Sujet
A lost wax cast vessel in the form of a shell with elaborate surface decoration including life like casts of small flies and other insects
Légende
A lost wax cast vessel in the form of a shell with elaborate surface decoration including life like casts of small flies and other insects, Found by chance in 1939 and fully excavated twenty years later, radio carbon dating has shown the Igbo Ukwu bronzes to be the earliest datable finds in sub Saharan Africa. Nigeria. Igbo Ukwu. 9th century AD. Igbo Ukwu, eastern Nigeria.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A28_190
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
35,2Mo (1,8Mo) / 31,1cm x 28,4cm / 3674 x 3350 (300dpi)