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Lot 15
  • 15

Pendentif zoomorphe, singe ou écureuil ? Culture Mezcala Etat de Guerrero, Mexique Préclassique récent, 300-100 av. J.-C.

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Mezcala
  • Pendentif zoomorphe, singe ou écureuil ?
  • Serpentine finement polie et brillante
  • h. 6 cm ; 2 1/4 in

Provenance

Galerie Merrin, New York, 1980
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 505-9

Exhibited

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Art de l’Amérique précolombienne, automne 1981
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

Literature

Art de l’Amérique précolombienne, 1981, fig. 9, p. 24
Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 19, p. 214
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 19
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 19, p. 252
Barbier-Mueller (Jean Paul), Fauria (Carmen), Guide de l’art précolombien, 1997, fig. 30, p. 47

Condition

Queue cassée et collée à la base Tail broken and glued at the base
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