Standing female bowl bearer · R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3040931
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 115
Description
wood, slightly shiny reddish brown patina, symmetrical clear cut forms, prominent facial features, slender hands with splayed thumb, the massive bowl like an “apron” held in front of the body, legs cut above the knees, slightly dam., crack (back of the head), metal base;
for a stylistically comparable figure see Neyt, 2004, ill. 101. It was assigned to the Sankuru and Lubefu region. A further bowl-bearing figure of the Songe illustrated on p. 350, Morigi, 1980. Apart from that this motif can rather be found with the Luba and Hemba.
L’objet Standing female bowl bearer avec l’ID d’objet 3040931 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 84th Tribal Art Auction dans 5 novembre 2016 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 468 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 800 €.
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Littérature comparée
Neyt, Francois, Songye, Brussels 2004, p. 137, ill. 101 Morigi, Paolo, Raccolta di un amatore d'arte primitiva, Berna 1980, ill. 306-A