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Ife Head, Nigeria, XVI - XVIII Century
2 July 2020, 10:00 PDT
Los AngelesSold for US$17,575 inc. premium
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Ife Head, Nigeria, XVI - XVIII Century
height 4 3/4in (12cm)
Provenance
Collected by Milutin Djoulizibaritch, a French engineer working in the Sokoto area of Nigeria in ca. 1929
Thence by descent to his grandson, Michel Djoulizibaritch
Spanish Private Collection
A thermoluminescence test report from QED Laboratoire dates the age of firing between the early 16th century to mid 18th century.
This spherical terracotta head has naturalistic facial features and a knotted coiffure; dark gray/ochre coarse surface.
Provenance
Collected by Milutin Djoulizibaritch, a French engineer working in the Sokoto area of Nigeria in ca. 1929
Thence by descent to his grandson, Michel Djoulizibaritch
Spanish Private Collection
A thermoluminescence test report from QED Laboratoire dates the age of firing between the early 16th century to mid 18th century.
This spherical terracotta head has naturalistic facial features and a knotted coiffure; dark gray/ochre coarse surface.














