Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 14 - 25 April 2022

Ceramics: Including works from the Sheila Nowers Collection
About the Session

In this session, Strauss & Co presents a lovely assortment of Ceramic Art featuring works from the Sheila Nowers Collection. Sheila Nowers was a watercolour artist working on an intimate scale. In her collection is a variety of ceramics by her brother John Nowers and an assortment from his then partner, Hylton Nel. The two artists met in 1967 in London and later moved to Gqeberha where they opened an antique shop. Each artist made innovative references to iconography in world ceramics, antique Staffordshire forms, and Chinese oriental pieces from their personal collections.


Sold for

ZAR 11 139
Lot 388
  • John Leask Nowers; Five Plates, variously painted, five
  • John Leask Nowers; Five Plates, variously painted, five
  • John Leask Nowers; Five Plates, variously painted, five
  • John Leask Nowers; Five Plates, variously painted, five
  • John Leask Nowers; Five Plates, variously painted, five
  • John Leask Nowers; Five Plates, variously painted, five


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 139

About this Item

South African 1940-1995
Five Plates, variously painted, five

the first: signed by the artist and inscribed with a dedication to the artist's mother

the second: signed and dated 1992

the remaining three: impressed with the artist's stamp

glazed ceramic plate
the largest diameter: 32,5cm; the smallest diameter: 26cm

Provenance

The Sheila Nowers Collection.

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