself in Auckland working on short-term assignments until his retirement at seventy-five. His Auckland home was filled with the beautiful artistry he admired, reflecting his many years of extraordinary work and passion. He spent his last chapter photographing, painting, and cooking up a weekly feast for his friends with ’art-nights-with-mike’ and wonderful storytelling. He is survived by his daughter Ruth who now is ready to share his extensive collection of ethnographic art.
We are delighted to offer some pieces from the Michael Yoffe Collection in this catalogue, of note is the A Nkisi Figure from the Bambara People of Mali (lot 101), the Chokwe mwana pwo mask from angola (lot 106), the Gelede mask from the Yoruba people, west Africa (lot 104), and the highly decorative bwa/bobo butterfly mask from Burkina Faso (lot 102).
Melissa Parkinson
100
A Carved Wood Granary Door From The Dogon People Of Mali
Depicting people wearing Kanaga masks for the Dama ceremony of mourning.
Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe.
72cm x 46cm
$800 - $1,200
101
A Nkisi Figure From The Babara People Of Segou, Mali, Circa 1960s
Composed of carved wood, metal, fibre and clay. A nkisi or power figure is an object that has been imbued with a revered ancestral spirit by a nganga or healer/diviner. They are invoked to search out wrongdoing, enforce oaths, cure sicknesses and protect households or villages against evil forces. The metal objects commonly pounded into the surface of power figures represent the nkisi’s active roles during rituals or ceremonies. Each nail or metal piece represents a vow, a signed treaty, and an effort to abolish evil.
Provenance: Private Collection of Michael Yoffe.
H 64cm
$1,500 - $2,500
102
A Bwa/Bobo Butterfly Mask, Burkina Faso
Classic butterfly form with intricate geometrical patterns richly coloured with red, black and kaolin pigments. These masks are worn in front of the face and attached with a thick rope which the dancer holds in his mouth. This mask would be worn during agricultural festivals where the dancers would mimic the motion of a butterfly. Just before a rainfall it is said that swarms of butterflies appear. This dance is made in hope the gods will cause rain to fall on the newly Planted field. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe. L 207cm
$800 - $1,200
103
A Ceremonial Funerary Mask From the Dogon People Of Mali
Carved wood and plant fibre. Walu or antelope masks were worn by dancers for the dama or final commemorative ceremony for an important Dogon elder. This example is surmounted by Yasa who brought rainwater from the sky in a jug which formed the lake in which life began.
Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 70cm
$1,000 - $2,000
104
A Gelede Mask From The Yoruba People, West Africa
Carved wood with pigments, stylised coiffure, facial cicatrice, and decorated with cowrie shells and bells. The Gelede spectacle of the Yoruba is a public display using colourful masks which combines art and ritual dance to amuse, educate and inspire worship. Gelede celebrates “Mothers”, a group that includes female ancestors and deities as well as the elderly women of the community, and the power and spiritual capacity these women have in society. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 37 cm, diameter 72cm
$500 - $100
105
A Dogon Mask From Mali
Painted with black and ochre pigments. Pierced for suspension.
Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 29cm
$1,500 - $2,000
106
A Chokwe Mwana Pwo Mask From Angloa Finley carved wood mask with dark patina and elaborate plated fibre coiffure extending from the back of the head. Mwana pwo - meaning ‘young woman’ - represents the idealized portrait of feminine beauty. Beyond that allegory, this type of mask ymbolizes the important position that women occupy in matrilineal Chokwe society. The superbly carved fine facial features display the requisite cruciform scarification to the central forehead typical of mwana pwo masks. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 30cm, D 38cm
$400 - $800
107
A Makonde Lipiko Helmet Mask From Tanzania
Soft carved wood coloured with yellow/ochre pigment. Displaying pointed teeth through a pierced mouth, black facial markings and human hair. These masks appear in dances that celebrate the conclusion of initiation rituals of adolescent boys in the border region between Mozambique and Tanzania. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 24cm, diameter 68cm
$400 - $800
108
African Leopard Mask
Carved wood zoomorphic mask with articulated jaw. Red pigments with pale spots and fibers to the muzzle, brow and eyes. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 39cm
$1,000 - $2,000
109
A Kwele Mask From Gabon
Carved wood with kaolin pigment. Kwele masks represent the antelope whose flesh was eaten at the end of the ‘beete’ ritual. These masks typically have two large horns which sometimes encircle and frame the face. Areas of the face are often painted with white kaolin clay, the color of the spirits. Kwele ‘ekuk’ masks are beautifully stylised with a heart shaped face, almond shaped eyes and a small or non-existent mouth.
Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 41cm
$300 - $500
110
A Baule Spirit Wife Figure, Ivory Coast, Circa 1960s
Sitting female figure decorated with glass beads. Baule statuary is dominated by elaborate figures carved to symbolize spirit spouses. Baule mythology dictates that every adult, male or female, has such a spouse, manifested through dreams. This dream partner is always described as very beautiful, and she brings her human husband good luck.
Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 25cm
$100 - $200
111
A West African Senufo Mask, Ivory Coast
Carved wood with rich dark patina, pierced for suspension. This mask is used by the Poro society as initiation rituals for boys, at funerals to lead the spirit of the deceased and at harvest festivals. It is always owned and worn by men. It represents the society ancestors and has features that symbolize feminine beauty and fertility. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 25cm
$400 - $800
112
A Somali Headrest, Kenya
Wooden headrest with intricate carving. Label affixed.
Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 18cm
$100 - $200
113
A Wooden Headrest from Kenya
With coiled metal handle. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe, collected in 1977.
H 17cm
$100 - $200
114
A Large Ceremonial Mask From The Dan People of Liberia
Carved wood with dark, red, and kaolin pigments. The face framed by a fabric cushion adorned with cowrie shells and conical metal bells. The Dan people refer to these masks as gle, a term that refers both to the physical mask and the individual spirits the mask is believed to embody during masquerade performances. The wooden gle is accompanied by a full-body costume constructed of raffia, feathers and fur. It is believed that each gle has its own personality, preferences, dance and speech patterns and is given a personal name. The wearer of the mask takes on all of these qualities during the masquerade. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe.
H 34cm
$400 - $800
115
A Makonde Carved Figure From Tanzania
Provenance: private collection by Michael Yoffe in 1971
H 30cm
$500 - $800
116
A Chokwe Mwana Pwo Mask From Angloa Carved wood mask with painted with red pigment and plated beaded fibre coiffure extending from the back of the head. Mwana pwo - meaning ‘young woman’ - represents the idealized portrait of feminine beauty. This type of mask symbolizes the important position that women occupy in the matrilineal Chokwe society. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 22cm, D 25cm
$400 - $800
117
A Gu Mask From The Guro People, Ivory Coast
Carved wood painted with red and black pigments.
