# Ladi Kwali - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T06:12:18.183Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 63
- Lots with prices: 45
- First auction date: 2005-09-20
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-21
- Median realised price: $750
- Price range: $40 to $17,000

## Market Takeaway
Ladi Kwali shows solid auction liquidity with 63 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 13 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-21.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $340 and $2,650.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 53.3% (24 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 42.2% (19 sales)
- $10,000\+: 4.4% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 13
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $700
- Previous 12 months median: $650
- Median shift: 7.7%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-21
- Days since latest sale: 89
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 28 lots
- Woolley & Wallis: 7 lots
- Adam Partridge Auctioneers: 6 lots
- Mallams: 6 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 2 lots
- Chiswick Auctions: 2 lots
- Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers: 2 lots
- Whyte's: 2 lots
- maak: 2 lots
- Dee Atkinson & Harrison: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-21 | LADI KWALI \(1925\-1984\) for Abuja Pottery; a tall stoneware mug covered in tenmoku breaking to kaki glaze with spiral decoration, impressed LK and pottery marks, height 16cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £340
2. 2025-11-21 | LADI KWALI \(1925\-1984\) for Abuja Pottery; a tall stoneware mug covered in tenmoku breaking to kaki glaze with figurative decoration, impressed LK mark, height 17cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £220
3. 2025-11-21 | LADI KWALI \(1925\-1984\) for Abuja Pottery; a stoneware three handled jar with pronounced ribbing covered in mottled grey and iron glaze, impressed LK mark \(partially glaze filled\), height 24cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £2,650
4. 2025-10-21 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, 1925\-1984\) for Abuja Pottery, | Sworders | £800
5. 2025-10-08 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Tankard 14.5 x 13.5 x 11cm \(5 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 4 5/16in\). | Bonhams | £750
6. 2025-10-08 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Tankard 14 x 14.5 x 11.5cm \(5 1/2 x 5 11/16 x 4 1/2in\). | Bonhams | £700
7. 2025-10-08 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Two tankards | Bonhams | £1,600
8. 2025-10-08 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Four Tankards | Bonhams | N/A
9. 2025-10-08 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Bowl 9 x 23.5 x 23.5cm \(3 9/16 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4in\). | Bonhams | £1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ladi-kwali-nigerian-circa-1925-1984-bowl-9-x-23-5-x-23-5cm-3-9-16-x-9-1-4-x-9-1-4in-26-c-7d34652ab6
10. 2025-10-08 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Bowl 5.5 x 23 x 23cm \(2 3/16 x 9 1/16 x 9 1/16in\). | Bonhams | N/A
11. 2025-03-21 | LADI KWALI \(1925\-1984\) for Abuja Pottery; a tall stoneware mug covered in tenmoku breaking to kaki glaze with spiral decoration, impressed LK mark, height 15.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £540
12. 2025-03-21 | LADI KWALI \(1925\-1984\) for Abuja Pottery; a tall stoneware mug covered in grey and iron glaze with linear decoration, impressed LK and pottery marks, height 16cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £520
13. 2025-03-21 | LADI KWALI \(1925\-1984\) for Abuja Pottery; a tall stoneware mug covered in grey and iron glaze with linear decoration, impressed LK and pottery marks, height 16.5cm. | Adam Partridge Auctioneers | £540
14. 2024-10-16 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Two Tankards | Bonhams | N/A
15. 2024-10-16 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Two Tankards | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2024-10-16 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Two Tankards | Bonhams | N/A
17. 2024-10-16 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Bowl 9 x 29 x 29cm \(3 9/16 x 11 7/16 x 11 7/16in\). | Bonhams | N/A
18. 2024-08-06 | LADI KWALI \(NIGERIAN 1925\-1984\) FOR ABUJA POTTERY | Chiswick Auctions | £650
19. 2023-10-27 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian 1925\-1984\) Tankard | Lyon & Turnbull | £1,200
20. 2023-10-12 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Large Dish 5 x 22 x 22.5cm \(1 15/16 x 8 11/16 x 8 7/8in\). | Bonhams | £5,500
21. 2023-10-12 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Two Beakers | Bonhams | £500
22. 2023-10-12 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Tankard 13.5 x 12.5 x 9cm \(5 5/16 x 4 15/16 x 3 9/16in\) | Bonhams | £1,600
23. 2023-10-12 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Tankard 14.5 x 13 x 10cm \(5 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 3 15/16in\). | Bonhams | £1,400
24. 2023-10-12 | Ladi Kwali \(Nigerian, circa 1925\-1984\) Water Vessel 20 x 20.5 x 20.5cm \(7 7/8 x 8 1/16 x 8 1/16in\). | Bonhams | £17,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ladi-kwali-nigerian-circa-1925-1984-water-vessel-20-x-20-5-x-20-5cm-7-7-8-x-8-1-16-x-8-1-16in-101-c-1ca4be0a9d

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