Very rare figural stool
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Benefit Auction "Flood Disaster"Very rare figural stool
Burkina Faso, Kurumba
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s) |
H: 17.3 inch; D: 10.2 inch |
sold |
wood, pigments, rest., cracks
This stool captivates by the simple elegance of the stylized caryatid figures with their striking faces and linear engravings. A stylistically comparable figure shown in Roy, 2007, fig. 508.
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 508