*Boiken dish, Prince Alexander Mountains,... - Lot 95 - De Baecque et Associés

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*Boiken dish, Prince Alexander Mountains,... - Lot 95 - De Baecque et Associés
*Boiken dish, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea D. 45 cm Restorations Provenance : Private collection, Switzerland Although Michael Hamson's book, Art of Boiken, published in 2011, was recently published after his trip to Papua, the information given by Helene Dennett, the interpretation of the ornamental motifs inscribed on the Boiken dishes still remains obscure. A beautiful circular dish with an engraved concentric motif on the base from which emerges a rounded face schematically sketching a broad smile. To find the conference so much and merit of Christian Coiffier for the illustration of the exhibition of the Gallery Didier Zanette, devoted to the Boiken dishes, and come to contribute to the subject of study of their motives, publications of Henry Aufenanger in 1970 and Helene Dennett in 1980. The lot is temporarily imported and subject to a 5.5% buyer's fee in addition to the sale price and the auction price.
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