Art d'Afrique, d'Oceanie, d'Indonesie 2023-11-28 Auction - 99 Price Results - Sotheby's in France
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Figure de reliquaire, Fang Ntumu, Gabon | Fang-Ntumu Reliquary Figure, GabonBouchon de tabatière, Tshokwe, Angola | Chokwe Lid from a Tobacco Box, AngolaMasque, Lega, République Démocratique du Congo | Lega Mask, Democratic Republic of the Con
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Paris, France, France
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Art d'Afrique, d'Oceanie, d'Indonesie

For the upcoming auction of art from Africa, Oceania, Indonesia, and the Americas in Paris, Sotheby’s is delighted to combine the expertise of its specialists from France and the United States to present collectors with a carefully curated selection of objects. Since Fatma Wille has joined the teams of Sotheby’s Europe, the sale will include a robust selection of works covering the principal Pre-Columbian cultures. These ancient objects, dating from 2300 B.C. to 900 A.D., can be mainly traced back to the Olmec, Maya, Veracruz, Valdivia and Andes civilisations. Among the leading pieces from the Maya civilisation is an emerald-green Mayan jade plate dating from approximately 550-950 A.D. adorned with a series of deciphered glyphs. In 1987, it was exhibited at the Denver Art Museum and at the National Museum of Women in the Arts of Washington, D.C. Further highlights include a Mayan bowl crafted in 350 A.D., featuring a complex mythological scene of one of the principal Mayan divinities, which was shown at an exhibition at the Arts Club of Chicago in 1982. Among other masterpieces, a stone yoke from Veracruz which is finely sculpted with a cosmic being in a dynamic pose, circa 450-650 A.D., comes from a prestigious European collection. The African and Oceanic Arts section will feature a delicate Nguzu-Nguzu figurehead from the Salomon Islands collected by Paul Stover Wingert; a substantial Gabonese Fang statue that belonged to Aimé Maeght, visible in a photo of their Parisian apartment; and a precious, exceedingly rare Sapi-Portuguese salt cellar from Sierra Leone that was kept in the same Italian collection for more than forty years.
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