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Lot 195 Dα

BENIN BRONZE SWORD

Auction 1129 - overview Brussels
09.04.2019, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.232 € (incl. premium)

BENIN BRONZE SWORD
Nigeria

62.5 cm. high

Provenance

W. D. Webster, Bicester, no.6936
Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham, Dorset
Thomas Alexander, St. Louis and New York
Merton Simpson, New York

Literature

Webster, W.D., "Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens", Bicester, 1899, catalogue 21, no. 6.
Pitt-Rivers, A.H.L.F., "Antique works of art from Benin", London, 1900, plate XLIV, fig. 339.