AUCTION 322 - ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND NATURALIA (saleroom auction)
Lot 12
Arte Africana
Mother with child, Luba Dem. Rep. Congo
An ivory intaglio depicting the image of a preciously dressed mother with her baby in her arms, seated on a zoomorphic stool, echoing the Christian iconography, widespread in Congo since the 15th century, of the Madonna with child.
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: 13.5 x 8.0 cm
Starting price: € 1.200,00
Estimate: € 2.000,00 - 3.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 28 April starting from 14:00.
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