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Reliquary sculpture Mbulu Ngulu

Kota-Obamba, Gabon
19th century
Height: 55,6 cm
Wood, copper and brass

Impressive example of a Kota-Obamba reliquary of great expressiveness and geometric balance. Published in the book of the Japanese collector Hiroshi Ogawa, where he collected a selection of African art preserved in the Japanese country.

Provenance

Charles Ratton, Paris.
Alexander S. Honig Collection, New York.
Christine Valluet, Paris
Hiroshi Ogawa Collection, Japan.
Julio Herraiz Collection, Spain.
David Serra, Spain.
Private Collection, Germany.

Publication(s)

Cat.: Alexander S. Honig Collection. Sotheby’s New York. May, 1993.
Power of Form. African Art in Japan Collections. Hiroshi Ogawa. Printed in Japan,2001. Cover and nº 150, p. 111.

Exhibition(s)

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