N 13172 Sothbys. African, Ocianic and Pre-Columbian Art. New York November 11, 2004. 256 Pgs. 21x27cm.
An Important Bangwa Commemorative figure of a King - LOT SOLD. 1,072,000 USD
lefem, the superbly sculpted figure seated on a waisted stool decorated with an ornate zigzag pattern around the perimeter, with fragmentary feet, and wearing bands encircling his anklets, the elegant bent legs leading to rounded buttocks beneath the forward-leaning torso tapering to a dramatic ridge at the shoulder blades, the arms bent and encircled by ridged ivory bracelets, and holding his royal insignia-- a pipe in the left hand, its bowl in the form of a human head, and a scepter in his right, all beneath an elegant neck encircled by bands and arching forward to support the large oval head with short undulating beard at the chin beneath the open oval mouth with broad nose and finely carved almond-shaped eyes with delineated rims, and wearing a deeply grooved coiffure terminating in dynamic raised bunches to either side; exceptionally fine and varied encrusted deep brown-black patina.

height 41 3/8 in. 105cm

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