SOLD / SOLD! MC1647 Magnificent LUBA style 3 rivers bowl bearer figure Congo
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CONGO DRC
LUBA cutting carrier
Style of the "Master of the three rivers"
Combining trends from the workshops of Kabongo and Mwanza, this master and his successors or disciples have developed a very original style.
The stool kept at the Metropolitan Art Museum and the two bearers of cups illustrated in François Neyt's book are emblematic of it.
Another cup carrier, with a dark patina similar to this one, was sold by Christie's in June 2015 (lot 87) and presented as "related to the Mwanza workshop but distinguished by its harmonious proportions and elegance" (which is constitutive of the style of the "3 rivers" according to Neyt)
Used by the Bilumbu, the soothsayers, they are the passage, the intermediary, between them and the world of the spirits. The woman represented (formerly commonly called Kabila) is a clairvoyant holding the Mboko, a calabash containing the divination material... She is supposed to accompany the diviner when he enters into a trance...
The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC. Their seats with caryatids, their carriers of cups, sticks of chiefs, carries arrows, adzes and cult statues are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Cup carrier, Statue, statuette
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: Height 39.5 cm
CONDITION: Average
(see photos)
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- Objects Signs of Africa, Texts brought together by Luc de Heusch on the occasion of the exhibition "Hidden Treasures" at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Snoek, 1994.
"The sacred kaolin and the Luba cup carriers, by Pierre Petit of the CNRS, pages 97 -110
- LUBA, at the sources of Zaire, François NEYT, Editions du Musée Dapper, 1993.
- LUBA, Visions of Africa, Editions 5 Continents, Mary Nooter Roberts and Allen F. Roberts, 2006
- MEMORY, Luba Art and the Making of History, Mary Nooter Roberts, 1996
- Art and Power in the Central African Savannah, Constantin Petridis, Mercator Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008
- Congo River, François NEYT, Quai Branly Museum, Mercator Fund, 2010
- Art from Africa, Oceania and North America, Christie's, 06/23/2015, lot 87
estimate 10,000 to 15,000, sold for 45,900
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Rare LUBA Bowl Bearer
Style of "Master of the Three Rivers"
Combining trends from the workshops of Kabongo and Mwanza, this master and his successors and/or disciples have developed a very original style.
The stool kept at the Metropolitan Art Museum and the two bearers of cups illustrated in François Neyt's book are emblematic of it.
Another cup bearer, with a dark patina similar to this one, was sold by Christie's in June 2015 (lot 87) and presented as "related to the Mwanza workshop but distinguished by its harmonious proportions and elegance" (which is constitutive of the style of the "3 rivers" according to Neyt)
The famous “Cup bearers” of the Luba are sacralized sculptures, representing a seated, kneeling (or much more rarely standing) woman holding with her two hands (or more rarely on the head) a container. Used by the Bilumbu, the soothsayers, they are the passage, the intermediary, between them and the spirit world. The woman represented (formerly commonly called Kabila) is a clairvoyant holding the Mboko, calabash containing the divination material ...
She is supposed to accompany the soothsayer when it enters into trances
The Luba are a great people in eastern DRC.
Their caryatid seats, their cup holders, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and ancestral statues are very famous and among the most valued objects in African Art.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Cup bearer, Statue, figure
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 15 1/2 inches high
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on the pictures