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Das ist der Preis für die folgende Bewertung: African Nok Pottery Head Fragment W/ Tl Report



Beschreibung : Africa, Northern Nigeria, Nok, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. A finely, modeled terracotta head from one of the oldest African centers of figural sculpture and ironworks. This male head displays characteristic traits of the classical Nok style including an elongated head, a high smooth forehead, wide open triangular eyes with perforated pupils, boldly delineated lids, and a lobed assymetrical coiffure. The naturalism displayed in the modeling of the nose provides a rich contrast to the marvelously stylized, abstract eyes. A sophisticated example that is more than two thousand years old! Size: 9.1 H (23.1 cm) Size: 5.875 L x 5.625 W x 7.875 H (14.9 cm x 14.3 cm x 20 cm), 11.125 H (28.3 cm) on included custom stand. Classical Nok terracotta sculpture was first found in 1943 deep within a tin mine, near the present-day town of Nok, situated on the Jos Plateau in central Nigeria. The exact use of these portrait-like figures has yet to be discovered, none of these sculptures has ever been found in situ and any remains of these ancient structures are practically non-existent today. However, it has been suggested the hollow terracotta figures were ancestral effigies kept in shrine houses. In addition, the style of Nok facial features shows parallels with contemporaneous bronze and wooden sculptures created by the Benin and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria. It has been said these ancient Nok figures represent the beginnings of African art. This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A report from ASA, Paris, France will accompany purchase. Provenance: ex-old private New England, US collection, acquired in the 1970s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #154323
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Titel : African Nok Pottery Head Fragment W/ Tl Report
Condition report : A fragment from a larger sculpture with losses to peripheries and high-pointed areas. Lower coiffure lobes possibly reattached. Tiny TL perforation on verso of coiffure/headdress. All clay is original.
Artemis Gallery, Auktionator, Louisville, CO 🔓Keine Kreditkarte nötig.
Verkaufstitel : VARIETY SALE | Antiquities & Ethnographic Art
Verkaufsdatum : 23/04/2020 🔓Keine Kreditkarte nötig.
Auktionsreferenz : Live Sale

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