Art d'Afrique, d'Océanie, d'Indonésie et des Amériques

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Figure de reliquaire, Kota, Gabon | Kota Reliquary Figure, Gabon

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December 16, 02:53 PM GTNN

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Figure de reliquaire, Kota, Gabon


haut. 59,5 cm ; 23 1/2 in


Kota Reliquary Figure, Gabon

collects ion Armand Trampitsch (1893-1975), Paris

Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, Arts Primitifs, 22 novembre 1979, n° 110

Georges Frederik Keller (1899-1981), New York / Davos / Paris, (inv. G.F.K.368)

Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano

Sotheby's, Paris, Important Art Africain : collects ion Paolo Morigi, 6 juin 2005, n° 167

Importante collects ion privée européenne, acquis lors de cette vente

Cette effigie d'ancêtre mbulu ngulu relève du style classique développé par les Kota Obamba sur la rive gauche de l'Ogooué : visage ovale, concave, orné d'un motif central cruciforme plaqué, à partir duquel s'agencent les motifs complexes d'un décor obtenu par l'assemblement de fines lamelles. Elle s’apparente à la figure de reliquaire du Museum für Völkerkunde de Berlin offrant une semblable élaboration, entré dans les collects ions en 1904 et identifié comme "Mbanse-Bavili, sud Gabon/nord Congo (Chaffin, Kota, 1979, p. 172).

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