- ROBERT INDIANA, CHOSEN LOVE, WOOL TAPESTRYRobert
ROBERT INDIANA, CHOSEN LOVE, WOOL TAPESTRYRobert Indiana (American, 1928-2018)Chosen Lovewool tapestry wove from skein dyed, hand carved and hand tufted archival New Zealand wool on stretched canvas with natural latex backingsigned in pen and
- Antique early map "Carte de l'Oceanie"
Antique early map "Carte de l'Oceanie" - Australia / Oceania / Philippines / Australien / Neuseeland / New Zealand, Saint-Martin, Louis Vivien de (1802-1897): Published by Paris, 1824, approx 29cm x 39cm
- Statue of David, Italian hand painted
Statue of David, Italian hand painted lidded box and New Zealand specimen wood circular box, to include Totara and Kahikutea etc, approx 18cm H and shorter (3) Provenance: Directly from the Hordern Family
- Maori Tewhatewha Hardwood Club, New
Maori Tewhatewha Hardwood Club, New Zealand, early/mid 20th century axe formed head with carved geometric and floral motifs, feather bundle to plain shaft and pointed end
Some loss to axe bit and minor chips and abrasions to head
length 67 in — 170.2 cm
- FOREIGN CURRENCY AND COINSTaiwan, Korea,
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND COINSTaiwan, Korea, Ukraine, Ireland, Chile, Egypt, Colombia. Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Venezuela, Mexico, Finland. Sweden, Philippines, Argentina, Eastern Caribbean, Macau, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, New Zealand, and Greece. All heavily circulated and worn.
- NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)
TWO FINE
NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)
TWO FINE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES, MEIJI PERIOD ?? ??????? ?????1845-1927???? ?????????????? ???????one worked in silver wire and coloured enamels with a lone bird perched in a branch of red and yellow maple leaves against a bright blue ground, the foot decorated with floral lozenges, the rims silver, the base signed with chiselled characters on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa; the other one intricately worked in colourful enamel and gold wire with two birds perched on prunus branches and bamboo leaves against a black ground, the base signed with chiselled characters of the same mark; both with bespoke wooden stand and tomobako(2)heights: 12.1cm and 23.2cmProvenance: Private English collection, London; acquired by current owner’s great-aunt Etta May Gubbins (1871-1955) during her honeymoon trip in Yokohama in 1910. Etta May Gubbins married in 1909 at Kilmallock, Ireland to Captain Burston Beresford Gubbins (1876-1929), The 13th Hussars.May Gubbins, nee May Gibson, was the eldest of the three daughters of Edmund Gibson who was born at Quernmore Park, near Lancaster in 1824, went out to New Zealand with his brother Wilson and staked a claim to about 20,000 acres of land in South Island and died at Otago in 1886.Note: Born in 1845 to a rural samurai family, Namikawa Yasuyuki started his cloisonné business in Kyoto in 1873 and by the 1880s was successful enough to build, and then extend and upgrade, a large compound that eventually included workshops housing more than 20 employees. Having won countless medals at national and international exhibitions, his works were sought after by the national and international collectors during his lifetime and became even more highly collectable thereafter. A closely comparable cloisonné enamel small vase, by the workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, with the same, shape and almost identical design of a lone bird perched in a branch of red and yellow maple leaves but against a pale green ground, was sold at Bonham's New York, 24 September 2020, lot 1039.
- YABU MEIZAN (1853-1934)
SATSUMA VASE,
YABU MEIZAN (1853-1934)
SATSUMA VASE, MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1910 ?? ?1910 ????? ???????? ??finely decorated on the slender body in enamels and gilt with a continuous landscape scene with Fuji Mountain afar and river meandering in the foreground, with small figures, houses and boats in between, all between a band of clustered chrysanthemum and peony blossoms around the mouth rim and foot, the based inscribed with a gilt seal 'Yabu Meizan' in square, with a fitted wooden stand and original tomobako, which has a sticker on the inside cover reading 'Yabu Meizan, Painter of the finest satsuma porcelain, No. 197, Naka Ni-chome, Dojima, Ocaka, Japan'(1)17.8cm highProvenance: Private English collection, London; acquired by current owner’s great-aunt Etta May Gubbins (1871-1955) during her honeymoon trip in Yokohama in 1910. Etta May Gubbins married in 1909 at Kilmallock, Ireland to Captain Burston Beresford Gubbins (1876-1929), The 13th Hussars.May Gubbins, nee May Gibson, was the eldest of the three daughters of Edmund Gibson who was born at Quernmore Park, near Lancaster in 1824, went out to New Zealand with his brother Wilson and staked a claim to about 20,000 acres of land in South Island and died at Otago in 1886.
