AUCTION 285 - AFRICAN AND OCEANIAN ART FROM TWO IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (ONLINE)
Lot 84
Arte Africana
Helmet mask, Chokwe R.D. Congo
Dark patina wooden mask. On the face it has the typical Chokwe scarifications on the cheekbones and the chinge-lyengelye cross in the center of the forehead.
Provenance: Parisian collection of the painter Arturo Carmassi (Lucca 1925 - Empoli 2015). This piece had come through the inheritance of the collector and humanist Renèe Druart (Grasse 1888 - 1961) whose daughter Carmassi had married.
Measures: 29.0 x 27.0 cm
Starting price: € 550,00
Estimate: € 1.500,00 - 2.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 24 March starting from 15:00.
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