SPLENDID LARGE BENIN BRONZE PALACE LEOPARD TRIBAL NIGERIA

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SPLENDID LARGE BENIN BRONZE PALACE LEOPARD TRIBAL NIGERIA:
$982.25

I was born and raised in Nigeria following my father\'s posting in the forties. My family went on to live in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania visiting many other African countries and over this period collected many tribal arts. The collection is considerable and I have decided to dispose of some because of a change in lifestyle.BRONZE
LEOPARDBENIN
NIGERIA
REF: 131109MATERIAL
BRONZETREMENDOUS DETAIL

CAST USING THE LOST WAX PROCESSA TRULY CHARISMATIC BENIN BRONZE MALE LEOPARD WITH EXCELLENT FORMTHEEXCEPTIONAL BRONZES OF THE BENIN KINGDOM DISCOVERED DURING A PUNITIVEEXPEDITION BY THE BRITISH IN 1897 OPENED THE EYES OF THE WESTERN WORLDTO THE SOPHISTICATION OF ART THAT EXISTED IN AFRICA DATING BACK TO THE15TH CENTURY ORIGINALLY ALL BENIN ART WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN HONOR OFTHE KING \"OBA\"
\"THE LEOPARD OF THE TOWN\" WAS A PRAISE NAME FOR THE OBA IMPLYING HE WAS ALSO RULER OF THE FOREST GUILDS RECOGNIZED THROUGH INHERITANCE CONTINUE TO THIS DAY AND THIS 20 THC EXAMPLE IS UNIQUEIN THAT IT IS HAND CRAFTED AND THE MOLD IS BROKEN FOLLOWING CASTINGBY THE LOST WAX PROCESS
NO TWO SCULPTURES CAN THEREFORE BE THE SAMEStands without base and minor holes or casting flaws are usual. If you require any further information please look at my ME page or feel free to email me. DIMENSIONS
Weight 5.75 Kg
Height 39 cm
Length/depth 39 cm
Width 9 cmTHE BENIN COLLECTIONPLEASE NOTE
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