Kalahari Studio
Organic oblong bowl with Ndebele style patterns
About the SessionFrom early Cape furniture to mid-century classics and contemporary pieces, this selection of furniture, ceramics, glass and bronzes, traces a journey through more than two hundred years of South African design.
LOT 402
Kalahari Studio
Organic oblong bowl with Ndebele style patterns
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 1 802
About this Item
South African 1948-1973
Organic oblong bowl with Ndebele style patterns
c.1950-1970
inscribed 'KALAHARI' and impressed studio mark on the underside
terracotta with overglaze slip trail decoration
height: 7cm; width: 18,5cm; depth: 9,5cm
Notes
Ndebele geometric patterns follow the curves of this organic-shaped bowl. This combination of uniquely African decoration with Modernist organic form, achieves a new and unique design language.
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