Strauss & co - 19 October 2019

52 150 Judith Mason SOUTH AFRICAN 1938–2016 A Dante Bestiary (Artist’s Book) An artist’s book by Judith Mason, referencing La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri, the Florentine poet, signed and numbered 54/100, published by Ombondi Editions, New York, 1996, hand bound by Eric Zimmerman at Markey & Asplund, Foster, Rhode Island or Furi Fine Art Books, Pretoria, in full leather binding using sheepskin Nappa from the Karoo (with buffalo imprint) and calf vellum, with a leather slip case. offset lithograph book: 42,5 by 33 by 5,5 cm; slipcase: 44 by 32 by 6,5 cm R18 000 – 24 000 152 An Ardmore ceramic jug painted and glazed earthenware with applied handle and leopard figurine, dated December 1992 and inscribed with ‘Pied by Punch’on the base. height: 42,5 cm; length over handle: 36 cm R7 000 – 10 000 151 An Ardmore ceramic jug painted and glazed earthenware with applied fish- shaped handle, dated 1992 and inscribed with the maker’s name ‘Beauty’, the painter’s name ‘Mavis’ and ‘Ardmore Studio, South Africa’on the base. height; 44 cm; length over handle: 41 cm R7 000 – 10 000