AUCTIONS IMPERIAL 2025 MAY
Lot 67:
Description
A very rare example, ascribed to the Katu mountain peoples of the Bolaven Plateau or in Laos. Carved from two sections of wood; of circular form, and lacquered a lustrous black overall. The lightly-dished surface inlaid with radiating white metal vanes, with a multi-petaled flower at the center, the rim with triple bands. The reverse with a pair of wooden grip rails. 19th-20th century. Light wear, minor rubbing, losses to reverse. See J-P. Barbier et al, Shields: Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania from the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum.2000, Munich: Prestel Verlag, p. 136, for quite similar. Diameter 51cm./ 20 ? inches Condition III
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