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A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A MALE DEITY, NOK CULTURE, NIGERIA, 500 BC-200 AD
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A MALE DEITY, NOK CULTURE, NIGERIA, 500 BC-200 ADScientific Analysis Report: An old TL test, dating from 25 February 1999, sets the age of the present lot at 2300 years, consistent with the dating above.Finely modeled to depict a tall slender figure with one knee raised, adorned with twine-form bindings at the knee, ankle, and chest and a thick rope that snakes around the torso. The face modeled with large triangular eyes with pierced pupils, a wide nose, and large forehead, topped by a hat, and framed by tightly coiled curls. Provenance: Moussa Saibou, Lagos, Nigeria. Gert Chesi, acquired from the above for the Museum der V?lker, Schwaz, Austria, and subsequently de-accessed. A private collection in Vienna, Austria, acquired from the above. Gert Chesi (b. 1940) is an Austrian photographer, author, and art collector. In 1995, Chesi founded the Haus der V?lker (now named the Museum der V?lker) in Schwaz, Tyrol, a museum of art and ethnography whose collection consists mainly of objects acquired during Chesi's travels through Africa and Asia.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, firing irregularities, obvious losses, age cracks, old repairs around the waist, signs of weathering and erosion, and encrustations.Nigerian Export License: Clearance Permit, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, no. 00515, dated 4 December 2000, has been granted. A copy accompanies this lot.Weight: 16 kg Dimensions: Height 75 cm Nok terracottas are the earliest known sculptures from ancient Nigeria. Sculptures of this kind were first discovered in 1943 by Bernard Fagg near the northern Nigerian village of Nok, after which the culture that produced them was named.Most Nok sculpture is hollow and coil-built like pottery. Finely worked to a resilient consistency from local clays and gravel, the millennia-long endurance of these ancient objects is a testament to the technical ability of their makers. This is not to say that Nok sculpture has survived unchanged by time. The slip of many Nok terracottas has eroded, leaving a grainy, pocked exterior that does not reflect their original smooth appearance. Most of the Nok sculpture found consists of what appear to be portrait heads and bodies fragmented by damage and age. The recovered portions of the baked clay bodies that have survived show that they were sculpted in standing, sitting, and genuflecting postures.Although every Nok sculpture is unique, certain stylistic traits are found throughout the corpus of known work. Triangular eyes and perforated pupils, noses, mouths, and ears combine to depict men and women with bold, abstracted features. Perhaps the most striking aspects of Nok sculptures are the elaborately detailed hairstyles and jewelry that adorn many of the figures. The variety, inventiveness, and beauty of their design is a beguiling record of cultivated devotion to body ornamentation.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related male figure, Northern Nigeria, Nok Culture, date ca. 195 BC -205 CE, 49.5 cm high, in the Kimbell Art Museum, accession number AP 1996.03.

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