Zemanek-Münster

Figural group and enthroned dignitary ·  Benin, Fon · ID: 3034399

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Provenance
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Size
L: 36 cm
H: 12 cm (palanquin)
H: 19 cm
L: 14.2 inch
H: 4.7 inch (palanquin)
H: 7.5 inch

Description

a dignitary with a long pipe, sitting in a palanquin, carried by two servants, brass and punched brass sheet, the supporting figures fixed to the palanquin by brass tags (one broken), slightly dam.; a smoking dignitary sitting on an oversized stool, brass, wearing a vestment with punched patterns


The object Figural group and enthroned dignitary with the object ID 3034399 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 225.

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