Exposição:
18 de Setembro (2ª feira) a 24 de Setembro (Domingo) - 14h às 19h
LOT 40:
A «Makonde» female figure
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Sold for: €240
Start price:
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150
Estimated price :
€150 - €225
Buyer's Premium: 24.6%
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A «Makonde» female figure
wood sculpture
Mozambican - Makonde
20th C. (1st half)
minor defects, patina wear
purchased in the city of Beira (Mozambique), in 1945-1947
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 19 cm
Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva, item number 21 mentioned in the notebook of the collector «Angola - Arte Negra, Relação e descrição das peças», identified in it as «Statuette»: "A kneeling woman holding a pot. Good characteristic facies head (tattoo, eyes, lips and nose); notches(?) representing curly hair. [...]. purchased by my father in Beira 1945/47."
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