Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Animal figure

Tanzania, Sangu
sold EUR 400
Provenance
Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg, Duisburg, Germany
Size
H: 12,5 cm
H: 4.9 inch

Description

terracotta, encrusted dark brown patina, in shape of a buffalo with massive horns and expressive facial features, the body partly wrapped in red fabric soaked with brown mass and fixed by cord, min. dam., minor missing parts (right horn tip), slight traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 214 f.

Publications

Schulte-Bahrenberg, Ralf (Hg.), Tansania, Stuttgart 2007, p. 105, ill. 14

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