AUCTION 322 - ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND NATURALIA (saleroom auction)
Lot 11
Arte Africana
A fine oliphant with antropomorphic carving, Yoruba (?) Nigeria
Hunting horn finely carved with geometric motifs and a kneeling female figure.
For a similar example see: Christies, lot 239, 02 July 2002.
Provenance: Parisian collection of the painter Arturo Carmassi (Lucca, 1925- Empoli, 2015). This piece was inherited from the French humanist and collector Renée Druart (Grasse 1888-1961) whose daughter Carmassi had married.
Measures: 35.0 cm
Starting price: € 550,00
Estimate: € 1.000,00 - 1.500,00
The lot will be auctioned on 28 April starting from 14:00.
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