Zemanek-Münster

Vessel ·  R. D. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3041232

Vendu 450 €
Provenance
Ole Jensen, Denmark (1963)
Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark

Description

terracotta, dark brown engobe, spherical body and long neck, ornamentally decorated, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
pottery of the Mangbetu is distinguished by powerful shaping which in its ceramic creations, excluding figures, reminds of the archaic specimen of the Peruvian Chavin culture.


Littérature comparée

Stößel, Arnulf, Afrikanische Keramik, München 1984, p. 330, ill. 302


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