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 84
  • Thembi Nala; Ukhamba with relief and incised decoration of domestic scenes
  • Thembi Nala; Ukhamba with relief and incised decoration of domestic scenes
  • Thembi Nala; Ukhamba with relief and incised decoration of domestic scenes
  • Thembi Nala; Ukhamba with relief and incised decoration of domestic scenes
  • Thembi Nala; Ukhamba with relief and incised decoration of domestic scenes
  • Thembi Nala; Ukhamba with relief and incised decoration of domestic scenes


Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 5 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

Thembi Nala
South African 1973-
Ukhamba with relief and incised decoration of domestic scenes

signed and dated 20-10-2002 on the base

pit-fired and burnished earthenware with relief and incised decoration
20cm high, 25cm diameter

Notes

Accompanied by a newspaper article (2008) 'Pot Luck for Thembi', The Mercury, 2 October, page 15.