Bronze Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures Edo Artist, Court of Benin, Nigeria

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Bronze Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures Edo Artist, Court of Benin, Nigeria:
$350.00

This 15th-16th century Bronze saltcellar is an example of a work that combines WestAfrican aesthetics with the interests and values of a European Tradition. Thistraditional European object is made out of a material indigenous to Africa anddepicts its figurative subjects in a way that is feature of Benin art. FourPortuguese men stand around the base of the object. In typical Portuguese fashion, The status of the figures is indicated through clothing and posture. Two of themen appear frontal and static. Their meticulously detailed garments andaccessories (which include crosses, swords, and spears) identify them aswealthy Christian Europeans. The men who stand between them, rendered inprofile and in motion, represent their attendants.

weighs: about 34 lbs.

Measures 10\'\' X 8\"