Lot 244
Large Lobi Figure, Burkina Faso
11 November 2019, 15:00 EST
New YorkUS$10,000 - US$15,000
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Large Lobi Figure, Burkina Faso
bateba phuwe
height 31in (79cm)
Provenance
Luciano Lanfranchi Collection, Milan
Lance and Roberta Entwistle, London and Paris
Marc Franklin Collection, Oregon
Finely sculpted in the round in an overall slender form and rare in size, the figure stands firmly with bent knees, stylized buttocks, rounded torso with protruding abdomen, the arms at the sides and bent at the elbow parallel to the bent angles of the legs; the rounded head with a large sagittal crest above a wide forehead above deeply arched eyebrows above proportionally-large eyes in a somber gaze; fine gray-brown patina with encrustations.
height 31in (79cm)
Provenance
Luciano Lanfranchi Collection, Milan
Lance and Roberta Entwistle, London and Paris
Marc Franklin Collection, Oregon
Finely sculpted in the round in an overall slender form and rare in size, the figure stands firmly with bent knees, stylized buttocks, rounded torso with protruding abdomen, the arms at the sides and bent at the elbow parallel to the bent angles of the legs; the rounded head with a large sagittal crest above a wide forehead above deeply arched eyebrows above proportionally-large eyes in a somber gaze; fine gray-brown patina with encrustations.
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