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A CARVED AFRICAN OAK DOOR, MGBO EZI, IGBO PEOPLES, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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03月11日 晚上6点 开拍 /5天
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A CARVED AFRICAN OAK DOOR, MGBO EZI, IGBO PEOPLES, 18TH-19TH CENTURYThis lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserveNigeria. Finely carved, the wood panel with fixed pivots to the top and bottom, intricately incised on one side with geometric design centered by a large circle enclosed within a diamond and radiating triangles, on a narrow ground of rich grooved hatchings.Provenance: A private collection in the UK. Collection of Gerhard Merzeder (b. 1963), internationally published and acclaimed fashion and portrait photographer, Vienna, Austria, assembled since the 1980s.Condition: Good condition with expected wear, natural imperfections including age cracks, obvious losses, scratches, small chips, and signs of wear and use.Weight: 27.6 kgDimensions: Size 185 x 72.5 cmOne or more slabs of African oak, widely known as iroko (Chlorophora excelsa; in Igbo as oji) formed wall and door insets at the entryway of the main compound. The large planks were extremely difficult to cut from the dense wood of the iroko tree and measured approximately 1-1.5 meters high and nearly a meter in width. Several individual panels could span the entry, with one acting as a door that swiveled on fixed pivots. These ensembles differed from ordinary portals not only because of their size but also because of the rich designs carved in relief on their public side. Each panel was decorated differently, yet mgbo ezi are unmistakable for their unity of geometric patterning. Diamonds, squares, rectangles, and triangles are juxtaposed on fields of rich textures created by narrow grooved hatchings and tiny, dentated studs. Symmetrical distribution in grids accentuates the ordered precision typifying mgbo ezi designs. The repetition of striations, curved and angular, lends to the ordered precision typifying mgbo ezi designs. The repetition of striations, curved and angular, lends to the ordered precision typifying mgbo ezi designs and to the surface an illusion of compressed energy, resulting in oscillating rhythms reminiscent of Op Art illusions. The diminutive serrations and elongated lines catch and reflect light with the full strength of the sun's rays.These doors and panels once were the prerogative of highly ranked members of the prestigious northern Igbo men's association, ozo. Men aspired to ozo and attained membership by fulfilling certain social, ritual, and financial obligations, gradually passing from lower to more exclusive upper of membership. Among other things ozo involved the acquisition and display of various kinds of paraphernalia: headgear, jewelry, tusks, stools, staves; all of which became increasingly costly and elaborate as one ascended its ranks. Those who succeeded in reaching the pinnacles of ozo, usually in old age, were entitled to commission sculptors to carve mgbo ezi. While the precise rank could vary from community to community, all entailed enormous expenditures for lavish feasts and the payment of the carvers, who derived their main source of revenue from such commissions. In addition to those at the main entrance to the compound, these panels could also be placed within the ozo member's obu or as enclosing wall panels on one or more sides.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related domestic compound door, Igbo peoples, Awka village, Nigeria, in the SFO Museum, San Francisco, accession number L2013.3301.014.

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