BAULE FIGURE
IVORY COAST
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Auction: 16 September 2020 at 15:00 BST
£2,750
Description
carved wood, standing on a circular base, the knees slightly bent, the torso with raised scarification, the arms held to the sides with the hands placed on the belly, the face serene, elaborate coif
Dimensions
53.5cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, collected before 1920
Private Collection, Paris (by descent from the former)
Christie's, Paris, 26th January, 2012, Lot 679