Rare handle vessel, D. R. Congo, Solongo, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3045965

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3045965

Rare handle vessel · D. R. Congo, Solongo · ID: 3045965

Price EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

Provenance

Steyler Missionaries, collected around 1900
Missionshaus St. Johann, Blönried, Germany (1924 - 2013 Center of the Steyler Missionaries)
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Size

H: 23 cm

H: 9.1 inch

Description

ceramic / terracotta, glass beads, decorative brass tags,
A comparable object pictured by Schädler, 1989, p. 245, but here attributed to the Hima (see also AHDRC 0021636).

The object Rare handle vessel with the object ID 3045965 was part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction on November 16, 2019, lot number 309 at that time and is currently available for EUR 800 in Open sale.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Keramik aus Schwarz-Afrika und Alt-Amerika, Zürich 1985, p. 245

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