Registration Number: Af1949,46.159
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British Museum
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Last Updated: 2022-08-04
Language: English
Registration NumberObject ID
Af1949,46.159
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
vessel
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Physical descriptionDescription
Cast bronze spherical vessel, ornamented with leopards etc.
MaterialMaterial
bronze
Material - CommentMaterial
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~M~H~M
Dimension commentDimensions
~~~~vessel & stand~vessel & stand
Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~kg~cm~kg
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
27.00~26.50~26.30~7.50~34.20~9.20
Dimension value endDimensions
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Inscription - NoteInscriptions
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Inscription languageInscriptions
Inscription positionInscriptions
Inscription translationInscriptions
Inscription typeInscriptions
Production dateDate Made
16thC - 19thC
Production date - CommentDate Made
Producer/Artist - AssociationProducer
Producer/Artist - NameProducer
TechniqueProduction Technique
lost-wax cast
Technique - CommentProduction Technique
Production placeProduction Place
Production place - AssociationProduction Place
Production place - CommentProduction Place
Production place - Site detailsProduction Place
Previous owner - AssociationPrior Source
PO
Previous owner - CommentPrior Source
Previous owner - NamePrior Source
Oldman, William Ockelford
Acquisition Funding Source NameProvenance
Art Fund
Acquisition Funding Source Name AssociationProvenance
CF
Acquisition Funding Source Name CommentProvenance
as NACF
Acquisition NameProvenance
Oldman, D K
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
P
Acquisition Name CommentProvenance
Excavation/Field Collection NoteProvenance
Excavator/Field collector - AssociationProvenance
Excavator/Field collector - NameProvenance
Associated event - AssociationEvent
Associated event - EventEvent
Associated placePlace Collected
Associated place - AssociationPlace Collected
Findspot - AssociationPlace Collected
F
Findspot - CommentPlace Collected
Findspot - PlacePlace Collected
Benin City
Findspot - Site detailsPlace Collected
Associated name - AssociationReign Associated Name
Associated name - CommentReign Associated Name
Associated name - NameReign Associated Name
Associated ethnic name - AssociationEthnic Attribution
Associated ethnic name - Ethnic NameEthnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - AssociationEthnic Attribution
M
Production ethnic name - CommentEthnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic NameEthnic Attribution
Edo
Responsible departmentDepartment and Institution
E
CommentNotes
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa 1995-96, London, Museum of Mankind, Made in Africa: Africa and the National Art Collection Fund
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
ConditionCondition