Recade, - Lot 2

Recade, Dahomey, Benin H. 45 cm Provenance : Former Pierre Vérité Collection until the Second World War, then transferred to the Collection of Mme X by inheritance. During the Second World War, Madame's family helped the Vérité family, already long-time friends, to save numerous works of art during the Occupation in France, thanks to a family property located in the Free Zone. From this perilous history, which helped to save African and Oceanic works of art by smuggling them across the demarcation line, survives this collection of 11 pieces, never before seen on the market and rediscovered on the occasion of this sale, a collection offered after the war to the family of the current owner as a sign of gratitude. Former Vérité collection until the end of the Second World War. Please ask for condition reports: they are not included in the cards.