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Lot 222
  • 222

Vase tubulaire à décor gravé de personnages Culture Maya Mexique Classique, 600-900 ap. J.-C.

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

Description

  • Culture Maya
  • Vase tubulaire à décor gravé de personnages
  • Céramique polychrome à engobe beige clair, noir et brun clair
  • h. 28,8 cm ; 11 1/2 in

Provenance

Collection Jay C. Leff, avant 1966
Galerie Merrin, New York, 1989
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 502-33

Exhibited

New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Ancient art of Latin America from the collection of Jay C. Leff, 22 novembre 1966-5 mars 1967
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

Kennedy Easby (Elizabeth), Ancient art of latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, New-York, The Brooklyn Museum, 1966, cat. 467, p. 105
Kerr (Justin), The Maya vase book: a corpus of rollout photographs of Maya vases, 1989, vol. 1, cat. 509, p. 17
Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 53, p. 249
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 53
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columian America, 2000, cat. 53, p. 287

Condition

Bon état de conservation, avec quelques éclats visibles, altération de surface avec dépôt calcaire grisâtre Good condition overall, with some visible chips. Change to the surface, with greyish mineral desposit
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