Auction Preview: First Arts Including Master M. Collection in Strasbourg at Millon, Paris, June 19
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What: First Arts Including Master M. Collection in StrasbourgWhere: Millon, Room VV, 3, rue Rossini, 75009, ParisWhen: June 19, 11:00 AMPublic Viewing: June 17 from 11h to 18h, June 18 from 11h to 18hTop Lots at the Sale:— “Character, ‘Baby-face,’ sitAuction Preview: First Arts Including Master M. Collection in Strasbourg at Millon, Paris, June 19
What: First Arts Including Master M. Collection in StrasbourgWhere: Millon, Room VV, 3, rue Rossini, 75009, ParisWhen: June 19, 11:00 AMPublic Viewing: June 17 from 11h to 18h, June 18 from 11h to 18hTop Lots at the Sale:— “Character, ‘Baby-face,’ sitting legs apart” — One of his hands is placed on the thigh and the other symbolically on the back of the head. Her slightly eccentric face displays an infantile, feline, and interrogative expressions. The shoulders are straight, the lower body chubby, with studied and harmonious curves. Measurement: 32x36x22cm. Featured in lot 62. Estimate: 11,300 USD - 17,000 USD.— “Male Statue” — He is presented naked standing on a circular pedestal, the body carved by beautiful slender forms and hands placed on the lower belly in a symbolic gesture. Wood. Old brown patina and slightly thick in places, especially on the lower part. 19th-century. Measurement: 58x8.5cm. Featured in lot 411. Estimate: 9,050 USD - 13,600 USD.— “Mask with four visions accentuated by carved eyes in relief” — This beautiful face is delimited by an elongated nasal ridge taking its source in the center of the forehead. The lips are embellished with an incised decoration evoking a high rank at the heart of the initiatory society of Bwami Bois. Measurement: 21x14.5cm. Featured in lot 455. Estimate: 9,050 USD - 13,600 USD.— “Guardian statue of sacred relic ‘Elema Byeri’” — She presents a naked ancestor standing with her hands resting on her belly in a symbolic gesture. His face has an interior expression and the trilobed headdress is delimited by a large mat falling on the back of the neck. Wood, old glossy honey patina. Fang, Gabon, late 19th-century. Measurement: 34x10.3cm. Featured in lot 402. Estimate: 9,050 USD - 11,300 USD.— “Statuette depicting the god Macuilxochitl sitting, hands resting on the top of his knees in a symbolic gesture” — He wears a labre in the shape of a bird’s beak projected on the front held by two lateral ornaments; his mouth is open and symbolically shows his teeth as a sign of protection. Measurement: 44x24cm. Featured in lot 52. Estimate: 7,900 USD - 10,200 USD.— “Anthropomorphic Statue” — It presents a standing ancestor standing with beautiful slender forms, the forearms and hands in rifle dog and the face with the open and pleasant expression. Wood with very old brown patina thick in places. Measurement: 85x10cm. Featured in lot 440. Estimate: 7,900 USD - 10,200 USD.— “Shaman Standing” — The body of powerful proportion painted for a magic-religious ceremony. His shoulders are raised, hands open to the ground in a symbolic gesture probably evoking that character participating in a blessing ritual of the goddess Mother Earth. Red terracotta coffee and beige. Light shine on one of the feet. Measurement: H: 57cm. Featured in lot 15. Estimate: 6,800 USD - 13,600 USD.For details, visit: http://www.millon.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the salehttps://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more