A Benin bronze wall plaque modelled in relief depicting a figure hunting birds, 35 cm x 33 cm, the accompanying label stating such plaques 'were fixed on the columns of the royal palace to glorify the sovereign and the deeds of his army', together with a bronze study of a cockerel, mounted to a marble plinth, 20 cm high. (2)
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A Benin bronze wall plaque modelled in relief depicting a figure hunting birds, 35 cm x 33 cm, the accompanying label stating such plaques 'were fixed on the columns of the royal palace to glorify the sovereign and the deeds of his army', together with a bronze study of a cockerel, mounted to a marble plinth, 20 cm high. (2)