Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; [W. D. Webster, London, until 1898]; Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, UK, acquired before 1900; (Sotheby's, London, July 11, 1972, no. 244); Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, New York, until 1991Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ezra, Kate. Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, p. 145, no. 52.
Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of PrimitiveArt, Tibetan and Nepalese Tankas, Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian Art. London: , July 11, 1972, no. 244.
von Luschan, Felix. Die Altertümer von Benin. Berlin, Leipiz: Vereinigung wissenschaftlicher Verleger, 1919, fig. 423.
Pitt-Rivers, Lieutenant General Lane-Fox. 1900. Antique Works of Art from Benin. London: fig. 290.
von Luschan, F. 1919. Die Altertümer von Benin. Berlin and Leipzig: fig. 423.
Sotheby and Co., London. 1972. Catalogue of PrimitiveArt, Tibetan and Nepalese Tankas, Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian Art. Sale catalogue of July 11th, 1972: lot 244.
"ROYAL ART OF BENIN. The Perls Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Kate Ezra. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York 1992 Fig. 52 (The Sotheby's auction mentionned there is erroneous: not December 1972 but July 1972).