Very Rare Lava Stone Figure of Sitting Smoker or Smoking Figure- 900 - 1100 Region: South America Culture: Linea Vieja Period: 900-1100 Place: South America Materials/Techniques: Lava stone Height: 16 cm. -Provenance: Ex. Collection Mr. Drs. H.K. Amsterdam Note: Property from Very Important Dutch Private Collection! The collection consists of ca. 14 Chinese pottery objects (including horses form the Six dynasties to Tang dynasty, attendants, musicians, guards of honor, camels), ca. 25 Pre-Columbian, and 10 Egyptian objects, all objects will be auctioned in the coming Catawiki auctions. - from the Drs. H. K. collections. Mr. H. K. was one of the Dutch foremost art collectors, the range of whose interests was extraordinary. These included Chinese, Egyptian, Pre-Columbian, and South-East Asian art. Mr. K. was chairman of the ABU from 1999 to 2014. In addition, K. was chairman of Youth Care Netherlands, member of the Social-Economic Council (SER), columnist for “Het Financieele Dagblad”, active at VNO-NCW, advisor to the presidium of the House of Representatives, he held many supervisory positions and was active at FNV. He was consistently one of the 200 most influential people in the Netherlands, according to de Volkskrant! Sculpture of porous brownish volcanic rock depicting a naked medicine man sitting with his legs raised, his elbows on his knees, smoking from a short tubular pipe or with a cigar held to his mouth with both hands. Reference: similar smoking figure made from lava stone can be found in Pipe Museum Amsterdam. See photo. Commentary Catalog "Tobacco and Smoking in Art" (Raleigh, 1960) shows a similar figure on p 48 (no. 32=37). Description states: Figure holds implement to his mouth as if smoking a cigar. Brongers speaks of a Sukia or medicine man with a short tubular pipe made from volcanic rock. In 1981 Brongers recorded an insurance value of Dfl. 4000, -. Literature Don Duco, Acquisitions from the Niemeyer Tobacco Museum. Amsterdam Newsletter Pijpenkabinet, 8/15, 2011. Image and discussion of this copy. Don Duco, Object of the month. Amsterdam, 2001. June 2011, no. 121. Note: It will be professionally packed and safely sent within 3 working days by FedEx. Shipped with Insurance! Condition: very good condition for its age. Wear consistent with the age, some loss of colour. Manganese / dendrite deposits on the surface. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. It will be professionally packed and safely sent by FedEx. Buyers are responsible for import regulation and restrictions of their own county.