Name: Auction: PAIR OF IBIBIO ARTICULATED FIGURES NIGERIA
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 1008 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Form Through Time

Sale number: 735&nbsp; Form Through Time is a journey through world history and culture. The works presented in the sale offer a glimpse onto the distant peoples who created them. Highlights featured in the May 2023 edition include a South Arabian Sabean alabaster head, formerly with the noted collector Francois Antonovich, an ancient Egyptian Bronze Statue of Neith dating to the 26th Dynasty and a fine Olmec mask.

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carved wood and pigment, the male figure in the form of a standing policeman with articulated arms and polychrome decoration, the female figure depicting a young lady with deeply-set large eyes, arched brows, prominent nose and an elegant long neck, with a four bunched braid coiffure and wearing a dress that falls below the knees

PAIR OF IBIBIO ARTICULATED FIGURES

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