Provenances

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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 23. Coupe à huile cérémonielle, Îles Fidji | Priest's oil Dish, Îles Fidji.

Collection Marc de Monbrison - Vision d'Océanie

Coupe à huile cérémonielle, Îles Fidji | Priest's oil Dish, Îles Fidji

No reserve

No Reserves

Lot Closed

July 11, 12:29 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Coupe à huile cérémonielle, Îles Fidji


Long. 52 cm ; 20 ¹⁵/₃₂ in


Priest's oil dish, Îles Fidji

Collection Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908-1979), New York

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Sotheby's, New York, Fine African and Oceanic Arts, 14 novembre 1980, n° 70

Collection Marc de Monbrison Collection (1942-1985), Paris

Transmis par descendance

Katonah, New York, The Katonah Gallery, Oceania : The Art of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, 5 avril - 2- mai 1974

Mack W. Charles, Polynesian Art at auction 1965-1980, 1982, p. 271, n° 5. 

Ces coupes foliacées sont sculptées dans un bois sacré, le vesi. Elles contenaient l'huile de noix de coco dont s'oignaient les prêtes dans la maison des esprits avant d'invoquer les dieux.

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