Teke Couple, Democratic Republic of the Congo
heights 14 1/2 and 15in (37 and 28cm)
each standing with bent knees supporting an ovoid torso with deeply hollowed stomach cavity, neck with enhanced Adam's apple, projecting demilune ears framing a face highlighted with incised scarification and with inset almond-shaped eyes above a broad nose and open mouth with protruding lips ending with a beard; fine varied dark brown patina remnants of white pigment on the faces.
Provenance:
Mort Lipkin, New York
Private Collection, New Jersey
each standing with bent knees supporting an ovoid torso with deeply hollowed stomach cavity, neck with enhanced Adam's apple, projecting demilune ears framing a face highlighted with incised scarification and with inset almond-shaped eyes above a broad nose and open mouth with protruding lips ending with a beard; fine varied dark brown patina remnants of white pigment on the faces.
Provenance:
Mort Lipkin, New York
Private Collection, New Jersey
Sold for
US$ 1,830
inc. premium
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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