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Lot 46
  • 46

Statue, Lobi, Burkina Faso

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Lobi
  • Statue
  • haut. 63 cm
  • 24 4/5 in

Provenance

Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan
Collection Lionel Sergent, Abidjan
Sotheby's, Paris, 30 novembre 2010, n°126
Collection privée, acquis lors de cette vente

Condition

Good condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use within the cultue. Two holes to the back of the proper left hand and thigh. Tips of the two feet are missing, as visible in the catalogue illustration. Thick light brown patina.
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Catalogue Note

La statuaire des groupes culturels répartis en pays Lobi s'articule en plusieurs grandes tendances stylistiques parmi lesquelles s'impose, issu de la région de Mbala, un style archétypal Lobi superbement illustré ici. La figure campée dans un aplomb remarquable, la plénitude des formes et la fermeté des galbes, les grands yeux saillants et la bouche fermée aux lèvres tendues, permettent de la rattacher au style identifié par Daniela Bognolo (2007, p. 63 et 130) de « Tinkhiero », fondé par le sculpteur Lobi Karinthé Kambiré (ca. 1850-1910). 
Elle faisait vraisemblablement partie d'un couple de thilkotina, supports cultuels du lignage. cf. Bognolo (2007, pl. 1) pour une statue stylistiquement apparentée.