Lot 146

CHOKWE THRONE
ANGOLA








African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Auction: 16 September 2020 at 15:00 BST
£2,250
Description
carved wood and brass, the backrest with two figures bearing a hunted animal above an ancestor face, the ears topped with further ancestor figures carved in the round and bearing necklaces of fine wirework, the seat with an ancestor face framed by an inlay of brass, the front stretcher with an allegorical scene between two faces forming the legs, decorated throughout with metal tacks and intricate incised motifs
Dimensions
90.2cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Adolfo Bartolomucci, Rome, acquired in situ c. 1970
Bertolami Fine Arts, Rome, 12th June 2008, lot 99
Private collection, United Kingdom







