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Decorative arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 45 520
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Johannesburg, South Africa
A forged iron fire grate by Kurt Jobst
in two parts, the rectangular openwork fire basket with scroll side handles, raised on a pair of cobra andirons, 58cm high, 104cm wide, 63cm deep; and an associated poker
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Provenance
From the Late Lady Ina Oppenheimer Blue Bird Farm Collection.
This piece was commissioned for the Blue Bird farm.
Literature
Gerrit Bakker (1979) Kurt Jobst, Goldsmith & silversmith, Art metal worker, Gerrit Bakker Publishers, Johannesburg, illustrated on page 36.
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