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9ct New Zealand coat of arms medallion fob, stamped 9ct and two emblems

A rare Elsie Reeve (New Zealand 1885-1927) Arts & Crafts silver and amethyst pendant/brooch, of oval form, the rope twist border enclosing leafy vine and berry sculpted design highlighted with five amethyst cabochons. Maker's name on plaque to the reverse

A rare Peter Stichbury Abuja Pottery (Nigeria) coffee pot, tenmoku glaze, the mildly domed lid with fine wavy combed effect, tapered open topped spout. Doubled marked with the potter's and the Abuja Pottery marks, height 18.5 cm. C.1958/1959. Note: in 1951

E. Thessman, hand woven rug, 50% Rya wool 50% Hargarn wool, blue, grey & cream tones, New Zealand spinning Weaving & Woolcrafts Society label to reverse, 46 x 86 cm

Peter Raos, 'Monet Spring' glass paperweight, signed Raos New Zealand, 1983

Peter Raos, Calla Lillies glass paperweight, signed Raos 1997 New Zealand

Peter Raos, 'Monet Spring' glass scent bottle, signed Raos 1994 New Zealand

Large Ola & Marie Hoglund New Zealand art glass bowl, in plum colourway with white rim, signed and dated 1987, 38 cm D

Large Ola & Marie Hoglund New Zealand art glass spherical bowl, with waved lines decoration on a lilac ground, signed and dated 1987, 27 cm high

A large shopper bag by Deadly Ponies New Zealand, styled in a black pebble leather with inside zipped pocket and gold hardware

Bulgari, Isabella Rossellini handbag, black textured canvas enhanced by off white leather trim and handle on five metal feet, gold tone hardware, turn lock closure with dust pink lining enhanced by snail prints, zip and slip pockets to interior, together w

Hermes, Clic Clac bracelet, extra wide, taupe enamel enhanced by H motif clasp, palladium plated hardware, hinge closure, stamped 'Hermes made in France', brand new with dust bag and box, height 3.5 cm, width 6 cm

Breitling, 18ct gold Cosmanaute gentleman's watch, circa 1973, Ref, 81600, navy blue dial with gold Arabic numerals and gold hands, three white subsidiary dials, dial signed Breitling Cosmanaute, rare manual wound N12 Lemania 1873 movement, back case signe

A middle Sepik River 'Yetchen' ancestral figure carved in honour of a crocodile hunter, Papua New Guinea, 202 cm high

A vintage Omega Seamaster automatic wristwatch, ref. 166.010 in stainless steel, gold capped case with sunburst dial, applied markers, center seconds, date, 24 jewel cal. 562 self wind movement, case size 36 mm, new leather band, C - 1966, woking.

Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. citrine, ruby and diamond 'Bird on a Rock' brooch, centring a bird modelled as a cockatoo surmounted with a gold plume, the body pave-set with brilliant-cut diamonds, the eye accented by a circular-cut ruby, perched abov

Tiffany & Co. diamond and tsavorite garnet brooch, circa 2005, modelled as a carnation, the petals pave-set with brilliant-cut diamonds from a calyx accented with circular-cut tsavorite garnets supported by a tapered stalk embellished with brilliant-cut di

Early Bank of New South Wales bronze name plate 'Bank of New South Wales Established 1817', 66 x 29 cm

Peter Rushforth (Australian, 1920-2015), Large Ovoid Vase, wheel-thrown stoneware with asymmetrical lip, green-brown drip ash glaze, artist's seal to side of base, height 33 cm diameter 26 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New Zealand

A pair of early George III Irish provincial silver sauce ladles, Celtic Point, crested with profile head of a 'Moor' [possibly Annesley family descendants in New Zealand), unusual bowl dimensions. Cork by William Reynolds. 95gm.

Baye Riddell New Zealand large pottery ark form sculpture, the dark brown glaze with lustrous gold highlights, the ark form body with stepped design, the lid with three graduating curved bars. 51 x 16.5 x 42 cm. Firing crack to top. Note: Baye Pewhairangi

Adele Younghusband historical 1936 bronze medallion from the Waikato Society of Arts, presentation engraved 'Adele Younghusband 1936. In recognition of services rendered W.S.A.'. Cast makers name 'Lemington & Co.' Diameter 5 cm. Note: In August 1934, with

An Auckland New Zealand tramway related heroic silver presentation fob medallion, presentation engraved 'From The Avondale School Children. to Motorman Bach For Saving Life 1904', the front engraved with a tramcar. Suspended from a fob chain. Note: The 'se

Des Baker New Zealand carved stag antler fisherman's priest, carved with a bear and salmon/trout, dark stained highlights. Length 28 cm.

