Lot: 286

99e vente aux enchères

Trône royal

Cameroun, Bangoua / Bamiléké

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Gisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germany H: 42 cm (seat);
78,5 cm (backrest)D: 42,5 cm
Vendu

wood,

The figures carved on the front of the backrest are reminiscent of royal
commemorative figures. One of them holds a drinking horn, which is considered to be a prestige object. The motif of the leopard as a caryatid figure is a reference to the former use of the stool at the court of a Fon.