This mask represents the beautiful woman. In all aspects Gu masks reflects characteristics of ideal beauty amongst the Guro. Her skin is red, which is the color associated with women and hair neatly coiffed as sign that she is cultivated and not part of the natural wild world. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 38cm
$400 - $800
118
A Bird Mask From the Dan People, Ivory Coast
Carved zoomorphic bird face mask with rich dark patina. Pierced for suspension. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 26cm
$300 - $600
119
A Bwoom Mask From the Kuba People, Democratic Republic Of Congo
Wooden mask representing a bearded male face. With copper alloy, skin, fur, plant fiber, textile, glass beads, cowrie shell, seedpods, and pigments. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe. H 28cm, D 31cm
$400 - $800
120
A Baule Heddle Pulley
Carved wood tool used on the traditional narrow-band loom. Baule peoples and their neighbours to the West, the Guro, are famous as weavers and are known for their fine indigo-and-white cotton fabrics. This heddle pulley demonstrates the efforts put by Baule carvers into beautifying the simplest functional object. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe
H 12cm
$200 - $400
121
A Gelede Helmet Mask From The Yoruba People, West Africa
Carved wood mask with facial cicatrice and stylised coiffure surmounted by a bird.
H 23cm
$300 - $500
122
A Phemba Maternity Figure From the Yombe People Of Congo
Carved wood sitting female figure cradling a young child. With glazed recessed eyes in black and kaolin pigments and her chest and back carved with the crossed hatched diamond shaped cicatrice that are emblematic of the real-life women she represents. It’s commonly believed that Phemba are used to promote fertility in women.
H 34cm
$300 - $500
123
A Gba Gba Mask (Portrait Mask) From The Baule People, Ivory Coast
Carved wood with rich dark patina. Designed as part of a Baule theatrical tradition known as “Mblo,” that combines dramatic skits and solo dances, this mask is an idealized representation of the prominent member of the community for which it was sculpted. Its lustrous carved surfaces suggest healthy skin set off by a delicately textured coiffure and facial scarification. Some losses to the inner perimeter. Comes with stand.
H 24cm
$300 - $500
124
A Ceremonial Mask From The Dan People Of Liberia
Carved wood with dark patina. The face framed by a fabric cushion adorned with cowrie shells and metal bells.
H 30cm
$300 - $500
125
A Reliquary Figure From The Kota People Of Gabon
Stylised human figure made in wood, copper, and brass mounted on a perspex base.
H 43cm
$400 - $800
126
A Large And Impressive African Knobkerrie (Long Throwing Club)
Carved ebony with single piece spherical knob. Small split to the shaft end. Comes with wooden base.
L 60cm
$600 - $1,000
127
A Kuba Figure From The Democratic Republic Of Congo
Sitting figure with traditional Kuba patterns carved to the torso and back.
H 33cm
$300 - $500
128
An African Spear
H 211cm
$200 - $300
129
An African Fly Wisk Handle Mounted On A Wooden Base
H 28cm
$50 - $100
Tuesday 8 October 7pm start
Lot 130 - 165
130
Taxidermy Lion Full Body Mount On a Glass Base. Minor damage to ears.
L 190cm
$6,000 - $12,000
Lots 130 - 144 from a private collection. All of the taxidermy was undertaken by the famous English taxidermy firm of Roland Ward in the 1950's.
131
Taxidermy Leopard Full Body Mount With Glass Base. Minor damage to ears.
L 165cm
$4,000 - $8,000
Huia: An Avian Wonder of The World
In this catalogue we are delighted to offer a superbly preserved female huia in original Victorian diorama and case created by James Gardner taxidermist to Queen Victoria in 1898, with label affixed to the reverse of the case.
The now extinct huia were prized for their beauty, especially their deep blue black tail feathers marked by a distinctive white tip. Tail feathers were especially revered by Māori and were worn as a sign of chiefly rank. The practice of wearing huia feathers was adopted by Victorian and early 20th century milliners where the feathers adorned fine hats. The long-curved beaks of the females were also gold mounted and worn as brooches. Further credence was given to this practice when a high-ranking Māori woman took a quill from her own hair and placed it in the hatband of the Duke of York, then heir to the British throne, during his visit to New Zealand in 1901.
Huia birds were found throughout the North Island before humans arrived in New Zealand but have been extinct from the early 20th century due to widespread deforestation, over hunting, and predation. Māori named the bird after hearing its loud call described as a smooth whistle rendered as uia uia or where are you? Whilst Māori hunting pressures on the huia were limited to some extent by traditional protocols (the hunting season was from May to July when the bird's plumage was in prime condition and a rahui [hunting ban] was enforced over the spring and summer months), after European settlement in the 1840s, habitat destruction, and introduced ship rats and cats had reduced the bird’s range to the Southern North Island whereby huia numbers began to decline more quickly.
A particularly tragic part in the huia’s downfall was played by the naturalists of the day. Having identified the bird as an avian wonder of the world due to the unusual sexual dimorphism of the beak. For them, it was the beak that set the bird apart, ranking it, along with the moa and kiwi, as one of the world’s most remarkable birds. Where the men of science led, unscrupulous traders followed harvesting them in large numbers for overseas museum collections.
It was soon open season on huia. Between 1891 and the early 1900s, the Austrian taxidermist Andreas Reischek took 212 pairs as specimens for the Natural History Museum in Vienna, where they are still held today. Examples are held in museums all over the world. New Zealand ornithologist Walter Buller was particularly fascinated by the huia and studied the birds at great length both in captivity and in the wild. Buller collected a great many – on one of several expeditions to the Remutaka ranges in 1883 he collected 18 examples.
The huia in this sale is a particularly rare example as its full provenance is known and the taxidermists label is affixed to the original case. The pelt was given as payment for legal services to one of the first barristers in Palmerston North in the late 19th century, George Hartop Elliot Warburton. He took the skin to London and had her mounted by the premier taxidermist of the time, James Gardner. Gardner painted the case interior in his distinctive luminous colourful style. Warburton returned to New Zealand with the mounted huia in 1904, and she has remained in the private collection of the family for 126 years. With a change of family circumstances, the family have now decided that it is time to sell the huia presenting collectors with an opportunity to procure one of the most rare and important repatriated examples ever offered for sale on the open market.
Melissa Parkinson Valuer, Cataloguer
James Parkinson Head of Valuations & Oceanic Art
132
A Rare Late 19th Century Female Taxidermy Huia
Presented in original case and diorama by James Gardner, taxidermist to Queen Victoria Original taxidermist label affixed verso. Unlike many examples presented for sale this example is in original condition and the wattle is unpainted and left in its natural state
Provenance: George Hartop Elliot Warburton 1898. Passed on by descent. Retained in the same family for 126 years
Case size: H 46 x W 40 x D 18cm
$100,000 - $150,000
A Good Rare Huia Feather Tail Feather L
132A
18cm
$12,000 - $18,000
133
Taxidermy Gemsbok Head Mount Hook for suspension.
H 129cm
$600 - $1,200
134
Taxidermy Kudu Head Mount Hook for Suspension.
H 100cm
$500 - $800
135
Taxidermy Snarling Fox Head Mount
H 40cm
$400 - $800
136
Taxidermy Fox Head Mount Damage to ears.
H 27cm
$200 - $400
137
Taxidermy Waterbuck Head Mount Hook for Suspension.
