• Intérieurs auction at Christies

    Sale 3501

    Intérieurs

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    25 - 26 January 2012

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    • SCEPTRE YOROUBA, OSHE SHANGO
    Lot 709

    SCEPTRE YOROUBA, OSHE SHANGO

    NIGERIA

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    EUR 562

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    EUR 600 - EUR 800

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    SCEPTRE YOROUBA, OSHE SHANGO
    Nigeria
    Sceptre surmonté de la représentation d'une prêtresse du dieu Shango accompagnée d'un enfant lui tenant le sein.
    Hauteur: 57 cm. (22½ in.)

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    YORUBA SCEPTER, OSHE SHANGO


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