Lot 512 · 19th century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Reinventing Utopia
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- Estimate
- R15,000–R20,000 hammer ≈ $1,043–$1,391
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — 19th century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery, Cape Town · 18 March 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13396185
- Record
- first seen 5 Aug 2026 · updated 5 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Christiaan Diedericks, Reinventing Utopia. Strauss & Co, 18 Mar 2019, lot 512. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13396185.
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Christiaan Diedericks, Reinventing Utopia. Strauss & Co, 18 Mar 2019, lot 512. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13396185.
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From the same sale 19th century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery · Mar 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Chinese Longquan celadon-glazed bowl, Song Dynasty | — | R7,000–R9,000 | |
| A Chinese Longquan celadon-glazed bowl, Song Dynasty | — | R6,000–R8,000 | |
| A pair of Chinese Dehua libation cups, Qing Dynasty, 17th/18th century | — | R8,000–R10,000 | |
| A Chinese 'clair de lune' blue-glazed miniature bottle vase, Qing Dyn… | — | R8,000–R10,000 | |
| A Chinese copper-red splash miniature bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th… | — | R8,000–R10,000 | |
| A Chinese 'mirror black' glazed miniature vase, Qianlong period (1735-1796) | — | R9,000–R12,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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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.