Artfully crafted handle or staff finial
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Lot: 158
Artfully crafted handle or staff finial
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié (Akye)
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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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.