Baule statue, Ivory Coast Wood H. 51 cm Provenance... Lot 29

Baule statue, Ivory Coast Wood H. 51 cm Provenance : - Pierre and Claude Vérité Collection - Enchères Rive Gauche, Paris, Collection Vérité, June 17, 2006, no. 426 - Collection Mme F. Imposing statue of a male figure standing on bent legs, his face framed by a fine beard, his delicately worked headdress extended by a braid on the nape of his neck. Superb old patina with fine crusting.