Object Listing

Round spoon bowl with very long twisted stem/staff and two cone shapes one on top of the other at the end. It has LTD" carved on the back of the spoon bowl.

Oval spoon bowl with pleated ridges along part of the handle.

Oval spoon bowl with pleated ridges along part of the handle and a hollow rectangle as design on the handle.

Oval spoon bowl with pleated ridges along part of the handle.

Spoon with teardrop-shaped bowl and handle with slanted grooves as decoration. It has a truncated point as an end.

Spoon with teardrop-shaped bowl and handle with a twisted band of raised bumps as decoration. It has a shallow point as an end.

Spoon with teardrop-shaped bowl and handle with slanted grooves as decoration. It has a truncated point as an end.

Spoon with teardrop-shaped bowl and handle with raised bumps as decoration. It has a shallow point as an end.

Spoon with teardrop-shaped bowl and handle with a twisted band of raised bumps as decoration. It has a shallow point as an end.

Spoon with teardrop-shaped bowl and handle with a band of raised bumps as decoration. It has a shallow point as an end.

Spoon with teardrop-shaped bowl and handle with a band of raised bumps as decoration. It has a shallow point as an end.

Spoon with teardrop-shaped bowl and handle with a twisted band of raised bumps as decoration. It has a shallow point as an end.

Large round spoon bowl. Handle has a raised band around it.

Elongated spoon bowl. Handle tapers to end and has some linear designs

Teardrop shaped bowl with a band of amasumpa designs on handle. Has a shallow point as an end.

Pear shaped spoon bowl with handle widening halfway along its length. Has a shallow point as its end.

Round spoon bowl. Handle has hollow ring at its end and a band of crisscross cross grooves on its shaft.

Deep spherical bowl with slightly curved handle. Handle has crisscross cross designs at the beginning of the handle and at its end.

Deep spherical bowl with slightly curved handle. Handle has crisscross carved design where it joins the bowl and at its end.

Spherical finial with two shallow hemispherical concave indentations in its bottom and top surface. The lower one angles towards the front. On the shaft and just below the finial are two projecting bumps (probably symbolising breasts)

Spherical finial with shallow hemispherical concave indentations in its top surface.

Crossbar curved upwards at either end and decorated at flattened end sections with zigzag design. Lugs descend directly from ends of platform and are roughly flat squares with linear and other designs. Two pillars that curve inwards at the centre terminate in a truncated and raised bilobal base. The centres of each pillar are joined by a crossbar with two circular motifs at each end. The circles are decorated with concentric circles and the bar with linear designs in relief carving. A metal chain is wrapped around the lower end of the pillars just above the base.

A flat semi-circular collar of beadwork. Beading is lacy with a zigzag triangular design . There is a button and a small beaded loop that acts as a clasp at the back centre of the piece.

Loan of 64 works of art from the collection of the Johannesburg Art Gallery for an exhibition entitled ‘From the Impressionists to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Johannesburg Art Gallery' at Forte di Bard. The exhibition is a partnership between Vidi Srl and the City of Johannesburg, and forms part of the City's promotion of its cultural holdings both in South Africa and abroad. Whilst the exhibition celebrates the richness of the JAG's European collection, it also aims to introduce Italian audiences to South African masters such as Gerard Sekoto, Irma Stern, George Pemba and William Kentridge.

Selection of 63 Artworks from the Johannesburg Art Gallery being exported by JAG and Vidi to Italy for exhibition

Painting

Pastel Drawing

Ink drawing of a male lion playing with a snake, i.e. it has its left paw extended and holding the snake at a distance on the ground. Paper is yellow due to varnish. Delacroix inspired by the exotic animals seen on trip to North Africa. 

Painting