Eight gold weights with animal design · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3052845
Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Private Collection (c. 1890) (a)Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain (a)
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany (b, d, e)
Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain (c)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (f)
Gero Schmitz-Lehanne, Krefeld, Germany (1971-76) (a-h)
Description
opper alloy (bronze, brass),
a) buffalo with bird, on a small base, h: 3.8 cm
b) leopard with prey, h: 5.5 cm
c) leopard with prey, h: 4.6 cm
d) antelope, on a small base, old collection number “15,” h: 7.1 cm
e) chameleon, on a small base, old collection number “34,” h: 6.1 cm
f) gazelle / antelope, h: 6.1 cm
g) three-legged gazelle / antelope, on a small base, h: 5.4 cm
h) bushbuck with anthropomorphic facial features, h: 5 cm