A PAIR OF HARDWOOD YORUBA IBEJI FIGURES, NIGERIA
A PAIR OF HARDWOOD YORUBA IBEJI FIGURES, NIGERIA
the male and female twins in hardwood with dark brown patina, the eyes with metal nails (missing from the male twin), shown standing, the hair in a vertical hairstyle, with half-open eyes accentuated by long lashes, the cheeks with scarification, with varicolored pate de verre necklace and bracelet, respectively, atop circular bases; overall height of each: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
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Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, October 12, 2001, lot 100 (Copy of invoice available upon request)
Acquired at the above by a prominent Armenian-American Family
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A PAIR OF HARDWOOD YORUBA IBEJI FIGURES, NIGERIA
the male and female twins in hardwood with dark brown patina, the eyes with metal nails (missing from the male twin), shown standing, the hair in a vertical hairstyle, with half-open eyes accentuated by long lashes, the cheeks with scarification, with varicolored pate de verre necklace and bracelet, respectively, atop circular bases; overall height of each: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
PROVENANCE
Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, October 12, 2001, lot 100 (Copy of invoice available upon request)
Acquired at the above by a prominent Armenian-American Family
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