The Saul and Marsha Stanoff Collection

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Lot 29
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A Bembe Seated Female Figure, Republic of the Congo

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

the female figure with scarification on the straight torso, the arms emerging from vertically pierced shoulders, the eyes inset with porcelain; on bottom '1280' in red pigment on wood and old label (illegible); exceptionally fine lustrous honey brown patina with highlights in dark pigment.

Provenance

Guillaume Apollinaire, Paris, before 1914
Laurin-Guilloux-Buffetaud-Tailler, Paris, March 16, 1987, lot 47
Merton D. Simpson, New York
Acquired from the above, 1990s

Literature

Raoul Lehuard, Art Bakongo. Les Centres de Style, vol. II, 1989, p. 396, fig. G 21-2-3