Day 1 - Tribal Art the Americas, Indonesia & Oceania - 18th September 2019
Lot 1553
A Maori bowl New Zealand with all-over carved linear and notched decoration
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
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.