Kalahari Studio
Plate with a woman in a blanket wearing a headdress
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 412
Kalahari Studio
Plate with a woman in a blanket wearing a headdress
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
About this Item
South African 1948-1973
Plate with a woman in a blanket wearing a headdress
c.1950-1970
signed 'KALAHARI' and impressed with studio mark on the underside
hand-painted and glazed terracotta
height: 4,5cm; diameter: 36cm
Notes
This piece is marked with a seal that is one of two used by the studio, it depicts a seated figure that resembles a 'bushman' holding an erect arrow.
Pieces marked with this seal indicate that the item was produced after 1954, when the Kalahari Studio registered their 'Bushman' logo.
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