SUPERB ANTIQUE AFRICAN ART BINI EDO NIGERIA BENIN BRONZE PLATE

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SUPERB ANTIQUE AFRICAN ART BINI EDO NIGERIA BENIN  BRONZE PLATE
Decorative plaques, court objects, are as important as the heads of kings or queens proper to the court of the Kingdom of Benin City. .
Like any court art, these works of art aim to celebrate the greatness of kings and their entourage.
Lost wax casting was introduced in the kingdom of Benin from Ife in the 16th century.
At this time, Ife's style was in decline. Stylistically, the differences are notorious and the works of the two kingdoms show a significant difference in the treatment of characters for example. The traveler Dapper was one of the first to mention the bronze plates of Benin.
They covered, according to one of the pillars of the palace, according to the others of the walls.
One of the characteristics of these plates is the adoption of a "hierarchical" perspective: the size of the characters indicates their social importance.
It is estimated that plate production began in the second half of the 16th century.
Duchateau (1990,45) does not exclude the existence of foreign influences in these works: their forms could come from small picture books that the Portuguese had brought with them.
However, do not think that Portuguese artists would come to teach the lost wax casting.
In today's only Nigeria, there are at least three major foci of wasted cast iron: Ife, Benin-City and Igbo-Ukwu.
The story has come to find the links between the first two centers. Igbo-Ukwu whose activity dates back to the ninth century is difficult to relate to other centers. It can thus be seen that the debate over the relations between production centers and that of "external influences" is far from over.
Source: Numidia JA
MEASUREMENTS : 9 X 15.5 cm =  ca  3.5"x 6"
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