Benin Bronze Figural Head Western Africa Modern Day

Western Asia/modern day southwestern Iran, Kingdom of Elam, ca. later 2nd millennium BCE. I am a sucker for patina, and the patina on this axe is about as thick, tactile and lovely as it comes! A gorg

This stunning bronze statue, representing a fierce warrior with ceremonial sword, was made in Benin (modern-day Nigeria) in the early 1800s. Likely, it also represents a royal guardian. The piece was

20th century, West Africa, one female head with elaborate headdress and cowrie shell and raffiia base, the other two with incised decoration. This lot to be sold on day 3, Friday, October 5 (Lots 202

A rare West Africa, Republic of Benin, bronze figure depicting a head of a Royal leopard for ceremonial use. The figure is adorned with detailed engraved ornaments, and an openwork design. Circa: late

A rare West Africa, Republic of Benin, bronze figure depicting a head of a Royal leopard for ceremonial use. The figure is adorned with detailed engraved ornaments, and an openwork design. Circa: late

An African patinated bronze headprobably Benin, West AfricaOn a lucite stand.the bronze height 20in (51cm); width 6in (15.5cm); depth 9in (23cm)

Europe, Venice (modern day Italy), found in western Africa, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE. A pretty collection of twenty-two matching trade beads, each a dark red, with yellow, white, and black ey

**First Time At Auction** Europe, Venice (modern day Italy), found in western Africa, ca. 18th century CE. A beautiful necklace comprised of fifty-one millefiori glass beads. Most have yellow as their

**Originally Listed At $150** Europe, Venice (modern day Italy), found in western Africa, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful necklace comprised of twenty-eight crimson-hued glass beads strung on a moder

**Originally Listed At $125** Europe, Venice (modern day Italy), found in western Africa, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE. A collection of thirty-five glass beads on a modern string, with about a th

Europe, Venice (modern day Italy), found in Western Africa, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE. A beautiful necklace comprised of over 50 millefiori glass beads. Most have an emerald-green and/or teal

**Originally Listed At $125** Europe, Venice (modern day Italy), found in western Africa, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE (trade beads) and Ethiopia, ca. 20th century CE (prayer beads). A strand of

**Originally Listed At $100** Europe, Venice (modern day Italy), found in western Africa, ca. 1900 CE. A long strand of 38 large glass chevron beads of cobalt blue, red, and white hues. Chevron beads

**Originally Listed At $100** Europe, Venice (modern day Italy), found in western Africa, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE. A group of dozens of deep blue, slightly translucent glass trade beads, mos

**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Nigeria, Benin Empire, ca. 19th century CE. A large pipe with an openwork shank and a large figural bowl. The bowl is in the form of a deeply jowly human fac

Western Africa, Benin, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A heavy, lovely necklace composed of twenty-three teardrop-shaped brass beads (commonly mistaken for bronze), each with a heavily textured surf

**First Time At Auction**Asia Minor, Yortan culture or related in Western Anatolia, modern-day Turkey, Early Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 2500 BCE. A black slip-ware terracotta vessel with three thin protr

Old African cast bronze sculpture of a ship with six riders. Measures 9" length.

Western Europe, modern day Spain and Portugal, Iberian Late Bronze Age (Celtic), ca. 1300 to 600 CE. A fascinating sculpture, cast from bronze and depicting a male and a female standing in the same ma

Western Europe, modern day France, early Medieval period, Frankish people, ca. 600 to 900 CE. It is not often that we see something from Charlemagne's people, the Franks, despite their major role in t

Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), modern-day central Asia, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A heavy cast-bronze axe head with an oval-shaped hafting hole, a rough-surfaced butt end, a thin midrib on both top and

Near East, modern-day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A rare example of a lost-wax cast bronze adze head with its cylindrical socket in the form of a snarling lion. The blade itself is flat and u

Luristan, modern day northern Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A highly decorated example of a Luristan bronze mace head, with a long cylindrical socket handle decoratively flared; terminating in a beautifu

Luristan, modern day northern Iran, ca. 1500 to 1000 BCE. A well-shaped and heavy cast bronze votive mace head from the famous bronze-makers of ancient Luristan. The region of Luristan, which encompas