Lot 46
  • 46

A Rare Azande Female Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

standing on a zoo/anthropomorphic creature with four legs, a tail and human face, the female figure with oversized elongated head of typical features; honey brown patina with highlights of dark brown pigment.

Provenance

Christian Duponcheel, Brussels
Acquired from the above,1970s

Literature

Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, 1989, p. 499, fig. 1290

Catalogue Note

Cf. Sotheby's London, July 5, 1989, lot 71 for a comparable female figure.