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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
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About this Item
Johannesburg, South Africa
A forged iron fire grate by Kurt Jobstin 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 (2)
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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