Sale 5072
Paris
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12 June 2003
Price realised
EUR 470
Estimate
DEUX BRACELETS EN BRONZE DU BENIN Nigéria De forme annulaire supportant des motifs de quatre masques pour l'un, de coupelles et d'animaux stylisés pour l'autre Diamètre maximal: 11.3 cm (2)
Provenance
W.D. Webster, nos. 6940 et 6953 Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham, Dorset
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Post Lot Text
TWO BENIN BRONZE BRACELETS
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife
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