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Lot 101
  • 101

Figurine de forme phallique Style Arari rouge incisé Ile de Marajo, Brésil Phase Marajoara, 400-1350 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Style Arari rouge incisé
  • Figurine de forme phallique
  • Terre cuite à engobe rouge brique avec traces de pigment blanc – test de thermoluminescence
  • h. 23,5 cm ; 9 1/4 in et d. (à la base) 10 cm ; 4 in

Provenance

Jean-Pierre Janikian, Bruxelles
Art & Ethnographie, Genève, 1977
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 534-20, acquis en 1978

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
Denver, Denver Art Museum, Marajó: Ancient Ceramics from the Mouth of the Amazon, 11 juin-17 septembre 2011

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 134, p. 332
Arte pre-colombiana da colecçao Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 133, p. 26
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 136, p. 372
Corrêa (Conceição G.), Barry (Iris), Amazonie précolombienne: dans les collections du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino, Barcelona, 2002, cat. 8, p. 51
Young-Sanchez (Margaret), Pahl Schaan (Denise), Ancient Ceramics from the Mouth of the Amazon, Etats-Unis, 2011, fig. 53, p. 53

Condition

Très bon état de conservation, avec oxydations noires visible sur la surface. Petits manques visibles et éclats Very good condition overall, with black oxidation visible on the surface. Small visible chips and losses
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