A miscellaneous group of thirteen South East Asian stoneware martavans and storage vessels, 17th/early 20th century
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LOT 408
A miscellaneous group of thirteen South East Asian stoneware martavans and storage vessels, 17th/early 20th century
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 96 628
Auction Catalogue
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
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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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