Anthropomorphic ritual vessel · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3043001
sold
EUR 350
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
beige terracotta, remains of blackish brown paint, bellied vessel, modelled with bearded face, navel and breasts (?), fez-like headdress forming the spout, raised burled and deepened dotted tattoos, handle missing, minor missing parts (bulging ridge)
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 305, ill. 595