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Lot 237

A CARVED WOOD BLOLO BIAN FIGURE
Early 20th century, Baule, Ivory Coast, representing a standing male figure, hands resting on his stomach with raised scarifications on the body, neck and face, a string of glass beads around its waist.
Height 27.5cm

Estimate $1,200 - $1,800

Unsold


Christie's, Paris, African and Oceanic Arts, 11 June 2007, lot 70
Micheline Benech, Paris
John Graham, Melbourne


This figure has been documented and published in the African Heritage Documentation and Research Centre (AHDRC) AKA the Van Rijn/Yale Database of African art - Object ao-0058917-001.

The Collector's Auction

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8699
2:00pm - 19 September 2023
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 September, 10am - 4pm
36-40 Queen St, Woollahra NSW

CONTACT
Madeleine Norton
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au

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