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Plaque: Equestrian Oba and Attendants, 1550–1680, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 19 7/16 x W. 16 1/2 x D. 4 1/2 in. (49.5 x 41.9 x 11.4 cm), Metal-Sculpture, Over the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a remarkable series of some 900 rectangular brass plaques were cast in relief at the Court of Benin by a guild of brass casters for display across at the facade of the royal palace.
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Plaque: Equestrian Oba and Attendants, 1550–1680, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 19 7/16 x W. 16 1/2 x D. 4 1/2 in. (49.5 x 41.9 x 11.4 cm), Metal-Sculpture, Over the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a remarkable series of some 900 rectangular brass plaques were cast in relief at the Court of Benin by a guild of brass casters for display across at the facade of the royal palace
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Image size:
2975 x 3687 px | 31.4 MB
Print size:
25.2 x 31.2 cm | 9.9 x 12.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1550–1680 • 16 1/2 • 19 7/16 • 4 • 49.5 X 41.9 11.4 CM • 900 RECTANGULAR BRASS • ASSOCIATION • BAS-RELIEF • BÉNIN • BRASS CASTERS • BRASS • BROTHERHOOD • CAST • CORPORATION • COURSE • COURT • D • DISPLAY ACROSS • EDO PEOPLES • EMBOSSED • ENTOURAGE • EQUESTRIAN OBA • FACADE • FRATERNITIES • FRATERNITY • GUILD = TRADE GUILD • GUILD • H • METAL-SCULPTURE • NIGERIA • PALACIO REAL • PLAQUE • PLAQUES • PLATE • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • REMARKABLE SERIES • RETINUE • ROYAL CASTLE • ROYAL PALACE • SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES • SIXTEENTH • TRADE GUILD • W • X
