Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

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Property from the Collection of Saul and Marsha Stanoff

Snuff Container, Eastern South Africa, possibly Zulu

Lot Closed

May 21, 04:06 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 90,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Saul and Marsha Stanoff

Snuff Container, Eastern South Africa, possibly Zulu


Height: 8 ⅛ in (20.5 cm)


Horn (Bos taurus africanus)

Richard and Nancy Bloch, Los Angeles

Sotheby's, London, July 2, 1990, lot 164, consigned by the above

Saul and Marsha Stanoff, Tarzana, acquired at the above auction

Thence by descent to the present owner

Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, The Tribal Arts of Africa, London, 1998, p. 230, fig. a

Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, L'Art tribal d'Afrique Noire, Paris, 1998, p. 230, fig. a