Inspiration and Protégé

Live Virtual Auction, 13 June 2022

Ditchburn & Armstrong

Sold for

ZAR 128 975
Lot 74
  • A burnished fired clay uphiso, Nesta Nala, 1995
  • A burnished fired clay uphiso, Nesta Nala, 1995
  • A burnished fired clay uphiso, Nesta Nala, 1995


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 128 975

About this Item

A burnished fired clay uphiso, Nesta Nala, 1995

ovoid, flared neck, the shoulders embossed with arched and incised amasumpa below an incised line border, incised Nesta Nala 10-3-1995, 33,5 high

Literature

Juliet Armstrong, Gavin Whitelaw and Dieter Reusch (December 2008) Pots that talk, izinkamba ezikhulumayo. South African Humanities, Pietermaritzburg, vol. 20, pages 513-548. 



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