Arts d'Afrique de la Collection Jean-Paul Chazal

Arts d'Afrique de la Collection Jean-Paul Chazal

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Masque, Bassa, Libéria | Bassa Mask, Liberia

No reserve

No Reserves

Auction Closed

April 30, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Masque, Bassa, Libéria


Haut. 25 cm

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Bassa Mask, Liberia


Height 9 ⁷/₈ in

Collection Mario Meneghini (1926-2008), Monravia, acquis in situ en 1969

Sotheby's, Paris, Art Africain, Océanien et Précolombien, 30 septembre 2002, lot 52

Collection Jean-Paul Chazal, Paris, acquis lors de cette vente

Dorsinville et Meneghini , "The Bassa Mask a stranger in the house", in Ethnologische zeitschrift Zürich, 1, 1973, p. 38, n° 32

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