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Lot Essay
William Fagg dates this figure to the 1880s or earlier
Details
A FINE LULUA FIGURE
Crouching with the elbows on the knees and the hands held to the prominent ears, carved ribs, cross-hatched blackened coiffure, dark patina
16cm. high
Crouching with the elbows on the knees and the hands held to the prominent ears, carved ribs, cross-hatched blackened coiffure, dark patina
16cm. high
Literature
Fagg, W., Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa, Bath, 1970, p.89, fig.86
Exhibited
African and New Guinea Sculpture from the Josef Herman Collection, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1969, no.33
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.