Form Through Time 8th June 2022, Wed, 8th Jun 2022 13:00
Don’t miss the Live Online auction “Form Through Time” from Lyon & Turnbull. If you’d like to have a look at some of the pieces which will star in the auction, you can click on the link below:
https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/auction/details/690-form-through-time/?au=9272
This image is from one of the fine pieces in auction, you will find it in the catalogue by following the link.
KOTA RELIQUARY
GABON
Form Through Time 8th June 2022 – This Kota Reliquary from Gabon is “carved wood and hammered copper, of classic abstract form, crescent coiffure leading to bi-planal features and diamond shaped handle, sand polished, mounted on a bespoke wooden stand”.
From the Lyon & Turnbull website: “The making of figures to honour ancestors and allow continued communication with them was once widespread. The Kota peoples of modern Gabon and Republic of Congo produced particularly elaborate reliquaries which reduced the human form to a distinctive flattened shape. Their use of wood and hammered metal is completely unique among African sculptural forms.”
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