H 120cm
$800 - $1,400
138
Taxidermy Mouse-Deer Full Body Mount Minor damage to ears.
L 59cm
$400 - $800
139
Taxidermy Hartebeest Head Mount Damage to one ear.
H 90cm
$600 - $1,200
140
Taxidermy Zebra Head Mount
H 90cm
$1,500 - $3,000
141
Taxidermy Duiker Full Body Mount On a Wooden Base
L 70cm
$400 - $800
142
Taxidermy Fawn Full Body Mount On a Wooden Base Damage to ears.
L 65cm
$400 - $800
143
Taxidermy Blue Wildebeest Head Mount Minor damage.
H 80cm
$300 - $500
144
Taxidermy Eland Head Mount Damage to one ear.
H 117cm
$800 - $1,200
145
A Billy Goat Head Mount
H 80cm
$300 - $500
146
Taxidermy Whitetail Deer Head Mount
H 87cm
$500 - $800
147
Taxidermy Brown Trout And A Tiger Fish Mounted on wooden bases. Tiger fish with significant losses.
L 71cm, 56cm
$400 - $600
148
Taxidermy Mallard Duck
L 50cm
$200 - $300
149
A Large And Impressive Turtle Shell
L 82cm
$400 - $800
150
A Turtle Shell
L 44cm
$100 - $200
151
Two Marlin Bills On wooden mounts
$500 - $800
152
Taxidermy Hawkbill Turtle
L 62cm
$800 - $1,200
153
Taxidermy Green Turtle
L 51cm
$500 - $800
154
Taxidermy 12 Pointer Red Deer Head
Mount
H 145cm
$1,000 - $2,000
155
Taxidermy 12 Pointer Red Deer Head
Mount
H 110cm
$800 - $1,200
156
Taxidermy Rainbow Trout
$300 - $500
157
Two Taxidermy Bird Of Paradise Tails (Paradisaea Minor)
One with attached head section.
L 40cm, 32cm
$300 - $500
158
A Pair Of Australian Carved Ostrich Eggs Displayed In A Glazed Case
Carved with emus, kangaroo, and kookaburra on fern mounted s/p stands with an associated inkwell on ebonised base with later glazed kauri display case with hinged lid.
L 47cm
$200 - $400
159
Taxidermy Long Tail Cuckoo
L 30cm
$100 - $200
160
An African Leopard Skin Rug Mount With Taxidermy Head
With Glass eyes and natural claws mounted on cotton backing. With cites documentation.
L197cm, W129cm
$4,000 - $6,000
161
Mounted African Horn
H 39cm
$200 - $300
162
A Georgian Scottish Rams Horn Snuff Mull Hinged lid with silver mount and Cartouche. Engraved “FL”
H 12cm
$400 - $600
163
Pilot Whale Jaw Bone And A Seal Skull
$200 - $300
164
A Megalodon Tooth And A Mako Shark Tooth
Top left section of Megalodon tooth broken away.
H 8cm, 3.5cm
$200 - $300
165
A Victorian Scottish Horn Snuff Mull Hinged lid with silver thistle and cartouche.
H 10cm
$250 - $350
Wednesday 9 October 4pm start
175
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of an Oni
H 4.5cm
$100 - $200
176
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Noh Mask Maker
Depicted seated eating a bowl of soup
W 4.5cm
$100 - $200
177
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of Scholar
Depicted reading a text
H 5cm
$100 - $200
178
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Cobra
Attacking A Bird Emerging From An Egg
9 x 5 cm
$100 - $200
179
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Fox And Cub
H 5cm
$100 - $200
180
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Goat
H 7cm
$100 - $200
181
Three Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of Sheshi
$200 - $400
182
Two Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of Mythical Baku
$200 - $400
183
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Boy Holding A Peach
4 x 4 cm
$100 - $200
184
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of An Open Clam Shell
L 4.5cm
$50 - $100
185
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Beatle
Crawling Over Two Seed Pods
L 5cm
$100
186
Japanese Wood Netsuke Of A Tiger
W 5cm
$100 - $200
187
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of a Man On A Large Squash
The Man depicted with a stick poking a spider
L 7cm
$100 - $200
188
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Man With A Large Mallet On A Rock Pursuing An Oni
The Oni portrayed hiding to the underside of the rock
L 4.5cm
$100 - $200
189
A 19th Century Chinese Lidded Box
Carved As A Shishi
The lid surmounted by a horse and with dragon, lion, snake monkey and other animals of the Zodiac carved in high relief
13cm x 11cm
$300 - $500
190
A Wood Netsuke Of A Coiled Snake
H 4cm
$100 - $200
191
A Rare Japanese Meiji Period Hippo Tooth Okimono Of Ashinaga And Tenaga
Ashikaga (long legs) and Tenaga (long arms) depicted as Fishermen with Tenaga holding an octopus in his hand
For a similar example see Zacke auctions Fine Netsuke and Okimono. April 27 2019.
Lot 162
H 15cm
$300 - $500
192
Japanese Ivory Okimono Carved As Rats On A Ladder
L 11cm
$200 - $400
193
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Noh Mask
L 4.5cm
$100 - $200
194
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Noh Mask
L 4.5cm
195
Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Cicada
L 5cm
$100 - $200
196
Japanese Black Lacquer Four Case Inro
With an attached carved wood toggle
L 7cm
$200 - $300
197
Three Japanese Wood Netsuke
Each depicting rats
$200 - $300
198
Six Assorted Japanese Wood Netsuke
$300 - $500
199
Five Assorted Japanese Ivory Netsuke
$250 - $400
200
Four Assorted Japanese Ivory Netsuke
$200 - $300
201
Four Assorted Japanese Wood Netsuke
$200 - $300
202
Four Assorted Japanese Wood Netsuke
$200 - $300
203
Four Assorted Japanese Wood Netsuke
$200 - $300
204
Four Assorted Japanese Ivory Netsuke
$200 - $300
205
Four Assorted Japanese Ivory Netsuke
$200 - $300
206
Four Assorted Japanese Ivory Netsuke
$200 - $300
207
Carved Japanese Meiji Period Zodiac Okimono
The spherical ball carved with the animals of the Zodiac set amongst scrolling clouds raised on a later carved wood stand
D 8cm
$400 - $800
208
Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke Of A Mouse
H 5 cm
$100 - $200
209
Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke Of A Pig
L 4.5 cm
$100 - $200
210
Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke Of A Dragon
Modelled with his claws resting on a pearl of wisdom
H 5 cm
$100 - $200
211
Japanese Ivory Netsuke of a Tengu Mask
Together With An Ivory Chop Seal And Ivory Zodiac Okimono
$100 - 200
212
A Superb Chinese Carved Mammoth Tusk
The tusk carved in China in the 19th century with Shou Loa, the God of Longevity and other immortals set in a carved wood base. With certificate of appraisal from the New England Appraisers Association dating the tusk to be 25,000-30,000 years old and found in Alaska
H 24cm
$1,000 - $2,000
213
Japanese Ivory Okimono of Persimmons On A Branch
L 11cm
$100 - $200
214
Three Assorted Japanese Wood Netsuke
$100 - $200
215
Three Assorted Japanese Wood Netsuke
$100 - $200
216
Reference Collection Of Nine Books On Japanese Netsuke
$300 - $500
217
Keiichi Takazawa Book Of Paintings
Complete with Perspex case
$100 - $200
Ian & Mary Heriot Collection
218
Small Carved Japanese Ivory Noh Mask
L 2cm
$40 - $80
219
