£5,500
Auction: 8 June 2022 at 14:00 BST
glazed stoneware, with sgraffitoed depictions of lizards, fish, scorpions and spears across the body
Provenance:
Dr Russell J Parkes, a friend of the artist, acquired from her whilst living in Zaria, Kaduna in the early 1970s, thence by descent. A lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Dr Parkes ultimately settled in Jos and became a key patron of several noted Nigerian artists.