Ashanti, Ghana: an Ashanti stool in extraordinary form: with a barrel as central support.
Ashanti, Ghana: an Ashanti stool in extraordinary form: with a barrel as central support.
A typical stool of the Ashanti with an unusual central support: it is carved from a piece of light-coloured wood, has a wide, rectangular and curved seat, and a rectangular base plate. Unusual in this Ashanti stool is the construction of its central support: on the base plate rests a flat, hollow chest, with a lozenge-shaped openwork recess on both long sides. Both lozenges display a ring with a hole in the middle. On top of this rectangular chest lies a large, rounded barrel, below the seat. It is carved in deep relief. All is crafted from a single piece of wood. An old area of loss and three old cracks to one side of the linear decorated base plate. Otherwise no damage. A visibly old, completely smooth and partially shiny usage patina (seat surface).
Height: 46 cm (on both sides); 38 cm (in the middle); width: 61 cm (base plate); 59 cm (seat); width of the seat: c. 27.5 cm (on both sides); 25 cm (in the middle).
First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Austrian private collection.
Lit.:
‘Afrikanische Sitze’ by Sandro Bocola, ill. p. 44/45, and ill. 35 to 43.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
20.02.2017 - 14:00
- Starting bid:
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EUR 800.-
Ashanti, Ghana: an Ashanti stool in extraordinary form: with a barrel as central support.
A typical stool of the Ashanti with an unusual central support: it is carved from a piece of light-coloured wood, has a wide, rectangular and curved seat, and a rectangular base plate. Unusual in this Ashanti stool is the construction of its central support: on the base plate rests a flat, hollow chest, with a lozenge-shaped openwork recess on both long sides. Both lozenges display a ring with a hole in the middle. On top of this rectangular chest lies a large, rounded barrel, below the seat. It is carved in deep relief. All is crafted from a single piece of wood. An old area of loss and three old cracks to one side of the linear decorated base plate. Otherwise no damage. A visibly old, completely smooth and partially shiny usage patina (seat surface).
Height: 46 cm (on both sides); 38 cm (in the middle); width: 61 cm (base plate); 59 cm (seat); width of the seat: c. 27.5 cm (on both sides); 25 cm (in the middle).
First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Austrian private collection.
Lit.:
‘Afrikanische Sitze’ by Sandro Bocola, ill. p. 44/45, and ill. 35 to 43.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 20.02.2017 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 11.02. - 20.02.2017 |