African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021

Lot 740

A Rotse large bowl and cover

Estimate £300 - £400

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Description

A Rotse large bowl and cover

Zambia

the bowl with a carved relief rib design to one end and the cover with a relief carved crocodile, the interior with the remains of a letterhead from Wentbridge House, Pontefract,

52.5cm long. (2)

Wentbridge House, Pontefract, Yorkshire, was owned by the Leatham family and later by Colonel George Lyon, MC, MBE of Harkers Shipbuliders, Knottingley.