A set of two very beautiful anthropomorphic handled jars, one with a pouring head, with geometrically decorated handles, and the Luba jar with a superbly expressive head is adorned with a large earring, hence the importance and attachment that women showed to these objects. One Lwena, Angola, the other Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo Terracotta, metal, slight old chips, fine engobes and patinas from use. H. 32 and 34 cm Provenance : Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels Marc Blanpain Collection, Brussels Publications and exhibitions : Schaedler, Earth and Ore. 2500 Years of African Art in Terra-cotta and Metal, 1997, p. 307, #598, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany, Museum Villa Rot, June - November 1998 (Luba) Grunne (de), Dreams of Beauty: African Sculptures from the Blanpain Collection, 2005, cat. 65 and 85, Luxembourg, Banque Générale du Luxembourg, October 25 - December 2, 2005 Giquello, Paris, Blanpain Collection, December 6, 2024, no. 61 (Lwena)