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 14 070
Lot 400
  • Hylton Nel; A Vase, painted with flowerheads and ribbons
  • Hylton Nel; A Vase, painted with flowerheads and ribbons
  • Hylton Nel; A Vase, painted with flowerheads and ribbons


Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 14 070

About this Item

South African 1941-
A Vase, painted with flowerheads and ribbons

signed with the artists initials and dated 16.5.13

glazed earthenware
height: 28cm; diameter: 13cm

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