Placa de Bronze

Placa de Bronze representando Caçador Europeu
Atrib. a "Master of the Circled Cross"
Bronze
Edo, Benim, Nigéria, séc. XVI (meados)
Alt.: 31.4 cm
Proveniência:
J.J. Klejman, Nova Iorque
Adolph Schwartz, Amesterdão
Sotheby’s Londres, 16 de Junho de 1980, Lote 18
Fundo de pensões British Rail (adquirida no leilão acima referido)
Sotheby’s Londres, 3 de Julho de 1989, Lote 99
Coleção privada (adquirida no leilão acima referido)
Exposto:
1967 Londres, Arts Council Gallery, West Africa Court and Tribal Art
1967 Cambridge, UK, Arts Council Gallery, West Africa Court and Tribal Art
1967 Kendall, Cumbria, UK, The Abbot Hall Art Gallery, West Africa Court and Tribal Art
1967 Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK, The Cliffe Castle Museum, West Africa Court and Tribal Art
1970-1971 Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika
Publicado:
Elsy Leuzinger, Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, Zurich, 1970, cat. K 33
Elsy Leuzinger, The Art of Black Africa (Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika), Londres, 1972, cat. K 8
Philip Dark, An Introduction to Benin Art and Technology, Oxford, 1973

Benin Bronze Plaque of a European Fowler
Attributed to the Master of the Circled Cross
Bronze
Edo, Benin, Nigeria, Mid-16th Century
Height: 31.4 cm
Provenance:
J.J. Klejman, New York
Adolph Schwartz, Amsterdam
Sotheby’s London, 16th June 1980, Lot 18
British Rail Pension Fund (acquired at the above auction)
Sotheby’s London, 3rd July 1989, Lot 99
Private Collection (acquired at the above auction)
Exhibited:
1967 London, Arts Council Gallery, West Africa Court and Tribal Art
1967 Cambridge, UK, Arts Council Gallery, West Africa Court and Tribal Art
1967 Kendall, Cumbria, UK, The Abbot Hall Art Gallery, West Africa Court and Tribal Art
1967 Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK, The Cliffe Castle Museum, West Africa Court and Tribal Art
1970-1971 Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika
Published:
William Fagg, West Africa Court and Tribal Art, London, 1967, cat. 4 (not illustrated) - see below
Elsy Leuzinger, Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, Zurich, 1970, cat. K 33
Elsy Leuzinger, The Art of Black Africa (Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika), London, 1972, cat. K 8
Philip Dark, An Introduction to Benin Art and Technology, Oxford, 1973