Lot 102
  • 102

Zulu Artist, South Africa

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Zulu Artist, South Africa
  • Beer Vessel (Ukhamba)
  • blackened terracotta
  • 13 5/8 in. 34.5 cm.

Provenance

Fred Jahn, Munich 
American Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Bonhams New York, 12 May 2012, Lot 341 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale

Exhibited

Burgrieden-Rot, Museum Villa Rot, Earth and Ore: 2500 Years of African Art in Terra-cotta and Metal, June - November 1998
Dallas, Pollock Gallery, Out of Africa: an Important Selection of Historic African Ceramics and Textiles, December 2010, fig. 29, illustrated

Literature

Schaedler, Karl-Ferdinand, Earth and Ore: 2,500 Years of African Art (1997), no. 622

Condition

A number of consolidated cracks in places, notably to the base and walls. A few small chips to the rim.
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