Lot 33
  • 33

A FINE AKAN DOUBLE-FIGURED FINIAL, Ivory Coast

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

Provenance

Galerie à la Reine Margot, Paris
Chaim and Renee Gross, New York, acquired from the above on July 21, 1965

Condition

Good condition overall; vertical age crack through proper right side of head in front of ear continuing through proper right forearm of upper figure; minor age cracks through front of lower figure and age crack through back and base on reverse; six brass tacks missing; toes of proper left foot of upper figure chipped; exceptionally fine partially lustrous medium to dark brown patina.
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