RELIQUAIRE KOTA, GABON - Lot 78

Lot n° 78
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Result : 15 456EUR
RELIQUAIRE KOTA, GABON - Lot 78
RELIQUAIRE KOTA, GABON Wood and copper plates H. 43.5 cm By Louis Perrois in 2014: "Rare copper-plated wooden Kota effigy, with a face in high relief of concave-convex volume, and a headdress made up of two flattened side shells, without a crescent-shaped crest like most of the mbulu-ngulu of the region, is stylistically similar to two wooden and copper "masks" with an equally smooth reverse side, from the old Scagliola collection and collected before 1914, as well as to the few known Kota "masks", including the one from the Vérité collection (June 2006, N°210)". Provenance: Collected by Governor François-Joseph Reste (1879-1976) in 1918 Transmitted by descendants Former Alexis Brimaud Collection, France Acquired at the "Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie" sale at Sotheby's, Paris, December 10, 2014, lot 98
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