Japanese Wood and ivory Figure of a Wood Cutter
$150 - $300
220
A Japanese Satsuma Meiji Period Bowl by Gyozan Together With a Lidded Porcelain Bowl
$150 - $250
221
A Japanese Edo Period Bizen Figure of Hotei
The bronze high fired earthenware figure standing holding a sacred jewel
H 22 cm
$300 - $500
222
A Japanese Edo Period Bizen Figure of Daruma
Seated in mediation wearing a robe
H 20cm
$200 - $400
223
Two Japanese Edo Period Bizen Figures of Daikoku and Eibisu
Each H 14 cm
$200 - $400
224
Japanese Edo Period Bizen Figure of Daikoku
The God of wealth seated on a rock holding a wish granting mallet
7 x 9 cm
$100 - $200
225
A Japanese Edo Period Bizen Figure of Daruma
Seated in mediation wearing a robe and holding a fly whisk
H 12 cm
$150 - $250
226
A Fine Meiji Period Satsuma vase by Kinkozan
Moon flask form, the body painted with opposing panels emblematic of spring, one side with a nesting bird in a flowering tree beside a river, the reverse with similar decoration with a flowering tree and birds. The circular panels framed by a richly gilded exterior on a cobalt ground with incipient mask ring handles to the shoulder. Impressed seal mark to the underside. H 21cm
The Kinkozan workshop was one of the most successful producers of Satsuma wares. Like their equivalents from Osaka, Yokohama, and Tokyo, these pieces were Kyoto’s response to the Western demand for delicately painted Japanese pottery
$1,500 - $2,500
227
A Pair Of Satsuma Meiji Period Vases by Ryokuzan For The Yasuda Company
The ovoid body of each finely painted in polychrome enamels in a continuous scene with bijin and children in a garden beside a river with flowering cherry blossom trees. The shoulder of each vase richly gilded and painted with a mon and diaper pattern. Ryokuzan mark to the underside. H 19cm
$1,400 - $1,800
228
A Pair Of Satsuma Meiji Period Vases by Eizan Kawamoto
Each of ovoid shape. The lower section of each painted in a continuous river scene with flowers and Hakonechloa river grass. The upper section painted in panels with bijin and landscapes intersected by polychrome painted and gilded chrysanthemums flower heads. One vase restored. Seal mark to the underside. H 16cm
$400 - $800
229
A Satsuma Meiji Period Figurine of Kwannon The Bodhisattva Of Compassion
Extensively decorated with flower mons and gilded scrolling tendrils
Signed within a cartouche to the baseGyozan. Restored to the base
H 19.5cm
$300 - $500
230
A Fine Pair Of Satsuma Meiji Period Vases by Yokohama Hattori
The ovoid bodies finely painted with scenes from the legend of the Dragon King’s daughter (Urashima Toro) with Samuri, Bijin and numerous other figures in landscape settings with temples and pagoda houses. The shoulders of each vase with Shishi lion dogs in high relief
Script mark to the underside of each.
Reference: See Piggot Japanese Mythology
Page 126 H 25cm
$3,000 - $5,000
231
A Fine Meiji Period Satsuma Jardinière by Kinkozan
Frilled, gilded lip. The interior painted with chrysanthemums and nesting birds. The exterior finely painted with a continuous garden scene with bamboo trellis and varieties of chrysanthemums and small birds. Raised on an unusual scrolling foot painted with flowerheads. Impressed Kinkozan mark to the underside
D 20cm
$2,000 - $3,000
232
A Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Teapot By Ryozan
Finely painted with Bijin and dancing children within fan shaped cartouches intersected by brocade and mon lappets. Ryozan signature mark in gold on black to the underside
D 12cm
$200 - $300
233
A Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Bowl by Kozan
The interior finely painted with snarling tigers in a bamboo glade. The exterior painted with wisteria. D 11cm
$200 - $400
234
A Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Koro
Squat ovoid shape with handles to the shoulder, profusely painted with flying birds, the lid with flower head finial. D 13cm
$200 - $400
235
A Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Lidded Bowl
Profusely decorated in raised enamels with a millefiori flower design, raised on three gilded feet. Signed Shiun to the underside
D 16cm
$300 - $500
236
A Finely Painted Japanese Meiji Period
Satsuma Miniature Teapot by Shussan
One side painted with dancing figures with barrels of sake, the other side with two overlapping panels painted with landscapes. Signed to the underside. H 9cm
$200 - $400
236a
A Large And Impressive Satsuma Floor Vase by Kinkozan
Painted with butterflies and profuse floral decoration with gilt highlighting
Signed to the base. H 56 cm
$2,000 - $4,000
237
A Japanese Satsuma Meiji Period Kōgō (incense box) by Yaki Hododa
The finely painted box of squat circular form. The top painted with daimyo and attendants. The interior painted with samurai, daimyo, bijin and arhats in overlapping cartouches
The undersigned signed Dai Nippon Teikoku, Bijutsu Satsuma Hododa
D 10cm
$300 - $500
238
A Large and Impressive Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Ovoid Vase by Gyokusen
Finely painted in gilt and polychrome enamels with the seven gods of good fortune (Shichifukujin) Ebisu (Integrity) Daikokuten (Prosperity) Benzaiten (Kindness) Bishamonten (Dignity) Fukuroku (Popularity) Jurōjin (Longevity) Hotei (Magnanimity) with Bijin attendants. The vase shoulder with cruciform mons and side profile dragons in gilt. The top section with fine calligraphic script and a repeating diaper pattern
Signed with a three-panel cartouche to the underside Dai Nihon, Satsuma, Gyokusen zo and with a Satsuma mon
Provenance: Sold at Cordys auctions in 2016 H 33cm
$3,000 - $5,000
239
A Good Japanese Satsuma Meiji Period
Koro by Sosho
With a fine brass metal lid centred by a group of chrysanthemums flowers. The squat ovoid body with two mythical phoenix birds painted in polychrome enamels with gilded highlighting raised on three legs. Satsuma mon and Sosho signature script to the base
D 16cm
$800 - $1,200
240
A Satsuma Meiji Period Vase
Inverted bell form painted with a village scene set in a mountainous landscape. Raised on three gilded feet. H 12cm
$200 - $400
241
A Satsuma Bowl Together with a Satsuma Plate
The plate with old Japanese repair to the rim section
$100 - $200
242
A Rare Meiji Period Satsuma Bowl by Makuzu Kozan
The interior finely painted with an eagle nesting in a pine tree, The exterior painted with pine branches. Gilt signature mark to the underside and with affixed Federation of Japanese Pottery Association label Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyagawa Kozan, was a potter from Kyoto who set up a workshop in the suburbs of Yokohama in 1871 to produce ceramics for export to Europe and North America.
