SONGYE POWER FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Auction Closed
June 30, 02:57 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
SONGYE POWER FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Wood
Height: 15 ½ in (39.5 cm)
Karel Plasmans, Brussels, presumably collected in situ between 1955-1970
Guillaume Vranken-Hoet, Dilbeek, acquired from the above, circa 1985
Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, acquired from the above on June 20, 2002
François Neyt, Songye. La redoutable statuaire Songye d'Afrique centrale, Antwerp, 2004, p. 67, cat. no. 27
François Neyt, Songye: The Formidable Statuary of Central Africa, Munich and New York, 2009, p. 67, cat. no. 27