Staff finial
Benin, Fon
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Bruno Dietrichs, Munich, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 February 2002, lot 234
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Size
L: 9,5 cm
H: 8 cm
L: 3.7 inch
H: 3.1 inch
Description
wood, brown patina/black paint, partly encrusted, pigment remains, in shape of a buffalo with powerful build, nearly naturalistic and detailed work (ears, mane, hoofs), holding a piece of metal in the snout which is formed like an axe blade, horns made from metal too, rising from rectangular base with drilled hole, slightly dam., abrasion of paint