- TWO GILT AND BLACK LACQUER SMALL BOXES
MEIJI
TWO GILT AND BLACK LACQUER SMALL BOXES
MEIJI PERIOD ?? ???????? ???????one of canted square form, the cover and sides decorated in gold and silverwith pine trees, bamboo grove and plum trees, the cover further adorned with a tortoise and crane in the foreground, the interior of the box with textile lining; the other three-tiered box of square form, supported on bracket feet, the cover and sides painted with various blossoming flowers; each with wooden tomobako(2)width: 7.6cm and 6.6cmProvenance: Private English collection, London; acquired by current owner’s great-aunt Etta May Gubbins (1871-1955) during her honeymoon trip in Yokohama in 1910. Etta May Gubbins married in 1909 at Kilmallock, Ireland to Captain Burston Beresford Gubbins (1876-1929), The 13th Hussars.May Gubbins, nee May Gibson, was the eldest of the three daughters of Edmund Gibson who was born at Quernmore Park, near Lancaster in 1824, went out to New Zealand with his brother Wilson and staked a claim to about 20,000 acres of land in South Island and died at Otago in 1886.
- FINE JAPANESE KOMAI DAMASCENE OCTAGONAL
FINE JAPANESE KOMAI DAMASCENE OCTAGONAL BOX AND COVER
MEIJI PERIOD ?? ?????????? ???????supported on four key-fret bracket feet, the flat top decorated with pavilions in a mountainous landscape, encircled by a flowerhead border, the sides of the cover and the box respectively adorned with key-fret and maple leaves, both interiors of the cover and box engraved with small houses in landscape, the base engravedNihon koku Kyoto ju Komai sei (made by Komai from Kyoto, Japan) beneath the company dragonfly mark in a raised rectangle, surrounded by leafy tendril and a butterfly in flight(1)6cm wide; 127gProvenance: Private English collection, London; acquired by current owner’s great-aunt Etta May Gubbins (1871-1955) during her honeymoon trip in Yokohama in 1910. Etta May Gubbins married in 1909 at Kilmallock, Ireland to Captain Burston Beresford Gubbins (1876-1929), The 13th Hussars.May Gubbins, nee May Gibson, was the eldest of the three daughters of Edmund Gibson who was born at Quernmore Park, near Lancaster in 1824, went out to New Zealand with his brother Wilson and staked a claim to about 20,000 acres of land in South Island and died at Otago in 1886.
- GROUP OF EIGHT GLASS AND GILT BRONZE
GROUP OF EIGHT GLASS AND GILT BRONZE "OFFICIAL'S HAT" FINIALS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ??????????????comprising: one pink glass, two transparent blue glass, three clear glass and two metal hat finials with various decorative metal mounts, three metal mounts bearing inscriptions on the base(8)the largest: 6.2cm highProvenance: Private English collection, London; acquired by current owner’s great-aunt Etta May Gubbins (1871-1955) during her honeymoon trip in Asia around 1910. Etta May Gubbins married in 1909 at Kilmallock, Ireland to Captain Burston Beresford Gubbins (1876-1929), The 13th Hussars.May Gubbins, nee May Gibson, was the eldest of the three daughters of Edmund Gibson who was born at Quernmore Park, near Lancaster in 1824, went out to New Zealand with his brother Wilson and staked a claim to about 20,000 acres of land in South Island and died at Otago in 1886.
