LUBA Old (+100years) caryatid stool tabouret seat Congo African Tribal Art 1412

Description

Title: LUBA Old (+100years) caryatid stool tabouret seat Congo African Tribal Art 1412

Description: CONGO DRC

Exceptional LUBA Caryatid Stool

Superb seat from the first half of the 20th century, more probably first quarter, see in the the 2nd image the result of the spectroscopic test made by the Museo d'Arte e Scienza in Milano (estimated 1915)
Very representative of the typical style of the Luvua workshops
The workshop identified by François Neyt as "The master of the court of the prince of Sopola was created in the 19th century and illustrates the Luba breakthrough to the east which influenced the sculptors of this region.
Also called Master of Warua by Suzanne Vogel and Ezio Bassani, he was then renamed by Bernard de Grunne "Master of Kunda" (Mains de Maîtres, 2001) then "Master of Luvua" (Luba Hemba Cariatides, 2017)
But those names mainly designate a geographical origin and a style

Stools are for the Luba the most important symbols of political power
Their local name is Kipona or Kihona
Provenance: personal collection
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Stool, seat, tabouret
ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGINE: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 16 1/4 inches high
CONDITION: Medium - Bad
A lot of restorations
But the stool is still very solid
(see pictures)

Reserve: $12,500.00

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LUBA Old (+100years) caryatid stool tabouret seat Congo African Tribal Art 1412

Lot 0089

Estimate $15,000-$18,000

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