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Description : the kneeling figure with wide shoulders and hands touching the abdomen, the openwork arms held to the abdomen, with almond-shaped vertical scarification marks on front and back, the massive upturned head with delicate features and wearing a conical coiffure, with cloth wrapped around the body and fiber around the neck, exceptionally fine lustrous dark brown patina with residue.
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Estimate (low-high) : 30000 USD-50000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 134
Title : Vili Kneeling Figure
Size : measurements note height 4 1/2 in. 11.4 cm
Provenance : Joseph Henrion, BrusselsMarc Leo Felix, BrusselsHelmut Stern, Ann Arbor
Literature : The African-American Institute (ed.), Masterpieces of the Peoples Republic of the Congo, Purchase, 1980, p. 26, fig. 21Evan M. Maurer and Niangi Batulukisi, Spirits Embodied: Art of the Congo. Selections from the Helmut F. Stern Collection, Minneapolis, 1999, pp. 64 and 74, fig. 6Alisa McCusker and MacKenzie Moon (eds.), Icons of Perfection, Saint Paul, 2005, p. 37, fig. 20
Sotheby's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
Sale date : 16 May 2008 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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