Rare metal figure, D. R. Congo, Teke, Size: H: 14,5 cm (H: 5.7 inch), ID: 3046217

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Lot 315

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Rare metal figure · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3046217

not available anymore

Provenance

Raoul Lehuard, Arnouville, France
Alain Lecomte, Paris, France
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium (1996)

Size

H: 14,5 cm

H: 5.7 inch

Description

copper alloy (bronze, brass), base

An almost identical figure shown by R. Lehuard, Les arts Bateke, Arnouville 1996, p. 373/ right (AHDRC 0013516).

According to Lehuard the western face of this figure is based on a kind of pipe bowl, “La Bretonne”, made in France, that circulated on the coast of Africa from the middle of the 19th century till the beginning of the 20th century.

Publications

Lehuard, Raoul, Les arts Bateke, Arnouville 1996, p. 373 (right)

AHDRC: 0134002

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