- Lot of Miscellaneous Items to include
Lot of Miscellaneous Items to include a lot of Dutch items, c/o Elesva Delfts blue & white tile with windmill (6-1/8" sq), (3) framed Makkum polychrome porcelain tiles (6-3/8" sq overall), framed Makkum blue & white floral porcelain tile (6-3/8" sq overall)(4) pair plus one wooden shoe clogs (largest 13" l), (7) Carved wood ethnic items, c/o painted African mask (11-1/4" x 8-1/4"), sun plaque (9-1/2" x 8-3/4"), Rotorua New Zealand plaque with mother of pearl eyes (10" x 5"), (4) figural forks & spoons (longest 11"), and (2) Asian terracotta comedic figures, possibly incense burners, unmarked, 9" & 7-1/2" h
- JENNY DOLEZEL "ON VACATION-THE VOYAGE"
JENNY DOLEZEL "ON VACATION-THE VOYAGE" ETCHING Jenny Dolezel (New Zealand b. 1964), "On Vacation-The Voyage," 1985, a whimsical / surrealistic etching on paper featuring two characters in a row boat with the New York City skyline in background, pencil signed lower right, numbered: 8/10 lower left and titled in the plate lower center. Image:3.5" H x 5.5" W, frame: 8.25" H x 10.25" W.
- JOHN GIBB (NEW ZEALAND, 1831-1909) RIVER
JOHN GIBB (NEW ZEALAND, 1831-1909) RIVER LANDSCAPEFramed oil on canvas painting, River Landscape with Water Wheel and Fisherman, signed lower right John Gibb (New Zealand, 1831-1909), dated 1869, craquelure, paint loss, sight: approx 13.5"h, 19.5"w, overall: approx 21.25"h, 27.25"w, 7.75lbs
- BRITISH WORLD WAR 1 IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS
BRITISH WORLD WAR 1 IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS SADDLEBritish World War 1 Imperial Camel Corps saddle, having leather seat, upon wood frame with iron hardware, leather rope accent, Arabic marking to underside on one leg, some wood loss to one horn, approx 21.5"h, 18.5"w, 29.75"d *Note: The British Imperial Camel Brigade, composed of troops from England, Australia, New Zealand and India, came into service in 1916 and was stationed near Cairo, Egypt and engaged Ottoman forces in the Sinai, Gaza, the Jordan Valley and other combat. Two companies fought with T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) in 1918. A monument to their heroics is located at the Victorian Embankment Gardens, London.
- BRITISH ENFIELD 1915 TRAINING RIFLE,
BRITISH ENFIELD 1915 TRAINING RIFLE, .22L CALIBERBritish Enfield MKIV Sht LE III training rifle dated 1915, .22L caliber, bolt action, 25" barrel, non functioning magazine, adjustable rear sight at barrel top, markings include NZ (New Zealand), crown over GR (George V),
Birmingham, bayonet lug, full body stock with NZ brass disc, two sling swivels, butt plate with spring door for cleaning kit, SN 12XXX *REQUIRES FFL TRANSFER*
- BRITISH ENFIELD 1910 TRAINING RIFLE,
BRITISH ENFIELD 1910 TRAINING RIFLE, .22L CALIBERBritish Enfield Sht LE III training rifle dated 1910, .22L caliber, bolt action, 25" barrel, non functioning magazine, adjustable rear sight at barrel top, range dial at left forestock lacks pointer, markings include broad arrow, NZ (New Zealand), crown over GR (George V),
B.S.A. Co., numerous inspection marks and numbers,
bayonet lug, full body stock with NZ brass disc, impressed Enfield markings, two sling swivels, butt plate with spring door for cleaning kit, SN 63XXX *REQUIRES FFL TRANSFER*
- HAND-TIED INDIAN SILK & WOOL RUG, 11'9"
HAND-TIED INDIAN SILK & WOOL RUG, 11'9" X 8'9"Hand-tied Indian rug, silk and New Zealand wool, approx 11'9"l, 8'9"w
- PETER BEADLE (B.1933) 'POTTED GARDEN'
PETER BEADLE (B.1933) 'POTTED GARDEN' OIL PAINTINGFramed oil on canvas board painting, "Potted Garden," signed lower left Peter Beadle (New Zealand, b.1933), additionally signed, titled, and dated 1992 verso, sight: approx 17.25"h, 23.25"w, overall: approx 25.5"h, 31.5"w, 7.25lbs
- STAMP: 1965 NEW ZEALAND, SC# 342018
STAMP: 1965 NEW ZEALAND, SC# 342018 SCV $275. From 1980s private collection of rare/scarce international postage stamp singles, most third-party expertized by Scott Philatelic, S. Pinchot, Lutz Committee or Alan Miller.
See images for details. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
- STAMP: 1857 NEW ZEALAND, SC# 72018 SCV
STAMP: 1857 NEW ZEALAND, SC# 72018 SCV $825. From 1980s private collection of rare/scarce international postage stamp singles, most third-party expertized by Scott Philatelic, S. Pinchot, Lutz Committee or Alan Miller.
