Small bowl · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3033882
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Provenance
Henri Nappée, France (aviation engineer, from 1941 until 1975 employed in the Democratic Republic of Congo)Size
H: 9,5 cm
B: 10 cm
H: 3.7 inch
B: 3.9 inch
Description
wood, light brown patina, small remains of black paint, rising from a short foot, the bulbous corpus with bridge-like connection in the middle, both sides carved with standing figures in flat relief with their fully plastic heads projecting over the rim, mounted on block-like base and plate;
a comparable bowl pictured at Sousberghe, 1958, ill. 266.
Comparing literature
de Sousberghe, L., L' Art Pende, o.O. 1958, ill. 266