RON BROWNSON ESTATE AUCTION 3
Tuesday, 11 - Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Fiji/Viti earthenware bowl (yaqona),


Realised: $25 plus premium

Lot Details

20thC. A slab built earthenware bowl of red brown clay. Globular form. The upper exterior wall with a band of chevrons, each formed of three pricked lines; the flat with pricked lines on the bias. The whole varnished with makadre gum of the dacha (Agathis vitiensis). H.10.2cm. Dia.19.5cm Cat. Note/Ref.: Fergus Clunie, Yale i Viti = Shades of Viti (Suva: Fiji Museum, 1986), pp. 2-5. Very Good.

Fiji/Viti earthenware bowl (yaqona), Image 1++
Fiji/Viti earthenware bowl (yaqona), Image 1++