See images for details. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
- MAORI PEOPLES, CARVED WOOD TIKI FIGURE
MAORI PEOPLES, CARVED WOOD TIKI FIGURE New Zealand, 19th/20th c., figure in powerful stance with lolling tongue, traditional tattoo markings and inlaid mother of pearl eyes, old paper label on back stating it was purchased in 1928, 10"h x 3.875"w x 2"d
- TIM HOWE (NEW ZEALAND/SPANISH/AMERICAN,
TIM HOWE (NEW ZEALAND/SPANISH/AMERICAN, 20TH/21ST CENTURY), MAJESTY OF AUTUMN Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, titled and additionally signed en verso, retaining label, unframed.
- TIM HOWE (NEW ZEALAND/SPANISH/AMERICAN,
TIM HOWE (NEW ZEALAND/SPANISH/AMERICAN, LATE 20TH/ 21ST CENTURY), AUTUMN REFLECTIONS Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, titled and additionally signed en verso, unframed.
- Lot of train related items, c/o (3)
Lot of train related items, c/o (3) Mantua HO scale train cars with original boxes, c/o General engine & tender No 210, Western & Atlantic water tank car (missing tanks, box in poor condition), box car 1860 kit (box in poor condition), (2) Lesney Models of Yesteryear, c/o #13 American 4-4-0 locomotive, #14 Duke of Connaught locomotive, (17) Taieri Gorge Railway postcards with New Zealand $1 stamp
- MARK BRAZIER-JONES (NEW ZEALAND, B.1956):
MARK BRAZIER-JONES (NEW ZEALAND, B.1956): TWO PAIRS OF SCULPTURAL BURNISHED STEEL ‘ANGRY FISH’ CANDLEHOLDERS (4) Circa 1998 Each with marbleised glass eyes, 27cm high
- CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND. A COLLECTION
CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND. A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE MEDALS Canada. Canadian Korea Medal (Médaille Canadienne de Corée) 1950-1953; Canada. Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal (Médaille Canadienne du Maintien de la Paix); Canada. Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea (Médaille Canadienne de Service Volontaire en Corée);
- Unused New Zealand boy scouts and girl
Unused New Zealand boy scouts and girl scout stamps. 3d-1d, 2d-1d, 1 1/2-1/2d, various conditions
- Three sheets of stamps, New Zealand
Three sheets of stamps, New Zealand Red cross and Health, 1D, 2D and 3D, approx 120 stamps each sheet, of various conditions
- Unused- New Zealand 25c Princess Diana,
Unused- New Zealand 25c Princess Diana, George and Harry, 1985, approx 100 stamps
- Six sheets of unused New Zealand bird
Six sheets of unused New Zealand bird stamps-2 1/2D, 3D, Kakariki, Tieke, Kaka, Korora, Tarapunga, in various conditions
- Two sheets of unused New Zealand stamps,
Two sheets of unused New Zealand stamps, Royal Wedding 29th July 1981 20cents stamps 100 and Prince Andrew, Fergie and Beattrice 1989, 40cents x 100
- Two sheets of vintage New Zealand stamps
Two sheets of vintage New Zealand stamps 2D and 3D, approx 160 x 2, various conditions
- Assortment of unused sheets, New Zealand
Assortment of unused sheets, New Zealand birds. Tete 2d-1d, Kotare 2d-1d, Kereru 3d-1d, Various conditions
- Unused New Zealand Prince Edward, 3cent
Unused New Zealand Prince Edward, 3cent and 4cent 1973, approx 200, various conditions
- A vintage color lithograph, harbor scene
A vintage color lithograph, harbor scene 'Panoramic View of City and Harbor from Birkenhead North Shore' Auckland New Zealand. Image 12" x 27" Overall in a maple frame 24" x 38.5" Condition: margins likely reduced, wrinkled CT Transfer Fee $10
- ENGRAVED MAP, PACIFIC OCEAN, BY CORONELLI.
ENGRAVED MAP, PACIFIC OCEAN, BY CORONELLI. Map entitled “Mare Del Sud detto altrimenti Mare Pacifico”, drawn by Il P.M. CORONELLI and dated 1654 (near New Zealand), but likely later. Image sight size 18.5”H x 24.75, Overall in a gold lined wood frame 32.5”H x 38”W.