Jug with with spout in the shape of a human half figure ·  D. R. Congo / Angola, Mr. Kyadi · ID: 3048994

Description

fired clay / ceramic, min. dam. (spout)

A dated photograph of the artist (Felix 2003, p. 160, cat. 4,24) proves that Mr. Kyadi was active around the middle of the 20th century.

Felix interprets the modelled half-figure as a representation of a drummer and suspects that the vessel may have been intended as a memorial to a famous musician or symbolises a proverb related to drumming.

Such a vessel would have been commissioned from the artist for an important idividual.

The object Jug with with spout in the shape of a human half figure with the object ID 3048994 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 247.

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Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L. (ed.), Kongo Kingdom Art, China 2003, p. 160, cat. 4,24, ill 4,37