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Plat rova

Lot 50
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1158264
Lot 50 | Plat rova
Estimate value
€ 70 000 – 100 000
Plat rova

Espiritu Santo, archipel du Vanuatu

Hauteur : 88 cm. (34 5⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Collection Révérend Yates, Teverin, acquis ca. 1903

Collection privée, Royaume-Uni

Ralph Nash (1928-2014), Londres

John J. Klejman (1906-1995), New York

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en 1969 (inv. n° 4600-A)



Literature

Barbier-Mueller, J.P., Indonésie et Mélanésie. Art tribal et cultures archaïques des mers du Sud, Genève, 1977, pp. 95 et 116

Jeanneret, A., Laude, J. et al., Art d’Océanie, d’Afrique et d’Amérique. Récentes acquisitions. Collection Barbier-Müller, Genève, 1977, pp. 68-69 et 123, n° 53

Jones, J. et al., Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, Soleure, 1981, p. 161

Hierro, J., Hier, aujourd’hui, demain. Regards sur les collections et sur les activités du musée Barbier-Mueller 1977-1987/Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The Collections and Activities of the Barbier-Mueller Museum 1977-1987, Genève, 1987, p. 36, n° 2

Newton, D. et Waterfield, H., Sculpture. Chefs-d’œuvre du musée Barbier-Mueller/Tribal Sculpture. Masterpieces from Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific in the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Genève, 1995, pp. 332 et 333

Newton, D., Arts des mers du sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/Art of the South Seas. Island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. The Collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Paris, 1998, p. 294, n° 16

Huffman, K., « Les rova. Plats et assiettes en bois du Vanuatu/Rova Plates, Turtles, Kava, Pigs, and Men. Wooden Plates and Platters from Vanuatu », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2005, n° 6, p. 215, n° 1

Alleva, A. d’ et al., Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Fleurons du musée Barbier-Mueller/Arts of Africa and Oceania. Highlights from the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2007, pp. 352-353 et 396

Baeke, V. et al., A Legacy of Collecting. African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Genève, 2009, p. 108, n° 33

Caprini, R. et al., Bijoux de l’homme, bijoux de la terre. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2010, p. 16, n° 11

Butor, M., 6000 ans de réceptacles. La vaisselle des siècles, Lausanne, 2017, pp. 138-139, 221 et 222, n° 68



Exhibited

Neuchâtel, MEN - Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel, Art océanien, 27 juin - 31 décembre 1970

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Art d’Océanie, d’Afrique et d’Amérique. Récentes acquisitions. Collection Barbier-Müller, 1er juin - 31 octobre 1977

Soleure, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, 2 mai - 20 novembre 1981

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Legacy of Collecting. African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, 2 juin - 27 septembre 2009

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Bijoux de l’homme, bijoux de la terre, 1er décembre 2009 - 15 septembre 2010

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, 6000 ans de réceptacles. La vaisselle des siècles, 17 mai 2017 - 25 février 2018



Further details

Rova plate, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu archipelago
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Vanuatu
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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