Beschreibung : RARE AFRICAN POWDER FLASK cylindrical, with representation of Portuguese soldiers or the cover, brass or the belt in ivory. Bronze is datable to the mid-11th Century. The ivory body, not dated, may be Cuevo or earlier. Dim. 30 x 13cm.
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Über das Lot Chargen- 285 Titel : Rare African Powder Flask Größe : 30 x 13cm Anmerkung : The figuration shown closely follows the classic models of the former Benin, such as are illustrated, for example, Augustus Pitt-Rivers Antique Works of Art from Benin, Dover Publications, New York, 1976, p. 92, Fig. 358 and 359 in the catalog of the exhibition Africa-In the Vespers of the Modern World.