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Lot 103
  • 103

Grande coupe en forme d’oiseau stylisé Style Joanes peint (face interne) et style Arari incisé (face externe), Ile de Marajo, Brésil Phase Marajoara, 400-1350 ap. J.-C.

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

Description

  • Grande coupe en forme d’oiseau stylisé
  • Terre cuite à engobe beige clair et peintures ornementales rouge orangé et rouge brique, surface externe vernissée
  • h. 8 cm ; 3 1/4 in et d. 34 cm ; 13 1/2 in

Provenance

Jean-Pierre Janikian, Bruxelles
Art & Ethnographie, Genève, 1977
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 534-19, 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

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 146, p. 344
Arte pre-colombiana da colecçao Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 145
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 148, p. 384
Corrêa (Conceição G.), Barry (Iris), Amazonie précolombienne: dans les collections du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino, Barcelona, 2002, cat. 24, p. 83

Condition

Très bon état général. Petites restaurations visibles. Altération du décor peint à l'intérieur de la coupe. Extérieur en bon état, avec zone noircie par le feu et oxydations de surface Very good condition overall. Some small restorations visible. The painted decoration to the interior is faded. Exterior in good condition, with an area blackened by fire; some oxidation to the surface
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