SPLENDID SMALL BENIN BRONZE LEOPARD HEAD TRIBAL NIGERIA

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SPLENDID SMALL BENIN BRONZE LEOPARD HEAD TRIBAL NIGERIA :
$119.20

LEOPARD HEAD
BRONZEBENINNIGERIA
REF: 160701
MATERIAL
BRONZESUPERB DETAIL

HAND CAST FROM BRONZE
A PETITE BRONZE LEOPARD HEAD FROM THE BINI PEOPLE OF BENIN
WONDERFUL OVERALL DETAIL WITH CLOSE STYALIZED ATTENTION TO LEOPARD CHARACTERISTCS
BENIN BRONZES WERE ORIGINALLY ALMOST ALL MADE FOR IN HONOUR OF THE \"OBA\" OR KING WHO HAS REIGNED, WITH HIS ANCESTORS SINCE THE 15TH CENTURY
CASTING GUILDS PASSED DOWN THROUGH INHERITANCE CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS 20TH CENTURY LEOPARD REPRESENTS THE POWER OF THE \"OBA\"
BENIN BRONZES ARE SCULPTED BY HAND AND CAST BY THE LOST WAX PROCESS WHERE THE MOLD IS BROKEN TO RELEASE THE FIGURES MAKING EACH PIECE UNIQUE
AN EXCLUSIVE PIECE THAT DISPLAYS MOST SPECTACULARLY
REF: 488 g
Height 13.5 cm
Length/depth25 cm
Width7 cmA UNIQUE FIND... offer NOW AND MAKE IT YOURS!

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