ANTIQUE BENIN NIGERIA BRONZE CAST ROYAL GUARD STATUE ~~~ AS FOUND
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ANTIQUE BENIN NIGERIA BRONZE CAST ROYAL GUARD STATUE ~~~ AS FOUND :
$499.00
BENIN \"ROYAL GUARD\" CAST STATUE- HOLE IN BACK OF HEADFROM THIN CASTING ~~~ SEE PHOTOS~~~ 5 & 6
NOTICE : MEASURES 10 INCHES TALL HAS A HOLE APX SIZE OF A DIME SEE PHOTO 5&6 , MAY HAVE BEEN FROM CASTING WEAKNESS ,OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION A FEW PIN HOLES AND SLIGHT IMPERFECTIONS COMMON WITH THIS TYPE OF BENIN CASTING - MUSEUM QUALITY - LOOKS TO BE CENTURYSOLD .
Benin brass / bronze casting skills and their arts and craft. Benin city is also the home of one of the oldest sustained monarchies in the world. Various festivals are held in Benin city yearly to celebrate various historic occasions and seasons ~~~~~~
This is a small piece froma unknownartists. The depiction is of a historical ~~~~ ROYAL guard. The piece is cast brass or bronzeusing the lost wax method, the same as has been done in Benin City for centuries, since at least the 1400s when the portugese first visited Benin City for trade purposes.
The piece stands just over10 inches tall, and weighs just over3 pounds. Since the lost wax casting method melts away the details each piece is completely unique and one of a kind. Own a bit of history with this bronze art work, created by descendants of the royal bronze artists of the Benin Kingdom.
The art of Benin is the product of an urban royal court, and is meant to symbolize and to extol the power, mystique, grandeur, continuity, and endurance of the ruling dynasty and its governing institutions.
From the 14th century until its fall in 1897, Benin was ruled by the oba, a divine ruler at the head of the political system of titled chiefs. Under royal support, a number of craftsman\'s guilds produced brass, and wood sculptures and embroidered cloth which have become prized by museums and command high prices on the art market.
The tradition of the oba as patron of the arts has continued.
In 1914, Oba Eweka II lifted the restrictions on the sale of art work, and traditional craftsmen began to create for the public as well. Benin art has been resilient in the face of political, economic, social, and religious change. Traditional forms continue to be made today, and new forms are emerging to become part of contemporary Benin culture.
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ANTIQUE BENIN NIGERIA BRONZE CAST ROYAL GUARD STATUE ~~~ AS FOUND :
$499.00