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Statuette, Kongo / Balongo, République Démocratique du Congo | Kongo / Balongo Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Auction Closed

November 30, 04:53 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Statuette, Kongo / Balongo, République Démocratique du Congo

haut. 19 cm ; 7 1/2 in


Collection privée française, acquis ca. 1930
Transmis par descendance
Renaud Vanuxem, Paris
Collection privée, Bruxelles, acquis en 2009
Au sein du corpus Kongo cette statuette se dinstingue par la rareté de son iconographie. Si les figures de maternité sont très connues dans l'art Kongo cette construction présentant un personnage juché sur les épaules d'un second debout est quasi inédite, elle pourrait peut être s'apparenter à une figure de paternité. Elle se rapproche de celle de l'ancienne Collection Kunin publiée dans : Frank Herreman, Icons of Perfection: Figurative Sculpture from Africa, Saint Paul, 2006, p. 44, cat. 26.

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