Lot 168 D α

SAWOS POTTERY BOWL

Auction 1205 - overview Brussels
11.05.2022, 14:01 - Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €

SAWOS POTTERY BOWL
Papua New Guinea

32 cm. wide

Cf. Welsch, R. L, Smidt, D. et al., New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, San Francisco, 2005, p.122, no.252, where the author explains that such bowls were made by women using the coiling technique but carved and decorated by men once the bowl had hardened.