African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 248
A Yoruba equestrian figure
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £2500
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Description
A Yoruba equestrian figure
Nigeria
brass, the horseman wearing a conical headdress with busts and gourds, a textured tunic and kilt and a bell hung on his chest, holding a sword in his right hand and the reins in his left, his feet in stirrups, early 20th century,
22cm high.
Provenance
Ex collection T H W Nevins.
Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1969, lot 230.
Private Collection, London.