Processional group: Chief accompanied by his entourage · Benin, Fon · ID: 3041797

Name: Processional group: Chief accompanied by his entourage
SKU: 3041797
Price: 1000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

Old British Collection (1960s)
German Private Collection

Size

M: 64 cm x 17 cm (wooden plate)

M: 25.2 inch x 6.7 inch (wooden plate)

Description

32 brass figures, attachment partly made from wood, the gorgeously clothed chief sitting in his palanquin in the centre, surrounded by a variegated mixture of figures, garments with punched decor, slightly dam., missing part (handle bar of the palanquin), old age patina, on wooden plate;
the figures are homogeneous in design but exuberantly varied in posture, which results from wild gestures or the carrying of various objects.

The object Processional group: Chief accompanied by his entourage with the object ID 3041797 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 249 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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