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, Attendants, 1550–1680, Nigeria, Court, Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H, 19 7/16, x, W, 16 1/2, D, 4, 49.5 x 41.9 11.4 cm, Metal-Sculpture, course, sixteenth, seventeenth centuries, remarkable series, 900 rectangular brass, plaques, cast, relief, guild, brass casters, display across, facade, royal palace
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