Large prestige stool with janus-shaped caryatid figures · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3045802

Name: Large prestige stool with janus-shaped caryatid figures
SKU: 3045802
Availability: Discontinued

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Provenance

Belgian Private Collection

Size

H: 108 cm

H: 42.5 inch

Description

wood, magical charge (small opening at shoulder level), rep. (base, thumb), breakages (shoulders)

This rare work impresses with its exceptional size and the expressiveness of the figures.

Except for one (about 40 cm smaller) caryatid stool, which was offered on December 4, 2009 at Christie’s, Paris (lot 83), nothing comparable could be found in the literature.

Due to its size, the stool may have served for prestigious purposes and had once been the property of a major and wealthy chief or notable.

The object Large prestige stool with janus-shaped caryatid figures with the object ID 3045802 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 236.

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