D 21cm
$800 - $1,200
243
An Unusual Japanese Late Meiji Period
Sake Pot by Kinkozan
Each side with low relief mon and paulownia rosettes. The lid with 16 petal chrysanthemum diapers and fuku mask knop in high relief and long extended spout. Original cane handle
L 26cm
$500 - $800
244
A Finely Painted Japanese Meiji Period
Plate by Ryun Fuzan
Painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with Bijin on a verandah and in a garden setting with Mt Fuji in the distance
Gilded cartouche signature mark to the base and Satsuma mon
D 19cm
$300 - $500
245
Japanese Hand Painted Porcelain Panel
Depicting A Bijin
Seated beside a bird cage holing a fan
29 x 23 cm
$200 - $400
246
Two Japanese Meiji Period Scrolls
Hand painted. One with a Koi Fish and the other with a lotus flower in a pond
$300 - $500
247
Japanese Meiji Period Scroll
Hand painted with a mythical Baku and Goddess
170 x 34cm
$150 - $300
248
A Japanese Imari Coffee Pot
Some rim fritting evident
$100 - $200
249
A Fine Large 18th Century Japanese Hirado Ware Porcelain Mizusashi (Water Jar) And Cover
Painted in underglaze blue with scholars and attendants. The lid with figural knop final and painted with conforming decoration
Provenance: Purchased from David Cooke
Antiques, Shortland Street, Auckland
For a similar example see Sotheby’s Japanese and Korean Works of art. Lot 966
H 17cm D 16cm
$2,000 - $3,000
250
Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Teapot
$200 - $400
251
Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Teapot
$200 - $400
252
A Pair Of Meiji Period Bronze Vases by Shokoben
Urn shaped with handles to the shoulder, basket weave design across the surface with relief cast moths, butterflies, crickets and beetles, spiders, bees and snakes
Three-character mark on the base of each.
Circa 1880
H 32 cm
$1,000 - $2,000
253
Tatsuzo Shimaoka Stoneware Circular Dish
Impressed rope pattern design with ash glaze. D 20 cm
Provenance: Len Castle collection
$250 - $350
254
Japanese Meiji Period Komai Damascene Cigarette Case and Lidded Box
The cigarette box of rectangular form, the hinged cover finely decorated with the Kiyomizu temple, the reverse with windblown grasses and flowers. Black lacquer interior with gold and silver leaves and flowers. Signed in a cartouche to the interior, The circular lidded box decorated with temples and profuse floral decoration
$500 - $800
255
A Large Chinese Imari Kangxi Porcelain Circular Dish
Decorated in a red, blue and gold polychrome overglaze floral pattern
Kangxi mark to the base. Hairline cracks to the rim section
Provenance; Purchased from Waverley Antiques, Scotland in 1992
D 38cm
$500 - $1,000
256
A Good Chinese Kangxi Period Porcelain Celedon Lidded Jar
Decorated in underglaze blue and copper red. The ovoid body boldly painted with three fruiting clusters of peach picked out in copper red surrounded by small, pointed leaves in underglaze blue, all reserved on a celadon ground, Turned rosewood lid. Raised on a wooden stand
Provenance: Purchased Webbs Fine Chinese Porcelain sale May 1994. Kwok Gallery Singapore 1984. Two similar jars are illustrated in Chinese Ceramics by B Jansen Chinese Ceramics Catalogue Haags Gemeentemuseum 1976, figure 358. Sold with the certificate of authenticity from Kwok Gallery
H 17.5cm
$4,000 - $6,000
257
A Japanese Meiji Period Arita Porcelain Vase
Finely painted. The front with a cloud shaped cartouche depicting a dragon holding a flaming pearl amidst swirling clouds. The reverse with a fan shaped cartouche painted with chrysanthemum flowers and a flowering cherry blossom tree. The lower section of the vase with cresting waves, the whole decorated with scattered mons.
H 31cm
$400 - $800
258
Two Japanese Studio Pottery Vases By Tachibana Hashiro
Each with blue glaze decorated in the Ginsai technique with silver foil applied to the body and then refired. One vase with an associated hard wood stand
H 29cm and 22cm
$400 - $800
259
Japanese Cloisonné Vase by Ando Jubei
Finely decorated with a flowering cherry tree on a pale blue ground. Raised on an associated hard wood stand
Ando seal mark to the base
H 24cm
$500 - $1,000
260
A Fine Japanese Cloisonné Meiji Period Plate By The Inabo Cloisonné Company
With a scrolling boarder enclosing a tent pavilion with a flowering cherry and peony tree
D 15cm
$300 - $500
261
A Pair of Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonné Vases
Each with alternating shields decorated with dragons and phoenixes on a goldstone ground, H 19cm
$300 - $500
262
Small Japanese Meiji Period Sake Kettle By Takahara Komajiro
Finely decorated with flowers and butterflies. Engraved mark to the base, D 12cm
$100 - $200
263
A Pair Of Japanese Shiwan Stoneware
Komainu (Lion Dogs)
17 x 16 cm
$200 - $400
264
Chinese Soapstone Figure Of Hotei
Raised on a fitted stand, H 24cm
$100 - $200
265
A Fine Japanese Pewter Bowl by Yamazaki
The interior decorated with a design of the moon shining through trailing convolvulus
D 18 cm
$100 - $200
266
A Good Japanese Meiji Period Komai Cast Iron Tray
Offset square shape. The interior inlaid in silver and three coloured gold depicting chrysanthemum flowers and leaves
Signed Miyako Komai in inlaid gold to the base, W 30cm
$500 - $800
267
19th Century Chinese Necklace Carved From Cherry and Peach Stones
With 26 individually carved stones Each pit stone carved in openwork with flowers and birds separated by gilt links and beads. The twin drop pedants craved as conch shells. Together with another ten individual carved beads
Provenance: The Minor Arts of China
Catalogue. Spink and Son, London March 1983. Copy of the catalogue included L 38cm
$400 - $800
268
A Collection Of Five Japanese Muromachi and Edo Period Bronze Mirrors
Four signed - Fujiwara Saku, Fujiwara Shigekatsu, and Sai Kaan
$400 - $800
269
A Rare Early Chinese Early 18th Century Dehua Beaker With Kakiemon Style Decoration
Probably decorated in England in circa 1720. Octagonal form painted with sprays of chrysanthemums and prunus and with flying birds. Small repair to top rim
An almost identical beaker illustrated in the Dragon and the Quail Kakiemon Porcelain Exhibition catalogue, Kensington London February 2000. H 6.5cm
Provenance: Purchased at Webbs auctions in 1992
$400 - $800
270
A Rene Lalique ‘Saint-Francois’ Vase
Designed in 1930, the tapering body moulded with birds amongst branches in opalescent glass, stenciled ‘R. Lalique France’ to the base
H 17.5cm
$800 - $1,200
271
Rene Lalique for Maison Lalique Fleurettes
Pattern Perfume Bottle
Impressed mark and stencilled ‘R Lalique France’ mark to the base
H 15cm
$400 - $800
272
French Art Deco Opalescent Glass
Perfume Atomizer
Moulded with nesting birds. Marked ‘Made in France’ to the base
H 170cm
$100 - $200
273
Rene Lalique Muguet (Lilly Of The Valley)
Pattern Opalescent Glass Dish
Marked ‘R Lalique France’ to the base
D 32cm
$800 - $1,200
274
A Rare Rene Lalique Car Mascot Faucon
The standing Falcon figure mounted on the original nickel-plated base. Raised on a wooden light box. Crica 1925
Marked R Lalique, France. The nickel plated base marked Breves Galleries. Knightsbridge. S.W,3
Lalique commissioned Breves Gallery in Knightsbridge to mount his mascots and hood ornaments and then retail them to the British public.
