Trumpet · Gabon, Fang/Tsogho · ID: 3039183
Christie’s, Amsterdam, 12 May 1998, lot 89
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany
German Private Collection
Description
ivory, reddish brown and black patina, the head piece carved with four mask faces, two of them highly stylized with pierced nose, diamond-shaped mouth piece, the bell-mouth cut hexagonal, carved ornaments at the lower rim, painted ornaments in the area of the mouth piece, slightly dam., minor missing parts (disc-shaped head piece), fine crack, base;
Radin and Sweeney locate a stylistically comparable trumpet with the Fang (compare GVR 0054283).
L’objet Trumpet numéro d’objet 3039183, a fait partie de la dernière 81st Tribal Art Auction du 31 octobre 2015 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 413 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Radin (Paul) & Sweeney (James Johnson), African Folktales and Sculpture, New York, 1952, ill.147