Zemanek-Münster

Very rare figural stool ·  Burkina Faso, Kurumba · ID: 3047174

sold EUR 1,100
Provenance
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)
Size
H: 44 cm
D: 26 cm
H: 17.3 inch
D: 10.2 inch

Description

wood, pigments, rest., cracks


This stool captivates by the simple elegance of the stylized caryatid figures with their striking faces and linear engravings. A stylistically comparable figure shown in Roy, 2007, fig. 508.


The object Very rare figural stool with the object ID 3047174 was part of the auction Benefit Auction “Flood Disaster” on October 9, 2021. The object with the lot number 43 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.


Comparing literature

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 508


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