A Yombe seated figure

A Yombe seated figure, D. R. Congo, with triple bracelets and applied chain and bead necklace, crossed legged with left hand on right ankle and right hand under chin, the mouth with teeth above inlaid eyes with pupil, behind glass, naturalistic ears and a geometric carved coiffure, black patina with polychrome highlights, 30cm high.

Provenance:

John Vernon - Putney, November 1964.

Ernst Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.