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Artistically engraved calabash, D. R. Congo, Bakongo, Size: H: 27 cm (H: 10.6 inch), ID: 3053556
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Lot 348
Auction 107

Artistically engraved calabash ·  D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3053556

Starting price
EUR 600
Estimated price
EUR 1,200
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Provenance
Belgian Private Collection
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch

Description

gourd, pigments, tension cracks

The engravings represent Bakongo proverbs.

Comparing literature

Bayet, Thomas, Calebasses gravées du Bas-Congo de la collection Pierre Loos. Hommage à Alain Guisson, Bruxelles 2019, p. 13

Africa

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