Estimate:
€4,000 - 6,000
Description
A NOK HEAD
NIGERIA
Terracotta
Thermoluminescence dating: AD 250 (± 180 years), certificate issued by Alliance-Science Art, Francine Maurer, 27 December 1994
H.: 15⅜ in.
Provenance:
Jean-Jacques Rotthier Collection (1932–2009), Brussels, then by descent
Exhibitions:
Naissance de l'art en Afrique Noire : la statuaire Nok au Nigeria, Luxembourg, Banque Générale du Luxembourg, 1998, 12 October – 13 December 1998
Bibliography:
Schaedler, (Karl-Ferdinand), Earth and Ore, 2500 years of African Art in Terra-cotta and Metal, Eurasburg, 1997, p. 206
Naissance de l'art en Afrique Noire : la statuaire Nok au Nigeria, Banque Générale du Luxembourg & Ed. Adam Biro, Paris, 1998, p. 77, fig. 33
