FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE KOTA

Lot 5
22.06.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
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ID 977541
Lot 5 | FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE KOTA
Estimate value
€ 200 000 – 300 000
FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE KOTA

GABON

Soclé par Kichizô Inagaki (1876-1951)

Hauteur : 48.5 cm. (19 in.)





Provenance

Collection Père Antony Innocent Moris (1866-1951), Paris

Collection Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965), Paris / New York, acquis avant 1949

Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, The Helena Rubinstein Collection, 21 avril 1966, lot 197

Collection William B. Jaffe (1904-1972), New York, acquis lors de cette vente

Transmis par descendance



Literature

Fourny, M. et George, W., « Art Noir. Le musée d'art d'Helena Rubinstein » in Art et Industrie, n° XVI, Paris, octobre 1949, p. 12

Froment-Guieysse, G. et Guernier, E., « Afrique équatoriale française » in Encyclopédie coloniale et maritine A.E.F., vol. 5, Paris, 1950, p. 544, n° 4

Lehuard, R., « La collection du Père Moris » in Arts d'Afrique Noire, n° 46, Arnouville, été 1983, p. 37

Slesin, S., Helena Rubinstein: Over the Top. Extraordinary Style - Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design, New York, 2003, p. 110

Joubert, H. et alii., Helena Rubinstein. La collection de Madame / Helena Rubinstein. Madame's Collection, Paris, 2019, pp. 8, 121 et 219, n° 197



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