African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1114
A Yoruba cup bearer
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £4000
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Description
A Yoruba cup bearer
Nigeria
the kneeling female figure with a quadripartite and domed coiffure and with scarifications to the forehead and cheeks, the eyes with carved lashes and inset metal nail pupils, wearing bracelets and supporting a bowl on her lap, raised on a circular base,
47.5cm high.
Provenance
Kenneth John Hewett (1919 - 1994), London, UK.
Jonathan Hope, London, UK.
Private Collection, London, UK. Acquired from the above 25th May 2008.