Lot No. 40


Baule, Ivory Coast: an oval pendant made of gold, with the representation of a face (or of a mask).


Baule, Ivory Coast: an oval pendant made of gold, with the representation of a face (or of a mask). - Tribal Art

An extremely well-worked, oval pendant made of pure gold. The central, protruding face (or mask) in relief is represented in typical Baule style. With broadly extending eyebrow arches, long, flat nose and typical tribal scarification marks on the bridge of the nose and on both cheeks. Surrounded by an openwork decoration consisting of circles and outer bands. The item was executed in a single piece with ‘waste mould’ casting made of gold. A small fracture to the forehead. Two pendant eyelets in the upper section (one broken). Otherwise no damage.
Dimensions: 7.5 cm x 6.3 cm.
First half of the 20th century. (ME)

Provenance:
Austrian private collection.

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at

20.02.2017 - 14:00

Realized price: **
EUR 1,750.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,200.-

Baule, Ivory Coast: an oval pendant made of gold, with the representation of a face (or of a mask).


An extremely well-worked, oval pendant made of pure gold. The central, protruding face (or mask) in relief is represented in typical Baule style. With broadly extending eyebrow arches, long, flat nose and typical tribal scarification marks on the bridge of the nose and on both cheeks. Surrounded by an openwork decoration consisting of circles and outer bands. The item was executed in a single piece with ‘waste mould’ casting made of gold. A small fracture to the forehead. Two pendant eyelets in the upper section (one broken). Otherwise no damage.
Dimensions: 7.5 cm x 6.3 cm.
First half of the 20th century. (ME)

Provenance:
Austrian private collection.

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Tribal Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 20.02.2017 - 14:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 11.02. - 20.02.2017


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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