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Lot 221
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Pendentif, homme debout Culture Maya Style de Copán, Honduras Classique, 600-900 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Maya
  • Pendentif, homme debout
  • Jadéite verte avec traces de cinabre
  • h. 10 cm ; 4 in

Provenance

Galerie Merrin, New York, 1989
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 502-26

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, Bijoux de l’Homme: collections du musée Barbier-Mueller
Bijoux de la Terre: collection Alexis Barbier-Mueller
, 1er décembre 2009-15 septembre 2010

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 40, p. 235
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 40
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 40, p. 273
Barbier-Mueller (Jean Paul), Fauria (Carmen), Guide de l’art précolombien, 1997, fig. 24, p. 39
Bijoux de l’Homme: collections du musée Barbier-Mueller. Bijoux de la Terre: collection Alexis Barbier-Mueller, 2009, cat. 5, p. 35

Condition

Bon état de conservation, usure due au temps, petit éclat visible sur le talon du pied gauche Good condition overall, wear as a result of age, small chip visible on the nail of the left foot
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