Details
- Dimensions
- 4ʺW × 18.5ʺD × 14ʺH
- Styles
- African
- Art Subjects
- Animals
- Period
- 1980s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Bronze
- Condition
- Original Condition Unaltered, Needs Restoration
- Color
- Bronze
- Condition Notes
- minor cast loss/good minor cast loss/good less
- Description
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Superb large Benin bronze leopard. Benin art is royal art, made to glorify the great king, or OBA, who is …
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Superb large Benin bronze leopard. Benin art is royal art, made to glorify the great king, or OBA, who is considered to have divine ancestry. Benin castings were all made by the lost wax technique, which produces one-of-a-kind pieces.
18.5" D by 14" H by 4" W less
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