Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 200
A Lulua figural tobacco mortar
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £7000
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Description
A Lulua figural tobacco mortar
Democratic Republic of the Congo
the squatting figure with a recessed head and with a lid, having a linear carved coiffure and almond shaped eyes and pouting lips, with his hands supporting his head and with his elbows on his knees, to a large pair of feet, with a pestle,
10.6cm high, on a base.
Provenance
According to the Christie's footnote - Sent back to England in 1983 by a missionary who served in the Congo 1892-96. Cf Fagg. 1970, p.89ff. Nikolaisen and Yde, 1974, p.45.
Christie's, London, Important Tribal Art, 29 June 1983, lot 175.
Romy Rey Collection, London.