A 1900 New Zealand timber walking cane, the shaft with chatoyancy effect, a rose gold presentation collar from the Stewards of the Northern Steamship Co. and with rose gold shield to the top of handle. Length 95 cm.

Rare 18ct gold hunter, quarter repeater pocket watch, with movement by Nicole & Capt for Hunt & Roskell, 47 mm case with decorative engraved borders, monogrammed to front cover EA, hallmarked London 1856 to covers and inner dust cover, makers mark AN. Dust

1939 'The Lone Ranger' (Hi-Y'o Silver) pocket watch by New Haven Painted 50 mm nickel case with decal to the back depicting The Lone Ranger on Silver (Hi-Y'o Silver), half hunter style case with named dial under Perspex.

Assorted items from Papua New Guinea, including; a hafted adze, shell currency, body adornment, a carved wood figure, pounder, penis gourd, and others.

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River standing figure, blackened wood with shell eyes, raised on a circular plinth, 82 cm height

A Papua New Guinea carved bust with cowrie shell eyes, 37 cm height

A Papua New Guinea suspension hook figure, 103 cm height

Papua New Guinea Sepik River figure, pigment painted and carved in low relief, 56 cm length

A Papua New Guinean food bowl with carved handles, 50 cm length

A Papua New Guinea clay on raffia painted mask, decorated with boar tusk, cowrie shell, and cassowary feathers, 31 cm height

A Papua New Guinea calabash lime container with stopper and incised decoration, 14 cm height

Sepik River carved wood water vessel, Papua New Guinea, 36 cm height

Three Papua New Guinea artefacts, a hafted adze, an adze blade, and a New Britain stone mace head of a warclub.

Papua New Guinea Sepik River figure, the standing figure with over modeled clay face with orange painted pigment decoration, adorned with shell and plaited raffia, 48 cm height

A Papua New Guinea male standing figure, carved wood with cowrie shell eyes, 74 cm height

Papua New Guinea body adornment, incised wood with coloured pigments, 29 cm at widest point

A Papua New Guinea pale green Chloromelanite adze, tear drop shape. Considerable Chipping to poll and blade edge, 25 cm length

A Papua New Guinea Morter and pestle, wooden with carved decoration, 25 cm height

Papua New Guinea Sepik River mask wall hanging with cassowary feathers, 49 cm height

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River crocodile totem drum, 67 cm height

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River Mask

A Papua New Guinea Ramu River Mask

Crocodile bowl from the Buin Province Papua New Guinea, 59 cm length

Standing Papua New Guinea figure, with shells and boar tusk embellishment, 67 cm height

An impressive Javanese brass alloy Vajra Ghenta Buddhist temple bell ( Dril Bu), Stupa form with dorje scepter finial with four masks in relief to the base of the handle, the bell (dril bu) is the most common musical instrument associated with Tantric Budd

A Papua New Guinea middle Sepik River mask, painted carved wood. Original label affixed to reverse: 'David Jones, gable mask, Palembai, Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 67 cm height

A Papua New Guinea Aibom village Sago storage jar, raku fired coiled clay vessel with flared rim and decorated with anthropomorphic face in relief, painted with black, red and kaolin pigments. With raffia stand, 35 cm height

A Papua New Guinea woven Sepik River mask, decorated with cowrie shells, boar tuck, and cassowary feather, 45 cm height

Papua New Guinea middle Sepik River Latmul Mei mask, 20th century Mei mask. Wood, pigments, cowry shells, boar tusk, hair and clay, Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 76 cm height

Papua New Guinea mask, decorated with cassowary feathers, boar tusks and cowrie shells, Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 55 cm height

A Buka Island paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade, carving to lower end of the handle, 177 cm length

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River bowl with stand, coiled raku fired clay bowl with incised pattern and applied ochre pigment. Chip to the surface. Provenance; one Christian Fund collection; ex Sotherby's, 25 cm diameter

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River bowl with stand, coiled raku fired clay bowl with incised spirit faces painted with red, ochre, and kaolin pigment. Provenance; one Christian Fund collection; ex Sotherby's, 26 cm diameter

A Papua New Guinea warriors dog tooth necklace, 115 cm length

Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to both side of the blade and figural finial to the top of paddle, 164 cm length

Papua New Guinea cut shell Currency, bound together with platted fiber on a wooden spike, 34 cm length

Papua New Guinea Sepik River feast bowl with cruciform decoration, Provenance: Nigel Hillind Colllection

