ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 27 June 2017 - 10:00 AM start
A 'Discovery of New Zealand Chess Set' sculpted by Frank Szirmay
Realised: $1,600 plus premium
Lot Details
for Riki Creative Art Ltd., 1970, in bronze, a limited edition #37/1025, the opposing sides represented as Maori and European, the king-piece of the Maori side a poutokomanawa, its opposite by Capt. James Cook. Szirmay, a Hungarian refugee to New Zealand produced monuments for the Cook Bicentenary, the centenary of Tauranga Harbour, and the post Napier-earthquake the 'Spirit of Napier' statue. Complete with accompanying original tawa chess table with palisander and sycamore inlaid board. $650
