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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 13, 2023 | Bonhams | New York | African and Oceanic Art | 73 | $****** - ****** | Zulu Vessel with Lid, Southern Africa |
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40.6 cm (16 in)
Wood, pigments
Thomas Otte Stensager Collection Copenhagen
Kevin Conru, Brussels
Ed and Mina Smith Collection, California
The shape of this type of vessel "is unlike any indigenously used vessels, except that they have rounded bottoms like indigenous pots, necessitating the addition of three legs. The very finely engraved ridged or fluted interlaced patterns are similar to those found in snuff-boxes made by a number of different southern African groups. Because of this, it has been suggested that such vessels were used as storage jars for tobacco, but there is no field evidence which points to this as an accurate reflection of their function. (Pethica, Terrance, Sandra Klopper and Anitra Nettleton, The Art of Southern Africa , 5 Continents, Milan, 2007, fig. 64)
Delicately carved in very light wood with incised linear grooves in geometric patterns and standing on a tripod base; two handles on both the body and the lid; the lid with flat top; rich, blackened patina with wear indicative of age and cultural use.
Zulu Vessel with Lid, Southern Africa
Wood, pigments
Height 16in (40.5cm)
