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LOT 2773
African Carved Wooden Medicine Vessel with Seated Figure Lid
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (343 grams, 20.4 cm).
Comprising a squat body on a flared foot. broad shoulder and low neck; all carved with reserved foliage and tendrils; domed lid with two scrolled openwork handles, central knop handle carved as a crouching figure with enlarged head and facial features. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 2773
African Carved Wooden Medicine Vessel with Seated Figure Lid
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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