Bidspirit auction | Bernhard Bloch? Polychrome Terracotta Figure

Bernhard Bloch? Polychrome Terracotta Figure of an African Woman with Baskets, 13.5” - A polychrome-painted terracotta? figurine depicting a standing African woman in an ethnographic style. The figure is shown carrying a large, shallow woven-style basket with both hands and bears a child in a sling on her back, partially visible from the side and rear. She is dressed in a teal-coloured V-neck blouse with a moulded necklace, a red and brown striped waist sash, and a long brown skirt with horizontal dark banding. Her hair is wrapped in a patterned headscarf, and she wears light-coloured slippers. The figure stands on an integral, textured earthy base. The piece features a matte cold-painted finish. Height: 34.5 cm.