Lot 231: An exceptional Bakongo mortuary terracotta

Bakongo, D.R. Congo; H: 13 1/4 inches

In the form of a corpulent figure with exaggerated trunk and thighs the small round head with typical Bakongo face seated on a raised plinth. Excellent mottled and variegated surface. Likely 19th Century.

Provenance:
Property of a New York private collector

Publication History:
The Face of Sunset. 2012. Bourgeois and Rodolitz. Page 184, figure 181.

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