CALABAR, Cross River State, Nigeria. Anthropomorphic terracotta pseudo-bottle modelled on a stylised standing figure, face prognathic, arms detached from the body and hands resting on the hips. Total height: 46 cm. Provenance: Collection of a couple of collectors, Blois. Presumed to be 500 years old (+/- 20%) according to the attached thermoluminescence certificate from the Ralf Kotalla laboratory, (No TL 030170506) dated 07 June 2006. Ralf KOTALLA dated 07 June 2006. (- 500 years at +/- 20%). Literature: See full page 215, "Terres cuites africaines", un héritage millénaire. Barbier-Mueller Museum Collections. Somogy éditions d'art.