Rights management: Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalBronze plaque: Two army commanders with pearl shirts u.
These relief panels were originally nailed to the supporting pillars of the gallery roofs in the royal residence. They were produced between 1550 and 1608, and over time the motifs became more and more three-dimensional. This plate shows two high-ranking soldiers with royal pearl collars, hoods and the ceremonial sword "eben" in their hands. Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Edo
- Object type
- Figurenrelief
- Dimensions
-
Width: 33 cm
Height: 40 cm - Material/Technique
-
Copper alloy
Lost wax process
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 004668
Provenance and sources
-
Assignment to a curated holding:
-
Change of physical control or legal title
-
where
-
Nigeria
-
-
Change of physical control
-
when
-
1899
-
- Provenance
-
Hans Meyer (Leipzig, Germany) donated the plaque to the Linden-Museum. He had previously bought it in London. Text: Markus Himmelsbach.
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
Related objects