Zemanek-Münster

Caryatid stool with female figure ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3046171

sold EUR 2,900
Provenance
Daniel Hourdé & Philippe Ratton, Paris, France
Philippe Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 379
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
David Blackhurst Collection, Bakersfield, California, USA
Size
H: 46,5 cm
H: 18.3 inch

Description

wood, black paint, rest. (feet), base

A striking figure with a strong neck on which the seat rests instead of the head. The craning, relatively small head is carved to the front side of the neck. The feet of the figure are exceptionally large.

For comparable works see African Heritage Documentation & Research Centre, no. 0042139, 0042141, 0042142 and 0042144.


The object Caryatid stool with female figure with the object ID 3046171 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 312 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,900.

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Publications

AHDRC: 0042143


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