Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2017
Lot 261
A Benin leopard Nigeria bronze
Estimate £7,500 - £8,500 | Hammer £14000
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Description
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.