PF1340

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Lot 100
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Tanga, cache-sexe féminin Style Joanes peint Ile de Marajo, Brésil Phase Marajoara, 400-1350 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Style Joanes peint
  • Tanga, cache-sexe féminin
  • Terre cuite à engobe blanc crème et peinture ornementale brun-rouge
  • h. 12 cm ; 4 3/4 in et l. 15 cm ; 6 in

Provenance

Collection Josef Mueller, Soleure, entre 1920 et 1939
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 534-23

Exhibited

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, 30 janvier-24 mars 1992, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 11 avril-15 juin 1992, Barcelone, Fondation la Caixa, 25 novembre 1992-24 janvier 1993, Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992
Lisbonne, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 23 mars-4 juin 1995
Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Amazonie précolombienne, 23 avril-23 septembre 2002

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 139, p. 337
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 138
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 141, p. 377
Corrêa (Conceição G.), " Ceramic figurines: a significant feature of the Marajó island culture (Pará, Brazil). Statuettes de céramique: un élément significatif dans la culture de l’île de Marajó (Pará, Brazil) ", in Precolombart, n° 1, 1998, fig. 7, p. 51
Corrêa (Conceição G.), Barry (Iris), Amazonie précolombienne: dans les collections du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino, Barcelona, 2002, cat. 15, p. 65

Condition

Cassé collé de façon visible, sans restauration particulière, usure de surface Broken and glued in a visible manner, with no particular restoration, wear to the surface
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