Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Auction Closed
May 13, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Jan Mitchell
COLOMBIAN GOLD FIGURAL PENDANT, TOLIMA OR QUIMBAYA REGION CIRCA AD 500-1000
Height: 2 ¾ in (7 cm)
Sotheby's, London, March 29, 1965, lot 51
Acquired at the above auction by Jan Mitchell, New York
Thence by family descent
PUBLISHED
Julie Jones, Precolumbian Art in New York: Selections from Private Collections, New York, 1969, unpaginated, cat. no. 159
Julie Jones, Heidi King, The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection, New York, 1985, pp. 156-7, cat. no. 37
The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, Precolumbian Art in New York: Selections from Private Collections, September 12-November 9, 1969
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection, New York, May 9-August 11, 1985