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