Sold2015LUBA FEMALE WITH BOWLBlack surface, keloids all over her body, unmarked face, she sits holding a lidded vessel carved with designs mimicking her scarification. Such figures were used as oracles and served in divination.DiSee Sold Price
Sold2019LOVELY JANUS LUBA FEMALE DIVINATION BOWL, AFRICAN ARTCarved wooden Divination vessel with two females shown supporting bowl atop their head and with highly stylized form and intricate incised designs. Mboko are traditionally used as divination tools andSee Sold Price
Sold2017Old Luba Female figure holding bowl seated on LionCarved wooden sculpture of a female ancestor holding a large bowl above her head and shown seated on a lion with open mouth, perhaps a divination vessel. The entire sculpture shows age and wear and aSee Sold Price
Sold2017Luba Kneeling Female Figure with Bowl 20th CenturyMid to Later 20th Century, Luba or Yoruba Kneeling Female Fertility Figure with Bowl, Carved wood, 24 inches high. Provenance: De-accession from The Boca Raton Museum of Art.See Sold Price
Sold2019Luba M'boko Bowl Bearer Divination sculpture, AfricanA Very finely carved wooden female Bowl bearer sculpture with elaborate headdress and well polished patina. Luba peoples, Congo, Africa. The figure measures 9 x 4.5 inches. ( 10.5 inches on custom basSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. African Luba Wood Female Cup BearerAfrica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba / Kusu, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden statue of a seated female figure holding an offering bowl or cup known as an mboko. Highly stySee Sold Price
Sold2020Old Luba Twin Sisters Divination Bowl Ex Irwin HerseyA fine carved wooden divination bowl bearer female couple or Mboko, with two finely carved females shown seated across from one another and holding the diviners bowl. The two females both have sereneSee Sold Price
Sold2018Luba M'boko Bowl Bearer sculpture , African ArtA finely carved wooden female "Mboko" or Bowl bearer sculpture of kneeling female. Congo, Africa. The sculpture measures 8.75 inchesSee Sold Price
Sold2019FINE LUBA MBOKO BOWL BEARER DIVINATION SCULPTURECarved wooden female shown with bowl atop her head and with highly stylized face and form. Mboko are traditionally used as divination tools and mediums to the spirit world.Luba peoples, Congo, Africa.See Sold Price
Sold2018A Luba Mboko Bowl Bearer Divination sculptureA Carved wooden female Designed to forecast future events, this bowl bearer—known as a mboko (the name for the sacred vessel held by the figure) Luba peoples, Congo, Africa. The sculpture measures 1See Sold Price
Sold2019Gorgeous Luba Mboko Bowl Bearer Divination ObjectA very finely carved wood female effigy designed to forecast future events, this bowl bearer—known as a mboko (the name for the sacred vessel held by the figure) was carved from a single piece ofSee Sold Price
Sold2022African Carved Wood Figural Yoruba Divination Bowl20th Century Nigeria African Yoruba Divination bowl, Luba stool. Crafted from a solid piece of wood, features a kneeling female figure with large hands holding up the bowl. Accompanied with photocopySee Sold Price
Sold2018AN AFRICAN CARVED FIGURAL FERTILITY STOOL, 20THAN AFRICAN CARVED FIGURAL FERTILITY STOOL, 20TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, POSSIBLY LUBA/BALUBA, a bowl seat over the triple crested hair of a male and female figure kneelingSee Sold Price
Sold2015Kneeling female bowl bearer - Sierra Leone,wood, matt shiny blackish brown patina, carrying a child on the back, beautiful modelled body with round forms, raised trefoil neck pendant, the bowl carved as a standing fowl (cover missing), slightlSee Sold Price
Sold2016Jalisco Kneeling Female Bowl On Shoulder, ex-MessickPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. Pottery seated female figure holding a bowl on her left shoulder, wearing small ear ornaments and nose ring. White painted beaded necklace aSee Sold Price
Sold2017Female bowl bearer - D. R. Congo, Songewood, middle brown patina, accentuated breasts and navel, min. dam., cracks, (base, left side of the neck) H: 29 cm, H: 11,4 inch Provenance: Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium (ca. 1950/60) Hans ReinmöllSee Sold Price
Sold2023Cute LUBA female classic figure statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art 1554CONGO DRC Beautiful LUBA female figure Very cute classic sculpture As often, in Luba art, a piece that exudes great serenity The Luba are a great people in eastern DRC. Their caryatid seats, their cupSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Luba Female Stool from the Congo, AfricaCarved from a hard wood featuring a lovely female ancestor carved in support of the stool seat. Luba peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The Stool measures 11.25 x 8.25 inches.See Sold Price
Sold2024LUBA female figure statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art 1701CONGO DRC LUBA female figure Typical of the Eastern Luba The arms and torso are surprisingly long, and his sulky pout is irresistible. A statue with very similar architecture is published in Bacquart,See Sold Price
Sold2023LUBA Female Figure Statue Congo Upemba DRC African Tribal Art 1469CONGO DRC Cute LUBA female cultual figure Nice patina Probably from Malemba Nkulu in the Upemb area The Luba are a great people in eastern DRC. Their caryatid seats, their cup holders, chiefs' sticks,See Sold Price
Sold2019Rare Luba Female Mask with exaggerated Facial featuresA carved wooden mask with kaolin clay pigment and a wonderfully exaggerated form. Such masks are quite rare and were danced opposite of Luba Animal masks. Provenance: Ex Stewart Warkow collection, NYCSee Sold Price
Sold2023LUBA female kabwelulu figure statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art MC1968CONGO DRC LUBA female Kabwelulu figure These statues were fixed on a gourd or a calabash The set was called Kabwelulu and was an object used to predict the future, diagnose illnesses and prescribe remSee Sold Price
Sold2017A Large Vintage Luba female Ancestor sculpture, AfricanThis is a tall beautiful old wood sculpture from the Luba Peoples of the Congo (DRC) central Africa. Carved wood with a well handled and polished surface patina,as well as a wonderful form and style.See Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Luba female SculptureA finely carved wooden effigy of a Luba female with raised scar patterns carved in relief traditional pose and headdress, well handled surface patina. The Luba people say that only a woman's body is sSee Sold Price
Jun 13DuMouchellesDemocratic Republic of Congo, Luba Peoples, Carved Wood Standing Female Figure, H 16.5" W 4.5"$80
Jun 08Simpson Galleries, LLC.A RUSSIAN NEOCLASSICAL STYLE SCAGLIOLA FAUX MALACHITE AND GILT METAL MOUNTED CENTER BOWL, 20TH$100(1 bid)
9 hrs LeftCarlo Bonte AuctionsA collection of six Chinese mineral carvings and three porcelain footed bowls, Tongzhi mark and of€240
15 hrs LeftThe Bidder AuctionsAntique Silver plated engraved Set: 6 Tea Spoons with Christian Symbolic, signed, Jerusalem$25
Jun 06DOYLE Auctioneers & AppraisersPAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURES, ‘LA MANGEUSE DE BOUILLE’ AND ‘LE$600
Jun 08Simpson Galleries, LLC.AN AFRICAN "ANUAN" FIGURAL AND ANIMAL CARVED DOUBLE DOOR ON STAND, AKAN, BAULE, IVORY COAST,$200
100 Lots AwayHermann Historica GmbHA Longquan-celadon bowl with twin-fish decor, probably southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)See Sold Price