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Terracotta head jar from Benin in the Ifé tradition, a funerary portrait-style sculpture with a granular white patina, in good condition with some wear and cracks, height 23 cm, width 13 cm, weight 1 g.
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Ife, Amphora, funerary urn > Ife Head
Terracotta Ife Nigeria
Terracotta head inspired by Ife commemorative portraits. Granular white patina.
Abrasion and cracking. In African art, the artistic current to which these African works belong is named after the ancient religious capital of Nigeria, Ife, one of the numerous city-states founded by the Yoruba. This civilization succeeded the Nok civilization. This city-state of Ile-Ife, whose rise culminated from the 11th to the 15th century, possessed an artistic tradition of royal portraits imbued with realism, funeral effigies in bronze but also in terracotta. The parallel folds traced on the neck would evoke the folds of flesh of prosperous notables, and the hollowed areas were meant to secure the king's pearl-embroidered veil.
Ife, Amphora, funerary urn > Ife Head
Terracotta Ife Nigeria
Terracotta head inspired by Ife commemorative portraits. Granular white patina.
Abrasion and cracking. In African art, the artistic current to which these African works belong is named after the ancient religious capital of Nigeria, Ife, one of the numerous city-states founded by the Yoruba. This civilization succeeded the Nok civilization. This city-state of Ile-Ife, whose rise culminated from the 11th to the 15th century, possessed an artistic tradition of royal portraits imbued with realism, funeral effigies in bronze but also in terracotta. The parallel folds traced on the neck would evoke the folds of flesh of prosperous notables, and the hollowed areas were meant to secure the king's pearl-embroidered veil.
Details
Era
After 2000
Material
Terracotta
Country of origin
Benin
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
23 cm
Width
13 cm
Weight
1 g
