Songye - figure "power" 
This another little fetish, 18 cm high, is more raw than the previous one and the dealer from whom I bought it, the American gallery owner Craig De Lora, suggests that a figure could be "incidental" hanging by a statue of larger . However, the type of the face is undoubtedly Songye and very similar - albeit at a much lower level of quality - to a similar subject recently beaten in the auction in Paris (Sotheby's, June 23, 2006, Dintenfass collection, lot 43). The patina developed on reddish wood, and the object is quite good, though not certainly a masterpiece of the genre, is quite satisfactory. before De Lora, comes from the American gallery of Charles Jones.
This another little fetish, 18 cm high, is more raw than the previous one and the dealer from whom I bought it, the American gallery owner Craig De Lora, suggests that a figure could be "incidental" hanging by a statue of larger . However, the type of the face is undoubtedly Songye and very similar - albeit at a much lower level of quality - to a similar subject recently beaten in the auction in Paris (Sotheby's, June 23, 2006, Dintenfass collection, lot 43). The patina developed on reddish wood, and the object is quite good, though not certainly a masterpiece of the genre, is quite satisfactory. before De Lora, comes from the American gallery of Charles Jones. 
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