A Lulua figural tobacco mortar

A Lulua figural tobacco mortar

Democratic Republic of the Congo

the squatting figure with a recessed head and with a lid, having a linear carved coiffure and almond shaped eyes and pouting lips, with his hands supporting his head and with his elbows on his knees, to a large pair of feet, with a pestle,

10.6cm high, on a base.

Provenance

According to the Christie's footnote - Sent back to England in 1983 by a missionary who served in the Congo 1892-96. Cf Fagg. 1970, p.89ff. Nikolaisen and Yde, 1974, p.45.

Christie's, London, Important Tribal Art, 29 June 1983, lot 175.

Romy Rey Collection, London.