Estimate:
€8,000 - 12,000
Description
A DJENNÉ-JENO MALE FIGURE SEATED WITH A DAGGER
INNER NIGER DELTA, MALI
Terracotta
Thermoluminescence dating: AD 1210 (± 110 years), certificate issued by Alliance-Science Art, Francine Maurer, 13 October 1993
H.: 13³⁄₈ in.
(Restorations)
Provenance:
Claude-Henri Pirat, Brussels
Jean-Jacques Rotthier Collection (1932–2009), Brussels, then by descent
Bibliography:
Schaedler, (Karl-Ferdinand), Earth and Ore, 2500 years of African Art in Terra-cotta and Metal, Eurasburg, 1997, p.57
La condició humana: el somni de d'una ombra, Institut de Cultura, Museu d'historia de la Ciutat, Lunwerg, Barcelone 2004, p. 115
de Grunne (Bernard), Djenné-Jeno : 1000 ans de sculpture en terre cuite au Mali, Brussels, 2014, cat. n° 122
