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A Yoruba-Ijebu Head

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Item Details

Description

Gedenkkopf
Yoruba-Ijebu, Nigeria
Mit Sockel / with base
Gelbguss. H 20 cm.

Provenienz:
- Galerie Walu, Zürich.
- Nachlass Rudolf und Leonore Blum, Zumikon (1995).

Publiziert:
Blum, Rudolf (1995). Skulpturen alter Kulturen Afrikas aus der Sammlung Blum. Zumikon: Eigenverlag. Nr. 25 und Nr. 26.

Thermolumineszenz-Altersbestimmung: 380 Jahre (+/- 20 %).

Vergleiche:
- Rivers, Pitt (1900). Antique Works of Art from Benin, collected by Lieutenant-General Pitt Rivers. Seite 70.
- Leuzinger, Elsy (1972). The Art of Black Africa. London: Studio Vista Publisher. Page 152.

CHF 5 000 / 10 000
EUR 4 550 / 9 100

Condition

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A Yoruba-Ijebu Head

Name: A Yoruba-Ijebu Head
SKU: 123005869
Price: 3800 CHF
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