Galerie Peter Herrmann
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Ancient Art from Africa - Benin & Ife |
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Relief Plaque - Oba with Four Attendants
Benin, Nigeria
16th/17th century
Bronze
30 x 33 cm
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Relief Plaque - Oba with Four Attendants: |
The figure in the middle is an Oba in the company of his entourage, two members of which hold shields over him for protection. The Oba carries a staff and wears a richly-decorated apron, coral cap, coral collar and cuffs on both his wrists and ankles.
The scene depicted is probably a specific annual ritual performed during a palace ceremony.
Plaques like this one once hung on Benin's palace walls or on pillars in its entrance area.
Cp.:
Philip J. C. DARK: An introduction to Benin art and technology, Oxford 1973, S. 101.
Barbara PLANKENSTEINER (Hg.): Benin. Könige und Rituale. Höfische Kunst aus Nigeria, Wien 2007, S. 279.
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Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
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Augustus Henry PITT-RIVERS: Antique Works of Art from Benin, London 1900 (Reprint in New York 1976), S. 45.
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Nigerian Museum, Lagos
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Philip J. C. DARK: An introduction to Benin art and technology, Oxford 1973, Tafel 11, 49.
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Staatliche Museun zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum
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Felix von LUSCHAN: Die Altertümer von Benin, Band 2, Berlin 1919, Tafel 24.
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British Museum, London
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Barbara PLANKENSTEINER (Hg.): Benin. Könige und Rituale. Höfische Kunst aus Nigeria, Wien 2007, S. 279.
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