The glass mascots were mounted in nickel plated fixtures and threaded caps, which lit from underneath using the engines battery power, this example is in fully working condition and in its original mount.
H 21cm (Excluding light box)
$3,500 - $5,000
275
René Lalique”Tete d’Aigle” Car Mascot
A very fine and well detailed French Art Deco frosted and polished glass car mascot of an eagle’s head with fine moulded and hand finished detail fitted into a nickel plated metal base mount. Signed to the base
R.Lalique France
Literature: Felix Marcilhac, René Lalique: Maître-Verrier, Paris, 2011, p. 499 H 14cm
$3,000 - $5,000
276
Two Crystal Lalique Figurines
Etched mark ‘Lalique France ‘ to the base
Each H 11cm
$300 - $500
277
Lalique Trois Sirenes Pattern Inkwell
Impressed Lalique mark to the side D 17cm
$300 - $500
278
A Good Jules Viellard Bordeaux French 19th Century Chinoiserie Majolica Mantle Clock
With mask ring handles surmounted by a lion dog with paw resting on a brocade ball. One ear missing from the lion dog. Circa 1880 H 40cm W 29cm
$1,000 - $2,000
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279
A Chinese Late Qing Dynasty Reverse Painting On Glass
Depicting a young women holding a flower seated at a dressing table
49 x 34 cm
$350 - $600
280
Signed Ivory Netsuke of a Sage in Bath with his back being washed by a demon
$150 - $250
281
Carved Ivory and Wood Figure of Standing Man
ivory head, hands and feet H 12 cm
$100 - $200
282
Signed Ivory Netsuke of Fukuroku, god of learning
$150 - $250
283
Two Signed and Tea-Stained Ivory Netsuke of Water Pails
$150 - $250
284
Signed Ivory Okimono of a Doll Maker
$150 - $250
285
Two Signed Ivory Okimono of a Male and Female, with rack and broom
$150 - $250
286
Carved Ivory Skull Knob Finial L 5cm
$150 - $300
287
Chinese Archaic Style Brass and Ivory Ruyi Scepter Paper Knife, L 21cm
$100 - $200
288
Signed Ivory Figure of Standing Fisherman, basket of crabs on his back
H 9.5 cm
$150 - $300
289
Signed Ivory Figure of Standing Water Carrier, peasant stands holding water pail with pail and rope on his back 9cm H
$150 - $300
290
Signed Ivory Figure of a Wheel Maker and Woodworker 8.5cm, 9cm Lengths, wheel makers has mallet handle missing, work worker base af
$150 - $300
291
Carved Ivory Two Intertwined Rings inset on Rosewood Platform, 8cm base length
$100 - $200
292
Satsuma Circular Trinket Box, finely painted on lid, interior lid and bowl with sage and attendants D 7.5 cm
$150 - $300
293
Three Japanese Meiji Period Imari Plates
$150 - $300
294
A Large 19th Century Chinese Imari bowl
With painted floral and diaper pattern panels. The interior painted with the immortal Qingoa riding a carp
D 28cm
$100 - $200
295
A Japanese Meiji Period Kutani Porcelain Lidded Bowl
The exterior painted with a repeating design of phoenix birds. The lid painted with three panels with sages and attendants in a landscape, houses beside a river and an interior scene with samurai and bijin
D 27cm
$100 - $200
296
Tibetan Thangka Hand painted With Shakyamuni Buddha
Seated teaching a retinue of Bodhisattvas and attendants
90 x 68 cm
$600 - $800
297
A 19th Century Thai Bronze Buddha
Figure
Seated in mediation with hands in the Bhumisparsha mudra or earth touching gesture. H 12cm
$250 - $350
298
Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure Of Shakyamuni Buddha
Seated in mediation with hands in the Bhumisparsha mudra (the earth witness gesture) on a double lotus throne. Blessed and filled with copper base plate to the underside.
Provenance: Wellington Estate Collection
H 11.5cm
$400 - $800
299
Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure Of Shakyamuni Buddha
Seated in mediation with hands in the Dharmachakra mudra (Mudra of teaching the Dharma) on a double lotus throne. Blessed and filled with copper base plate engraved with double vajra to the underside. H 11.5cm
Provenance: Wellington Estate Collection
$400 - $800
300
A 19th Century Burmese Bronze Buddha
Seated in mediation with hands in the Bhumisparsa mudra
Jade Gallery label affixed to the back
H 21cm
$400 - $800
301
A Rare 14th Century Suphan Buri
Sukhothai Bronze Buddha Stupa Relic
Recovered from a Stupa excavation at the Wat Phra Loi temple district in the Suphan Buri province of north central Thailand. Stupa images of this type were temple blessed and consecrated by Temple Buddhist Monks prior to their placement within the structural reliquary mound. The Sukhothai style buddha sits on a stepped pedestal in the ‘Virasana’ pose with one leg overlapping the soles of the other foot. Earth incrustation and variegated patination to the surface commensurate with its significant age.
H 13cm
$400 - $600
302
A Rare Large 19th Century Tibetan Silver And Copper Monastic Seal Chop
The lower section in repoussé copper decorated with the auspicious lotus and victory banner, The top section in silver decorated with the auspicious paired golden. The paired fish in Tibetan Buddhism signify courage and contentment as they swim spontaneously through the oceans without drowning, freely and instinctively. The copper underside seal section with a victory banner and lotus flower emblem.
H 27cm
$800 - $1,200
303
Japanese Meiji Period Plate by Hankinzan
Finely painted and richly gilded within a picture frame panel with Bijin and attendants in a garden setting outside a temple within a mountainous landscape, The exterior profusely decorated with flower heads highlighted in gilt. Painted gold on black seal mark to the underside
D 21cm
$500 - $800
304
Fine Quality Japanese Satsuma Meiji Period Koro, the lid with crouching Samurai figure and three honeycomb vignettes with bird, butterfly and dragonfly, the body with two panels of figures and temple H 14cm
$400 - $600
305
A Large And Impressive Japanese Edo Period Bronze Jardinière by Yoshimasa Fujiwara
Decorated in a continuous scene with a mountain hermitage, a sleeping arhat with attendant and exotic birds. The base with script signature and further decorated with cranes and a turtle beside a river.
