Fine Kalahari wall plate/charger with stylized decoration of Ndebele women 1950's

Offered for sale is a stylish and hard to find Kalahari ceramic wall charger/wall plate  dating from the 1950's depicting two Ndebele women with distinctive neck rings the figure on the right swathed in a voluminous lime  green blanket with  a diagonal border , the figure on the left nude holding a beer pot .This item is dinner-plate sized and made from a red bodied earthenware , hand decorated and painted .The figures are in low relief slightly raised above a matt black glazed background. The back of the plate is in satin black glaze and is indistinctly signed Kalahari made in S Africa. Kalahari ceramics are keenly collected in South Africa, Europe and the USA and are rightly regarded as the pinnacle of fine ceramics design in this country Mid-20th Century. Kalahari ceramics were made in the Cape, Constantia Hoek by a husband and wife team Aleksanders and Elma Klopkanov of Russian/Latvian descent. Both were highly qualified artists and ceramicists who pursued post graduate studies in Sweden. They emmigrated to South Africa in the late 1940's.

Postage R90 via Sapo or R140 for courier delivery. Collection welcome from Emmerantia Jhb.