MORTAR AND PESTLE

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
18 May 2011
219

ARTIST UNKNOWN (OCEANIC)

GAWA ISLAND, MARSHALL BENNETT GROUP, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MORTAR AND PESTLE

the mortar of carved hardwood and old patina, decorated with two seated figures at the base

32.5 and 16.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$400 - 600 (2)
Sold for $432 (inc. BP) in Auction 20 - 18 May 2011, Melbourne
Provenance

Robert Bleakley Collection, Sydney
Mossgreen, Melbourne, 31 May 2010, lot 204b
Private collection, Melbourne