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Lot 17
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Masque anthropomorphe Culture Chontal Etat de Guerrero, Mexique Préclassique récent, 300-100 av. J.-C.

Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Chontal
  • Masque anthropomorphe
  • Pierre dure de couleur gris vert à surface brillante
  • h. 14,4 cm ; 6 in

Provenance

Collection Josef Mueller, Soleure, acquis d’Earl Stendahl vers 1950
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 503-9

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

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 23, p. 218
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 23
Barbier-Mueller (Jean Paul), Fauria (Carmen), Guide de l’art précolombien, 1997, fig. 29, p. 46
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 23, p. 256

Condition

Bon état de conservation Good state of conservation
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