Art Objects - 5

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Japanese wooden vase, 1800s
A Japanese root wood vase
Contemplative vase with original liner.
Probably Meiji period (1868-1912)
36 x 25cm
$395 ​Incl. GST
Atherton collection, fighting club, woomera
Aboriginal Artifacts originally from the Atherton Collection.
(R) A very rare incised and painted West Australian fighting Club. Price: $2,250
(L) An incised W.A. Woomera with stone chisel and lovely old patina.
Price:$1,850 ​Incl. GST
New Zealand Kauri Gum models
New Zealand Kauri Gum Maoris
A very rare group of late nineteenth century New Zealand semi-focilised Kauri Gum portraits busts depicting Maoris. One possibilty of the depiction of Chief Mete Kingi.

Chief Mete Kingi: 10cm, $495, Incl. GST
Male and female: 9cm, $395 (each) ​Incl. GST
Stalagmites, stalactites
Stalagmites and Stalactites
This rare collection of Stalagmites and Stalactites came from the Waitomo region of New Zealand and were obtained when parts of the caves were destroyed during mining. They were preserved in a local museum.
Stalagmites grow approx. 1 cubic cm every 40 – 100 years therefore it's estimated this specimen is approx. 500,000 years old.  60-70 cm high.
Price: $295 to $3,500 ​Incl. GST
Chinese scholar's rock
Chinese Scholar’s Rock
Chinese Scholars have used these rocks as a focus for meditation of religious or philosophic principles since the Song Dynasty. They serve as a tool for contemplation prior to such activities as poetry 
writing or painting.

Price: $1,250 ​Incl. GST
Henbury meteorite
Henbury Meteorite
This large fragment of meteorite landed at the Henbury site, 150 kilometres southwest of Alice Springs, over 4,500 years ago.
Certificates from University of Queensland. 11cm wide.
$2,250 ​Incl. GST
Large rock crystal
Large Rock Crystal
A very large rock crystal
Approx 35 cm
Price: $2,450 ​Incl. GST
moa
The Foot Bones from an Extinct New Zealand Moa
With original box and a wonderful provenance including a 1930's letter  and photo from a London rare animal dealer discussing these bones.
$6,500 incl GST
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*The flightless Moa stood 3.6 m tall and became extinct circa 1300
Shark Jaws
A very old large set of shark jaws from the Ceduna region of South Australia
70 cm heigh mounted on stand
$395 incl GST
mammoth tibia
Mammoth Tibia
A fossilized segment of a tibia from the extinct mammoth. Mammoths lived from around 4.8 million to 4500 years ago.
24 x 26cm (on stand)
Price: $895 ​Incl. GST

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