Couvercle figuratif d'un récipient "woota Eyinle"
Nigéria, Yoruba, Egbado, "Rival d'Abatan"
Vendu
600 €
Provenance
collected in situ in the 1960sSaxer, Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Taille
H: 33,5 cm
H: 13.2 inch
Description
ceramic / terracotta, labeled “Sax.”
Present figural lid is a work ot the female master potter called the “rival of Abatan”. The somewhat peculiar title was awarded to distinguish her from the Egbado Master Potter “Abatan”.
A vessel lid of the same artist shown in Drewal (1989), p. 228, ill. 271. Another work was auctioned on June 27, 2015 as lot 373 at Zemanek-Münster.
In the “woota eyinle” vessels the “stones of Eyinle” were kept in fresh river water. They embodied the life force “ase” inherent in all creatures and symbolized divine power.