South African Design: Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025

Interior Elements: Wood, Metal, Fibre, Ceramic & Glass Art
About the Session

This sale traces the heritage of South African design across centuries of creative expression highlighting diverse design objects through two sessions. Uniting the sessions is a celebration of the versatility of materials - metal, wood, glass, clay, fibre - and how artists and artisans have transformed them over time into works of wonder, rich in both tradition and innovation.


Current Bid

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Lot 116
  • Shirley Cloete; Bowl with female faces
  • Shirley Cloete; Bowl with female faces
  • Shirley Cloete; Bowl with female faces


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 2 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

Shirley Cloete
South Africa 1921-2010
Bowl with female faces
light turquoise with four teal and four purple attached faces
15cm high, 25cm diameter

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist.

Notes

Shirley Cloete studied the techniques of hand-blown glass under Annette Meech in Covent Garden, London. Her inspiration came largely from the play of light in nature. She was instrumental in pioneering the Studio Glass movement in South Africa and exhibited both locally and internationally.


Lot 116

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