Lot: 158

Artfully crafted handle or staff finial

Côte d'Ivoire, Atié (Akye)

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
French Private Collection H: 5.1 inch 3000 EUR / 5000 EUR

ivory,

Extremely finely and intricately executed carving. Two larger and four smaller figures with partly European and partly African-style accessories (headgear, jewellery, clothing).

For comparable ivory works attributed to Atié, see Monica Blackmun Visonà in: Art of Côte d' Ivoire from the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Vol I, Genève 1993, p. 374.


Certificate of the Nature Conservation Authority, Würzburg, No. DE-WÜS241009-304
This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Community. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited.