Lot 423 · South African Design: Past & Present
Vessel with four spouts
Rorke's Drift Lephina Molefe · glazed earthenware with painted, incised and relief decoration
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- Estimate
- R3,000–R5,000 hammer ≈ $181–$301
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — South African Design: Past & Present, Online · 24 June 2026
- Dimensions
- height: 20cm; diameter: 17cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-10951436
- Record
- first seen 3 Aug 2026 · updated 5 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-10951436 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-10951436
Rorke's Drift Lephina Molefe, Vessel with four spouts. Strauss & Co, 24 Jun 2026, lot 423. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-10951436.
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Rorke's Drift Lephina Molefe, Vessel with four spouts. Strauss & Co, 24 Jun 2026, lot 423. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-10951436.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rorke's Drift Lephina Molefe | Vessel with flared neck and spout | $434 | Strauss & Co, Jun 2026 | |
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.