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.

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ZAR 14 070
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  • Hylton Nel; Plaque and stand, hand painted with a nude and a poem by Táng Yin
  • Hylton Nel; Plaque and stand, hand painted with a nude and a poem by Táng Yin
  • Hylton Nel; Plaque and stand, hand painted with a nude and a poem by Táng Yin
  • Hylton Nel; Plaque and stand, hand painted with a nude and a poem by Táng Yin
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Lot Estimate
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 14 070

About this Item

Hylton Nel
South African 1941-
Plaque and stand, hand painted with a nude and a poem by Táng Yin

signed and dated 21.9.92 on the reverse

glazed earthenware
height: 19cm; width: 2,5cm; depth: 10,5cm

Notes

"The fog of night envelops the flowering trees;

the springtime river floats the disc of the moon.

When this happiness comes,

the mind cannot be controlled.

The climax of joy is hard to put into words."

-Táng Yin

Provenance

Estate Late Mr Stuart John Saunders.

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