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Auction archive: Lot number 118

a fine yoruba female figure

Auction 07.12.1998
7 Dec 1998
Estimate
NLG30,000 - NLG40,000
ca. US$15,886 - US$21,182
Price realised:
NLG34,596
ca. US$18,320
Auction archive: Lot number 118

a fine yoruba female figure

Auction 07.12.1998
7 Dec 1998
Estimate
NLG30,000 - NLG40,000
ca. US$15,886 - US$21,182
Price realised:
NLG34,596
ca. US$18,320
Beschreibung:

a fine yoruba female figure Standing with tall incised blued coiffure in four ridges with spherical topknot, carved necklace and ornaments and a string of coloured beads about the neck, carved long cylindrical ear ornaments, the skirt with incised cross-hatched panels, carved blued bands and a string of blue beads about the waist, carved blued bracelets, standing on oval base and holding before her a bowl and cover in the form of a chicken with extensive carved surface ornament, the bowl resting on the head of a seated figure holding a staff with bird finial in one hand and a plait of hair in the other, glossy patina with extensive traces of blue, white and ochre pigments 50cm. high

Auction archive: Lot number 118
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
Amsterdam
Beschreibung:

a fine yoruba female figure Standing with tall incised blued coiffure in four ridges with spherical topknot, carved necklace and ornaments and a string of coloured beads about the neck, carved long cylindrical ear ornaments, the skirt with incised cross-hatched panels, carved blued bands and a string of blue beads about the waist, carved blued bracelets, standing on oval base and holding before her a bowl and cover in the form of a chicken with extensive carved surface ornament, the bowl resting on the head of a seated figure holding a staff with bird finial in one hand and a plait of hair in the other, glossy patina with extensive traces of blue, white and ochre pigments 50cm. high

Auction archive: Lot number 118
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
Amsterdam
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