Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 13 October 2014
Cape & Colonial Silver & Furniture, International & South African Art Day Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 96 628
About this Item
A miscellaneous group of thirteen South East Asian stoneware martavans and storage vessels, 17th/early 20th century in sizes, ovoid, the shoulders with lug handles, variously glazed in shades of mottled brown and ochre, the tallest 52cm high; a stoneware Bellarmine storage vessel, 18th/19th century, 44cm high; a stoneware vetpot, 19th century, 24cm high; and a stoneware vessel with spout, the shoulder with loop handle, 30cm high (16)
Provenance
The Herbert Prins Collection of Martavans
Literature
Woodward, CS. (1974) Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1795, Cape Town: Balkema, page 152, illustration number 171, and page 158, illustration numbers 179 and 182.
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