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MARQUESAS ISLANDS, POLYNESIA
细节
A PAIR OF MARQUESAS ISLANDS STILT STEPS
Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
Carved as a male and a female figure, each standing with the arms in relief, a stylised quadruped at the center of the chest, the faces with large eyes with borders in shallow relief and each eye joined to the ears carved as double volutes, broad oval mouths, the male with the hands to each side of the abdomen, the female with one hand on the chest and the other above the pubic area, the bodies and curved foot rests carved all over with parallel grooves, dark glossy patinas, each with old printed label from Fenton & Sons Old Curiosity Shop, 11, New Oxford Street, London.
Each 11¾ in. (29.5 cm.) high (2)
Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
Carved as a male and a female figure, each standing with the arms in relief, a stylised quadruped at the center of the chest, the faces with large eyes with borders in shallow relief and each eye joined to the ears carved as double volutes, broad oval mouths, the male with the hands to each side of the abdomen, the female with one hand on the chest and the other above the pubic area, the bodies and curved foot rests carved all over with parallel grooves, dark glossy patinas, each with old printed label from Fenton & Sons Old Curiosity Shop, 11, New Oxford Street, London.
Each 11¾ in. (29.5 cm.) high (2)
来源
Lemaire Gallery, Amsterdam, 1969