Kalahari Studio
Plate with abstracted leaf motif
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 413
Kalahari Studio
Plate with abstracted leaf motif
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 4 000 - 5 000
About this Item
South African 1948-1973
Plate with abstracted leaf motif
c.1950-1970
signed 'KALAHARI' and impressed studio mark on the underside
terracotta with overglaze decoration
diameter: 29cm
Notes
The nature theme is very strong in Elma Vestman's design and carries through her entire pottery career.
The abstracted leaf design on this plate, has a very graphic effect which she tended towards in her later works.
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