"Mangbetu, Terracotta Jar"
Beautiful terracotta from the Mangbetus ethnic groupe, at the north of Congo’s Democratic republic, accompanied with a small flat lid and ornated with the caracteristic spiral pattern of the Mangbetu pots
The piece presents a beautiful dark profile in black graphite.
Origin :
- Private French collection
Bibliography :
- Terres cuites Africaines, un héritage millénaire, Musée Barbier Muller, Somogy (éd) 2008 cat 154, p.236
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