IGBO ARTIST, Scepter Finial modeled after the skull of a leopard, Nigeria, 11th-15th century

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IGBO ARTIST

Scepter Finial modeled after the skull of a leopard, Nigeria, 11th-15th century

Bronze
8.9 x 12.7 x 21.6 cm
3 1/2 x 5 x 8 1/2 in.

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Provenance

Ex Walu Gallery, Zurich or Andre Guenneguez, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Ex Samir Borro, Brussels
Ex Bernard de Grunne, Brussels
Ex private collection, New York, 2000-2023

Exhibitions

África: Magia y poder. 2500 años de arte en Nigeria
Centre Cultural de la Fundacion "la caxia", Barcelona. 23 September - 13 December 1998
Sala de exposiciones de la fundacion "la caxia", Madrid. 20 January - 28 March 1999
Sala de exposiciones de Santa Ines, Sevilla. 15 April - 30 May 1999

Publications

Coquet, Michele. African Royal Court Art. University of Chicago Press, 1998. no. 141
Picton, John, "Nok, Igbo-Ukwu" in De Tejada, Alberto Costa Romero and Jean-Hubert Martin. ed, África: Magia y poder. 2500 años de arte en Nigeria. Fundacion "La Caixa" de Pensiones, 1998. p. 24, 49, plate 11

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