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Mere Pounamu [18th century]
Estimate:
$40,000 - $60,000
Sold
$42,000
Live Auction
191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 1: Live Auction (Lot 1-94)
Category
Description
Mere Pounamu
[18th century]
An exceptional pre-European pounamu mere of a translucent medium green colour with waves of white feathering, large well worn stone drilled hourglass hole.
Y10713
L. 380mm
Known as the Kronfeld Mere after the first collectors Dr. & Mrs. M. Kronfeld who presented it to the New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd in Wellington where Dr. Kronfeld was the Port Health Officer.
The mere was displayed on the R.M.S. Ruahine which went on the London Passenger Service, it was returned to New Zealand on her withdrawal from the passenger service.
Provenance: Kronfeld, Dunbar Sloane, Estate of John Lawford.
[18th century]
An exceptional pre-European pounamu mere of a translucent medium green colour with waves of white feathering, large well worn stone drilled hourglass hole.
Y10713
L. 380mm
Known as the Kronfeld Mere after the first collectors Dr. & Mrs. M. Kronfeld who presented it to the New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd in Wellington where Dr. Kronfeld was the Port Health Officer.
The mere was displayed on the R.M.S. Ruahine which went on the London Passenger Service, it was returned to New Zealand on her withdrawal from the passenger service.
Provenance: Kronfeld, Dunbar Sloane, Estate of John Lawford.
