Fred Benin Bronzes

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Fred Bronze Sculptures
Benin Bronze Sculptor
6th Generation Sculptor
  • Shop:
    4 Abeokuta Rd
  • City:
    Benin
  • State:
    Edo
Bronze
Brass
Silver
British Museum, London, UK
Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand
Historical Museum and the ethnographic museums of St Gallen, Geneva, Neuchâtel, and Zurich University
  • Certificate of Authenticity signed by me (Ebuwa Fred Ilhama)
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Bronze Figural Offering Depicting Leopards and Tribesmen

Original price was: $3,700.Current price is: $3,299.

  • Creator:

    Ebuwa Fred Ilhama

  • Dimensions:
    Height: 71 in (180.34 cm)Diameter: 23 in (58.42 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Bronze,Cast
  • Place of Origin:
    Nigeria
  • Period:
    Mid-20th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    Mid-20th Century
  • Condition:

    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. rustic with some casting flaws as shown.

  • Seller Location:
    Nigeria
  • Reference Number:
    FBLU1974317332729
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Description

The Evolution of Benin Bronze Art: From Mid-20th Century Origins to Modern Replicas

Mid-20th century Benin (Nigeria) bronze figural offering depicting leopards and tribesmen

Offered for sale is a modern-day Benin (Nigeria) bronze figural offering depicting leopards and tribesmen. The modern-day Nigerian people have created cast replicas of those original bronzes.

The original Benin bronzes are a group of more than a thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin in what is now modern-day Nigeria. Collectively, the objects form the best known examples of Benin art, created from the 13th century onwards, by the Edo people, which also included other sculptures in brass or bronze, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces.

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