Digital Benin Research
British Museum
institution
J. C. Stevens Auction Catalogues
archival unit
Auction Catalogue
document type
1904-12-14
date
specific objects
Aken'ni Elao open in Ẹyo Otọ
edo designations
Stevens Auction Rooms
source
target
mention
Institutional metadata
Reg No.
Af,B115.5
PRN
EPF11317
Add ID/s
MISC.B. 21/20~*H6 [Stevens Sales Catalogues 10922] (AOA library shelf mark)
Title/s
A Catalogue of Chinese and Japanese Bronzes.... and Curios from Tibet, Benin, New Zealand and all parts. (Object)
Object Name/s
catalogue
Material/s
paper
Technique/s
printed
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: 16.20 cm (closed)
Producer/s
Printed by: Pettitt & Cox
Date/s
1904
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 prices.
Curator s Comment/s
J.C. Stevens auction catalogue, Wednesday 14 December 1904. Sale No. 10,922. Objects associated with the Kingdom of Benin as follows: Lots 379-388, pp.19-20. ‘Specimens from Benin, Dahomey, Niger etc‘. By jhudson 11 May 2023
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-B115-5