Estimate:
€4,000 - 8,000
Description
A NOK LARGE FEMALE PILLAR FIGURE IN THE KUCHAMPA STYLE
NIGERIA
Terracotta
Thermoluminescence dating: 100 BC ± 220 years, certificate issued by Brussels Art Laboratory, P. H. Laycock, 24 November 1994
H.: 35⅜ in.
(Restorations)
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. 53, fig. 16
