Madonna · D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3047716
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Antonie (Ton) Loning, Zandvoort, The Netherlands (collected around 1965, Kinshasa)Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 12,2 cm
H: 4.8 inch
Description
ivory, naturally grained, dark pigment, light brown patina,
Type of the “Madonna of Lourdes”, worked according to the European model.
Comparing literature
Thiel, Josef Franz & Heinz Helf, Christliche Kunst in Afrika, Berlin 1984, ill. 349 & 354
Notices
This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.