South African Design: Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025

Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass
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 18
  • A large Japanese Arita VOC dish, second half 17th century
  • A large Japanese Arita VOC dish, second half 17th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 60 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

A large Japanese Arita VOC dish, second half 17th century circular, painted in underglaze-blue with a central roundel of the VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie) monogram surrounded by two ho-ho birds, pomegranates and camellias, the border with six alternating panels enclosing bamboo and peonies, 36,5cm diameter

Notes

VOC plates were made to order for 'The Company' for the use of the staff in all their widespread stations.