Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 14 - 25 April 2022

Ceramics: Including works from the Sheila Nowers Collection
About the Session

In this session, Strauss & Co presents a lovely assortment of Ceramic Art featuring works from the Sheila Nowers Collection. Sheila Nowers was a watercolour artist working on an intimate scale. In her collection is a variety of ceramics by her brother John Nowers and an assortment from his then partner, Hylton Nel. The two artists met in 1967 in London and later moved to Gqeberha where they opened an antique shop. Each artist made innovative references to iconography in world ceramics, antique Staffordshire forms, and Chinese oriental pieces from their personal collections.


Sold for

ZAR 70 350
Lot 385
  • Hylton Nel; Cream & Blue Cat
  • Hylton Nel; Cream & Blue Cat
  • Hylton Nel; Cream & Blue Cat
  • Hylton Nel; Cream & Blue Cat
  • Hylton Nel; Cream & Blue Cat
  • Hylton Nel; Cream & Blue Cat


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 70 350

About this Item

South African 1941-
Cream & Blue Cat

signed with the artist's initials and dated 21.4.97 on the base

glazed earthenware
27,5cm high, 15cm wide and 12cm deep

Provenance

Estate Late Mr Stuart John Saunders.

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