Important soufflet de forge (Luba) Lot n° 210

with two oversized lungs surmounted by a crest ending in a sensitive head with a radiating headdress. All these forms evoke a stylized female figure with a generous chest. Wood, old brown and honey patina, traces of use and fire at the end of the pipe, small cracks on the edge of a lung, absence of restoration, good general state of preservation This bellows is distinguished by the quality of its top carving, the size of its lungs, its provenance and its age Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo 88x50cm Provenance: Galerie Garcia Paris, 1970s; Anita and Jean Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden Exhibition: Malmö Museum, Afrikanskt, 1986 (one of the most beautiful exhibitions organized in Sweden around African art in Swedish private collections) Publication: Afrikanskt, Exhibition Book, 1986, P.147, n°174