African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman

African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman

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MIDDLE NIGER CIVILZATION SEATED MALE FIGURE, MALI, 12TH - 14TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

June 30, 02:57 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

MIDDLE NIGER CIVIILZATION SEATED MALE FIGURE, MALI, 12TH - 14TH CENTURY


Terracotta

Height: 20 ½ in (52.1 cm)

This work is being offered for sale from the online catalogue. Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby’s African & Oceanic Art Department with inquiries.

Alain de Monbrison, Paris

Philippe Guimiot, Brussels, acquired from the above

Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, acquired from the above on January 26, 1982

Bernard de Grunne, Djenné-jeno: 1000 Years of Terracotta Statuary in Mali, Brussels, 2014, n.p., pl. 168

Alisa LaGamma, ed., Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, New York, 2020, p. 98, cat. no. 42

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, January 30 - March 12, 2020