Estimate:
€3,000 - 6,000
Description
A NOK MALE FIGURE KNEELING ON A VESSEL
NIGERIA
Terracotta
Thermoluminescence dating: AD 300 ± 250 years, certificate issued by Alliance-Science Art, Francine Maurer, 17 November 1994
H.: 17⅜ 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:
Naissance de l'art en Afrique Noire : la statuaire Nok au Nigeria, Banque Générale du Luxembourg & Ed. Adam Biro, Paris, 1998, p. 65, fig. 23
