Idia: Benin's First Queen Mother in Ebony Sculpture
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Ebony - Ebony is a close grained timber, black in colour. It has a fine texture which can be polished to a high gloss, making it suitable for venereering, inlay and stringing and its use as solid timber is resticted to small decorative items and ornamental decoration, such as chess pieces and musical instrument parts. The term "ebonised" means "faux ebony", timber that has been darkened during the polishing process to resemble ebony.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
A 9ct. yellow gold, blue topaz and diamond dress ring, the wide band set with five oval facet cut blue topazes in a gypsy style mount, both edges set with a scalloped row of small round brilliant cut diamonds
Two Charles Rennie Mackintosh pewter perfume bottles, of Art Nouveau design. Heights 14.5 and 11.5 cm
A French fruitwood side table, 19th century, the brass bound marble top on tapered legs and stretcher shelf, 73 x 60 cm
An opal doublet and 9ct gold ring. Size Z+3. Weight 4.2g. (a/f)