Description : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Luba - Shankadi
wood, brown patina with traces of black paint, female supporting figure, elaborately adorned with scarification marks, three-parted earring of silver metal sheet, slightly dam., crack, missing part (rim of the seat), stools are associated with the complex hierarchy of seating privileges that distinguish members of the royal court. Rank and title are indicated by the progressive accession to more prestigiuous forms of seating - from simple woven mats, to animal skins and furs, to modeled clay thrones adorned with geometric and figurative representations, and finally to the sculpted wooden stools and thrones that are the prerogative only of kings and spirit mediums. The most important characteristic of the Shankadi style is the cascading hairdo, that with slight variations, marks all objects coming from this region.
H: 33 cm, D: 21 cm (seat)
H: 13 inch, D: 8.3 inch (seat)
Provenance: Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Literature: Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 152, ill. 59
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, München 2009, p. 546
Prix: 0.00 USD🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Estimations(basse-haute) : 15000 EUR-30000 EUR🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
À propos du lot
n° 454 Titre : Caryatid Stool Medium : wood, brown patina with traces of black paint, female supporting figure, elaborately adorned with scarification marks, three-parted earring of silver metal sheet, slightly dam., crack, missing part (rim of the seat), stools are associated with the complex hierarchy of seating privileges that distinguish members of the royal court. Rank and title are indicated by the progressive accession to more prestigiuous forms of seating - from simple woven mats, to animal skins and furs, to modeled clay thrones adorned with geometric and figurative representations, and finally to the sculpted wooden stools and thrones that are the prerogative only of kings and spirit mediums. The most important characteristic of the Shankadi style is the cascading hairdo, that with slight variations, marks all objects coming from this region. Condition report : slightly dam., crack, missing part (rim of the seat) Zemanek-Muenster, Salle de vente
, Würzburg, DE🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : 70th Tribal Art auction Date de la vente : 08/09/2012🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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