Caryatid bowl ·  D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3033634

Description

wood, black patina, bracelets of blackened metal, a standing female figure carrying a round bowl on the head, a massive staff providing additional support, band decor with notched ornaments running around the neck of the receptacle and the rim of the base, slightly dam., missing part at the bottom of the receptacle, rep. (rim of the bowl, bottom of the staff), crack (base);
a comparable piece was sold at Sotheby’s Paris, Collection Nicole et John Dintenfass, 23 June 2006, lot 29.

The object Caryatid bowl with the object ID 3033634 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 393 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.

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