Lot: 277

94e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Faux récipient en forme de vase

Nigéria, Région Cross-River, Calabar, Qua

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Lionel Adenis, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France H: 44,5 cm Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

terracotta, remains of black paint, cracked surface structure

Terracottas of this type were discovered during construction work in Calabar, in areas which, according to tradition, were burial and sacrificial sites. In and around Calabar have lived for centuries the Qua clans, descended from the Ejagham in the hinterland.


Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 249
Exposé

Aalen, Germany, Kunstverein Aalen, "Idol und Ideal", 6. Mai - 4. Juli 2004