D 38cm
$800 - $1,400
306
Tosa Mitsusada (Japan 1738-1806) A Good Japanese 18th Century Hand Painted Scroll Depicting a Nobleman on horseback with an attendant child in a mountainous landscape. Laid down on a floral brocaded fabric. Complete with original box 120 x 42cm
Provenance: Given to a member of J Force when leaving Japan after World War Two in 1946
$3,500 - $4,500
307
Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Figure of a Standing Man Gathering Grapes stands holding large grape vine with child attendant, ornately patterned robes
25.5cm H
$600 - $1,200
308
Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Figure of a Fisherman, standing with hip basket and rod
H 18.5cm
$200 - $400
309
Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Figure of a Farmer and Attendants, farmer stands with carrying a hoe, child attendant holding gourds H 15.5 cm
$300 - $600
310
Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Group of Lantern Painters, seated master and standing apprentice 11cm x 11cm
$400 - $800
311
Signed Carved Ivory Netsuke of a Geisha kneeling holding a mirror
$100 - $200
312
Meiji Period Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Figure of a Standing Fisherman, holds fishing rod and hand cupped to his mouth calling out H 30 cm (damage to tip of fishing rod)
$600 - $1,200
313
Signed Carved Ivory Figure Of A Woodsman he stands holding axe with sticks on his back
$200 - $400
314
Signed Carved Ivory Figure of a Fisherman standing holding a catch with young child on his back H 15.5cm
$300 - $600
315
Meiji Period Japanese Signed Carved Wood and Ivory Okimono (Decorative Ornament) carved ivory figure of fisherman and young child crossing over a wooden bridge, he carries a fish trap basket and axe 18cm ivory figure height, 39cm base length (faults to fishing rod)
$600 - $1,200
316
Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Figure of a Farmer, carrying hoe and large daikon H 15cm
$300 - $600
317
Carved Ivory Puzzle Ball on Stand, nine balls with outer ball of scrolling dragons and twelve mystical reticulated pearls H 16.5cm
$200 - $400
318
Signed Carved Ivory Standing Figure of Poultry Farmer, with hen on his shoulder and holding an egg H 12cm
$150 - $300
319
Japanese Signed Carved Patterned Ivory Standing Figure of Man and Young Boy the boy held aloft on shoulder away from attacking goose 21cm H
$400 - $800
320
Meiji Period Japanese Signed Carved Wood and Ivory Okimono (Sculptural Ornament), of a fishing boat with standing figure and seated artist 35cm L
$800 - $1,600
321
Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Figure of Fisherman and Young Child, standing on sea rock with catch and fishing rod held aloft (tip of rod missing) 24cm H
$800 - $1,600
322
Signed Ivory Cylindrical Snuff Bottle coloured pattern of bats, florals and calligraphy D 4.5 cm
$150 - $300
323
Chinese Carved Ivory Figure of Seated Fisherman resting on basket holding fishing rod and pipe on hardwood fitted stand H 19cm
$300 - $600
324
Chinese Carved Ivory Figure of Seated Farmer holding fan with goose at his feet on hardwood fitted stand 19cm H
$300 - $600
325
Chinese Carved Ivory Figure of Seated Trader smoking a pipe with basket of turtles on fitted hardwood stand H 20cm
$300 - $600
326
Chinese Signed Carved Ivory Figure of Seated Hunter holding sea bird catch on fitted hardwood stand H 19cm
$300 - $600
327
Chinese Carved Ivory Koro and Cover traditional form shallow relief carved body with turquoise and coral gems, finely pierce domed cover with fu dog finial, ring handles 17 cm on fitted stand
$600 - $1,200
328
Meiji Period Japanese Signed Carved Wood and Ivory Okimono, seated man cutting a piece of fruit with standing child beside him waiting for a piece of fruit 15cm height, 12.5cm base length
$500 - $1,000
329
Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Seated Figure drinking from a gourd with an exaggerated vine straw H 13.5cm
$300 - $600
330
Japanese Carved Ivory Figure of a Woodsman carry bamboo on his back with axe H 14.5cm
$150 - $300
331
Japanese Carved Ivory Figure of a Huntsman he stands holding a rifle with large eagle on his shoulder H 37cm
$800 - $1,600
332
Chinese Carved Ivory Figure of an Immortal she stands holding a chrysanthemum blossom on stand H 27cm
$200 - $400
333
Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Figure of a Monkey Trainer he stands with monkey on his back holding a fruit with child attendant as his feet H 17cm
$600 - $1,200
334
Chinese Carved Carnelian Urn and Cover formed of reticulated lotus petals with multiple ringed handles H 38cm, some minor damage
$800 - $1,400
335
Mid 20th Century Chinese Carved Ivory Chess Set, traditional carved set of Emperor and his court 18 cm height, warrior pawns 9cm height encased in fitted box with checkerboard surface
$1,000 - $2,000
336
A Good Qing Dynasty Ryi Sceptre
Finely carved with immortals and attendants and foliage. The upper section with an inset jade plague depicting Shou Lao holding a staff and peach of longevity flanked by attendants
Provenance: From the collection of Captain James Percy Smith. Percy Smith was a Navy Captain who lived in China from 1926 -1944.
$5,000 - $8,000
337
A Rare China Yuan Shi Kai (Hung Hsien)
Flying Dragon Silver Coin
Awarded to Captain James Percy Green in 1935 after he saved 13 Chinese people from drowning on the Yangzi River
Together with a presentation stand and enamel plague inscribed in Chinese ‘This is to certify that Captain Green of Tai Gu Huang Po saved 13 Chinese people from the storm, Gift from Wang Guohai 1935 July 13th’
Provenance: From the collection of Captain James Percy Smith. Percy Smith was a Navy Captain who lived in China from 1926 -1944.
$5,000 - $10,000
338
A Tibetan Painted Wood Panel of A Kagyu Tulku (Reincarnated Lama)
Seated in mediation holding an auspicious conch shell. The Kagyu school is one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism
60 x 57 cm
$400 - $800
339
Japanese Signed Carved Ivory Figure of a Standing Fisherman holding large catch (left hand rod hand with damage) H 29.5 cm
$400 - $800
340
Japanese Carved Ivory Figure of a Gardener, she stands with basket of flowers on her back holding an axe H 30 cm
$600 - $1,200
341
Two 19th Century Blue and White
Porcelain Tea Pots
Provenance: From the collection of John Lawford
$100 - $200
342
A Large and Impressive Chinese Carved Elephant Tusk
Finely carved with temples, pagodas and trees with numerous figures engaged in various pursuits. Raised on a fitted rosewood stand. Some minor losses
L 79cm
$3,000 - $5,000
343
An Early 20th Century Chinese Ivory Puzzle Ball On Stand
Finely carved with numerous internal balls, with bird and foliate stand issuing from a circular pierced base carved with flowers and leaves
H 30cm
$800 - $1,200
344
Chinese Agate Snuff Bottle
H 6cm
$150 - $250
345
A Nest of Four Graduated Early 20th Century Chinese Rosewood Tables
Label affixed to the underside of one table
‘Shui Hing. High class Teak and Blackwood furniture Kowloon’
$350 - $600
346
Chinese Western Han Dynasty Pottery Equestrian Figure
Modelled as a solider upon a horse, the horse standing foursquare facing forward on a rectangular base. Repair to neck and some losses evident.
