An important and fine Lélé (Bashilele) forging bellow, R. d. Congo, 19th century.
Wood, metal, 79 cm high. Blacksmiths were held in high regard in Africa, and this exceptional fine bellow shows the prestige that came with the transformation of metals. This elegant ironsmith's bellow has two chambers that would have been covered with a loose diaphragm of skin. These were pushed up and down to pump air into the charcoal, through clay tubes, to achieve high temperatures. (VJ)
Provenance:
Belgian Collection;
Gallery Ambre, 1986;
Jan Lundberg, 1987;
Belgian private collection. Exhibited: 'Abstraktioner', Lundberg Gallery Malmö 1987;
'Striking Iron', Fowler Museum UCLA 2018; 'Striking Iron', National Museum of African Art, Washington 2019;
'Frapper le Fer', Musée du Quai Branly, Paris 2020.
Published:
Ambre Gallery 'Arts d'Afrique Noire'1986;
100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, Marc Felix;
'Abstraktioner', Lundberg Gallery Malmö 1987, Exhibition photo;
'Striking Iron', Tom Joyce, Allen Roberts Fowler Museum UCLA 2019, p. 130;
'Frapper le Fer', Musée du Quai Branly, Paris 2020 p. 76.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
30.03.2022 - 16:04
- Estimate:
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EUR 30,000.- to EUR 35,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 20,000.-
An important and fine Lélé (Bashilele) forging bellow, R. d. Congo, 19th century.
Wood, metal, 79 cm high. Blacksmiths were held in high regard in Africa, and this exceptional fine bellow shows the prestige that came with the transformation of metals. This elegant ironsmith's bellow has two chambers that would have been covered with a loose diaphragm of skin. These were pushed up and down to pump air into the charcoal, through clay tubes, to achieve high temperatures. (VJ)
Provenance:
Belgian Collection;
Gallery Ambre, 1986;
Jan Lundberg, 1987;
Belgian private collection. Exhibited: 'Abstraktioner', Lundberg Gallery Malmö 1987;
'Striking Iron', Fowler Museum UCLA 2018; 'Striking Iron', National Museum of African Art, Washington 2019;
'Frapper le Fer', Musée du Quai Branly, Paris 2020.
Published:
Ambre Gallery 'Arts d'Afrique Noire'1986;
100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, Marc Felix;
'Abstraktioner', Lundberg Gallery Malmö 1987, Exhibition photo;
'Striking Iron', Tom Joyce, Allen Roberts Fowler Museum UCLA 2019, p. 130;
'Frapper le Fer', Musée du Quai Branly, Paris 2020 p. 76.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 30.03.2022 - 16:04 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 24.03. - 30.03.2022 |