Two erotic groups of figures ·  Benin, Fon · ID: 3036144

Description

bronze with patina, each consisting of a male and a female figure, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
it is suspected that these figures were made by the same people who made the metal altar pieces (“asen”), who made an extra bit of money by selling these erotic bronzes to strangers.

The object Two erotic groups of figures with the object ID 3036144 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 425 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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Publications

Africa Museum (ed.), The pleasure of collecting African art, The Harrie Heinmans Collection, Berg en Dal 1986, p. 105, ill. 203 f.