Caryatid stool
Prairie Camerounaise, Babanki
Vendu
1 600 €
Provenance
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, GermanyAmerican Private Collection
Taille
H: 42,5 cm
H: 16.7 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina with traces of black paint, ring-shaped base, carved with two wrestling figures, clinching each other firmly, with their heads supporting a massive circular seat on top, slightly dam., rep. (base), cracks (body of one figure, seat);
style of the artist Fonchu Aseh in Babanki Tungo.