Kalahari Studio
Three-footed organic jug with chevron pattern
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 406
Kalahari Studio
Three-footed organic jug with chevron pattern
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 514
About this Item
South Africa 1948-1973
Three-footed organic jug with chevron pattern
c.1950-1970
signed 'KALAHARI' on the underside
terracotta with overglaze slip trail decoration
height: 9cm; width: 22cm; depth: 12,5cm
Notes
Elma Vestman and Aleksanders Klopcanovs, the founders of the Kalahari Studio, were responsible for introducing contemporary international Modernism to South African ceramics and revolutionising local ceramic design.
The biomorphic shape of this jug with its strong organic sculptural form references mid-century Scandinavian ceramic Modernism.
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