Further Explorations
West Africa , 20th century
Bronze ashtray with a motif of a mother carrying a child.
Width: 12 cm
Height: 10.5 cm
Weight: 216 g
20th century
Triangular plaster head sculpture in a light tone, characterisitc of the mid-century sculptural tradition. Pencil inscription to the underside, illegible.
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 11cm
Weight: 1200 g
West Germany, 1950s
Modernist mid-century asymmetrical ceramic jug by Fritz van Daalen. The sculptural form is articulated through a dark, metallic-looking exterior glaze, contrasted with a celadon-glazed interior. Signed and marked vD K58/9 to the underside.
Height: 35 cm
Width: 25 cm
Weight: 1835 g
West Germany, 1960s
Blue glazed ceramic vessel with graphic surface and a small handle. Pencil markings to the underside.
Height: 16 cm
Width: 9 cm
Weight: 401 g
France, 1960s
Deep ceramic plate by Jacques Pochain (1925-2015) from Atelier Dieulefit. A geometric bird engraved on a pale, softly mottled surface. Reflection of the experimental spirit of postwar French ceramics. Signed to the underside. Minor chip to the rim.
Width: 15.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
Weight: 356 g