Provenance: Wellington Estate Collection
35 x 27cm
$400 - $800
347
A Chinese Late Qing Dynasty Dragon Dish
The interior centred with a medallion enclosing a dragon holding a flaming pearl of wisdom soaring in a blue sky with clouds, the cavetto with floral decoration and three auspicious bats emblematic of happiness with Shou (longevity) symbols issuing from each bat reserved on a pale-yellow ground.
Provenance: Wellington Estate collection
D 38cm
$400 - $800
348
An Indian 19th Century Dhokra Bronze Elephant With A Figure Of The Hindu Warrior Khandoba
Khandoba sitting on the back of the elephant beneath a canopy. The elephant with raised trunk raised on a rectangular base.
20 x 9cm
$300 - $500
349
A Collection of Roman and Egyptian Antiquities
Including a terracotta oil lamp, a collection of bronze coins, a faience amulet of Anubis and a stone seal
Enclosed in cardboard boxes from E Hatoun and Son, Mouski, Cairo, Egypt
$200 - $400
350
Victorian Pollard Oak Teapoy
Sarcophagus shaped top with five original zinc tea tins to the interior. Raised on a quatrefoil base with lion’s paw feet
$400 - $800
350A
An Attractive George III Irish Mahogany Snap Top Supper Table
With pie crust edge to the top raised on a spiral fluted column and blind fretted scroll legs
D 80cm
$600 - $1,200
351
Oppert Ernest: A Forbdden Land Voyages To The Corea With An Account Of Its Geography and History. First edition. London 1880
$400 - $800
352
Urushibara Mokuchu (Yoshijiro, 1888-1953)
A Book Of Ten Woodcuts
Cut and printed in color by the artist, after designs by Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), with limited edition number 176/250
$2,000 - $3,000
353
Three Books On Japanese Ukiyo-e Artists
Harunobu by Lubor Hajek, Utamaro by Lubor Hajek, Hokusai by W Foreman
$150 - $250
354
Hawley Frank: Whales and Whaling in Japan
First edition with slip cast. Edition limited to 125 copies
$3,000 - $5,000
355
Sukenobu Nishikawa A Sketchbook With Twenty Six Drawings
Folding style with half Morocco slip case
$150 - $250
356
Kiyonaga A Study of His Life And Works With a Portfolio of Plates in Colour and Collotype (2 Volumes) Published for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by The Harvard Univ. Press, 1939. Volume I is text, volume II is a portfolio of plates
$300 - $500
357
Audsley, G. A; Bowes, J. Lord Keramic Art of Japan. Volumes I & II
Published for the Subscribers by the Authors. Henry Sotheran & Co. 1875 1st edition complete two volume set. Large folio. Full Morocco with gilt ruling/titles.
$500 - $800
358
Sharaku: A Complete Collection Volume 1 Reproduction prints by the Adachi Institute of woodcut prints. Meiji -Shobo, 1952
$600 - $1,200
359
Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print)
Depicting Kabuki actors
pair in common frame 34 x 23.5cm each
$200 - $400
360
Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) By Kawashima
Bijin from the Five Types of women Series
40 x 25 cm
$100 - $200
361
Four Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Prints) By Utamaro
Each depicting a Bijin from the Flourishing Beauties of the present-day Series
40 x 25cm
$200 - $400
362
Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) By Kuniyoshi
Men Fishing for Eels
25 x 36cm
$100 - $200
363
Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) By Nobukazu Watanabe
A Beauty arranging plum blossoms for the month of February
33 x 23cm
$200 - $400
364
Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) By Kiyohiro
Depicting the actor Nakajima Tokojuro
37 x 25cm
$100 - $200
365
Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) By Hokusai
From the Toto Meisho (Twelve scenes of Tokyo series)
20 x 29cm
$100 - $200
366
Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) by Kunisada
Memorial portrait of Hiroshige
39 x 23cm
$150 - $250
367
Meiji Period Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) by Sadanobu II
Mongaku Shonen beneath the waterfall. Circa 1880, 34 x 24 cm
$200 - $400
368
Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) by Utagawa Kunisada
The actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro from the Potted Violets series
36 x 23 cm
$200 - $400
369
Japanese Edo Period Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) by Kochoro Kunisada
Waitress carrying a tray. Some damage to the upper section of the print
36 x 25 cm
$100 - $200
370
Japanese Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Print) by Hokusai
The Roben Falls with porters relaxing and bathing in the pool
38 x 27 cm
$100 - $200
371
Kaneta Masanao Sculptural Kurinuki Sculptural Vase
Hagi white, pink glaze. With original box
An eighth-generation Hagi potter, Kaneta Masanao has expanded beyond the tradition of his ancestry to create a more sculptural oeuvre. Perhaps due to his training as a sculptor, his forms have a strong and dramatic presence that sets them apart from works by other artists working in this traditional ceramic center. Using the centuries-old Hagi white-pink glazes, Kaneta creates unique and readily identifiable functional and non-functional sculptural forms. His signature technique of kurinuki, in which he digs or scoops-out a form out of the clay instead of shaping it on a wheel, further allows him to boldly depart from ancient Hagi traditions. He tirelessly continues to pursue and challenge new difficult forms that fight against gravity while improving on glazing and firing in a climbing kiln.
H 18cm
$300 - $500
372
Kelvin Bradford Sculptural Stoneware Vase
With Shino and Feldspar Glaze
H 25cm
Kelvin Bradford is a senior New Zealand potter who has worked with clay since the 1970s starting his work with Len Castle as his mentor. His specialty is contemporary Japanese ceramics. He has published 25 articles and has given many lectures and workshops both in New Zealand and Japan. He has had numerous solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Kyoto, Kobe, Kyushu
$700 - $1,200
373
Kelvin Bradford Sculptural Stoneware Vase
With Shino and Feldspar Glaze
H 20cm
$500 - $800
374
Kelvin Bradford Sculptural Stoneware Vase
With Oribe Glaze
H 27cm
$700 - $1,200
375
Kelvin Bradford Sculptural Stoneware Vase
With Oribe Glaze
H 12cm
$300 - $500
376
Kelvin Bradford Sculptural Stoneware Vase
With Oribe Glaze
H 10cm
$200 - $400
377
Two Moghul School Illustrated Manuscript
Pages (unframed), 36 x 23cm each
$100 - $200
378
Two Moghul School Illustrations (unframed), 22 x 14cm
$100 - $200
379
Two Moghul School Illustrations (unframed), 23 x 16cm
$100 - $200
380
Two Moghul School Illustrations (unframed), 22.5 x 12.5cm
$100 - $200
381
Two Moghul School Illustrations (unframed), 23 x 12.5cm
$100 - $200
382
Two Moghul School Illustrations (unframed), of sizes, largest 22 x 13cm
$100 - $200
383
Two Moghul School Illustrations (unframed), of sizes, largest 31 x 17cm
$100 - $200
