ART IN MOTION
RIGHT: Pendant, hei tiki.
Maori, New Zealand.
Nephrite. H: 11.5 cm.
To be offered by Binoche et Giquello
on December 14, 2018, est. 25,000–
35,000 euros.
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LEFT: Heddle pulley. Guro,
Côte d’Ivoire.
Wood. H: 16.8 cm.
To be offered by Binoche et Giquello
on December 14, 2018, est: 20,000–
30,000 euros.
ABOVE: Mask. Aduma,
Gabon.
Wood, pigment. H: 35.8 cm.
To be offered by Binoche et Giquello,
Decmeber 14, 2018, est. 20,000–
30,000 euros.
ARTS OF AFRICA
AND OCEANIA
Paris—Binoche et Giquello has put together
a remarkable selection of African and Oceanic
works from renowned collections for its
end-of-the-year sale on December 14, 2018.
Many of these classic African and Oceanic
artworks are coveted objects that until now
have never been out of the private collections
where they have long resided. Highlights include
a remarkable anthropomorphic Tami
Islands headrest with an arresting and penetrating
gaze, long the property of Alain Schoffel and
a familiar loan object at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York for an extended period of time. A
Fang eyema byeri ancestor bust with masterful lines
and a heavy patina is also certain to inspire robust
bidding. Other noteworthy lots include a particularly
beautiful Grebo mask from Liberia, a fi nely incised
Solomon Islands paddle, and a late-nineteenth-century
Songye nkishi in an exceptionally good state of
preservation and with all of its magical appurtenances
intact. This exciting sixty-lot sale may realize some of
the highest prices of the season.
RIGHT: Large seated fi gure.
Djenne, Inner Niger River
Delta, Mali. AD 1550–1570.
Terracotta. H: 55.9 cm.
To be offered by Binoche et Giquello
on December 14, 2018, est. 200,000–
250,000 euros.
BELOW: Bust of female
reliquary guardian fi gure.
Ntumu Fang, Gabon.
Wood. H: 35 cm.
To be offered by Binoche et Giquello
on December 14, 2018,
est. 1M–2M euros.
BELOW: Headrest. Tami
Island, Huon Gulf, Morobe
Province, Papua New
Guinea.
Wood. H: 18 cm.
To be offered by Binoche et Giquello
on December 14, 2018, est. 150,000–
200,000 euros.