Figure 16
SOLD
The Benin figure below has been SOLD and is left here for reference and educational purposes. Most of the sold figures have been removed because they are not up to our current satandards.
Although similar in style to many older works, these figurse are 20th C. pieces and made to be sold.
Bronze pieces from the Benin kingdom are known the world over. Almost all their art was created to honor the king , or Oba, who has reigned, with his ancestors, from the 15th century. Styles have changed over the years. Although similar to many older works, these are all 20th C. pieces. Each is still sculpted by hand, then cast in bronze by the lost wax process. Figures that do not depict the king show members of his court.
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