AUCTION 285 - AFRICAN AND OCEANIAN ART FROM TWO IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (ONLINE)
Lot 76
Arte Africana
Hippopotamus mask, Bamum Cameroon
Large zoomorphic mask covered with a thick encrusted patina.
NOTE - For a similar example see: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA, Hippopotamus mask, cat. n. G205A-African Gallery East.
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: 44.0 x 26.0 cm
Starting price: € 800,00
Estimate: € 1.500,00 - 2.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 24 March starting from 15:00.
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