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live November 26 | 02:00 PM
Millon

99 - Standing male figure

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€1,500 - 2,500

Sale fees

30%

Standing male figure with a head out of proportion to the body, resting on a broad, massive neck. The arms and legs, detached from the bust, are slender and slender, contrasting with the strength of the torso. The figure sports a beard and wears a skullcap. The eyebrows are slightly raised, while the nose, slightly blunt, accentuates the expressiveness of the whole. The belly features a navel in relief, and the genitals are sculpted with a treatment evoking a certain hermaphroditism, underlined by the presence of two small breasts. Beige and orange terracotta, missing and a few small micro-cracks. Sokoto, Nigeria, 500 B.C. - 500 A.D. 46 × 19 cm Thermoluminescence test: Alliance-Science-Art, March 14, 1997 Provenance: Galerie Noire d'Ivoire, Paris Collection Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris.

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Tribal Addiction!
Thursday, November 26
02:00 PM
3, rue Rossini
75009 Paris, France

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Millon +33 1 47 27 95 34 rbeot@millon.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 580,000 lots published

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