A Papua New Guinea tapa from the Oro Region, Provenance: Nigel Hillind collection, 125 cm x 76 cm

A Papua New Guinea roof gable figure, raku fired clay avian/anthropomorphic sitting figure surmounted on an ovoid base. Aibom village, Chambri lakes, East Sepik, 40.5 cm height

A chalice from Papua New Guinea, raku fired clay with janus faces in high relief, painted with black and kaolin pigments. Aibom village, Chambri lakes. Some surface losses, 12 cm height

A Papua New Guinea whistle with stand, raku fired clay with incised ancestral face decoration painted with black, white and red pigments, 10 cm height

A mythological figure from, Papua New Guinea, raku fired sitting figure surmounted by a cassowary bird. Black and Kaolin pigments. Aibom village, Chambri lakes. Damaged and repaired, 35 cm height

An Ocarina pig whistle, Papua New Guinea, raku fired clay with dark and light pigments. Sina Sina people of Kundiawa. Chip to the mouthpiece, 13 cm length

Male and female figures, Papua New Guinea, raku fired clay. Dimiri village, East Sepik District, 20 cm height

A Papua New Guinea meat cooking pots, raku fired clay pot with stylised fish handles in high relief, comes with ceramic base. Zumin village, Markham valley, Morobe Province, 24 cm at widest point

A Papua New Guinea Ramu River house board, carved wood ancestral spirit face carved in high relief, with applied red, ochre, and kaolin pigments. Broken suspension hole, 126 cm height

A Papua New Guinea Ramu River house board, flat wood board with incised anthropomorphic figure, with painted kaolin and ochre pigments. Multiple piercings for suspension, 99 cm height

A Papua New Guinea mask and figure, a carved wood Ramu River flute mask with painted black, red and Kaolin pigments, and a Romkun figure, 39 cm, 40 cm height

A large Papua New Guinea Ramu River house board, carved wood depicting an anthropomorphic figure in relief, painted with black, red and kaolin pigments. Collected in 1972. Some losses.

Seven small Papua New Guinea Ramu River standing figures, carved wood mythological spirit figures. Madang Province.

Seven small Papua New Guinea Ramu River standing figures, carved wood mythological spirit figures. Madang Province.

A good Papua New Guinea Sago storage jar from the Aibom Vllage, raku fired coiled clay vessel with flared rim, decorated with zoomorphic relief depictions of mythological spirits painted with black and kaolin pigments. Woven ratan base, 33 cm height

12 assorted Papua New Guinea carved wood food implements, includes: 6 lime sticks, 3 spoons, 3 pounders.

A Papua New Guinea Ramu River house board and mask, carved wood figures from the Madang Province. Some losses. Collected in 1972, 80 cm, 75 cm height

A Papua New Guinea ceremonial spirit head vessel, raku fired ovoid vessel tapering to base. East Sepik District, 21 cm length

A raku fired elliptical food bowl from Papua New Guinea, with incised decoration and avian handles. Some losses, 26 cm at widest point

A Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade, carving to lower end of the handle, 161 cm length

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River yam mask, woven fiber, 46 cm height

A Ramu River Kundu drum from Papua New Guinea, decorated with incised geometric patterns and painted with red and silver pigment. Collected in 1972. Skin missing (likely removed at NZ customs), 56 cm height

A Papua New Guinea warriors dog tooth necklace, with applied red pigment.

A Papua New Guinea warriors dog tooth Necklace

A Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade, 170 cm length

A Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade, carving to lower end of the handle with concentric bands to the top, 196 cm length

A Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade, carving to lower end of the handle with concentric bands to the top, 206 cm length

A Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade, carving to lower end of the handle, 184 cm length

A Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade, concentric bands carved to top of the handle, 190 cm length

A Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade, carving to lower end of the handle, 207 cm length

Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade and figural finial to the top of paddle, 172 cm length

Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade and figural finial to the top of paddle, 195 cm length

A rare Manatunga Maori travel rug, decorated in poutama (stairway to heaven) design in white, green, and tan. Original label affixed; 'Manatunga, made in New Zealand by Roslyn Mills.' additional cardboard tag and paper sticker attached. As new condition, 1

A rare and important Aurei (cloak pin), collected by reverend Henry Williams. Marine ivory, early contact period, crescent shape with countersunk hole. Yellow patina to the surface, Provenance: collected by reverend Henry Williams and then passed on by des

A rare and important 18th century hei tiki, type II form with left hand resting on the chest carved in unusual grey stone with white inclusions, Provenance; Dr. Carlo Monzino (1931-1996) collection, purchased at Sotheby's New York 2006