Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20 Sep 2017
A Benin leopard Nigeria bronze
A Benin leopard
Nigeria
bronze, with fine dot and ring decoration, the head with barred teeth and raised whiskers, the eyes with eliptical voids and with fine linear decorated ears,
48cm high.
Provenance
The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol.
Exhibited
Breaking the Chains, 2007, Bristol.