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Lot 472
Two Chinese cameo quartz snuff bottles, 1800-1870, each carved in relief to the upper pale grey and brown layer of the stone, the hexagonal example with a pheasant perched on branch, 7.5cm and the other with prunus and rockwork and a four character inscription, 6.7cm, latter cracked, Richards no.s 266 and 480
Lot 496
A Maori stone hand club, , late 18th / early 19th century A Maori stone hand club, (Patu Onewa), late 18th / early 19th century, the waisted handle pierced for a thong, beneath a knopped pommel, 39.5cm long Provenance: The current owners are unsure how the patu came into their possession, but it has been conjectured that it was a gift to James Sowerby (1757-1822), naturalist and illustrator. The leading naturalist and botanist Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was a friend of Sowerby and was a member of the First Voyage commanded by Capt. James Cook; if this is the case then: thence by direct family descent to the present vendor
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