Anthropomorphic Ceremonial Terracotta Vessel Igbo Izzi people – Nigeria (Zonder Minimumprijs)

Very old Anthropomorphic Ceremonial or medical Terracotta Izzi Vessel from the Igbo people of Nigeria.Size : 16 cm x 12 cm x 11 cm. with a baked crack.This Izzi pot is from the end of the 19th century and purchased in my private collection in 1998, with a certificate of authenticity.Old Anthropomorphic or Zoomorphic Ceremonial or Medical Terracotta Vessel Igbo Izzi people of Nigeriaappears to have been used on fire as the base is blackenedBeautifully shaped as decoration or an animal or demon with incised and raised decoration and with a nice head on the pot.Ceramic works from Africa can be loosely divided into two categories: terra cotta figurative art and earthenware vessels. In opposition to figurative art, ceramic vessels can be broken down into two sub-categories: utilitarian and ceremonial wares. It is possible to find examples that appear to combine the two major categories when encountering figurative vessels; yet, upon examination figurative vessels were almost always used in ceremonial contexts.The association between pottery and ritual may not seem evident at first. To ancient people, the transformation of raw soft clay to hardened brittle pottery in a pit of fire must have appeared nothing short of magical. The collection of... lees verder bij Catawiki