Oggetto archeologico
Bronze plaque of the Benin KingdomsUp one level |
Civic Museum Paleontology and Palaeo-ethonology “Decio de Lorentiis”. Plaque.
Bronze. Kingdom of Benin. 16th - 17th century
Bronze plaque with representation of the king (Oba) and three dignitaries, of which two surround it and support it. The lower limbs of the royal figure are laterally elongated, ending with two herpetic protomes.
Similar iconography seems extremely rare. Indeed, we are aware of only one other bronze plaque in which the king assumes the divine forms of the python, exhibited in 1962 in Munich and photographed by Herbert List.
Further information
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| Identificazione | ||
| Inventory number: | E.S. 100 | |
| Precedenti localizzazioni | ||
| Provenance: | F. Santini donation 2003 | |
| Reperimento | ||
| Place of discovery: | Nigeria | |
| Oggetto | ||
| Definizione: | Plaque | |
| Class and ware: | Metal furniture | |
| Cronologia | ||
| Datazione certa secolo: | 16th - 17th century | |
| Definizione culturale | ||
| Cultural milieu: | Kingdoms of Benin | |
| Dati tecnici | ||
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Technique: | Lost wax | |
| Height: | 32,5 | |
| Width: | 31 | |
| Varie: | Unit cm | |
