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 A male bronze head in the style of Benin surmounted with a seated male figure with a staff, the lips slightly open, the nose broad, framed by large bulging eyes, snakes winding out of the mouth and snakes and crocodiles crawl down from the top; thin-walled with several cracks and small holes, greenish encrusted patina of different layers. Lit.: Philip J. C. Dark, An introduction to Benin art and technology, Oxford 1973. Phillips, T. (ed), Africa. The Art of a Continent, 1999. Paula Girshick Ben-Amos, The art of Benin, 1995. Ekpo Eyo, Frank Willett, Kunstschätze aus Alt-Nigeria, Mainz 1983. Barbara Plankensteiner (Hg.), Benin. Könige und Rituale. Höfische Kunst aus Nigeria, Wien 2007. Ezra, Kate. Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Kaplan Flora S. Dr., ed. Images of power: Art of the Royal Court of Benin. sold Height: 40 cm |
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