Nath statue - Myanmar

DEVO statue in polychromed wood with gilded decorations and painted glass knobs. Comes from an antique shop in the north of Thailand. End of the 19th century. Stands free on a plinth. Beautiful patina and a serene expression. Safe insured shipping. With certificate.
Belgian private collection of
Maurice C. P. Verstuyf (born Etterbeek 1949) who graduated in the Plastic Arts department of graphics at the Higher Saint Luke Institute in Schaarbeek (Brussels) in 1971.
Maurice C. P. Verstuyf aka Stef Verstuyf was until 2014 a senior art director and creative director in several international advertising agencies and started his tribal art collection in the early 1970s. This collection consists of masks and figures (no weapons) mainly from CONGO (DRC) and also from Gabon, Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Cameroon and Nigeria. And also Southeast Asian objects from Bali, Thailand, Cambodia, Borneo.