Attributed to The Master of the Heraldic Ship II Edo Kingdom, Benin Ivory
16th century Height: 26 cm
Provenance
Belgian Noble Family
Private Collection, Liège
Selected Exhibition History
2003 Turin, Galeria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Africa: Capolavori da un Continente
2005 Monaco, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, Arts of Africa: 7000 Years of African Art
2007 Paris, Musée du quai Branly, Bénin: Cinq Siècles d’Art Royal
Permanent Exhibition: Museé du Quai Branly, Paris
[Acc. No. 70.2008.14.1]
Selected Publication History
Ezzio Bassani and Malcolm McLeod, African Art and Artefacts in European Collections 1400-1800, London, 2000, Entry 793
[p 255] and Ill 36 [p 298]
Laure Meyer, ‘Trésors cachés du Nigeria’, in: Archeologia, No 424 (July 2005), pp 24-28
Ezzio Bassani, Arts of Africa: 7000 Years of African Art, Monaco, 2005, plate 32b, p 277
Ezzio Bassani, Africa: Capolavori da un Continente, Turin, 2003, plate 2.25, p 161
Barbara Plankensteiner, ed, Bénin: Cinq Siècles d’Art Royal, Supplement [Carnet Bènin], Paris, 2007, p 7, pl 14