Female bowl bearer · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3039341
sold
EUR 15,000
Provenance
Josef Müller/Mueller (1887-1977) Collection, Solothurn, SwitzerlandMonique Barbier-Mueller by descent, Geneva, Switzerland
Christie’s, London, “The Late Josef Mueller Collection. Part II”, 20 March 1979
Monika Wengraf/Arcade Gallery, London
Size
H: 41 cm
H: 16.1 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, strong body with accentuated breasts, carrying a round bowl on the head, rep. (breakages bowl), missing parts through insect caused damage (part of the right foreleg, feet/base), slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Female bowl bearer with the object ID 3039341 was part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction on October 31, 2015. The object with the lot number 251 achieved a sales price of EUR 15,000 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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