A Maori bowl New Zealand with all-over carved linear and notched decoration

A Maori bowl

New Zealand

with all-over carved linear and notched decoration, with end figural handles, having a black and red pigment, the eyes and rim inlaid with haliotis shell,

14.2cm high, 38.7cm across handles.

Provenance

Christie's, London, 1st Dec 1982, lot 77.

Private collection, New York.

Bonhams, Los Angeles, 11th May 2016, lot 121.