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Lot 226: f - a small grès sculptural vase modelled by Joseph Mendes da Costa circa 1900

Est: €5,000 EUR - €8,000 EUR
Sotheby'sAmsterdam, NetherlandsFebruary 05, 2008

Item Overview

Description

modelled with a grotesque mask with protruding ears, details in blue on a brown ground, salt glaze inscribed monogram

Dimensions

height 10,4 cm

Literature

Cf. Simon Thomas 2001, p. 217 for a comparable piece

Provenance

Sotheby's Amsterdam 1988, AM0482 lot 404

Notes

The vase here offered shows characteristics of Pre-Columbian ceramics, which Mendes probably saw in the Ethnographic Museum in Leiden which he often visited (see also the next lot)

Auction Details