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MISC.B. 21/19~*H6 [Stevens Sales Catalogues 10921] (AOA library shelf mark)
Title/s
A Catalogue of Chinese and Japanese Bronzes.... and Curios from Tibet, Benin, New Zealand and all parts. (Object)
Description (full)
Auction catalogue: J. C. Stevens. Quarto; bound in boards, buckram spine with gold lettering. Text printed in black and white, with handwritten annotations.
Dimension/s
Height: 20.50 cm~Width: 16.70 cm (closed)
Producer/s
Printed by: Pettitt & Cox
Prod. Place/s
Printed in: London
Assoc. Name/s
Made for: Stevens‘ Auction Rooms Ltd
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Associated with: Edo
Assoc. Place/s
Associated with: Benin City (Lot 79)
Inscription/s
Inscription:~ Inscription details: annotation (inside catalogue, margins) in English~ Inscription quoted: ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in pencil. Purchase price.
Curator s Comment/s
J.C. Stevens auction catalogue, First Day‘s Sale, Tuesday 13 December 1904. Sale No. 10,921. Object associated with the Kingdom of Benin as follows:
Lot 79, p.7. ‘Curios various‘.
By jhudson
11 May 2023
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-B115-4