Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

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COLOMBIAN GOLD FIGURAL PENDANT, TOLIMA OR QUIMBAYA REGION CIRCA AD 500-1000

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 GoldThe 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