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Lot 168
  • 168

Pendentif anthropomorphe Culture Olmèque Côte du Golfe, Mexique Préclassique, 900-600 av. J.-C.

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Olmèque
  • Pendentif anthropomorphe
  • Pierre dure brun-vert à surface patinée (serpentine ?)
  • h. 6 cm ; 2 1/4 in

Provenance

Galerie Merrin, New York, 1977
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 501-6

Exhibited

New York, Edward H. Merrin Gallery, Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Guatemala, 1969
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

Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Guatemala, 1969, n° 27, p. 17
Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 7, p. 202
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 7
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 7, p. 240
Barbier (Jean Paul), Civilisations disparues, 2000, p. 270

Condition

Belle patine d'usage, avec petit éclat visible Fine patina, a small chip visible
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