THE NGAIRE HART ESTATE COLLECTION Tuesday, 26 May 2020 - 2:00 PM start
A rare Thomas Norman Lovatt glazed terracotta pottery bust of 'Pomar-e'
Realised: $2,900 plus premium
Lot Details
finely modelled with incised moko, wearing a cloak to his shoulders; incised to the base 'No. T.N. Lovatt, Temuka, NZ' and with the subject's name. 245 x 135 x 170mm. Pomare II (Ngapuhi) was an important Maori chief, born in the latter part of the 18thC, a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi. Lovatt (1896-1968) emigrated from England in 1923 taking up the position of manager at the Benhar Pottery in Otago, and subsequently with N.Z. Insulators Ltd which owned Temuka Pottery in 1941. He retired in 1966 and opened his own studio in Temuka, Lovatt's Pottery Studio.
