Anthropomorphic cup · D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3043697
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Description
terracotta, brown patina, traces of black paint, corpus of the cup modelled with facial features, rudimentary body, female sexual characteristics especially accentuated, Kuba-typical geometrical incisions, back of the head modelled with eyelet, metal collection label at the same place, slightly dam., minor missing parts (left ear)
The object Anthropomorphic cup with the object ID 3043697 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 405.
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Comparing literature
Publications
"Art Traditionnel", Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles, (Section du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, Groupe 2/3: Les Arts et leurs moyens d'expression), Brussels, 1958:54, #2
AHDRC: 0023735
Exhibition
Brussels, Belgium: "L'Art au Congo", Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles, Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi Section, Palais du Heysel, 17 April-19 October 1958